UK Business Company News
Java developer says he built, launched basic open source office suite in 30 days
The suite is meant to eventually compete with Google Docs, its developer said read more »
French police end missing persons searches, suggest using Facebook instead
A century-old administrative procedure has been made obsolete by the Internet, according to the Ministry of the Interior read more »
Million pound start-up competition launched to create next £100m company
The winner will be based in London and must have turnover of less than £1 million per year read more »
Ethernet celebrates 40th anniversary
Last year Ethernet technology sales are said to have exceeded those of all other WAN technologies combined read more »
Adobe continues social push, acquires mobile app agency
Adobe acquired Thumb Labs, the New York-based creator of Behance, a platform it bought last year read more »
Electricity's in the air: Powermat ties the knot with PowerKiss
By combining forces, the two wireless charging giants hope to create one consistent charging experience for customers read more »
HP profit falls 32 percent as PC and server sales decline
HP's results were down from last year but it still managed to make a bigger profit than expected read more »
Google launching new fund for later-stage tech investments
The fund, called Google Capital, could mean Google plans some larger investments read more »
Study ranks US least riskiest place to open data centre
UK, Germany and Sweden follow as the least riskiest places to establish data centers, according to a survey released this week read more »
IP theft commission: US needs to take strong action
A new report says China is responsible for more than half of the $300 billion in IP theft from the US each year read more »
esure deploys Cordys platform to interface with Ministry of Justice
The platform is being used to improve claims handling procures and cost control of third party claims read more »
Lenovo's net profit up 90 percent, smartphone shipments soar
Lenovo's smartphone shipments grew 206 percent year-over-year in the quarter read more »
Wal-Mart to send automated shopping lists to its mobile app
By crunching data about a customer's buying habits, the store thinks it can pop up the things they'll need to buy read more »
Nvidia, Citrix crank up virtual desktop delivery
The companies are making hardware and software to deliver more virtual machine per GPU read more »
Rimini Street gets another £10m to keep piling the pressure on SAP and Oracle
Bridge Bank has been a banking partner of Rimini Street since 2010 read more »
Hospitals deploy cloud-based Radiology Information System with Accenture
Clinicians will be able to store, access and exchange patient information in the cloud read more »
Blue Coat Systems to acquire security analytics firm Solera Networks
Solera's big data security analytics and traffic inspection technology will be added to Blue Coat's offerings read more »
Miliband calls for G8 intervention on international tax reform for internet giants
The Labour Party leader’s comments come as Google; Amazon et al are in the spotlight read more »
Samsung's Galaxy S4 infringes on 5 patents, Apple says
Apple wants to add the Galaxy S4 to a U.S. lawsuit that was filed in February 2012 read more »
Capita inks 10-year deal with North Yorkshire Fire and Rescue
It is the first authority to adopt Capita’s latest command and control solution read more »













