CIO UK Blogs: Entries for June 2009
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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, 2009
Extra time: If (more) software companies were football teams
More drawn-out, fanciful comparisons
My recent modest blog posting entertaining the odd notion of software companies being kludged with football teams seems to have enjoyed a...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 29, 2009
Windows 7 already looks a winner
Next Microsoft OS is primed for popularity
With its recent pricing announcement on Windows 7, Microsoft appears to have followed the old American formula of swapping a dollar sign for a...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 23, 2009
Two cheers for City University's future CIO programme
Centre will offer grounding in CIO skill set
It's heartening to hear the news that London's City University is to offer a Centre for Information Leadership aimed at "developing the CIOs...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 19, 2009
If software companies were football teams...
Who would Microsoft be?
I dare say some other genius has already tried this schtick but in the spirit of Friday afternoon (and the neverending battle for employment...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 19, 2009
AMD fights for public-sector market share
"It was not Intel's fault" shock claim
I've just come off an interesting -- unusual even -- call with Per Bahr, the public-sector business development director for PC chip maker...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 17, 2009
How do you become a CIO? Let us count the ways...
Looking at the career paths of CIOs suggests confusion as to the right background for the job
What is the best training for becoming a CIO? I only ask because recent meetings with CIOs has shown just how wide the career path to the top job...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 16, 2009
The mainframe skills conundrum
Mainframes are still in demand but people who understand them are in short supply
A new survey from CA (the former Computer Associates) with Vanson Bourne -- The Mainframe: Surviving and Thriving in a Turbulent World -- suggests...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 12, 2009
Windows undressing: the madness of an OS sans browser
Disembowelling IE from Windows is irrelevant and counter-productive
Daft news just in: Microsoft will ship Windows 7 without Internet Explorer as a sop to the EC's regulatory, ahem, concerns. This is pretty stupid...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 12, 2009
Last thoughts on Personal Computer World
Personal Computer World RIP
Like a lot of people I was saddened my news of the demise of Personal Computer World, the long-running UK magazine that many held dear. I worked...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 11, 2009
Free Microsoft anti-virus? About time too
Microsoft should pay for virus cures
There would appear to be plenty of concern over reported Microsoft plans for a free antivirus service, codenamed Morro. It's anticompetitive, it's...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 11, 2009
When is a CIO not a CIO?
It's hard to pin down what a CIO is, and what s/he should be doing
To paraphrase a popular saying, opinions about what CIOs should be doing are like earholes -- everyone has a couple. Or something like that. What...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 08, 2009
Are more CIOs seeking public-sector roles?
Moving to state IT could be a trend for CIOIs
If you're an ambitious CIO, which sector should you be looking at to find a challenging, exciting, high-profile role? Banking and financial...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 05, 2009
IT-CMF: A new tool for demonstrating value
Intel backing could give IT-CMF the edge
IT professionalism has often been regarded as an oxymoron by cynics who doubt information technology leaders have the first clue as to business...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
June 04, 2009
Jerry Fishenden quits Microsoft: Redmond's loss may be state IT policy's gain
Microsoft National Technology Officer to fly solo
Microsoft UK National Technology Officer Jerry Fishenden is leaving the software giant to spend time on other projects, including an attempt to...
Posted by: Martin Veitch
About the author
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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