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Legal Eye: Who's to blame for data loss?
Comment In the meantime PA Consulting has dismissed employees who had been working on the JTrack project. To prevent the loss of sensitive data, organisations must change their cultures, says lawyer Stewart James - from the... [17 Sep 2008]
Is short-termism holding back public sector outsourcing?
Comment Or is it that government outsourcing is done essentially to protect itself against failure or blame, rather than making sure the programme is a success? It is imperative that needs analysis is conducted throughout the... [20 Aug 2008]
Dear silicon.com... dirty computers, lie detectors, T5 tech, mobile ASBOs
Comment Also, dirty NHS keyboards get an airing, benefit cheats hunted out with lie detectors and the T5 "tech not to blame" fiasco all attracted some feisty remarks. Tech not to blame for Terminal 5 fiasco Tech... [15 May 2008]
Open source: UK dragging its heels
News He put the blame not on any religious conviction but on poor business decisions, which had led to vendor lock-in, particularly among public bodies. Three years ago, Taylor said, an Office of Government Commerce study... [15 May 2008]
Bank admits rising leccy bills on 'green' data centre
News Banking group Citi is on the verge of completing a major sustainable data centre project but has admitted the power requirements of its IT equipment are continuing to rise by 12.5 per cent per year. In a statement... [14 Apr 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Eating your own dog food
Comment And all too often, it seems, people blame the technology rather than the implementation designer. Suppose every architect had to live and suffer every aspect of their creations for at least three years before starting... [14 Apr 2008]
Luis von Ahn
AS Profile Described as a "real guy to watch" by one of the panel, Luis Von Ahn is one of the people to blame for those little boxes filled with hard-to-read letters that you have to type into a box when you sign up for websites. [12 Oct 2007]
Dear silicon.com... open source vs MS, budget overruns, the iPhone, patents...
Comment Recent high profile failures have worsened this situation and the introduction of blame culture by the vulnerable will ensure that public IT remains a negative source of progress for quite some time.... [20 Sep 2007]
UK 'a closed shop for open source'
News He said: "The UK is a different market to the rest of Europe," adding that large software companies have always been able to sell their software directly in the UK, have become more entrenched and have been able to... [13 Sep 2007]
Why do public sector projects fail?
Comment A shift away from the blame culture to an environment where successful delivery is valued above all else is required in order to increase the probability of problems being detected at an early enough stage for them to be... [24 Jul 2007]
CIO Essentials: Web 2.0 hype, Google and wi-fi risks
News People use the phrase in conversation, determine to build websites in a 'web 2.0 way' and blame online business failures on 'just not being web 2.0 enough'. On the one hand, risks and project scopes need... [01 May 2007]
CIO Essentials: The top five stories of the week
News Poor governance to blame for project failures For too long it has been ICT that has taken the blame for failures. Ever wondered what CIOs are reading on silicon.com? Our latest feature -... [03 Apr 2007]
Poor governance to blame for project failures
News Alan Calder, author of IT Governance: A Manager's Guide blamed a lack of IT-awareness in boardrooms for this poor governance and project failure. Poor IT governance is one of the key causes of failure in big business... [28 Mar 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.10.06
Round-Up Also, putting aside the conflicting double meanings of 'not catching it' - because of course Apple is probably delighted it can't 'catch' viruses, though in this instance wishes it had 'spotted' it - it does seem a slightly desperate... [20 Oct 2006]
Editor's Blog: So, er, what's the big idea?
Comment Who can blame them? But it has also been associated with expensive and frustrating project failures. You sometimes see people's eyes glaze over after the mention of SOA or web services. Some reach for... [29 Sep 2006]
