August 2010
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BT Vision glitch hits Sky Sports viewers
A glitch in BT Vision left some customers unable to view the Sky Sports channels over the weekend.
The company was hit by hundreds of complaints over...
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Inmarsat to set up global 50Mbps satellite broadband network
Inmarsat is to spend $1.2bn to build a new global satellite-based network to deliver data speeds up to 50Mbps on demand to customers from 2014. Continue Reading
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Microsoft plans bumper Patch Tuesday security update
Microsoft is to patch 34 vulnerabilities in 14 security bulletins to be issued in its August Patch Tuesday security update according to an advance notice. Continue Reading
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Is virtualisation ready for the SME?
Virtualisation technology has allowed large companies to slash costs without compromising their IT effectiveness. But can small businesses also benefit from the technology? Continue Reading
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Dull IT courses could hit UK economy, warns Royal Society
Computer science courses are so dull that students' are being put off the subject, according to the Royal Society.
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Google is top of the tweets
Google is one of the most influential users on Twitter, according to a study by Hewlett-Packard. Continue Reading
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HTC Schubert Windows Phone 7 flagship (should've called it the sherbet, Google would've)
So, surprise surprise, there has been a leak and intriguingly enough it's a HTC sporting Windows Phone 7. Continue Reading
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How to get cheap universal broadband in the UK
It can do that best by allowing free competition at the infrastructure level Continue Reading
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Coventry crowdsources opinion on public service reform
Coventry has become the first UK city to hold a web-based public crowdsourcing event, inviting ideas from residents on reform of council services. Continue Reading
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Infosys uses social media to promote its social media platform
I blogged back in June about Infosys' latest platform. The iEngage digital platform as it is known helps corporates make better use of social media. It is an example of a service provider ... Continue Reading
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SMEs are bigger than large enterprises and IT really matters
This is an interesting article by Steve Burrows, a business consultant at SBA. He is a chartered Fellow of the British Computer Society (BCS) and a member of the CW500 Club and the BCS ELITE senior ... Continue Reading
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August Patch Tuesday - a busy time for the deployment team
Greg Lambert, Chief Technical Director, ChangeBASE looks ahead to this month's Patch Tuesday notification from Microsoft Continue Reading
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Cloud computing will increase open source take-up in big business
The value of this blog is often the comments posted about the individual blog posts. Inside Outsourcing is supposed to be a two way discussion forum. This blog is about a comment left on a blog ... Continue Reading
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Was HP CEO's accuser a soft porn actress?
Just saw an article about the HP marketing contractor that made a sexual harrasment claim against CEO Mark Hurd, which lead to his resignation. The woman in question is fifty year old Jodie Fisher. ... Continue Reading
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Two thirds of British firms support social media at work
According to a new survey featuring over 1,000 responses, around 68 per cent of British workplaces encourage or allow the use of social media tools at work. However, the survey identifies a large ... Continue Reading
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Where will cloud computing take us in five-years time?
Cloud computing may benefit from Rapid Application Development tools in the future once core technology hurdles have been overcome. Continue Reading
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SME IT is bigger than Enterprise IT
Today is the launch of Computer Weekly's blog that will focus on IT in the SME. In total the SME IT sector is bigger than corporate IT. But this is a highly fragmented market and one which we think ... Continue Reading
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Change management needs to keep pace with technology innovation
This is a guest blog post by researcher, author and change adviser Geoff Codd. He is a fellow at the British Computer Society and the Institute of Directors. His book, The Drowning Director, is out ... Continue Reading
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Saudi Arabia postpones Blackberry ban
Saudi authorities delayed Friday's planned ban on the instant messaging services offered by Blackberry because of concerns about security. Continue Reading
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Who will replace Mark Hurd as HP CEO?
Mark Hurd has resigned after 5 years at the helm of the world's biggest IT company HP. I thought I would open it up and allow people to make their predictions and give a reason for it. Could, for ... Continue Reading