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CIO Jury returns the wrong verdict on open source
Blog A recent silicon.com CIO jury has found that some CIOs don't believe open source software can help cut costs. The jury, composed of 12 CIOs from across a wide spectrum of UK businesses voted 10-2 against the idea that in these cash-strapped times...
[October 27, 2009, 7:26]
CIO Jury returns the wrong verdict on open source
Blog Comment How can they not see the longer term savings :s, well either that or they have being bought off. O
[October 26, 2009, 22:39]
CIOs say open source no good for cost cutting
Blog According to silicon.com's latest CIO jury, businesses have not turned to open source as a means of making their IT budgets go further. Read the full story on open source and the CIO jury at silicon.com.
[October 26, 2009, 10:51]
BlackBerrys and PDAs harm work/life balance
News All of ZDNet.co.uk's sister site silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel agreed that BlackBerry devices and smartphones have improved their productivity but warned it can have a negative impact on work/life balance without judicious use of...
[July 19, 2007, 7:44]
Security 'still IT managers' top priority'
News A recent survey of ZDNet UK sister site silicon.com's CIO Jury agreed - finding security still topping off the IT head's shopping list. While evidence of the CIO-CEO disconnect is manifest, according to the Cisco boss more stringent targets on the...
[May 4, 2005, 16:50]
Users split over naked PCs
News The high cost to business of having Windows pre-installed on PCs was certainly an issue for ZDNet.co.uk's sister site silicon.com's CIO Jury. Three-quarters of the jury backed calls for naked PCs, not only to foster diversity in operating systems...
[October 1, 2007, 17:42]
CIOs: Encryption only part of data-security solution
News But two-thirds of a 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel, brought together by ZDNet.co.uk's sister site silicon.com, said technologies such as encryption need to be part of a more holistic approach to security, including training for staff and strict...
[December 10, 2007, 7:49]
CIOs: UK data laws unfit for purpose
News Two-thirds of a 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel, brought together by ZDNet.co.uk's sister site silicon.com, said the breach shows UK data-protection laws are currently not strong enough and not fit for purpose.
[November 26, 2007, 7:44]
CIOs give Windows Server 2008 a cautious welcome
News Alastair Behenna, chief information officer at recruitment company Harvey Nash, called it an "interesting release" but said the jury is still out, while Mike Roberts, IT director at private Harley Street establishment The London Clinic, said his...
[February 29, 2008, 9:10]
Tech workers urged to improve business skills
News ZDNet.co.uk's sister site, silicon.com, conducted a 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel at the IT Directors' Forum last week. Techies lack the skills needed to operate at board level and be leaders of change and transformation within their organisations.
[June 14, 2007, 15:46]
Virtualisation is a priority, say CIOs
News Three-quarters of ZDNet UK's sister site silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said virtualisation — the simultaneous running of several operating systems on a single desktop or server — is one of their current investment priorities.
[May 4, 2007, 15:40]
Concerns grow over rogue Wi-Fi security
News And 10 out of the 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel, organised by ZDnet UK's sister site silicon.com, agreed that Wi-Fi security is a major concern. Rogue and insecure Wi-Fi access points are increasingly posing a threat to the security of corporate...
[April 20, 2007, 16:35]
Businesses back call for naked PCs
News Three-quarters of the12-strong CIO Jury IT director panel formed by ZDNet.co.uk's sister site silicon.com have now backed that call for naked PCs, although the argument is far from straightforward. UK businesses have backed calls for computers to...
[September 28, 2007, 14:13]
Companies urged to keep control of consultants
News This week ZDNet.co.uk's sister site, silicon.com, asked a 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel if external consultants deliver value for money, and the responses were mixed. Organisations risk wasting vast sums of money on external consultants by not...
[June 21, 2007, 17:30]
Businesses address laptop data theft
News Half of silicon.com's 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel said they are using or planning to use hard-disk encryption to protect corporate data on laptops, while the other half said they use other security methods.
[May 16, 2007, 11:56]
CIOs put spotlight on Microsoft licensing deals
News Despite this, two-thirds of a 12-strong CIO Jury IT user panel — formed by ZDNet.co.uk's sister site silicon.com — with Microsoft licensing agreements said the contracts still offer good value for money.
[November 16, 2007, 15:06]
Mobile market starting to live up to the hype
News Eighteen months ago ZDNet UK sister site silicon.com's CIO Jury panel disagreed with another major analyst house, placing mobile and wireless connectivity farther down their to-do list. The rollout of mobile data devices by businesses is starting...
[April 19, 2005, 15:40]
Businesses see barriers to iPhone adoption
News However, when silicon.com asked a 12-strong CIO Jury IT director panel whether they have plans to make the iPhone available to staff in the range of corporate phones they offer, only one said that they would.
[September 25, 2007, 10:19]
Gartner sounds desktop Linux warning
News The report chimes with the results of ZDNet UK sister site silicon.com's own CIO Jury verdict on open source by some of the UK's leading heads of IT. Linux is still up to five years away from mainstream use in enterprise IT infrastructures, despite...
[September 9, 2005, 9:40]
BT: Businesses still in the dark about SaaS
News A silicon.com CIO Jury last September found that, for half of the IT user panel, SaaS was either not on their radar at all or was very low priority. Many businesses are still not warming to software as a service, according to BT.
[September 30, 2008, 12:34]
