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Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News Mark Beattie, CIO at LondonWaste, said: "I doubt we will see the rise of huge mega-corporations in IT again. Mark Beattie, CIO, LondonWaste That's the sobering conclusion of the silicon.com CIO Jury... [03 Nov 2009]
Windows 7: 'It's not you, it's just bad timing'
News Mark Beattie, CIO of LondonWaste, added: "Budgets have to be spent in other areas at the moment. Despite its imminent release, Windows 7 isn't likely to hit business desktops any time soon. A recent silicon.com CIO Jury... [10 Jun 2009]
'Green shoots of recovery? What green shoots?'
News Consumer confidence is also likely to be in the doldrums for a long time to come, according to Mark Beattie, CIO of waste management and recycling company LondonWaste, who added: "I think it's very hard to see what... [20 May 2009]
Open source gains business credibility
News Mark Beattie, head of IT, LondonWaste Three-quarters of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said they are using more open source technology in all parts of their infrastructure ranging from small-scale systems... [22 Feb 2008]
Operational IT budgets to be squeezed in 2008
News Mark Beattie, head of IT, LondonWaste The downward pressure on operational IT costs will continue in 2008 but those savings could free up budget for increased levels of capital expenditure. Analyst IDC predicts the US... [17 Dec 2007]
CIO Essentials: Xmas gadgets, mobile ban and green IT
News As a waste management company, LondonWaste always wants to be as green as possible. This week we hear from Mark Beattie, head of IT for waste management company LondonWaste. Interesting how many of these... [11 Dec 2007]
Are UK data laws fit for purpose?
News Mark Beattie, IT director for waste management company LondonWaste, said: "The laws should be targeted at companies with access to substantial amounts of personal data. Mark Beattie, IT director ,... [23 Nov 2007]
Microsoft licensing value under scrutiny
News Mark Beattie, head of IT for waste management company LondonWaste, said: "When we priced out the value of the Enterprise Agreement against the cost of individual upgrades, we found them almost the same. [15 Nov 2007]
SMEs snubbing homeworking
News Mark Beattie, head of IT for waste management company LondonWaste, told silicon.com: "LondonWaste is a pretty old fashioned business in that we handle waste and this type of activity does not lend itself... [03 Jul 2007]
Cost and energy benefits driving virtualisation
News Mark Beattie, head of IT at LondonWaste, said: "We have so many different systems which need to interact, I just don't have the confidence that it'd all hang together if we tried virtualisation. Mark Beattie, head of IT,... [04 May 2007]
India core to future IT sourcing strategy
News Mark Beattie, IT director, LondonWaste Many large businesses, such as Welsh Water and Reuters, have already made outsourcing to India a core part of their IT strategy and earlier this year Norwich Union CIO Alex Robinson... [12 Apr 2007]
CIOs dump environmentally unfriendly suppliers
News Mark Beattie, is head of IT at recycling and waste management business LondonWaste, which generates electricity from waste. Mark Beattie, head of IT, LondonWaste Environmental footprint and... [05 Apr 2007]
CIO Jury: Is VoIP secure enough for business?
News But Mark Beattie, head of IT at LondonWaste, expressed concern over the security of VoIP networks. Mark Beattie, head of IT, LondonWaste Voice over IP is secure and reliable enough for businesses to use... [16 Mar 2007]
CIO Jury: Viruses still a major security threat
News Mark Beattie, head of IT, LondonWaste The last serious mass-mailing virus attacks to hit both home PC users and businesses were Sasser, Bagle and MyDoom in 2004. But three-quarters of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT... [25 Jan 2007]
Leader: The CIO Agenda for 2007
Leader Thanks to those who gave their time to take part in this year's CIO Agenda survey, including: Russell Altendorff, IT director, London Business School; Mark Beattie, head of IT, LondonWaste; Nicholas Bellenberg, IT... [17 Jan 2007]