CIO UK Blogs: Entries for June 2008
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Martin Veitch
Martin started his IT journalism career at PC Week. He joined Ziff-Davis UK in 1992 and helped launch PC Direct, rising to become Deputy Editor before leaving to set up ZDNet News. He joined IT Week as Executive News Editor in 1998 and was appointed Editor in 1999. He joined CIO in March 2008, and his other published work includes appearances in The Wall Street Journal Europe, BBC News Online, CFO and The Guardian. He also speaks regularly at conferences.
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June 30, 2008
Don't believe the Windows 7 hype
Experience should at least tell us how to prepare for the long march to the next Microsoft vision
That the PR hordes at Microsoft would begin the jungle drumbeat for the next version of Windows within an ace of the launch of Vista was, of...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 27, 2008
Fear, loathing and semantic search
Call it, if you really must, Search 2.0, but the desperation to crack the code that makes semantic search a reality is becoming tangible. A...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 26, 2008
Paul Collingwood, Paul Coby and the art of the mea culpa
Methinks he doth protest too much
It was difficult not to detect shades of the PR handler when Paul Collingwood faced his interrogators yesterday evening, following the shameful...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 25, 2008
Is the fire-fighting IT chief becoming extinct?
At least some CIOs are optimistic that their fire-fighting days are going to be reduced. A survey by Coleman-Parkes Research, conducted on behalf...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 24, 2008
Symbian: (Lack of) business as usual
A Symbian manager wasn't overly impressed when I suggested several years ago that the smartphone OS company was becoming Nokia's toy. As I recall...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 23, 2008
Is tech M&A frenzy good for business?
Another day, another Oracle acquisition . Oracle seems to buy up companies based on if there is a ‘Y’ in the day although informed...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 20, 2008
CIOs don't need to be on the board
New research suggests that just under half of UK CIOs sit on their respective boards
New research suggests that just under half of UK CIOs sit on their respective boards. Frankly, I'd be surprised if the true number was that high...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 19, 2008
Why freemail beats business email
According to a story on CNet, Yahoo is preparing to open up more amenable and memorable addresses for users of its free, web-based emails. A...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 17, 2008
Why don't blue chips love Firefox?
The latest version of Mozilla’s fast-growing web browser.
At 6pm today, the UK gets its shot at downloading the full version of Firefox 3, the latest version of Mozilla's fast-growing web browser....
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 16, 2008
Bill Gates has more farewells than Sinatra
Is it just me or has Bill Gates been leaving Microsoft for rather a long time? In 11 days, Dollar Bill officially steps down from his full-time...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 13, 2008
Yahoo: Dumb call means it's time for internet Monopoly
The sorry saga of Yahoo’s attempts to avoid being acquired by Microsoft
Jeffrey Bernard's Low Life column in The Spectator magazine chronicled his drinking, gambling and womanising ways through the 1970s to the 1990s...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 12, 2008
Colony discovers desire for customer ideas and time to think
Over the last 12 months George Colony, Forrester CEO has been touring large corporations and sitting down with their leaders to discuss the...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 11, 2008
Yahoo - Just sell and be done
I’ve never had the pleasure but ubiquitous “rebel investor” Carl Icahn would appear to be a man difficult to love. Rarely guilty...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 11, 2008
Glassdoor.com - a clear view for the terminally nosey
A new website, Glassdoor.com offers insights into employers, what they’re paying and what staff members think of the boss. If, like me,...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 10, 2008
Optimistic/pessimistic CBI understates web surfing abuse
Depends what you call average
The Confederation of British Industry apparently thinks that the average UK office worker spends 90 minutes a week on personal web surfing....
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 10, 2008
Will Apple head for business?
Another Apple Worldwide Developer Conference , another frenzy of anticipation
Another Apple Worldwide Developer Conference , another frenzy of anticipation. One of the many ways Steve Jobs's company is unusual if not unique...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
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Martin Veitch
Martin started his IT journalism career at PC Week. He joined Ziff-Davis UK in 1992 and helped launch PC Direct, rising to become Deputy Editor before leaving to set up ZDNet News. He joined IT Week as Executive News Editor in 1998 and was appointed Editor in 1999. He joined CIO in March 2008, and his other published work includes appearances in The Wall Street Journal Europe, BBC News Online, CFO and The Guardian. He also speaks regularly at conferences.
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