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eBay's Skype sale gets green light
News Zennström and Friis will take a 14 per cent stake in Skype, in return for contributing Joltid software and "significant capital investment". eBay has announced today that the sale of its controlling stake in VoIP service... [06 Nov 2009]
BT offers free fibre to Glasgow businesses
News The trial is part of the telco's ongoing investment in fibre infrastructure in the UK. Last month the telco also pledged to roll out FTTH broadband to 2.5 million homes and businesses - as part of its £1.5bn fibre... [05 Nov 2009]
Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News The analysts said improvements to the teaching of science, technology, engineering and maths needs to be improved in order to create the next generation of software developers, while better tax incentives for investment,... [03 Nov 2009]
How Google Apps helped Jaguar Land Rover keep motoring after Ford sale
News About six or seven months ago I did not have a clue about what cloud computing was and was invited to speak about it at a conference so I had to find out about it - since then it has fundamentally changed my philosophy of IT management... [26 Oct 2009]
The top 10 technologies you need to plan for next year
News The technologies are dubbed strategic either because they may need a large investment from companies; there's an associated risk in not investing; or because they carry with them the potential to disrupt IT or the business. [22 Oct 2009]
Keeping IT green in tough times
News Mark Blowers, principal analyst at research house Ovum, explained: "If you have to make a large investment, I don't think you could swing it just on sustainability benefits in the current climate, whereas perhaps 18... [22 Oct 2009]
BAA preparing for Windows 7 take off
News A new operating system is part of this IT investment and Windows 7 has been chosen to replace BAA's generally Windows Vista environment for a number of reasons. Airport operator BAA is hoping the roll out of Windows 7... [09 Oct 2009]
How to avoid getting burned when outsourcing
News BPO deals often require a significant amount of investment and expertise on behalf of the vendor to build new technology platforms. Try and find out how much money a vendor could raise in order to fund... [30 Sep 2009]
Twitter secures "significant round" of funding
News CEO Evan Williams confirmed on the company blog on Friday that Twitter has raised a new round of investment from Insight Venture Partners, T. It was important to us that we find investment partners who... [28 Sep 2009]
Apple's Snow Leopard won't make us move to Macs, say CIOs
News For Matthew Oakeley, CIO of investment management firm Schroders, a new OS isn't a sufficient spur to consider Macs. Apple may be reinvigorated with CEO Steve Jobs back at the helm and a new OS just out of the gates, but... [21 Sep 2009]
Palm drops Windows Mobile operating system
News The move is not surprising given Palm's investment in WebOS, but nonetheless it is a blow to Microsoft, which has been struggling to maintain support for its Windows Mobile operating system. Palm is to stop making... [18 Sep 2009]
Skype founders vs Skype: 'You've violated our patents'
News The other defendants in the suit filed on Wednesday are Silver Lake Partners, Index Ventures Management, Michaelangelo Volpi, Andreessen Horowitz, and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Joltid, a peer-to-peer... [17 Sep 2009]
SAP on the hunt for more Business ByDesign guinea pigs
News In May 2008, SAP announced it was reducing investment in Business ByDesign by around €100m during 2008 with no further "accelerated" investment planned for 2009. SAP is holding back on a full-scale... [10 Sep 2009]
eBay sells most of Skype in $2bn deal
News The investor group, which will take a roughly 65 per cent stake in Skype, is led by Silver Lake and includes Index Ventures, Andreessen Horowitz, and the Canada Pension Plan Investment Board. Lead... [01 Sep 2009]
eBay set to hang up on Skype?
News The investment group will reportedly include Andreessen Horowitz, a venture capital group launched in July by Marc Andreessen, founder of Netscape and co-founder of Opsware, and Ben Horowitz, also co-founder of Opsware. [01 Sep 2009]
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