- Intelliware Development is thrilled to have made the cut for the Toronto Board of Trade's 2012 Business Excellence Awards short-list. These prestigious awards celebrate the entrepreneurial spirit and honour contributions made by ...
Thousands of UK students are eagerly awaiting their GCSE and A-level results, with just weeks to go until they find out if they have made it through to the next step on their chosen career paths. But with unemployment on the rise, how ...
Tags: GCSE, cience, technology, engineering, UK education, IT industry
Six London boroughs have agreed to implement the same version of Oracle's Release 12 Enterprise Resourse Planning (ERP) software in a bid to cut costs and improve services. With a combined population of 1.6 million, Lambeth, Lewisham, ...
Tags: ERP, Oracle, BYOD, ICT platform
Nexans, the worldwide leader in the cabling industry, announced that it is participating in GITEX Technology Week 2012 with its distributor, Mindware to promote its highly-acclaimed LAN cabling systems. The company also plans to use GITEX ...
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Polycom has signed an agreement with Ireland’s department of environment, community and local government to provide a unified communications solution to its staff. The department is under pressure to cut costs during difficult ...
Tags: Irish environment, Polycom, Computer Products, unified communications
Sally Howes, IT director at the National Audit Office, has extensive experience in the IT sector and was brought in to boost the government watchdog's technical skills. Under her guidance the NAO is expanding its role beyond project ...
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Education company Pearson aims to help develop a generation of young coders through its application iCreate. Currently a prototype, iCreate allows children between the ages of seven and 11 to learn code by controlling a character's ...
Tags: Computer Products, Young Coders, ICreate
The European Commission (EC) has announced funding for IT research totaling almost €1.5bn. The cash is part of a larger €8.1bn pot the EC plans to invest in various research projects proposed by businesses and organisations ...
Tags: European Commission, Seventh Framework Programme, European Union
The UK national Cyber Security Challenge has launched another competition aimed at addressing a critical Linux security skills gap. The majority of internet infrastructure is based on Linux, but Linux is rarely taught in schools and Linux ...
Tags: Cyber Security Challenge, critical Linux, internet infrastructure
The Government Procurement Service has put out a framework tender for hosting services worth between £100m and £1bn. The four-year framework for IT services will include consulting, software development, internet and support. ...
Tags: Government Procurement Service, framework, hosting services, IT services
The Ministry of Defence (MoD) has signed a £17m five-year deal with HP for desktop IT break-fix services. "For the first time, the British Armed Forces can rely on a consistent and transparent level of support for IT assets in the ...
Tags: HP, desktop IT break-fix services, Ministry of Defence
With more than 70 percent of Africa's population living in rural areas, access to broadband service in remote regions was a key issue at the recently concluded Commonwealth Telecommunications Organization (CTO) meeting in Sierra Leone. In ...
Tags: CTO, Public, Private Sector Balance, Africa, ICT Development
Oracle has welcomed 122 teachers from across Europe to its Oracle Academy Instructor's Institute, for the pilot of the Academy's Java Curriculum. Taking place at the Royal High School in Edinburgh, this week, the Oracle Academy Teacher ...
Tags: Oracle, Oracle Academy, Java Curriculum, computer science
Huawei has announced its collaboration with SELEX Elsag, a company within the Finmeccanica group, for the construction of the first railway line in the United Arab Emirates, that will be completed by the end of 2014. Huawei, a leading ...
Tags: Huawei, SELEX Elsag, railway line, communication technology
Suffolk County Council has rolled out a next generation network, which it expects will cut costs by up to 30%. The high speed, next generation network (NGN) will provide connectivity to over 300 schools and 300 council premises and will ...
Tags: Suffolk County Council, next generation network, PSN-Ready Network