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Future IT and Cloud, Leadership, Microsoft

The Power of Partnership

This week I’ll be packing my passport and heading off to California for the Microsoft Worldwide Partner Conference which is taking place between July 10th and 14th. The conference is a premier event for Microsoft’s Industry Partners, but this year has special significance for Logica as we’ve won not one, but two Microsoft Awards.  We… Continue

Leadership

Mentoring Works!

This week I had the opportunity to host Ayo, from Lambeth College whom I met during Future Proof Week. The idea was for him to shadow me at work so he could learn about a “day in the life” of an EC member of Logica. We started the day off talking about his career interests,… Continue

Leadership

Inspiration or Inspired?

Yesterday my EC colleagues and I met with several students from Lambeth College. Our volunteering goal was to inspire these young people to widen their life and career choices by spending time with us, listening to our experiences, presenting to us and learning what opportunities are out there for them. What transpired for me though… Continue

Future IT and Cloud, Leadership

Share and share alike: Developing the community cloud

Digital communities within vertical markets, like airline booking systems, are a tried and tested approach To build and manage the cloud systems of the future will require a specific list of skills. This list might include a thorough knowledge of datacentre operations (including server room design, cooling and airflow), virtualisation, predicting spikes and troughs in… Continue

Leadership

Are all clients the same?

Assay Abloy, Swedish Police, Ericsson… I had the opportunity this week to visit these three clients with Patrik Lemner, Head of Business Consulting Sweden, and other colleagues from the local Business Consulting  team.  Even though all three of these clients are in completely different businesses, many similar issues came out in our discussions.  At the… Continue

Leadership

Why do I have to study history…

…when all i have to do is turn on my iphone and get any information i want in seconds…” my 11 year old asked me one night at dinner.  My oh my, has technology changed the world… The digital generation is growing up with expectations of having an app for everything and having information at… Continue