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Editor's Blog: Time to declare war on the business
Comment It seems the Naked CIO isn't alone in thinking this, and one of the reader comments puts it eloquently: "I've hated the phrase 'the business' since my first day as a trainee, because I thought I had joined my company to be part of the business... [07 Aug 2008]
The Rise of Web Commuting
White Paper To understand more about this growing trend, Citrix Online and the polling company recently joined forces to conduct a survey on the subject of Web commuting. Read this Web Commuter research brief to learn: [27 Jun 2008]
Did Microsoft use desktop dominance in OOXML standard?
News In some cases, people favourable to Microsoft's pro-OOXML position joined standards bodies late in the process, bringing protests from Microsoft's foes. For example, an employee from Google, which opposed OOXML standardisation, joined the Danish... [04 Apr 2008]
Editor's blog: Rambling questions, tricky answers
Comment You can read more about how companies can better share information across departments in our new special report, Joined-up Enterprise. Just this week I was on the phone to the London Borough of Sutton, trying to pay my council tax. [07 Mar 2007]
BT names new chairman
News Rake joined KPMG 35 years ago and has been on the UK board since 1991. Rake said he was feeling "extremely enthusiastic" about building on the company's recent success in establishing itself as a leading networked IT service firm. [19 Feb 2007]
Profile: CIO from the business
Comment In fact when Dargue joined Novar in 2001 it was as a CIO reporting to the CFO: "Two years before I would never have taken a job reporting to a CFO but it shows how times had changed! Before I joined EDS I looked at a lot of CIO jobs but I thought I... [18 Oct 2006]
The Consultant CIO: Gordon Lovell-Read, CIO, Siemens
Comment Lovell-Read joined Siemens four-and-a-half years ago after impressing the board with his skills on a project that HP was doing at the company. Gordon Lovell-Read, CIO at conglomerate Siemens, fits that profile having spent 17 years previously at HP... [22 Sep 2006]
Cheat Sheet: WCIT
Cheat Sheet All the members are senior IT professionals who have joined the company in order to give something back to the IT sector and the wider community. The green on the coat of arms is associated with VDUs (apparently) while the blue and the stars on the... [04 Sep 2006]
Mobiles on planes: Pilots speak out on safety fears
News However, they have joined the growing ranks of detractors from the scheme who fear the effect mobile phones will have on passenger comfort and the harmony in their cabins. Want to read more about mobiles on planes? [02 Aug 2006]
IT guy becomes new Betfair CEO
News Also Tim Bunting from Goldman Sachs has joined the board and taken over as chairman of the company. Plus: Read our leader on what Yu's appointment means for CIOs' prospects of advancing to the top job. [05 Jan 2006]
The Good fight over mobile email
He joined Amazon when it acquired Accept.com, a company he co-founded and led as CEO. So, the email may be email, but the systems involved in deploying that are increasingly sophisticated, and so it's a huge matter of effort on Good's part and, I... [21 Jul 2005]
Behind the scenes at Mozilla HQ
He joined the Mozilla Foundation in June 2004, after spending five years working as a product manager at Netscape, according to his personal Web site. He joined the Mozilla project team at Netscape in May 2000, after working as a volunteer helping... [19 Jul 2005]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: 7/7 shows we need more networks
Comment I joined the throng of people walking out of the city, heading to the peripheral stations and buses, phones in hand, calling and texting. Editor's note: This blog was written on 7/7/05 at 18:00(BST) but is only being posted now due to extenuating... [08 Jul 2005]
Developers' mixed reaction to Macromedia takeover
Adobe's proposed acquisition of Macromedia took software developers by surprise, stirring a mix of apprehension and optimism about the fate of the joined companies and their respective software titles. [19 Apr 2005]
Acrobat reader for Linux ready
Adobe is cozying up to Linux on the desktop; in 2004 it joined a Linux consortium and started hiring staff for open source work. Now the final version of the 7.0 update is ready, Adobe confirmed on Monday. [12 Apr 2005]
