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How the cloud is swallowing your comms
News According to TalkTalk, young people prefer technologies that allow them to contact whole groups of friends rather than individuals one at a time. Unified communications is migrating to the cloud, new research has found. [24 Nov 2009]
Is losing a mobile device really such a big deal?
Comment In that time the questions have very much moved from 'if' the tech is used to 'when and how'. Losing a mobile device is a common occurrence - but that's doesn't mean it's not serious. Jon Collins looks at what businesses... [24 Nov 2009]
Outsourcing: CIOs' tips on getting it right
News For example, for the service desk, if we have a lot of calls then Atos Origin are able to roll out a bigger team to handle them without us having to pay for that larger team each time we need it," she said. [24 Nov 2009]
Recession hitting low paid IT jobs
News In the main IT industry wages look to be weathering the economic storm, according to this year's silicon.com Skills Survey, but there are signs that first-time tech workers are taking a hit. The research shows that fewer... [24 Nov 2009]
Photos: Take a tour of Microsoft's self-contained datacentre
Photo Microsoft's goal is to reduce the lead time for using the containers to boost datacentre capacity from many months to as little as six weeks. At its Professional Developers Conference in Los Angeles last week, Microsoft... [24 Nov 2009]
Photos: Google takes the wrapping off Chrome OS
Photo Although screen real estate is tight - especially given the presence of a clock and status icons to indicate wi-fi connections etc in the upper right - more than one browser can be open at a time even if others are... [23 Nov 2009]
Virtualisation: Real-life tales of how to get it right
Comment I think there is a little bit more thought going into it now and so it takes a little bit more time. We had 33 physical servers at the time and we were rapidly running out of rack-space in our... [20 Nov 2009]
Google sheds light on netbook plans for Chrome OS
News Google has taken the wraps off its Chrome OS for the first time. At an event held at its Mountain View HQ on Thursday, Google vice president of product management Sundar Pichai gave the assembled press a tour of Chrome,... [20 Nov 2009]
Photos: The Android smartbook fired up by Qualcomm's Snapdragon
Photo People are bored of the five to seven minute start-up time of a notebook. This week saw chipmaker Qualcomm taking the wraps off a range of hardware powered by its Snapdragon platform. Among the devices on show was this... [20 Nov 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: BlackBerry Storm 2
Photo SurePress touchscreen is good for slow, accurate tapping; speedy wi-fi and 3G connectivity; attractive screen; push email sends your messages to you in real-time; good apps available; 3.5mm headphone jack [20 Nov 2009]
Salesforce.com plans social networking for business
News Salesforce Chatter, pencilled in for a launch in the second quarter of 2010, allows users to create profiles and real-time news feeds to help them to work more effectively with their colleagues within the business. [19 Nov 2009]
Exclusive: Former MySQL boss Marten Mickos talks open source
Comment Marten Mickos is probably best known for his time as chief executive of open source database company MySQL, a position he held from 2001 until the beginning of 2009. During his time there, he guided the... [19 Nov 2009]
Photos: Nokia debuts full-Qwerty E72 business smartphone
Photo There's also fresh emphasis on IM - with users able to set up IM directly from the homescreen for the first time, to integrate with the likes of Yahoo! Not every smartphone has a touchscreen - as Nokia's latest device... [18 Nov 2009]
How CIOs can achieve post-recession success
Comment You can view the newly published article, Time to raise the CIO's game, at McKinsey Quarterly silicon.com: Can you describe the 'new normal' for the business world? This] provides a significant challenge to IT leaders... [18 Nov 2009]
Trojan bank fraud gang sentenced
News Four men have been sentenced to prison time for being part of a gang that stole just under £500,000 from UK bank customers. The men were sentenced last Friday at Southwark Crown Court in London for their part in an... [17 Nov 2009]
