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RSS tony hallettMentoring: Tech charity's recipe for success
Comment There are several charities that bring together the tech sector with good causes and, as Tony Hallett learns, tapping your experience might be just as important as tapping your wallet. The Prince's Trust's Technology Leadership Group (TLG) arm has... [09 Jul 2008]
Photos: Bill Gates through the ages
Photo Photo credit: Tony Hallett Little did anyone know that this young man would become the richest man in the world, possibly the most famous name technology has ever produced and founder of a company which became one of the biggest on earth. [20 Jun 2008]
How Norwich Union computes pay-as-you-drive
Case Study Tony Lovick, pricing actuary at NU, said a trial, using GPS-based IVUs (in-vehicle units) provided by Trafficmaster, began in November 2003 and finished 11 months later. As far back as 2003 word got out that insurer Norwich Union (NU) was working... [27 Nov 2007]
Editor's Blog: Goodbye silicon.com - and thanks
Comment I'm just finishing up my time as editor and site director for silicon.com, ending a direct relationship that goes back over nine years, to the conception as well as birth of this publication in 1998. I'm not going far - I'm becoming editorial... [08 Nov 2007]
Q&A: Teradata CEO Mike Koehler
News Previously head of the Teradata unit within NCR-Teradata, Mike Koehler is now the spun off company's president and CEO - his first time holding the top office.silicon.com editor Tony Hallett recently caught up with him at Teradata's Partners user... [22 Oct 2007]
Editor's Blog: CIO central
Comment On Monday we held our fifth silicon.com CIO Forum, seeing leading lights from IT user organisations meet in London and discuss all manner of things - though this year the debate was mainly around what people refer to these days as 'talent... [17 Oct 2007]
Facebook founder tops Agenda Setters list
News Tony Hallett, editor and site director of silicon.com said it has been fascinating to watch the rapid changes that have taken place in the past year. Mark Zuckerberg, the 23-year-old founder and CEO of social networking site, Facebook, has been... [17 Oct 2007]
Photos: UK tech leaders gather for the CIO Forum
Photo Here's Tony Hallett, editor and site director of silicon.com, as he welcomes delegates to the fourth annual CIO Forum. The event sees some of the UK's top IT bosses get together to discuss the tech issues of the moment. [16 Oct 2007]
Leader: Who's setting tech's agenda this year?
Leader See Tony Hallett's analysis on this here. Fair? What do you think? Zuckerberg continues a trend that has - by a nose - seen a new face top the poll for each of the eight years silicon.com has run this project. [15 Oct 2007]
Leader: How and why?
AS Analysis See Tony Hallett's analysis on this here. Fair? What do you think? Zuckerberg continues a trend that has - by a nose - seen a new face top the poll for each of the eight years silicon.com has run this project. [12 Oct 2007]
Good and bad year for comms
AS Analysis But this area of technology still makes its presence felt on the Agenda Setters list through a few resurgent figures and some oblique inclusions, as Tony Hallett reports. The striking absence of the heads of some of the biggest organisations in... [12 Oct 2007]
Surprise omissions and trends
AS Analysis Tony Hallett looks at who's there this year and why mega names such as Bill Gates and Steve Ballmer failed to make the cut. The Agenda Setters rankings always throw a few curve balls. New groups emerge, others fade from sight. [12 Oct 2007]
The rise and rise of the Asian tech empire
AS Analysis Tony Hallett scans the Top 50 for the Asian continent's biggest influencers. The shift in the balance of tech power from West to East identified in last year's Agenda Setters rankings continues in 2007. [12 Oct 2007]
Biometrics wing their way into Gatwick
News Editor's blog silicon.com editor, Tony Hallett, makes some observations about modern air travel and says you can tear up that boarding pass… Gatwick airport is the latest UK airport to trial biometric fingerprinting technology to boost... [09 Oct 2007]
Teradata and SAS going steady
News Teradata, the datawarehouse software specialist with its own NYSE listing as of a week ago, has announced a strategic partnership with business intelligence (BI) vendor SAS. The two companies' products will get closer technical integration... [09 Oct 2007]
