Management

Facebook set to float

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The social networking site has filed for its initial public offering in the US
02 Feb 2012

Maude hails gov.uk beta as another milestone in government IT transformation

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Government web domain predicted to save £50m a year
01 Feb 2012

IT directors struggling to get board support for disaster recovery plans

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Many are also neglecting to back up data held in virtualised environments
01 Feb 2012

Government outlines £1.5bn framework for software services

The framework will cover ERP, business intelligence and big data
01 Feb 2012

Socitm urges public-sector CIOs to drive superfast broadband rollout

A new report argues that they must use their local knowledge to tackle 'notspots'
31 Jan 2012

BlackBerry Cloud Services launched on Microsoft Office 365

The service will allow BlackBerry users to manage deployments in the cloud
31 Jan 2012

BMC Software agrees to acquire Numara

Acquisition to enable BMC to target mid-market companies
30 Jan 2012

Department of Health signs £74m deal for desktop services

Atos has been awarded the contract for five years
30 Jan 2012

Maude defends government ICT after PASC criticism

Government ICT on course to losing its "unenviable reputation", says Cabinet Office minister
30 Jan 2012

Cambridgeshire council seeks supplier to make significant investment in broadband rollout

Council needs to tap private sector for £70m
30 Jan 2012

Catapult centre to propel UK businesses into the digital age

Centre will promote new technologies such as augmented reality
27 Jan 2012

Government urged to speed up ICT provision reform

PASC report on government ICT strategy says several issues still need to be addressed
27 Jan 2012

DWP’s Work Programme susceptible to fraud due to IT delays

Department has also massively exceeded the programme's original IT budget
26 Jan 2012

West Midlands Police spearheads shared services deal worth up to £3.5bn

Supplier has to provide IT equipment for "cutting-edge approach" to policing
26 Jan 2012

Recruitment firm moves to Databarracks private cloud to boost performance and cut costs

The firm has moved its systems from on-premise Dell servers to a VMware and HP Blade infrastructure
26 Jan 2012

UK online merchants are failing to track fraud

New report shows that UK e-commerce is still growing, but businesses are not fully understanding the risks
25 Jan 2012

Apple announces record results

Quarterly revenue of $46.33bn buoyed by 37 million iPhone sales
25 Jan 2012

Research in Motion co-chief executives step down in BlackBerry reshuffle

Chief operating officer Thorsten Heins replaces Jim Balsillie and Mike Lazaridis
23 Jan 2012

IDC: IT budgets to remain flat in 2012

Few organisations are planning to raise their IT spend this year, according to analysts IDC
23 Jan 2012

IBM and Intel exceed Wall St expectations but Microsoft and Google disappoint

Enterprise IT focus is key reason for IBM revenue boost, says Ovum analyst
20 Jan 2012

Kodak files for bankruptcy protection

Late attempt to break into digital market appears to have failed
19 Jan 2012

Imperva CTO criticises Oracle's patching process

Suggests Oracle may not be dedicating sufficient resources to its patching process and that some flaws are being left unfixed
19 Jan 2012

Microsoft System Centre 2012 closes in on VMware vCentre

The release aims to help organisations manage their cloud portfolio
18 Jan 2012

Lotusphere 2012: IBM launches social analytics for business

New software and services aimed at boosting workforce networking
17 Jan 2012