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MWg looks to shake-up smartphone market

Daniel Robinson — Fri, 09 May 2008 17:23:00 GMT

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Friday 9 May 2008 at 17:23:00

Aims to gain traction by offering unrivaled customer support

A new mobile device vendor has launched in the UK, promising business customers better service and support, with a focus on repairs and upgrades....

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Information Commissioner gets stronger powers

David Neal — Fri, 09 May 2008 15:19:00 GMT

David Neal, IT Week, Friday 9 May 2008 at 15:19:00

The Information Commissioner has finally got his wish, increased powers to tackle data breaches

The Information Commissioners Office (ICO) has been granted new powers. The data watchdog has had one of its requests answered, gaining the ability to impose 'substantial' fines on business that...

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BPO success demands sophisticated metrics

Rosalie Marshall — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:53:00 GMT

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Friday 9 May 2008 at 13:53:00

New research shows outsourcing contracts will be measured in value the contracts bring to the business' bottom line

Business leaders are rapidly changing how they measure the success of their business process outsourcing programmes, reports analyst house NelsonHall....

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BPO success demands sophiticated metrics

Rosalie Marshall — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:53:00 GMT

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Friday 9 May 2008 at 13:53:00

New research shows outsourcing contracts will be measured in value the contracts bring to the business' bottom line

Business leaders are rapidly changing how they measure the success of their business process outsourcing programmes, reports analyst house NelsonHall....

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Business Oriented Metrics set to increase

Rosalie Marshall — Fri, 09 May 2008 13:53:00 GMT

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Friday 9 May 2008 at 13:53:00

New research shows outsourcing contracts will be measured in value the contracts bring to the business' bottom line

More companies are likely to adopt the use of business oriented metrics (BOM) to measure the value of business process outsourcing (BPO) to their business, according to new research produced...

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Oracle talks up its Fusion Middleware plans

David Neal — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:39:00 GMT

David Neal, IT Week, Friday 9 May 2008 at 11:39:00

Oracle has been demonstrating the new capabilities that are forthcoming in its Fusion Middleware 11g product

Oracle previewed a number of planned enhancements, including better support for development and deployment of rich enterprise applications, for its Fusion Middleware family....

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Google unveils business security tools

IT Week staff — Fri, 09 May 2008 11:23:00 GMT

IT Week staff, IT Week, Friday 9 May 2008 at 11:23:00

Google adds enterprise web filtering to Apps offering

Google has unveiled its enterprise-focused hosted security product, which protects against web-based malware. Google's Web Security for Enterprise is based on Postini technology, which it acquired for £320m ($625m) last...

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Data analytics pays dividends

David Neal — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:35:00 GMT

David Neal, IT Week, Friday 9 May 2008 at 10:35:00

The New York Stock Exchange is deriving more value from its data after replacing a cumbersome warehousing system with an analytics appliance

The New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) is the largest financial market in the world in terms of trading volume, listing companies with a total global market value that stood at...

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Book review: Groundswell: Winning in a World Transformed by Social Technologies

David Neal — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:22:00 GMT

David Neal, IT Week, Friday 9 May 2008 at 10:22:00

Two Forrester analysts discuss and describe how businesses can benefit from the web 2.0 boom

This readable and clearly argued book by Forrester Research analysts Charlene Li and Josh Bernoff explores one of today's hottest technology areas social networking and explains how businesses...

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IT leader profile: Chris Brown

IT Week staff — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:12:00 GMT

IT Week staff, IT Week, Friday 9 May 2008 at 10:12:00

Chris Brown is IT support manager at server hosting firm Smartbunker, heading 35 staff

What does your job entail? I oversee internal IT support at the organisation and that of our managed services. How did you get into the IT profession? I've been interested...

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Leader: The dilemma facing SAP

IT Week staff — Fri, 09 May 2008 10:02:00 GMT

IT Week staff, IT Week, Friday 9 May 2008 at 10:02:00

What next for German software firm SAP?

SAP is in a dilemma. It is trying to adapt to an evolving market, but there are signs that in doing so this once highly focused firm is losing its...

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MWg looks to share-up smartphone market

Daniel Robinson — Thu, 08 May 2008 17:23:00 GMT

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Friday 9 May 2008 at 17:23:00

Aims to gain traction by offering unrivaled customer support

A new mobile device vendor has launched in the UK, promising business customers better service and support, with a focus on repairs and upgrades....

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Microsoft rules out renewed Yahoo bid

Phil Muncaster — Thu, 08 May 2008 14:37:00 GMT

Phil Muncaster, IT Week, Thursday 8 May 2008 at 14:37:00

Craig Mundie says it's time to implement "plan B"

Microsoft has ruled out making a renewed approach for internet giant Yahoo, according to reports. "The market may wish that the Yahoo deal may come back together, but Microsoft at...

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Salesforce announces future roadmap

Rosalie Marshall — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:51:00 GMT

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Thursday 8 May 2008 at 12:51:00

Visualforce will go live in Salesforce Summer 08

All Salesforce customers using software-as-a-service (SaaS) interfaces can now design them as they like, announced the firm at its European customer and partner event Dreamforce....

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On the web, it pays to suspect everything

David Neal — Thu, 08 May 2008 12:09:00 GMT

David Neal, IT Week, Thursday 8 May 2008 at 12:09:00

Users must be taught that even the most innocent-looking sites can harbour threats

When I was a much younger man I foolishly bought some magic beans. I say foolishly, because these beans led to a rather embarrassing scene after I mistook them for...

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CIOs still failing to innovate

Phil Muncaster — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:37:00 GMT

Phil Muncaster, IT Week, Thursday 8 May 2008 at 11:37:00

Many are waiting too long for business go-ahead, says Forrester

Only three per cent of firms have excellent innovation programmes, despite this being a priority for chief information officers, reports analyst firm Forrester Research....

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AMD unveils plans for many-core chips

Daniel Robinson — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:18:00 GMT

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Thursday 8 May 2008 at 11:18:00

Six-core and 12-core chips planned for coming years

AMD has updated its processor roadmap with plans for six- and 12-core server chips, in a move intended to recover lost ground on arch rival Intel....

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EC launches roaming consultation

Dave Bailey — Thu, 08 May 2008 11:06:00 GMT

Dave Bailey, IT Week, Thursday 8 May 2008 at 11:06:00

International roaming still concerning European regulators

The European Commission has launched a consultation programme to investigate the effect of the mobile roaming regulations that came into force last year....

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Jobs for the boys

Thu, 08 May 2008 08:38:34 GMT

TypePad Blogs, Thursday 8 May 2008 at 08:38:34

IT has always suffered from an image problem; a trend that Sneak believes begins way back in school....

IT has always suffered from an image problem; a trend that Sneak believes begins way back in school. It's just not cool to want to grown up and become the next Steve Jobs, no matter how natty his polo necks are. Well, new research by security vendor SmoothWall has found that even those who end up in the industry may actually have a secret hankering to do or be something else. The vendor surveyed attendees at last month's Infosecurity Europe show in London, and found that 15 per cent of IT managers would actually have preferred to be pilots. Astronaut, footballer and doctor were also popular choices for the IT crowd, although Bruce Lee, Bill Gates and "seagull" were slightly less predictable. IT has always suffered from an image problem; a trend that Sneak believes begins way back in school. It's just not cool to want to grown up and become...

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Open Office 3.0 beta out

David Neal — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:49:00 GMT

David Neal, IT Week, Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 17:49:00

New version of Open Office has better support for Macs and feature improvements

A new version of Open Office has been released for evaluation by the general public. The latest release, 3.0 supports the OpenDocument format as standard and will work with files...

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ClearCube spins off software arm

David Neal — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:25:00 GMT

David Neal, IT Week, Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 17:25:00

Centralised desktop and virtual computing firm ClearCube has handed its software business to newly formed VDIworks

ClearCube is spinning off its software business and launching it as a separate company, called VDIworks. VDIworks will focus on desktop management and software the firms said....

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ClearCube spins of software arm

David Neal — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:25:00 GMT

David Neal, IT Week, Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 17:25:00

Centralised desktop and virtual computing firm ClearCube has handed its software business to newly formed VDIworks

ClearCube is spinning off its software business and launching it as a separate company, called VDIworks. VDIworks will focus on desktop management and software the firms said....

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Bournemouth first town to have full fibre connectivity

Dave Bailey — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:11:00 GMT

Dave Bailey, IT Week, Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 17:11:00

H2O Networks uses sewer system to roll out cabling

South coast seaside resort Bournemouth is to be the UK's first large town to have both residential and business fully connected with an optical fibre network....

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CEOs underestimating security risks

Phil Muncaster — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:57:00 GMT

Phil Muncaster, IT Week, Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 16:57:00

Icann president launches new best practice guide for business leaders

Business leaders are grossly underestimating their firms' reliance on the internet and the risks of web-based threats, according to Paul Twomey, president of internet oversight body Icann....

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New Dell servers optimised for virtualisation

Daniel Robinson — Wed, 07 May 2008 16:35:00 GMT

Daniel Robinson, IT Week, Wednesday 7 May 2008 at 16:35:00

New PowerEdge R805 and R905 servers ship with embedded VMware hypervisor

Dell has introduced new products aimed at datacentre virtualisation, including new servers, storage and services to help firms move from consolidation towards more dynamic data centres with better disaster recovery...

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