petercochrane, Author at TechRepublic

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Peter Cochrane is an engineer, scientist, entrepreneur, futurist and consultant. He is the former CTO and head of research at BT, with a career in telecoms and IT spanning more than 40 years.

The RBS systems crash was clearly a self-inflicted disaster that registered an 8 on the IT Richter scale. Photo: RBS

Tech & Work
The golden rules of IT projects: Ignore them at your peril

Having tried and tested rules in place are essential for mission-critical tech projects because when things go wrong you need proper procedures to fall back on.

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Published: September 12, 2012, 8:23 PM PDT Modified: September 12, 2012, 8:23 PM PDT Read More See more Tech & Work articles
Banking
Computers are no Dickens but the writing’s on the wall for human authors

We used to assess a piece of writing by the standing of its author and its source. But that will no longer be the case when a machine has done the wordsmithing.

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Published: August 2, 2012, 9:41 PM PDT Modified: August 2, 2012, 9:41 PM PDT Read More See more Banking articles
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Peter Cochrane’s Blog: The cloud cometh

Whether you like it or not

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Published: April 1, 2009, 5:00 PM PDT Modified: April 1, 2009, 5:00 PM PDT Read More See more CXO articles
CXO
Peter Cochrane’s Blog: There is no magic tech

No product can defy the laws of maths and physics

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Published: February 15, 2009, 10:42 PM PST Modified: February 15, 2009, 10:42 PM PST Read More See more CXO articles
CXO
Peter Cochrane’s Blog: Wave of innovation

Advancements are just around the corner

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Published: November 17, 2008, 7:37 PM PST Modified: November 17, 2008, 7:37 PM PST Read More See more CXO articles
CXO
Peter Cochrane

Poor management of data in healthcare – and so many opportunities being lost

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Published: July 23, 2003, 1:37 PM PDT Modified: July 23, 2003, 1:37 PM PDT Read More See more CXO articles
Banking
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How far have silicon life forms come, compared to our own carbon-based selves?

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Published: July 2, 2003, 4:16 PM PDT Modified: July 2, 2003, 4:16 PM PDT Read More See more Banking articles

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The golden rules of IT projects: Ignore them at your peril

Computers are no Dickens but the writing’s on the wall for human authors

Peter Cochrane’s Blog: The cloud cometh

Peter Cochrane’s Blog: There is no magic tech

Peter Cochrane’s Blog: Wave of innovation

Peter Cochrane

Peter Cochrane

Power Checklist: Managing and Troubleshooting Android Devices

Hostile Workplace Prevention Policy

Quick Glossary: Cybersecurity Attacks

Hardware Decommissioning Policy