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March 04, 2008

Capgemini says poor business intelligence costs the UK £46bn a year. Has your BI investment

  • Transformed your organisation
  • Given some insights but not met expectations
  • Been a nightmare to deploy and hard to extract meaningful data

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Closed polls

February 21, 2008

Should the Information Commissioner fine Skipton Financial Services for losing 14,000 customer details?

Yes: We have to punish lax security
6 vote(s) ( 46.2%)

No: Public shame is the best weapon
2 vote(s) ( 15.4%)

It can't: Until the government gets its act together how can it punish the private sector?
5 vote(s) ( 38.5%)

February 13, 2008

Can you live without your Blackberry?

Yes: I won't have one
13 vote(s) ( 65.0%)

No: I'm an addict
3 vote(s) ( 15.0%)

Maybe: Another outage and I might have to
4 vote(s) ( 20.0%)

January 22, 2008

Are you worried that economic uncertainty will hit IT projects and jobs?

Yes: You’d be a fool not to be concerned
6 vote(s) ( 46.2%)

No: IT will be part of the solution this time round
2 vote(s) ( 15.4%)

Maybe: We will try to drive down running costs to maintain development budgets
5 vote(s) ( 38.5%)

January 04, 2008

Will the threat of criminal sanctions help stop data leaks?

Yes, by making accountable individuals take the security of data much more seriously.
6 vote(s) ( 42.9%)

No. It will be hard to pin the blame on individuals and won't address systemic security weaknesses.
5 vote(s) ( 35.7%)

Maybe. At least it could prompt the boardroom to take the issue seriously.
3 vote(s) ( 21.4%)

November 20, 2007

Just what was the password on HMRC's missing, but password-protected, discs?

Administrator
15 vote(s) ( 34.1%)

HMRC
8 vote(s) ( 18.2%)

Password
21 vote(s) ( 47.7%)

October 16, 2007

Do you think end users will suffer from the merger boom among software suppliers?

Yes: Development and customer service will take second place to integrating product lines
9 vote(s) ( 39.1%)

No: The larger the vendor, the more integrated the products, the better off we are
5 vote(s) ( 21.7%)

Maybe: It is up to end users to make their needs felt
9 vote(s) ( 39.1%)

October 04, 2007

Does your company view IT as an asset?

Not really. It's still just seen as a cost base.
4 vote(s) ( 40.0%)

There is some awareness but IT's value isn't being quantified.
4 vote(s) ( 40.0%)

Absolutely. IT's value to the business is understood and measured.
2 vote(s) ( 20.0%)

September 18, 2007

Was the EU court right to uphold the anti-trust decision against Microsoft?

Yes: Microsoft’s monopoly practices damage choice for business IT
13 vote(s) ( 56.5%)

No: Microsoft has earned its market dominance by delivering the products users need
3 vote(s) ( 13.0%)

It is irrelevant: The world has moved on. The courts are fighting last year’s battles
7 vote(s) ( 30.4%)

September 04, 2007

Do you believe IT suppliers' green rhetoric?

Not really. It's just an excuse to hike up their prices.
9 vote(s) ( 45.0%)

Most have a way to go but at least its on the agenda now.
7 vote(s) ( 35.0%)

Things are definitely improving. Suppliers are right to take it seriously.
4 vote(s) ( 20.0%)

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