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RSS i2010: The year your desktop goes virtual?
News Server virtualisation is rapidly becoming an accepted part of the corporate IT infrastructure - and now industry experts are predicting that it won't be long until corporate desktops follow suit. Desktop virtualisation refers to the... [01 Dec 2009]
Outsourcing: UK carbon control plan needs a rethink
Comment Encouraging businesses to go green is good but the government must better incorporate outsourcing in its carbon control scheme, says the NOA's Mark Kobayashi-Hillary Much is being said about the UK government's upcoming Carbon Reduction... [01 Dec 2009]
Mini laptops, codebreaking, Wikipedia and why there's no 'British Google'
News November's top stories on silicon.com tackled some big questions: does my business need an office? Can I work solely on a netbook? Will the UK ever create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle of its very own? [30 Nov 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Can I become faster and smarter?
Comment Compiled on the M6 driving to Liverpool and dispatched to silicon.com a couple of weeks later via a free wi-fi connection in my hotel. I just cannot work any faster or smarter - I seem to have exhausted... [30 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 27.11.09
Round-Up We've all made embarrassing mobile phone blunders as part of our busy modern lives. We've all done something with a mobile that has led to fingers pointed in mirth and mockery: a few years ago the Round-Up even had one of those Bluetooth... [27 Nov 2009]
Minority Report: Mac Mini - a real nowhere machine
Comment Apple's Mac Mini could really have become the "most important Mac", as Steve Jobs once called it. Seb Janacek explains what happened instead. As a Mac user it's not often I gaze admiringly at the product pages on Dell's... [26 Nov 2009]
Users tell SAP "we need to talk more"
News SAP needs to better communicate with customers about the products in its portfolio as well as the technology it's developing. That's according to customers attending the SAP UK and Ireland SAP user group conference in Manchester this... [25 Nov 2009]
Is losing a mobile device really such a big deal?
Comment Losing a mobile device is a common occurrence - but that's doesn't mean it's not serious. Jon Collins looks at what businesses can do to protect themselves from this vulnerability. These days, it's no surprise to anybody that staff... [24 Nov 2009]
Outsourcing: CIOs' tips on getting it right
News Outsourcing deals typically promise to deliver cost savings and increased efficiency - but all too often the promises fail to match the reality. At the National Outsourcing Association's Sourcing Summit last week, two heads of IT shared... [24 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Google Chrome OS
Cheat Sheet Google Chrome, that's just a web browser isn't it? Not anymore. Google have used their Chrome browser as the basis for a new operating system that shares the same name. Don't tell me I have to shell out for another OS,... [23 Nov 2009]
Salesforce.com makes more friends in the cloud
News BMC Software and CA have both teamed up with Salesforce.com to produce applications that are built and run on the latter's Force.com platform. The tie-ups were announced at Salesforce.com's annual Dreamforce user conference in San... [20 Nov 2009]
Virtualisation: Real-life tales of how to get it right
Comment Adoption rates of virtualisation have yet to match the hype surrounding it, here Andrew Donoghue hears from businesses who've already taken the plunge. Despite vendors touting the numerous benefits that virtualisation can bestow on... [20 Nov 2009]
Salesforce.com plans social networking for business
News Salesforce.com has unveiled a technology that it says will bring the functionality of consumer technologies such as Facebook and Twitter to the business world. Salesforce Chatter, pencilled in for a launch in the second quarter of 2010,... [19 Nov 2009]
Outsourcers to fall victim to cloud computing rush?
News Could some of the big names in outsourcing be among the victims of the much-hyped shift to cloud computing? As businesses begin to host their IT systems in the cloud - instead of hiring outsourcers to maintain and integrate their systems... [19 Nov 2009]
Exclusive: Former MySQL boss Marten Mickos talks open source
Comment In an exclusive interview, former MySQL boss and silicon.com Agenda Setter, Marten Mickos talks to Tim Ferguson about the state of open source, Oracle's plans to buy Sun Microsystems and the value of working with people who are smarter... [19 Nov 2009]
