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Tech innovation goes global
Comment In the rest of this special report you can find more analysis of the different trends thrown up by our judge's conclusions this year. Few CIOs can rely on local suppliers for all their technology needs. [03 Jun 2008]
LinkedIn CEO on 'grown up' social networking
Comment 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 spoke to LinkedIn CEO, Dan Nye, about LinkedIn's... [28 Feb 2008]
Banking can execute change in real-time
Comment They also need to bear in mind current business and technology trends and how these might shape their core banking requirements over the next 20 years. The financial sector is 10 years behind the times in its approach to management - partly because... [02 Jan 2008]
Time to rethink performance management
Comment However, IT also has to be part of the solution, because effective performance monitoring is dependent on capturing trends derived from huge volumes of underlying data. But they may well be measuring the wrong things, says Martin Atherton of... [04 Dec 2007]
Getting more out of the net
Comment If such trends continue, expect to see data centres in more and more remote locations accessed over the internet by far-away users. But how do you optimise performance over a public infrastructure where control is limited, asks Quocirca's Bob Tarzey. [02 Nov 2007]
Leader: Who's setting tech's agenda this year?
Leader Looking down the 50 names, in this brief space it is worth highlighting a few key trends and the individuals who often personify them. Trends that past Agenda Setters polls have previously brought to the surface are also present. [15 Oct 2007]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Animated statistics
Comment About five years ago I came across a group of very frustrated social scientists and health specialists bent on trying to explain mega-trends in global health and wealth across nations by the year. For decades the statisticians had failed to come up... [12 Oct 2007]
Leader: How and why?
AS Analysis Looking down the 50 names, in this brief space it is worth highlighting a few key trends and the individuals who often personify them. Trends that past Agenda Setters polls have previously brought to the surface are also present. [12 Oct 2007]
Surprise omissions and trends
AS Analysis The Agenda Setters rankings always throw a few curve balls. New groups emerge, others fade from sight. Tony Hallett looks at who's there this year and why mega names such as Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer failed to make the cut. [12 Oct 2007]
Bigger is not always better
Comment Unfortunately, recent trends show that banks are now buying exclusively from bigger vendors, without even considering the merits of systems offered by small suppliers. A tougher regulatory environment means banks are playing it safe with their IT. [02 Oct 2007]
Leader: Should CIOs fear the rise of private equity?
Leader The rise of private equity purchases of companies which typically would have been publicly listed has been one of the biggest trends in business in the last few years. And it hasn't been without controversy. [03 Aug 2007]
Q&A: Ashwin Goyall, Oracle VP of industry strategy for financial services
Comment There are local variations, but the trends are roughly the same all over the world. What do you see changing in the next five to 10 years, in terms of business trends? Globally, the unit employs 12,000 staff, offering 300 products and supporting 8... [23 Jul 2007]
How do you get your head around 'risk'?
Comment Understanding where risk exists is a challenge for all businesses and one which can never be put to rest as new demands, regulations, technologies and trends come along. Will Sturgeon explores the best approach. [06 Jul 2007]
Financial services CIOs reveal investment priorities
Comment Over in the retail banking and insurance sectors the challenges are based around new consumer trends and changes in the way people find, choose and buy financial services products - largely due to consumer technology trends such as more PCs in the... [19 Jun 2007]
Steve Ranger's Notebook: Wary of wikis? Cynical about Second Life?
Comment These days there's a lot of discussion about how consumer tech trends and web 2.0 affect businesses. Tech is playing an ever larger role in our work and home lives. So be careful how you choose to limit access to wikis, blogs, social networking... [14 Jun 2007]
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