September 2007
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September 20, 2007
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Sep'07
SAP expands mid-market on-demand offering
SAP has expanded its on-demand software offering to the mid-market with its SAP Business ByDesign system. Continue Reading
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September 20, 2007
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Sep'07
PC shipments up 12.3% for the year
Worldwide PC shipments are on track to grow 12.3% in 2007 and 11% in 2008 despite concerns about the global economy, said analyst Gartner. Continue Reading
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September 20, 2007
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Sep'07
Used car buyers offered TfL online congestion charge checker
Transport for London (TfL) has launched an email "penalty checker" service to enable those buying new cars to see if the vehicle has any unpaid congestion charges on it. Continue Reading
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September 20, 2007
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Sep'07
Manchester council launches ‘high accessibility’ Web 2.0 website
Manchester City Council has launched a new "highly accessible" Web 2.0 website. Continue Reading
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September 20, 2007
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Sep'07
UK moves into top five e-government countries
The UK has moved into the European top five for providing government e-services to its citizens. Continue Reading
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September 20, 2007
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Sep'07
Government appoints Airbus head as chief technology advisor
The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) has appointed Iain Gilmour Gray as chief executive of the Government's Technology Strategy Board. Continue Reading
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September 20, 2007
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Sep'07
MiFID stirs technology change at stock exchanges
In less than two months Europe's stock exchange technology will be put to the test when the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) brings new requirements for investment firms, including banks, insurers and hedge funds to offer strict ... Continue Reading
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September 20, 2007
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Sep'07
Rugged IP converters released by GarrettCom
GarrettCom is adding a new model to its line of Serial-IP converters that extends security, resilience and network management to distributed serial devices in power substations and other harsh industrial environments. Continue Reading
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September 20, 2007
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Sep'07
Herts council consolidates comms services to save cash
Hertfordshire County Council has signed a three-year contract with BT to consolidate its communications services to save money. Continue Reading
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September 20, 2007
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Sep'07
Intel announces chipset to support Wimax and Wi-Fi
Intel has announced an upcoming chipset supporting both Wi-Fi and Wimax networking. Continue Reading
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September 20, 2007
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Sep'07
Private Mobile Networks joins construction IT group
Low-power local area mobile phone network supplier Private Mobile Networks has joined the Construction Opportunities for Mobile IT, a group set up in 2002 to research and trial mobile IT technologies for use in the construction industry. Continue Reading
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September 20, 2007
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Sep'07
Smartcards introduced for bus passes for elderly
The Department of Transport has unveiled smart card bus passes for elderly and disabled people. Continue Reading
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September 20, 2007
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Sep'07
World outsourcing market up 9% to £365bn
The worldwide IT services market is on track to grow 9% this year to £365bn, according to analyst Gartner. Continue Reading
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September 20, 2007
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Sep'07
IT managers need to ‘talk business’ on risks
IT managers must learn to explain the business consequences of a system failing to senior management if they are to successfully secure funding for security as part of risk assesments, according to Gartner. Continue Reading
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September 20, 2007
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Sep'07
Secure software may take 50 years, says Rutkowska
Major software packages such as operating systems could be secured through code auditing and formal verification - but it may take as long as 50 years before this is possible, Joanna Rutkowska, chief executive of Invisible Things Lab, told Gartner's... Continue Reading
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September 20, 2007
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Sep'07
The missing ghost at the Party Conferences
Why it is your fault that IT is a political disaster area Continue Reading
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September 19, 2007
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Sep'07
Open communications vs. closed communications
Open communications are key to making the inevitable multimodal, multi-supplier communication environment work, so why aren't more suppliers providing open-source systems? Continue Reading
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September 19, 2007
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Sep'07
Is big business ready to take on Vista?
IT directors I have spoken to in the last nine months have no intention to deploy the new Microsoft desktop operating system. Continue Reading
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September 19, 2007
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Sep'07
Beware Publicity-Seeking Security Gurus
For the past few days I’ve been reading some strange reports coming out of a Gartner Security conference in London. Enough to make me wonder whether the speakers are on the same planet as the rest ... Continue Reading
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September 19, 2007
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Sep'07
End-to-end network management enables reliable VoIP, unified communications
Monitoring voice quality, service availability, and security conditions are discussed in this Q & A with Gurmeet Lamba of Clarus Systems. Continue Reading