it director special report
Indian outsourcing takeover is imminent
News Partha Iyengar, regional research director at Gartner, said in a statement: "The emerging mega-vendors have made dramatic progress in the past few years and have more than doubled their revenue in a four-year period, with the 2007 revenue being... [14 Aug 2008]
Indian outsource giants feeling the pinch
News Peter Allen, partner and managing director of TPI, said in a statement: "Companies across industry segments are expressing their concerns regarding the uncertain business conditions by taking steps to reduce operational costs, and the outsourcing... [18 Jul 2008]
Exclusive: UK's top CIO revealed
News Group CIO and technology director Dargue scored the most votes to top silicon.com's CIO50 2008 list of the 50 most influential and innovative IT leaders in the UK - read our exclusive in-depth interview with him here. [11 Jun 2008]
"Mega" outsourcing deals decline
News Gartner research director Kurt Potter said in a statement: "Many clients want to test providers' contracting practices, capabilities and cultures before moving favoured providers into larger contracts, or organisations are using smaller doses of... [11 Jun 2008]
Cheques go up in smoke but plastic is fantastic
News Apacs director of communications, Sandra Quinn, said as retailers stop accepting cheques it is expected that a large proportion of those payments will migrate to debit card payments. Exclusive Special Report: CIO Agenda 2008 [12 May 2008]
Nasa supercomputer gets rocket power
News Ames director, Pete Worden, said the massive performance boost will fulfil Nasa's increasing need for capacity for future missions and scientific research. Exclusive Special Report: CIO Agenda 2008 Find out what's hot on the top tech execs' agendas... [09 May 2008]
Carphone Warehouse plans broadband boost
News Ian Fogg, research director at JupiterResearch, said Carphone Warehouse is facing big investment decisions in its broadband business if it is to keep up with the competition as ADSL2+ products hit the market. [09 May 2008]
BT adds smart phone to home broadband package
News Warren Buckley, director of portfolio convergence BT, said the move extends what the telco has been doing in the SME marketplace with its Office Anywhere product. Exclusive Special Report: CIO Agenda 2008 [08 May 2008]
The Brampton Factor: Licensed to bill
Comment Andy Burton, founder of asset-management firm Centennial and a director at Fast, has said: "Most companies today I believe fall foul of compliance issues because of poor management rather than malicious behaviour. [07 May 2008]
Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources
News One of the threats that needs a co-ordinated police response is online fraud, according to Tony Johnson, IT director at the Zavvi Entertainment Group. Christopher Linfoot, IT director at the LDV Group, added: "E-crime is complex and difficult to... [18 Mar 2008]
Tough bargaining forces outsourcing price cuts
News In a statement Geraldine Fox, director of sourcing services at Compass, said: "We are seeing aggressive, high-level targets plucked from the air in contract negotiations which bear little relation to what the business needs. [11 Mar 2008]
It's time Indian IT took the lead
Comment Leo Puri, managing director of merchant bank Warburg Pincus, took a firm line. Special Report: Inside India India's booming tech industry seems acutely aware of the problems it faces - conservatism, social exclusion, lack of diversity. [20 Feb 2008]
Government deal for 'best buy' telecoms suppliers
News Mark Quartermaine, managing director of BT Government Services said in a statement: "It also benefits our customers, who will be able to select BT products and services from an online catalogue where the value for money credentials of the... [02 Jan 2008]
Stories of the year
News Q&A: Graham Linehan, writer and director of The IT Crowd The comments were made after Frank Abagnale, the one-time confidence trickster turned security expert (who also inspired the film Catch Me If You Can), said the scheme should be scrapped if... [14 Dec 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 19.10.07
Round-Up And here's something else to tickle your fancy - an interview with the writer and director of cult sit-com The IT Crowd - and photos to boot. Actually, you can break out the bubbly for another good reason - silicon.com's annual Agenda Setters... [19 Oct 2007]
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