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Open source: UK dragging its heels

News Despite the UK's poor record, however, open-source adoption is continuing to accelerate, Taylor said, quoting a Standish Group report that claimed proprietary vendors are losing £30bn per year to open source.

Tags: europe, uk, open source

[15 May 2008]

RIM reveals BlacBerry roadmap

News The BlackBerry-maker is also working on the assumption that increasing adoption of smart phones will lead to more and more workers being unchained from PCs - which in turn will feed demand for smart phones.

Tags: rim, touchscreen, blackberry

[14 May 2008]

CIOs are driving the green agenda

News CIOs are increasingly becoming "green ambassadors" - taking responsibility for driving the adoption of sustainable business practices in their own organisations and encouraging their suppliers to think green too, according to networking giant Cisco.

Tags: cisco, green, cios

[01 May 2008]

Mobile market ripe for femtocell loving

News Webb said while the access point tech has the potential to offer mobile operators a less expensive way to backhaul network traffic and provide more consistent coverage and internet speeds indoors, there are still "tough hurdles" to be overcome if...

Tags: mobile broadband, 3.5g, femtocell

[23 Apr 2008]

BT embraces NetSuite's on-demand software

News The tie-up focuses on SMEs and will, according to BT, allow them to keep up with the rapid adoption of on-demand software - or software as a service as it is also known - in larger organisations. BT is offering NetSuite's business management...

Tags: smes, saas, crm, bt

[22 Apr 2008]

Open source key to SaaS future

News Open source software will be key to the adoption of software as a service (SaaS) over the next few years to keep costs down and make sharing of applications easier. By 2010, around 90 per cent of SaaS providers will be using open source within...

Tags: gartner, future, sharing, saas

[16 Apr 2008]

Mobile big guns back LTE as next-gen network

News Nokia's Ilkka Rahnasto said in a statement: "Today's announcement is a step towards establishing more predictable and transparent licensing costs in a manner that enables faster adoption of new technologies.

Tags: lte, 4g, 3g, mobile

[15 Apr 2008]

Call to increase online data protection for teens

News According to a copy of the letter seen by silicon.com sister site CNET News.com "We ask that the FTC.recommend adoption of voluntary industry guidelines that define 'sensitive data' to include the online activities of all persons under the age of...

Tags: myspace, facebook

[10 Apr 2008]

Changes to retail bricks to match online clicks

News According to Visa Europe, current sector attitudes to the changing face of retailing are very much driven by the adoption of internet shopping. Retailers are planning to close stores or alter existing store formats to bring the in-store experience...

Tags: kiosks, self checkout, visa

[09 Apr 2008]

Windows Vista take-up crawls at snail's pace

News Adoption of Microsoft's latest browser, Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) has also been sluggish with just 30 per cent of enterprise users on it 15 months after its launch. Microsoft's Windows Vista operating system is taking a while to catch on, with just...

Tags: microsoft, xp, firefox, ie7

[02 Apr 2008]

Is your network performance getting you down?

News Globally, migration to multi-protocol label switching (MPLS) data networks appears to be steady, the survey found, with most organisations still in the early stages of adoption. IT teams are dedicating increasing amounts of time on getting to the...

Tags: voip, security, network

[01 Apr 2008]

Dongle mania to kill off wi-fi hotspots?

News Currently, mobile data services are generally too expensive for mass market adoption but that will change with the increasingly extensive rollout of high speed HSDPA, the launch of new data plans offering increased download limits, and better...

Tags: data card, wi-fi, mobile broadband

[28 Mar 2008]

IBM's latest Lotus targets mobile mash-ups

News Angus McIntyre, product line manager for Lotus Expeditor, said: "We see great potential for mobile mash-ups in areas such as social networking, blogging and discussion groups as they become ever more widespread in terms of their adoption.

Tags: ibm, mobile, mash-up, lotus

[26 Mar 2008]

GPS-chip boom as mobiles enter the frame

News He predicted: "The average price of the [GPS] chipset will fall to $3.50 or below by the end of 2008, permitting a true mass market adoption. The popularity of consumer sat-nav devices is fuelling the market for GPS receiver chips, with one billion...

Tags: gps, mobiles, location based services, chips

[20 Mar 2008]

Security skills top IT chiefs' wish-lists

News The knock-on effect is that IT professionals must now acquire the right skills to exploit these technologies in new and existing applications so their employers' can draw maximum benefit from their adoption.

Tags: security, wireless, skills, rfid

[13 Mar 2008]

Itil standard has mass appeal

News The survey also found the size of organisation has an impact on Itil adoption with companies of less than 100 employees rarely using Itil compared with 87 per cent of companies of more than 10,000 employees using it in some form.

Tags: itil, infrastructure, cios, ogc

[03 Mar 2008]

Guardian site gets million-pound makeover

News According to GNM general manger of digital, Tom Turcan, the adoption of agile practices meant he had a flexible arrangement with the board in respect of design requirements and completion date. Guardian News & Media (GNM), the proprietor of The...

Tags: media, navigation, content management, management system

[29 Feb 2008]

Windows Server 2008: Microsoft has listened to users

News He said: "The big adoption of Windows Server 2008 will be 12 months after its launch. Microsoft's long-awaited server operating system, Windows Server 2008, is evidence that Redmond is taking note of what customers want.

Tags: windows server, server, os, virtualisation

[26 Feb 2008]

Illegal file-sharing: Gov't says enough is enough

News The action plan also outlines the need to prepare the way for the adoption of new technologies to ensure the country doesn't get left behind competitively or technologically. The government has unveiled plans to tackle illegal file sharing along...

Tags: download, file sharing, broadband, illegal

[22 Feb 2008]

Location-based services set to boom

News Worldwide subscribers are set to leap by nearly 168 per cent, says analyst house Gartner - which reckons the market is at a "turning point" and mainstream adoption could be just two to five years away.

Tags: location, location-based services, csr, gps

[11 Feb 2008]

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