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News The contract, struck in 2007, sees Atos Origin managing the Highways Agency's IT infrastructure, datacentres, telecoms, desktop and providing application support. As a result of this flexibility, satisfaction levels with... [24 Nov 2009]
Westminster computing put on size-zero diet
News The greatest success has been participation of the CIOs, CTOs and all those people in the ICT profession within government - it has been amazing," he told the Green IT Expo in London this week. Other government... [13 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Virtualisation
News Research by Gartner earlier this year predicted one in five businesses will be using virtualisation by year's end - up from 12 per cent in 2008.silicon.com's CIO Agenda research also found many heads of IT are eyeing the technology, with... [11 Nov 2009]
Revealed: Your favourite Windows operating system
News However, CIOs have told silicon.com that they don't intend to upgrade to Windows 7 in 2010, and are instead likely to hold out until the year after. Wonder no longer - in a poll of more than 350 silicon.com readers who... [09 Nov 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News But many organisations have found the key is to align green goals with broader cost-cutting initiatives - which are definitely in vogue with CIOs and CFOs. Forrester analyst Chris Mines has come up with a list of... [29 Oct 2009]
Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News It's a question many CIOs are wrestling with: can open source help make your IT budget stretch a little further in these tough economic times? While some CIOs are enthusiastic about the potential savings... [28 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: Who's adopting it, when and why?
News But for some CIOs on older OSes, the cost impetus to adopt Windows 7 is already stacking up, thanks to the aging nature of Windows XP. For CIOs looking to build a case for the adoption of Windows 7 in... [21 Oct 2009]
Why CIOs are saying no to Macs
News While CIOs may be content to keep Macs in the departments they've always occupied, end users have other ideas, gradually introducing Apple machines into enterprises by the back door. Apple's desktop... [02 Oct 2009]
Unified Communications and Desktop Integration
White Paper The Alcatel-Lucent open standards-based solutions for IBM Lotus Sametime and Lotus Notes solve the needs of a dispersed work force by connecting desktop and voice communications, providing CIOs and IT... [02 Oct 2009]
Apple's Snow Leopard won't make us move to Macs, say CIOs
News While there may be no pressing reason to shift away from Microsoft products for many CIOs, Apple products continue to make their way into the business, according to Kevin Fitzpatrick, CIO Northern Europe of food and... [21 Sep 2009]
Apple tablet or no Apple tablet, business is the device's natural home
News A straw poll of ten CIOs revealed a unanimous yes vote to the question 'Is there a place in business for tablet PCs? However, while all the CIOs questioned believe that tablets are suitable for business... [13 Aug 2009]
The Effectiveness of Carrier-Based Wireless Broadband: "The Clear Choice for Enterprises"
White Paper CIOs and IT managers are realizing the essential competitive impact of providing remote access to desktop equivalent applications anywhere, anyplace at anytime. As the managers of an Enterprise's... [04 Aug 2009]
Businesses lift the lid on virtualisation rollouts
News For Neil Spellings, systems engineer for Allen & Overy, one of the main challenges with the deployment has been integrating the system with the differing IT infrastructures of the regional offices, which he likened to working with 15... [24 Jun 2009]
Windows 7: 'It's not you, it's just bad timing'
News It seems Windows XP is still performing adequately for many businesses and several CIOs have said they will continue using the OS for as long as possible. As well as the question of XP, another area causing... [10 Jun 2009]
Windows 7 next year? "You must be joking"
News Windows 7 may be generating its fair share of hype but CIOs are planning to take a cautious approach towards rolling out the operating system. Last month, analysts advised businesses that haven't yet begun a Vista... [02 Jun 2009]
