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How tech is helping gamblers get that casino feeling
News The revamped platform - along with a new 24-hour live betting service - went live earlier this year and can be plugged into third party websites to provide them with the same gaming functionality which they can then... [23 Oct 2009]
Betting on the Dice: Giving Customers What They Want With the Help of Analytics
White Paper Established in 1980, Resorts World Berhad (RWB) is one of the largest listed companies in Malaysia with a market capitalization of about MYR 21.87 billion (US$6.28 billion). The challenge was to obtain timely, relevant and consolidated... [19 Sep 2009]
Will software be Motorola's saviour?
News Motorola is betting the company - or at least the mobile division - on its own blend of software and online services spread across a series of phones, rather than trying to mimic Apple's approach in producing one phone... [15 Sep 2009]
Norton 2010: Gunning for mutating malware
News Symantec is betting heavily that program behaviour is the future battlefront of security and is making a big push in its 2010 security program lineup with a behavioural engine called Quorum. Debuting on Wednesday, both... [09 Sep 2009]
Big Blue wants tech to get water management flowing
News IBM is betting, though, that fresh water will have more value attached to it from the public, governments and corporations. IBM is developing a portfolio of IT-related water management technologies, a business that it... [08 Sep 2009]
Microsoft drops browser-less Windows 7 in Europe
News In dropping Windows 7 E, Microsoft is betting that the regulators will go for this plan. On Friday, Microsoft backtracked on its plan to ship a browser-free version of its upcoming operating system, Windows 7, in Europe. [03 Aug 2009]
Betfair CTO bets on new tech architecture
News By early 2010, the gambling giant will stop making changes to its core exchange system to make sure there are no alterations that could accidently cause problems during the betting on the football tournament. [10 Jul 2009]
Microsoft's Hohm wants to help you cut your gas bill
News For its part, Microsoft is betting there are enough people who are focused either on their energy consumption or their bills to make the investment pay off. Microsoft's move into the energy monitoring business may sound... [25 Jun 2009]
Mittu Sridhara
CIO Profile Mittu Sridhara is group CIO at Ladbrokes plc, the betting and gaming giant that takes up to 10 million bets each week and more than £16bn in stakes each year. He has held a number of roles focusing on growing or... [02 Jun 2009]
Avoiding Costly Product Recalls With Proactive SPC
White Paper Betting on recall and/or contamination insurance isn't enough. This year alone, consumer confidence has been shaken over product quality, reliability and safety concerns within the food processing, electronics,... [16 May 2009]
Three-tier iTunes pricing to save digital music?
News Apple and major music labels are betting that the launch of three-tier pricing at the iTunes Music Store will boost music sales with a new mix of song-based packages and give consumers more options. Apple has announced... [07 Apr 2009]
Irish Trader puts a Coda on financials software
News The implementation will allow Delta Index's in-house developed trading platform to get a more accurate idea of performance across broker management systems as well as various finance and accounting functions as the company, which... [20 Jan 2009]
Alien hunting, Windows through the ages and Christmas gifts
Photo Apparently, it's betting, with online betting exchange Betfair showing silicon.com how closely bets can reflect future outcomes from politics to football. Not so - it's aliens. The Hat Creek Radio... [22 Dec 2008]
Photos: How Betfair predicts the future
Photo The graph here shows the way people were betting on the exchange over the US presidential election, from 1 Jan 2008 to 1 Nov 2008. Leighton Vaughan Williams, Professor of Economics and Finance at Nottingham Business... [22 Dec 2008]
Betfair hits jackpot with new CTO
News Online betting exchange Betfair has appointed a new CTO. Tony McAlister will join the company as chief technical officer from mobile content management company Motricity. Betfair's former CTO Rorie Devine left the... [18 Dec 2008]
