July 2010

Government meeting IT suppliers to find ways to cut costs

The government is today meeting its top 20 suppliers to negotiate ways of reducing the cost of projects including IT initiatives.  Continue Reading

Brush up on business skills for new round of mergers

Gartner has urged CIOs to develop their business skills and prepare for a new round of mergers and acquisitions as the economy emerges from the downturn…  Continue Reading

Ealing Tweetup

Just a short reminder note. I host an occasional tweetup for people who live in west London, mainly around Ealing. The next one is this evening!Green tech firm 1E has sponsored the bar and there ...  Continue Reading

Twitter for conference interactivity

Have you been to a conference recently where Twitter was used to create more interactivity?I've been to a few. It's easy to do at all the social media events. Just put up a big screen and agree on ...  Continue Reading

CIOs should plan for a second economic downturn, Gartner says

If a second recession unfolds in the next 12 to 18 months, no CIO should be forgiven for being unprepared, according to analysts at Gartner; plus more daily news.  Continue Reading

Gain data centre energy efficiency by cutting cooling

Our expert explains that, as technology can withstand temperatures of 80 degrees Fahrenheit or higher, it's time to stop examining data centres in human terms.  Continue Reading

How to stop Conficker: Anti-Conficker patch management, defense

Ron Condon gives an update on the Conficker worm. He examines how to stop Conficker and unveils anti-Conficker patch management and defense tactics and methods.  Continue Reading

ING Vysya's IT plans for focused business ops

As part of this year's IT plans, leading bank ING Vysya is focusing on what it's good at, and leaving everything else to the experts.  Continue Reading

Local councils embrace CPM software to track government services KPIs

Local authorities in the UK are starting to adopt corporate performance management (CPM) software and systems to help them measure key performance indicators on service quality.  Continue Reading

Mergers and acquisitions integration tips for CIOs from Gartner

As companies go into M&A overdrive, CIOs are expected to deliver high levels of mergers and acquisitions integration capabilities. Gartner provides tips.  Continue Reading

WAN optimisation for dummies

This white paper outlines the challenges of WAN optimisation, giving you the must-know info for delivering applications to all your users, wherever they are located.  Continue Reading

Solar-powered aeroplane starts first night flight

Solar Impulse, the world's first completely solar powered aeroplane, is about to start its first night flight.  Continue Reading

France Telecom to buy new national optical fibre network

France Telecom/Orange is to spend €2bn on a new optical fibre network that will cover 40% of French homes by 2012, and every French dèpartement by 2015.  Continue Reading

Paddy Power slashes staffing costs with scheduling system

Bookmaker Paddy Power plans to implement a system to manage its retail operations across the UK and Ireland to generate yearly savings of up to 7%.

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CNBC picks BT for video distribution

Business and financial news channel CNBC has outsourced European distribution of its video content to BT's Media Network for five years.  Continue Reading

Skype hires Yahoo's customer experience expert

Virtual telecoms company Skype has hired Yahoo's vice-president for customer engineering Madhu Yarlagadda as its new chief development officer to look after Skype's engineering and development initiatives.  Continue Reading

Marks & Spencer online sales grow 49%

Marks & Spencer's online business M&S Direct saw sales rise 49% in the first quarter of the new financial year.

Overall UK sales were up 4.4%, with...