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January 1st, 2009 — Editorial, Issue 14 January 2009
Watch your back
Are you feeling paranoid these days? I am. I was in the Taj, Oberoi in Mumbai only a month before it was attacked, and my boss was there when the gunmen entered the main doors. Thankfully, he made it out, but we here at DVV were all left a little shaky.
December 1st, 2008 — Editorial, Issue 13 December 2008
Let’s use this time to change
It’s difficult to tell just how hard the financial crisis has hit the industry in the Middle East. We live in a culture of denial, after all, where corporations are eager to boast profit and quick to hide loss. No one seems to want to talk about their problems publicly. Soon, however, they may have a tough time hiding their tears.
November 1st, 2008 — Editorial, Issue 12 November 2008
What have we done? We spent the last six months praying for fuel prices to drop, and now our wishes have come true. However, this descent has accompanied the global economy’s steepest decline in modern history. We can now drive our trucks for cheap, but will we lose our homes?
October 1st, 2008 — Editorial, Issue 11 October 2008
I seem to be having a lot of money problems lately. It all started when my debit card got stuck in an ATM. I can’t tell you how badly I wanted to break open that machine and grab the cash that was rightfully mine, plus more.
September 1st, 2008 — Editorial, Issue 10 September 2008
The world is shrinking. Thanks to ease of travel, improved communications and globalised trade, our networks have grown larger and now cover greater distances than ever before. According to Hungarian author Frigyes Karinthy, each of us is connected to any of the more than six billion people on the planet through an average of five acquaintances. Let’s take Sam and Joe – Sam knows Elaine, Elaine knows Suresh, Suresh knows Deepa, Deepa knows Roy, Roy knows Joe. Sam and Joe stand six degrees apart, and thus the rule is called Six Degrees of Separation. Apparently, you can apply this theory to any two people in the world.
July 1st, 2008 — Editorial, Issue 9 July/Aug 2008
Moving past the marketing
If bringing together an IT issue is tough, I imagine deciding what and how much IT to integrate into your business is even tougher. Breaking through the marketing hype and deciding what you really need, after all, can be difficult. Of course a GPS provider will tell you that you need GPS, an RFID vendor is going to push his tags and a software developer will insist that her product is the ‘streamlined’, ‘tailor-made’, ‘one-stop-shop’ solution for you. We at LOG.Middle East heard many such statements this month.
June 1st, 2008 — Editorial, Issue 8 June 2008
Drugs, doctors and the ills of taxation
The region seems to be health crazy these days. The UAE government has announced mandatory health insurance for all residents, Bahrain has said it is planning the same, and Saudi Arabia will soon require all pilgrims visiting its holy cities to be insured. And suddenly, thanks to a new government study, we have realised we’re not getting enough vitamin D.
May 1st, 2008 — Editorial, Issue 7 May 2008
Tackling security can be hazardous, but times are changing
Between running to interviews, servicing my car and buying furniture, I spent a lot of time this month trying to find my way in Al Quoz and fearing of my life. Would one of those big trucks drive over me? Is that warehouse going to explode? Am I going to die from lung cancer from breathing in this noxious air?
April 1st, 2008 — Editorial, Issue 6 April 2008
Three ways you can hang on to your most valued resource.
Many organisations tell their employees how important they are. Why did I stress on tell? Because it seems to be the only thing they do.
In our environment, with rising inflation resulting in a higher cost of living – hanging on to your most valued resource can be challenging, as Robin Lyndhurst and Darryl Judd tell us in this issue.
March 1st, 2008 — Editorial, Issue 5 March 2008
Three ways it can
Sceptics would argue the concept of being carbon neutral is a myth. An additional cost. A phase. A new buzzword. A marketing ploy. It’s time to wake up. Global warming is a reality. It affects each and every one of us and if we don’t act responsibly, there won’t be any winners – we all lose.
