September 2011
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September 28, 2011
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Sep'11
Lenovo shuffles board room
The seating plan in the Lenovo board room will need to be revised after the manufacturer shuffled its management pack. The PC maker has appointed founder and CEO of Quantum Leaps Corporation and a former chairman of Sony Nobuyuki Idei to become an ... Continue Reading
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September 28, 2011
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Sep'11
Outgoing D-Link boss praised for reviving company fortunes
D-Link has bid farewell to its outgoing UK managing director, Chris Davies, who has left the firm after a four year stint at the wheel, during which he played a key role in reviving the fortunes of the firm's UK business. Continue Reading
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September 28, 2011
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Sep'11
Amazon the latest to mount a tablet attack
One of the interesting recent developments in the tablet market is the way that, just as some of the most well known names in IT raise up their hands and pull out or express difficulties competing with Apple, other new entrants come into the market. Continue Reading
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September 28, 2011
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Sep'11
SME's reminded of need to counter physical security threat
The need to take physical security seriously remains one of the key messages to users looking to allocate budget towards protecting data in 2012. Continue Reading
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September 28, 2011
28
Sep'11
Google takes Tech City bait
Google is to open a new London office in East London's Tech City, from where it will provide incubator business services for IT start-ups. Continue Reading
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September 28, 2011
28
Sep'11
Business attacks on Miliband speech miss the point
It's amazing how quickly the pro-business lobby came out against Labour leader Ed speech attacking predatory businesses and asset strippers. Continue Reading
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September 28, 2011
28
Sep'11
Milband's anti-predator business strategy given thumbs down
The Labour Party leader's attempt to set out a strategy criticising predatory businesses has been given the thumbs down by some in the business and tech world. Yesterday in his speech to the Labour Party conference in Liverpool, Ed Miliband attacked... Continue Reading
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September 28, 2011
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Sep'11
Reporting burdens for small businesses could be eased
Proposals to simplify the financial and corporate reporting requirements for small businesses are the subject of a Discussion Paper published by the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills and the Financial Reporting Council. Continue Reading
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September 27, 2011
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Sep'11
Does the Web makes us all more angry and abusive?
Should we be surprised by a US poll that shows 56% of people in their teens and early 20s have been the target of online taunting, harassment or bullying? I'm not. Continue Reading
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September 27, 2011
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Sep'11
CERN software has 600 million proton collisions and 40,000 bugs
Britain's technology is playing its part in the Large Hadron Collider Project. Just look at the efforts of UK based American testing outfit Coverity. Continue Reading
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September 27, 2011
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Sep'11
Technology investment urged by the BSA
The British government should invest more in the technology sector as it looks for routes to recovery with the IT sector of the UK economy expected to be a solid performer already contributing £102bn to the country. Continue Reading
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September 27, 2011
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Sep'11
Jaspersoft claims world first open source mobile BI package
Business intelligence (BI) software specialist Jaspersoft has made its move on the mobility space with the latest (4.2) version of its BI Suite. Continue Reading
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September 27, 2011
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Sep'11
Intact launches dedicated global support team
Dedicated reseller support and managed services provider Intact Integrated Services has announced the formation of a Global Solutions Team designed to support channel partners on large-scale network transformation and support projects. Continue Reading
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September 27, 2011
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Sep'11
Acer looks to exploit HP instability
Acer has become the latest PC vendor to look to exploit the recent instability at Hewlett-Packard with the confusion over its strategy handing its rivals a chance to try to prize its resellers into working with a different vendor. Continue Reading
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September 27, 2011
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Sep'11
Microsoft starts OEM channel review
Microsoft has announced a review of its OEM channel relationships globally as it looks to work out whether or not it wants to reduce, expand or keep its current UK distribution line-up. Continue Reading
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September 27, 2011
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Sep'11
Colt ships a datacentre to Iceland. Hope they got cash upfront
Data centre retailer Colt, which claims to have pioneered the home delivery service for data centres, has shipped a big order to an address with a questionable credit record. Is Colt's unconfined joy over this deal (they even put out a press release... Continue Reading
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September 27, 2011
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Sep'11
In-depth: Securing the consumerisation drive
One of the greatest challenges for any company at the moment is to embrace the trend to encourage and allow the consumerisation of IT but to do so while keeping the network safe and secure, writes Amro Gebreel. Continue Reading
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September 27, 2011
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Sep'11
Managing employee's behaviour outside work
With the August riots and disturbances (hopefully) well and truly behind us, some employers may be faced with staff who have acted inappropriately outside the workplace. How should they be handled? Continue Reading
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September 26, 2011
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Sep'11
Apple cuts iPad 2 component orders in run-up to Christmas
Apple has cut component orders for the iPad 2 by up to 25%, fuelling speculation that the vendor is reacting to growing economic pessimism in the European theatre. Continue Reading
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September 26, 2011
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Sep'11
Gartner recommends use of low-cost services
Customers are being advised by Gartner to look at using low cost automated managed services as a way of reducing the strain with users being urged to look at no-frills options. Continue Reading