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RSS Standard LifeDell ditches the wires with Latitude Z for business
News The secondary processor - used mostly in smartphones - also draws much less power than a more robust desktop or notebook processor and so while it's running in the background it doesn't drain the battery as fast: using just the... [29 Sep 2009]
Photos: 10 of the best mini laptops
Photo The Seashell has a 10.1-inch display, packs an Intel Atom N280 processor, 802.11n wi-fi and up to six hours of battery life on a single charge, according to Asus. It's been around for a fair while now but the 1000HE is... [21 Sep 2009]
Standard Life Claims Greater Costing and Profitability Insight With SAS
White Paper As part of the process of its parent company becoming publicly listed in 2006, Standard Life needed to enhance the system it had been using. The Standard Life Assurance... [19 Sep 2009]
How green credentials are shaping IT contracts
Comment As most of us know, manufacturing IT equipment produces a significant carbon footprint; using technology is energy-intensive; and, following a typically short life, huge amounts of electrical equipment become landfill. [10 Sep 2009]
Shin Kong Life Insurance Improves Application Quality and Accelerates CMMI Certification
White Paper The company's Electronic Business Service Department started with the adoption of a Capability Maturity Model Integration (CMMI) approach to maintain the integrity of standard workflow and improvement works. [30 Jul 2009]
Photos: The firefighting robots taking to London's streets
Photo The aim is to minimise civic disruption and the risk to human life by letting the ROVs go in first. According to QinetiQ, standard Fire & Rescue Service procedure is to impose an initial hazard zone of... [29 Jul 2009]
Meeting DO-178B Software Verification Guidelines With Coverity Integrity Center
White Paper Many of the guidelines in the Software Verification and Software Lifecycle Data section of this standard can be supported with the use of the Coverity Integrity Center, a software analysis solution used to find critical... [27 Jun 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 26.06.09
Round-Up That's right: if you ever wanted to explore the Swedish tradition of thieving a gnome, taking it on holiday and sending postcards back to the bereft gnome owner ostensibly from the missing garden ornament, then the Mobile... [26 Jun 2009]
Uniform Print Fleet for Medibio 45
White Paper Medibio 45 deployed central management of the 39 HP printers distributed between nine remote sites and managed service based on a standard price per page, covering the whole life cycle of the machines. [21 Jun 2009]
iPhone has no place in business say CIOs
News The iPhone battery life simply doesn't compare to that of a BlackBerry and speed of use as a mobile email tool still doesn't compare," he said. Tech chiefs dismissed the iPhone option for a variety of reasons ranging... [16 Jun 2009]
Keith Young
CIO Profile As group IT director at Standard Life, Keith Young is in charge of the organisation's global IT operation focusing on greater efficiency and making sure the company is able to expand globally. One of... [10 Jun 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 05.06.09
Round-Up He sees the microblogging service as being on the road to being part of the standard way of life, just one of the many ways to communicate. I like that question because it speaks to how Twitter came to... [05 Jun 2009]
Acer does first biz netbook
News The 2.5cm-thick Aspire One Pro 531 weighs 1.03kg or 1.17kg - depending on whether it uses a three-cell or six-cell battery - and is designed to provide battery life of up to 7.5 hours. Acer has not given it 802.11n... [03 Jun 2009]
The tech that lifts Pixar's Up
News In Up the story revolves around the main character, 78-year-old Carl Fredricksen, who, frustrated with his mundane life, ties the thousands of balloons to his house and sets off for adventures in South America. [28 May 2009]
Photos: The watches with tech appeal
Photo For those who prefer the outdoor life, sat-nav maker Garmin has its own range of GPS-connected watches aimed at athletic types, including this one: the Forerunner 405. If you'd like to show off about your two-legged... [01 May 2009]
