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Does Obama want the US to be the new India?
Comment It seems to be based on the idea the US is losing jobs because it is faced with lower wages overseas, often supported by attractive tax incentives aimed at the large corporations responsible for those huge outsourcing projects. [02 Sep 2008]
Brampton Factor: Open source stands up for its rights
Comment Indeed I know many talented people who put a great deal of work into open source projects while also looking for a way to obtain financial benefit without undermining the open source model. Most open source projects cannot afford to do so, which... [01 Sep 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Analysts fail on open source
Comment That lack of coverage is a pity because there is much high-quality software in the sector and it is sometimes developed rapidly as skilled software writers join successful projects. Why big government IT projects fail [18 Aug 2008]
The Naked CIO: Why boards get IT spend so wrong
Comment Sound infrastructure projects often fail to win board backing because of flaky ROI demands. Speculative, IT resource-hungry schemes with little chance of realising their potential are almost always chosen over foundation technology projects that... [11 Aug 2008]
Why I'm planning a change of career
Comment The CAA exams were tough as was spherical geometry and aerodynamic theory but now I'm planning a lifestyle change, perhaps one day mixing flying private charter flights, occasional research projects and technology conferences. [17 Jul 2008]
Time to green-light sustainable IT
Comment It can then break these areas down into projects that guide the business towards a common, established goal. With their piecemeal approaches, most organisations are merely dabbling with green technology. [17 Jul 2008]
From CIO to consultant: Project manager or salesman?
Comment I've been responsible for much bigger projects than this. As with all projects of this kind, the initial estimates proved to be too optimistic and in fact the design process took the best part of six months. [02 Jul 2008]
Bill Gates on the future, the past and the brilliance of fertilizer…
Comment So, we have the plans in place, and I sat through that last set of reviews but it's a perfect example of something that as just a board member working on projects I won't sit in those business plan reviews in the future. [26 Jun 2008]
Leading a horse to water
Comment The issues that most concern Suffolk are maintaining the quality of the IT professionals employed by the public sector, encouraging shared services and overseeing big-ticket IT projects that are designed to accomplish sweeping efficiencies but... [23 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Martin Taylor, group CIO, LCH.Clearnet
Comment To deliver a raft of projects around these goals there has been a big recruitment drive, with around 150 new people joining the IT department over the last 15 months. The ramp up in IT staff has not just been to deal with the production side but... [17 Jun 2008]
Yvonne Gallagher
CIO Profile As CIO for the Ministry of Justice (MoJ), Yvonne Gallagher is responsible for leading the MoJ's IT and information strategy, for the provision of IT services to the Ministry's headquarters, Her Majesty's Court Service, Tribunals and the Judiciary... [11 Jun 2008]
Graham Young
CIO Profile Young started out on civil and structural design engineering projects on river and sea works; commercial and industrial construction; petrochemical engineering; oil and gas engineering and offshore engineering before joining Atkins Oil and Gas... [11 Jun 2008]
Paul Coby
CIO Profile Coby's oft-used motto is "there are no IT projects, only business projects" and it is an approach that has proved to be extremely successful. Paul Coby was voted top CIO in 2007's inaugural CIO50 and since then has largely focused on ramping up the... [11 Jun 2008]
Gordon Lovell-Read
CIO Profile A 35-year veteran of the IT industry working with blue-chip organisations, Gordon Lovell-Read spent six years at Siemens UK as CIO and an executive management board member, with a string of successful business ventures and transformation projects... [11 Jun 2008]
Richard Williams
CIO Profile He was previously the VP of commercial information systems for the US arm of the pharmaceutical company where he led CRM and patient/physician connectivity projects, along with the development of the company's online capabilities. [11 Jun 2008]
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