Sometimes, a genius needs help to fully realize his potential. That’s the story of Willard Boyle, the co-winner of the 2009 Nobel Physics Prize. Together with George Smith, a co-worker at Bell Labs in New Jersey, they have invented CCD (Charge-Coupled Device), a key component in digital sensor technology that was both revolutionary and widely applicable. More [...]

 

 

 

I was recently attracted to a discussion on LinkedIn’s CIO Network Forum started by Mark Chillingworth, Editor at IDG Communications. He referred to a CIO-UK article entitled "IT-business alignment is still on the CIO agenda", with the sub-title "Align with the IT, not the other way around" and the following teaser:
The debate is switching, the [...]

 

 

 

"The mass of IT Leaders lead a corporate life of quiet frustration." 
This was the thought that crossed my mind when I read recent press articles on the CIO crisis. This quote is a paraphrase of Henri David Thoreau who has said "The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation" more than 150 years ago [...]