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The Brampton Factor: Analysts fail on open source
Comment Exclusive column: The Naked CIO Unlike commercial software, where claims are grandiose but vague, nearly all open source products are described in detailed technical terms. Industry analysts can play a valuable role. [18 Aug 2008]
The Naked CIO: Why boards get IT spend so wrong
Comment Exclusive column: The Naked CIO While we try to create these measures, any assertions on ROI remain pure speculation and completely unattainable in conventional terms for many aspects of IT. But come up with a hare-brained scheme and boards fall... [11 Aug 2008]
Switch from oil to silicon
Comment Exclusive column: The Naked CIO One area that has not increased but has fallen dramatically is the direct cost of IT and comms, at least in terms of processing power, storage capacity or transmission speeds. [31 Jul 2008]
The Naked CIO: Enemies of the state
Comment Exclusive column: The Naked CIO It is a travesty that the biggest growth area in recent years in IT in terms of cost and resources is governance and compliance - especially given constrained budgets and the need to deliver better and faster for... [14 Jul 2008]
The Naked CIO: Service level disagreements
Comment Exclusive column: The Naked CIO That's because companies often fail to make the terms enforceable, should standards not be met. Service level agreements are great at perpetuating mediocrity and blocking excellence. [07 Jul 2008]
Is SOA testing tough enough?
Comment Exclusive column: The Naked CIO In terms of overall security, German organisations take the most proactive security stance among respondents and are the most advanced in terms of building security into the software applications that they develop. [20 May 2008]
The Naked CIO: Process not bureaucracy
Comment Exclusive column: The Naked CIO Sometimes the best intentions don't succeed in terms of creating efficiencies and effectiveness in IT delivery. Exclusive Special Report: CIO Agenda 2008 Proper process can give organisations an edge. [12 May 2008]
Legal Eye: Google declares trademark open season
Comment Exclusive column: The Naked CIO This month Google changed its policy on selling keyword search terms containing trademarks. As a result, advertisers whose brands are trademarked terms will now need to purchase the keywords related to their brands... [30 Apr 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Just how distributed is your business?
Comment Exclusive column: The Naked CIO In general terms, financial services organisations turn out to be the most distributed and public sector ones the least. But actually measuring how distributed a business is can be problematic. [24 Apr 2008]
The Naked CIO: Cut the bull
Comment Exclusive column: The Naked CIO We refer to layman's terms when really we should be talking about non-IT terms. Many IT managers constantly complain about not being understood by non-technical colleagues. [17 Mar 2008]
Minority Report: Why I'm already dreaming of an iPhone
Comment In a 2006 column on the much-trumpeted and woefully inaccurate predictions of the 'death of the iPod', I said that one of the biggest challenges Apple faced in delivering a successful phone product to the market was interface design. [11 Jan 2007]
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