PC World parent company faces increased financial pressure
DSG International, the retail group that includes Dixons, high-street consumer electronics chain Currys Digital, and small business IT equipment suppliers PC World Business, MacWarehouse and Equanet, is facing financial pressure as its credit insurance has been drastically reduced.
Read More ...
Photos: Sony Vaio P-Series
Sony's Vaio P-Series boasts a clear eight inch screen, weighing 638g XrossMedia Bar (XMB) similar to the PS3 and PSP, 3G and WiFi.
Read More ...
Tata takes over some Satyam business
The World Bank has handed Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) much of the work previously carried out by the troubled Indian IT services company, Satyam. The...
Read More ...
Nortel Networks files for bankruptcy
Nortel Networks, has filed voluntary petitions in the United States under Chapter 11 for bankruptcy protection, due to poor trading conditions.
Read More ...
Brits help crash tropical island caretaker jobsite
A website offering the chance to be a آ£70,000 caretaker on a tiny tropical island in Australia has crashed, after...
Read More ...
Free Software Foundation to sue Cisco over LinkSys violation
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) has filed a copyright infringement lawsuit against Cisco alleging that various products have violated the licences of...
Read More ...
London councils save cash with shared grid student comms
London Grid for Learning (LGfL), a consortium of all London's local authorities, has launched Microsoft Live@edu network services for up to one million students...
Read More ...
Toys 'R' Us deploys new e-commerce platform to support Web 2.0
Toys 'R' Us has deployed a new e-commerce platform to improve the online customer experience. The firm has implemented the Hybris...
Read More ...
HMRC advertises for آ£205,000 CIO
HM Revenue & Customs has advertised for a new CIO at up to آ£205,000 a year. The new CIO will replace Steve Lamey, now HMRC director general for benefits...
Read More ...
Financial services IT spending falls to $353.3bn
Financial services firms across the world will collectively spend $353.3bn o n IT this year , whic h is 1.3% less ...
Read More ...
Nortel files for bankruptcy protection
Network and telecoms equipment manufacturer Nortel Networks has filed for bankruptcy protection in the United States, according to Reuters.
Read More ...
Bus firm offers parents Wi-Fi school bus tracking
Parents in Birmingham can keep an eye on their kids' whereabouts as they make their way to and from school on the school bus. The Green...
Read More ...
Luton council signs آ£50m schools IT contract with Civica
Luton Borough Council has selected Civica to deliver a آ£50m schools IT transformation project, which is part of a آ£270m building and refurbishment contract.
Read More ...
Irish Life saves آ£100K+ by offloading Unisys data
Irish Life & Permanent Group (IL&P) has deployed Attachmate Databridge to help the company cut the workload of its existing Unisys platforms...
Read More ...
Airwave radio rolled out on London Underground
The Airwave radio network has been rolled out on the London Underground, enabling police to use radios underground. Police say it will enable them...
Read More ...
Global IT spending to fall 3% this year
Global purchases of IT goods and services will equal $1.66 trillion in 2009, declining by 3% after an 8% rise in 2008, says analyst Forrester. A declining...
Read More ...
Technology sector slumps
Leading IT suppliershave seen 60% more profit warnings in the fourth quarter of 2008 compared to the fourth quarter of 2007. Ernst...
Read More ...
Becta launches school IT progress scheme
Schools learning agency Becta has launched a new technology charter to help schools join the digital revolution. Every school in the country is being...
Read More ...
Barclays UK investment banking IT jobs hang in the balance
Barclays is planning another 2100 global redundancies in its investment banking businesses . T he UK and London are set to see...
Read More ...
Google in targeted marketing rules talks
Online publishers and technology firms are thrashing out proposals to self-regulate behaviourally...
Read More ...
Gartner predicts tight budgets for 2009
IT spending in 2009 will change little from 2008, according to a worldwide survey of 1,500 CIOs by Gartner Executive...
Read More ...
A third of companies still cannot recruit some IT skills, says NCC
A third of companies experienced difficulty in recruiting IT skills in 2008. The
Read More ...
Yahoo announces Yang replacement
Yahoo has appointed former Autodesk chief Carol Bartz to succeed Jerry Yang as the internet company's chief executive officer.
Read More ...
Manufacturers may lose thousands of IT jobs
Thousands of IT jobs in the manufacturing sector are at risk despite the sector outperforming the rest of the economy, a manufacturers' association says. Leading...
Read More ...
ICO slams privacy notices, seeking new code of practice
The data protection watchdog is to take action against organisations that post privacy noticeson their websites and printed documentaion...
Read More ...
Merrill Lynch IT staff in London await their fate
Almost 2,000 staff are expected to be cut from
Read More ...
No comments:
Post a Comment