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'Keeping the lights on' stifles tech innovation
News Les Boggia, head of IT operations at insurance firm Carole Nash, said: "Whilst CIOs try to induce innovation into the business, we are continually stifled by lack of direction and strategy, and focus on tactical solutions. [30 Apr 2007]
French MPs pick Ubuntu for Linux switch
News When French MPs and their assistants return from their summer break this June, they will conduct parliamentary business on PCs running Ubuntu. From the next session of parliament, 1,154 desks will feature the Linux-based PCs. [12 Mar 2007]
CIO Agenda: The 2007 tech shopping list
News CIO Agenda respondent Les Boggia, head of IT at insurance firm Carole Nash, said: "In 2007, the hype will mainly be around new MS products - Vista in particular - and when should you upgrade. What's in store for IT over the next 12 months? [15 Jan 2007]
CIO Jury: IT budgets on the rise in 2007
News Les Boggia, IT division head, Carole Nash Three-quarters of silicon.com's 12-man CIO Jury IT user panel this week said they expect their IT budgets to increase in 2007. That's a more optimistic picture than this time last year when CIOs were... [06 Dec 2006]
Intel hypes 45-nanometre chip
News Intel executives such as company pioneer Les Vadasz and outside analysts have said manufacturing has played a larger role in the company's success than anticipated in the past. Intel has completed the design of Penryn, a 45-nanometre chip that will... [30 Nov 2006]
CIO Jury: $100 laptop is "fundamentally flawed"
News Les Boggia, IT division head, Carole Nash Insurance Negroponte's One Laptop Per Child (OLPC) project to distribute the wind-up Linux laptops to children in developing countries was dealt a blow last week when India ditched plans to order a million... [31 Jul 2006]
CIO Jury: Keeping IT cool in the heatwave
News Unluckily for Les Boggia, IT division head at insurance firm Carole Nash, the heatwave has coincided with the office building roof being re-covered, which has meant no air-conditioning for some parts of the office. [19 Jul 2006]
Education 2.0 - more than just e-learning
News Les Watson, the university's pro vice chancellor of learning and information services, said: "We've spent a long time thinking about learning and e-learning but it's the same thing. Universities and colleges are looking at how technology can... [13 Jul 2006]
Password Hell (Part 1): The IT chief's nightmare
News Les Boggia, head of IT at Carole Nash Insurance, told silicon.com part of this problem stems from users needing too many passwords for them to reasonably be expected to remember. The perennial problem of password management is still proving a major... [16 May 2006]
CIO Jury: Businesses "obsessed" with IT metrics
News Les Boggia, IT division head, Carole Nash Insurance Businesses have become unnecessarily obsessed with benchmarking and measuring IT because of the boardroom focus on corporate governance, according to some IT directors. [21 Apr 2006]
CIO Jury: Businesses shun Windows on Macs
News Les Boggia, IT division head at insurance firm Carole Nash, said he would consider trying out Macs in the enterprise but said Apple would have to reduce the price of the hardware before it became a viable option. [06 Apr 2006]
CIO Jury: Legacy is biggest IT headache
News Les Boggia, division head of IT at Carole Nash insurance, also agreed but said that while legacy systems might be annoying "they do usually do the job". Les Boggia, division head of IT, Carole Nash Analyst Gartner warned in its 10-year technology... [15 Mar 2006]
CIO Jury: Bosses snub cheap overseas IT labour
News Les Boggia, IT division head, Carole Nash Insurance UK bosses have raised questions about the extent of the country's IT skills shortage, claiming they haven't yet been forced to recruit IT staff from overseas in order to plug skills gaps in their... [10 Mar 2006]
CIO Jury: IT bosses ban Google Desktop over security fears
News Les Boggia, IT division head, Carole Nash Insurance UK IT bosses are already taking measures to ban employees from downloading Google's Desktop search software on PCs and laptops because of the security risk to corporate data. [02 Mar 2006]
CIO Agenda, part 3: The battle for credibility
News The CIO Agenda results show a continued squeeze on IT budgets and Les Boggia, IT director at insurance firm Carole Nash, said there is more pressure to prove the value of IT, which is still taken for granted by many businesses. [20 Dec 2005]
