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December 19, 2008
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Dec'08
Software market to be hit hard by recession
The UK software market will be one of the worst hit sectors affected by the worldwide recession according to analyst Ovum.
Ovum reported that...
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December 19, 2008
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Dec'08
Oracle blames strong dollar for profit slump
Oracle has reported a fall in its profit for the first time in four years in its latest financial quarter. The supplier's profits...
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December 19, 2008
19
Dec'08
Firefox browser patched for critical security flaws
Mozilla has released critical security updates to its Firefox browser, its Thunderbird e-mail client, and its SeaMonkey application suite.
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December 19, 2008
19
Dec'08
BBC iPlayer made available to Mac and Linux users
The BBC has joined forces with Adobe to allow Mac and Unix users to use its BBC iPlayer on their PCs.
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December 18, 2008
18
Dec'08
Download Internet Explorer patch now
Microsoft's much anticipated security patch for Internet Explorer is now available from the company's security website ....
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December 17, 2008
17
Dec'08
Virtualisation is immature and could cause security problems
Virtualisation technology is still immature and could cause security problems if deployed without adequate controls in place, says security firm Sourcefire.
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December 17, 2008
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Dec'08
London Ambulance Service gets new dispatch system for Olympics
The London Ambulance Service has selected Northrop Grumman Corporation to provide a new computer-aided dispatch system for handling emergency calls and ambulance...
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December 17, 2008
17
Dec'08
Internet Explorer patch out later today
Microsoft will be releasing a patch later today to protect users from the Internet Explorer security hole that has attacked millions of users
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December 12, 2008
12
Dec'08
Computer games can help UK through recession, says Cabinet Office minister
Parliamentary secretary at the Cabinet Office Tom...
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December 12, 2008
12
Dec'08
Gamers given 'real life' virtual footballers
Fans of football computer games could soon be playing against more realistic opponents thanks to the winning entry in an artificial intelligence competition.
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December 12, 2008
12
Dec'08
Free Software Foundation sues Cisco over alleged software copyright violations
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has filed a software copyright infringement lawsuit against Cisco.
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December 12, 2008
12
Dec'08
Google takes Chrome browser out of beta
Google has taken its Chrome browser out of beta even though it still contains bugs.
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December 12, 2008
12
Dec'08
Cybercriminals use PDFs to slip Trojans past e-mail filters
Common business document files could be hiding malware capable of bypassing standard security systems and stealing confidential information.
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December 11, 2008
11
Dec'08
Trading Standards searches company for illegal software
Trading Standards officers in Cardiff have conducted their first random search of a business in the city...
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December 11, 2008
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Dec'08
E.on transforms financial insights with bare-knuckle programming
Energy supplier E.on Retail has gone live with a financial transformation software project that will give it an accurate view of the profits generated by each customer and better forcasting of future demand.
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December 11, 2008
11
Dec'08
How to complete an IT project that cannot fail
The IT system which supports the UK's Faster Payments system was created, in 18 months, by a team of "obsessional planners" facing a non-negotiable deadline and no room for compromise.
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December 10, 2008
10
Dec'08
Royal Mail seeks bids for new SAP-based HR system
Royal Mail is planning a three-year revamp of its SAP-based human resources system
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December 10, 2008
10
Dec'08
From Sarah Palin to Icesave: Google's top 2008 search terms revealed
Google has revealed the top search terms for 2008 in its year-end Zeitgeist roundup . The...
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December 10, 2008
10
Dec'08
Lotus Domino users connect to Microsoft SharePoint
Mainsoft , a provider of integration tools has introduced SharePoint Integrator a product that gives Lotus Domino users...
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December 09, 2008
09
Dec'08
Virtual world for Muslims launched
A trial version of the first virtual world for the Muslim community has been launched.
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December 08, 2008
08
Dec'08
Housewives desperate for the internet
H ousewives now spend most of their waking hours surfing the internet , according to a recent survey . Digital World, Digital Life ...
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December 05, 2008
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Dec'08
Global interest in software security, say (ISC)2
More than 100 IT professionals from 15 countries have applied to take part in the final development phase of
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December 05, 2008
05
Dec'08
Microsoft partners with RSA on secure IT
Microsoft plans to embed technology from RSA into future products to enable businesses to protect sensitive data. Through the partnership,...
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December 05, 2008
05
Dec'08
Facebook to allow users to track friends on other websites
Facebook is rolling out a tool allowing users to track their friends' movements on other websites. Facebook Connect will allow users...
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December 05, 2008
05
Dec'08
Icahn down $950m on Yahoo investment
Controversial investor Carl Icahn's shares in Yahoo have fallen nearly $950m in value since he took a $1.8bn stake in the internet firm.
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December 05, 2008
05
Dec'08
Proofpoint provides evidence for mobile mail archiving
Software enables firms to manage the archiving demands of mobile users according to regulatory compliance issues
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December 04, 2008
04
Dec'08
UK firms enjoy strong position in European software industry
The UK retains a strong presence on the European software stage, according to a PriceWaterhouseCoopers (PWC) report.
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December 04, 2008
04
Dec'08
Vikings plug in to London Stock Exchange system
The Oslo stock exchange is to spend more than £5m to plug into the London Stock Exchange's core trading platform, in a move that...
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December 04, 2008
04
Dec'08
IBM offers 'Microsoft-free' PC package
IBM will try to tempt firms with a "Microsoft-free" virtual desktop package to save them money, reports the Wall Street Journal.
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December 03, 2008
03
Dec'08
Open source makes sense in a recession
"The downturn is good for open source software https://www.computerweekly.com/feature/Has-open-source-come-of-age ,"...
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December 02, 2008
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Dec'08
Online tool will predict depression
Scientists have developed anonline tool to predict the onset of depression.
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December 02, 2008
02
Dec'08
UK firms tap into cloud computing savings
Insurance firm Kennedys and Rowanmoor Pensions are using
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December 01, 2008
01
Dec'08
STS offers retailers universal payment system
A payment system that supports all retailer payment platforms has been launched by Smart Technology Solutions (STS) . The...
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November 27, 2008
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Cloud computing – buyer beware
Switching to the cloud computing model of buying...
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November 27, 2008
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Nov'08
Bankrupt SCO loses appeal over Novell Unix damages
A court has upheld judgements in the SCO/Novell Unix ...
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November 27, 2008
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Nov'08
Recession boosts SaaS model
The economic downturn will make the software-as-a-service (SaaS) model more attractive to companies, according to a survey.
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November 27, 2008
27
Nov'08
Lycos Europe closures to lead to job cuts
Loss-making Lycos Europe is to be broken up and some parts of the business closed down, resulting in hundreds of redundancies.
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November 27, 2008
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Nov'08
British Chambers of Commerce launches business web TV
The British Chambers of Commerce and Dell have launched the Small...
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November 26, 2008
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Nov'08
Amazon still hottest online shop - IMRG
Amazon, Argos, Play.com and Tesco again led IMRG's latest quarterly Hot Shops list of the UK's most-visited on-line retailers, but Marks & Spencer and...
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November 26, 2008
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Nov'08
Blog firm Technorati lays off 12% of staff and imposes pay cuts of up to 25%
Blog search firm Technorati has made 12% of its staff redundant, and implemented pay cuts of up to 25% on the remaining staff.
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November 24, 2008
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IBM widens cloud computing support for firms
IBM has launched new cloud computing consulting and implementation services to ease deployments at firms.
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November 24, 2008
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Microsoft seeks to end class action status of ‘Vista Capable’ case
Microsoft is asking a US district court to end the class-action status of the "Vista Capable" case, so that aggrieved customers would have to sue Redmond individually.
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November 21, 2008
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Capgemini simplifies the Amazon cloud
System integrator and outsourcing supplier, Capgemini,...
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November 21, 2008
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Nov'08
Google unveils 'cost of spam' calculator for firms
Google has unveiled a "cost of spam" calculator for businesses.
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November 21, 2008
21
Nov'08
SAP agreement signals shifts in software industry
SAP has made history in the software industry by becoming the first supplier to agree to meet key performance indicators (KPIs) in its software support...
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November 21, 2008
21
Nov'08
Free Malware protection and removal information
On this page you will find links to various downloads for MALWARE removal tools, MALWARE protection and antivirus software as well as useful information about Malware and how to safeguard against it.
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November 19, 2008
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Nov'08
Ford partners with UK sofware firm
US motor manufacturer, Ford, has announced it is to use UK-developed vehicle fleet management software
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November 18, 2008
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GIS software saves £700,000 on Countryside Survey
The government has saved £700,000 by using geographic information software on mobile computers to produce the most detailed Countryside Survey to date.
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November 18, 2008
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Nov'08
Firms open to huge open source liabilities
The use of open source software (OSS) is now pervasive with 85% of firms using it, and the other 15% expecting to do so in the next 12 months, says analyst Gartner.
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November 18, 2008
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Master data management software market up 30%
Master data management software market up 30% Master data management (MDM) software is one of the fastest growing software revenue segments, says analyst Gartner.
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November 17, 2008
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Nov'08
Betfair transfers gambling IT know-how to financial markets
Online gambling firm Betfair has rewritten its original gambling software
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November 14, 2008
14
Nov'08
Infor helps Nakheel reach for the sky with world's tallest building
Nakheel has bought extra licences worth $3m for Infor 's...
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November 14, 2008
14
Nov'08
Axispoint warns of virtualisation pitfalls
Businesses are not realising the value of virtualisation...
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November 14, 2008
14
Nov'08
Supervalu standardised on JDA for shelf planning
Supervalu, the $45bn national US retail chain, has standardised on 3D store planning software originally developed by UK retailer Tesco and supply chain specialist software house JDA.
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November 14, 2008
14
Nov'08
Credit crunch stalls JDA's i2 deal
Supply chain software house JDA's $346m acquisition of a smaller competitor, i2, has been stalled by the credit crunch.
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November 12, 2008
12
Nov'08
SAP user group boasts 10% growth for year
Membership of the SAP UK & Ireland User Group has grown by 10% to more than 400 business organisations in the past year.
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November 11, 2008
11
Nov'08
London Stock Exchange will retire Italian system next year
The London Stock Exchange will shut down the trading system it acquired from Borsa Italiana in the first half of next year, as part of its plan to...
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November 11, 2008
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NHS Scotland to spend up to £5m on address management
NHS Scotland is spending up to £5m on software to manage address information. NHS Scotland has advertised...
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November 11, 2008
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SAP Enterprise Support prices will be linked to performance
SAP says collaboration with user groups is very good and will continue in the wake of a watershed agreement around Enterprise...
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November 11, 2008
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Nov'08
VMware tackles mobile app development
VMware has developed a version of its virtualisation platform for mobile phones, which it says will simplify mobile application development.
VMWare...
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November 11, 2008
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SAP Enterprise Support dominates user event
SAP's controversial decision to roll out Enterprise Support to all customers
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November 10, 2008
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Nov'08
SAP User Group tackles dissatisfaction over support plan
User dissatisfaction with SAP's decision to roll out Enterprise support to all customers was one the key points of the opening session of the annual SAP UK & Ireland User Group conference in London.
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November 07, 2008
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SAP vows to move all customers to enterprise support
SAP has bowed to pressure from user groups over plans to move all customers to enterprise support from January 2009.
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November 06, 2008
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Nov'08
Google abandons Yahoo web ad deal
Google has abandoned its advertising deal with Yahoo to avoid having a "protracted legal battle" with US regulators.
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November 06, 2008
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Nov'08
BA rolls out check-in via mobile phones
British Airways has introduced check-in for mobile phones with internet connectivity. The service allows mobile phone users to find up-to-the-minute BA flight...
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November 06, 2008
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Nov'08
NHS Blood Transport Service centralises blood databases
The NHS Blood Transplant Service (NHSBT) has completed a project that began in 1994 to create a centralised national blood database. The database...
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November 06, 2008
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Sales up, profits flat, cash flow plunges at Cisco
Network equipment supplier Cisco...
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November 05, 2008
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Yahoo and Google fight to save web advertising deal
Google and Yahoo are fighting...
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November 05, 2008
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Campaign launched to get teens interested in IT
A new campaign has been launched to get more teenagers interested in IT.
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November 05, 2008
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Williams team use telemetry to 'patch' F1 cars as they race
IT plays a crucial role in developing cars for Formula One . But much of what an F1 team does during the racing season...
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November 05, 2008
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Microsoft slashes price of Windows Home Server by 30% for system builders
Microsoft has slashed the price of its Windows Home Server software for the system builder channel by 30%.
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November 03, 2008
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Latest data blunder rocks faith in government security record
Faith in the government's ability to keep...
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October 31, 2008
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MS Office Online changes software licensing
Microsoft 's Office Online suite, a browser-based version of MS Office, promises to change the economics of licencing for enterprises . The...
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October 31, 2008
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VMware to cut prices by 10%
Virtualisation software maker VMware will slash the price its distributors buy at by 10% from Monday, according to a report in IT channel magazine Microscope.
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October 31, 2008
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New beta of Google Chrome aims to fix bugs
Google has released an updated beta version of its Chrome web browser to tackle bugs, security flaws and performance issues.
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October 31, 2008
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Procter & Gamble aims to get to market quicker with Dassault Systemes
Procter & Gamble i s implementing Dassault Systèmes' ...
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October 30, 2008
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Bats brings microsecond trading to the UK
Bats Trading was launched in the UK today bringing with it possible trading times 10 times faster than the London Stock Exchange.
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October 30, 2008
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Unilever credits SAP for boosting growth
Unilever chairman Patrick Cescau has credited last year's shift to a global SAP enterprise management system with helping to boost sales for the first nine months by a total of 7.4% to £23.7bn.
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October 30, 2008
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Huddle builds LinkedIn collaboration platform
Huddle.net, a developer of collaboration software, has created an application for the LinkedIn social networking site.
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October 29, 2008
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SAP profits and margins slide as recession bites
SAP has posted a slide in third quarter profits and margins, as the effects of the global economic downturn start to hit large software suppliers.
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October 29, 2008
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Microsoft unveils browser version of Office
Microsoft is introducing "lightweight" versions of Office applications that can be accessed via any browser over the web.
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October 29, 2008
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Industry experts to advise on software assurance
The Software Assurance Forum for Excellence in Code (SAFECode) has set up an international board of advisors to help advance...
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October 28, 2008
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Microsoft Azure heads for the clouds
Microsoft has unveiled Windows Azure, its cloud computing platform, which will provide users with storage, networking and computational power, via servers operating within Microsoft's global datacentre network.
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October 27, 2008
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Oct'08
SAP CEO bangs the drum on collaborative infrastructures
About 50% of Procter & Gamble's products are developed by outside partners.SAP co-CEO Leo Apotheker used this illustration to highlight the importance of collaborative IT infrastructures in modern business at SAP TechEd in Berlin this month.
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October 27, 2008
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O'Neill moves to single ERP system
International clothing company O'Neill is consolidating onto a single enterprise resource planning (ERP) system across the business to reduce the complexity of multiple systems and give it the flexibility required to expand into new markets.
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October 24, 2008
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Deloitte Fast 50 shows tech suppliers unafraid of credit crunch
The average revenue growth among the 50 fastest growing technology firms is running at over 2000%, despite the credit crunch.
Business advisory group...
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October 24, 2008
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Microsoft warns of global recession
Microsoft has reported record first quarter sales, including "healthy" sales of enterprise software, although it has warned of the effects of the developing...
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October 24, 2008
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Oct'08
Microsoft issues critical out of cycle server security patch update for Windows
Microsoft has released the "out of cycle" critical server security patch it promised yesterday. Patch MS08-067 resolves a vulnerability in the Server service that affects all currently supported versions of Windows.
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October 24, 2008
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Microsoft donates £5m technology to Lifeboat Institution
Microsoft is donating £5m worth of technology to the Royal...
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October 23, 2008
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Emergency patch for critical Windows vulnerability
Microsoft has issued an advance notification that it is to release an emergency "critical" Windows patch today. The lack of details around the patch...
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October 23, 2008
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Recession fueling demand for hosted services, says Lawson Software
Demand for software hosting and management services is increasing as businessesfeel the effects of the credit crunch, says enterprise resource...
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October 23, 2008
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Video: Google Android mobile device code now freely available for developers
The Google Android mobile operating system is now officially available for free as an open source system, says the Android Open Source Project.
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October 22, 2008
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Rackspace accelerates for the cloud computing crowd
The world's largest server hosting firm Rackspace is making a big play for a big slice of the cloud computing market.
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October 21, 2008
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Sun Microsystems issues sales and profits warning
Sun Microsystems has issued a first quarter sales warning and admitted its losses may be higher than expected.
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October 21, 2008
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October 21, 2008
21
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Government to spend £10m on Blue Badge parking database
The government is spending £55m over three years in overhauling the Blue Badge parking scheme, including £10m on a data sharing database
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October 21, 2008
21
Oct'08
Oracle ordered to settle out of court with SAP
A US Federal Judge has ordered Oracle to offer an out-of-court settlement to rival enterprise software supplier SAP.
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October 21, 2008
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Oct'08
Web 2.0 will prosper during downturn
Web 2.0 environments will "prosper" during the...
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October 20, 2008
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Oct'08
Microsoft should tell Windows Update users about class action lawsuit against it, say lawyers
Microsoft is resisting a plan that would see its Windows Update service being used to aid a class action lawsuit against it.
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October 17, 2008
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Oct'08
Ferrari takes Windows HPC Server for a spin
Ferrari is taking the new Windows HPC Server for a spin.