function a support in news
iPhone 2.0 cuts business mustard, says Gartner
News The iPhone replicates this function in the same manner, despite Microsoft's awkward implementation. In order to pass Gartner's test, the iPhone needed to support "at least one popular enterprise email system" and, on the security side, remote... [11 Aug 2008]
Bradford & Bingley gets Oracle HR system
News He added: "Reduction of transactional activities completed in the HR function allows the role of HR to support the business more effectively, focusing on delivering strategic value and improving employee relationships and employee capability. [20 May 2008]
IT managers getting their staff down
News It's often viewed as a service function… Often IT will feel that they are at the beck and call of the business units - so they're often having to react to changing business priorities," she said. The CMI spokeswoman said IT managers should think... [12 Dec 2007]
iPhone for business? Hang on...
News There are other phone benefits - it's got a nifty call merging function - you can press a button and have a couple of active calls at once so you've got instant conference calling. She added it's also not possible to use a business SIM in an iPhone... [12 Nov 2007]
Web 2.0 generation expect work on their terms
News The analyst recommends companies make use of web 2.0 tools such as social networks and wikis to build communities of end users that can manage their own IT support function. This web 2.0 generation also expects technologies such as instant... [09 Aug 2007]
NetSuite heads for iPhone
News NetSuite has announced that the latest version of its software-as-a-service platform, 2007.0, will function through Apple's Safari browser, making it usable on the iPhone handset. NetSuite has made use of the Ajax web application support built into... [17 Jul 2007]
VW Financial Services builds virtualised SAN
News He said: "As a result of disk failure, one server went offline but the auto-failover function kicked in, switching the servers to the mirrored site and began to seamlessly rebuild the volumes in the background. [21 May 2007]
CIOs 'lack vision and fail to innovate'
News CIOs and the IT department are in danger of being relegated to the role of support function because of a lack of vision and technology innovation. A new report by the London School of Economics (LSE) and PA Consulting warns IT innovation is often... [26 Apr 2007]
Microsoft patches hasty patch
News Originally the company listed only the Realtek HD Audio Control Panel as software that would not function and cause error messages to appear. Microsoft knew about conflicts with Realtek's audio software before releasing the fix and published a... [10 Apr 2007]
Open source alliance forged over Linux standards
News Jim Zemlin, who had been executive director of the Free Standards Group and is now leader of the foundation, said: "It made sense to combine two organisations that serve a similar function and have a lot of similar members. [22 Jan 2007]
CIO Jury: Graduates lack basic skills
News Murray Bain, IT director at NHS Direct, said graduate job candidates often lack business awareness and a holistic view to IT as a support function to the rest of the business. A third of silicon.com's 12-person CIO Jury IT user panel said they have... [04 Jan 2007]
Windows Vista fails to convince CIOs
News Graham Benson, IT director of the Web Factory, Play.com's IT organisation, said: "The new technologies deployed within the Vista architecture will enable a far more function-rich entertainment experience which, as an entertainment retailer, is of... [28 Nov 2006]
Queen hunts for royal IT chief
News The job advert asks for applicants from the public or private sector who have held a role at "board level or equivalent" and have experience with "sophisticated user support and development function" using desktop networked systems, mobile and... [18 Oct 2006]
Prudential to review future of IT function
News The Prutech IT function employs around 600 tech staff across sites in London, Reading and Craigforth, Stirling. Just this summer the Prudential signed a £40m contract to outsource its UK life and pensions support to Capita, with some 450 staff in... [16 Oct 2006]
New Barclays COO to lead IT cost-cutting drive
News He said in a statement: "Her in-depth knowledge of technology and business will be invaluable to help create and develop the COO function and support the on-going development of Barclays IT capability. [27 Sep 2006]
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