- silicon.com
- Search
- Results
Articles on computing
Showing results 1 to 10 of 5115
Follow this topic: RSS
silicon.com > Management > CEO Essentials
Cheat Sheet: Cloud computing
...its way? Yeah, sorry about that but don't worry because cloud computing actually refers to services and applications that are hosted on and accessed... Read more
Aug 1, 2008
silicon.com > Management > Public Sector
Leaked report reveals billions in budget cuts for public sector IT
Whitehall reaches for the cloud Read more
Nov 30, 2009
silicon.com > Technology > IT Services
Outsourcers to fall victim to cloud computing rush
...outsourcing be among the victims of the much-hyped shift to cloud computing? As businesses begin to host their IT systems in the cloud - instead... Read more
Nov 19, 2009
silicon.com > White Papers > Data Management > Data Infrastructure
Maxmise IT Flexibility and Lower Costs With Grid Computing
This document discusses grid computing: Oracle's definition of it, the benefits of it, and the elements... Read more
Jan 26, 2009
silicon.com > Technology > Software
Naked CIO: Cloud computing more expensive than we thought
...than as true operational costs. With the advent and popularity of cloud computing, software as a service such as Salesforce.com applications, managed datacentres and... Read more
Nov 19, 2009
silicon.com > White Papers > Data Management > Data Infrastructure
Ten Things to Know About Grid Computing on Windows
...s more, an Oracle Grid can help you gain control of your computing resources on the database and application server tiers Read more
Jan 26, 2009
silicon.com > Management > CIO Insights
...250m gift for web science and financial computing
...specialist PhD centres are digital media (University of Bath and Lancaster), financial computing (UCL) and web science (Southampton). The plan is to build relationships between... Read more
Dec 5, 2008
silicon.com > Technology > Hardware
How global computing grid could save the world
...grids that could be linked up to form an international super-grid. Computing grids are already combating diseases: in 2007, the Egee analysed the potential... Read more
Oct 20, 2008
silicon.com > Management > CIO Insights
Voice biometrics, war tech and the history of computing
...through the treasure trove of historical technology in the National Museum of Computing at the home of the World War II codebreakers, Bletchley Park. First... Read more
Oct 8, 2008
silicon.com > Technology > Hardware
Video: Flying high with Bletchley's flight simulators
...air traffic control and this simulator room at the National Museum of Computing at Bletchley Park allows visitors to try their hand at landing an... Read more
Sep 18, 2008
Stories on computing
Featured white papers
-
IBM XIV® Storage System: Ease of Management Reinvented
Managing a storage system has become a costly and complicated task. The direct labour cost associated with its management is increasing. In addition, organizations incur hidden indirect costs due to slow responsiveness, ineffective utilization, and inflexibility. This paper discusses how the IBM XIV Storage System's revolutionary built-in virtualization architecture provides a way to drastically reduce the costs of managing storage systems.
-
Contact Centres: Optimum service at optimum cost
Getting the balance right between meeting the inbound call expectations of busy customers and optimising telecoms costs is the goal for many ICT managers. Technology now enables far more powerful and flexible contact centre platforms to be created without the capital outlay required for conventional systems.
-
Orange- customer case study
The ability to leverage location intelligence was critical to the successful rollout of our 3G network as it enabled us to identify potential customers and where they would likely use our enhanced third generation services. As our decision making process was much more informed by location-based data, we could build our network in areas that will serve our customers most effectively.
-
Check out these top business apps for your iPhone
-
Inside a Microsoft datacentre
-
Green IT without losing your edge
-
Peter Cochrane's latest video blog
-
What you need to know about Windows 7