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News According to the CEO of IT sector skills body e-skills UK, Karen Price, the next six months will be "critical" as the project enters the core business planning phase. Understanding the... [08 Oct 2008]
The McCue Interview: Nigel Underwood, CIO, DHL
Comment Progressive investment in vital systems integration and project management capabilities has enabled DHL to develop more sector-specific supply chain products and services for its customers. He says: "In the automotive... [08 Oct 2008]
Symbian CEO on open source, Windows Mobile and 'usability'
Comment The smart phone is still the fastest growing marketplace in mobile… and we're still market leader there, want to remain market leader - 60 per cent of phones sold in this sector in the last 12 months had Symbian inside... [07 Oct 2008]
SAP sales drop as credit crunch looms large
News The announcement on Monday drove SAP shares down 16 per cent, their biggest drop in nearly 12 years, and pulled down the whole technology sector as investors feared that other computer industry companies also faced a... [07 Oct 2008]
Richard Thomas
AS Profile Thomas is now shaping the way Whitehall shares information, having co-authored the Data Sharing Review - a root and branch overhaul of the way data is handled by the public and private sector. The Agenda Setters judges... [07 Oct 2008]
Naked CIO: Who cares about industry experience?
Comment I would rather have a CIO within my organization who has proved he can be successful in any business and any industry than one who is mediocre but has always worked in our sector. Equally though when... [06 Oct 2008]
CIOs not taking a shine to Chrome
News If you are a CIO, CTO, IT director or equivalent at a large or small company in the private or public sector and you want to be part of silicon.com's CIO Jury pool, or you know an IT chief who should be, then drop us a... [29 Sep 2008]
Data breach victims get the mushroom treatment
News In a survey of 300 IT directors, CTOs and IT security managers in the public and private sector, one in 10 admit to falling victim to a security breach. More than half of organisations admitted to having "no idea" of the... [25 Sep 2008]
Tech leaders honoured at glittering CNET Awards
News The CNET Networks UK Business Technology Awards 2008 at London's Park Lane Hilton hotel saw impressionist Jon Culshaw host a night celebrating the best of IT in 16 categories, covering financial services, retail and the... [24 Sep 2008]
UK firms top the pile in Galileo shortlist
News Stuart Martin, Logica's director of space and satellite communications, said in a Monday statement: "Logica is in the unique position of being able to bring together experts from a range of disciplines to assist both the public and... [23 Sep 2008]
IT demand is weakening, warns Dell
News While neither company mentioned the financial sector specifically, they were the first major US technology companies to warn investors since a series of financial shocks in recent days. Business software... [17 Sep 2008]
Microsoft interoperability makes "substantial progress" in schools
News We have been reviewing our school licensing arrangements in the light of educational policy developments and the issues that have been raised by Becta," Michel van der Bel, a vice president in Microsoft's public sector... [17 Sep 2008]
10 ways the credit crunch will hit IT
News Indian outsourcing companies face considerable risk from their reliance on the global banking sector, with the country's top five service suppliers depending on the financial sector for about 45 per cent... [16 Sep 2008]
Public sector says no to web 2.0
News Blinkered public sector thinking that blames sites such as Facebook for office time wasting is stunting the take up of web 2.0 in government, according to an association for IT professionals. Laggards" in local... [15 Sep 2008]
BEA Systems Case Study: Toll Holdings Ltd.
Toll Holdings Ltd.is Australia's largest transport and logistics provider, with a five percent share of the A$60 billion logistics sector. Toll Holdings required logistics management system to oversee multiple... [11 Sep 2008]
