upgrades in news
MiFID guidance "not good enough"
News FSA upgrades tech to improve MiFID monitoring With just over three months to go until the deadline for MiFID compliance, the world's financial institutions are grumbling about the quality of support they have received from regulators. [26 Jul 2007]
Five questions to ask before moving to Vista
News Microsoft's maintenance service, Software Assurance, which companies pay for to secure software upgrades, could also be an issue according to David Bradshaw. So if Vista is something you've got on your mind right now, here are five questions you... [19 Jul 2007]
NHS adds Vista in Microsoft deal
News The agreement provides Microsoft desktop software and antivirus tech to 850,000 NHS computer users as well as upgrades to the Windows Vista operating system. Connecting for Health (CfH), the NHS national IT upgrade programme, has renewed its custom... [16 Jul 2007]
MiFID 'won't turn sky green'
News FSA upgrades tech to improve MiFID monitoring The European investment bank directive MiFID will have a significant impact on the financial services industry long after it comes into law on 1 November 2007. [13 Jul 2007]
FSA upgrades tech to improve MiFID monitoring
News The Financial Services Authority (FSA) is significantly upgrading the technology it uses to monitor the UK financial markets and to identify potential market abuses. The UK financial regulator has so far invested around £16m on upgrading the Sabre... [20 Jun 2007]
For Ministry of Sound, IP telephony is massive
News The system is based around an NEC 2000 IPS voice server which will be integrated with Microsoft Outlook, once the company upgrades to Exchange 2007, to allow users to process voicemail alongside email and scheduling. [25 Apr 2007]
FSA signs far-reaching outsourcing deals
News Fujitsu Services took the reins on 1 April and will work on a transformational programme, concentrating on upgrades and modernisation, and then managed services for the financial watchdog. The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has handed the bulk... [20 Apr 2007]
Banks top CRM software spending
News European banks, along with transport, communications and utility companies have the highest CRM penetration but will continue to offer the best opportunities for CRM vendors, driven by a high rate of new implementations and upgrades, according to... [19 Feb 2007]
Public sector seeks cost-savings from Vista
News But Quocirca's Axby believes public sector organisations will be "a long time" in adopting Vista and may well take longer than the private sector - especially if it requires major hardware upgrades. Cost savings will be a top consideration for... [02 Feb 2007]
Walsall in frame for fibre revolution
News Hopefully, we can spread the benefit to the other population through a series of upgrades," he added. The Black Country could be the first region in the UK to see a large-scale rollout of fibre to the premises (FTTP) technology, following a... [23 Jan 2007]
Red Hat lines up next Linux shipment
News And because Red Hat sells software subscriptions, all existing customers get free upgrades, so the company doesn't consider the new version a "revenue event", he added. Red Hat plans to ship the next version of its premium Linux product on 28... [02 Jan 2007]
Windows Vista - here at last
News Buy PCs now, get cheap upgrades later So what's in it for you? Read all of silicon.com's coverage of the long-awaited operating system to find out everything you need to know: Ballmer ushers in the Vista era [01 Dec 2006]
Windows Vista: Start planning now
News I can't justify the extra cost of upgrading, man hours of planning and rollout, user training and potential hardware upgrades to run Vista. Businesses need to start planning now for moving to Microsoft's new Windows Vista operating system even if... [29 Nov 2006]
Vista more popular with consumers than companies
News Microsoft announced a deal last month offering cheap upgrades to Vista and Office 2007 for consumers buying new Windows laptops and PCs this festive season. More consumers will be buying Windows Vista next year than businesses, analyst IDC predicts. [29 Nov 2006]
Windows Vista fails to convince CIOs
News XP is fine, and in fact we still have some XP upgrades to do. I can't justify the extra cost of upgrading, man hours of planning and rollout, user training and potential hardware upgrades to run Vista. [28 Nov 2006]
