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Salesforce.com makes more friends in the cloud
BMC Software and CA are building apps on the Force.com cloud platform...

Tags: ca, bmc, cloud computing, salesforce.com

Google sheds light on netbook plans for Chrome OS
News in brief: Make room Windows, Chrome's on its way

Tags: google, netbook, google chrome os

How to squeeze the last drops of savings from an outsourcing contract
How the Royal Mail trimmed its IT fat and saved £11m

Tags: csc, outsourcing, royal mail

Photos: The Android smartbook fired up by Qualcomm's Snapdragon
But are Minority Report-style smart tablets the future of mobile computing?

Tags: android, smartbook, snapdragon, qualcomm

Weekend Gadget Watch: BlackBerry Storm 2
"Its clicking touchscreen should be helpful for those who find normal touchscreen phones too fiddly"

Tags: blackberry storm 2, mobile phone review

Salesforce.com plans social networking for business
Have a natter with Chatter...

Tags: twitter, facebook, cloud computing, social networking

Outsourcers to fall victim to cloud computing rush?
Storm clouds are gathering over IT outsourcing

Tags: outsourcing, ibm, salesforce.com, nicholas carr

CIOs' advice on the perks and perils of unified communications
Part 1: IT chiefs talk about the unexpected benefits and biggest challenges of UC deployments...

Tags: mobility, fmc, unified communications

Photos: Apple's latest Big Apple store
How an Apple shop looks in New York

Tags: new york apple store, iphone, ipod, apple

Office 2010: Beta launched
News in brief: New features include social networking connector

Tags: microsoft, office 2010, browser-based apps, beta


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Revealed: The apps you'll have on your phone in 2012
Find out what you'll be packing - and the applications your company needs to prepare for

Tags: gartner, mobile phone, app store, iphone

T-Mobile workers accused over customer record sales
News in brief: Privacy watchdog could launch prosecution

Tags: ico, data, t-mobile

Photos: Nokia debuts full-Qwerty E72 business smartphone
Feel those keys...

Tags: smartphone, nokia e72

Clouds clear as Microsoft gives Azure a January launch date
And lifts the lid on features from Dallas to Sydney

Tags: dallas, project sydney, azure services, microsoft azure

Photos: How Dubai's driverless trains get their wi-fi
How to get from A to B without losing C: Connectivity...

Tags: wimax, dubai metro, wi-fi

Trojan bank fraud gang sentenced
First conviction for UK's specialist cybercrime unit

Tags: police central e-crime unit, pceu, malware

Jaguar races to fastest supercomputer glory with AMD's juice
News in brief: 1.75 petaflops per second for the Cray XT5

Tags: top500 supercomputers, amd, jaguar, supercomputer

UK ID cards rollout hit by delay as launch date revealed
Target for Greater Manchester cards is missed

Tags: public sector, biometrics, id cards


Photos: Dell unveils its very first smartphone
Google Android powers the Mini 3

Tags: android, smartphone, dell

Google's Eric Schmidt on search, Android and all things Wave
News in brief: 'We're not done with search'

Tags: chrome os, android, google wave, eric schmidt

Photos: The latest Windows Phones from HTC, Sony Ericsson
Windows Mobile 6.5 does the rounds

Tags: sony ericsson xperia x2, htc hd2, windows mobile

Bing sheds its beta skin in the UK
News in brief: Microsoft's search engine takes the stabilisers off

Tags: beta, microsoft, bing

Westminster computing put on size-zero diet
Whitehall's green IT champion doesn't like pies with his chips

Tags: green it, public sector, whitehall, westminster

Intel and AMD bury the hatchet with $1.25bn deal
News in brief: Legal disputes settled

Tags: patent dispute, amd, intel

Weekend Gadget Watch: Samsung X120
"Slim, light and very portable"

Tags: gadget watch, samsung, ultra portable

£500,000 fine coming for businesses that lose data?
Watchdog gets teeth - but only after more than 700 data breaches

Tags: ico, information commissioner's office, data loss, data breach

Future mobiles, Windows 7, iPhone apps and the latest gadgets
Photos of the month - October 2009

Tags: operating systems, google wave, iphone, windows 7

The software that can save you big bucks? You've already got it
How ERP can clobber CO2 and cut costs to boot...

Tags: sap, bi, erp, green it

HP goes after networking with $2.7bn 3Com buy
News in brief: Setting its sights on Chinese market

Tags: 3com, cisco, networking products, hp

Tech grads finding it harder to land job in IT
But there is light at the end of the tunnel...

Tags: employment trends, it jobs, graduate employment

Photos: The happy robot sat-nav
It's one HAL of a navigator

Tags: mit, robots, sat-nav

Orange iPhone sells more than 30,000 on first day
Apple hardware gets Orange customers' juices flowing...

Tags: orange, iphone

Cheat Sheet: Virtualisation
Update: It's becoming a reality…

Tags: tesco, server, virtualisation

UK web snooping plans: Full steam ahead
News in brief: Government ploughs on with Interception Modernisation Programme

Tags: instant messaging, facebook, interception modernisation programme , web monitoring plans

Mobiles, internet, email - which tech can't you live without?
Poll: Techies reveal what they're most addicted to...

Tags: mp3 player, email, internet addiction

'Don't just outsource the problem when you outsource IT'
Get the strategy right first, public sector told

Tags: local council, cost savings, public sector outsourcing

Oracle-Sun deal draws official objections from EC
But Oracle hits back claiming "profound misunderstanding" of open source

Tags: european commission, sun, oracle, mysql

Tweets to turn up on LinkedIn thanks to status-sharing deal
News in brief: Twitter updates to get down to business

Tags: linkedin, tweets, twitter

Photos: Firefox through the ages
Phoenix to Firebird to Firefox

Tags: mozilla, pheonix, firefox

Windows 7, Snow Leopard, open source and glory for Steve Jobs
Stories of the month - October 2009

Tags: open source, snow leopard, windows 7

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The Round-Up
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.11.09
Do you need to shape up?

Andrew Donoghue
Virtualisation: Real-life tales of how to get it right
Advice from the companies already using the much-hyped tech

Tim Ferguson
Exclusive: Former MySQL boss Marten Mickos talks open source
Why Microsoft could become one of the "biggest friends of open source" and why Oracle getting its hands on MySQL could be "one of the biggest open source coups ever"...

Naked CIO
Naked CIO: Cloud computing more expensive than we thought?
Smart IT leaders will examine the impact of how they pay for tech

Tim Ferguson
How CIOs can achieve post-recession success
Q&A: McKinsey & Company on living in the 'new normal' business world

Jim Mortleman
Unified comms: What it needs to succeed
Standards are key - don't just throw tech at the problem

Agenda Setters 2009
Welcome to the ninth annual Agenda Setters poll – silicon.com's list of the top 50 most influential individuals in the technology and IT industries, from techies and CIOs to entrepreneurs and business leaders. Find out more in our latest special report.





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