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Virtualisation: Real-life tales of how to get it right
Comment Adoption rates of virtualisation have yet to match the hype surrounding it, here Andrew Donoghue hears from businesses who've already taken the plunge. Despite vendors touting the numerous benefits that virtualisation can bestow on... [20 Nov 2009]
Westminster computing put on size-zero diet
News With the government hoping to offset or reduce all the CO2 emissions produced by its fleet of half a million computers by 2012, IT is under more pressure than ever to go green. As a result, the public sector has "stopped... [13 Nov 2009]
BT offers free fibre to Glasgow businesses
News BT is offering a free taste of superfast broadband to businesses in Glasgow. The trial is part of the telco's ongoing investment in fibre infrastructure in the UK. Back in 2008 BT announced it would be spending £1.5bn to bring fibre... [05 Nov 2009]
£39m boost for London Olympics' emergency comms
News The Home Office has announced a £39m deal to help emergency services comms cope during the London 2012 Olympic Games. The National Police Improvement Agency has signed the £39m contract with Airwave, the company that... [03 Nov 2009]
Make haste with the analogue-digital switch, urges EC
News The European Commission has called for EU members to speed their switchover to digital television, and therefore in the process free up spectrum, which can then be used for broadband services. Viviane Reding, information society and... [30 Oct 2009]
Olympics tech team gets ready to put London 2012 IT through its paces
News With just over 1,000 days to go until the start of the 2012 London Olympics, the team in charge of the Games' tech is poised for the real work to get underway. After a year of limbering up, Atos Origin - the company... [27 Oct 2009]
2010: When IT budgets start to grow again
News If you haven't guessed already: 2009 was a bad year for IT spending, analysts have found. But fear not - things are looking brighter for the coming years. According to research from Gartner, enterprise tech spending is down 5.2 per cent... [20 Oct 2009]
Photos: Google Android dual boots with Windows 7 on Acer netbook
Photo This week saw hardware maker Acer announcing the latest additions to its laptop and smartphone ranges. One of the devices to debut was this dual-boot version of its Acer Aspire One D250 netbook (pictured above in white). [16 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: The five things you need to be thinking about now
News With the launch of Windows 7 just a week away, many businesses will already be thinking of how to shift their PC estate to the new OS. According to analyst house Gartner, there are a number of issues companies should already be... [15 Oct 2009]
BT takes superfast fibre broadband to 2.5 million homes
News BT has announced it is rolling out superfast fibre broadband directly to 2.5 million UK homes and businesses. FTTP (fibre to the premises) will allow for for download speeds of 100Mbps by 2012, BT said on Friday. [12 Oct 2009]
BAA preparing for Windows 7 take off
News Airport operator BAA is hoping the roll out of Windows 7 will help simplify its IT infrastructure and contribute to a cost-cutting initiative across the company. Speaking at a Microsoft customer event in London this week, BAA CIO Philip... [09 Oct 2009]
Windows 8: The 'dying gasps' of the desktop OS or the next big thing?
News Just as the marketing hype around Windows 7 heads toward its peak, a few details are starting to surface about its likely successor. You may groan but work on Windows 8, as Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer has referred to it, is already... [08 Oct 2009]
BT's home fibre tests: Coming in London and Milton Keynes
News BT has revealed more details on its planned brownfield pilots of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband tech. Fibre broadband is the superfast successor to the current generation of broadband used in the UK, delivered over copper wire. [02 Oct 2009]
Nortel's Investment Recovery Operations Minimize Waste for Customers' Networks
White Paper Nortel is proud of its membership in the Olympic Family, as the Official Converged Network Equipment Supplier for the Vancouver 2010 Olympic Winter Games, as well as its partnership with the Olympic Games in London in 2012. [02 Oct 2009]
Amway Corp. to Leverage Oracle e-Business Suite Release 12 and Oracle AIA as Part of Technology Foundation to Support 100% Growth by 2012
White Paper Amway Corp.wanted to double the size of business by 2012 and support this growth with a solid technology infrastructure and replace front-end of e-commerce system to better serve customers. The challenge was to integrate... [01 Oct 2009]
