Insurance company More Than is looking into technology to alert it to problems on its site after some web customers were affected by a glitch in the system. More Than's home insurance customers attempting to renew policies were told by ...
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Over 1,500 workers in the IT services and healthcare units of supplier Atos could go on strike during the Olympics after being offered a below-inflation pay rise. The Public and Commercial Services (PCS) union is balloting workers after ...
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For those who thought that 2012 was getting slightly too London-centric, I have some good news. Put down your javelin, dust off your sleeping bag and get ready for Belfast 2012. Byte Night is this year launching a Belfast sleep-out in ...
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Citrix saw profits slump by 15% in the third quarter to $78.2m (GBP49m), while sales increased by 13% to $641.4m. The results follows those of rival VMware, which also saw a double-digit drop in profits of 12% to $157m, while sales ...
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Vodafone is attempting to keep hold of its customers by promising a special upgrade deal when its 4G network launches next year. EE is the only UK mobile operator with the capability to launch a 4G network at the moment after Ofcom ruled ...
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Paul Maritz is stepping down as CEO of VMware to take the job of chief strategist at parent company EMC. The chief executive's role will be filled by Pat Gelsinger, currently chief operating officer (COO) at EMC. Paul Maritz ...
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Ofcom today announced new rules for telecoms providers meaning they will have to pay for each phone number allocated to them as of next year. Currently the likes of BT, Virgin Media and TalkTalk can request blocks of 1,000 numbers from ...
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Google is trialling an expansion of its search service to include Gmail messages, the company has announced. The limited trial was announced by Amit Singhal, Google’s search chief, who described the move as the latest step the firm ...
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BT has signed a deal with British American Tobacco (BAT) to manage the company’s wide area network (WAN) across the globe. A high-performance IP network will be deployed by BT to enable BAT to manage and prioritise its traffic ...
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Toyota Motor Corporation is deploying Microsoft software across the globe through a mix of cloud and on-premise software for its 200,000 staff. The two-year project sees the car manufacturer's North American operation use cloud-based ...
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The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) estimates that total benefit overpayments due to fraud and error in 2011-12 were GBP3.2 billion, equating to 2% of total benefit expenditure of GBP 159bn. Total underpayments in 2011-12 are ...
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VMware today announced its intention to buy Nicira for $1.05bn. VMware already dominates the server virtualisation market, but with this latest buy is looking towards a stronger play in networking, thanks to Nicira’s focus on ...
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Space NK apothecary is one of a number of retailers using 3G as a replacement for ISDN to back up store IT systems. The retailer is using the service, supplied by Claranet, to reduce the risk of "copper theft", which can take out all ...
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Barclays bank has adopted Salesforce’s enterprise social networking tool, Chatter, to help sales teams keep closer contact with their customers. At the roll-out, during this week’s Dreamforce conference in San Francisco, ...
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Apple rarely admits anything is amiss, but in an email to an Australian iPhone 5 user, the company has apparently conceded that the iOS Maps app needs improvement. The Apple Maps application replaces Google Maps on the iPhone, but it is ...
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