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There's no escape from the cloud, say CIOs
News Simon Stapleton, chief innovation officer, Skandia Investment Solutions said: "Any innovation that can take away the capital requirements from organisations will be welcomed, but cloud computing also puts management of... [11 Nov 2008]
SAS CEO: "Teradata merger? They couldn't afford me"
News We're working very closely with HP to deliver solutions to mutual customers. Bitterer added: "SAS has always had the luxury of having technology really nobody else has, so in terms of breadth, from... [03 Nov 2008]
Four types of tech in demand during a downturn
News In a report called ICT Opportunities in an Economic Downturn, Frost & Sullivan predicts belt-tightening will increase investment in sustainable technology initiatives - such as virtualisation, videoconferencing, thin... [28 Oct 2008]
No e-voting for 2009 elections, pledges gov't
News E-voting, however, hasn't been ruled out totally: Wills hinted that further trials of the technology could be on the way in the future. The way forward more generally on e-voting will be informed by the valuable... [24 Oct 2008]
Schools get new route to cheaper software shopping
News OGCbuying.solutions, the government's procurement arm, and Becta, its technology strategy agency, have agreed a new deal for schools and other educational institutions' software shopping. The agreement... [13 Oct 2008]
HP buy plays into the hands of virtualisation
News LeftHand will be integrated into the StorageWorks division of HP's Technology Solutions Group. Founded in 1999, LeftHand has had a particular focus on iSCSI storage area network (SAN)... [02 Oct 2008]
IBM sends $300m to the cloud
News Some of the technology IBM is employing here comes from its acquisition late last year of Arsenal Digital Solutions, whose rack-mounted storage appliances will provide the storage for information and... [20 Aug 2008]
Experian checks in new global CIO
News The appointment is an internal one, with Mel Mason, who was previously MD of technology services for Experian UK and Ireland, being promoted to the global role. The position of global CIO is a new role in Experian and... [18 Aug 2008]
O2 snaffles HomeServe mobile contract
News O2 said it will be providing various mobile solutions to HomeServe, including routing calls via a VPN to help cut costs and facilitate easier and cheaper employee-customer communication. HomeServe, which has more than... [18 Aug 2008]
India: Low-cost, high-tech hub
News Simple, low-cost solutions often require very complex technology. He added that the technology behind Tata Nano, for instance, is "extremely complex" and neither cheap nor simple. The... [06 Aug 2008]
Infosys launches radical retail tech services
News We have been providing discrete services up to now and we are proactively investing and recommending business solutions to our customers. Gopalakrishnan is in the UK to promote a new retail technology... [01 Aug 2008]
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... [24 Jul 2008]
Greek island gets wireless mesh network
News The wireless Patmos network - due to launch this summer - has been jointly developed by MIT Media Lab and Nortel Solutions Interoperability Laboratory in North Carolina. It utilises Nortel mesh... [24 Jul 2008]
Is the UK an open source laggard?
News Firstly, we have a feature-rich Content Management System that we're using on an increasing number of our web sites and this success is encouraging us to look for other open source solutions. Graham Yellowley, director... [21 Jul 2008]
Steve Ballmer on a future in the cloud
News He said: "The world will insist on 'click to run', not 'click to install' or 'click to configure'," referring to web applications that make use of developer technology such as Ajax to create richer environments. [10 Jul 2008]
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