Layerscape architecture supports a consistent programming framework across the architecture using standard C/C++ languages Embedded processing application company Freescale Semiconductor has expanded its third-generation QorIQ portfolio ...
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The acquisition will expand Avnet's suite of applications in high-growth technologies in EMEA Region Electronic components, connectors and technology applications provider Avnet has agreed to acquire the Magirus Group, a pan-European ...
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The Metropolitan Police Service's IT director talks to Computer Weekly about the Olympian challenges facing IT transformation at the Met now the London 2012 Games are over. Steve Whatson(pictured),director of ICT for the Olympics and ...
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The Computer Weekly European User Awards honours IT professionals across Europe that have excelled in their approach to using technology, focusing on the key areas of networking and mobile; storage; security; datacentre and virtualisation; ...
The Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide will map the IT buying cycle of our readership onto relevant editorial that will inform and educate readers and help them towards making the right buying decision. On a three week cycle the publication ...
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Enterprise users of public cloud welcomed Amazon Web Services' new products and price reductions,but said that additional features such as better security,ease of use and added multiple-availability to overcome outages issues could make ...
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A good IT capacity management policy has "avoided 20 major incidents" at BSkyB in recent months, according to the company's head of capacity, Alan Collier. Further reading Storage capacity slowdown can be buffered by virtualisation, ...
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Microsoft has done a lot to boost Hyper-V but the improvements do not justify switching from VMware, according to Gartner. Speaking prior to the analyst's datacentre conference at Westminster, Gartner vice-president and distinguished ...
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UK security services have begun bridging the gap that has stopped open source software getting security clearance for use in government systems. The initiative has come too late to stop the first big contract wins delivered under the ...
Tom Baker, head of ICT at Sunderland City Council, has an office in the council's datacentre. It is not a bad place to have an office because the datacentre has been somewhat rejuvenated, thanks in part to modern IT that takes up far less ...
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Computer Weekly has announced the third UKtech50, our annual definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the CIOs, industry executives, public servants and business leaders driving the role of technology in the UK economy. ...
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Chairman and CEO, Netgear, talks about market competition and partner strategy in the India market. CW: Over the years, what has redefined the networking market, which was more about switches and routers? Lo: Presently, the network is ...
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Existing enterprise mobile device management [MDM] solutions come with "really serious constraints," Westminster Council CIO Ben Goward has told Computing. Speaking at Aditi Technologies' GoCloud 8 conference in London today, Goward said ...
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VMware has confirmed that the source code for its enterprise-level virtualisation platform – ESX hypervisor – has been leaked online and is urging users to apply security patches. This is the second time the ESX source code ...
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Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) has developed a private cloud to support its application development process, using Amazon best practices. The project has enabled RBS to determine running costs of its IT infrastructure, and provide ...
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