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• November 03, 2011 03 Nov'11

  Amazon launches lending library for Kindle e-reader users

  Amazon has launched a lending library service to allow Kindle e-reader users to borrow e-books.

• November 02, 2011 02 Nov'11

  GB Group buys Capscan for £11.2m

  Identity management technology company GB Group has acquired address management company Capscan for £11.2m.

• November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11

  Migration committee calls for opinions on minimum salary for IT staff on ICT visas

  The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is calling for opinions on whether the minimum pay of £40,000 is set at the right level for overseas employees brought to the UK on Intra Company Transfer visas (ICT)

• October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11

  Barclays customers unable to log into online bank accounts

  Barclays has confirmed some customers are unable to log into online bank accounts and are experiencing slow response times

• October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11

  Samsung overtakes Apple in global smartphone shipments

  Samsung has overtaken Apple in worldwide smartphone shipments after Apple suffered its lowest levels of shipments in two years

• October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11

  UKtech50: We launch the search for the most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly has launched the second annual UKtech50, the definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the leaders driving the creation of a high-tech economy.

• October 28, 2011 28 Oct'11

  UK security strategy draws on growing expertise across Whitehall

  The UK's soon-to-be-released cyber security strategy includes input from policy makers across government, says Nigel Harrison of the Office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance (OCSIA).

• October 28, 2011 28 Oct'11

  Open University expands computer-aided teaching portal for educators worlwide

  The Open University has completed the second stage of a £2.5m Department of Education funded initiative to deliver computer-aided teaching to the classroom.

• October 28, 2011 28 Oct'11

  Survey finds UK IT jobs concentrated in London and south-east England

  With software houses and the financial services sector creating by far the most permanent IT jobs, career opportunities are being condensed into south-east England.

• October 28, 2011 28 Oct'11

  HP announces U-turn to keep PC division after Whitman completes internal review

  HP has reversed its decision to spin-off the company's PC division following an internal review by CEO Meg Whitman, who replaced form head Leo Apotheker in September.

• October 27, 2011 27 Oct'11

  Analysis: What is the secret sauce in SAP's success?

  The last major upgrade to SAP's core enterprise resource planning (ERP) product was released in 2005, so how is the company achieving record growth? Warwick Ashford reports

• October 26, 2011 26 Oct'11

  How Unilever took control of its software

  Unilever has automated the processes it uses to manage its software globally through a service which has saved millions of pounds, reduced the complexity of its software portfolio and improved security.

• October 26, 2011 26 Oct'11

  One in five IT staff expected to quit current employer within 12 months

  One in five IT staff are likely to leave their current employer next year in search of more interesting projects and career opportunities, while 80% feel they need a job change to progress their career, according to exclusive research.

• October 26, 2011 26 Oct'11

  John McCarthy, father of Artificial Intelligence and creator of LISP language, dies aged 84

  The artificial intelligence (AI) community is mourning the death of John McCarthy, the US scientist who invented the LISP computer language at the heart of this field of study.

• September 16, 2011 16 Sep'11

  Legacy application modernization benefits revealed

  Legacy application modernization can make COBOL reusable. Discover what modernizing legacy applications can do for you.

• August 17, 2011 17 Aug'11

  APEJ’s content management software sales grow by 11% in H2-2010:IDC

  Content management software sales in APEJ region grew by 11% in second half of 2010. Know the latest trends in content management software space.

• July 28, 2011 28 Jul'11

  Managed services spending by SMBs to witness 23% growth: AMI Partners

  Indian SMBs are aggressively adopting managed services. Explore how this market segment will shape up in the near future.

• July 27, 2011 27 Jul'11

  Security software market remains fragmented: Gartner

  Top five vendors command no more than 44% of security software market.

• July 18, 2011 18 Jul'11

  E-commerce services launched by Union Bank of India

  Union Bank of India has introduced e-commerce services in collaboration with ECS. Know how the new services can bolster the bank’s e-commerce portfolio and customer base.

• March 07, 2011 07 Mar'11

  SAP upgrade: 6 factors to consider

  Many Indian companies are likely to opt for SAP upgrade given the business benefits. These 6 factors will help CIOs to plan and execute their SAP upgrades effectively.

• February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11

  Juniper aims to wrap Cisco with QFabric datacentre management

  Datacentre operators and cloud computing suppliers could slash their power and space requirements while running up to 10 times faster

• February 21, 2011 21 Feb'11

  Sales management tool on public cloud at Kotak Mahindra Bank

  Institutional Equities Unit of Kotak Mahindra Bank deploys Oracle CRM on Demand, a sales management tool on public cloud. Project yields benefits galore.

• February 20, 2011 20 Feb'11

  Hero Honda upgrades SAP R3 to ECC6

  The SAP R3 to ECC6 upgrade came about because the auto company wanted to use SAP for IFRS implementation

• February 07, 2011 07 Feb'11

  Elder's edge: Sales force management on cloud platform

  Elder Pharma gave up its manual processes for sales force management and went in for a public cloud platform. The results have been remarkable

• October 04, 2010 04 Oct'10

  A CIOs guide to Microsoft negotiations

  Survivors -- and some winners -- of Microsoft software license negotiations share their cautionary tales.

• October 26, 2006 26 Oct'06

  IT greats: Top 10 greatest IT people

  For every world-famous name with a world famous fortune – think Bill Gates, Steve Jobs and Michael Dell – there are hundreds of other individuals who have moved the IT industry and its technology inexorably forward