Tech Life Tips From David Brent
News They follow the character of David Brent from The Office, now a management consultant, as he delivers his peculiar brand of wisdom on Microsoft in particular and the world of technology in general. In 2003, Microsoft UK's director of people and...
[August 23, 2006, 10:20]
Tech Life Tips From David Brent
Talkback It would appear the wrath of Microsoft has forced you tube to delete the videos with a rather contrite message. Which is not really what you tube is about so the persuasion must have been very convincing!
[August 25, 2006, 11:04]
No Spoonful Of Sugar For Cable & Wireless Staff
Talkback In a single memo in "David Brent" style has metaphorically assigned his staff and clients to Death Row, but left them with the keys to the prison and given them a 6 month head start, before his inevitable successor goes desparately running after...
[March 2, 2006, 12:28]
Brent Fever Hits Microsoft UK
Talkback This is cool as I have been working with a David Brent lookalike, Tim Oliver, and over the last week have noticed my videos on http://www.youtube.com Sky Rocket. It's all cool and good news for Tim Oliver - David Brent lookalike - although he has...
[September 1, 2006, 0:11]
Brent Fever Hits Microsoft UK
News Employees at Microsoft's UK office are said to be practically queueing up for management training courses after the company brought in David Brent, the infamous manager from the BBC's hit series The Office, to help with training.
[January 23, 2004, 13:55]
Microsoft Probes Gervais Video Leak
News In the videos, Gervais plays the role of David Brent, the anti-hero star of The Office, the critically acclaimed television show written by Gervais and Merchant. Brent visits Microsoft UK's offices as a management consultant, to advise and educate...
[August 22, 2006, 17:15]
E-business Leaders Say 'watch Your Customers'
News Speaking at the ZDNet UK IT Priorities conference on Tuesday, Brent Hoberman, chief executive of Lastminute.com, revealed the extent to which his company looks for customer feedback. According to Betfair's chief technology offer David Yu, today's...
[September 28, 2004, 12:50]
I Fully Agree With You About Vista.
Talkback However, I always take issue with being told to 'chill out' when I am already perfectly calm - it reminds me of David Brent's reaction when someone challenges him. I'm using it on this work PC to test it, but I have no intention of rolling it out...
[August 10, 2007, 10:35]
SCO Wants Another $2bn From IBM
News The company retained Brent O. SCO has made no secret in recent months that it hired high-profile attorney David Boies to spearhead its case against IBM, but the company's legal representation in Utah courts is also noteworthy.
[June 17, 2003, 15:40]
Harvard To Steward Popular Blog Tool
News In addition to Winer and Udell, the board includes Brent Simmons of Ranchero Software, which makes RSS application NetNewsWire. The Berkman Centre took over ownership of the Really Simple Syndication (RSS) 2.0 specification this week after UserLand...
[July 21, 2003, 15:46]
Lastminute.com Flotation Wows Market
News Co-founders Brent Hoberman and Martha Lane Fox stand to make £68m and £45m, respectively. There is likely to be a shakeout, like in the US over the last three or four months," said Durlacher consultant David Pannell.
[March 14, 2000, 16:53]
Trial: Now It's Microsoft's Turn
News On deck are Scott Borduin, Autodesk chief technology officer; David Cole, Microsoft's senior vice president over MSN and Personal Services; Opus-i chief executive Heather Davisson; Onyx chief executive Brent Frei; Chris Hofstader, software...
[April 15, 2002, 8:59]
There's A New Set Of IT Priorities On The Block
Leader Brent Hoberman, founder and chief executive of lastminute.com, could not over emphasise the importance of gathering and acting on this kind of priceless information. And at the London Stock Exchange, innovation in business models has turned the IT...
[September 29, 2004, 13:40]
