Communications/ networking

The CIO Questionnaire: Al-Noor Ramji, BT Group CIO

BT Group CIO Al-Noor Ramji is helping the telco bounce back

Going back to the source, BT Group CIO calls in his motivations more...


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CIO CV: Al-Noor Ramji, BT Group

CIO CV: Al-Noor Ramji, BT Group

BT Group CIO Al-Noor Ramji is helping the telco bounce back

Going back to the source more...


BT Group CIO Al-Noor Ramji is helping the telco bounce back

BT Group CIO Al-Noor Ramji is helping the telco bounce back

Going back to the source

Al-Noor Ramji is helping the telco bounce back with a re-evaluation of outsourcing part of the agenda more...


Should CIOs opt for unified communications?

Should CIOs opt for unified communications?

Analysts still unclear on value of unified communications

Debate over the significance of unified communications (UC) as a technology continues with Gartner and Frost & Sullivan arguing that its is respectively, no longer a strategic priority and its an evolving technology still worth watching. more...


Rentokil Initial CIO says Google cleans up IT mess

Rentokil Initial CIO says Google cleans up IT mess

Leading a global clean-up

Rentokil Initial’s aggressive M&A strategy had left its IT systems a mess, but by applying global standards including Google Apps, CIO Bryan Kinsella is untangling the chaos. more...


Inside view: Mark Seemann of Outsourcery

Inside view: Mark Seemann of Outsourcery

Unified comms boss speaks out

Each week CIO UK puts its questions to the vendor community allowing them to demonstrate their expertise to you the CIO. This week, Mark Seemann, Product Strategy and Development Director, Outsourcery more...


Managing COLT services

Managing COLT services

Telco COLT looked to CIO Mark Leonard when devising a new strategic direction, CIO UK met him and managed services MD Maggy McClelland

Providing voice telecoms service is a low revenue and increasingly risky business. more...


iPhone Tips: How to Clean and Care For Your iPhone

iPhone Tips: How to Clean and Care For Your iPhone

Six ways to look after your iPhone

It's a wonder Apple sales folks aren't dressed up like storks when they sell you an iPhone. The device has taken on a life of its own, and iPhone owners cradle them like newborns. more...


How to manage iPhones With Exchange

How to manage iPhones With Exchange

For businesses running Exchange, integrating the iPhone is simple

When iPhones first started trickling into my office, I was a little apprehensive. At the time they only supported IMAP and POP3 for e-mail, which can be tricky to support in an Exchange environment. Two generations later, the iPhone has become a robust enterprise-grade mobile device. more...


BlackBerry Blossoms in iPhone battle

BlackBerry Blossoms in iPhone battle

Blackberry's new fruit

The new version of the software behind the hugely popular smartphone has been revamped as Research In Motion steps up its contest with Apple’s iPhone and others more...


Communications/ networking news

Cisco reveal innovation contest

$250,000 up for grabs

Cisco has opened the second I-Prize Global Innovation Contest to find the next billion dollar idea. more...


Orange named best mobile broadband provider

YouGov says ISP tops 9 out of 15 categories

Orange has been named the top mobile broadband provider in the UK, by YouGov. more...


Tories plans for BBC to pay for faster broadband

Cabling in rural areas could be paid for by private investors

The Tory party unveil plans to deliver a nationwide super-fast broadband, funded by a portion of the BBC licence fee. more...


Stock markets could suffer 'data meltdown'

Can platforms cope with billions of network messages a day?

High speed electronic stock exchanges around the world face a possible data meltdown, as trading volumes grow exponentially with computers doing most of the selling and buying. more...


Panasonic to ditch Microsoft Exchange for Lotus

Microsoft, IBM Lotus rivalry heats up before Lotusphere 2010

Like clockwork, IBM/Lotus and Microsoft are throwing punches at each other's product lineup just as Lotusphere and its near 7,000 attendees are set to kickoff a weeklong conference. more...


VMware will buy Zimbra

Yahoo says goodbye to its messaging service

VMware is set to buy Yahoo's Zimbra open source messaging business in order to expand its stake in the platform-as-a-service market. more...


Cisco open to IBM partnership for blade servers

We sought partners before making servers, said Cisco CEO

Cisco Systems tried to partner with major server vendors several years ago before coming out with its own blade servers earlier this year, and it's still open to a partnership with IBM, chairman and CEO John Chambers said Tuesday. more...


BT and Cisco to offer hosted unified comms

UK-based service goes world wide

BT and Cisco Systems are building a global hosted IP unified communications service based around new datacentres in Chicago and Manhattan to supplement operations in London. more...


Skype opens up service to businesses

Companies can cut VoIP bills, says Skype

Any business that has a corporate VoIP system can now use the Skype SIP trunking service as a way to cut the cost of corporate phone bills. more...


BP call on T-Systems for global communications deal

Five-year deal brings in Siemens Enterprise Communications

BP is outsourcing its global communications operations to T-Systems and Siemens Enterprise Communications. more...




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