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CIO Jury: Corporate blogs more than a fad
News John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group Corporate blogs can be a useful communication and collaboration tool but businesses need to approach them with caution, say leading CIOs. With companies increasingly using blogging to communicate both... [08 Sep 2006]
CIO Jury: Tough enough to negotiate with suppliers?
News John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group Increasingly complex contracts and licensing models are making it tough for IT departments to get a fair deal when negotiating with and managing suppliers. Two UK universities are looking at offering MBAs... [13 Oct 2005]
CIO Jury: Gates' password prediction wrong
News Dr John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group Speaking at the Microsoft IT Forum conference in Copenhagen, Gates said passwords are a weak spot in security and identity authentication and that Microsoft and other leading edge businesses are already... [19 Nov 2004]
CIO Jury: $100 laptop is "fundamentally flawed"
News John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group 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 of the... [31 Jul 2006]
CIO Jury: Data roaming rip-off slammed
News John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group IT bosses have slammed mobile operators over the excessive roaming charges and confusing tariffs for data download services, warning that it could become too expensive for staff to use. [03 Nov 2005]
CIO Jury: Businesses give open source a reality check
News John Odell, IT director, BBA Group CIOs are still divided on whether the cost benefits of using open source software in a business IT infrastructure outweigh the risks. Just this week Unilever said it has ditched a three-year plan to migrate its... [01 Sep 2005]
CIO Jury: Are tech analysts worth the money?
News Dr John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group And with fewer than ever big players now offering predictions on trends and advice to users we asked silicon.com's user panel, the CIO Jury, if they get any real value from the information and services... [06 Jan 2005]
CIO Jury: What IT bosses really think of vendors
News John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group Three-quarters (nine) of the CIO Jury said IT vendors and suppliers do not understand what the CIO role is and what their own internal pressures are, while only a quarter (three) said the IT industry is in... [07 Mar 2005]
CIO Jury: IT bosses 'not isolated' from the boardroom
News Dr John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group The vendor-backed survey of IT executives claimed three-quarters of European IT directors are either not heard or that their opinions are not valued at board level. [26 Nov 2004]
CIO Jury: Will skills shortage lead to IT wage spike?
News John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group A host of surveys over the past week have highlighted recruitment and retention problems faced by UK businesses because of the shortage of certain IT skills in the labour market. [16 Feb 2005]
CIO Jury: Is it safe to use small IT suppliers?
News John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group Small suppliers can be a more cost-effective source of innovation and cutting-edge technologies than the traditional big vendors, though there are also some risks involved, according to IT chiefs. [06 Jul 2006]
CIO Agenda: IT budgets up or down in 2005?
Comment Cost-cutting is on the agenda for some of the CIOs, including John Odell, group IT director at the BBA Group, and Ted Woodhouse, IT director at Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust, who is preparing for a big push related to the £6bn National... [15 Dec 2004]
CIO Jury: No risk, no returns?
News Dr John Odell, group IT director, BBA Group IT investment has come under more scrutiny than ever following the huge amounts spent on Y2K and the dot-com boom and with ever-increasing amounts of regulatory compliance red tape to contend with we... [11 Nov 2004]
