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Wales & West Utilities deploys faster and cheaper WAN for over 1,500 sites
Wales & West Utilities has brought in MDNX to create and manage an integrated wide area network to deliver connectivity to 22 offices and 1,500 telemetry sites across Wales and South West of England. read more »
Deutsche Telekom unveils M2M pay-as-you-go vehicle insurance system
Deutsche Telekom and DriveFactor have unveiled a complete usage-based insurance (UBI) system that enables motor insurers to offer their customers special benefits for driving safely. read more »
M&S completes contactless payments roll-out
Marks & Spencer (M&S) claims it's the UK leader in accepting contactless payments following the completion of a contactless point-of-sale roll-out at 644 UK stores. read more »
Burts Potato Chips' ERP cooks up better supply chain and financials
Burts Potato Chips has deployed a new ERP system to improve its supply chain and financials. read more »
Salesforce and VCs launch £4.2m start-up challenge
Salesforce.com and European venture capital firms have announced a €5 million (£4.2 million) Innovation Challenge, a competition for European start-ups building enterprise cloud apps on the Salesforce platform. read more »
Samsung smartphones and tablets approved by US military
Samsung has had its security enhanced smartphones and tablets approved for use by the US military. read more »
easyJet trials mobile boarding passes, excludes Windows and BlackBerry
EasyJet is now trialling mobile boarding passes for passengers but they have to first use an easyJet app to do it, which doesn't run on Windows or BlackBerry phones. read more »
Ericsson uses Jaspersoft for Big Data analytics on MongoDB
Ericsson has improved its Ericsson Multiscreen TV Solution, which allows TV service providers to easily monitor and manage delivery of content to virtually any type of consumer entertainment device from a central location, with the help of open source technology. read more »
US Air Force makes energy management scheme fly
The US Air Force is now relying on a tie-in between suppliers McKenney’s and Splunk to help reduce energy costs. read more »
NHS telemedicine system for strokes hailed as a success
A telemedicine system set up to help stroke patients has been declared a success by the NHS Cumbria & Lancashire Cardiac and Stroke Network (CSNLC). read more »
Over 100 more IT apprenticeships created under new national scheme
A new IT apprenticeship scheme has created over 100 more apprenticeships for young people within SMEs. read more »
Mobile working and the cloud leads to decline in demand for PC apps
UK and US companies are focusing more on mobile app strategies in the cloud than traditional PC app strategies as bring your own device (BYOD) take-up widens, according to research among 1,300 companies. read more »
Fenwick offers free WiFi to customers
The Fenwick department store chain is offering free unlimited WiFi at its 11 main stores through a new BT system. read more »
Almost 40 percent of firms to stop providing devices with BYOD
As bring your own device (BYOD) programmes become more popular, 38 percent of companies expect to stop providing devices to workers by 2016, according to a global survey of CIOs by analyst Gartner. read more »
Cheshire councils award BT £19.5m rural broadband deal
Cheshire councils have awarded BT a rural fibre broadband deployment contract worth around £19.5 million as part of an ongoing national government-funded scheme. read more »
EE covers another 12 towns with 4G mobile network
EE has announced that its 4G mobile data service is available in a further 12 towns across the UK, bringing the total number of towns and cities covered by its 4G network to 62. read more »
Carphone Warehouse pays £500m to take full control of Best Buy Europe
Carphone Warehouse is buying the 50 percent stake Best Buy Incorporated holds in the two companies' Best Buy Europe joint venture for £500 million. read more »
Enfield council moves to protect sensitive emails
Enfield Council is controlling the distribution of sensitive data by email in line with the HM Government Security Policy Framework. read more »
Cisco launches first apprenticeship Cisco training programme for companies
Cisco has created its first apprenticeship programme, delivered in partnership with QA Apprenticeships. The programme aims to "develop a qualified, motivated workforce of Cisco practitioners around the UK", said Cisco. read more »
Telefónica and Push join forces to offer data distribution in the cloud
Telefónica Digital and Push Technology are to offer fast and scalable mobile and web data distribution from the cloud to any device through a strategic partnership. read more »
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Reshuffle sees SuccessFactor’s Lars Dalgaard step down from SAP board
Ariba’s CEO, Bob Calderoni, will head up the company’s cloud go-to-market read more »
Ethernet founders bemoan lack of investment in innovation
When Ethernet was invented at Xerox-owned PARC the location enjoyed government investment and good tax breaks read more »
BBC technology chief suspended over £100m failed digital project
The director general of the BBC said an independent review has been set up read more »
Republicans package H-1B plan in attractive website
New bill on immigration ready as House takes it term read more »
U.S. urged to let companies 'hack-back' at IP cyber thieves
Best defense against American IP theft may be legalizing cyber offense, U.S. commission says read more »
Windows 8 users snub 'Modern' apps, stick to desktop
Majority of Windows 8 PC owners launch less than one app a day read more »
Intel claims Haswell will offer 50 percent more battery life
The new processor design is important for PC makers as they try to battle tablets and smartphones read more »
Google to lengthen SSL encryption keys from August
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