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Europe gets OLPC's Give One Get One $100 laptops
News Negroponte wrote that technical support for users is still being worked out, and that Amazon will not be selling a dual-boot version that runs both Windows and OLPC's open-source Sugar operating system. [13 Nov 2008]
Betfair spins into financial trading
News The exchange was inspired by Betfair's Flywheel betting engine tech but takes it to the next level, according to Phillips, and is able to support 100,000 customers concurrently. We estimate that the... [10 Nov 2008]
Four types of tech in demand during a downturn
News He identified four technologies and service areas likely to experience increased demand in the current climate: sustainable IT; outsourcing services, managed and hosted services; information management tools; and services that... [28 Oct 2008]
$505m deal sees TCS swallow Citi's BPO
News TCS is already a Citi supplier, providing application development, infrastructure support, help desk and other outsourced services to the financial services group. The acquisition will see TCS take over Citigroup... [09 Oct 2008]
UK climbs IT competitiveness rankings
News Denis McCauley, director of global technology research at the EIU, said in the report: "Few countries can hope to build strong IT production sectors without strong business and legal environments, deep pools of talent,... [17 Sep 2008]
10 ways the credit crunch will hit IT
News Budget pressures are expected to drive businesses away from the licensing deals offered by companies such as Microsoft and the need for dedicated in-house IT support teams. Ward said: "It is evident that those companies... [16 Sep 2008]
Lenovo and Microsoft serve up SME tech bonanza
News Lenovo's ThinkServer machines will come with management software - the EasyStartup configuration tool, the EasyUpdate utility and the EasyManage performance monitor - and a 90-day trial of ThinkPlus Priority Support. [16 Sep 2008]
Pharmaceutical giant strikes $550m outsourcing deal
News The multinational firm, which has its UK headquarters in Uxbridge, Middlesex, is farming out its application development and maintenance, as well as a range of finance and accounting support services across the company. [12 Sep 2008]
HP unleashes virtualisation products
News HP's blades also can now support 32GB or 64GB solid-state drives to help with efficient running, Mansell said. Also updated is HP StorageWorks 4400 Scalable NAS File Services, which now integrates HP StorageWorks 4400... [03 Sep 2008]
HSBC dreaming on the iPhone?
News Most corporations passed on the iPhone when it was first released, due to limited availability and the device's lack of support for Microsoft's Exchange email platform. Global banking giant HSBC is... [14 Aug 2008]
Wireless broadband to be cellular feast
News Writing in a report entitled Wireless broadband forecasts for 2008-2015: HSPA, HSPA+, EV-DO, LTE and WiMax, co-author Dr Mark Heath said HSPA will support the vast majority (88 per cent) of all wireless broadband... [05 Aug 2008]
Aviva strikes $1bn BPO deal
News WNS will provide life and general insurance processing functions including policy administration and settlement, finance and accounting, customer care and other support services. The world's fifth largest insurance... [11 Jul 2008]
Offshoring: India still number one
News She said: "Political support and the efforts of bodies like Nasscom (National Association of Software and Services Companies) are helping to keep Indian cities positioned as optimal global delivery... [27 Jun 2008]
Bank invests in low latency monitoring
News The system will support the bank's need to handle hundreds of thousands of market data messages per second in an auditable fashion. Global investment bank Credit Suisse is rolling out a monitoring system... [23 Jun 2008]
Global BPO market to hit $450bn by 2012
News The emerging economies of Asia and Latin America will ride the crest of this wave, housing support functions such as finance and accounting services, and benefiting from the relocation of existing shared services centres. [16 Jun 2008]
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