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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... [20 Nov 2009]
How to squeeze the last drops of savings from an outsourcing contract
News How does a business pay less for its IT services when it's already getting them at rock bottom prices? It takes a long hard look at whether it needs to be gobbling up so... [20 Nov 2009]
Photos: Qualcomm's Snapdragon-powered Android smartbook on show
Photo This week saw chipmaker Qualcomm taking the wraps off a range of hardware powered by its Snapdragon platform. Among the devices on show was this Lenovo smartbook (pictured above and below) which runs the Google Android OS. [20 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.11.09
Round-Up Wheezing. Coughing and spluttering. Unable to complete basic tasks without falling over. Due for a serious upgrade or a one-way trip to the skip around the back of the office. No, the Round-Up is not referring to that dodgy email server... [20 Nov 2009]
Weekend Gadget Watch: BlackBerry Storm 2
Photo Considering hitting the shops at the weekend? Looking for inspiration? Check out the latest in our series of gadget mini-reviews, courtesy of silicon.com's sister site CNET.co.uk, the home of technology reviews. [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... [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... [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]
Photos: Apple's latest Big Apple store
Photo Here's a look inside Apple's latest Manhattan store in New York US. Photo: Sarah Tew/CNET Except for the marble supporting walls, it's mostly glass, with an all-glass roof. Photo: Sarah Tew/CNET Apple's iconic logo on... [19 Nov 2009]
Salesforce to launch social networking for businesses
Salesforce.com on Wednesday announced a social-networking service called Salesforce Chatter for its customers' in-house operations, giving a corporate flavour to a technology that has largely been for personal use. [19 Nov 2009]
Firefox 3.6 beta aims to improve stability
Mozilla released a third beta of Firefox 3.6 on Wednesday, adding stability and performance features, and said it hopes to lock down the code soon for its first release candidate. The new beta — for Windows, Mac and... [19 Nov 2009]
Office 2010 beta released to the public
Microsoft announced on Wednesday that the beta of Office 2010 is now publicly available from the company's website. Among the features new to the beta is a social networking connector that allows users to bring in Windows Live and other... [19 Nov 2009]
Naked CIO: Cloud computing more expensive than we thought?
Comment It's not just the technology that's important - how you account for its cost can also have a huge impact on your organisation at large, says the Naked CIO. I am very troubled by a new trend that is impacting... [19 Nov 2009]
How CIOs can achieve post-recession success
Comment Michael Chui is a senior fellow of the McKinsey Global Institute, the economics research arm of analyst house McKinsey & Company. In an exclusive interview, silicon.com reporter Tim Ferguson spoke to Chui about the report he co-authored... [18 Nov 2009]
