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How the cloud is swallowing your comms
News As the world economy rebounds, so will unified communications: total revenues for products and services are expected to reach $39.7bn in 2013. Unified communications is migrating to the cloud, new research has found. [24 Nov 2009]
Illegal downloaders crackdown: Digital Economy Bill to cut them off
News Internet users who illegally download copyrighted content could have their connection cut off as part of the Digital Economy Bill unveiled on Friday. Digital Economy Bill cracking down on illegal... [23 Nov 2009]
Westminster computing put on size-zero diet
News Trevor Hutchings, head of the low carbon economy for the Decc, told the Green IT Expo: "Government is taking advantage of significant CO2 and cost savings through green IT and making a dent into the £14bn that the public... [13 Nov 2009]
Full steam ahead for plans to cut off file-sharers
News Speaking at a cabinet creative industries conference yesterday, the business minister said proposals made back in August will feature in the Digital Economy Bill expected before Parliament in November. [29 Oct 2009]
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News The agenda for the week was set by the results from the 2009 Business Pulse - the UK's largest survey of smaller enterprises this year, which revealed that 75 per cent of small businesses believe the economy will see... [20 Oct 2009]
It's down to you to save the world, IT industry
News Mingay said the IT industry is potentially the "enabler and facilitator for solutions that will reduce emissions in the rest of the economy" but before it can lead energy conservation it must establish credibility within... [13 Oct 2009]
US ramps up probe into Microsoft-Yahoo! search deal
News The poor state of the economy has decreased merger activity, but things are starting to pick up and the Justice Department under President Obama could begin to assert itself more strongly than it did under the Bush... [14 Sep 2009]
Australian cops investigate 'anonymous' cyber attack threat
News AGD said it had advised agencies likely to be targeted - such as the Department of Broadband Communications and the Digital Economy and the Australian Communications and Media Authority - to contact their internet... [09 Sep 2009]
Windows 7: When will businesses really be ready to make the move?
News There are a whole bunch of reasons why Windows 7 should appeal to businesses but one threat - the still-sluggish economy - could overshadow all of those reasons to move to the new operating system. I think they have a... [28 Aug 2009]
1,200 UK jobs to go at Fujitsu
News Up to 1,200 UK employees are to lose their jobs to redundancy at tech company Fujitsu by the end of the year. A spokesman for the company told silicon.com sister site ZDNet UK it was still undecided which parts of the workforce would be... [27 Aug 2009]
Apple still satisfaction king despite budget PC makers' gains
News In a poor economy, some budget PC brands are finding its customers are happier than ever, according to this year's instalment of the American Customer Satisfaction Index (ACSI), an annual study completed by the US... [18 Aug 2009]
Midrange mobiles choked out as phone world polarises
News As the economy picks up again, low-cost mobile phones are also expected to sell well over the next few years. The reason cited for the sales declines in the second quarter has been the weak economy,... [14 Aug 2009]
Tories plan to revamp NHS IT gets grim diagnosis
News Creating a multi-contribute detailed care record across the whole health economy is an unworkable idea - you are adding confusion to the system," he told silicon.com. The Conservative Party has today revealed its plans... [10 Aug 2009]
Cisco CEO: Green shoots of recovery spotted at last
News We saw a number of positive signs in the economy and in our business over the fourth quarter," Chambers said. Because the company's products are used by almost every large company, government entity, broadband and... [06 Aug 2009]
IT unemployment hits five-year high
News The economy may be showing its first green shoots but the IT industry doesn't seem to be showing any signs of perking up just yet. Unemployment in the IT and telecoms industry has hit a five-year high, new research from... [06 Aug 2009]
