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RSS ITPeter Cochrane's Blog: How the telcos could save themselves
Comment ISPs have been hit by rafts of silly requirements dreamt up by misguided and ill-informed politicians, and the network providers say they can't make it pay. Meanwhile the politicians just don't get it... [23 Nov 2009]
Photos: Google takes the wrapping off Chrome OS
Photo Google said it won't use Chrome OS as a vehicle for advertisements. As with many other projects, it leads to websites such as search, YouTube, and Gmail that feature their own ads in the web content.... [23 Nov 2009]
Shared Services: The Practicalities of Local Council Cost Reduction
White Paper Local government in the UK has been undergoing modernisation initiatives centred on IT. With so much progress having been made, attention is now turning to how IT managers can reduce costs without... [23 Nov 2009]
Doing business with citizen developers: Beware the legal pitfalls
Comment Gartner defines citizen developers as individuals who are creating business-related applications outside the scope of enterprise IT (and its associated governance). As with all new buzzwords, it can... [23 Nov 2009]
Salesforce.com makes more friends in the cloud
News The IT service desk software maker is planning to bring its Service Desk Express product to the Force.com platform so businesses can operate their IT support in the cloud. This is about literally... [20 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.11.09
Round-Up And no, just because you work on an Apple Mac that doesn't mean you can count it as one of your five a day, either. In fact - as an aside - even Whitehall is putting IT on a diet, with the government's... [20 Nov 2009]
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. It's your VMware that is the problem'," he says. [20 Nov 2009]
How to squeeze the last drops of savings from an outsourcing contract
News How does a business pay less for its IT services when it's already getting them at rock bottom prices? It takes a long hard look at whether it needs to be gobbling up so... [20 Nov 2009]
Photos: The Android smartbook fired up by Qualcomm's Snapdragon
Photo While the smartbook may resemble a common-or-garden netbook, it sports a battery life of more than eight hours and always-on connectivity - via 3G, wi-fi and other radios - in the manner of a smartphone. [20 Nov 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: BlackBerry Storm 2
Photo What is it: Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration? Check out the latest in our series of gadget mini-reviews, courtesy of silicon.com's sister site CNET.co.uk, the home of technology reviews. [20 Nov 2009]
Salesforce.com plans social networking for business
News Salesforce.com has unveiled a technology that it says will bring the functionality of consumer technologies such as Facebook and Twitter to the business world. With Salesforce Chatter it's going to be... [19 Nov 2009]
Outsourcers to fall victim to cloud computing rush?
News If cloud computing does not reduce the need for consultants then it has failed because one of the points is to get a much simpler IT infrastructure out there," Carr said. As businesses begin to host... [19 Nov 2009]
Exclusive: Former MySQL boss Marten Mickos talks open source
Comment During his time there, he guided the company to a position where it was challenging the database giants and was snapped up by Sun Microsystems in early 2008 for a cool $1bn. The Commission has yet to give its official... [19 Nov 2009]
Photos: Apple's latest Big Apple store
Photo Except for the marble supporting walls, it's mostly glass, with an all-glass roof. Apple wanted it to be "one big room". Here's a look inside Apple's latest Manhattan store in New York US. Photo: Sarah... [19 Nov 2009]
Salesforce to launch social networking for businesses
Also for collaboration, it lets people join groups to share updates and content. Salesforce.com on Wednesday announced a social-networking service called Salesforce Chatter for its customers' in-house operations, giving... [19 Nov 2009]
