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AMD to split off manufacturing arm
News AMD is to split off its manufacturing operations through a finance deal with a firm from the United Arab Emirates, which will leave AMD with total control of only its design wing. The chipmaker confirmed on Tuesday that... [08 Oct 2008]
Oracle gets collaboration buzz with Beehive
News The latest version will include enhanced financial applications, with an emphasis on offering more global financial management capabilities, as well as adding supply chain and manufacturing features. The... [23 Sep 2008]
HP ProCurve buys networking specialist
News The company said in a statement that it sees the purchase as one that will "expand HP ProCurve's reach into vertical markets, such as hospitality, transportation, healthcare, manufacturing, service... [12 Aug 2008]
Microsoft SQL Server 2008: Ready for release
News The software maker said in a statement it has reached the "release to manufacturing" stage, meaning it has finalised the code for the software. Microsoft vice president Ted Kummert said... [07 Aug 2008]
Windows XP for $100 laptop finalised
News Back in May, Microsoft and the OLPC said to expect the offering to be released to manufacturing in August or September and to be available initially... [28 Jul 2008]
Bill Gates' legacy: A modern day Henry Ford
News Rob Horwitz, co-founder of analyst firm, Directions on Microsoft, compares Gates to car manufacturing pioneer Henry Ford. He added: "Henry Ford didn't invent the automobile, and Gates didn't invent the... [25 Jun 2008]
Mobile market booming: But there's room for all
News The cost is driven down by manufacturing economies of scale and integrating different components onto semiconductors, which helps reduce supply chain complexity, said Pulskamp. Another factor is the... [06 Jun 2008]
Cisco revamps mobility strategy
News The Context-Aware Software service relays location or environmental information to the engine, ranging from temperature in manufacturing environments to motion and pressure. The Mobile... [29 May 2008]
Corus hammers out £26m IT deal with Capgemini
News Under the terms of the new contracts Capgemini will retain responsibility for managing the mainframe computers that support core steel production, supply chain, stockholding, purchasing, sales ordering and invoicing at... [17 Apr 2008]
Greggs tucks into centralised accounting model
News The product will interface to our existing manufacturing and Epos applications helping us to further automate our accounting processes. In a statement, Greggs finance systems manager Lee... [10 Apr 2008]
Reuters CIO joins Royal Bank of Scotland
News RBS does not use the CIO title for executives and Lister will join as chief architect, reporting in to the bank's group manufacturing unit, which provides centralised back-office... [01 Apr 2008]
Motorola to split in two
News Motorola is currently in third place worldwide in the handset-manufacturing business, behind Nokia and Samsung. Icahn has been trying to get four directors onto... [27 Mar 2008]
Windows Vista SP1 finally a go
News The pack was released to manufacturing on 4 February. According to web retailer Amazon, boxed copies of Windows Vista with SP1 will be available today in the US, and Amazon UK has the... [19 Mar 2008]
Budget 2008: Tech companies fight for contract windfall
News Darling said that the UK was second only to the US for the strength of its knowledge-based industries and that high tech manufacturing had grown by 30 per cent in the last decade. An... [12 Mar 2008]
Sun breaks through supercomputer haze with Constellation
News Manufacturing these cables, and then snaking them around the Tacc to link up computers, proved tougher than expected, he said. Speaking in June, Andy Bechtolsheim, chief architect... [14 Feb 2008]
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