Desktop & client
Apple iPad offers CIOs many commercial opportunities
Expect to see estate agents and manufacturing carrying the desirable Apple gadget
Is the new Apple iPad just a gimmick gadget for Mac fans? Martin Bailey argues the iPad will find its way into the enterprise and CIOs in retail and manufacturing would be advised to assess the opportunities it offers. more...
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Why the UK’s Victorian canals rely on IT
Liquid assets
British Waterways has helped change the face of the nation’s canal network. Head of ICT Richard Walsh explains the role of technology in the operation of today’s waterways more...
Insurance CIO James de Watteville knows how to tackle hard projects
Emergency service
RSA CIO James de Watteville knows how to tackle hard projects and has a personal angle on improvements to the insurance industry more...
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...
The CIO Questionnaire: David Jack, CIO at Thetrainline.com
Ahead of the herd
Thetrainline.com's David Jack on being a CIO and using technology to keep business on track more...
Jaguar Land Rover hit the Google Apps road
Luxury British car makers indicate hosted apps future
Google signed up another big customer for its Apps collaboration and productivity suite: Jaguar Land Rover. more...
LexisNexis cut its printing budget drastically
Case study on print cost management
Legal and business information services provider reduced its printing costs and the size of its printer estate. more...
11 ways a CIO can reduce printing budgets
How to encourage printing thrift
Change behaviour towards the printer in your organisation more...
Skipton Building Society managed down printing costs
Case study on print cost management
Any financial service company has to print, copy and scan thousands of mortgage offers, change-of-conditions letters with bombshells hidden in the small print and other documents more...
Managed services can reduce printing and paper budgets
Bleeding red ink
Reams of wasted paper and uncollected printouts are the stuff of nightmares for budget holders, but managed services and a helping of common sense can take vast amounts of cost out of business printing more...
Desktop & client news
Microsoft loses Word patent battle
US court reaffirms i4i's patent win
The U.S. Federal Court of Appeals has once again upheld a jury's verdict that Microsoft willfully infringed on patents awarded to i4i. more...
VMware and Citrix users targetted by virtual PC start-up
Unidesk enhances VMware View and Citrix XenDesktop rollouts
A virtual desktop start-up Unidesk is aiming to improve deployments of VMware View and Citrix XenDesktop with management software that it says reduces storage costs and gives users a more personalised desktop than the VDI tools by themselves. more...
Bill Gates slips to second world's richest man
Mexican telecoms tycoon takes top spot
Microsoft co-founder Bill Gates is no longer the world's richest man according to the annual Forbes magazine list released Tuesday, but it's not like he's going to have to go crawling back for his old job either. more...
Microsoft patches hit Excel
Redmond giant closes hacker hole
Coming off a record making Patch Tuesday in February, Microsoft announces a lighter load of bulletins and advisories targeting client operating systems, Microsoft Office and Internet Explorer. more...
Sun's open source chief quites in Oracle merger
Simon Phipps: Open source success wasn't enough to rescue Sun
Sun's chief open source officer, Simon Phipps, has left the company following its acquisition by Oracle, the executive announced in his blog on Tuesday. more...
Ex-Sun CEO Schwartz tells it like it is on Gates and Jobs
Apple tried to sue Sun and .Net platform ripped-off Java, says Jonathan Schwartz
Jonathan Schwartz is starting to share stories about his days at Sun, possibly in preparation for a book. more...
Office 2010 will launch 12 May
Microsoft offer free upgrade until 30 September
The Office 2010 application suite will be formally launched by Microsoft at an event scheduled for 12 May, the company announced. more...
Google Apps covered by advanced backup
Data replicated throughout Google data centres
Google recently extended what it describes as highly advanced and sophisticated data backup and recovery to all components of its Apps communication and collaboration suite. more...
Microsoft will release 8 Windows and Office fixes next week
Good job after last month's Patch Tuesday
Microsoft will ship two security updates on Tuesday to patch eight vulnerabilities in Windows and Office. more...
Whitehall inks £4.5bn desktop framework
HP, Fujitsu and Atos Origin scoop the deal
A £4.5bn desktop framework contract to serve the whole of the government has been signed with HP Services (formerly EDS), Atos Origin and Fujitsu. more...
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