Tony Prestedge is COO at Nationwide.He joined the building society halfway through a GBP1bn IT transformation which he then took charge of.He talks to Computer Weekly about the progress being made,the benefits already being seen and what ...
Tags: ageing IT systems, up to date, virtualise desktops, data warehouses
In developing Bloomberg's next-generation mobile video app, general manager and global head of mobile and connected devices Oke Okaro (pictured) and his team of mobile experts studied how people use the news service. As Computer Weekly ...
Tags: Mobile App, mobile video app, Bloomberg, mobile and connected devices
IDG News Service-SharePoint's new application development model has piqued the interest of ISVs and enterprise developers who create applications for Microsoft's enterprise collaboration server. The new platform,consistent with Web ...
Tags: SharePoint development model, ISVs, collaboration server
AT&T announced general availability of its Enhanced Push-to-Talk service on Tuesday,taking on Sprint's Direct Connect Now app as the carriers vie to attract users of the fading Nextel network. Nextel pioneered push-to-talk(PTT)long before ...
Tags: AT&T, Enhanced Push-to-Talk service, Sprint's Direct Connect Now app
IDG News Service-Verizon Wireless is closing down its app store by January next year,it said in a notice on its developer community portal. The operator said it will start removing in January the Verizon Apps application from all ...
Tags: Verizon Wireless, app store, application
IDG News Service-Apple has increased the prices of apps sold through its iTunes App Store in Europe because of exchange rate changes,it said on Friday.The minimum price for an app in the Euro zone rose to$1.15. App Store users who tried ...
IDG News Service-Marissa Mayer has made her first acquisition at Yahoo,a recommendations app called Stamped that was developed by ex-Googlers and has even received backing from Google Ventures. "Got to visit our new ...
Tags: Yahoo, Mobile App, Google, Marissa Mayer
Push-to-talk,once the killer app of Nextel's iDEN network and more recently a feature offered on certain Sprint Nextel phones,has finally made the transformation into a downloadable Android app called Sprint Direct Connect Now. The ...
Tags: Sprint, Direct Connect Now, push-to-talk, Android app, Nextel, iDEN
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 ...
Tags: Windows Tablet, Microsoft, performance, price, battery life, usage
IDG News Service - Citrix Systems has released an enhanced GoToMyPC app for Android devices allowing anyone with an Android phone or tablet, including Amazon's Kindle Fire family, to access their Internet-connected Mac or PC over a mobile ...
On the smart-phone battleground, much attention has been paid recently to the quality of the free navigation app--Apple Maps--that comes with the new iPhone 5 (also part of the iOS 6 upgrade available for some other Apple devices). But ...
Tags: Smart-Phone Navigation, Google Maps navigation, Apple Maps
An ad agency is testing a new app that uses strategically placed cameras,facial recognition tools and Facebook histories to offer targeted local deals. The system,dubbed Facedeals,uses cameras placed at the doors of participating stores ...
The take-up of mobile technology will have a dramatic affect on back-office IT systems, with hidden costs and disruptions possible for companies that do not redesign systems and processes, according to Forrester Research. Businesses are ...
Tags: mobile technology, dramatic affect, back-office, IT systems
Imagine a ten day event filled with 300 spectacular design reasons to add to your personalized design itinerary. Top designers from all over the world will flock to London during September 10th through the 23rd.With 2012 marking the 10th ...
Tags: London's Design Festival, new app, without lighting, 2012
Close your eyes and think of the cloud.Odds are Amazon quickly comes to mind--for good reason.By some estimates,Amazon Web Services holds 70 percent of the IaaS(infrastructure as a service)market,providing compute,storage,and networking ...
Tags: IaaS provider, HP, Microsoft, Google, Amazon