April 2011
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April 30, 2011
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Apr'11
Rackspace’s cloud storage outage
Rackspace has experienced a disruption to one of its cloud storage products. Continue Reading
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April 30, 2011
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Apr'11
Case study: St Edmund's Catholic School use ScriptLogic's granular approach to protect user access
Separating students from teachers and teachers from other staff to ensure that all users had the correct access to the right files was a taxing process for St Edmund’s two-person IT department team. Using Desktop Authority, the IT staff could be as ... Continue Reading
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April 29, 2011
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Apr'11
Case study: Past Times
Past Times have saved £570,000 over the last 11 months due to a workforce management consultancy exercise carried out by WorkPlace Systems. By challenging existing staffing levels the work measurement study and analysis has led to better staffing ... Continue Reading
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April 29, 2011
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Apr'11
Case study: University of the West of England deploys Alcatel-Lucent’s VoIP
The project, led by Alcatel-Lucent Business Partner South West Communications Group, involved migrating UWE to a dual IP/TDM environment, connecting seven different campuses with IP-based voice and collaboration. The University also plans to install... Continue Reading
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April 29, 2011
29
Apr'11
Microsoft reports record third quarter financial results
Microsoft has announced record results for its financial third quarter, delivering a riposte to critics who say the software giant is losing its lustre. Continue Reading
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April 29, 2011
29
Apr'11
The Apple Android amalgamation situation
RunRev's LiveCode development platform has this week been augmented with an Android package. Continue Reading
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April 29, 2011
29
Apr'11
Store dealing with dishonest employees uses internal theft prevention software
A London-based sushi chain expects to save almost £1 million this year with the help of new fraud-detection software. Continue Reading
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April 28, 2011
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Apr'11
Case study: Siptel deploys VoiP in forward-thinking education sector
The King Edmund School (KES), located in Rochford, Essex was designated one of the first Business and Enterprise Specialist Schools in the UK. The school is becoming increasingly well known for some of its great work in vocational training and ... Continue Reading
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April 28, 2011
28
Apr'11
Case study: Rocela Informs and Simplifies Oracle ULA Process for Severn Trent Water
Rocela helps Severn Trent Water remain confident about compliance and strengthens relationships with Oracle. Continue Reading
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April 28, 2011
28
Apr'11
Nottingham University Hospitals Trust deploys wireless network
The Nervecentre system has improved patient safety, workforce planning and productivity. Continue Reading
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April 28, 2011
28
Apr'11
HP wins $2.5bn deal to support 60,000 NASA staff
NASA has signed an IT services contract with HP for computer services and devices for 60,000 workers. Continue Reading
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April 28, 2011
28
Apr'11
Strong identity key to collaboration and cloud, says Jericho Forum
Strong identity is essential to cloud-based services, but many businesses and technology suppliers are barking up the wrong tree, say security experts. Continue Reading
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April 28, 2011
28
Apr'11
University Hospital Birmingham delivers mobile enterprise
University Hospital Birmingham (UHB) is presenting next week at Blackberry World in the US, on how it has made enterprise applications available to clinicians... Continue Reading
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April 28, 2011
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Apr'11
Can you cut your IT security budget?
Among the sessions at this year's Infosecurity Europe conference was a panel discussion that explored the topic of how you would slash your IT security budget by 30%. It is near impossible to put a ... Continue Reading
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April 28, 2011
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Apr'11
IT professionals getting too comfortable despite the choppy economic waters
I was sent a press release this week about a survey that shows an increasing desire for IT professionals to reduce their working weeks to four days in exchange for less money. I wrote a little news ... Continue Reading
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April 28, 2011
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Apr'11
Micro Focus take-over bid
Micro Focus has carved a niche in helping organisations modernise mainframe applications. According to its website, it has 18,000 customers inlcuding many bluechips including HSBC and Tesco. The ... Continue Reading
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April 28, 2011
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Apr'11
SAP system visibility boosts efficiency and cuts costs, says Compuware
Nearly half of businesses are unhappy with SAP application response times and one third are unhappy with SAP service availability, a study has revealed.... Continue Reading
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April 28, 2011
28
Apr'11
Government cost controls save £3bn, claims Maude
The government has saved its target of £3bn in efficiency costs since last year, says Cabinet minister... Continue Reading
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April 28, 2011
28
Apr'11
Video: Sony S1 and S2 Android tablets. Will they scare Apple?
Although they may be similar in terms of their names the S1 and S2 look completely different. Impressively, Sony have managed to make them both individually distinctive, stylish and attractive. ... Continue Reading
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April 28, 2011
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Apr'11
(Ex)terminated by (un)ethical review - or Death by Data Protection revisited
The current muddle is giving so little genuine protection and costing so much, both directly and indirectly (e.g. encouraging customer service hubs to move out of the UK/EU) that reputable business ... Continue Reading