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Did The Olympics Impact Kids' TV Viewing?
Sep 27, 2016With over five million people in the UK staying up to catch a glimpse of this year's sporting activities at the Rio Olympics, Generation Media's Sangita Sivanesan takes a look at how the event has effected kids' TV viewing. “Viva ...
Tags: Olympics, kids'TV viewing, Generation Media
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First Class Line-up of Speakers and Content Has Been Confirmed for The Jet Set Conference
Apr 24, 2013A first class line-up of speakers and content has been confirmed for the Jet Set conference, set to land at FESPA 2013 London for the first time, 25-29 June 2013. The seminars will take place every day of the five day show offering a ...
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The Calgary Headquarters Will Manage Siemens' Canadian Energy Business Portfolio
Apr 9, 2013April 8, 2013 - Discussions between Alberta premier Alison Redford and Siemens executives at the London 2012 Olympics have resulted in the latter establishing its Canadian Energy Headquarters in Calgary, says the provincial government. ...
Tags: energy business, Siemens, Alberta
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The London Olympics Faced Six Major Cyber Attacks
Mar 7, 2013The London Olympics faced six major cyber attacks during the Games out of some 165 million individual security-related "events" identified by the IT team put together by Gary Pennell, the CIO of the London 2012 Olympics. Cloud was a ...
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Juice Burst Has Been Growing in The Independent Retail Sector
Feb 6, 2013Giving the soft drink Juice Burst a fresh look was only one part of the rebranding exercise. A key issue was to incorporate the very latest smartphone technology – that and exploding fruit, discovers Philip Chadwick The brief ...
Tags: Juice Sector, Smart Technology, Packaging
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Hamleys Sees Its Operating Profit Rise 70 Per Cent to £3.9 Million for The 53 Weeks
Jan 7, 2013Surprise acquisitions,top level exec changes,retail casualties and the London 2012 effect,the continued dominance of LEGO and Moshi Monsters in-store–not to mention some eye-watering charity challenges…the toy business has ...
Tags: acquisitions, LEGO, Moshi Monsters, Mookie Toys
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The BBC Covered Every Sport From Every Venue During The Entire London 2012 Olympic Games
Dec 28, 2012The top IT leaders in the UK talked to Computer Weekly throughout 2012 to share their opinions and experiences of modern technology leadership and transforming business and government through IT innovation. Their views are valuable not only ...
Tags: Interviews, CIO, IT leaders
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A Wi-Fi Network Running Across The Financial Centre of London Has Been Made Free
Dec 27, 2012A Wi-Fi network running across the financial centre of the City of London has been made free to the public. The Square Mile first became Wi-Fi enabled back in 2007, after the City of London Corporation signed a deal with The Cloud to ...
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The PC Market in Western Europe Is Changing
Dec 27, 2012The PC market in Western Europe is changing, which could transform the way businesses procure PCs. The latest PC market share data from Gartner shows Acer grew 15.3% to become western Europe's second biggest PC supplier. Asus grew 42.3% ...
Tags: Western Europe, PC market, Dell, IT consumerisation
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FESPA Will Showcase All The Major Processes and Decorative and Industrial Print
Dec 25, 2012The campaign strapline ‘Your Destination for Print’ and the fresh aviation theme underlines FESPA’s aim: To make FESPA 2013 a global hub event which will propel visiting printers to any number of business ...
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On 23 November 2012,Gerry Pennell Will Leave The Job of a Lifetime
Dec 24, 2012And now, the end is near. On 23 November 2012, Gerry Pennell will leave the job of a lifetime. Four years after signing up as CIO for the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics, his IT team has won every technology gold medal going after ...
Tags: Gerry Pennell, CIO, London 2012 Olympic Games, IT systems
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More Than Half of Peak-Time Traffic to London 2012 Web Servers Came From Mobile Devices
Dec 24, 2012More than half of the peak-time traffic to the London 2012 Olympic Games' web servers came from mobile devices – a huge demonstration of the consumer switch to mobile at the highest–profile sporting event of the year. Users ...
Tags: mobile devices, web servers, mobile app, Gerry Pennell
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Security and Privacy Is Integral to Modern Society Says Raj Samani, Vice-President
Dec 17, 2012The world is becoming increasingly connected, so the need for security and privacy is integral to modern society says Raj Samani, vice-president and CTO of McAfee Europe. With everything becoming connected, from smart meters to cars, ...
Tags: security, privacy, McAfee Europe
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HMS Ocean,Will Receive a £65m Upgrade,The MoD Announced Today
Dec 14, 2012HMS Ocean, the Royal Navy’s largest warship which played a starring role during the London 2012 Olympics, will receive a £65M upgrade, the MoD announced today. Work on the helicopter carrier, which was moored on the ...
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All That Remains Is for Paul Mccartney to Sing Us off to Our Slumbers
Dec 10, 2012Good night, good night All that remains is for Paul McCartney to sing us off to our slumbers. It's been a terrific night, a glorious ceremony, a rousing history lesson and far and away the best film that Danny Boyle never made. Thanks ...
Tags: Olympics, opening ceremony, democratic spirit, Olympic flame