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Peter Cochrane's Blog: Trying to explain
Comment Visit the Round-Up archive by clicking here - for the weekly R-Ups and podcasts. My big problem has been that they are a bit like policemen - never around when you need one. Now the big problem is finding the good stuff, or at least the stuff that... [14 Jan 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 02.11.07
Round-Up The Round-Up finds itself decidedly smitten. It was just the starting point," he added, suggesting to the Round-Up that one universe could be placed inside another in some kind of metaphorical cosmic paradox. [02 Nov 2007]
India diary, day 3: Inside the outsourcing campus
Comment Keep up with his daily diaries here.¦ India diary, day 1: Cyberbad on Sunday ¦ India diary, day 2: Emergency calls and rural life ¦ India diary, day 3: Inside the outsourcing campus ¦ India diary, day 4: Hyderabad's tech park ... [06 Mar 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 05.01.07
Round-Up That's right, worse than performing arts (which in the Round-Up's day was called 'music and movement' and was beneath even a room full of infants pretending to be an acorn growing into a big tree). The Round-Up thought for about 30 seconds about... [05 Jan 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 21.04.06
Round-Up Naked PCs' are a menace to all civilised society, opined Gates… the Round-Up bets. Nine year-old US schoolgirl Shea O'Gorman belongs to the latter group, although the Round-Up is sure her standards of personal hygiene are impeccable. [21 Apr 2006]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.05.05
Round-Up The Round-Up appreciates this isn't the most tech-relevant way to start this week's newsletter but it would be remiss to address the events of the week without talking about the incredible events in the Champions League Final. [27 May 2005]
HP goes back to software
News HP is specifically targeting IBM customers looking for an alternative to Big Blue's WebSphere Java server software line and its DB2 database products. The tighter partnership will mean large corporate customers can get round-the-clock support only... [12 Nov 2004]
Bookie reveals $100,000 cost of denial-of-service extortion attacks
News Our online bookie said the attacks against Blue Square and Capital Sports earlier this week will continue in the run-up to England's big games in the Euro 2004 football tournament, which starts this weekend. [11 Jun 2004]
Results season? Thank god for services
Comment PwC's partners may not all be on the Christmas card lists of their IBM Global Services equivalents - rumours abound that the latter are a little miffed that the former get paid a lot more than they do - but Big Blue's biggest cheeses will be... [15 Apr 2003]
CSC takes a slice of $5bn IBM contract
News Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) has won a $500m sub-contract from IBM, after Big Blue picked up a seven-year, $5bn outsourcing contract from JP Morgan Chase at the start of the year. Big Blue has won a series of outsourcing 'mega-contracts... [11 Feb 2003]
Forbidden love and Alan Titchmarsh
Comment Do we sense a conspiracy at Big Blue? But what caught the Round-Up's eye was Gigabyte's apparent fixation with Sophos virus expert Graham Cluely. Abandon hope all ye who poll 100 ordinary members of the public, the Round-Up will return next Friday. [09 Mar 2002]
Has Microsoft won its freedom...
Comment The last straw the anti-Microsoft brigade have to clutch at is the now infamous 'IBM parallel' - i.e.what happened to Big Blue when it had similar monopoly ructions back in the 80s. The current round of trials began way back in the autumn of 1997... [29 Jun 2001]
IBM sets up $500m start-up fund
News Big Blue is working with venture capital funds to provide flexible financing for IBM kit and services to companies that have already been through an initial fund raising round. IBM is creating a $500m fund to assist business to business Internet... [14 Jan 2000]
