tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-16691784809510951532012-02-16T17:34:47.494ZAfter 4 years in IBM, in November I joined Transputec’s as its first full-time IBM Business Manager. I am tasked with using my experience to enhance our IBM status in order to make our partnership easier for you to do business with. Join us in our journey by keeping up-to-date with our progress, and what it will mean to you, via this blog.Aoifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17374605896303434832noreply@blogger.comBlogger11100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1669178480951095153.post-90062746796541230012009-11-18T17:22:00.005Z2009-12-17T18:09:57.519ZIs IT fueling the rat race? Is the idea of ‘personal touch’ in service a thing of the past? I believe the majority of people would opt for a world without personal interaction, enabling the ultimate form of efficiency, but at what cost?<br /><br />I left school with A-levels in Spanish, French, Art and English Literature. My education was far from vocational. Purely by chance I ended up working for IBM and found myself in the IT industry. The technology itself, I have come to learn, the significance of business impact of it, has become a fascination. From the simple, to the extraordinary. Christmas shopping on-line, with products shipping from Thailand to the US, to supercomputing developing cures to cancer. I often question what the future holds, we seem to be eliminating jobs everywhere based on the fact of cost and efficiency. From a business perspective, it makes perfect sense, but where are the limits?<div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/1669178480951095153-9006274679654123001?l=ibmtransputecpartner.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>Aoifehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17374605896303434832noreply@blogger.com1