“Royal Mail wanted a CIO who is comfortable in a really volatile and changing environment to drive change. And I am. I joined because the scale of the challenge is huge and I would be mad to say no to that.” Catherine Doran ...
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Many students return to school today to start the new e-skills computing curriculum. Speaking at the education show BETT, in January, education secretary Michael Gove said the current ICT curriculum is too off-putting, demotivating and ...
Citrix has extended the XenApp product lifecycle to align it with the lifecycles of corresponding Microsoft server platforms. But IT pros are advised to upgrade quickly to avoid extended support costs that could add up to about euro 200,000 ...
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Diodes, in general, are made of very thin layers of semiconductor material; one layer will have an excess of electrons, while the next will have a deficit of electrons. This difference causes electrons to move from one layer to another, ...
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Software and electronic professionals feel the only way to progress in their career is to move jobs, according to a survey. The poll of over 400 engineers, conducted by employment agency JAM recruitment, found 79% were considering a move ...
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Also known as "Hop-Hop", Errenzhuan (a kind of folk song-dance duet) is a folk art with strong local flavor featuring ballad singing and dancing popular in Jilin, Liaoning and Heilongjiang Provinces and Xing'an League, Hulun Buir, ...
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Private equity firm Graham Partners announce that it acquired Wisconsin-based Scandia Plastics, a manufacturer of blow molded bottles, containers, and light industrial parts, for an undisclosed sum. According to Graham Partners, in ...
Hartwell Medical has entered into a collaboration agreement to distribute Tactical Medical Packs' Triage Medical Pack, designed for use by professional emergency responders in disaster or mass casualty incidents. Triage Medical Packs ...
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It’s been a summer of patriotism, not least for the nation’s packs. But with the Olympics following hot on the heels of the Jubilee, Simon Creasey considers if the Union Jack always the answer How times have changed. When the ...
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Many citizens attribute the recent shortage of cement and 20 percent hike in its price to a new expatriate fees ordered by the Ministry of Labor. There has been no arrival of cement to the Jeddah market for the last three days ...
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The first official teaser images of the successor to the Ferrari Enzo–codenamed the Ferrari F150–have appeared in the Italian sports car maker's in-house magazine. The shadowy images give us a clear look at the front and rear ...
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Taiwanese smartphone company HTC has posted a third quarter profit drop of 79 per cent,as the gap between the company and market leaders Samsung and Apple grows ever wider. HTC has reported a net profit of NT$3.9bn(£83m)from July to ...
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RSA chief Art Coviello kicked off RSA Conference Europe 2012 by highlighting the need for enterprises to adopt new ways to ensure cyber security. He said IT leaders should adopt an intelligence-based approach to security that makes use of ...
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Chinese demand for both Newcastle and Indonesian thermal coal was quiet Tuesday with high stockpiles and low domestic prices, sources said. The bid-offer spread has not narrowed and this is deterring deals, a Singapore-based source said. ...
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Back in July I purchased the TWSBI Vac 700 Fountain Pen with an EF nib and smoke body, then promptly forgot that I had it until a few weeks ago. Of all the office supplies to neglect, this should never happen with a fancy new fountain pen ...
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