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Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News Research group Forrester claims that 55 per cent of energy consumed by UK firms is outside of the datacentre, so centralising management of the desktop environment is essential. For example, in July 2008, the UK... [29 Oct 2009]
Olympics tech team gets ready to put London 2012 IT through its paces
News Tech that will be put through its paces at the lab will include the Games' management systems, which handle information on accreditation, transportation and accommodation schedules, medical encounters reports, sports... [27 Oct 2009]
Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs
News Regardless of any possible functional benefits of an open source system, the cost of change and retraining would outweigh any benefits certainly in the short term and the project would distract from other more pressing... [23 Oct 2009]
How tech is helping gamblers get that casino feeling
News The customer churn is very important - anything around customer relationship management, customer intelligence, usability studies. It's a change of strategy for the gambling company: two years ago most... [23 Oct 2009]
Keeping IT green in tough times
News The recession has undoubtedly brought a change in priorities - green IT has dropped down the corporate agenda with fewer companies implementing or creating a green IT action plan. David Metcalfe, director of green tech... [22 Oct 2009]
Is open source software finding a home in Whitehall?
News The Westminster department plans to run all of its Intel servers on Linux software and runs half of its main set of database management tools using open source software managed by Ingres. The benefits of open source... [29 Sep 2009]
Businesses fail to appreciate the value of IT
News Change management and compliance were the next most common objectives, while 16 per cent said they plan to upgrade or replace their service desks. In terms of the types of project, configuration... [25 Sep 2009]
ERP delays give CFOs a headache
News One big issue is that ERP implementations significantly change business processes - meaning people have new responsibilities and are working in new areas - something Lock said also has political connotations that can be... [25 Sep 2009]
The PC is past it: Computing power is everywhere, says Intel
News While there are consumer gadgets such as netbooks, portable gaming devices and web-enabled handhelds, there are also devices that are mission-critical in the medical field, features that are driving change in the... [24 Sep 2009]
More of a whimper than a bang: Whitehall's green tech drive
News In a speech to a government green IT conference on Tuesday, Cabinet Office minister Angela Smith said IT is "one of the hidden causes of climate change", with worldwide IT responsible for the same level of carbon... [16 Sep 2009]
Intel chip expert heads to EMC
News Intel has reorganised its upper management, and one executive, Pat Gelsinger, is taking a new high-profile role at storage and software company EMC, the companies announced on Monday. At EMC, Gelsinger will be president... [15 Sep 2009]
How the fastest-growing companies see their CIOs differently
News At high-growth companies, 62 per cent of CIOs are members of the most senior management team, compared to just 46 per cent at low-growth businesses. Successful CIOs are much more actively engaged in setting strategy,... [10 Sep 2009]
IT graduates failing to make the business grade, say UK tech chiefs
News Also, there is a lack of infrastructure skills from MCSE-type experience to Unix system management," he said. Gavin Megnauth, director of operations and group IT at Morgan Hunt, said the subjects being taught in... [02 Sep 2009]
Apple's Snow Leopard: Embracing the brave new multicore world
News Programmers have to worry about "locking" issues, providing a mechanism to ensure one thread doesn't change data another thread is already using. We're moving responsibility for the management code into... [01 Sep 2009]
Apple's Snow Leopard: What to expect from the upcoming OS
News Although it will still differ from the Windows version of Outlook, it will add support for more Exchange features, such as public folders and rights management features. The real change is that many... [17 Aug 2009]
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