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Data centre hardware
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September 28, 2011
28
Sep'11
Amazon launches Kindle Fire tablet but experts doubt its use as a business device
Amazon has confirmed its much-anticipated entry into the tablet market with the US launch of its Kindle Fire device - but analysts doubt it will appeal to corporate IT buyers.
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September 28, 2011
28
Sep'11
Microsoft starts roll-out of Mango update for Windows Phone 7
Microsoft has started rolling out the next major version of its Windows Phone 7 operating system, codenamed Mango.
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September 26, 2011
26
Sep'11
Boots launches mobile site to expand multichannel offering
Retailer Boots has launched a mobile version of its website to expand its multichannel portfolio.
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September 22, 2011
22
Sep'11
Government pulls plug on ailing £11bn NHS IT programme
The troubled £11bn NHS National Programme for IT is to be axed, the government is expected to announce later today.
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September 21, 2011
21
Sep'11
HP webOS lay-offs could affect European employees
Hewlett-Packard could lay off European employees as part of the company's decision to discontinue its webOS hardware division, including the Touchpad tablet range.
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September 20, 2011
20
Sep'11
Gartner: Keep encryption simple and standardised to cut cost and complexity
Businesses should consider self-encrypting drives (SEDs) for new installations that hold significant volumes of sensitive data, says Gartner.
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September 13, 2011
13
Sep'11
Sabre develops apps marketplace for travel industry
Sabre, the global distribution system for reserving hotels, airlines, cruise ships, rail tickets and car hire, has taken the concept of the app store and applied in to its own travel market.
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September 12, 2011
12
Sep'11
HP refunds Touchpad owners
Anyone who purchased an HP Touchpad prior to the price crash can now obtain a refund. Users who purchased the 16Gb version will be eligible for a refund...
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September 09, 2011
09
Sep'11
RBS and Natwest launch native Blackberry app for bank transfers
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Natwest have launched a mobile application to allow Research in Motion (RIM) Blackberry device users to transfer funds between bank accounts.
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August 24, 2011
24
Aug'11
Nokia launches three smartphones running Symbian Belle operating system
Nokia has unveiled three smartphone devices running its new operating system, Symbian Belle.
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August 22, 2011
22
Aug'11
Technology retailers slash Touchpad tablet prices in bid to empty HP inventory
Best Buy in the US is reportedly selling the HP Touchpad for just $99 as the retailer gets rid of its inventory of the soon-to-be-defunct tablet.
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August 15, 2011
15
Aug'11
Government must change the way it stores citizens' personal data, calls the EHRC
The government must bring in changes to better protect personal information, calls the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
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August 09, 2011
09
Aug'11
Blackberry to co-operate with police after youths used BBM to organise riots
Research in Motion has said that it will co-operate with the police after it was revealed that London rioters used Blackberry Messenger rather than Twitter to organise looting sprees across the capital, with violence later spreading to Birmingham, ...
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August 05, 2011
05
Aug'11
Case Study: Data encryption at the Salvation Army
The Salvation Army in the UK supports flexible working from home using laptops owned by the charity, but says finding a good way of protecting data was a challenge.
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August 02, 2011
02
Aug'11
Amazon closes Android appstore submissions in Germany after Apple lawsuit
Amazon has closed submissions for its Android app store in Germany following a lawsuit from Apple.
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July 29, 2011
29
Jul'11
Apple and Samsung overtake Nokia as worldwide smartphone shipments grow 76%
Nokia's woes continue as Apple and Samsung overtake the Finnish giant to become the largest global smartphone manufacturers, according to analyst figures.
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July 28, 2011
28
Jul'11
ElasticStack delivers cloud with SAN-resilient storage on commodity hardware
Cloud platform provider ElasticStack has refined its software to deliver a cloud platform with resilient storage using low-cost commodity hardware...
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July 28, 2011
28
Jul'11
KLM deploys RightNow natural language search for mobile website
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has rolled out software-as-a-service provider RightNow's CX Intent Guide on its mobile website.
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July 25, 2011
25
Jul'11
Automated web application attacks are the top security threat, study reveals
Websites are attacked about 27 times an hour or once every two minutes on average, peaking at 25,000 attacks a minute or seven a second, according to research...
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July 21, 2011
21
Jul'11
IDC blames decline in European PC market on weak consumer demand and high inventories
The west European PC market declined 8.9% compared with the same quarter the year before. A shift in interest and budget towards other products contributed to weak consumer demand and slow stock depletion across Western Europe, according to analyst ...
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July 21, 2011
21
Jul'11
Nokia reports £429m loss as smartphone revenues drop 32% in first half of 2011
Nokia has reported operating losses of €487m (£429m) in the first half of 2011, fuelled by a decline in smartphone sales.
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July 01, 2011
01
Jul'11
Betfair sees 120% increase in mobile customers
The online gambling firm increased sales via mobile applications by 88% as customer mobile use grows.
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June 27, 2011
27
Jun'11
Unite members at Fujitsu’s Crewe site to strike
Members of the Unite union at Fujitsu's site in Crewe have voted to take strike action over the alleged unfair treatment of a trade union activist.
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June 24, 2011
24
Jun'11
Oracle Q4 revenues climb 36% but decline in hardware sales drops share price 7.5%
Oracle's fiscal fourth-quarter earnings climbed 36% to $3.2bn and total revenues were up 13% to $10.8bn. But a decline in hardware sales and a forecast of only 10% to 20% growth in licence sales sent Oracle shares down by as much as 7.5% in late ...
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June 22, 2011
22
Jun'11
European Commission gives green light to CSC acquisition of beleaguered iSoft
The European Commission (EC) has approved CSC's acquisition of healthcare software maker iSoft.
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June 15, 2011
15
Jun'11
Analysts voice doubts over Blackberry Playbook price, app choice and e-mail
As Research in Motion (RIM)'s Blackberry Playbook goes on sale in the UK, analysts remain sceptical of the prospects of RIM's first tablet among business users.
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June 13, 2011
13
Jun'11
Citrix ‘buy your own computer’ scheme cuts costs
A pilot scheme introduced by Citrix to enable employees to choose the computing device they use at work has been formalised after successful take-up.
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June 13, 2011
13
Jun'11
Tesco launches Groceries Android app with voice searching feature
Tesco has launched a free mobile application for Google's Android operating system (OS) to provide shopping and delivery services.
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June 09, 2011
09
Jun'11
Visa predicts 20 million contactless payment cards in UK by 2012
Visa Europe expects the number of contactless cards being used in the UK to reach 20 million by the end of 2011.
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June 08, 2011
08
Jun'11
TfL makes real-time information available for ‘Boris Bikes’ apps
Transport for London (TfL) has made real-time information available on its "Boris Bikes" scheme for developers seeking to create mobile apps.
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June 06, 2011
06
Jun'11
Service providers battle to reduce carbon footprint as datacentres expand
IT service providers are united in their attempt to reduce carbon footprints on paper, with corporate targets to support them, but despite putting a lot of energy into the cause, their power consumption is rising, according to a major benchmarking ...
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May 20, 2011
20
May'11
Orange and Barclaycard launch contactless mobile payments in UK
Orange and Barclaycard have introduced the first near-field communication (NFC) mobile payment system in the UK.
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May 18, 2011
18
May'11
Dell posts 177% profit boost after increasing enterprise sales
Dell has boosted profits by 177% since last year after increasing sales to enterprise customers.
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May 12, 2011
12
May'11
Analysis: Will Android dominance increase IT security threats for business?
The Android Market is forecast to become the world's biggest mobile content platform by August 2011, according to research by mobile application research firm Distimo.
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April 26, 2011
26
Apr'11
Global cloud market to reach $240bn by 2020
The global cloud market is set to explode in the next 10 years, growing from $40.7bn in 2011 to more than $241bn in 2020, according to Forrester Research.
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April 15, 2011
15
Apr'11
Computer Weekly marks the end of an era as a new one begins
The first issue of Computer Weekly magazine in 1966 marked the start of an era in the UK IT industry - the first ever weekly technology publication. This is the story of how it all began.
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April 11, 2011
11
Apr'11
Intel unveils Oak Trail Atom processor chipset for tablet market
Intel is introducing a next generation Atom processors, previously codenamed "Oak Trail", aimed at the tablet market.
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April 11, 2011
11
Apr'11
Manageability issues impede adoption of virtualisation
Virtual infrastructure management challenges are hindering the adoption of virtualisation within businesses, according to research.
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April 08, 2011
08
Apr'11
Facebook has launched a project to ‘open source’ its datacentre
In the spirit of open source software, Facebook says it wants to share the innovations in one of its datacentres with the rest of the industry in its
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March 29, 2011
29
Mar'11
Government puts open source at the heart of its new IT strategy
The government has launched its much-anticipated new IT strategy, highlighting open source and a promise that the coalition will do things better.
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March 28, 2011
28
Mar'11
Spotify hit by malicious ads
Spotify, the popular streaming music service, has been displaying malicious advertisements to users of its Free version.
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March 25, 2011
25
Mar'11
Police switch to Sprint ii for IT procurement
Police forces in England and Wales are having to switch IT procurement from the Buying Solutions' CITHS framework to the SPRINT ii agreement.
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March 23, 2011
23
Mar'11
Budget 2011: UK public worried spending cuts will impact data security
A large proportion of the UK public is worried that government spending cuts will have a negative effect on data security, a survey has revealed.
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March 11, 2011
11
Mar'11
Windows Phone 7 update delayed
Microsoft is delaying its first major software update to its mobile operating system Windows Phone 7 until the second half of March.
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March 09, 2011
09
Mar'11
IT fails to curb anti-social behaviour
Information technology failures are a key reason why efforts to stamp out anti-social behaviour have failed for at least a decade....
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March 07, 2011
07
Mar'11
3UK offers unlimited data service to pay-as-you-go customers
Mobile phone service 3UK is to launch a £15 per month 'all-you-can-eat' data service for pay as you go customers.
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March 07, 2011
07
Mar'11
Western Digital bids $4.3 billion for Hitachi Global Storage Technologies
Western Digital has tabled a bid of $4.25m (£2.6bn) to acquire Hitachi Global Storage Technologies ending the Japanese HDD vendor's previous preparations for an IPO.
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March 02, 2011
02
Mar'11
Download 180-day free trial for Windows Embedded Compact 7 OS
The latest version of Microsoft's operating system (OS) for embedded devices, Windows Embedded Compact 7 is now available on a 180-day free trial.
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March 01, 2011
01
Mar'11
Intel finalises £5bn acquisition of McAfee
Intel has confirmed the completion of its $7.7bn (£5bn) acquisition of security software giant McAfee.
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February 28, 2011
28
Feb'11
UPDATE: Stolen network equipment causes Vodafone UK network outage
The theft of specialist equipment has prevented thousands of users from accessing the Vodafone network.