BlackBerry splits personal and corporate data
Research in Motion (RIM) will introduce partitioning software on its BlackBerry smartphone devices to allow users to separate personal and corporate data.
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Lenovo rumoured to buy NEC
China-based Lenovo group is rumoured to be in talks with NEC to merge.
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Case study: Ace Hardware knocks $27m off replenishment and safety-stock inventory with JDA solutions
With 4,500 locally owned and operated hardware, home centre and building materials stores, Ace Hardware Corporation is the largest hardware co-operative in the industry. It currently operates 14 distribution centers in the U.S. and one in Shanghai, China, and its retailers’ stores are located in all 50 states and more than 60 countries.
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HTC sales rocket as shipments jump 163% in Q4 of 2010
HTC has posted sales of £2.2bn for the fourth quarter of 2010, an increase of 153% year-on-year.
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Rackspace launches system administrator app
Rackspace has launched an app that allows a CIO or system administrator to dial up or take down servers and storage moment by moment.
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FCC signs $300m deal with HP
Spanish-owned public services company FCC has signed a $300m (£188m) contract with HP.
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BT must slash rural wholesale rates, says Ofcom
Ofcom has proposed a reduction in the prices that BT Wholesale can charge internet service providers (ISPs) in rural areas of up to 14.75% below inflation.
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HP board gets five new members in wake of Hurd departure
Hewlett-Packard's board of directors has today appointed five new members in the first big change under HP's new chief executive Leo Apotheker and chairman Ray Lane.
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AMD sales remain flat for fourth quarter of 2010
AMD has posted sales of $1.65bn and profit of $375m for the fourth quarter of 2010.
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Gartner urges CIOs to harness power of social networking
CIOs need to begin exploiting the potential of social networking technology this year, or risk losing the initiative to other parts of the business
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Government departments locked into outsourcing contracts
Around 80% of government departments are locked into outsourcing contracts, according to analysis of government contracts from price measurement firm ProBenchmark.
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Bluewan's FTTA promises cheap high-speed comms
Start-up French wireless comms company Bluwan has previewed microwave technology that promises to slash the cost of providing high-speed broadband to rural areas to between 2% and 5% of traditional microwave and fibre networks.
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Financial services IT back in hiring line
IT contractors are looking at the financial services sector for job opportunities as it rebounds strongly from the credit crunch, while the public sector enters a crisis of its own.
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$1.5bn investment values Facebook at $50bn
Facebook has confirmed a $1.5bn (£940m) investment, valuing the company at about $50bn.
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BlackBerry splits personal and corporate data
Research in Motion (RIM) will introduce partitioning software on its BlackBerry smartphone devices to allow users to separate personal and corporate data.
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LibreOffice download available
The Document Foundation is set to release LibreOffice on 25 January. The LibreOffice initiative is a rival to OpenOffice. The group aims to create an open source office package independent of Oracle and Sun.
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BBC loses 360 jobs as online budget is slashed
The BBC has confirmed its online budget will be cut 25%, resulting in the loss of 360 jobs.
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Lush hacking a reminder of data security threats, says law firm
The hacking of the website of cosmetics retailer, Lush, is an unwelcome reminder of how important data security remains, says international law firm Eversheds.
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CIO interview: David Matthewman, Open University
As tuition fees soar, the Open University is looking to technology to improve performance and cost-effectiveness, and attract more students.
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Eric Schmidt to sell £200m Google shares
Eric Schmidt is to sell 5.8% of his stock in Google, valued at about $326.7m (£200m), the company said in a filing to US financial regulator, the Securities and Exchange Commission.
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McDonald's to roll out contactless payments in 1,200 UK stores
Fast-food restaurant chain, McDonald's, will roll out contactless payments in all of its 1,200 UK stores by the end of October
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Lenovo rumoured to buy NEC
China-based Lenovo group is rumoured to be in talks with NEC to merge.
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Hackers sell access to military and government websites
Dozens of military, government and education websites have been hacked and are up for sale, according to researchers from Imperva's Hacker Intelligence Initiative (HII).
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Microwave technology could accelerate rural broadband access
Start-up French wireless communications company Bluwan has previewed microwave technology that promises to cut the cost of providing high-speed broadband to rural areas.
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Twitter set to triple advertising revenue in 2011
Twitter will more than triple its advertising revenue to $150m in 2011 and may reach $250m in 2012 as more companies use it for marketing, according to internet research firm EMarketer.
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DWP loses £1.1bn in overpayments
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) lost the tax payer £1.1bn in benefits overpayments last year, according to a report from the National Audit Office (NAO).
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HTC sales rocket as shipments jump 163% in Q4 of 2010
HTC has posted sales of £2.2bn for the fourth quarter of 2010, an increase of 153% year-on-year.
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Organ donors preferences recorded inaccurately
The preferences of 444,031 organ donors were recorded wrongly on the Organ Donation Register (ODR) because of a software problem.
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Tight budgets will hit IT departments in 2011
Budget constraints will be the biggest challenge for IT managers in 2011 as UK companies are forced to cut costs
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IT industry salaries rise 5% in 2010
Pay rates for IT professionals in 2010 increased by 5% compared to 2009 figures as demand for staff increased throughout the year.
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Trapster data breach sparks single password warning
The possible theft of millions of email address and passwords from online smartphone speed trapping service Trapster has sparked several warnings against using a single password for multiple services.
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Rackspace launches system administrator app
Rackspace has launched an app that allows a CIO or system administrator to dial up or take down servers and storage moment by moment.
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Online spending hits £58.8bn in 2010
Internet sales hit a record £58.8bn in 2010, an increase of 18% on the previous year - outstripping analysts' forecasts of a 13% growth rate.
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Parliament to debate cost-sharing element of Digital Economy Act
Secondary legislation on sharing the costs of the Digital Economy Act's measures to tackle online copyright infringement has been laid in Parliament.
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Many SMEs don't understand cloud computing
Despite predictions that the cloud is likely to have its biggest uptake with small businesses, many SMEs still don't what the term means, according to a survey.
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FCC signs $300m deal with HP
Spanish-owned public services company FCC has signed a $300m (£188m) contract with HP.
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More Indian firms point to recovery
India's third and fourth largest IT services providers Wipro and HCL have posted strong results in their latest financial quarters.
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BT must slash rural wholesale rates, says Ofcom
Ofcom has proposed a reduction in the prices that BT Wholesale can charge internet service providers (ISPs) in rural areas of up to 14.75% below inflation.
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HP board gets five new members in wake of Hurd departure
Hewlett-Packard's board of directors has today appointed five new members in the first big change under HP's new chief executive Leo Apotheker and chairman Ray Lane.
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Larry Page reclaims Google chief executive post from Eric Schmidt
Google co-founder Larry Page is to take over as chief executive in April from Eric Schmidt, who will then become executive chairman.
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AMD sales remain flat for fourth quarter of 2010
AMD has posted sales of $1.65bn and profit of $375m for the fourth quarter of 2010.
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Eli Lilly signs Cognizant deal
Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has signed a multiyear deal with Cognizant to provide a range of business services
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Councils minimise IT cuts to drive through savings
Cuts to IT budgets in local councils have been minimised in an attempt by local authorities to drive efficiency savings through technology
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