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Offshoring stymied by new VAT rules?
Comment You must ask: Lawyers Belinda Doshi and Nick Beecham explain how financial firms can protect their business. Banks, insurance companies and other financial services providers should be aware of an important change to the... [11 Nov 2009]
Exclusive: Jimmy Wales on what's next for Wikipedia
Comment In an exclusive interview, Wikipedia founder and silicon.com Agenda Setter Jimmy Wales talks to Natasha Lomas about what's next for Wikipedia and why the site needs geeks of all kinds. There's a vast majority of... [05 Nov 2009]
2010: When IT budgets start to grow again
News Photo credit: a.drian via Flickr.com under the following Creative Commons licence) 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... [20 Oct 2009]
Photos: What's new in AVG antivirus?
Photo Once installed, AVG will ask if it can run a scan optimisation. Although the number of screens the user sees when installing AVG 9 has been cut in half, the installation process is still time-consuming as the program... [19 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.10.09
Round-Up Email your tales of tech woe to editorial@silicon.com and we'll publish the best - go on, it'll make you feel better. If, for example, you set up the Mail Goggles application to work on a Friday night - after having... [16 Oct 2009]
Tax-refund phishing scams hit an all-time high
News The scam emails tell the recipient they are due to receive a tax refund and then ask for bank account or credit card details. The number of scam emails offering fake tax refunds hit an all-time high last month. [16 Oct 2009]
Selecting a Microsoft Hosted Exchange Service Provider
White Paper When it comes to the decision to outsource the delivery of your organisation's messaging solution, the task of selecting the most appropriate service provider can be daunting This whitepaper from Cobweb Solutions, Europe's leading... [12 Oct 2009]
How a tech 'watch list' can save CIOs from being caught out
News Companies should also ask other firms what's on their watch list and why, and start working on strategies for highly complex and high-impact technologies now. Companies should create their own "technology watch lists" so... [12 Oct 2009]
Former MySQL boss joins Benchmark Capital
News Mickos said in a Tuesday tweet on Twitter: "Why I like @benchmark: They consistently ask 'What's best for the entrepreneur? Marten Mickos, the one-time chief executive of MySQL who left about a year after Sun... [01 Oct 2009]
WPA2 Security: Choosing the Right WLAN Authentication Method for Homes and Enterprises
White Paper Ask a hundred CIOs what three things about WLANs (wireless LANs) strike fear into their hearts, and the answers are likely to be similar: Security, Security, Security. Sure, you want good coverage. Sure, you want to... [01 Oct 2009]
Windows Server 2008: What To Expect
White Paper When they hear that a new version of Windows Server is coming out, they often ask, "How different is it? Most IT professionals who deal with ever-changing technology appreciate consistency and predictability. [01 Oct 2009]
5 Rules of Effective Negotiating
White Paper You won't know what you can get until you ask. Negotiation is an interactive process by which people reach mutual agreement on solving a common problem, but for many people this is easier said than done In this white... [01 Oct 2009]
How to avoid getting burned when outsourcing
News Gartner has six top tips to avoid losing money when outsourcing business processes (photo credit: JasonRogersFooDogGiraffeBee via Flickr.com under the following licence) Ask the vendor's biggest clients... [30 Sep 2009]
Assessing endpoint security solutions: Why detection rates aren't enough
White Paper It gives the six critical questions businesses need to ask to ensure the most successful outcome to their evaluations. Evaluating the performance of competing endpoint security products is a time-consuming and daunting... [30 Sep 2009]
Chris Anderson
AS Profile What's so Agenda Setting about a four-year-old article you may ask? 'The Long Tail' is the name of a 2004 article in Wired magazine, written by current editor-in-chief Chris Anderson and subsequently expanded into a book... [29 Sep 2009]
