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RSS nhs it in newsCanonical joins Linux Foundation
News Photos: 60 years of NHS tech Canonical, the company that sponsors the Linux-based operating system Ubuntu, has joined the Linux Foundation. Ubuntu community members had already been participating in workgroups at the foundation, including the Linux... [20 Aug 2008]
Tech spend to top $3.4tr
News Photos: 60 years of NHS tech Despite a shaky global economic market, worldwide IT spending will pass the $3.4tr mark this year, up eight per cent from last year, according to analyst Gartner. The decline of the US dollar is at the heart of this... [19 Aug 2008]
CIOs rate MBAs
News Ted Woodhouse, ex-IT director of Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust went even further in his condemnation of the artificial nature of MBAs. Ted Woodhouse, Ex-director of IT, Leeds Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust [19 Aug 2008]
ISO rejects latest OOXML appeals
News Photos: 60 years of NHS tech The International Organization for Standardization has thrown out four appeals against its ratification of Microsoft's Office Open XML document format. The appeals were made by Brazil, India, South Africa and Venezuela... [19 Aug 2008]
Linux Foundation releases developer guide
News Photos: 60 years of NHS tech The Linux Foundation has released a guide for developers who wish to contribute Linux code. A guide to the kernel development process aims to encourage participation by new programmers by explaining what's involved. [18 Aug 2008]
EDS legal move leaves Oyster contract hanging
News Photos: 60 years of NHS tech Cubic, a member of the TranSys consortium that runs London's Oyster smartcard public transport system, has been legally restrained by EDS, the other major member of the consortium, from taking over the running of the... [14 Aug 2008]
Microsoft's 'Patch Tuesday' targets six critical flaws
News Photos: 60 years of NHS tech Microsoft has released six critical patches for August's 'Patch Tuesday', including a fix for six vulnerabilities in Internet Explorer. Affected versions of the web browser include Internet Explorer 7 (IE7) for multiple... [13 Aug 2008]
Social networking: Global phenomenon
News Photos: 60 years of NHS tech The latest statistics from ComScore show social networking sites such as Facebook are growing rapidly across the globe, even as that growth slows down in the US where they originated. [13 Aug 2008]
Does an MBA lead the way to career success?
News Photos: 60 years of NHS tech Journalist Philip Delves Broughton ditched his job as the Daily Telegraph's Paris bureau chief to attend Harvard to discover what an MBA from the institution would do for him. [12 Aug 2008]
Europe's art needs cash to land at digital fingertips
News Photos: 60 years of NHS tech European Commission plans to put Europe's works of art at the fingertips of web users could be up and running by the end of the year - if EU member states are willing to commit more funding. [12 Aug 2008]
Web 2.0, cloud computing 'to transform business'
News Photos: 60 years of NHS tech Web 2.0 technologies may make you roll your eyes dismissively right now but the likes of software-as-a-service (SaaS), mash-ups and online services will have a change-inducing impact on business within the next two... [11 Aug 2008]
Google downbeat on AOL stake
News Photos: 60 years of NHS tech Google has said in a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission that its $1bn investment for a five per cent stake in AOL "may be impaired" and that it may have to take a charge in the future. [08 Aug 2008]
NHS names top tech tag team
News The Department of Health has named the new leadership team that will direct the future of the NHS National Programme for IT. The NHS announced in April that it would split the old NHS IT director general role in two following the departure of the... [07 Aug 2008]
Microsoft SQL Server 2008: Ready for release
News Photos: 60 years of NHS tech Microsoft said yesterday it has finished work on SQL Server 2008, the latest version of its database software. The software maker said in a statement it has reached the "release to manufacturing" stage, meaning it has... [07 Aug 2008]
Welsh Assembly signs e-procurement contract
News Two hundred buyers for the government have been trained to procure goods and services online for central and local government, the NHS, emergency services and Higher and Further Education within Wales. [06 Aug 2008]
