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£30m IT Project Helped Drag Dunfermline Down
Questions are being asked about the degree to which a costly IT project contributed to the decision to effectively nationalise and then sell Scotland's largest building society
Oracle Improves Enterprise Database Admin
The database maker has announced tighter integration between Oracle Database Vault, the company's database access control technology, and Enterprise Manager
Google Succumbs To Downturn With Job Cuts
Google announces plans to lay off 200 employees on its sales and marketing teams
Union Puts IBM Job Cuts At 10,000
By the time the latest round of layoffs are completed, IBM will have cut nearly 10,000 jobs, according to unions
Can Dell Deliver The Full Monty?
Dell is wasting time with claims about server performance. The real story is the management tools it says can free users from the grasp of big consultancies
UK Pays Female IT Pros A Third Less
Not surprisingly, with lower pay, the UK lags behind Ireland and Italy in employing women in IT
UK IT Departments Unprepared For Carbon Trading
Research from Gartner says not enough companies are preparing their IT systems for the data management and analytics required for carbon reporting schemes
UK Government: We’ll Secure Smart Meters
The Department for Energy and Climate Change has moved to reassure users over fears on smart grids
AT&T Launches Smart Grid Despite Hacking Concerns
Security consultants have engineered a worm which can bring down smart grids - while AT&T launches a product and the UK backs the concept
UK Government Defends Use Of Second Life
"Fantasy world" innovation centre could save taxpayers money by reducing travel, according to the DWP
Research: IT Contractors At Odds With Contracting Budgets
Over half of business think they are paying too much for contractors at a time when IT budgets are shrinking
Big Blue Helps Emerald Isle Be Greener
IBM is lending its technical help to a cloud computing project to monitor marine pollution in Ireland
Sun Plans 27 teraflop Computing Center In South Africa
Sun Microsystems is providing the hardware and software for what will become South Africa's largest HPC environment.
EC: Green IT Can Combat Climate Change
The tech industry should lead the way when it comes to adoption of energy efficient IT, says a European Commission report
BigFix SAM Tool : Track Enterprise Software
How many software packages, licenses, versions and locations are spread across your company? If you can even start to answer, then chances are you're ahead of the game.
Tesco sold on virtualisation
The retailer says the technology has enabled it to cut carbon emissions by 20 percent
NAO: Delays cost Prison Project £41 million
A plan to create a single UK database of prisoner records has spiralled to more than £500 million
IBM Releases Cost Cutting Blade Technology
IBM is offering 8 Gb Fibre Channel capabilities in its family of BladeCenter blade servers
UK should learn from open source schools project
Avoiding commercial licenses has enabled the National Digital Resource Bank project to succeed, say free software experts
EMC Promotes Smarter Server Management
Smarts Server Manager aims to help IT administrators better manage virtual data centers
Shake-up For Troubled NHS IT Project
A new organisation will be created to manage much of the health service's National Programme for IT, according to reports.
UK Recession Hits IT Jobs Hardest
Demand for IT staff is falling significantly faster than the overall drop in the UK as a whole
HP: Virtualisation Will Help Fight Recession
HP is beefing-up its virtualisation offerings to help businesses control data centre spending.
Google Discusses Clean Energy Plan
Google is continuing to push a national energy plan that embraces efficiency and renewable power.
London Olympics’ IT More “Sustainable” Than Beijing
Facing increased scrutiny over a spiraling budget, the organisers of the 2012 games claim green IT will help cut project costs
UK Organisations Reveal “Green IT” Plans
Lloyd's of London, John Lewis and Defra have discussed sustainable approaches to tech
Microsoft’s Innovations That Aren’t
Why does Microsoft call its big EU lobbying-party an Innovation Day? When a big company puts on a show in Brussels to get the ear of government, it seems more like business as usual to us
Keep investing in (our) IT, Microsoft tells EU
IT should be part of any stimulus package, Microsoft will tell a big audience of European public sector opinion-makers today. We asked the European chairman why Microsoft deserves the business
UK Faces Data Management Timebomb
Too many financial services organisations think data management is the IT department's problem, according to new research