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White Paper Things-4-You- a thriving online business, which had a poor record in converting online visitors into buying customers. With geolocation technology, you can know a web user's real world whereabouts. This report examines... [26 Nov 2009]
Minority Report: Mac Mini - a real nowhere machine
Comment I clearly remember buying a PowerBook G4 for £2,200 in 2005, handing over the credit card to the reseller and hoping he'd hurry up before I changed my mind about spending such an insane amount of money on a computer. [26 Nov 2009]
Beware the turf wars when merging comms
News ABI Research practice director Stan Schatt said at the moment companies are only buying the unified communications components they think will deliver immediate value. Enterprise take-up of unified communications - the... [25 Nov 2009]
2009 Smartphone and Carrier Buying Guide
White Paper The lineup of cell phones has expanded a bit, but a significant number of what we see in that category are updates to existing models. The real innovation in the mobile phone world is in the area of smartphones where we see the Apple... [16 Nov 2009]
The Truth About Wasteful Spending on Software: How to Stop Giving Your Software Vendors Money for Applications You Don't Use
White Paper The dirty little secret of software licensing is one is buying more software than one need from the major software vendors. Why? Because neither they nor one has practices in place to ensure one only buy what user's need... [12 Nov 2009]
Optimizing the Data Center for Cost and Efficiency
White Paper The days of buying servers based on speeds and feeds alone are fast fading away. The changing dynamics of the datacenter are driving customers towards new criteria in selecting the products and, indeed, vendors. [11 Nov 2009]
Oracle-Sun deal draws official objections from EC
News For more, see EC formally objects to Oracle buying Sun on CNET News.com. The European Commission has formally objected to Oracle's planned acquisition of Sun. According to a Securities and Exchange Commission filing from... [10 Nov 2009]
Windows 7, Snow Leopard, open source and glory for Steve Jobs
News None of the IT chiefs surveyed said the latest iteration of the Mac OS - Snow Leopard - will push their business to adopt Apple desktops.silicon.com readers also had their say on the matter - with voices raised both for and against... [09 Nov 2009]
Windows 7: Over 200 per cent more popular than Vista
News But the Windows 7 buying frenzy hasn't translated into a similar bump in sales of PCs with Windows preloaded. That Windows 7 is more popular than Vista is no surprise - but just how much more love is Microsoft's latest... [06 Nov 2009]
Why are Indian outsourcing companies such bashful suitors?
Comment Indian outsourcers certainly have the cash - so why aren't they buying up their competitors? But when it comes to exploring buying opportunities, India's top outsourcing companies have been bashful suitors. [06 Nov 2009]
Magic Mouse - Apple's best ever?
Comment Four days after buying the Magic Mouse I'm not wholly convinced. Seb Janacek asks: Can the new Magic Mouse change all that? I have a dream… a dream that Apple finally gets around to creating a really great mouse. [03 Nov 2009]
Who do you trust when you're spending your IT budget?
News Only six per cent of UK execs said they didn't consult any social media while buying a new tech product or service. Julie Schwartz, SVP of research and thought leadership at ITSMA, said the higher up in the company an... [28 Oct 2009]
'Cross-border shopping must be made easier'
News For more on the EC's strategy see Shoppers blocked from buying across EU borders on ZDNet UK. The EC has called for cross-border online shopping to be simplified, following research that found six out of 10 shoppers... [26 Oct 2009]
UK software industry - alive and kicking
News In addition, the UK software industry pulls in around 70 per cent of its revenues from abroad, earning nearly as much from exports - £4.6bn - as the country spends on buying in foreign software, £5.6bn. [23 Oct 2009]
Crutchfield Case Study: A Win-Win Situation
White Paper The company wanted to reduce the number of physical machines to avoid buying a new air conditioner as well as streamline server management. Fast growth had pushed Crutchfield's data center to the maximum capacity of its... [15 Oct 2009]
