Latest Articlesby Mike Simons
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Salesforce.com CEO slams government's lack of cloud progress
Salesforce.com CEO Marc Benioff has slammed the UK government for its failure to embrace the public cloud. read more »
Michael Dell to star at Cloudforce London conference
Michael Dell will be one of the star turns at Salesforce.com’s Cloudforce event in London tomorrow. read more »
IT services orders fall heavily in Q2
The gathering economic gloom has hit IT service companies hard, according to a report from Ovum. New global analysis from the analyst group has highlighted a 40 percent year-on-year decline in new service contract signings in the second quarter of 2011. read more »
Steve Jobs, Mike Lynch and the future of UK IT
Steve Jobs resignation 'no threat to Apple future'
Steve Jobs' resignation as CEO of Apple will not stem the stream of innovative new products and is unlikely to damage the world’s most successful IT company. read more »
The thoughts of Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch
Autonomy CEO Mike Lynch has proved that the UK can create seriously innovative software companies that can attract top dollar. HP’s decision to buy Autonomy for £6.7 billion has delivered him a personal pay day of around £500 million. read more »
HP - Autonomy deal: Facing up to the risks
Dramatic changes at HP, including spinning off its PC division and the acquisition of Autonomy, the UK’s largest software company, pose potential risks for corporate IT organisations, according to analysts. read more »
Autonomy to remain UK-based after HP takeover
Autonomy will maintain its UK roots following its shock £6.7 billion acquisition by HP. read more »
Google bags headaches along with Motorola patents
Rioters: Coordinating by BlackBerry, convicted by BlackBerry?
The controversial Regulatory of Investigatory Powers Act (RIPA) is likely to be widely used in the aftermath of the rioting that has swept London, Birmingham and Liverpool in recent days. read more »
Government announces fundamental police IT overhaul
The government is creating a new police-owned national IT company to commission and deliver services. read more »
Poor contracts and excess customisation 'push up IT costs 40 percent'
IT leaders have shaved between eight and 15 percent from their costs over the past two years, according to a major survey by Compass Management Group. read more »
Facebook juror jailed for eight months
Joanne Fraill, the juror who contacted a defendant on Facebook, has been jailed for eight months. read more »
Google may struggle in an Apple world, says Forrester CEO
Google could struggle in the new technology landscape that has been crystallised by Apple, according to George Colony, CEO and founder of analyst group Forrester. read more »
Forrester: Don't wait for the business to set its strategy
Forget about IT and business alignment. We can’t sit around waiting for the business to set strategy and then build an IT strategy for it. read more »
Whirlpool reworks IT infrastructure to deliver $1 billion benefits
Domestic appliance giant Whirlpool stopped all business-to-consumer IT development projects to focus on rebuilding the organisation’s IT infrastructure, its CIO has revealed. read more »
Facebook in Google smear scandal
Facebook has admitted to hiring a top PR agency to plant anti-Google stories in the US media. read more »
Canonical CTO Matt Zimmerman gets seven-year itch
Matt Zimmerman is stepping down from his role as Canonical CTO after seven years. read more »
Update: Accenture picks up Symbian development from Nokia
Accenture is taking on 3,000 Nokia staff who support and develop the Symbian operating system and support services. read more »













