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• February 01, 2011 01 Feb'11

  ARM grows profits 47% in Q4 2010

  UK-based chip developer, ARM, has reported growth in profits and sales following increased demand for smartphone and tablet licences in the fourth quarter of 2010.

• January 31, 2011 31 Jan'11

  Salesforce.com makes Chatter social tool free for all

  Enterprise cloud computing firm Salesforce.com has introduced a free version of its social collaboration tool, Chatter, for non-Salesforce.com users to accelerate...

• January 28, 2011 28 Jan'11

  LinkedIn reveals plans for an IPO

  Professional networking site LinkedIn has revealed plans to raise up to $175m (£110m) in an initial public offering (IPO).

• January 21, 2011 21 Jan'11

  Organ donors preferences recorded inaccurately

  The preferences of 444,031 organ donors were recorded wrongly on the Organ Donation Register (ODR) because of a software problem.

• January 21, 2011 21 Jan'11

  Rackspace launches system administrator app

  Rackspace has launched an app that allows a CIO or system administrator to dial up or take down servers and storage moment by moment.

• January 21, 2011 21 Jan'11

  Larry Page reclaims Google chief executive post from Eric Schmidt

  Google co-founder Larry Page is to take over as chief executive in April from Eric Schmidt, who will then become executive chairman.

• January 19, 2011 19 Jan'11

  2010 IT security threats point to priorities for 2011, says Sophos

  Cyber threats of 2010 highlight the top risks to business for 2011, including social media sites, whistleblowers, and hacktivists, warns security firm Sophos.

• January 14, 2011 14 Jan'11

  Sainsbury's programmer jailed for £73,000 Nectar card fraud

  A former Sainsbury's lead analyst programmer has been jailed for stealing more than £73,000 in Nectar reward points

• January 13, 2011 13 Jan'11

  What can businesses learn about real-time monitoring from the BP oil spill?

  The full report on the BP oil-well blowout in the Gulf of Mexico has been released, revealing that its real-time data monitoring systems need to be improved.

• January 11, 2011 11 Jan'11

  Toptable.com selects Zeus Technology software for traffic management

  Restaurant-booking site, Toptable.com, has chosen Zeus Technology's software-based traffic management application to manage its web traffic.

• January 10, 2011 10 Jan'11

  Poor communication to blame for business intelligence failure, says Gartner

  Between 70% to 80% of corporate business intelligence projects fail, according to research by analyst firm Gartner.

• January 10, 2011 10 Jan'11

  Amazon prices platinum AWS support at $15,000 a month

  Amazon is offering support to enterprise users using AWS with prices starting at $15,000 per month.

• January 07, 2011 07 Jan'11

  Google revamps Apps Engine

  Google has revamped its App Engine to combat reliability issues in its Datastore.

• January 07, 2011 07 Jan'11

  Maia 1Key provides HDFC Life with option for BI upgrade

  HDFC Standard Life went for add-on deployment of Maia 1Key instead of revamping Cognos BI it had. Maia 1Key saved costs and offered web-enablement.

• January 06, 2011 06 Jan'11

  CES 2011: Steve Ballmer heralds new era of technology

  Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer highlighted that the next version of Windows will be the first to run on ARM processors in his keynote address at the opening of the 2011 International Consumer Electronics Show (CES) in Las Vegas.

• January 05, 2011 05 Jan'11

  BCS CEO David Clarke talks about the future of the IT industry

  David Clarke, CEO of the chartered institute of computing the BCS, talks to Computer Weekly about being awarded an MBE, the future of the IT profession and tackling a membership revolt against his leadership last year.

• January 04, 2011 04 Jan'11

  CES 2011: Tablets expected to dominate Vegas show

  Tablet-style computers are expected to dominate the 2011 Consumer Electronics Show that kicks off in Las Vegas on Thursday. About...

• December 20, 2010 20 Dec'10

  Government shelves FiReControl

  The government’s costly and overrunning FiReControl project has been axed. FiReControl has been cancelled because of serious delays with the EADS contract (now Cassidian) which began in 2004 and cost £225m.

• July 14, 2010 14 Jul'10

  Government scraps £80m Microsoft licensing deal with NHS

  The government has scrapped the long-running NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) enterprise agreement (EA) software licensing deal with Microsoft after deciding there was no business case or budget to renew it.

• May 11, 2010 11 May'10

  Challenges of SIP trunking for telecom managers and network admins

  The challenges of SIP trunking for network administrators include interoperability and compression issues, service availability, security, SIP trunking architectures, lack of fax services, E-911 support and SIP trunk monitoring tools.

• March 11, 2010 11 Mar'10

  Microsoft loses appeal on Office XML patent dispute with i4i

  Microsoft has lost an appeal in its dispute with i4i over XML support in Office 2003/2007, following a decision by the US Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit.

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Aura will power Avaya-Nortel unified communications integration

  Avaya has staked its future of retaining Nortel customers on its flagship SIP-based communications platform, Aura, as the heart of the Avaya-Nortel UC portfolio.

• October 21, 2009 21 Oct'09

  Israel carves a niche in IT security

  IT security, risk, governance, continuity and compliance technologies are fast becoming some of Israel's top exports.

  Analysing and...

• September 28, 2009 28 Sep'09

  Post-masters form action group after accounts shortfall

  Sub-postmasters have formed an action group following disclosures in Computer Weekly of unexplained deficits in the Post Office accounting system.

• September 10, 2009 10 Sep'09

  MP seeks answers over Post Office IT system

  Welsh MP for Clwyd West David Jones is seeking a Commons debate after post masters raised questions over the Post Office's Horizon accounting system.

  He...

• July 31, 2009 31 Jul'09

  Gary McKinnon loses case to avoid extradition, could face 60 years in jail

  Hacker Gary McKinnon has failed in his last attempt to avoid extradition to the United States where he could face 60 years in prison.

• July 17, 2009 17 Jul'09

  Apollo 11: 40 years on, where is software engineering today?

  The Apollo 11 lunar landing would have been impossible had it not been for software engineering.

• June 15, 2009 15 Jun'09

  Final cockpit moments with blocked pitot sensors

  Two fatal crashes of passenger aircraft show that it is dangerous for pilots to have conflicting information and warnings in the cockpit.

  The recovered...

• June 12, 2009 12 Jun'09

  Crash One: Birgenair Flight 301

  This is the extraordinary story of an aircraft which was in good flying order except for a blocked pitot tube which caused multiple problems.

• February 10, 2009 10 Feb'09

  Added critical data protection for SMBs

  New technology aiming to solve small and medium size businesses’ perennial problems with protecting business critical data

• 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.

• August 15, 2008 15 Aug'08

  What is Unified Communications?

  Confused by Unified Communications? This article and accompanying e-book download explains what is UC, what is not UC, and how to put it to work.

• June 27, 2008 27 Jun'08

  Unified Communications opportunity can be lost by bad management

  Unified Communications can go awry when users are too connected, too often.Some companies, Intel included, are therefore switching off access to their staff at some times!

• June 18, 2008 18 Jun'08

  Unified communications' business value cloudy, but enterprises want it

  Unified communications (UC)'s business value remains unclear, but line-of-business executives are all for the technology.

• June 17, 2008 17 Jun'08

  Integrating presence into the enterprise

  Confused by presence and its benefits? Here's how to get the technology working for you.

• June 06, 2008 06 Jun'08

  Microsoft OCS powerful but needs third parties for complete solution

  Microsoft's OCS can run enterprise voice, but users are waiting for links to existing products before taking the plunge, analysts say.

• April 04, 2008 04 Apr'08

  Does rapid UC innovation beget slow implementation rates?

  As unified communications (UC) technology grows, many enterprises are left to play catch-up.

• March 24, 2008 24 Mar'08

  Open platforms are essential to the future of unified communications

  At VoiceCon 2008, keynote speakers stressed the importance of openness and interoperability of unified communications platforms.

• March 18, 2008 18 Mar'08

  Avaya solves fragmented presence problem with federated presence server

  Avaya launches Intelligent Presence Server, which solves the problem of fragmented presence within an enterprise.

• March 06, 2008 06 Mar'08

  Siemens OpenScape offers tight integration of voice, video and messaging

  Siemens OpenScape Unified Communications Server offers voice, video and messaging integration.

• February 27, 2008 27 Feb'08

  Alcatel-Lucent Forum: The Dynamic Enterprise

  The Alcatel-Lucent Forum recently held in Paris was centred on building the Dynamic Enterprise.

• February 19, 2008 19 Feb'08

  Top ten UC terms

  Here you'll find our ten favourite unified communication terms, including communication-enabled business processes, SIP, IM, presence, and more.

• February 11, 2008 11 Feb'08

  Build a solid Web conferencing strategy

  Web conferencing application implementation is expected to grow along with the introduction of video and sharing elements.

• February 06, 2008 06 Feb'08

  IM security threats and resources

  Instant messaging applications have their own set of security guidelines to prevent hacking.

• February 04, 2008 04 Feb'08

  The benefits and challenges of presence within unified communications

  Unified communications may be the next big thing in networking, but presence is quickly becoming the next big thing within unified communications.

• January 11, 2008 11 Jan'08

  Cisco's new collaboration tools key to green strategy

  Cisco's green guru Paul Marcoux explains how TelePresence and unified communications can cut costs while helping the environment.

• January 07, 2008 07 Jan'08

  Fire IT project two years late and £70m overbudget

  A government IT project aiming to centralise fire control rooms is two years behind schedule and more than 50% overbudget, according to a report from the Communities and Local Government Committee.

• December 20, 2007 20 Dec'07

  Christmas open source guide

  2007 say a boatload of open source VoIP offerings. Read all about that, plus more, in our holiday open source hamper.

• December 20, 2007 20 Dec'07

  Wireless Christmas hamper

  Wireless is all the rage. But it's not easy to do, or do well. Get some holiday guidance with our collection of guides.

• December 19, 2007 19 Dec'07

  Web conferencing: Adoption grows and evolution continues

  As one of the key technologies of unified communications, web conferencing will continue to grow, adding application-sharing and video elements.