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Serious business in virtual worlds

Businesses are exploring the use of virtual worlds for collaboration, training and a host of other 3D web applications.

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Out of the shadows

VMware's CEO Diane Greene has not sought the spotlight, but her company's rampant success has thrust it upon her.

Development & Integration

Agility applied at Standard Life

Standard Life's adoption of agile IT techniques has helped it emerge as one of the stars of the pensions sector.

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In safe hands

News agency Reuters rips up the IT outsourcing rule book.

Comms & Networking

Q&A - NHS Direct

Murray Bain, IT director at NHS Direct, on the challenges of delivering IT services in an always-on environment.

Data Centre & IT Infrastructure

IBM's pitch for the last mile

The launch of IBM’s free desktop productivity suite portends a new war in the software market.

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IT services spending heads east

Shifting spending patterns highlight the sea-change in IT services.

Information Management

Has Microsoft learned to share?

The software titan’s SharePoint Server is shaking up the content management market.

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Most companies miss-manage mobiles

Poor mobile management policies continue to put enterprises at risk.

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Information overload

IT managers are struggling to get to grips with the storage of the ever-mounting volume of data within their organisations.

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Server market remains buoyant

While interest in virtualisation technologies continues to rise, spending on servers also continues to soar.

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Data centre co-location prices set to soar

A shortage of space and power for data centres is driving up prices in the collocation market.

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Revival in European IT growth

Industry index for September

Comms & Networking

Networking industry in flux

Cisco buys into WiMax at last, while 3Com's China connection spooks US politicians.

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Oracle, Software AG enjoy the spoils of SOA

Meanwhile, European IT services providers suffer mixed fortunes.

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Month in review

September's news reviewed.

Information Management

eCopy smoothes out the paper chase

eCopy streamlines the integration of paper into IT systems.

Business Applications

Sterling embraces its legacy

Integration and applications provider Sterling Commerce tunes its supply chain management strategy.

Development & Integration

Corizon sets new SOA perspectives

Decoupling the user interface will unleash the power of SOA, says CEO.

Business Applications

Infor’s SOA end-game

Mid-market business applications giant looks to SOA to shake its 'collector' reputation.

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Subprimal screams

Legislation to reduce risk usually benefits the IT industry the most, argues Information Age's Andrew Lawrence

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Cold war web

The USSR lives on.

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Insider: Perks of the job

Judging by a number of recent proxy filings, the era of the fat cat lives on.

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Happy tracking

US authorities are causing a stir by increasingly taking advantage of the tracking capabilities of mobile devices.

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The EC versus Microsoft

If the EC’s anti-trust pursuit of Microsoft is intended to benefit users, it has failed to produce results.

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Virtual worlds

Virtual worlds have the kind of potential last seen at the dawn of the Internet, says Information Age editor, Kenny MacIver.