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iPhone 3G, terrorists and tech, file sharers vs ISP
Comment Instead of utilising it as a tool to enhance their mission they opt for the 'technological crutch' and substitute hard graft with meaningless statistics to support whatever is the political flavour of the month. [15 Jul 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Warped perceptions
Comment The reality is our media and political establishments are more or less bereft of any machine-based support, unless that is, we are talking sporting events and elections. So in a quirky twist it seems our best computing capabilities are used to... [28 May 2008]
Microsoft: Why we chose ODF support over OOXML
News According to Taylor, Microsoft supporting ODF is a sign both of economic and political pressure. There's also political pressure - in the UK central government and various government departments are looking into open source. [23 May 2008]
Editor's Blog: Time to take the politicians out of technology?
Comment Government IT chiefs have long been waiting for some sign that their political masters care about technology. If they had been - assuming public sector project management skills haven't changed - the abacus would have taken 10 times as long, cost... [30 Apr 2008]
Fixed-income electronic trading faces bleak 2008
Comment If we break down the fixed-income markets into their major segments, government bond markets are highly unlikely to consolidate because underlying political and sovereign reasons would not permit it. Online trading platforms have established... [30 Jan 2008]
Mobile TV: Europe switches on to DVB-H
News Reding added the Council's backing for the EC's mobile telly strategy "shows that political resolve and market developments are in tune to ensure this potentially multi-billion Euro market is on the right track by mid-2008". [30 Nov 2007]
The tech requirements of private equity funds
Comment Private equity funds are under increasing political pressure to be more transparent in their conduct. Historically, all physical documents associated with a private equity deal or acquisitions were placed in a conference room at law firms for... [20 Aug 2007]
Who's afraid of user-generated content?
News Last week, New Media Age reported that adverts for Capital One, eBay, First Direct, LoveFilm and Vodafone were appearing alongside the official Facebook group page of controversial political organisation, the British National Party. [06 Aug 2007]
A litany of disasters has made shared services easy to swallow
Comment Due to the political climate and the imminent change of prime ministers, the government has to be seen to connect with the electorate. The NAO branded the project "one of the worst public administration scandals of modern times". [20 Jun 2007]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Why is customer service so hard?
Comment Such improvements are often driven by political or media pressures - one single accident might mean money spent on a problem that is really a very low risk. Political lobbying can mean that people or groups who shout loudest get the most attention... [17 Nov 2006]
Leader: ID cards face identity crisis
Leader And when you consider the broader political scheme of things, it seems there could be more rocky times for the ID cards project ahead. Our campaign has always had the backing of senior figures in the political and IT community - but this is the... [10 Jul 2006]
Yahoo!: 'We need new cybercrime laws'
News We feel horrible about the political arrests of internet users in China but we believe it's better to be there and cooperate with the authorities than not be there," said Pembrooke. An representative from Interpol, a police organisation that... [03 Apr 2006]
Will's Web Watch: What's the story dawning e-Tory?
Comment In fact, from my own personal point of view, when I find myself talking to a Tory who is personable and actually fairly likeable it makes me aware there have been some major shifts in the political landscape. [24 Feb 2006]
UK companies told to embrace .eu domains
News Schmidt said he isn't sure whether that is for political reasons, or whether UK businesses are simply unaware of the opportunity but he urged businesses to realise the potential of owning their dot-eu domain and warned them to consider the... [22 Feb 2006]
Opinion: What good has technology done?
Comment We have higher taxes to pay for local and central services, which in the case of the Child Support Agency or the Tax Credits system, squander huge amounts of public money on wasteful, ill-conceived projects, dreamt up by a handful of very large IT... [20 Feb 2006]
