OK, OK … after all the knocking of Microsoft over their horrific Vista and Office 2007 faux pas, I’ve found a good news story about them to balance everything. Yes, Microsoft has beaten Google’s attempt to conquer space by building the Worldwide Telescope. Debuting at TED Talks, the Worldwide Telescope (WWT) is an amazing interactive…
Yesterday I alluded to a bank being like a human body, with technology its lifeblood. However, if technology is the blood of the bank, then you need a healthy heart, brain and soul to make that blood flow. That is why the bank’s management team and staff make the difference here, as technology is only…
Yesterday I alluded to a bank being like a human body, with technology its lifeblood. However, if technology is the blood of the bank, then you need a healthy heart, brain and soul to make that blood flow. That is why the bank’s management team and staff make the difference here, as technology is only…
Yesterday I alluded to a bank being like a human body, with technology its lifeblood. However, if technology is the blood of the bank, then you need a healthy heart, brain and soul to make that blood flow. That is why the bank’s management team and staff make the difference here, as technology is only…
Yesterday I alluded to a bank being like a human body, with technology its lifeblood. However, if technology is the blood of the bank, then you need a healthy heart, brain and soul to make that blood flow. That is why the bank’s management team and staff make the difference here, as technology is only…
We were debating Parallel Processing, Grids and Virutalisation in depth last week at the Tradetech Architecture conference. Halfway through the conference, discussions of Amazon started en masse. I have to say that until recently I thought Amazon was an online book store. Apparently not. Amazon is a Cloud. Cloud computing is the hot discussion in…
Last month, City broker Venetia Thompson wrote a tell-all tale of hedonism and debauchery in London’s trading rooms, which was published in the Spectator. This month, according to the Daily Mail, Venetia Thompson is on the dole queue (see endnote). Mind you, looking at what she was saying, I’m not surprised. Her article was…
Last month, City broker Venetia Thompson wrote a tell-all tale of hedonism and debauchery in London’s trading rooms, which was published in the Spectator. This month, according to the Daily Mail, Venetia Thompson is on the dole queue (see endnote). Mind you, looking at what she was saying, I’m not surprised. Her article was…
A friend of mine sent me this link last week, having seen how annoyed I’ve been about Windows Vista. It’s a link to internal memos from Microsoft SVP’s and other senior staff in Q1 2007, airing the same issues I had with Vista. It’s slow. Graphics and software and peripherals aren’t working, etc, etc. I…
A friend of mine sent me this link last week, having seen how annoyed I’ve been about Windows Vista. It’s a link to internal memos from Microsoft SVP’s and other senior staff in Q1 2007, airing the same issues I had with Vista. It’s slow. Graphics and software and peripherals aren’t working, etc, etc. I…
