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August 23, 2013
23
Aug'13
The end of the Ballmer era for Microsoft
Microsoft’s eccentric CEO will step down from his role with12 months, so what does that mean for the future of the firm?
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August 16, 2013
16
Aug'13
UCAS adopts public cloud to process university admissions
Ten days before the A-level results, UCAS adopted a public cloud infrastructure to scale up its IT and to make admission process efficient
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August 16, 2013
16
Aug'13
Multimillion-pound broadband project axed in Yorkshire
Despite millions of taxpayer’s pounds sunk into the Digital Region project in South Yorkshire, the councils involved decide to drop it to save £12.5m
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August 09, 2013
09
Aug'13
Enterprises spend more on third-party datacentres than in-house ones: Uptime survey
Uptime Institute’s annual datacentre industry survey reveals shift in IT spend away from enterprise-owned datacentres to outsourced options
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August 07, 2013
07
Aug'13
Vodafone announces 4G launch date
Vodafone becomes the third mobile operator to confirm the launch of its 4G network, which will go live on the same day as O2
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August 06, 2013
06
Aug'13
Datacentres are a key focus for government’s Green ICT Delivery Unit
With the growing use of online services for government transactions, datacentres are a key focus of the government’s green IT strategy
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July 29, 2013
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Jul'13
Google datacentres awarded ISO 50001 certification
Google has obtained ISO 50001 certification for its energy management systems in six datacentre facilities across the US
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July 23, 2013
23
Jul'13
Ubuntu crowd sources funding for PC smartphone hybrid
Ubuntu has invited early adopters to join crowd-funding ventures to launch Ubuntu Edge, a hybrid PC and mobile phone platform
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July 18, 2013
18
Jul'13
Intel Q2 profits down, but in line with expectations
Chip maker Intel reported a second quarter profit of $2bn, down 29% from a year ago, roughly in line with analysts’ estimates
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July 18, 2013
18
Jul'13
IBM misses revenue expectations again
IBM has reported second quarter revenues of $24.9bn, missing market estimates of $25.39bn
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July 16, 2013
16
Jul'13
Emulex shakes up leadership with Q4 still unclear
Current Emulex CEO James McCluney becomes chairman of the board as COO Jeffrey Benck takes his place
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July 15, 2013
15
Jul'13
National broadband projects key to UN goals
The Broadband Commission claims national projects are the best way to ensure the benefits of the internet are enjoyed by all
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July 12, 2013
12
Jul'13
O2 extends 4G backhaul with Virgin Media Business
Mobile operator O2 will use Virgin Media Business’s superfast fibre network to bring capacity for its 4G roll-out later in 2013
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July 11, 2013
11
Jul'13
Ofcom proposes cuts to wholesale broadband charges
The telecoms regulator wants to reduce the wholesale price BT charges to smaller ISPs, which it hopes will lead to price drops for broadband and landline packages
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July 11, 2013
11
Jul'13
Icahn wants judge to appraise Dell buyout offer
Billionaire US investor Carl Icahn says he will go to court to get a better price for his stake in the computer manufacturer Dell
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July 10, 2013
10
Jul'13
Avamar and NetWorker to merge for 'backup-less backup'
EMC looks forward to backup as an embedded process, with apps and hypervisors copying versioned replicas in native format
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June 28, 2013
28
Jun'13
Power supply is top consideration when choosing datacentres, shows study
Power supply is most important to managers choosing a new datacentre, says UK and European Data Centre Barometer study
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June 28, 2013
28
Jun'13
CIO interview: Paul Clarke, director of technology, Ocado
Paul Clarke is responsible for the technology strategy at online grocer Ocado, where IT is used in every aspect of the business
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June 19, 2013
19
Jun'13
Met Police needs significant tech investment to overhaul creaking legacy systems
The Metropolitan Police needs significant capital investment in technology if it is to overhaul its legacy IT infrastructure
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June 14, 2013
14
Jun'13
Microsoft puts Office Mobile on iPhone
iPhone users can now use Microsoft’s Office Mobile product which is available as a free download from the AppStore
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June 10, 2013
10
Jun'13
Can Dell survive in the cloud era despite killing its public cloud offering?
Dell has ditched its public cloud IaaS in favour of partner cloud programme. But will the strategy help secure its future in the cloud era?
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June 07, 2013
07
Jun'13
Users’ top datacentre pain points
Storage, network bandwidth, cost and scalability are among the biggest datacentre concerns, say users at Dell Enterprise Forum US
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June 06, 2013
06
Jun'13
Worldwide mobile payment value to jump 44% but NFC plunges
The value of mobile payments made globally in 2013 will be 44% higher than last year, at $235.4bn, but near-field communications (NFC) transactions value dropped 40% after disappointing adoption
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May 29, 2013
29
May'13
AMD launches low-power server processors to rival Intel's Atom
AMD has launched Opteron X-Series low-power server processors that it claims “beat the top-performing Intel Atom processor”
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May 10, 2013
10
May'13
Case Study: Brent Council cuts costs with mobile tech
Brent Council implements mobile technology to cut costs and involve more staff in the future running of the organisation
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May 08, 2013
08
May'13
Case study: TKAB adopts mobile for Swedish railways
The winners of cloud innovation of the year in Computer Weekly’s European user awards for networking tell us how they have used the Appear IQ mobile platform to boost efficiency and its transport service
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May 07, 2013
07
May'13
Microsoft to bring back the Start button in Windows 8?
Amid lacklustre take-up of Windows 8 and a declining PC industry, Microsoft may be set to reintroduce the much-loved Start button in Windows 8
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April 29, 2013
29
Apr'13
O2 hires BT for 4G backhaul
Mobile operator O2 has signed a 10-year contract with BT to build a new high-capacity network for 4G services
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April 18, 2013
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Apr'13
IT rationalisation must be combined with layoffs for long-term savings
Long-term IT cost reduction requires more than just server consolidation and cuts to software licences, says Gartner
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April 18, 2013
18
Apr'13
World’s fastest supercomputer gets 40PB of DDN storage
The US Oak Ridge lab builds home-grown HPC NAS for 40PB DataDirect Networks with 1TBps of throughput as a SAN to back-end Spider II file system on Titan supercomputer
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April 15, 2013
15
Apr'13
Case study: London's Olympic network from BT
After receiving an honourable mention in the European user awards for networking, Computer Weekly looks at the challenge of rolling out the network for the London Olympic Games in 2012
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April 12, 2013
12
Apr'13
Real-life disaster recovery boost at video firm with HDS clustered NAS
Special effects video firm The Mill boosts HDS/BlueArc clustered NAS capacity to cope with HD movies and build disaster recovery site at London’s Docklands
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April 10, 2013
10
Apr'13
Mott MacDonald rolls out unified communications
Global engineering firm Mott MacDonald signs Tata Communications for a five-year unified communications deal worth over $20m
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April 04, 2013
04
Apr'13
BMI Healthcare assesses mobile devices for hospital consultants
Healthcare provider BMI Healthcare is evaluating mobile device management to give consultants flexible access to patient records
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April 03, 2013
03
Apr'13
Will the iPad ever be a true corporate device or will Microsoft usurp it?
The iPad is used in enterprises today but will it ever be a true corporate device or just one that IT departments create workarounds to support?
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April 03, 2013
03
Apr'13
US Army practises poor data security on mobile devices
Pentagon inspector general finds smartphones and tablets the US Army buys are not configured to protect sensitive data and allow remote wipe
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March 28, 2013
28
Mar'13
Strategic investments drive modest growth in IT spending
The relatively stable economic climate has resulted in modest IT investment, according to Gartner’s latest quarterly spending forecast
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March 19, 2013
19
Mar'13
ARM CEO Warren East steps down
Warren East, CEO of semiconductor firm ARM, is retiring from the company after almost 12 years in the leadership role
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March 15, 2013
15
Mar'13
Samsung launches Galaxy S4 with improved software and Knox security
Samsung's latest smartphone, the Galaxy S4 – which was released in New York – aims to boost software and Android OS security
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March 08, 2013
08
Mar'13
Midlands health trust trials BlackBerry 10 OS on PlayBook with Z10 roll-out
The Birmingham and Solihull Mental Health NHS Foundation Trust tests the Blackberry 10 operating system (OS) for a mobile fleet deployment
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March 04, 2013
04
Mar'13
Logicalis saves 2e2's UK managed services arm
Logicalis has taken over the European business of defunct IT services supplier 2e2, which went bust in January 2013, owing millions to creditors
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February 26, 2013
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Feb'13
DDN launches hScaler Hadoop appliance for enterprises
HPC and clustered NAS supplier Data Direct Networks aims at enterprise customers with Hadoop appliance comprising its SFA12K storage and commodity compute components
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February 25, 2013
25
Feb'13
Will the Nokia portfolio win over the world?
As the former leader of the mobile market tries to entice customers to use its handsets, we ask whether the strategy will succeed
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February 25, 2013
25
Feb'13
Nokia Siemens Networks unveils Liquid Applications
New technology enables data-rich applications to be run from base stations, reducing latency in mobile networks
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February 24, 2013
24
Feb'13
Mozilla announces handsets for Firefox OS
Alcatel, LG and ZTE will be the first mobile manufacturers to bring Firefox OS handsets to the market
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February 15, 2013
15
Feb'13
IT budgets to grow in 2013 as economy bumps along
UK IT departments are planning to spend more on IT in 2013 despite the downturn, a worldwide survey of IT managers has revealed
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February 07, 2013
07
Feb'13
Interview: Phil Smith, CEO of Cisco UK & Ireland
Cisco's UK CEO talks about innovation, wireless vs wired and software defined networking at the company’s annual Cisco Live event in London
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February 06, 2013
06
Feb'13
Raspberry Pi Model A computer goes on sale for £16
The latest version of the small single-board Raspberry Pi computer – Model A – has gone on sale in Europe at just £16
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January 24, 2013
24
Jan'13
Nokia bounces back in Q4
Nokia returned to profit in the fourth quarter of 2012, reporting profit of €439m and sales of over €8bn
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January 22, 2013
22
Jan'13
BYOD: People pay for devices to use for work
Over half of employees buy their own devices for work use, according to new report from mobile device management specialist Good Technology