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First students graduate from IT 'business' degree
News The BSc ITMB degree, which was designed by universities and employers in the IT industry with the support of IT sector skills body e-skills UK, focuses on areas such as project management and how to go about designing, developing and implementing... [24 Jul 2008]
Microsoft: Don't knock Vista 'til you've tried it
News In that effort, Microsoft is offering free Vista-related technical support, a move that will add millions of dollars to Microsoft's telephone support costs. After months of searching for ways to defend its often-maligned Windows operating system... [24 Jul 2008]
Microsoft training Black Country kids in joys of IT
News Microsoft is helping youngsters in the Black Country learn about the joys of IT - and also plugging a skills gap for helpdesk support technicians in the region. The software giant has launched an apprenticeship scheme for 16- to 19-year-olds to... [23 Jul 2008]
MySpace gets on board OpenID
News MySpace also added two new sites, movies community site Flixster and events tracking site Eventful, that will support the ability to transfer user information from their MySpace profiles. News Corp's MySpace social network will join the OpenID... [23 Jul 2008]
Health trust abandons NHS care record upgrade
News A spokeswoman for RUH said: "Following the termination of the contract between the NHS and Fujitsu, and subsequent meetings between the trust, Fujitsu, Cerner and Connecting for Health, the assessment of the RUH trust board was that it did not... [22 Jul 2008]
Police to get thousands more mobiles
News The new funding will pay for an additional 15,000 handheld computers by March 2010, bringing the total number to around 30,000 by 2010, according to policing support organisation the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA), which will manage... [22 Jul 2008]
SAP: Time up for TomorrowNow
News SAP is to wind down TomorrowNow, the third party support subsidiary it acquired in 2005. TomorrowNow - which provides support for applications produced by SAP's chief rival Oracle, at a lower cost than Oracle's own support - will be formally wound... [22 Jul 2008]
Kent signs £32m outsourcing deal
News It will also support additional home, flexible and remote working in the county and help provide new information to residents. Schools, libraries and council offices in Kent are to be networked in a £32m outsourcing deal. [22 Jul 2008]
Icahn, Yahoo!: Agreement reached
News shares in support of the board's nominees. Yahoo! has reached a settlement with activist investor Carl Icahn, who will join the internet company's board. Icahn, who had proposed his own slate of board members, was calling for the company to reach a... [21 Jul 2008]
Is the UK an open source laggard?
News One of the main concerns was the lack of support for and familiarity of the software. The London Clinic IT director Mike Roberts, one of the IT leaders who will not be investing in open source software, said: "The main issue is around 'contracted... [21 Jul 2008]
Whitehall IT to be carbon neutral by 2020
News A variety of measures for optimising servers are detailed in the report, including storage virtualisation and configuring virtual servers to reduce hardware and support costs and decrease energy requirements. [17 Jul 2008]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News Virgin Media also threw its support behind the campaign for regulatory change. We strongly support BT's call for a stable regulatory environment that rewards both current and future investment," it said in a statement. [17 Jul 2008]
Price hike for SAP's Enterprise Support
News SAP has announced it plans to transition all customers to its new Enterprise Support offering from 1 January 2009. In a statement SAP said: "Subject to specific contractual limitations, a typical customer paying 17 per cent of maintenance base for... [16 Jul 2008]
Dunelm Mill signs Epos maintenance deal
News Value home furnishings retailer Dunelm Mill has signed an electronic point of sale maintenance contract to support its store portfolio expansion and drive sales. The retailer has signed up Vista Retail Support to maintain its estate of around 720... [16 Jul 2008]
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News Well over half (58 per cent) of respondents said it is one of the most important factors when it comes to choosing a service; ahead of value for money (54 per cent); customer service (12 per cent) and technical support (12 per cent). [14 Jul 2008]
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