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RSS environmentWhy the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News The UK does not have the right economic or educational environment to support the growth of this type of skill. The UK will never create a software giant to rival the likes of Microsoft, Google or Oracle. [03 Nov 2009]
Photos: Ubuntu unleashes the Karmic Koala
Photo Having a working instance of Firefox within the installation environment is a nice touch. Want to know how Ubuntu 9.10 will look once installed? silicon.com sister site ZDNet Australia takes you through the install. [29 Oct 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News Research group Forrester claims that 55 per cent of energy consumed by UK firms is outside of the datacentre, so centralising management of the desktop environment is essential. Global Action Plan's Green explains that... [29 Oct 2009]
Windows 7: Not perfect - but ready for prime time
Comment Microsoft provides a decent approach to compatibility in Windows 7: not only do you get all the compatibility modes (which may or may not work) but you also get the opportunity to embed a full copy of XP into the Windows 7... [28 Oct 2009]
How Google Apps helped Jaguar Land Rover keep motoring after Ford sale
News When faced with cloning an entire Microsoft Exchange environment across the whole enterprise, I thought - here was a golden opportunity to do something different," Vincent said. Following its sale by parent company Ford... [26 Oct 2009]
Will 'citizen developers' shake up IT development?
News He added that organisations should also establish a set of rules to govern and aid citizen developers' technical efforts - such as criteria for permissible products and an accessible development environment. [23 Oct 2009]
Mind the details with Windows 7
Comment The issue was related to a quirk of my particular environment and not something that a typical user would ever see. Gartner's Stephen Kleynhans has been happy with his initial installs of Windows 7 - but it isn't perfect. [23 Oct 2009]
ROI Case Study Google Apps TVR Communications
White Paper TVR Communications replace its existing Microsoft Exchange environment with Google Apps and improved collaboration, reducing IT costs and risk while increasing agility. An ROI study by Nucleus Research found that a... [22 Oct 2009]
Google Apps 2nd Wind ROI Case Study
White Paper Nucleus Research conducted an ROI study with 2nd Wind Exercise and found that this 300-user specialty retail company achieved an ROI of 837% and a one-month payback.nd Wind replaced its existing Microsoft Exchange... [22 Oct 2009]
Driving IT Help Desk Efficiency with Customer-Centric Remote Support
White Paper The IT help desk is a high-stress environment - and sometimes it can feel downright chaotic. While the obvious objective is to resolve technical issues, IT help desks also battle call length, employee dissatisfaction and... [22 Oct 2009]
Successful Agile with HP Quality Center - Market leading software for Quality Assurance
White Paper The complexity of testing is increasing as applications themselves become more complex and initial testing is increasingly difficult—trying to run all these tests in an agile environment compounds the problem even further. [21 Oct 2009]
Cost saving drives unified communications projects
News As Quocirca analyst Rob Bamforth told silicon.com: "The primary drivers - flexible working and the environment, changing working practices or productivity - they all feature a bit but the number one [driver] is cost saving. [20 Oct 2009]
Outsourcing - how to make sure it's reliable
Comment Most systems exist within a complex web of interdependence - so predictable performance and outputs are essential for the effective behaviour of the IT environment as a whole. Security ensures a safe... [19 Oct 2009]
Top 10 Strategies for Managers of Mobile Workers
White Paper Download the white paper to learn how to effectively manage workers in an increasingly mobile environment. By 2011, the mobile workforce in the U.S.is expected to reach 120.1 million people. Embracing this trend is more... [18 Oct 2009]
Is Real-Time Defragmentation Needed in Today's Environment?
White Paper The dawn of the Information Age, the public's unquenchable thirst for information and the increased complexity of computer applications has caused an exponential growth in storage requirements. A side effect of this growth is an increase... [16 Oct 2009]
