person boss in comment and analysis
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.11.07
Round-Up Fortune magazine has declared the Apple boss the most influential business person in the world for having "twice altered the direction of the computer industry". In truth, it's been a heady year for the Apple boss, with the iPhone dominating the... [30 Nov 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.10.07
Round-Up Microsoft boss Steve Ballmer defines a fad as a $240m investment opportunity. Besides, he was still a bit overexcited at being voted the most influential person in all technology. The Merriam-Webster online dictionary defines a fad as "a practice... [26 Oct 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 23.03.07
Round-Up The subject line of said press release read: "Boss's Beware Survey Shows Commuters Won't Be Travelling When Avian Flu Hits". Your boss is more likely to say it's a complete waste of company time, particularly when you haven't met your monthly... [23 Mar 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 24.02.06
Round-Up Moving on, Tony Blair's former spin doctor-in-chief, Alastair Campbell, has spoken out this week about his technophobic former boss (but lifelong friend, we're sure). Either way, it sounds like it doesn't make much difference because according to... [24 Feb 2006]
Technology can't beat casino cheaters
Comment I don't have to fool the camera or the technology I only have to fool the dealer or his pit boss. There's not one person alive who's ever been caught by facial recognition," he told silicon.com. A notorious casino cheat has suggested many of the... [04 Nov 2005]
Leader: Mobile working - use it in moderation
Leader Mobile working has its benefits, surely, such as increased productivity and flexibility for workers who can enjoy benefits such as avoiding long commutes or popping out to the doctor's or the bank during working hours because the boss can still... [17 May 2005]
Leader: Less of a leader than your colleagues in marketing?
Leader And ask yourself: would the average person in your IT department be able to better rally the troops, speak in business terms and drive projects and strategy forward than the average marketing pro? Research out today suggests technologists aren't... [02 Jul 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.02.04
Round-Up Not for your boss it wouldn't my friend. Doesn't lonely Rob sound like he'd be a great person to have a beer with? The Round-Up is feeling a little worse for wear this morning having spent last night rubbing shoulders with the great and the good at... [20 Feb 2004]
Tony Hallett's After These Messages: "I'm a celebrity CIO"
Comment Even if an implementation or general supplier relationship goes well, what would the odds have been 10 years ago of an MD or even some other departmental boss taking the credit? We are used to the person heading up IT in an organisation being... [06 Feb 2004]
What's the fuss about... broadband communications
Comment Here's an overview, lest you forget what to tell the boss, courtesy of Quocirca analyst John Collins. Broadband is a simple enough term to understand, at least for the person who is going to use it. You've heard of broadband, maybe heard how we... [08 Nov 2002]
What if... we started spending again on IT?
Comment He got a little suspicious during the interview when his boss to be kept talking about "solution selling" and "business benefit". Nick was a really successful software sales person. There was a time when users couldn't get enough IT. [04 Sep 2002]
The Director's Cut: 10 easy steps for suppliers to make more money
Comment It is the most powerful way of showing who is boss (the customer) and of finding out exactly what is happening in their world, which is what you must know People will always buy from people, so take time to get to know the person in front of you... [28 Aug 2002]
Inside Novell: a vendor dossier
Comment Back then Ray Noorda, the firm's elderly boss, was going to supplant Bill Gates as IT's hero/anti-hero and Novell was going to be a household name in households that didn't even own a PC. So we lost out to the sub-25 person company. [06 Feb 2002]
The best of 'Reader comments': Dell boy gets everyone emailing
Comment The past seven days have seen outspoken reactions to a number of stories but this week we will concentrate on one subject - the story of the Dell employee in France sacked for accidentally sending pornographic material to a boss in the US in an... [22 Jun 2001]
The best of 'Reader Comments': Napster KO'ed, virus warnings and Ellison's vision
Comment And although this news hogged the headlines, the Kournikova virus (http://www.silicon.com/a42635 ) and comments by Oracle boss Larry Ellison (http://www.silicon.com/a42693 ) also prompted feedback. Surely this infringes the rights of the individual... [15 May 2001]
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