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Web 2.0 prompts love for open source
News Forrester database analyst Noel Yuhanna said open-source databases can now meet about 80 per cent of existing business application needs. He wrote: "Some customers are running mission-critical transactional deployments with over 3TB of data on open... [24 Jul 2008]
Orange plots Eee PC mobile broadband coup
News The three small business packages - all on Orange's unlimited data 'Business Everywhere' tariffs - cost £35, £40 and £45 per month respectively, with the cheaper two using dongles and the most expensive doing it dongle-less with an embedded Orange... [23 Jul 2008]
Intel's Atom cracks into PC World
News The practicality of netbooks will no doubt see their continued growth and see them integrated into business and social lifestyles. Fennell said netbooks - a term initially promoted by Intel to identify low-cost, low-performance, ultraportable... [08 Jul 2008]
CIOs not taking security breaches seriously
News CIOs and internal auditors don't feel IT fraud and data privacy is a serious threat to their business despite the spate of high profile data losses and privacy breaches. Nearly two-thirds (65 per cent) of internal audit chiefs surveyed by business... [27 Jun 2008]
How good is your information management?
News The survey takes just a few minutes to complete and will provide you with a handy tool to help establish what issues your business needs to focus on. Or are you confident your data and information management policies are in tip top shape? [02 Jun 2008]
Orange cuts voice and data roaming costs
News Orange Business Services customers who will see the standard rate reduced from £3.50 per MB for data cards and £4.50 per MB for handsets, to £2.55 per MB for both data cards and handsets. Mobile operator Orange has added new cheaper roaming offers... [20 May 2008]
Aviva signs £300m comms deal
News Norwich Union Insurance CEO Igal Mayer said in a statement: "It is important to our market success that we are able to respond to business and customer needs promptly and reliably. The insurance company, which was formed from Norwich Union and GNU... [13 May 2008]
BT embraces NetSuite's on-demand software
News By working with the on-demand software companies, BT not only provides service support but also software that can be tailored to individual business needs. BT and NetSuite have joined forces to bring web-based on-demand software to the telco's 1.6... [22 Apr 2008]
eSure creates customer 'information hub'
News Web and phone insurer eSure is creating a single "information hub" to improve the management and quality of customer data and reduce duplication. The technology is a plug-and-play architectural component that sits on top of eSure's various... [26 Mar 2008]
PM to pump cash into security and espionage tech
News In Parliament, Brown also outlined the establishment of a National Security Forum, drawn from the business, education and military sectors. Brown said: "To harness a much wider range of expertise and experience from outside government and help us... [20 Mar 2008]
Green carrots needed for IT chiefs
News That's according to Dennis Szubert, principle analyst at Quocirca, who feels data centre managers would take more responsibility if they were given more information about what their hardware consumes. [19 Mar 2008]
Police chief: Cyber crime is everywhere
News These people find each other over the internet, they use encryption to protect their data. It is about making sure that everybody in law enforcement understands that e-crime is part of their daily business. [19 Mar 2008]
Watch out - here comes Generation Virtual
News Gartner suggests customer data, business intelligence and analytic tools will also develop to allow companies to better understand their customers. He added CRM-focused companies - and their marketing departments in particular - need to address... [20 Feb 2008]
UK tech has 12 years to help save the planet
News A is for AbroadB is for BladesC is for Carbon footprintD is for Data centresE is for Energy sourcesF is for FreecycleG is for GovernmentH is for HomeworkingI is for Ice capsJ is for Jobs (Steve) K is for KilowattsL is for LandfillM is for MercuryN... [12 Feb 2008]
NHS trusts outsource financials and procurement IT
News NEP programme director, Bob Telford, said in a statement: "We are getting a cost-effective solution from a proven supplier who understands the healthcare business and offers great flexibility by consistently adapting to support our needs. [21 Dec 2007]
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