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The McCue Interview: Steven Bandrowczak, CIO, Nortel

Comment That includes two major data centres and 12 satellite centres, along with 1,500 servers and 40,000 desktops running Windows XP, and SAP for business applications. Being the CIO for a tech vendor can often be something of a double-edged sword.

Tags: bandrowczak, cio, nortel

[01 Apr 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08

Round-Up Travellers on UK airlines who simply can't go a couple of hours without calling the office or loved ones, or possibly loved ones in the office, will be able to take advantage of the aircraft's network services and be routed via satellite to ground...

Tags: ofcom, wi-fi, train, plane

[28 Mar 2008]

LinkedIn CEO on 'grown up' social networking

Comment S is for Satellite phones S is for Satellite phones During 2007, LinkedIn doubled in size in all of its major regions including Europe and signed up its millionth UK member in October, making Blighty the largest market outside the US.silicon.com...

Tags: linkedin, network, online, facebook

[28 Feb 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 22.02.08

Round-Up Anyway, the moon it is and the satellite system should ensure a full five-bar signal for lunar colonists living in the base Nasa wants to build at the south pole of the desolate, dusty rock. Trustworthy computing.

Tags: facebook, ebay, sp1, vista

[22 Feb 2008]

How fans can grab a slice of the music pie

Comment S is for Satellite phones S is for Satellite phones It also gives bands unprecedented access to accurate and valuable feedback from the music public.silicon.com spoke to founder David Courtier-Dutton to get the lowdown on Slicethepie and how it is...

Tags: music, web 2.0, industry, web

[18 Feb 2008]

Mobile World Congress 2008 Diary - Tuesday

Comment S is for Satellite It's day one proper of the Congress and the queues just got tails. Long tails. I arrive at the Fira early to struggle through the be-suited throng and get my seat at the big name keynotes.

Tags: mobile world congress, china, john, talk

[13 Feb 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Getting thinner fast

Comment S is for Satellite Written on the London-Ipswich train and sent via a wi-fi signal picked up at the bottom of a field in a remote part of Suffolk, UK. During the past 15 years I have seen one generation of laptop after another get faster and more...

Tags: wi-fi, mobile, laptops, thin client

[28 Jan 2008]

Editor's Blog: The pyramids versus Macclesfield

Comment What about the Goonhilly satellite station down in Cornwall where the dish known as Arthur received the first live transatlantic television broadcasts from the US. A couple of new destinations to add to your holiday list: after you've visited the...

Tags: satellite, babbage, history, recognition

[23 Jan 2008]

Editor's Blog: Digital cold turkey, Himalayan style

Comment And making a call on a crackling satellite phone from high in the Himalayas with the lodge owner, her children, their dog and my guide all watching was a memorable experience. I've often talked about going digital cold-turkey, dumping the gadgets...

Tags: mobile, digital, ipod, mountain

[10 Jan 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Christmas wish list

Comment S is for Satellite phones Written at The Atlantic Hotel on the island of Jersey and dispatched via a free wi-fi service that actually needed no password - hurrah for common sense Every year of my life seems to have been challenging for one reason...

Tags: artificial intelligence, christmas, applications, play

[20 Dec 2007]

Tech Visions: Wireless sale of the century

Comment S is for Satellite The auction of the last great chunk of US broadcast spectrum gets under way in the new year. This event could turn out to be a defining moment for the future of mobile computing, says Silicon Valley-based Howard Greenfield.

Tags: mobile, spectrum, wireless, next generation

[17 Dec 2007]

Dear silicon.com... Data security... e-learning a bit of a bore?... ID cards debate... skip vista?

Comment Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this week.¦ Peter Cochrane's Blog: Wireless jammers galore ¦ Filtering's ding-dong fight with malicious spam ¦ Photos: Satellite mapping through clouds e...

Tags: vista, data, id cards, hmrc

[13 Dec 2007]

Rupert Murdoch

AS Profile Murdoch is a man who has shaped modern media to a greater degree than any other individual, revitalising an ailing newspaper industry and pioneering satellite TV. His influence makes itself felt at the highest levels of government worldwide.

[12 Oct 2007]

Geelen and Pauwels

AS Profile They then moved on to in-car satellite navigation - or sat-nav, for anyone who has sat in a darkened room for the past two years. Pieter Geelen and Peter-Frans Pauwels started out by founding Palmtop, a company that developed applications for the...

[12 Oct 2007]

The McCue Interview: The AA IT director Trevor Didcock

Comment The patrol drivers have GPS satellite navigation devices in their cabs and the system automatically plots their route to the motorist. It's a time of transition again at the AA. Just four years after a private equity buyout and separation from its...

Tags: trevor didcock, the aa

[21 Sep 2007]

The McCue Interview: British Energy CIO, Ian Campbell

The McCue Interview: British Energy CIO, Ian Campbell

Comment There are just over 300 staff in the core in-house IT department at British Energy, plus another 200 in satellite IT teams at the power stations. Just outside the window of Ian Campbell's desk in the open plan office at British Energy's Gloucester...

Tags: change management, cio, ian campbell, british energy

[13 Aug 2007]

Television 2.0 cometh

Comment Simpson: IPTV is very similar to other television delivery services such as cable television and satellite, particularly because set-top boxes are used to deliver continuous channels of content to traditional televisions.

Tags: internet video, quadruple play, iptv

[04 Jul 2007]

Denise Plumpton

CIO Profile Plumpton believes satellite navigation systems and in-car technology will be one of the main channels to deliver personalised, real-time in-journey traffic information and advice to motorists in the future.

[06 Jun 2007]

The Weekly Round-Up: 02.03.07

Round-Up Sky bought itself Easynet to become an ISP as well as a satellite broadcaster, burning its bridges with former partner BT in the process. "They've killed the Simpsons! Imagine the Round-Up's surprise upon getting home last night and settling down...

Tags: weekly round-up, round-up

[02 Mar 2007]

Leader: Are e-petitions good for democracy?

Leader It's related to the e-petitions hosted on the PM's Downing Street website, which hit the headlines over the past week when more than 1.5 million people went online to sign a petition calling for the government to scrap the plans for a 'pay-per...

Tags: e-petitions, tony blair

[20 Feb 2007]

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