A good day at Millbank. The event was videoed, so that might be available online soon, but in the meantime, here's the slidedeck. Imagination google cio_summithttp://static.slidesharecdn.com/swf/ssplayer2.swf?doc=imaginationgoogleciosummit-100623133246-phpapp01&stripped_title=imagination-google-ciosummitView more presentations from ballantine70.
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I guess that I just don't understand economics as well as the former Selfridges shelf-stacker and data entry guru George Osborne. In my simple world, if something goes catastrophically wrong (say, like the world banking system), then I would be looking to try to make some changes to that system to stop it doing it … Continue reading The Budget
I'm going to be speaking at the Google CIO Summit being held in Millbank Tower tomorrow (see here for info from "my PR people" (how much of a novelty is that?)). The talk is only short, but then followed a bit later by a Q&A where I will be joining people from The Telegraph and … Continue reading Google CIO Summit
I was interviewed last week by a journalist from Computer Weekly for an article that he is writing about Cloud Computing, and security. One trend that I have noticed in recent months is that some of our bigger clients are blocking access to file sharing services like YouSendIt and DropBox. The driver behind this I … Continue reading Security in the Cloud
Project work this week included: - launching the 2010 Imagination IT survey (and surprising some by actually responding to their feedback) - signing off the hosted BES service - short-listing network service providers Additionally: - interviewed by Computer Weekly about cloud security - met with my old boss from the BBC who is over from … Continue reading Weeknote 6 – in which I worked a four-day week
I have been clearing through some old books recently, and came across The Meaning of Everything by Simon Winchester which tells the story of the creation of the Oxford English Dictionary. I read the book a number of years ago, but one thing that stuck with me was the way in which the OED built … Continue reading Repeating processes
Last week I wrote about my concerns about the way in which Apple is decreasingly a computer company. This week whilst away on holiday, I read this article in Wired UK about how Steve Jobs has Adobe in his sights. So, let's just recap. The computer platform that most of the creative industry seems wedded … Continue reading Adobe v Apple
Additionally: - Padstow is nice... - ...but a little over-dominated by Mr Stein - ...but he does do very good fish and chips Next week in one word: preparing
Projects work this week included: - planning the Google Phase 2 board communications - delivering a highly successful presentation to the European MD - working with Ovum and Google on a couple of case studies - sitting on the sidelines (where I should be) as my team ran the first supplier presentations in a major … Continue reading Weeknote 4 – in which I seemed to get six days work done in four
This week saw a notable shift in the balance of power in the technology world. Apple (according to the somewhat dubious valuations accorded by the global stock markets) is now worth more as a company than Microsoft. The two companies, who began at a similar time in the 1970s, have seen incredibly opposite trajectories since … Continue reading Market Cap
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