Pankhurst came in at number ten in the 'FT Creative Business 50', only behind such luminaries as film director Ridley Scott (9), WPP's Martin Sorrell (6), the BBC's DG Greg Dyke (5) and fashion designer and entrepreneur Paul Smith (1).
Fashion designer Tommy Hilfiger and his company's CIO were also wheeled onstage at the Microsoft event but Ballmer - bedecked in a red, blue and white Hilfiger tie - admitted, "I am not a generally fashionable guy".
There are several key applications where IM, particularly the embedded 'presence-awareness' of IM is already proving very useful and productive," says Paul Ritter Yankee’s programme manager for collaboration and content management.
Paul Smith, the Red Hat vice president heading up the government business unit, said in a statement: "Open source is a logical fit for government due to the incredible attention paid to [IT] standards.
Paul Smith, MD of PR agency Kaizo, said: "I was recently shown around an NCH facility in Bracknell and was really hooked in terms of what they're doing. Training came by way of the Networking Academy programme rub by Cisco, a backer of Byte Night...
Paul Smith, director of the British Retail Consortium, said in a statement: "Our experience in shops shows that most people have taken to chip and PIN like ducks to water. Now is the time to encourage those not using PIN to get ready to do so by 14...