Ian has been writing about information technology and communications since (just) before IBM launched its first PC. He still thinks there are four basic stories in this industry: the R&D, the engineering, the sales and the effects of the technology. These days he’s more interested in the human side of IT all – how IT changes relationships between people, so it’s just as well his main beats are networks, telecoms, broadband, business intelligence and IT management.
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Contributions from Ian Grant
- Tesco uses customer data to stride ahead of competition
- 40% of SMEs to buy cloud services
- Budget 2011: IT's productivity potential ignored, say public sector IT bosses
- Sainsbury's grows online sales 20% and expands stores
- Eradar x-rays Westminster's digital murk
- How free an internet should UK support? asks Pitcom
- Fibred-up SMEs will boost economy, CMA tells government
- Cloud computing to boost EU economy by €750bn
- Mobile workers practise lax security
- Copyright case ruling says an IP address does not identify an illegal downloader
- Review: WikiLeaks - Inside Julian Assange's war on secrecy
- Six villages to get fibre broadband by early 2012
- UK spends £2.6bn on ICT R&D
- Europe threatens price crackdown on network operators that abuse market dominance
- Keep the net neutral, says Europe
- Court may force government rethink on online piracy
- Vodafone returns to growth, sells Softbank interest for £3.1bn
- IBM and ARM unveil true superfast network chip technology
- Telefonica picks Teradata to optimise broadband pricing
- Business analytics give retailers an edge in loyalty card war