itn chiefs
When is a supplier gift/junket inappropriate?
News Ian Auger, IT director, ITN One blogging CIO in the US has highlighted some of the more inappropriate offers IT chiefs get in this post here. The important thing for IT chiefs is to not compromise their own integrity or put themselves in the... [06 Jun 2008]
Smart phone battle: Qwerty vs touchscreen
News Ian Auger, IT director at ITN, admitted to liking the iPhone touchscreen and interface for navigation but said: "I'm definitely a Qwerty man. Ian Auger, IT director, ITN That view is backed by IT chiefs who say that, particularly for business users... [22 May 2008]
Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources
News Ian Auger, IT director at ITN, said: "I think it is a specialist area that needs to be dealt with by people who understand it. Ian Auger, IT director, ITN That's the unanimous verdict of UK tech chiefs on silicon.com's CIO Jury IT user panel. [18 Mar 2008]
Recession fears squeeze tech budgets
News Ian Auger, IT director, ITN Any resulting belt-tightening by organisations will usually hit the IT budget first and half of IT chiefs on silicon.com's 12-strong weekly CIO Jury panel said they are already planning for tech spending cuts or changes... [24 Jan 2008]
Cost and energy benefits driving virtualisation
News Ian Auger, head of IT and communications, ITN Virtualisation will be a key infrastructure priority for CIOs looking to reduce costs and increase energy efficiency over the next 12 months. Three-quarters of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user... [04 May 2007]
CIO Jury: Viruses still a major security threat
News While the days of the mass-mailer worm like Sasser may be over, the virus and Trojan Horse threats are becoming more intelligent and subtle, according to Ian Auger, head of IT and communications at ITN. [25 Jan 2007]
CIO Jury: Businesses cool on Office 2007 upgrade
News ITN has also only recently moved to Office 2003. Ian Auger, head of IT and communications, ITN Businesses are planning a cautious approach to Microsoft's forthcoming Office 2007 productivity suite, with leading IT chiefs saying they will wait up to... [17 Nov 2006]
What's the oldest piece of kit in your IT department?
News Ian Auger, head of IT and communications at ITN, said as long as the kit has the functionality and can be supported, why waste money on replacing it? UK IT chiefs backed the view that there can still be a place in a modern IT organisation for these... [16 Nov 2006]
CIO Jury: 'Exploding' battery recall won't harm laptop-makers
News Ian Auger, head of IT and communications, ITN The massive 'exploding' Sony battery recall will not have any significant impact on the choice of future laptop suppliers, according to UK IT chiefs. But 10 of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user... [03 Nov 2006]
CIO Jury: Bosses play safe with big IT vendors
News Ian Auger, IT director, ITN The famous saying in IT is 'You never get sacked for buying IBM' and more than half (seven) of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said there is still pressure both internally and externally for IT chiefs to... [22 Jun 2006]
CIO Jury: 'Gas-guzzling' PCs pose IT power issues
News Ian Auger, IT director at ITN, said: "We are looking to make savings where possible but turning off CPUs at night is an issue as this is the downtime we use to push out updates to our client machines to avoid impacting performance during normal... [17 May 2006]
CIO Jury: Microsoft licensing slammed by UK IT chiefs
News Ian Auger, IT director, ITN UK IT chiefs have slammed Microsoft over the cost of signing up to the Software Assurance (SA) licensing model, and accused the Redmond giant of wanting to "have its cake and eat it and charge customers to watch". [21 Sep 2005]
CIO Jury: IT departments have no WEEE worries
News Ian Auger, IT director at ITN, said: "We will need to be sure that when planning projects which include new or upgraded hardware that we make an allowance to cover disposal and any administrative costs that we might incur to provide proof of... [30 Jun 2005]
CIO Jury: Would IT chiefs outsource themselves?
News Ian Auger, head of IT and communications at ITN, said he wouldn't outsource his own job but that "I very much doubt I would outsource my team either. Ian Auger, head of IT and communications, ITN So we asked silicon.com's CIO Jury line-up of... [02 Dec 2004]
CIO Jury: Are VoIP benefits worth the risk?
News Ian Auger, head of IT and communications, ITN IT chiefs overwhelmingly believe the benefits of converged voice and data networks outweigh the risks, according to the latest silicon.com CIO Jury. The result was almost unanimous with 11 IT chiefs... [08 Sep 2004]
