August 2010
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August 16, 2010
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Aug'10
Security software market shrugs off recession with 11.3% growth
Worldwide security software sales are forecast to surpass $16.5bn in 2010, an 11.3% increase from $14.8bn in 2009, according to Gartner. Continue Reading
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August 16, 2010
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Aug'10
NGN guidelines to £20 tax per house
The Valuation Office Agency has published guidelines for investors in next generation broadband networks based on optical fibrelinks. Continue Reading
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August 16, 2010
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Aug'10
Interview: Mark Bramwell, head of IT, Wellcome Trust
The man in charge for the IT supporting the world's second largest medical research charity talks exclusively to Computer Weekly about his transformation strategy. Continue Reading
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August 16, 2010
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Aug'10
Massive UK job losses loom as change projects approach sign off
Just because the economic climate is improving does not mean an end to UK job cuts and delayed job cuts could be round the corner. According to a well informed source of mine it will actually lead ... Continue Reading
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August 16, 2010
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Aug'10
India could get workaround to view encrypted Blackberry data
Research in Motion and the Indian government are believed to be developing a workaround to allow security agencies to read encrypted Blackberry data.... Continue Reading
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August 16, 2010
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Aug'10
If Wipro wants 50% of European staff to be locals it had better get its act together.
When I met Wipro's European head, Jeffrey Heenan Jalil, back in May I blogged about the fact that Wipro said it was struggling to find European staff despite the its efforts. He said Wipro is ... Continue Reading
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August 16, 2010
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Aug'10
Move from Blackberry to iPhone is strategic, says Standard Chartered
Standard Chartered bank says its decision to move employees from the Blackberry to the iPhone is not a reaction to market trends and the so-called "consumerisation of IT." Continue Reading
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August 16, 2010
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Aug'10
Betfair takes online gambling to the iPad
Online gambling firm Betfair has added to its portfolio of interactive betting tools with the launch of an iPad app. Continue Reading
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August 16, 2010
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Aug'10
Online trading is a minefield for SMEs
Data loss is seen as the biggest business risk to SME's says Ross Walker, head of SMB UK & Ireland, at security supplier Symantec. In reaction to a post on this blog last week Ross has given us ... Continue Reading
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August 16, 2010
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Aug'10
Directgov loses its CTO to the Open University
David Matthewman has left his role as chief technology officer at Directgov.uk and moved to a new position at the Open University.
Matthewman started...
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August 16, 2010
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Aug'10
Protesters picket Google offices over 'end of net neutrality'
Protestors have gathered outside Google's offices to rally against proposals which they believe could undermine net neutrality. Continue Reading
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August 16, 2010
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Aug'10
A "sneaky peek" at Embarcadero RAD Studio XE
Embarcadero's new RAD Studio XE application development suite is launching it's sneak peak programme now Continue Reading
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August 16, 2010
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Aug'10
Free online datacentre energy efficiency calculator launched
Texas-based Active Power has launched an online energy efficiency calculator to show organisations how to reduce datacentre power consumption and costs. Continue Reading
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August 16, 2010
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Aug'10
Sustainability for competitive advantage in the mobile world
Mobile phone companies are competing over who can appear to be more sustainability friendly Continue Reading
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August 16, 2010
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Aug'10
Are you reading this on the loo?
Regular readers will know that Downtime thrives on the activity of organisations that fund utterly pointless research in the name of desperate PR. But for once, even we have been left wondering ... Continue Reading
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August 16, 2010
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Aug'10
Smaller companies can still be social
There are various interesting people that I have met through tweetups, and one of them that I regularly see at the tweetups in Ealing, west London, is Rod Sloane. Rod is a sales and marketing ... Continue Reading
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August 16, 2010
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Aug'10
Dell bolsters storage portfolio with 3PAR acquisition
Dell, adding to its storage virtualisation portfolio, is set to acquire virtualised storage vendor 3PAR for $1.15 billion; plus more daily news. Continue Reading
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August 16, 2010
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Aug'10
SAN topology guide and Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)
This SAN topology guide details the key SAN fabric topology types and looks into the future of the Fibre Channel over Ethernet (FCoE)-based converged network. Continue Reading
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August 15, 2010
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Aug'10
Perth Radiological Clinic upgrades HDS SANs
Perth Radiological Clinic (PRC) has selected twin storage arrays from Hitachi Data Systems (HDS) and will use the hardware to create a nearline archive containing seven years of medical images. Continue Reading
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August 14, 2010
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Aug'10
Shamed HP CEO could pocket $40m due to legal loophole
This article in the Financial Times reports on how the terms of Mark Hurd's contract mean he still gets a big pay-off despite his "ethical Lapses."Hurd was forced to resign last week after ... Continue Reading