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The Weekly Round-Up: 18.09.09
Round-Up Line after line of diligent pigeons clutching memory sticks in their little claws, swooping into homes and offices and keeping the information economy ticking over. Even people that don't have broadband have an... [18 Sep 2009]
Naked CIO: Top 10 reasons to be a CIO
Comment And in today's economy, doesn't everyone need a bit of cheering up? It is so much better than any other C level job - at least in my opinion. The Naked CIO says yes - see what you think. I have wanted to... [17 Aug 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 30.01.09
Round-Up Despite (or possibly because of) all the doom and gloom in the economy, it seems everyone's turning to antics in the office to have fun. George Osborne's opinion of Windows 7 beta or the best way to sort... [30 Jan 2009]
'Generation Facebook' IT skills wasted at work
News And it is a cost-related thing in my opinion but that is probably a false economy. The tech savvy of 'generation Facebook' is going down the drain at work, new research has found. People who have left... [03 Mar 2008]
Can the government offshore with confidence?
Comment There is no denying there are political sensitivities around the offshore issue, driven predominantly by a fear of job losses, a concern about the impact on the UK economy and a lack of confidence in the quality of... [14 Feb 2008]
Yahoo! gives in to 'Google envy'
Comment After the economy went into the tank, Yahoo! has had a hard time adjusting to a Google-dominated internet - but bringing back Jerry Yang is a baffling response, says Charles Cooper. Meet the new boss. [19 Jun 2007]
Crime pays - and pays very well in cyberspace
Comment The goal of the event is to search for new ideas, partnerships and solutions in the fight against the international crime gangs that are threatening the future success of the UK's growing online economy. [07 Mar 2007]
View from Stanford: 'Offshoring works for us'
Comment There's a lot of debate over whether offshoring is the right strategy in the long run - for individual companies and for a country's economy. What's your opinion? Given its location in the heart of... [21 Nov 2006]
Prepare for some 'digital tension'
Comment What decisions will shape the landscape of the European digital economy of 2020? It was also the subject of a working party I took part in at the European Ideas Network 2006 (EIN) Summer University in Lyon, which... [27 Sep 2006]
Will's Web Watch: At the heart of web 2.0
Comment So, last month I spent two weeks in Silicon Valley, meeting people at the very beating heart of the internet economy. One reason for this - in the opinion of Zach Nelson, CEO of CRM vendor NetSuite, who... [12 May 2006]
Opinion: India sets its sights on Europe
Comment As N Chandrasekaran, head of global Operations at Tata Consultancy Services (TCS), the largest Indian IT services group, explained during a Q&A session at the Nasscom conference: "Offshoring is now an essential business tool the European... [24 Feb 2006]
Opinion: It's all about 'right-sourcing'
Comment In the modern economy, companies are placing higher importance on their purchasing strategies than ever before. Given the recent collapse of some high-profile IT outsourcing deals, Olswang's Simon Briskman outlines the... [31 Oct 2005]
Leader: Who's afraid to say the 'o' word?
Leader Graham Sadd, CEO of Paoga (which stands for 'people are our greatest asset), pointed out that the economy depends on what some call the "talent engine". While those in the technology and related services industries know... [18 Oct 2005]
Opinion: Corporate IT - you can help fight cyber crime
Comment Mark Kobayashi-Hillary is the technology research director of the Commonwealth Business Council and author of 'Outsourcing to India: The Offshore Advantage' (Springer 2004, 2005), 'Beyond BPO: Outsourcing and the Global Services... [03 Oct 2005]
Opinion: Something's rotten in the software economy
Comment In his speech to the Labour Party Conference in Brighton this week, Gordon Brown, UK Chancellor and prime minister-in-waiting, promised to take measures to resurrect the UK's failing manufacturing sector - but said nothing that might... [28 Sep 2005]
