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News Qualcomm CEO Dr Paul Jacobs told an analyst day in New York on Thursday economic uncertainty has prompted the company to undertake some "resource reallocation". The ongoing fight to be a next-generation wireless... [17 Nov 2008]
37,000 women quit tech for family
News BCS Women's Forum manager Dr Jan Peters said the rise in women leaving IT is largely due to a lack of flexibility on the part of employers around career breaks to have children, care for relatives or travel. [14 Nov 2008]
SAS CEO: "Teradata merger? They couldn't afford me"
News SAS CEO Dr Jim Goodnight has poured cold water on speculation that the business intelligence company might merge with its former rival, data warehousing software company Teradata. Read silicon.com's exclusive Q&A with... [03 Nov 2008]
UK lines up £1bn in outsourcing despite downturn
News Dr Keshab Panda, head of Satyam's European business, told silicon.com the deals are helping to counter a slowdown in the financial sector, where businesses are deferring starting work on outsourcing agreements. [20 Oct 2008]
Wales steers clear of Vista
News The Welsh governing body is three-quarters of the way through an upgrade to Windows XP that will be completed in 2009, according to CIO Dr Michael Harrington.silicon.com Public Sector The Welsh Assembly will not upgrade... [01 Oct 2008]
Ethics, complexity spark U-turn on NHS records
News Dr Gillian Braunold, clinical director of the SCR, said the changes had been prompted by the UCL report's findings. The NHS is to overhaul the way staff access electronic medical records following concerns the existing... [19 Sep 2008]
Businesses ready for Facebook generation
News Dr Ben Booth, global CTO, Ipsos Second Life - the business evolution Click on the links below to see pictures of some of the many real-world businesses that have set up outposts in Second Life. Toyota [15 Sep 2008]
Vista finds a home on 1,300 Canterbury Uni desktops
News Speaking to silicon.com, head of computing services at the university, Dr Ian Ellery, said: "We want to be a university where students get a state-of-the-art experience. Canterbury Christ Church University has moved to... [15 Sep 2008]
Virtual worlds under siege from cyber crime
News The in-game economies of virtual worlds are being hijacked by criminals who attempt to hide their profits through the exchange of virtual currencies, Dr Igor Muttik, a senior architect at McAfee's Avert Labs says in a... [28 Aug 2008]
Liverpool midwives cull paper with 3G laptops
News The hospital's CIO Dr Zafar Chaudry said the SPO will enable the remote workers to open a VPN connection to the hospital's MediTech software and input patient data directly wherever they are. Liverpool Women's NHS... [27 Aug 2008]
Wireless broadband to be cellular feast
News Report co-author Dr Alastair Brydon added the "vast majority" of mobile network operators will upgrade to LTE rather than WiMax, "resulting in over four times more LTE users [then WiMax] by the end of 2015". [05 Aug 2008]
IT chiefs brace for recession
News Dr Ben Booth global chief technology officer for research company Ipsos said: "We will do this on a territory basis where necessary (for instance the UK) but many parts of the world, especially the emerging markets, the... [04 Aug 2008]
Gov't to ramp up IT outsourcing?
News The pledge comes on the back of the Review of Public Services Industry by economist Dr DeAnne Julius. A government pledge to outsource more IT contracts ignores a history of blown budgets and missed deadlines, unions claim. [11 Jul 2008]
BCS warns over IT degree funding
News Employers are often reluctant to put their hands in their pockets, said Dr Mike Rodd, learned society director at the BCS. The government is gambling with the UK economy by removing funding for graduates who want to... [20 Jun 2008]
NHS broadband network speeds patient diagnosis
News Dr Jagdip Sidhu, a cardiologist based at Darent Valley Hospital, said the network enables clinicians to work in remote teams to "discuss cases, agree a consensus management plan and make appropriate referrals to... [18 Jun 2008]
