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News How does a business pay less for its IT services when it's already getting them at rock bottom prices? Under the 10-year deal, CSC's Prism Alliance, which also includes BT and Steria, is responsible for running RMG's... [20 Nov 2009]
Photos: Qualcomm's Snapdragon-powered Android smartbook on show
Photo Are smartbooks a business or consumer proposition? 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 Lenovo smartbook... [20 Nov 2009]
Salesforce.com plans social networking for business
News Salesforce.com has unveiled a technology that it says will bring the functionality of consumer technologies such as Facebook and Twitter to the business world. Salesforce Chatter, pencilled in for a launch in the second... [19 Nov 2009]
Outsourcers to fall victim to cloud computing rush?
News Companies looking for potential suppliers are still going to choose someone they trust to run their business and not someone just because they have some whizz bang piece of technology," he said. The result is that some... [19 Nov 2009]
Salesforce to launch social networking for businesses
Salesforce.com on Wednesday announced a social-networking service called Salesforce Chatter for its customers' in-house operations, giving a corporate flavour to a technology that has largely been for personal use. [19 Nov 2009]
Naked CIO: Cloud computing more expensive than we thought?
Comment For decades IT has been a very capital-intensive area of the business. Smart CIOs will also look at how these payment models affect operational performance in your organisation and properly prepare the... [19 Nov 2009]
Photos: Nokia debuts full-Qwerty E72 business smartphone
Photo The E72, pictured above, is the latest addition to Nokia's business-focused Eseries line-up. Not every smartphone has a touchscreen - as Nokia's latest device shows. The device, launched today, will initially only be... [18 Nov 2009]
Contact Centres: Optimum service at optimum cost
White Paper Getting the balance right between meeting the inbound call expectations of busy customers and optimising telecoms costs is the goal for many ICT managers. Technology now enables far more powerful and flexible contact centre platforms to... [18 Nov 2009]
How CIOs can achieve post-recession success
Comment In terms of the hurdles, we continue to see some challenges with the alignment of IT with the rest of the business. In an exclusive interview, silicon.com reporter Tim Ferguson spoke to Chui about the report he... [18 Nov 2009]
Photos: How Dubai's driverless trains get their wi-fi
Photo Meanwhile at the business end of the network, this is the connection portal that an iPhone-owning passenger will see if they use their smartphone to connect to the onboard wi-fi network. The Dubai Municipality is in the... [17 Nov 2009]
Unified comms: What it needs to succeed
Comment It involves a complex mix of technical and business skills - and I think most organisations will have little choice but to rely on vendors and particularly their channels to help tie everything together. [17 Nov 2009]
Does your business really need an office?
Comment Unless you're an exclusively client-facing business, or until technology is significantly improved, I don't see an alternative to that," Usher said. For Company X, my bet is managing its business would... [17 Nov 2009]
Business Productivity Online Suite - Communicate Success
White Paper Learn how to boost your team's productivity and collaboration with the Microsoft® Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS). With instant messaging, email, video conferencing, shared calendars, and one central place on... [16 Nov 2009]
Business Productivity Online Suite - Highly Secure and Reliable Cloud Services
White Paper Learn about fully hosted productivity tools in the cloud with Microsoft® Business Productivity Online Suite (BPOS). Business customers are guaranteed 99.9% up-time and an extensive network of data... [16 Nov 2009]
Streamline core business processes with IBM WebSphere MQ
White Paper In today's constantly changing business environment, it is essential for applications and business processes to remain connected and integrated. View this interactive PDF and see how IBM WebSphere® MQ... [16 Nov 2009]
