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From couch to ballroom

Salley Vickers photographed at her home in London. Photograph: Antonio Olmos Salley Vickers has a reputation for being reclusive. "I really dislike the cult of the personality of an author," she declared in a recent interview (not for the first time). ...

From LISA O'KELLY, Guardian Unlimited,  4 Jul 2009

Related Topics: Philip Pullman,  National Health Service

Meeting ever-changing needs

“The key thing for any IT architecture,” says Phil Durbin, UK head of IT at international children’s charity Unicef, “is to enable the business to meet its aims and objectives.” That is as true for a charity as it is for an investment bank. And Durbin ...

From LISA KELLY, VNUNet.com,  9 Jun 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation

Case study: Knight Frank

Owen Williams, head of IT at global property consultant Knight Frank, is charged with delivering an IT infrastructure capable of meeting the IT requirements of 196 offices, in 38 countries across the globe. Understandably, flexibility and ease of ...

From LISA KELLY, VNUNet.com,  9 Jun 2009

Related Topics: Owen Williams,  Microsoft Corporation

Case study: Greenwich Borough Council

The efficiency drive across the public sector has seen the concept of e-government gain unprecedented attention. And while that has huge ramifications for public sector organisations’ IT infrastructure – where there is a new emphasis on flexibility and ...

From LISA KELLY, VNUNet.com,  9 Jun 2009

Related Topics: National Health Service

A world of difference

Minicab company Addison Lee makes no secret of its commitment to using technology to accelerate business improvements. On the company web site, chairman John Griffin praises its IT director Peter Ingram for managing “some of the most radical ...

From LISA KELLY, VNUNet.com,  6 Jun 2009

Case Study: Unibet

Daniel Alsén, chief information officer at online gambling operator Unibet, knows the benefits to be had from hedging his bets. So while he’s well aware of the potential for operational improvements and reducing costs, he uses multiple offshore ...

From LISA KELLY, VNUNet.com,  6 Jun 2009

Related Topics: Tata Consultancy Services

Case Study: Edge IPK

While time differences are an inconvenience for some users of offshore services, they have become a boon for financial software developer Edge IPK, which uses Milan-Gateway in India to test its software. “They are five hours ahead of us, so they can ...

From LISA KELLY, VNUNet.com,  12 May 2009

Related Topics: Wipro Limited

Foul deeds in the dark heart of London

In the dead of night, in midwinter, an unidentified villain heaves the freshly murdered body of a young woman into a pond on a deserted heath and watches it sink beneath the inky water. It is an arresting opening that hooks you straight into Amanda ...

From LISA O'KELLY, Guardian Unlimited,  9 May 2009

Related Topics: Jane Austen

A better work environment

Sleek minimalism has become a hallmark of Scandinavian design aesthetics, and the principles are so firmly rooted in the corporate DNA of Swedish furniture manufacturer Kinnarps that they even influence its IT thinking. The UK operation of Kinnarps has ...

From LISA KELLY, VNUNet.com,  7 Apr 2009

Related Topics: John Lewis,  Department of Health

Case study: Morgan Lovell

Conaway: Mesh network enables the firm to monitor its energy use Wireless technology has become synonymous with empowering the workforce, allowing people to embrace flexible working patterns. But wireless technologies are now doing so much more. At ...

From LISA KELLY, VNUNet.com,  7 Apr 2009

Related Topics: IBM

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