business

Digital gets the jitters: market and employment confidence shakey

Sam Michel — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 13:52:09 +0100

Confidence across the digital sector plunged in September. Chinwag's Digital Pulse, a monthly confidence index for the digital industry, experienced the biggest single month fall (since its inception) of 7.5%. The Digital Pulse has been falling gradually over the last few months, with a slight uplift during the Summer, but this is the first sign of the chills affecting the wider economy may hit Internet businesses hard.

Digital Pulse for September 2008

Sam Michel — Fri, 10 Oct 2008 11:21:46 +0100

A sharp intake of breath underscores the analysis of this Digital Pulse. The index has been falling slowly for the last few months but the global financial turmoil is clearly affecting the digital sector. The overall index is down 7.5% this month, but the real wobbles are in current market confidence which has plunged by 9.4% between August and September.

Euro Dig

Suzanne Morrow — Tue, 07 Oct 2008 14:24:42 +0100

Date: 20 Oct 2008 - 11:00 - 21 Oct 2008 - 16:00

Location: Strasburg

This Dialogue on Internet Governance intends to highlight in particular the specific European approach to the interplay between security, privacy, and openness: they will not be discussed as concepts that only conflict with each other and therefore need to be “balanced” but rather as principles that can be fostered simultaneously and even mutually reinforce each other.

The main focus will be put on identifying – based on European experience – situations and solutions that reflect and respond to these issues and challenges.

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What Happens to Newspapers?

Suzanne Morrow — Mon, 06 Oct 2008 16:54:51 +0100

Date: 28 Oct 2008 - 18:00 - 28 Oct 2008 - 21:00

Location: N1 6NU

How can newspapers survive falling circulation figures and spiralling ad revenues? Has new media led to their destruction or can it help to reinvent and rejuvenate the format? So what's going to happen? Can newspapers continue much as they are, or is it time to let go and begin a movement to purely digital formats?

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Google4 Grown Ups and the Widget Web Expo discount giveaways

Suzanne Morrow — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 17:59:23 +0100

Widgets are nifty little things aren’t they?

They give you quick access to the web info that’s most important to you. They let you leverage and personalise your content so that you can cut out all that surplus web guff you don’t need.

CTIA Wireless I.T & Entertainment

Suzanne Morrow — Thu, 02 Oct 2008 11:31:03 +0100

Date: 7 Oct 2009 - 09:00 - 9 Oct 2009 - 17:00

Location: San Diego

CTIA Wireless IT & Entertainment is the LARGEST wireless data event in the Internet, wireless and telecommunications industries. With a focus on wireless data applications, software development, network architecture and solutions, CTIA WIRELESS I.T. & Entertainment 2009 is where professionals across various industries see first-hand how wireless data technology is applied to a multitude of business solutions.

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Measuring Success - why profit and cash are not enough

Suzanne Morrow — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:23:27 +0100

Date: 12 Nov 2008 - 18:00

Location: London

Measuring Success - why profit and cash are not enough, from E.Factor will cover early stage success how to pace performance measurement, non-financial indicators and the dangers of relying on profit and cash to measure success.

will cover
Measuring success - Why profit and cash are not enough - London, UK

Speaker: Sir Andrew Likierman

- Early stage success, how to pace performance measurement
- Do you have options in how you measure success? Constraints are not objectives
- The dangers of relying on profit and cash
- Using non-financial indicators
- Overcoming some of the measurement problems (and coping with the rest)

Venue: London Business School, Regent's Park, London NW1 4SA, UK. Tel: +44 (0)20 7000 7000

Bio Sir Andrew Likierman
Sir Andrew Likierman was the president of CIMA, and is currently a professor of management practice in accounting at London Business School.

Sir Andrew MA (Oxford) FCMA FCCA works on all aspects of performance measurement and is a director of both the Bank of England and Barclays Bank plc. He is currently working for the UN on its corporate governance.

Sir Andrew was previously at the Treasury which he joined in 1993 as Head of the Government Accountancy Service and Managing Director of the Financial Management, Reporting and Audit Directorate. He was knighted in 2001.

Professor Sir Andrew Likierman assumed the position of Acting Dean at London Business School on 1 January 2007. Sir Andrew is Professor of Management Practice in Accounting, and his previous roles have included Managing Director, Government Financial Management Directorate and Head of the Government Accountancy Service, HM Treasury. Sir Andrew has recently been serving on the UN Governance Review Committee.

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The E.Factor Presents: Building Global Business

Suzanne Morrow — Tue, 30 Sep 2008 18:12:49 +0100

Date: 20 Oct 2008 - 18:00 - 20 Oct 2008 - 21:00

Location: Atlanta

Building Global Businesses: Internal Growth vs Mergers & Acquisitions from E.Factor will explore business globalisation. This event is held in affiliation with the Wall Street Journal. RSVP for this event HERE.

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Digital music: it’s a huge cash sink

Suzanne Morrow — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 13:38:55 +0100

The National History Museum was the setting for the Econ Music Conference, last Tuesday 23rd September. The day’s seminars aimed to tackle the ever-changing economics of digital music.

Emerging Technology Conference

Suzanne Morrow — Mon, 29 Sep 2008 10:45:08 +0100

Date: 9 Mar 2009 - 09:00 - 12 Mar 2009 - 17:00

Location: San Jose

ETech opens your eyes to the trends, tools and developments in emerging technology that demand our attention—demonstrating how technology can bring us closer to each other and to the world around us.

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