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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...


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Adobe CIO draws on secret SaaS

Adobe CIO draws on secret SaaS

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The IT chief of graphics software powerhouse Adobe likes software as a service and sees it eating into traditional ERP implementations more...


Government cloud computing must have a proper business case

Government cloud computing must have a proper business case

Helping G-Cloud hit the spot

Cloud computing could enable an improved approach to public-sector IT, as long as the business case for its adoption is properly established more...


Twenty companies  to watch in 2010

Twenty companies to watch in 2010

The MWD Advisors tech watchlist

We meet hundreds of interesting lesser-known vendors every year but we just don’t have room to write about all of them. Here, with the help of analyst firm MWD Advisors, are some companies worth keeping an eye on next year more...


Cloud computing, a personal experience

Cloud computing, a personal experience

Some companies could move most of their apps to the cloud. Here's how one did it.

Some companies could move most of their apps to the cloud. Here's how one US firm did it. more...


Capgemini Amazon EC2 service may convince CIOs to embrace cloud computing

Capgemini Amazon EC2 service may convince CIOs to embrace cloud computing

Several tech companies now support the Amazon.com Web services, though at different levels

Several tech companies now support the Amazon.com Web services, though at different levels more...


Top benefits and concerns of putting BPM in the cloud

Many organisations start looking to move applications into the cloud.

Many organisations start looking to move applications into the cloud. Should firms consider using business process management software in this fashion as well? more...


Jaguar Land Rover hit the Google Apps road

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...


Trend Micro boss Eva Chen challenges IT security and iPhone threats

Trend Micro boss Eva Chen challenges IT security and iPhone threats

Studying security trends

Eva Chen runs the biggest software company in Asia, Trend Micro. She tells us about the challenges of IT security in the 21st century more...


Mainframe computing is set for a rebirth

Mainframe computing is set for a rebirth

The mainframe was once dismissed as outmoded legacy computing, but today there are plenty of indicators that it could be set for a major revival

Ten years ago, many people in our industry were predicting that the mainframe would be effectively dead within a decade, killed off by the rise of distributed computing, super-powerful PCs and newer, apparently more exciting options such as the client server. more...


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Obama budget drives cloud over data centres

White House to adopt cloud, social platforms in $80bn plan

President Barack Obama's 2011 budget proposal, released Monday, flattens federal IT spending and orders federal departments to consolidate and centralise IT operations. more...


Microsoft puts Windows Azure cloud platform into public sphere

SQL Azure, cloud-based database too also released.

Microsoft has released Azure to the general public more...


Ovum and PwC disagree on when economy will bounce back

Upturn this year or next?

The number of completed technology merger and acquisitions (M&A) deals in the UK fell by 60 per cent last year, according to PricewaterhouseCoppers (PwC), but 2010 will see a bounce back, the consulting firm is predicting. more...


CIOs not adopting cloud storage says Forrester

It is almost all hype, analyst claims

Few business customers are opting for cloud-based storage despite the hype around cloud computing. more...


Telegraph continues cloud bound strategy

Newspaper puts more applications into the clouds

Newspaper puts more applications into the clouds more...


Microsoft seeks cloud privacy code of conduct

Transparency over how data is protected is needed

Microsoft wants cloud computing vendors need to join forces to create a privacy and security code of coduct. more...


Datacentre plays major role in Avatar

Each minute of Avatar represents 17.28GB of data

The futuristic world and blue creatures in the hit movie Avatar have their roots in an unusual data centre situated in Miramar, a suburb of Wellington, New Zealand. more...


Desktop virtualisation heading to mainstream

Cost reduction is the name of the game says Centrix

A third of enterprises are looking to move to desktop virtualisation according to research from desktop services specialist Centrix. more...


IT departments face extinction say Gartner

Cloud computing will come of age in 2010 says analyst

Companies are set to close IT departments as cloud computing becomes more pervasive more...


Microsoft go for ad-supported Office 2010

A replacement for Works and a swipe at Open Office

Microsoft has revealed its ad-supported version of Office more...




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