Open source services provider Sirius Corporation has provided a combination of OpenSource and proprietary software for Ysgol Maesydderwen school, near Swansea. Funded by Powys County Council, the Welsh school received installation of a ...
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When it comes to office equipment, we tend to get new shiny toys long before we get rid of outdated stuff. This is partly because it's always a bit nervewracking to toss out the old technology before we're sure the new gizmo will work, and ...
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Infoworld-In releasing updates to its client and server Ubuntu Linux distributions today,Canonical will enable users to turn off a search option in its client product that has raised some eyebrows over privacy issues.A ...
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IDG News Service-Come Oct.26,when Microsoft is set to stage a release party in New York City,consumers may have to choose between a tablet with Windows 8 or Windows RT.The operating systems look and feel the same,but devices will differ on ...
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Computerworld-Google today reported a drop in profit and revenue for the third quarter,an unexpected slip that highlighted an online industry still struggling to make money on a growing mobile market. Google's sagging earnings report ...
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Windows as a service Citrix helps SMEs cope with proliferation and remote support Citrix's position in an evolving and competitive market Virtual Microsoft Widows: A hostage to fortune? Budgets remain tight at enterprise end of market ...
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Computerworld-Microsoft confirmed Wednesday that owners of Windows RT hardware,including the company's own Surface RT,must acquire a commercial license for Office 2013 to use those devices'bundled Office apps at and for work. The ...
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Digia recently acquired the full Qt business from Nokia,Juhapekka Niemi,director,Digia,Qt,talks to Electronics Weekly about how the mobile software business will develop and grow in a market where open source has growing popularity. What ...
IDG News Service - Almost half of IT managers in a survey last month said that they plan to standardize their company's mobile platform on devices running Microsoft operating systems, including smartphone OSes Windows Phone 7.5 and Windows ...
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IDG News Service - Laptops and desktops with Intel's next-generation Core processor, code-named Haswell, will be available in the first half of next year, Intel CEO Paul Otellini said during a financial conference call on Tuesday. The ...
Network World-There has been much debate about the preferred wireless platform for application developers.Every platform has its own advantages and challenges,and there are key points developers need to keep in mind when choosing the most ...
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Software defined datacentres, cloud management and automation, virtualisation licensing, mobile virtualisation, heterogeneity and the need for IT executives to develop new skills in the cloud era were some of the themes of the VMworld ...
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Frank Modruson joined Accenture in 1987. He worked initially as an analyst on complex IT projects at customers. For the last ten years, he has been Accenture's CIO responsible for the outsourcing giant's own IT operation. Modruson says as ...
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Reseller and cloud service provider, Mason IT has managed to avoid the use of costly storage area network (SAN) architecture, after deploying Nutanix for the cloud. Mason IT, which partners with Cisco, VMware, Juniper, Huawei and now ...
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HP has lost its title as the world's biggest PC vendor after new quarterly figures from analyst group Gartner showed that it had been overtaken by rival Lenovo. According to Gartner's figures,Lenovo edged ahead in the third quarter with a ...
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