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RSS bodyAppLabs and the Test Maturity Model Integration (TMMi)
White Paper The TMMi Foundation has been founded as a non-profit making body, by a number of leading test and quality practitioners from across Europe to promote a standard TMMi model and to promote its uptake as an international... [08 Aug 2009]
IT unemployment hits five-year high
News Unemployment in the IT and telecoms industry has hit a five-year high, new research from industry skills body e-skills has found. The economy may be showing its first green shoots but the IT industry doesn't seem to be... [06 Aug 2009]
Offshoring: Is resistance weakening at Whitehall?
News But Sureyya Cansoy, head of public sector programmes for UK IT trade body Intellect, cautioned there are still many obstacles to offshoring government IT work. After years of resistance to offshoring, the need to slash... [03 Aug 2009]
Body Shop to Mind Shop: Businesses Look for More From Third Party Consultants
White Paper As budgets tighten, it is even more important for a company's IT function to demonstrate its fit with the business and obtain the best value from all resources and services at its disposal. Simply scaling up by regular recruitment or ad... [01 Aug 2009]
Microsoft: Gesture recognition office 'not that far away'
News His talk followed entertainment chief Robbie Bach demoing the gaming potential of Natal, playing a breakout-like game called Riccochet, where one uses their body to push, block, and kick balls at various bricks. [31 Jul 2009]
Proactive Security - IT Body Armor Against Business Attacks
White Paper Defending against today's diverse array of security risks can be an enormous drain on corporate resources; especially for emerging and growing businesses which need to protect themselves against exactly the same threats as large scale... [31 Jul 2009]
Rack Infrastructure Effects on Thermal Performance of a Server
White Paper A combination of customer inquiries, a desire to validate design standards, and a limited body of readily available literature on the topic sparked interest in a methodical approach to documenting these effects. [31 Jul 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Singapore's fibre paradox
Comment Having arrived in Singapore during the late afternoon, I went for a walk to help my body normalise after the flight. Compiled at my Singapore hotel upon arrival and despatched to silicon.com on the day of my departure... [30 Jul 2009]
Google's latest Donut batch missing multitouch
News It follows in the footsteps of 'Cupcake', which was merged with the main body of code in April. Google has released the latest version of code for the 'Donut' branch of its Android mobile operating system, without the... [28 Jul 2009]
UAE Authority Cuts IT Costs by an Estimated 60 Per Cent With Virtualisation Tool
White Paper The Securities and Commodities Authority (SCA) is the government body responsible for regulating the financial markets in the Untied Arab Emirates (UAE). The Securities and Commodities Authority is a government agency... [27 Jul 2009]
Investment Firm Builds New IT Environment, Reduces Internal Management Expenses by 50%
White Paper The Sichuan Investment Group (SIG) is a major investment body of the Sichuan Provincial Government of China. SIG has 1,000 employees, including an IT team of 30. SIG lacked a cohesive IT strategy that aligned with... [25 Jul 2009]
Teachers get £5.6m to swot up on how to use tech
News The Open University - which launched the programme yesterday alongside IT skills sector body e-skills UK - will also make its virtual learning environment available for teachers to use distance learning.e-skills UK added... [21 Jul 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 17.07.09
Round-Up The idea is by using full body motion capture and facial recognition, Natal means you can control games with your actions rather than having to rely on a controller (and it also means you won't face the frustration of... [17 Jul 2009]
Windows to open up to gesture recognition, says Gates
News Using your body to control devices makes a lot of sense, Gates said. Microsoft doesn't just want to bring gesture recognition to the Xbox with Project Natal. It also wants the technology in Windows, according to... [15 Jul 2009]
Voice, video, data: £1bn gov't telecoms contract up for grabs
News Central and local government departments, NHS organisations and other public bodies will be provided with telecoms goods, services and client side support under the framework agreement put out by Buying Solutions, the trading arm of the... [10 Jul 2009]
