January 2006
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January 04, 2006
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Jan'06
RIM wins latest round in patent battle with NTP
RIM, the BlackBerry push e-mail system provider, says the US patent office has ruled in its favour over a further two contested patents held by NTP, as its long-running legal dispute with the company continues. Continue Reading
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January 04, 2006
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Jan'06
Text messaging to be used to chase unpaid court fines
The government’s new National Enforcement Service (NES) is considering using mobile text messages, e-mails and phone calls to persuade people to pay their court fines. Continue Reading
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January 04, 2006
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Jan'06
Microsoft to issue critical security patch next week as infections rise
Microsoft plans to issue a critical security patch next Tuesday that is designed to fix a graphics Windows flaw that came to light over the Christmas period. Continue Reading
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January 04, 2006
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Jan'06
Indian Market Grows And Diversifies: More Choices For More Customers
The Indian IT services market continues to enjoy tremendous growth. Across industries and countries, more companies, large and small, are increasing their consumption of Indian IT service capabilities. So far, tier one Indian vendors have been the ... Continue Reading
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January 04, 2006
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Jan'06
Western Europe Continues To Enjoy Low Consulting Rates
Over the past 12 months, consulting rates across Western Europe have stabilised once again after years of constant decline. There is also evidence that service providers are currently trying to push up rates again in order to protect or enhance ... Continue Reading
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January 04, 2006
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Jan'06
Blackberry users warned of malicious attachments
BlackBerry maker RIM has warned users that opening certain malicious attachments on there push e-mail devices could stop them opening legitimate ones. Continue Reading
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January 04, 2006
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Jan'06
IT Governance Framework Structures, Processes and Communication
With IT at the core of most 21st century businesses, and with today's focus on compliance and risk management as a result of legislation like Sarbanes Oxley, organizations can no longer afford to have IT governance by default or bad IT governance by... Continue Reading
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January 04, 2006
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Jan'06
Stabilizing IT With Process Methodologies
As CEOs ask their CIOs to run IT more efficiently — more like manufacturing plants or item-processing centers — CIOs are seeking to stabilise technologies and IT operations through process methodologies: standards and increased consistency in IT ... Continue Reading
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January 04, 2006
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Jan'06
The Economics Of IT: Context And Maturity Drive IT Spending
CIOs rationalise IT spending to their bosses and business exec peers by comparing their own spend to industry averages. Continue Reading
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January 04, 2006
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Jan'06
Symantec enters instant messaging security market by acquisition
Security software company Symantec is targeting the instant messaging security market by acquiring leading player IMlogic. Continue Reading
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January 04, 2006
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Jan'06
Where Should The CIO Report?
For a CIO, reporting to the CEO is both an asset and a liability. Factors favouring a direct reporting relationship to the CEO include the size of the organization, business complexity, and the need for significant change. Continue Reading
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January 04, 2006
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Jan'06
Europe's Looming IT Skills Deficit Rising Retirement Rates Will Fuel A Renewed Skills Shortage
The conjunction of the acceleration of retirement rates with a significant decline in the numbers of European students graduating from IT-related courses leads many firms to fear an IT skills shortage beginning in 2006. The reality is more complex. ... Continue Reading
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January 04, 2006
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Jan'06
Europe's Diverse Outsourcing Market
Throughout 2004, Forrester tracked IT outsourcing deals with a minimum contract value of €10 million that large European IT services firms signed. During the year, we gathered details of 248 deals from 29 outsourcing vendors. What did we find? ... Continue Reading
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January 04, 2006
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Jan'06
IT Spending For Q1 2005
First-quarter 2005 data on investment in information technology goods and services by companies and governments was mixed, but the net result reinforces our forecast of 7% growth in US IT spending in 2005. Investment was strongest in computer ... Continue Reading
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January 04, 2006
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Jan'06
Integrated IT Management Drives Efficiency
Dashboard-type views permit business managers and executives to see business events, to understand their subsequent impact, and to take corrective action. It is thus ironic that IT, the enabler of many dashboard views, lacks any comprehensive view ... Continue Reading
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January 04, 2006
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Jan'06
CIOs Must Join Their Firms' Executive Rotation
A fundamental change has occurred in the CIO role; no longer is the position reserved for technology professionals who have worked their way up through the ranks of the technology organization. Continue Reading
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January 03, 2006
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Jan'06
Tokyo Stock Exchange to build improved trading system
The Tokyo Stock Exchange (TSE) is planning to build a new computer system in 2008 that will have stronger back-up functions to cope with system failures. Continue Reading
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January 03, 2006
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Jan'06
New Wi-Fi hotspots to support four million users
Wi-Fi operator The Cloud is creating widespread wireless hotspots in a clutch of UK towns and cities. Continue Reading
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January 03, 2006
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Jan'06
CDC sets sights on Onyx takeover
CDC Software is trying to take over fellow customer relationship management (CRM) supplier Onyx Software for around $50m (£30m). Continue Reading
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January 03, 2006
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Jan'06
Massachusetts open source CIO resigns
The Massachusetts government chief information officer who chose to move away from proprietary Microsoft document formats in favour of an open source solution has resigned. Continue Reading