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Mike Simons is the Editor of ComputerWorldUK and Techworld. He joined IDG in 2006 after almost a decade at Computer Weekly. An award winning IT and business journalist, Mike has a particularly focused on major IT projects and public sector IT. His fascination with the business and social impact of technology began at university, where he obtained an MSc at the Science Policy Research Unit of Sussex University.
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IT and breast implants
Big data, open data and analytics are not just buzz words, they are life savers
by Mike Simons
What could IT possibly have to do with the emerging scandal about the safety of breast implants made by the bankrupt French company PIP? Quite a lot, actually. There are a number of issues involved: The manufacturer’s criminal use of...
January 4, 2012 12:41 PM Read Full Post
Oracle calls Autonomy's Mike Lynch a liar or an amnesiac
Adding to the misery at HP after sacking of former SAP CEO Leo Apotheker
by Mike Simons
You’ve got to hand it to Oracle. They don’t mind who they slap. Whether Oracle's customers like their aggressive attitude to rival suppliers though remains to be seen. Next week’s Oracle Openworld will be one place to find out. No...
September 29, 2011 11:13 AM Read Full Post
Steve Jobs, Mike Lynch and the future of UK IT
Will a new breed of agile, lightweight software suppliers emerge?
by Mike Simons
Mike Lynch might not be Steve Jobs, but he has done all right for himself and for the UK IT industry.The barrage of articles on Steve Jobs' genius at Apple and the speculation on the future of his company has...
August 25, 2011 4:45 PM Read Full Post
Google bags headaches along with Motorola patents
Is this merger necessary to strengthen Android?
by Mike Simons
What does Google get from its £7.7 billion purchase of Motorola Mobility? It gets the company that first developed the mobile phone, some 24,000 patents and a hardware partner. But it is a hardware partner that has slipped back...
August 15, 2011 3:37 PM Read Full Post
Silly SAP, silly fine. Make sure we don't all pay the price
Time for some maturity among the leaders of enterprise IT companies
by Mike Simons
The ruling which gave Oracle £820 million in damages from SAP has potentially damaging implications for all enterprise IT customers, and it is in no one’s interests for it to stand. Regardless of the rights and wrongs, and SAP clearly...
November 24, 2010 5:58 PM Read Full Post
Is HP really paying Leo Apotheker $1.2m a year basic plus $4m signing on fee?
Controversial former SAP chief is in the money
by Mike Simons
How much is Leo Apotheker worth to HP? Is he like an over paid football star - worth so much because he brings in even more income for his employers?I don’t know what the going rate for the CEO of...
October 1, 2010 5:02 PM Read Full Post
Gideon Gartner takes a swipe at the analyst group he founded
by Mike Simons
Gideon Gartner invented the IT analyst game. He founded the Gartner Group back in 1979, launched an IPO in 1987 and saw his company acquired a year later by advertising and media giant Saatchi and Saatchi. When the relationship...
July 26, 2010 12:47 PM Read Full Post
The Budget, the cuts and IT
by Mike Simons
"Osborne’s kill or cure budget". That was the Financial Times headline this morning. If that sounds apocalyptic, even the cure could well be the death knell of public sector IT as we have known it. Socitm, the public sector...
June 23, 2010 12:27 PM Read Full Post
Can you really claim storage will transform the future?
by Mike Simons
“This changes everything,” is a claim we hear daily from IT companies and their PR people. Once in a decade or so, something comes along that does actually change everything. I don’t know if EMC’s virtual storage vision is...
March 16, 2010 4:47 PM Read Full Post
NHS IT how much is the government paying to keep suppliers sweet?
by Mike Simons
There is something obscene about the political manoeuvring around NHS IT and, amidst the weasel words, opportunism and dissembling, some important questions are not being asked. The Tories are accusing the government of “fixing” contract renegotiations on the £12.7bn...
March 3, 2010 3:58 PM Read Full Post
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