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I.T. Architectures: why Technologists have lost the plot

It’s really tough dealing with technologists. It is like the old discussion of the businessman in the hot-air balloon who is lost. He spies a chap on the ground and asks if he knows where he is. The guy looks up and says, “you are about 35 feet in the air, supported by a vehicle…

I.T. Architectures: why Technologists have lost the plot

It’s really tough dealing with technologists. It is like the old discussion of the businessman in the hot-air balloon who is lost. He spies a chap on the ground and asks if he knows where he is. The guy looks up and says, “you are about 35 feet in the air, supported by a vehicle…

I.T. Architectures: why Technologists have lost the plot

It’s really tough dealing with technologists. It is like the old discussion of the businessman in the hot-air balloon who is lost. He spies a chap on the ground and asks if he knows where he is. The guy looks up and says, “you are about 35 feet in the air, supported by a vehicle…

I.T. Architectures: why Technologists have lost the plot

It’s really tough dealing with technologists. It is like the old discussion of the businessman in the hot-air balloon who is lost. He spies a chap on the ground and asks if he knows where he is. The guy looks up and says, “you are about 35 feet in the air, supported by a vehicle…

Governments will force us into biometric banking

Picking up on one of the points made in the debate this week about identity and authentication that it is the government’s responsibility to manage identities, I was kind of surprised by this view. This view stated that banks have no control over identities because governments issue identities in the form of passports, driving licences…

Are banks really responsible for the oil crisis?

With oil prices falling to as low as $10 a barrel in 1998, rising to $72 in 2007 and now hitting $139 on Friday, what is happening? Forecasters are now saying that oil may break over the $200 per barrel price barrier before the end of the year. Will this bubble never burst? Sure it…

The best call centre sketch ever

I’ve seen lots of call centre comic moments, but this one made me laugh out loud, and I mean LOUD.  Starring David Schwimmer and Simon Pegg, the 2006 film Big Nothing has this little 4-minute skitt: I’m sure that all those Mumbai, Manila and Guangzhou call centre operators, as well as those in Manchester and…

The best call centre sketch ever

I’ve seen lots of call centre comic moments, but this one made me laugh out loud, and I mean LOUD.  Starring David Schwimmer and Simon Pegg, the 2006 film Big Nothing has this little 4-minute skitt: I’m sure that all those Mumbai, Manila and Guangzhou call centre operators, as well as those in Manchester and…

The best call centre sketch ever

I’ve seen lots of call centre comic moments, but this one made me laugh out loud, and I mean LOUD.  Starring David Schwimmer and Simon Pegg, the 2006 film Big Nothing has this little 4-minute skitt: I’m sure that all those Mumbai, Manila and Guangzhou call centre operators, as well as those in Manchester and…

The best call centre sketch ever

I’ve seen lots of call centre comic moments, but this one made me laugh out loud, and I mean LOUD.  Starring David Schwimmer and Simon Pegg, the 2006 film Big Nothing has this little 4-minute skitt: I’m sure that all those Mumbai, Manila and Guangzhou call centre operators, as well as those in Manchester and…

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