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The Weekly Round-Up: 03.07.09
Round-Up Of course, this great leap forward will mean a major investment in the telecoms infrastructure and the industry is already scratching its head over how to come up with the cash. Glastonbury - home to ley lines, juggling... [03 Jul 2009]
Oracle unwraps Fusion Middleware 11g
News To that end, the company has made 58 acquisitions in the past five-and-a-half years, and has worked to make all the middleware technologies it has acquired work together to combat the "fragmentation" that is the norm in the IT... [02 Jul 2009]
Apple bonanza, crime breathalysers and broadband tax
News Turning to India, the country's outsourcing industry is using education to maintain its edge in the global recession. June was a month full of Apple-related news with the launch of the latest version of the iPhone, the... [02 Jul 2009]
Why Google's security arm doesn't have a war room
News The computer security industry historically borrows military defence concepts to combat digital threats, literally creating war rooms where experts follow attacks in progress on huge screens with phones ringing off the... [02 Jul 2009]
Online advertisers pledge to tell us what they're after
News The industry would also create a website to educate consumers about how the internet is monetised. Online advertisers are proposing a mix of disclosures to consumers about what information is being collected, and special... [02 Jul 2009]
Seeking memorable mobile apps
Comment For hardware vendors, providing a shop window for products running on their platform has been a successful ploy in the IT industry. Mobile applications are numerous but often lacking in quality. Quocirca's Rob Bamforth... [02 Jul 2009]
On-demand Webcast: Quickly find the best accounting solution for your business
White Paper Join these two industry leaders as they reveal their shortcut to better business solutions. Discover the smartest way to acquire, use, and manage the accounting and financial solutions you need to run your business. [01 Jul 2009]
IT security training now the 'substantial' task of GCHQ
News As its scope covers both government agencies and their industry partners, the task is "substantial", GCHQ said. To deal with the amount of training needed, CESG will certify training programmes offered by the security... [01 Jul 2009]
Cisco to put Office rival in the cloud?
News Salesforce is the biggest maker of web-based applications, a segment of the software industry that research firm Gartner estimates will see sales rise about 30 per cent this year to $6.5bn. Cisco Systems is considering... [01 Jul 2009]
IBM WebSphere Message Broker - Universal connectivity and transformation
White Paper Whatever your industry, you can streamline processes and integrate legacy applications with an Enterprise Service Bus (ESB). This IBM TV video demo describes the benefits of implementing a universal ESB, and covers the... [30 Jun 2009]
Apple, Nokia, RIM agree to one charger for all
News Jon Mulder, head of product marketing in the US for Sony Ericsson, said: "We see the universal cell phone chargers as a good thing for us and the industry. Apple and other big phone makers have struck a deal with the... [30 Jun 2009]
LSE gears up for new tech direction
News Indeed, such is the pace of change in our industry, we are already planning what will be the next step change in the technology space," Rolet said when he took over the CEO job in May. The London Stock Exchange (LSE)... [29 Jun 2009]
Is T-Mobile, Vodafone tie-up on the cards?
News Kovacocy said T-Mobile had a heavy exposure to the pre-paid mobile market, whereas Vodafone targeted the higher end of the industry. Deutsche Telekom is not about to decide whether to sell its T-Mobile UK arm, a person... [29 Jun 2009]
2020: When the world and its toothbrush gets online
News This mobile 'internet of things' - machine-to-machine connections in smart toothbrushes and the like - will help fuel the industry's growth, according to Ericsson. But can the mobile industry cope with... [29 Jun 2009]
SMEs on target list for UK cyber attack group
News It is charged with protecting Britain's IT infrastructure, and with pulling in expertise from government agencies and from industry to prevent and respond to cyber attacks. Industry is prepared to invest... [29 Jun 2009]