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News That's what silicon.com columnist Richard Leyland considered in another popular article - looking at whether businesses staffed by knowledge workers should ditch their office and live the mobile working dream. [30 Nov 2009]
Does your business really need an office?
Comment Richard Leyland weighs up the pros and cons. Richard Leyland is a futurist and writer, with a particular focus on the future of work. At the recent Workplace Trends conference, one speaker dared to ask:... [17 Nov 2009]
UK software industry - alive and kicking
News There is a tendency to write-off the UK software industry because most of the familiar software companies are in the US, said TechMarketView chairman Richard Holway who warned: "That would be a big mistake. [23 Oct 2009]
Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs
News Richard Storey, head of IT, Guys & St Thomas Hospital Despite tough economic conditions, CIOs have not turned to open source software as a way of making their IT budgets go further, according to silicon.com's latest... [23 Oct 2009]
Could hackspaces hold the key to business innovation?
Comment It might just come from renegade geeks, says Richard Leyland. Richard Leyland is a futurist and writer, with a particular focus on the future of work. There's a new type of tech geek emerging. They have... [14 Oct 2009]
Richard Stallman
AS Profile Open software guru, Richard Stallman, is an Agenda Setters regular having made the list numerous times before but he drops a few places in 2009, from number 30 in 2008. Stallman founded the GNU Project in 1984 to develop... [29 Sep 2009]
Tech skills: UK Plc told to get its hands dirty and help students
News Richard Lambert, CBI director-general, said in a statement: "Business should engage more with universities, both financially and intellectually. Businesses must do more to help boost the numbers of students taking... [21 Sep 2009]
Orange and T-Mobile get ready to become UK's largest mobile network
News Richard Moat, now CEO of T-Mobile UK, will take the role of COO. Orange and T-Mobile have entered talks to combine their operations in the UK. Orange, owned by France Telecom, and T-Mobile, parented by Deutsche Telekom,... [08 Sep 2009]
IT graduates failing to make the business grade, say UK tech chiefs
News Richard Storey, head of IT, Guy's & St Thomas' Hospital The majority of the jury said they believe universities are not producing IT graduates with the right skills for their businesses - bad news for graduates competing... [02 Sep 2009]
Kids today: Don't fear the Millennials at work
Comment After working in schools, Richard Leyland tells a different story. Richard Leyland is a futurist and writer, with a particular focus on the future of work. I'm sure you've heard the familiar scare story... [24 Aug 2009]
Future of the NHS: Medical records online could transform healthcare
News Dr Richard Harries, consultant radiologist at North Lincolnshire and Goole Hospitals NHS Trust, warned that some doctors would find the prospect of more consultation with patients through methods such as email to be... [21 Aug 2009]
BBC is taking tech seriously, so give it a break!
Comment As political theorist Richard Hooker was quoted as saying in the preface of Johnson's English Dictionary: "Change is not made without inconvenience, even from worse to better. The BBC is a world leader in developing... [31 Jul 2009]
Five joins BBC and ITV in Canvas picture
News Richard Halton, programme director of IPTV at the BBC, told silicon.com that the aim with Canvas is to make it flexible enough for as many vendors, network providers and content providers to get involved as possible. [30 Jul 2009]
Seven ways to boost your workplace confidence
Comment It's a skill that Virgin boss Richard Branson manages with ease - or unease if his media interviews are anything to go by. And as Richard Branson already knows, the real key to projecting confidence as a... [29 Jul 2009]
Inspire creativity at the office - here's how
Comment Richard Leyland offers some advice on how to do it. Richard Leyland is a futurist and writer, with a particular focus on the future of work. Random Walk theory is a funny little idea drawn from the study... [28 Jul 2009]
