Chinese search engine firm Baidu has revealed it is to invest over 10 billion yuan (£1bn) in a new cloud computing centre. The company's CIO, Jennifer Li, made the announcement at the company's annual conference in Beijing, at the ...
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IBM's latest mainframe,the zEnterprise EC12,is big on data analytics and hybrid clouds. This system,announced Tuesday,includes a new 5.5-GHz,six-core processor,versus the 5.2-GHz,quad-core processor that shipped with the zEnterprise ...
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LuxeYard, Inc., a luxury living and style flash site, announced the appointment of Jerry Wilkerson, LuxeYard's current CTO/CIO, to the position of Chief Operating Officer. The company has commenced a search for a replacement CTO, to be ...
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PC maker Dell has warned that it expects third-quarter revenue to be down between 2%and 5%on second-quarter levels because of the"uncertain economic environment". Dell also blamed"competitive dynamics"and"soft consumer business"for its ...
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David Weymouth, group director of operations and risk at insurance giant RSA, talks to Computer Weekly about the importance of training the next generation of IT leaders; the key changes affecting finance technology; and why a government ...
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The government needs to spend less time strategising about ICT, and focus more on implementation and delivery, according to former government CIO Joe Harley. Harley, who was government CIO between February 2011 and spring 2012, told ...
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Ex-government CIO Joe Harley has hit back at his former deputy CIO Bill McCluggage's claims that the government is unable to achieve its IT goals. Harley worked with McCluggage in his year in charge of government ICT before retiring from ...
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Earlier this week,former government CIO Joe Harley announced that he would be taking up the role of strategic adviser at managed services company Amor Group. Further reading At the helm of government ICT:interview with Andy Nelson ...
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Computer Weekly takes a look at how we experienced "the most connected Games ever" with our round-up of technology stats. The technology behind the Olympics largely went unnoticed, which is an indication of its success. "Delivering the ...
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While"shrink-wrapped"big data analysis solutions offered by the likes of SAP and Oracle will"stimulate imaginations",they will soon give way to superior third-party products that display"greater levels of innovation",cloud infrastructure ...
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Former government deputy CIO Bill McCluggage has criticised the government for a lack of metrics in IT, and a failure to profit from 'shadow IT' and the cloud. Further reading Former government deputy CIO slams UK cyber security ...
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Dell has dropped two places to fourth largest PC supplier in Western Europe as it strives to transform from PC manufacturer to services organisation. According to Gartner's latest PC shipment figures, a total of 13.6 million units were ...
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HP warned investors of a colossal quarterly loss in its third fiscal quarter after writing down $8bn (£5.1bn) on its services arm, of which the majority lies with its $13.9bn (£8.8bn) purchase of IT equipment and services ...
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Edinburgh Airport has selected cloud service provider Onyx Group to host its mission-critical IT infrastructure in a £3m deal because of its "speed to market and local presence", according to the airport's head of IT, Graeme Agnew. ...
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It's easy to understand why,too.AWS represents a disruptive innovation within IT,and it's important to understand the basis of that disruption to understand what it means for IT going forward. Clayton Christensen coined the term ...
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