Wider tech web world – Round-up 27 May 2011
SILCON: Hello iPad, adieu desktop: Post-PC era – spin or fact?
We’re being told we’re now in a post-PC era but is that concept just marketing hype and wishful thinking, asks Rob Bamforth? Is it safer to be a cynic? Not always. The risk, often stated by those hyping up the technology, is of being completely left behind…. http://www.silicon.com/management/cio-insights/2011/05/25/hello-ipad-adieu-desktop-post-pc-era-spin-or-fact-39747441/
GOV/ICO: New rules on cookies to be phased in
The UK government has confirmed its approach to implementation of Article 5(3) of the e-Privacy Directive on cookies http://www.culture.gov.uk/news/media_releases/8155.aspx) and the ICO has given website owners a year to phase the new directive in (http://www.ico.gov.uk/~/media/documents/pressreleases/2011/enforcement_cookies_rules_news_release_20110525.ashx) The Government – working with the Information Commissioner’s Office – has said that organisations and businesses should be given time to come up with workable technical solutions before enforcement of the new law begins in the UK. These solutions will be phased in over time as they are developed.
http://www.culture.gov.uk/news/media_releases/8155.aspx
CYPN: Cuts force councils to merge children’s and adult services
A third of councils either no longer have a director of children’s services (DCS) or are planning to change the role, research has revealed. The study of 58 local authorities by the Association of Directors of Children’s Services (ADCS) and the National College found increasing numbers of councils are merging adult and children’s services or splitting responsibility for children’s social care and education between separate directorates. This is despite the fact that Professor Eileen Munro’s review into the child protection system published earlier this month recommended protecting the discrete functions of the DCS role in every local authority…. http://www.cypnow.co.uk/Management/article/1071904/cuts-force-councils-merge-childrens-adult-services
COMPUTER WEEKLY: Are CIOs being headhunted as businesses invest in IT for change?
Businesses are now looking to IT to enable them to do things differently rather than just as a means of doing things more efficiently, and CIOs with particular skills and experience are becoming sought after as a result. During the recent economic downturn, corporate boardrooms have been striving to use technology to help them reduce and control costs. But now that growth is returning, albeit slowly, businesses want to introduce technology that will change the business. This will include new business models. CIOs are driving change. http://www.computerweekly.com/Articles/2011/05/25/246774/Are-CIOs-being-headhunted-as-businesses-invest-in-IT-for.htm
ITPRO: CIOs claim cloud computing ‘over-hyped’
The latest survey on the buzzword technology shows CIO challenges remain the same, regardless of the cloud. In a survey by Vanson Bourne of 250 UK chief information officers (CIOs), the respondents said the top three issues they faced were the same now as they were before the invasion of cloud – security, cost cutting and migration. The vast majority of CIOs – 86 per cent – believed cloud computing was “over-hyped” and 74 per cent thought the transition over to the new technology wasn’t any different from previous technology trends they had to shift between…. http://www.itpro.co.uk/633721/cios-claim-cloud-computing-over-hyped
SILICON: Cloud, iPad, Facebook? But what issue bugs all CIOs?
Despite all the buzzwords the technology industry habitually throws up, the theme that unites IT leaders isn’t as obvious as you might think, says Tim Ferguson. Over the course of the past six months I’ve interviewed nearly 20 CIOs, discussing the big projects, technology priorities and challenges they’re all dealing with every day. A number of common threads about what CIOs are focusing on have emerged during these conversations but only one has appeared consistently on the agenda for all these IT leaders…… What the vast majority of CIOs I’ve spoken to have recognised is that there is an increasing need to consolidate and simplify technology…. http://www.silicon.com/management/cio-insights/2011/05/24/cloud-ipad-facebook-but-what-issue-bugs-all-cios-39747398/
