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Microsoft's future in the post-Bill Gates era
News However, according to Foley, the backers of chief software architect Ray Ozzie will continue to focus on providing software via the web and making Microsoft a bigger player in this area. Bill Gates steps down as Microsoft chairman on 27 June... [24 Jun 2008]
Exclusive: UK's top CIO revealed
News David Lister, chief architect, Royal Bank of Scotland Royal Mail's Robin Dargue has been voted the UK's top CIO as he embarks on a mammoth technology-based £2bn transformation programme aimed at making the 360-year-old organisation leaner and able... [11 Jun 2008]
Google looks to the cloud to woo business
News While chief software architect Ray Ozzie may worry most about open source, Google's larger ambitions are clearly on his mind. Google sees all enterprise trends pointing toward cloud computing and it wants a piece of the action. [11 Jun 2008]
Microsoft embraces cloud computing with 'Live Mesh'
News The project is the brainchild of Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect, and underscores the company's carefully balanced online strategy, which aims to capitalise on the reach of the internet without damaging its software business. [23 Apr 2008]
Reuters CIO joins Royal Bank of Scotland
News RBS does not use the CIO title for executives and Lister will join as chief architect, reporting in to the bank's group manufacturing unit, which provides centralised back-office services such as IT for other RBS banking and insurance brands... [01 Apr 2008]
Microsoft unveils web tool betas
News The web is at the centre of everything Microsoft is doing," said Ray Ozzie, Microsoft's chief software architect. Microsoft has used its MIX08 event in Las Vegas to announce beta releases of web tools including Internet Explorer 8, Silverlight 2... [09 Mar 2008]
Sun breaks through supercomputer haze with Constellation
News Speaking in June, Andy Bechtolsheim, chief architect and senior vice president of the systems group, said: "We are looking at a factor-of-three improvement over the current best system at an equal number of nodes. [14 Feb 2008]
Microsoft bids $44.6bn for Yahoo!
News Ray Ozzie, chief software architect at Microsoft, said the deal will mean customers could have "new experiences" which the two companies could not produce on their own. Microsoft has tabled a $44.6bn bid for web giant Yahoo! [01 Feb 2008]
Should data loss be made a criminal offence?
News Chris Mayers, chief security architect, at Citrix told silicon.com: "The government needs to bring in tougher laws to make companies realise the responsible handling of our data isn't an option, it's a necessity. [04 Jan 2008]
IT departments told - must get greener
News Shaun Jordon, a solution architect at BT's Sustainability Practice, also speaking at the event, said although the telecoms provider is not actively involved in thin-client technology, as with other energy-efficiency projects, it is as much about... [29 Nov 2007]
BAA's RFID trial prepares for takeoff
News Speaking at a roundtable event in London to discuss BAA's wireless strategy, enterprise architect Jonathan Prizeman said the trial will kick off "any day now" and said the organisation is looking at RFID, adding "but for us it's about fitness for... [14 Nov 2007]
Cambridge calls for new voice network
News The council's IT technical architect, Alan Shields, told silicon.com the existing telephone network is a managed service provided by NTL called Centrex. Cambridgeshire County Council has awarded a seven-figure contract for an Avaya converged IP... [19 Oct 2007]
IT charity employs flash mob tactics
News One participant, architect Pascal Wensink, said he had heard about the flash mob by word of mouth rather than flash mob websites or by text message. A flash mob descended on Potters Field, next to City Hall in London, this morning - not to protest... [06 Sep 2007]
Carillion builds on £27m managed services deal
News Once the network is in place, one of the biggest benefits will be remote access so, for example, an architect on a construction site will be able to send plans from a remote device straight to head office, or a contractor on site will be able to... [11 Jun 2007]
Adobe gets AIR-headed over web apps
News The key advantage is that software developers can use their existing tools and skills to build these desktop applications, said Kevin Lynch, the company's chief software architect and senior vice president of its platforms group. [11 Jun 2007]
