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RSS steve rangerRevealed: Your favourite Windows operating system
News A multitude of Microsoft operating systems have been launched into the world since the first versions of Windows appeared back in the early 1980s. But after all these years of development, which operating system software do silicon.com... [09 Nov 2009]
Why the UK will never create a Google, Microsoft or Oracle
News Steve Gediking, head of IT & facilities, Independent Police Complaints Commission That's the sobering conclusion of the silicon.com CIO Jury which voted 10 to two against, when asked whether the UK could create a global... [03 Nov 2009]
Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News Steve Clarke, systems and operations director at The TalkTalk Group, was similarly positive about the savings open source can bring: "Whilst we already have an extensive use of open source software within the business,... [28 Oct 2009]
Open source? No good for cost cutting, say CIOs
News Steve Gediking, head of IT and facilities, Independent Police Complaints Commission Despite tough economic conditions, CIOs have not turned to open source software as a way of making their IT budgets go further,... [23 Oct 2009]
IT chiefs ignoring datacentre energy use
News Datacentre and IT chiefs aren't paying enough attention to measuring, monitoring and modelling energy use in datacentres - and unless they do, they will not be able to cut their energy costs and meet compliance requirements, according to... [25 Sep 2009]
The iPod tie: For the executive that has everything?
News For those of you who are too elegant to have an MP3 player sticking out of your pocket or poking from your bag during your daily commute, luxury shirt maker Thomas Pink may have the answer. The shirt maker has unveiled its Commuter Tie... [18 Sep 2009]
London Stock Exchange picks MillenniumIT as TradElect replacement
News The London Stock Exchange (LSE) is buying a Sri Lankan-based technology services company MillenniumIT for $30m as part of its plan to migrate to a new trading system and bring tech knowledge back inside the company. [16 Sep 2009]
More of a whimper than a bang: Whitehall's green tech drive
News The government has trimmed the carbon footprint of its technology infrastructure - but questions remain about its plans to make its IT systems carbon-neutral by 2012. According to an announcement by the Cabinet Office this week, the... [16 Sep 2009]
Offshoring: Is resistance weakening at Whitehall?
News Bangalore, the city that plays home to some of India's biggest outsourcers (Photo credit: Steve Ranger, silicon.com) Steve Palmer, president of public sector IT association Socitm, said... [03 Aug 2009]
Barclays gets a web banking makeover
News Barclays has unveiled a new design for its online banking site. Barclays said the website - used by more than a million customers per day - has been updated with a clearer layout and navigation in order to give customers easier access to... [27 Jul 2009]
Too late for CIOs to get lean and agile?
News CIOs hoping to slash their costs by adopting process improvement methods such as 'Lean' and 'Agile' may find they are already too late to generate the savings they hope for. Such development approaches can reduce waste in IT systems and... [22 Jul 2009]
Photos: Google Street View takes on Stonehenge
Photo Google and VisitBritain have revealed the seven landmarks and attractions that will get a visit from the search giant's Street View trike this summer. The Street View feature of Google Maps already covers more than 100 metropolitan areas... [15 Jul 2009]
Soca's cybercrime cops score 21 convictions
News The UK's cybercrime unit has helped achieve more than 20 criminal convictions since its creation three years ago, government figures have revealed. In response to a written parliamentary question this week, Home Secretary Alan Johnson... [15 Jul 2009]
Minority Report: iPhone App Store takes my breath away
Comment In 2008 silicon.com editor Steve Ranger explained why we publish so many articles about the iPhone. Apple CEO Steve Jobs said in a press release this week: "The App Store is like nothing... [15 Jul 2009]
Virtualisation and cloud: The new weapons in the outsourcing arms race
News As IT outsourcing becomes a top priority for many cash-strapped organisations, giant suppliers are reaping the benefits, potentially forcing smaller providers to offer services such as cloud and virtualisation in order to survive. [14 Jul 2009]
