Outsourcing is becoming an increasingly complex task for CIOs – especially if you want it to be successful. Originally, the idea of handing all or parts of your IT infrastructure to a third party was to exploit economies of scale ...
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Vascular Nanotransfer Technologies has reported in vivo test results of its paclitaxel nanocarrier-based Drug Coated Balloon (DCB) technology, designed for patients with coronary in-stent restenosis and peripheral vascular disease. ...
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The three finalists of Microsoft's inaugural BlueHat competition, to develop innovative computer security protection technologies, have been announced. The competition, which ran from 3 August 2011 to 1 April 2012, is aimed at stimulating ...
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Mobile networks have been the focus of a lot of regulation, debate and rumour in the past few years, but this has mainly focused on the strengthening of existing 3G networks or the future of 4G deployments. However, whilst all the ...
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VKR Holding, under the umbrella of which numerous companies of the window, solar systems and air conditioning/ventilation technology sectors are grouped together, increased its turnover in the 2011 financial year by 4.5% vis à vis ...
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HP today announced it is expanding its Converged Cloud portfolio with joint HP and Microsoft solutions that aim to simplify and enhance every aspect of a client's private cloud journey. The HP and Microsoft Joint Private Cloud initiative ...
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Medtronic, a provider of medical technology for use in imaging procedures, has launched a new MR-conditional pacing system in Japan. The new system, Advisa DR MRI SureScan, is designed to provide access to pacemaker patient's to have ...
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Hosting giant Rackspace saw profits grow 55% to $48.3m (pound 31m) in the first six months of this year. Total revenue for the first half of the year was $620m, a 30% jump on the first half of 2011. “At the halfway point in the ...
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The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has imposed a monetary penalty of 175,000 on an NHS Trust in Torquay after the sensitive details of over 1,000 employees were published accidentally on the Trust’s website. Staff at ...
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American Medical Systems (AMS), an Endo Health Solutions company, and Allergan have entered into an agreement to jointly develop and seek regulatory approval for the delivery of Botox (onabotulinumtoxinA) using the JetTouch system. ...
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HP today declared itself back on the up with what it referred to as its biggest storage announcements in over a decade. On the eve of the HP Discover 2012 conference in Frankfurt, the company gathered international press to reveal ...
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According to a number of reports in the Spanish media, liquidation proceedings were opened at the beginning of August 2012 concerning the insolvent Spanish door manufacturer Puertas Norma. The responsible commercial court, Juzgado Mercantil ...
The building products manufacturer MeisterWerke has suspended production of "Wood Fibre Floor" (WFF) flooring and panels for the time being after having launched it as recently as the third quarter 2011. The company says the decision is due ...
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Businesses and consumers can now download Windows 8 Release Preview from the Microsoft site. Microsoft said the February release of Windows 8 Consumer Preview was downloaded more than 1 million times in the first 24 hours. Microsoft ...
Corpak MedSystems has entered into a definitive agreement to purchase gastroenterology sales and distribution operation of Merck Serono in the UK and Ireland. Merck Serono commercial director Charles Dring said the gastroenterology ...