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2 September 2010

NEWS

Dell drops out of 3PAR bidding war

02 September 2010

Computer maker concedes defeat as Hewlett-Packard ups bid for virtualised storage vendor to $2.4 billion – more than twice Dell's initial offer

Capgemini buys into Brazil's IT services market

02 September 2010

European IT services provider acquires majority stake in Brazil’s largest outsourcer

Investigation into Moody’s rating glitch dropped

01 September 2010

SEC rules out probe into rating agency’s accidental AAA grade for risky investments despite finding that it “voted against taking responsive action”

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A moving platform

Why the increasing use of smartphones to support business applications calls for strategic thinking

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Highlights

Information Management

Dancing with elephants

Database technology veteran Michael Stonebraker on why his latest venture is an open source, in-memory, transactional database

Management & Skills

A tale of two CEO scandals

Two of the IT industry’s most powerful men landed in hot water this summer but the repercussions felt by each were very different

Comms & Networking

Sent from above

Does Europe need satellite broadband to provide Internet access for everyone?

Comms & Networking

Augmented reality’s gradual progression

The technology's development resembles the evolution of the web, says Layar's Maarten Lens-FitzGerald

Comms & Networking

Putting the iPad to work 

How one furniture retailer has found a business use case for Apple's tablet device

Comms & Networking

Not so neutral after all?

A policy proposal from search giant Google and US telecommunications operator Verizon has scandalised proponents of net neutrality

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Video Borough council improves the efficiency of IT support Surveys

Information Age Poll

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How has the influence of IT executives in business decision making changed in the wake of the recession?





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