sales support in comment and analysis
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.06.08
Round-Up Kurt Mroncz, UK sales and marketing director at Regus, said: "Many organisations just don't realise the staggering problems which their staff face when out on the road. The growing tide of professionals expected to work 'on the hoof' without proper... [20 Jun 2008]
Who voted on the CIO50?
Comment Holley started her career in technical support at IBM, moving on to senior sales and marketing roles in the retail banking sector. Her earlier career includes spells at Norman Broadbent International and Whitehead Mann's CIO practice, as well as 10... [11 Jun 2008]
Steve Chambers
CIO Profile He has worked on the supplier side in the payments sectors for most of his career and has developed skills in IT, marketing and sales along the way Chambers has also worked to establish a customer service support system that spans Europe, along... [11 Jun 2008]
What scores in the global tech league?
Comment Not openly in conference of course but their representatives changed their one-on-one sales pitch based on whether or not the male delegates were wearing a wedding ring. Criteria such as education, language skills, availability of talent... [03 Jun 2008]
The McCue Interview: Ailsa Beaton, CIO, Metropolitan Police Service
Comment From her first IT role in GE Beaton took a promotion from the technical user support area into sales and marketing, specialising in the oil industry where she spent a year running GE's office in Stavanger, Norway. [02 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... XP lives, the femtocell 'truth', BlackBerry bashing…
Comment Microsoft gets the Vista sales they want, Joe Public gets what they want with XP. Except the PC manufacturers who sell the machine with one OS and have to support and provide drivers for a different OS. [01 May 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: The one-box generation
Comment Payment is ensured by a tracking system linked to the TV sales process and by detector vans that patrol areas where houses fail to register. The obvious thing to do was to support this through either subscription or advertising. [26 Mar 2008]
From CIO to consultant: One year on
Comment Now that I need to educate my potential clients about products, I'll need to improve my website and create sales documentation to explain them professionally. So as well as consulting, I've also collaborated with businesses for content management... [14 Jan 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 09.11.07
Round-Up What's more, it's gone completely mental and has hired an additional 1,427 members of staff to deal with sales and support for the device. Not according to some passing analysts who this week were kind enough to share their views on the prospective... [09 Nov 2007]
Minority Report: Apple's blues
Comment And so were initial sales of the software - Apple claims it shifted two million copies in its opening weekend. Those are the kinds of sales you can liken to historic opening weekends of record-breaking movie blockbusters. [05 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... petty cash, Vista sales, swelling SMEs...
Comment After using Vista Ultimate for four months, I got fed up with the slow and unstable OS, plus the dusty scanner and webcam staring accusingly at me, unused because of no driver support. Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are... [01 Nov 2007]
Dear silicon.com... modern malware, Vista sales, Bluetooth ads...
Comment Support for silicon.com's campaign What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. [04 Oct 2007]
Bigger is not always better
Comment Banks' long sales cycles, complex legacy systems, demanding lines of business and large and capable IT departments all add to vendors' ongoing frustration. Banks still believe they must control all aspects of product development, creation... [02 Oct 2007]
Interview: Tesco CIO Colin Cobain
Comment If you talk about percentage of sales it's probably less than average. In this exclusive interview with silicon.com, Tesco group IT director Colin Cobain - just crowned CIO of the year at the CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards 2007 - talks... [25 Sep 2007]
Dear silicon.com... wi-fi CCTV, BBC iPlayer, skills shortage, robots...
Comment Les Blunden, Winchester sigh* here we go again, more arguements for offshoring on the way stop looking for exact matches and be prepared to train your staff be prepared to hire university leavers and teach them the interpersonal skills you think... [13 Sep 2007]
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