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Dear silicon.com... outsource vs insource, Naked CIO on open source, password overload…
Comment The results of our latest poll attracted some interesting comments… I think the Naked CIO is confusing open source with server and desktop OSs. First up this week, readers were engaging in debate over the pros and cons of outsourcing. [08 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... ZX Spectrum nostalgia, Mac attack, tag a bag…
Comment The topic that got readers turning to their keyboards this week was silicon.com's latest poll: What was your first home computer? Comments came flying in on this, some cheering for the winner, while some were a little miffed their favourite didn't... [24 Apr 2008]
Ballmer: Microsoft says the future's green
News Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence However, a recent survey by US IT services company Softchoice claimed Vista is the most power-hungry Windows desktop so far. Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has claimed that more efficient use of IT is... [06 Mar 2008]
Microsoft: 'These programs won't work after Vista SP1…'
News Poll: Vista gets vote of no confidence Because the desktop market is maturing, the trend would have happened anyway, he said, but Vista's problems have acted like a catalyst. Microsoft has published a list of programs which will not work or will... [21 Feb 2008]
Bored and underpaid? You're not alone…
News The majority of tech workers are on the look out for a new job, according to the latest silicon.com reader poll - and they're likely to be dreaming of a fatter pay packet or a bigger challenge. A whopping 80 per cent of poll respondents said they... [17 Jan 2008]
UK's fastest supercomputer unveiled
News Make your voice heard - take our latest poll. Hector - or High-End Computing Terascale Resource - can handle 63 trillion calculations per second, which is the equivalent processing power of 12,000 desktop systems and four times faster than its... [15 Jan 2008]
Vista: Piracy rates half the level of XP, says Microsoft
News Poll: In a fight between Vista, OS X, Linux, XP. Users will also have their desktop background changed to white and a prominent notification placed in the lower right hand corner saying that the machine is not genuine. [04 Dec 2007]
IT departments told - must get greener
News Wilkinson conducted a quick straw poll of the audience, which revealed that only around a fifth of the IT professionals present knew what their company's energy usage was. A similar poll indicated everyone present knew what their home energy costs... [29 Nov 2007]
Businesses delay Vista plans until 2009
News Poll: In a fight between Vista, OS X, Linux, XP. Steve Fountain, IT director for Markel International, said: "We'll probably 'plan' during 2008 and implement through 2009 as part of a serious consideration to 'virtualise' our desktop environment. [28 Nov 2007]
Virtualisation 'could save companies millions'
News Make your voice heard - take our latest poll. The Butler Group also estimates a power saving of the order of £78,000 for every 1,000 PCs per year can be made by businesses moving from a full desktop PC infrastructure to a server-hosted desktop... [25 Sep 2007]
Building a better intranet with Google
Case Study Make your voice heard - take our latest poll. Taylor Woodrow already uses Google Earth to produce 3D models of its proposed constructions and plans to pilot Gmail and the business version of the Google Desktop app. [16 Aug 2007]
Apple's Safari coming to Windows PCs
News Make your voice heard - take our latest poll. Apple focused on making the desktop easier to manage and organise with Leopard. Stacks lets Mac OS X users see the files inside a folder in the dock, the row of application icons usually found at the... [12 Jun 2007]
Dell to sell at Wal-Mart
News Make your voice heard - take our latest poll. Computer maker Dell plans to begin selling desktop PCs in Wal-Mart Stores this weekend, the first move in a major departure from its decades-long sales strategy. [24 May 2007]
BSN Medical inks $35m outsourcing deal with Unisys
News Make your voice heard - take our latest poll. Unisys will provide IT services including a user helpdesk, WAN and LAN management, messaging and desktop services. BSN Medical has outsourced its IT to Unisys in a contract worth an estimated $35m. [17 Jan 2007]
CIO Agenda: The 2007 tech shopping list
News Stay tuned for more results from this poll over the coming days. Areas that few CIOs say they will be investing in over the next 12 months include desktop and server hardware (five per cent), RFID (five per cent), ERP (five per cent) and offshore... [15 Jan 2007]
