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How Zavvi lost its Virginity
Comment Anyone involved in retail IT will say it's a tough vertical to be a techie in, with the task of obtaining management buy-in often the hardest part of getting a project up and running. Part of that... [09 Oct 2008]
The McCue Interview: Nigel Underwood, CIO, DHL
Comment Progressive investment in vital systems integration and project management capabilities has enabled DHL to develop more sector-specific supply chain products and services for its customers. Both former Tesco CIO Colin... [08 Oct 2008]
Ashley Highfield
AS Profile Earlier this year Highfield left his role as BBC director of future media and technology to head up Project Kangaroo - a joint venture between BBC Worldwide, ITV and Channel 4 to create a shared on-demand online media... [07 Oct 2008]
Richard Stallman
AS Profile Founder of the GNU Project and the Free Software Foundation, Stallman "single-handedly" began this movement, according to one Agenda Setter panellist. A frequent Agenda Setter, Richard Stallman makes the list again this... [07 Oct 2008]
Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams
AS Profile Twitter began life as a side project for staff at a San Francisco start-up before being opened up to the wider world, in autumn 2006. Jack Dorsey, Biz Stone and Evan Williams are the holy trinity who co-founded Twitter,... [07 Oct 2008]
Jonney Shih
AS Profile The netbook concept was no doubt inspired by Nicholas Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child project to bring low-cost machines to school kids in the developing world. Jonney Shih, CEO of PC and graphics card maker Asus,... [07 Oct 2008]
Sverre Jarp
AS Profile The Agenda Setters judges were unable to resist the exotic nature of the project saying they chose Jarp "for making it all interesting". Sverre Jarp's place on the Agenda Setters list was sealed by his involvement with... [07 Oct 2008]
Jeremy Allison
AS Profile Computer programmer Jeremy Allison is one of the co-founders and leading developers of the Samba team that developed a suite of open source software in 1992, released under the GNU general public license (GPL), that enables 'file and... [07 Oct 2008]
Aaron Seigo
AS Profile Aaron Seigo earns a spot on the Agenda Setters list for his work on what the panel called the "exciting" open source KDE project. The KDE project also offers an application development framework to... [07 Oct 2008]
Sabeer Bhatia
AS Profile Bhatia chiefly earns his place on the Agenda Setters list for his involvement with Nanocity, a project to build a green city in the foothills of the Himalayas that will rely on renewable energy for half its power... [07 Oct 2008]
Mark Shuttleworth
AS Profile While Linux has met with success for servers, on the desktop the open source operating system is often perceived as being held back by a lack of usability. But not for long, if this Agenda Setter has anything to do with it. [07 Oct 2008]
CIO career plan: How to get to the top
Comment For a mid-to-senior level executive in their mid-30s, who has climbed up through the IT department via roles such as business analyst and project manager, the career development plan should be targeting the CIO role by... [24 Sep 2008]
Green IT changes outsourcing for all
Comment Outsourcers need to be clear about their organisation's strategy for sustainable development, its environmental policies and how far they can be delivered through the project from the outset. IBM, for example, has... [23 Sep 2008]
Legal Eye: Who's to blame for data loss?
Comment In the meantime PA Consulting has dismissed employees who had been working on the JTrack project. To prevent the loss of sensitive data, organisations must change their cultures, says lawyer Stewart James - from the... [17 Sep 2008]
Editor's Blog: Reely good news on video
Comment While the rest of the country was away with their buckets and spades, the team here at Silicon Towers was hard at work - and the result is I'm pleased to say another big project is ready to see the light of day. [16 Sep 2008]
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