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RSS it vendor in news85 per cent of companies embracing open source
News Respondents to the survey consistently pointed to cost as a prime motivator for their adoption of open source, with some also suggesting OSS provided some protection against single-vendor lock-in. Gartner research... [18 Nov 2008]
PC vendors under the microscope
News No surprise, it's HP, the top PC vendor in the world for the last two years, that appears best positioned to weather a recession. There's bound to be a whole lot of uncertainty among PC makers:... [17 Nov 2008]
Apple storms past RIM in smartphone race
News Nokia is still the leading vendor by a comfortable margin, holding 38.9 per cent of the market. Apple's blowout quarter for iPhone 3G sales lifted it into second place among all smartphone vendors... [07 Nov 2008]
End of data losses no loss to NHS Lothian
News After conducting a review with Northgate Information Solutions, NHS Lothian settled on Lumension as its security vendor on the grounds the company could supply a particular set of technologies it needed. [05 Nov 2008]
SAS CEO: "Teradata merger? They couldn't afford me"
News I would prefer to stay vendor neutral or at least have the ability to be vendor neutral," he said. With Teradata's data warehousing platform and the SAS applications that sit around it,... [03 Nov 2008]
BBC puts software licensing in the spotlight
News It added: "Within the Future Media and Technology division, for major licensing agreements with flexible maintenance arrangements - such as those with Microsoft - the BBC annually reviews the licence usage and increases... [31 Oct 2008]
Acer topples HP from Europe top spot
News Ranjit Atwal, a principal analyst for client computing markets, said: "The PC market in EMEA was largely dictated by vendors that shipped mini-notebooks and those that did not, resulting in significant movements in the top five... [16 Oct 2008]
Microsoft Silverlight 2.0 ready for action
News Right now that isn't an option for any vendor. Microsoft on Monday announced it is ready with a final version of its Silverlight 2 media player. Microsoft also disclosed some numbers for the Olympics... [14 Oct 2008]
Stallman slams the cloud as "stupidity"
News Richard Stallman, founder of the Free Software Foundation and creator of the GNU operating system, has slammed cloud computing as "stupidity" that ultimately will result in vendor lock-in and escalating costs. [01 Oct 2008]
Revealed: Which IT jobs will survive the credit crunch
News In addition, the Forrester VP said enterprise vendor managers could be in more demand as companies look to cut costs through better value tech deals and outsourcing. The economic downturn will see an increase in demand... [29 Sep 2008]
Becta backs open source in schools
News Linux IT, another open-source vendor involved in the shortlisting process, claimed it had pulled out of the process as it felt its products were slanted more towards... [25 Sep 2008]
IBM warns ISO to shape up
News Those nations were joined this month by Cuba and Paraguay, in a formal declaration that stated ISO standards could no longer be assumed to be vendor-neutral. Green IT from A-Z… Unless the International... [24 Sep 2008]
Prisoners' phone bills too high says watchdog
News BT supplies HMPS's phone system, Siemens is the SPS's vendor. We consider that there is some evidence that the price of telephone calls made by prisoners in England, Wales and Scotland appear to be high,"... [23 Sep 2008]
Wanted: Techies with mobile skills
News Neil Bamberger, IT manager for mobility solutions at Cisco Systems, said the network equipment vendor has seen a "massive increase globally" in the number of customers - from 9,000 to 24,000 within four... [22 Sep 2008]
Ubuntu patches flaw
News Ubuntu became the latest Linux vendor to patch a vulnerability in the open-source operating system's kernel that could have left the door open for hackers to find their way into users' machines. In an email sent last... [26 Aug 2008]
