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August 21, 2008
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Aug'08
Microsoft unveils free photo management technology
Microsoft has introduced free visual technology called Microsoft Photosynth to help users improve the way...
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August 21, 2008
21
Aug'08
Guernsey signs Northgate to improve public health
Guernsey has signed Northgate Information Solutions ...
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August 21, 2008
21
Aug'08
Government launches research project to combat identity theft
A government-funded research project will be launched in October to help develop the next generation of secure identity management systems.
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August 21, 2008
21
Aug'08
Microsoft and Novell expand Windows/Linux integration deal
Microsoft and Novell are extending their interoperability agreement to tie Windows closer to Novell's SUSE Linux in the enterprise.
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August 20, 2008
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Aug'08
Microsoft and Novell expand Windows/Linux integration deal for customers
Microsoft and Novell are extending their interoperability agreement to tie Windows closer to Novell
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August 20, 2008
20
Aug'08
IKEA uses business analyser app to improve ERP roll-out
IKEA has prioritised and set targets for a successful ERP implementation and related business process improvements using an application from Lawson Software.
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August 20, 2008
20
Aug'08
Army uses MoD Grand Challenge winning technology
An autonomous mini-tank, developed for the...
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August 20, 2008
20
Aug'08
Microsoft's Clayton is Computer Weekly's top blogger
Microsoft's Steve Clayton has been voted top blogger in the ComputerWeekly.com IT Blog Awards 2008.
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August 20, 2008
20
Aug'08
Testing firm uses SaaS social network of testers to offer firms cheaper application testing
A software-as-a-service (SaaS) testing...
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August 20, 2008
20
Aug'08
Microsoft eases virtualisation with license changes
Microsoft has changed the software licensing and technical support for its server applications
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August 20, 2008
20
Aug'08
British Olympic success puts strain on bandwidth
Britain's success at the Olympic Games is definitely hitting company bandwidth for business-to-business applications as employees log on to get the latest results.
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August 19, 2008
19
Aug'08
Inmarsat completes global satellite broadband network
Inmarsat has completed its broadband satellite network with the launch of the third Inmarsat-4 satellite.
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August 18, 2008
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Aug'08
Police warn of security threat to every chip-and-Pin terminal
Police say that every chip-and-Pin terminal in the country must be checked and modified to counter a security compromise that cracked the payment system.
The...
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August 18, 2008
18
Aug'08
Business intelligence and EPM find new link to compliance
New solutions designed to enhance performance across both finance and operations
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August 15, 2008
15
Aug'08
Prepare for 10% Citrix price hike
Citrix users will have to pay 10% more for their Citrix Xenserver virtualisation software, Metaframe Windows thin client software and NetScaler network acceleration tools from September.
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August 13, 2008
13
Aug'08
Microsoft patch MS08-045 could affect enterprise software
Asecurity patch issued by Microsoft yesterday could cause enterprise software to fail.
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August 13, 2008
13
Aug'08
Firms expect improvements from outsourced services
Insourcing very much on the agenda as needs of outsourcing clients not being met
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August 12, 2008
12
Aug'08
Visual Studio and .net service available
Microsoft has updated its .net Framework and Visual Studio programming
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August 12, 2008
12
Aug'08
Lack of mobile device encryption placing firms at risk
Four-fifths of firms have sensitive business information on their mobile devices, but barely 25% use encryption
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August 12, 2008
12
Aug'08
SMBs with multi-development platforms driving SOA adoption
Research finds that SMBs using more complex development platforms have significantly higher SOA penetration
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August 11, 2008
11
Aug'08
Information management to deliver real value to businesses
Analyst expects the global information services market to grow by just over 8.2% in the next four years
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August 11, 2008
11
Aug'08
Business intelligence resurrects mainframes
Reports of the mainframe's death may have been greatly exaggerated
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August 08, 2008
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Aug'08
Security conference expels three journalists for 'hack'
Three journalists working for a French security magazine were expelled from the Black Hat security conference after allegedly hacking into the press-room computer network.
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August 07, 2008
07
Aug'08
How to handle the email mountain
Can outsourcing your email help you control costs? Merri Mack explores the options to tame your email.
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August 04, 2008
04
Aug'08
HSBC can fully integrate technology package by country
HSBC can now reduce the cost of using different bespoke software systems in different parts of the world through a technology package.
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August 01, 2008
01
Aug'08
Thales bags £18m deal for national ID card scheme
French defence systems engineering firm Thales has won the first contract for the UK's National Identity Scheme.
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July 31, 2008
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Jul'08
Oyster security breach could mean major headache for other MiFare users
The recent court victory by Dutch academics, which allows them to publish...
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July 31, 2008
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Jul'08
Apple's MobileMe highlights security flaw
Apple's recently launched MobileMe service has highlighted some of the problems which have increasingly been associated with web 2.0 applications.
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July 30, 2008
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Jul'08
SAP offers users four-year plan on Enterprise Support
SAP will offer existing users a reprieve on the controversial software maintenance increase it plans to introduce at the end of the year.
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July 30, 2008
30
Jul'08
When implementing SAP, don't skimp on security
Businesses are paying too little attention to securing their SAP systems, a security expert has warned.
In a presentation at the Black Hat 2008 security...
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July 29, 2008
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Jul'08
HP, Yahoo and Intel partner on cloud computing
Hewlett-Packard, Intel and Yahoo have developed a global testbed to help businesses, government, academia and the IT industry develop and use cloud-based...
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July 29, 2008
29
Jul'08
Detica agrees to £500m takeover by BAE
Software supplier Detica has agreed to a takeover by BAE Systems for more than £500m. The Guildford-based...
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July 28, 2008
28
Jul'08
IBM buys Ilog to boost SOA
IBM is planning to boost its business process management expertise with the proposed acquisition of Ilog , a specialist...
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July 28, 2008
28
Jul'08
Birmingham City Council 'turns around invoice fiasco'
Birmingham City Council's system for paying invoices is back on track, the authority's cabinet will be told today (Monday).
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July 28, 2008
28
Jul'08
Royal Mail unveils details of £1.2bn IT spend
Royal Mail has lifted the wraps on how it plans to spend up to £1.2bn on IT-related projects over the next three to four years as it fights growing competition...
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July 25, 2008
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Jul'08
Microsoft says Windows 7 is on track
Microsoft Windows head Bill Veghte has told analysts that the development of the next version of Windows remains on track. Veghte told Wall Street...
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July 25, 2008
25
Jul'08
Microsoft CFO rules out another bid for Yahoo
Microsoft chief financial officer Chris Liddell has described Yahoo as "a declining asset" and ruled out a complete takeover of the internet company, reports Reuters.
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July 25, 2008
25
Jul'08
SAP user group condemns increase in support costs
SAP has triggered a backlash over increasing the cost of software support for its customers by nearly 30%. The UK & Ireland SAP Users Group condemned the...
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July 25, 2008
25
Jul'08
Rustock botnet uses Bush, Microsoft and Al Qaeda to spread
E-mails with exploitive headlines mentioning George Bush, Microsoft and Al Qaeda in their subject lines are part of a co-ordinated malicious spam campaign...
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July 25, 2008
25
Jul'08
ISPs agreement on illegal file sharing could roll out across other sectors
An agreement by six UK ISPs to work with the entertainment industry and government to reduce illegal...
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July 25, 2008
25
Jul'08
Transport for London's Oyster system hit by second IT failure
The Transport for London Oyster card system ...
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July 24, 2008
24
Jul'08
E-mail downtime still major problem for IT managers
E-mail downtime plagues IT managers, with reducing Microsoft Exchange volume and preventing downtime among their top tasks.
A survey of IT managers...
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July 24, 2008
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Jul'08
Smaller businesses ‘in denial' about security
Many small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) "are in denial about security", says a survey of 500 North American firms taken by McAfee.
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July 24, 2008
24
Jul'08
Online banking fraud falls by a third
Losses from online banking fraud have dropped by a third in a year, even as the number of people using the services continues to increase.
Figures...
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July 23, 2008
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Jul'08
Barclays uses video evidence to fight e-crime
Barclays bank has launched a video to inform its online customers about potential security threats. The five-minute video, available...
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July 22, 2008
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Jul'08
SMEs get enterprise-class reporting at 'realistic' prices
Small and medium enterprises should be able to cash in on enterprise class software with today's launch of keenly priced business intelligence and reporting...
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July 22, 2008
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Jul'08
Government told to delete DNA records of innocent people
The Ethics Group, a government advisory body, says DNA samples of those not convicted of a crime should be deleted from the police National DNA Database.
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July 21, 2008
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Jul'08
Facebook launches newly designed website
Facebook has unveiled its new site design, described by the social network site as cleaner and simpler. Users are also...
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July 21, 2008
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Jul'08
What's to stop you migrating to SaaS?
Software as a Service (SaaS) is cheaper, quicker and easier than traditional on-premise applications.
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July 21, 2008
21
Jul'08
BI on the line for Carphone Warehouse
New BI solution to enable firm to analyse data such as calling patterns and customer churn
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July 21, 2008
21
Jul'08
Highways Agency launches programme to improve information
The Highways Agency has launched a programme to improve the way it uses information and data.
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July 18, 2008
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Jul'08
Microsoft opens up Live Mesh data sharing network
Microsoft has opened up its Live Meshcloud computing data sharing service
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July 18, 2008
18
Jul'08
SAP increases software support charges
SAP customers will pay more for software support after the company announced it would be moving all customers onto its more expensive Enterprise Support package.
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July 18, 2008
18
Jul'08
Oracle iPhone move could be another false dawn for mobile business intelligence, warns analyst
Oracle's recent announcement that it would provide mobile business intelligence to users via the Apple iPhone may prove to be another false dawn in mobile BI.
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July 18, 2008
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Jul'08
Beijing Olympics IT systems go live 24 hours a day
The Beijing Olympics' IT systems will be fully operational 24 hours a day from Friday, two weeks before the games begin.
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July 18, 2008
18
Jul'08
Suspended employee blocks access to city of San Francisco computer system
A town hall computer technician has blocked the computer system of the city of San Francisco to everyone but himself.
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July 18, 2008
18
Jul'08
Young British explorers use GIS to map Himalayas
A group of young British explorers are to use a satellite mapping system on their month-long trip to the Himalayas.
The 38 students, aged 16-20, are...
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July 17, 2008
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Jul'08
Malicious Spammers Deliver Fake UPS invoices
Malicious spammers are sending fake UPS (United Parcel Services) invoices to unsuspecting recipients forcing them to downloading malicious components from the web.
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July 17, 2008
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Jul'08
Telegraph dumps Microsoft Office suite for Google Apps
Telegraph Media Group (TMG) is migrating away from Microsoft apps to use Google's cheaper online applications among its journalists.
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July 17, 2008
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Jul'08
Finjan finds 1,000 compromised government and commercial websites
Finjan has found 1,000 compromised websites owned by government departments and leading brands. The sites were compromised by a new round of mass attacks...
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July 15, 2008
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Jul'08
Nursery school chain installs fingerprint entry system
A £500,000 biometric fingerprint entry security system is to be installed at the Busy Bees children's nurseries chain....
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July 14, 2008
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Jul'08
Innocent adopts Inovis EDI to smooth out European expansion
Smoothie-maker innocent is speeding up its expansion into Europe with the help of a managed electronic...
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July 14, 2008
14
Jul'08
Midlands Co-op deploys online foreign money exchange system to streamline operations
Midlands Co-op Travel has deployed the IMX Travel Money online system to streamline its foreign currency exchange facility.
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July 14, 2008
14
Jul'08
Economic downturn may lead to more software piracy
The economic downturn may lead to the increased use of illegal software, says the Federation Against Software Theft (Fast).
Fast questioned company...
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July 14, 2008
14
Jul'08
London's Oyster system hit by computer fault
A computer fault caused problems for London's Oyster...
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July 14, 2008
14
Jul'08
BA's iPhone app could be rolled out to other devices
A program for the Apple iPhone ...
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July 11, 2008
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Jul'08
Social networking trends expose companies to higher security threats
More than twice as many UK employees are using company networks to access social networking sites compared to last year.
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July 11, 2008
11
Jul'08
Information commissioner calls for end to councils' sale of electoral register
Councils should be banned from selling copies of the electoral register to marketing companies, the UK's information watchdog has said. Information...
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July 11, 2008
11
Jul'08
UK at bottom of open source adoption league
The UK is at the bottom of the open source adoption league, says analyst Forrester . Forrester has...
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July 10, 2008
10
Jul'08
Transoft middleware allows database transfer without new code
Middleware from legacy software specialist Transoft could help businesses modernise their Cobol applications without the need to change any code.
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July 10, 2008
10
Jul'08
Heathrow Express rolls out mobile ticketing
The Heathrow Express train service has launched a mobile ticketing system using the first implementation of Atos Origin's AVANTIXMetro platform.
Passengers...
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July 10, 2008
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Barclays extends online services following security reader take-up
Barclays bank is rolling out extra online services following the take-up of its Gemalto security reader for online transactions by 2m customers.
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July 09, 2008
09
Jul'08
Software comes to help of police CCTV search
West Midlands Police Service has cut the time it takes officers to search CCTV images by 90% by using software from Scyron . The...
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July 09, 2008
09
Jul'08
Menzies hotel group improves revenue management
The Menzies hotel group has rolled out the IDeaS revenue management system across its UK hotel chain to improve its operations and cashflow.
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July 09, 2008
09
Jul'08
VMware sacks founder Diane Greene
VMware has sacked its founder and chief executive Diane Greene in a boardroom coup.
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July 09, 2008
09
Jul'08
Second Life teleports into another world
Users of virtual world Second Life may soon be able to teleport between different virtual environments, thanks to a collaboration between Linden Lab and IBM.
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July 08, 2008
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Microsoft framework helps users track their assets
Microsoft has launched a software asset management framework, which it says can help users discover what software is running throughout their companies.
Michael...
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July 08, 2008
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Jul'08
Cancer Research UK deploys open source system management
Cancer Research UK Cancer Research UK is deploying Groundwork Monitor Professional, an open source systems management tool, to support its mixed MacOS and Windows desktop and server IT infrastructure.
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July 08, 2008
08
Jul'08
Almost two-thirds of malicious codes on web are Trojans
More than 63% of new malicious programs that appeared during the second quarter of 2008 were Trojans, according to the latest quarterly report from security...
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July 07, 2008
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Jul'08
Supercomputer simulates bone structure to tackle osteoporosis
IBM and scientists of the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology Zurich (ETH)
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July 07, 2008
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Jul'08
Microsoft to issue four security patches - SQL Server and Exchange in frame
Microsoft will issue four security patches next week to address vulnerabilities in the SQL Server database platform.
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July 04, 2008
04
Jul'08
Exchange rate flaw in Oracle price hike exposed
IT departments could cushion the impact of Oracle's recent price hike by taking...
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July 04, 2008
04
Jul'08
Mandarin Oriental books in talent tool
Mandarin Oriental Hotel Group is rolling out...
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July 03, 2008
03
Jul'08
HP signs Integrity server virtualisation deal
Hewlett-Packard has signed a third-party agreement to deliver wider virtualisation to its Integrity servers.
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July 03, 2008
03
Jul'08
Microsoft launches enterprise social network
Microsoft has launched a social networking community for businesses, allowing them to connect with other companies to share skills and expertise.
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July 01, 2008
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Jul'08
Microsoft debuts Select Plus flexible enterprise licensing
Microsoft has introduced the Select Plus software licensing package for larger firms that want a more flexible organisation-wide agreement.
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July 01, 2008
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Jul'08
European firms lag behind US for storage virtualisation adoption
European firms are lagging behind US companies when it comes to storage virtualisation, says ONStor.
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July 01, 2008
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Jul'08
Barclays offers customers free web security software
Barclays has become the first UK bank to offer all its two million online banking customers a complete and free internet security package.
It is offering...
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July 01, 2008
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Jul'08
Domino's Pizza to encrypt emails
Domino's Pizza is to use Voltage Security's Secure-mail encryption package to protect internal and external company e-mails.
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June 30, 2008
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Jun'08
Banks' legacy systems replacement will take years
Most banks will still use the same legacy systems for at least another five years.
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June 27, 2008
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Microsoft names Windows 7 date
Microsoft will ship Windows 7 - the next operating system after Vista
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June 27, 2008
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Jun'08
Microsoft’s hypervisor promises a new view into virtual machines
Microsoft has finally announced the release of Windows Server 2008 Hyper-V, the hypervisor-based virtualisation feature that allows multiple operating systems to run on a single host computer at the same time.
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June 26, 2008
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RBS rolls out e-invoicing service to corporate customers
Royal Bank of Scotland has gone to Accountis to enable it to provide an RBS branded e-invoicing service
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June 25, 2008
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Jun'08
Retail Solutions 2008: JJB Sports cuts reporting times after Business Intelligence project
JJB Sports, the UK's leading sports goods retailer, has completed a £500,000 upgrade to its business intelligence
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June 25, 2008
25
Jun'08
Kalido and QlikTech unite information management and business intelligence
In a show of bipartisan consensus between two suppliers in relatively close proximity, Kalido and QlikTech have pooled their resources to produce what they...
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June 24, 2008
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Jun'08
Ozzie takes over from Gates at critical time for Microsoft
With Bill Gates' departure this week ,...
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June 24, 2008
24
Jun'08
What did Bill Gates ever do for me: IT managers speak out
IT managers believe Bill Gates has made software...
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June 23, 2008
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Jun'08
Gem in-house BI software now openly available
Diamond drilling company liked its own BI system so much it has made it commercially available
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June 23, 2008
23
Jun'08
NetSuite takes advantage of SAP ERP on-demand delay
ERP provider NetSuite has introduced Netsuite for Manufacturers to take advantage of SAP's delay in fully launching its on-demand Business ByDesign ERP platform.
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June 20, 2008
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Jun'08
NHS goes to the Edge to improve clinical research
The way in which clinical research trials are managed in UK hospitals could be transformed by a next-generation software system developed within the NHS. The...