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IBM sends $300m to the cloud
News He said: "You either would have dedicated seats or essentially a replica of your work centre at that data centre - shared or dedicated. IBM is investing $300m in cloud computing. Big Blue is using that money to equip 13 data centres around the... [20 Aug 2008]
Criminals hack chip and PIN terminals
News The discovery was made by specialist card fraud police unit, the Dedicated Cheque and Plastic Crime Unit (DCPU), when it raided a sophisticated counterfeit card factory in Birmingham. Criminal gangs are hacking chip and PIN terminals to steal... [14 Aug 2008]
£400m outsourcing deal faces employment tribunal
News Southwest One has hit back at those criticisms, saying IBM has 150 consultants dedicated to implementing an uncomplicated "vanilla" version of the software. Two local councils and IBM face legal action over claims a £400m outsourcing joint venture... [06 Aug 2008]
LiMo adds browser-based UI kit to arsenal
News Movial was one of the companies involved in the LiPS Forum, a group that was dedicated to developing mobile Linux standards. The mobile Linux company Movial officially joined the LiMo Foundation on Monday, bringing with it its toolkit for creating... [05 Aug 2008]
Citizens use YouTube to keep gov't in check
News It points to the success of the Tidy Oldham project, where residents took photos of problems and "grot spots" on their mobiles to be posted on a dedicated website. Citizens are used to CCTV surveillance but a parliamentary group says that cameras... [31 Jul 2008]
Ministry of Justice loses 45,000 records
News This year the ministry is planning to implement a dedicated information assurance programme to oversee and ensure that electronic information and documents are "managed, stored and disposed of in a manner that inspires high levels of parliamentary... [25 Jul 2008]
The 15-petabyte network behind the Cern atom smasher
News Terabytes of data are streaming through dedicated fibre optic links between laboratories and universities globally in preparation for the world's largest particle accelerator, the Large Hadron Collider (LHC), being switched on in August at Cern in... [15 Jul 2008]
Gov't to ramp up IT outsourcing?
News Read more on outsourcing… in silicon.com's dedicated outsourcing channel A government pledge to outsource more IT contracts ignores a history of blown budgets and missed deadlines, unions claim. Secretary of State for Business John Hutton promised... [11 Jul 2008]
UK games industry needs to go back to uni
News A games industry lobby group recently warned UK games developers are struggling to find staff as dedicated video games courses are failing to equip university grads with the right skills for the workplace. [08 Jul 2008]
Faster broadband demands more bandwidth
News Joeri Van Bogaert, president of the FTTH Council Europe, said there is already a "large difference" between ADSL and fibre traffic - pointing out that dedicated mass-market fibre applications are not even available yet. [08 Jul 2008]
Museum of computing looks for new home
News A museum dedicated to the history of computing is looking for a new home and its collection has gone into storage. Staff at The Museum of Computing in Swindon are hopeful of finding a new site after being given office space to store its thousands... [02 Jul 2008]
TCS employs another 350 in UK
News Read more on outsourcing… in silicon.com's dedicated outsourcing channel An Indian outsourcer is opening two development centres in the UK that will employ 350 people. Outsourcer TCS has opened centres at Redhill in Surrey and Stirling in Scotland... [27 Jun 2008]
Universities blamed for games industry skills crisis
News says UK developers can't get the staff as dedicated video games courses are failing to equip university grads with the right skills for the workplace. But one games industry insider told silicon.com the industry's problems should not be blamed on... [19 Jun 2008]
Oracle takes on SAP with retail apps
News The suite is based on systems dedicated to a number of different retail formats and processes that are predominantly supported by best of breed applications at the moment. Oracle has released the latest version of its Retail application suite, a... [18 Jun 2008]
Global BPO market to hit $450bn by 2012
News Read more on outsourcing… in silicon.com's dedicated outsourcing channel The business process outsourcing (BPO) market is forecast to hit $450bn by 2012. BPO total contract value grew across all major regions worldwide in 2007, fostered by... [16 Jun 2008]
