technology infrastructure services in news
£1.5bn savings plan turns Lloyds' merger eye on IT
News Among the measures the bank hopes will help it achieve its fat-trimming goal are "optimising the efficiency of the combined retail distribution infrastructure, including branch network, call centre operations and... [03 Nov 2008]
IBM chip guru agrees to join Apple
News Papermaster's hire could signal Apple's intentions to build out a cloud-computing infrastructure to support things like MobileMe, or future services along those lines. Mark Papermaster, until recently... [31 Oct 2008]
Four types of tech in demand during a downturn
News It said a recent survey of organisations in Australia indicated 90 per cent have or are in the process of introducing sustainability initiatives within their ICT infrastructure. In a report called ICT Opportunities in an... [28 Oct 2008]
Associated Newspapers' CIO quits
News He joined Associated Newspapers in 2005 from the Financial Times, where he was group IT director, and has been involved in a number of large business process and technology change programmes at the media group ranging... [08 Oct 2008]
VMware virtualisation tech adds iPhone, Linux to arsenal
News Herrod also said that a future version of VMware Infrastructure (VI) Client, which is the software used to access VirtualCenter Server, would be made available for the Apple iPhone and other mobile devices. [19 Sep 2008]
UK climbs IT competitiveness rankings
News The report, sponsored by the Business Software Alliance and now in its second year, ranks the performance of 66 countries in six categories: IT talent pool, tech infrastructure, legal regime, R&D environment, government... [17 Sep 2008]
Broadband Britain: UK needs wireless patchwork
News Next-generation networks (NGNs) involve a fibre-based national infrastructure for broadband delivery as far as telephone exchanges. Such infrastructure currently has to be buried, which is not... [12 Sep 2008]
IBM sets out storage strategy
News The world is retooling its underlying IT infrastructure in a dramatic shift away from a decades-old client/server model to a radically more efficient internet-style architecture," Andy Monshaw, general manager in IBM... [08 Sep 2008]
HP unleashes virtualisation products
News The software launch includes a new HP Virtual Desktop Infrastructure with Citrix XenDesktop, which is "designed to enable everything from smaller, entry-level implementations to enterprise-wide desktop delivery", the... [03 Sep 2008]
IBM sends $300m to the cloud
News Big Blue is using that money to equip 13 data centres around the world with infrastructure that will let customers access a bevy of cloud-based computer services in the event service disruptions take... [20 Aug 2008]
Experian checks in new global CIO
News It is absolutely vital that these are underpinned with the best technology infrastructure supported by the best technologists. The appointment is an internal one, with Mel Mason, who was previously MD of... [18 Aug 2008]
HP dishes out research grants to academic institutions
News The institutions will conduct their research in collaboration with HP Labs into subjects including "information explosion, dynamic cloud services, content transformation, intelligent infrastructure and... [18 Aug 2008]
Femtocells to save mobile operators over $5bn?
News Mobile operators could make "significant savings" on network infrastructure costs by deploying femtocells. Analyst says Informa Telecoms & Media calculates savings of up to $5.3bn or more could be made on network... [13 Aug 2008]
Wireless broadband to be cellular feast
News The report suggests WiMax will do best in the developing world, owing to the lack of fixed-line infrastructure there. This increase will be down to GSM operators taking the obvious cellular route for their... [05 Aug 2008]
Infosys launches radical retail tech services
News The retail offering, called ShoppingTrip360, focuses on a wireless infrastructure of sensors and mobile data links that give retailers and packaged goods suppliers highly detailed information about customer behaviours. [01 Aug 2008]
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