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Corporate Voodoo: Extract 1 - Who has the Voodoo gift?
Comment Extract 2 will be published tomorrow, or go to our special microsite to learn more about Corporate Voodoo and Rene Carayol and buy the book, at a 20 per cent discount. The business world is moving faster and faster. [08 May 2001]
Boardroom Despatches: IBM's second wind
Comment But Rene Carayol says IBM now leads the tech pack - again. Much of the progress that came from the 1990s recovery at IBM under Lou Gerstner could have been for nothing if the company's 2002 purchase of PwC had flopped. [24 Sep 2004]
Boardroom despatches: UK Plc - let's play risk
Comment Rene Carayol has been noticing a distinct climate of conservatism in boardrooms up and down the UK. He can be contacted at rene@carayol.com. Rene Carayol is a former IT director and board member of IPC Media. [09 Apr 2003]
Boardroom Despatches: The death of the CIO
Comment That’s the way it looks if the recent history of the sector is anything to go by says Rene Carayol. The top echelon of IT is going to be dominated increasingly by those whose background isn’t in the profession. [22 Dec 2003]
Ebusiness Despatches: Customer service is about people NOT technology
Comment This month columnist Rene Carayol shares a worrying personal account and argues that the most successful companies must remember the human touch. We've all had problems with shoddy or infuriating customer service. [09 Jan 2002]
Ebusiness Despatches: Now VCs must hold their nerve
Comment Entrepreneurs and even big companies are taking the right steps says Rene Carayol, our columnist at the front line, but he demands more from the VC community. Many start-ups are struggling to get second and third round funding. [10 Jul 2002]
Boardroom Despatches: Sainsbury's cautionary tale
Comment In the first of a new series for 2005 aimed at those at the top of IT or business - or quite possibly both - Rene Carayol revisits the retail sector. He takes a close look at J Sainsbury plc and a recent poor run all too closely aligned with... [19 Jan 2005]
Ebusiness Despatches: Know your partners, know your customers, know your staff - retail lessons
Comment Rene Carayol reports from the frontline. Ebusiness has accelerated change in the retail world and produced new winners. But who will win the upcoming battles? Some of you will know I'm excited by what technology is doing for the world of retail. [11 Dec 2001]
Boardroom Despatches: Tell me something good about Oracle/PeopleSoft/JD Edwards
Comment They may have hogged the headlines over the past week but Rene Carayol argues customers need a lot more than vendors trying to take each other out. He can be contacted at rene@carayol.com. Rene Carayol is a former IT director and board member of... [11 Jun 2003]
Leader: E-procurement - remember it, it's now with us
Leader E-business experts, including our columnist Rene Carayol, have spoken out against a culture that hammers small vendors who see their margins slashed. In the late 1990s, this writer found himself penning a fair amount about e-procurement. [18 Aug 2004]
Corporate Voodoo: Extract 3 - companies failing the test
Comment The final extract will be published tomorrow, or go to our special microsite to learn more about Corporate Voodoo and Rene Carayol and buy the book, at a 20 per cent discount.http://www.silicon.com/goto-CV-ex [10 May 2001]
Ebusiness Despatches: Don't put customers first
Comment Look at any industry you care to mention and it's suffering from a common symptom, over capacity. From aviation to automotive to high-tech demand is thin on the ground and supply is piling up in the corner. [11 Sep 2002]
