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The Weekly Round-Up: 06.11.09
Round-Up That's the sobering conclusion of the jury, which voted 10 to two against when asked whether the UK could create a global software business to rival the technology industry's most powerful companies. Question: What do... [06 Nov 2009]
Windows 7: Over 200 per cent more popular than Vista
News However, it's likely the global recession as well as the respective timing of the releases of the two OSes - January, when Vista was launched, is traditionally a higher volume month for PC shipments than October, when... [06 Nov 2009]
Why are Indian outsourcing companies such bashful suitors?
Comment The collective behaviour of Indian outsourcing firms has leaned towards short-term investor focus as opposed to long-term growth strategies, says Avinash Vashistha, global managing partner of consultancy firm Tholons. [06 Nov 2009]
Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News David Supple, head of IT and creative services at Ecotec Research & Consulting, said the UK won't turn out the next software powerhouse "until the government puts a more supportive framework in place to help our creative industries... [03 Nov 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News Cameron Green, green IT partnerships manager at environmental charity Global Action Plan, said having users turn off their PCs and monitors when they leave work, and utilising the energy management features of operating... [29 Oct 2009]
Photos: Top iPhone apps for business
Photo Users can view extensive coverage of the financial markets, from deals and merger news to global indices data, and set up a personalised watch list to monitor stocks and companies. Apple's iPhone might be seen by many as... [27 Oct 2009]
Augmented reality's time is coming thanks to smarter smartphones
News ABI Research predicts the future could see the creation of global databases full of geographical information, contributed by governments, businesses and individuals. Today's increasingly feature-packed smartphones are... [26 Oct 2009]
ITIL - Service Approach for Siemens Enterprise Communications
White Paper The structure of ITIL is evolving from Version 2 to Version 3; understand how the adoption and application of the ITIL framework can add value to your enterprise, and how Siemens is taking the ITIL model and using it to drive portfolio... [26 Oct 2009]
Barclays CIO finds a new home with SAP
News Trotta has been appointed the ERP company's SVP and global head of financial services, responsible for product strategy, development and overall market positioning activities in the banking and insurance industries... [22 Oct 2009]
Undressing In Public: Harnessing The Power Of Web 2.0 To Rebuild Trust In Banking
White Paper In a time of global financial turmoil, banks intent upon reconnecting with an increasingly diverse, fragmented and suspicious customer base should "Bare all" and use the varied and powerful tools of Web 2.0 at their... [21 Oct 2009]
CIOs waste energy and budget as one in six servers go unused
News As many as 4.7 million servers worldwide - more than 15 per cent of the global total - are merely consuming energy without serving any productive purpose, according to a study sponsored by IT power management company 1E. [19 Oct 2009]
State of the Data Integration Market
White Paper The information presented is based on the State of the Data Integration Market Survey, a study of more than 300 global data integration users conducted by Oracle in August 2008. Data integration is a critical and... [15 Oct 2009]
Could hackspaces hold the key to business innovation?
Comment The pharma giant has a huge number of highly trained scientists, researchers and engineers, but it's estimated that for every P&G researcher there are 200 people in the global talent pool who are just as capable of... [14 Oct 2009]
Cash won't cut it: Time to get creative in attracting skilled workers
Comment As career analyst and author Dan Pink pointed out at July's TED Global conference in Oxford, economists as far afield as MIT and the London School of Economics have shown increased financial rewards actually make people... [13 Oct 2009]
Google unleashes biggest ever Apps rollout for 35,000 users
News Google Apps will give users a global address book, work calendar, instant messaging, automatic email translation and a greater use of video communications. The company has been piloting Google Apps within one of its... [12 Oct 2009]
