Resources
Podcast
We mustn’t anthropomorphise
Vint Cerf - “father of the internet” - defends online data gathering and discusses how it affects the privacy of individuals
Principal content
Editor’s note: Time for IT to go shopping?
Peter Whitehead explores how IT departments could help deliver corporate success in an economic downturn
Sweeping away a sector’s chaos
The financial system is burdened with overlapping legacy systems that are impeding progress and proper risk assessment, reports Ross Tieman
Perspectives: A strong brand could be the best survival strategy
In an increasingly digital world, becoming the ‘trusted interaction gateway’ may be a company’s ideal approach, writes Alan Cane
Personal view: The best return from your budget
One company’s $350m budget for discretionary IT projects could have yielded $5bn in shareholder value as retained profit
Valley view: Our lives may become like Stan’s garden
The internet is developing into a mixture of apparent junk being repurposed into something new, coherent and meaningful, writes Chris Nuttall
Boardroom debate: Machiavellian advice for today’s CIOs
Politics does not fit neatly into the world of IT and the mantra for cheifs must be ‘No more Mr Nice Guy’, writes Ade McCormack
Telematics: Spy in the cab or a vital digital assistant?
The latest packages can offer logistics companies a wide variety of options, explains Alan Cane
Car manufacturing: Vehicle makers appreciate the virtues of virtual design
Seeing it onscreen first shortens product cycles, cuts costs and boosts customisation, reports Alan Cane
The BlackBerry extends its reach
Still looking for an excuse to equip your workforce with BlackBerries? Following a deal between German software giant SAP and RIM, the maker of the popular mobile device, businesses will be able to let BlackBerry users access heavyweight SAP applications.
Drowning in Numbers: 10 years and a few clicks
As eXtensible Business Reporting Language celebrates its first decade, Paul Lee and Conrad Young say that the moment behind it is greater than ever
