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UK'should 'abandon' software market to China

News We believe that the knowledge economy services will be critical for the economy going forward. UK software sales are on course to lag almost $60bn behind China this year fuelling high-level calls for Britain to abandon the low-cost end of market.

Tags: uk, saas, software

[14 May 2008]

Mount Royal College, Canada - June 2004

whitepaper Mount Royal has served Calgary students for more than 90 years and is dedicated to giving its students all the skills they need to succeed in a knowledge-based economy. With a 25-year expansion well underway—and a potential shift towards becoming...

Tags: database management, students, royal, knowledge

[10 Apr 2008]

BT: EU must harmonise telecoms to save cash

News Alvarez added: "Competitive broadband services for private consumers are certainly an important part of building a European knowledge economy. BT has released research that claims huge benefits to the European economy if telecoms regulation was...

Tags: eu, ec, telecoms, bt

[08 Apr 2008]

Unified Communications Integral to Next-Generation Workplace Strategy

whitepaper Many organizations struggle to navigate the always-on global economy - particularly when it comes to collaborating across borders and time zones. These companies have combined their industry knowledge, management-consulting expertise, and...

Tags: voip - ip telephony

[03 Apr 2008]

Microsoft's OOXML wins 'standard' stamp

News James Love, director of Knowledge Economy International, which campaigns for fairer access to knowledge, said: "We are disappointed. Microsoft has won the battle to have a key document format adopted as a global standard, improving its chances of...

Tags: ooxml, microsoft, iso

[02 Apr 2008]

Budget 2008: Tech companies fight for contract windfall

News But the spokesman for Intellect said Darling's omission of new money for technology education is disappointing and "showed a lack of appreciation for the real role of technology in the UK economy". Darling said that the UK was second only to the US...

Tags: budget, public sector, sme, innovation

[12 Mar 2008]

New IT Infrastructure and Municipal Portal Enable Integrated, Accessible Public Services

whitepaper The local council wanted to improve service delivery, diversify the local economy and guide the community towards a knowledge-based society. Ventspils is a city of 43,000 in northeastern Latvia and boasts one Europe's leading seaports.

Tags: infrastructure management

[05 Mar 2008]

In a Rural Indian Village, the Intel Teach Program Helps Students Bring School Dropouts Back to School

whitepaper Indian youth need to learn technology and other 21st century skills to improve their economic status and participate in the knowledge economy. Teachers are in need of effective strategies to help their students acquire such 21st century skills.

Tags: training and certification

[04 Mar 2008]

LinkedIn CEO on 'grown up' social networking

Comment What it's doing its allowing knowledge workers around the world to find and work with each other in this global economy in which we all live. So it's in many ways fulfilling the promise of the internet by creating efficiency and allowing anybody to...

Tags: linkedin, network, online, facebook

[28 Feb 2008]

NRC Migrates Mission-Critical ERP System to Microsoft Software, Helping to Achieve Performance Gains at 10 Percent of Cost of Straight Upgrade

whitepaper Recognized globally for research and innovation, Canada's National Research Council (NRC) is a leader in the development of an innovative, knowledge-based economy for Canada through science and technology.

Tags: application servers

[20 Feb 2008]

Indian IT outsourcers look ahead

Comment The strong positioning of India in the global economy was articulated endlessly - but so was the reality of working with today's very real business challenges. And APJ Abdul Kalam, the former president of India, set a vision of India's...

Tags: nasscom, india, outsourcing, offshore

[14 Feb 2008]

Which cities top the wealth league?

News The report, entitled Cities and the Role of the Public Sector in the Knowledge Economy, looks at the economic conditions of 56 major English cities in relation to the amount of 'high value knowledge intensive employment' in their public and...

Tags: earnings, knowledge economy, london, workers

[07 Jan 2008]

The New Competitive Advantage: Web Collaboration Reaches the Tipping Point

whitepaper You can almost watch the landscape of the global economy changing. In this new world, the lead actors are knowledge workers. For IT executives, knowledge workers represent the ultimate opportunity to have a deep, dramatic, and lasting impact on...

Tags: customer support services

[20 Dec 2007]

IBM DB2 Anonymous Resolution: Knowledge Discovery without Knowledge Disclosure

whitepaper Sharing information about identities (e.g.individuals, employees or customers) is an effective tool for discovering knowledge and increasing the effectiveness and economy of public and private programs and initiatives.

Tags: knowledge and data management, trust, damage, economy

[12 Dec 2007]

Black Country gets tech savvy

News The public private organisation has a 30-year programme focusing on raising incomes and creating a thriving knowledge economy. The Black Country Consortium (BCC) is making technology a central part of its efforts to revitalise the local economy in...

Tags: skills, it, jobs, microsoft

[05 Dec 2007]

United Arab Emirates Finds Partnership a Fast Path to Leadership in the Global Knowledge Economy

whitepaper While boasting a per-capita income that rivals many developed nations, the UAE recognized that its future economic security depended on its successful transition to a more knowledge-based economy. The UAE entered into a close and strategic...

Tags: microprocessors

[02 Dec 2007]

Broadband summit: Speed is the key

News He added: "We must ensure that our industry stays ahead and is well placed to make the most of the high-tech, knowledge-based economy. Ultra fast broadband is going to be a key technology to drive future growth of the UK economy, the...

Tags: ofcom, broadband, ngn, economy

[27 Nov 2007]

IT skills 'vital for UK's future'

News In the 24-hour, global economy, the front and back room may not be in the same part of the world, or even in the same time zone. We need to invest in skills, improve higher education, and provide incentives for innovative knowledge transfer.

Tags: it skills, e-skills uk, it grads, skills gap

[29 Oct 2007]

The rise and rise of the Asian tech empire

AS Analysis It's the knowledge economy bit that's interesting rather than call centres. The shift in the balance of tech power from West to East identified in last year's Agenda Setters rankings continues in 2007.

[12 Oct 2007]

Teaching and Learning Using 1 to 1 Wireless Mobile Technology

whitepaper Because the world is a knowledge-based economy, a wireless mobile environment is becoming necessary to give students access to information all the time. Mobile computers and wireless networks allow students to have access to information anywhere...

Tags: online - distance education, methods, students, computers

[30 Aug 2007]

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