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Can Google Apps move up market?

With construction giant Taylor Woodrow turning to Google for core email applications, the search giant may believe it has made a bridgehead into the enterprise, but can Google Apps really deliver for business?

Bill Gates' final day

Bill Gates has transformed the IT industry. On his last day, we look at his achievements, some duff moments and his plans for the future.

The future according to Bill Gates

Bill Gates has never been shy of predicting the future of technology. Over the years, Gates' vision of the future has covered everything from interacting more with digital devices with voice recognition, to the eradication of disease and poverty. Some of his predictions have been spot on, but other couldn't have been further from reality. We've dug up some of his best quotes.

Bill Gates' big mouth

"I've said some stupid things and some wrong things,” Bill Gates has said. He has also had plenty to say that is profound.

Ozzie is key to Microsoft's success against Google

Following the departure of Bill Gates, can Ray Ozzie steer Microsoft against Google?

Red Hat CEO on patents, open-source virtualisation

Jim Whitehurst, CEO of Red Hat, speaks on virtualisation, open source and patent settlements.

Three key trends for the datacentre

A blade consortium, backed by IBM and Intel, has predicted the future of the datacentre.

How power-hungry are the Top500 supercomputers?

Proving that size isn't everything, the Top500 List of supercomputers for the first time is looking at power efficiency.

Master data errors can cost you millions

How good is your organisation's data? New research suggests it is worse than most IT departments would care to admit, and that amounts to a heavy toll on costs and profits.

Firefox 3: Mozilla fixes what's broke

The Mozilla Foundation celebrated the arrival of Firefox 3 with a worldwide party and an attempt to set a new world record for the most downloads ever of a single software programme. The record attempt may have been silly, but there is something to celebrate.

The new iPhone is enterprise ready

The iPhone was dismissed on its launch last year by many IT departments as unsuitable for the enterprise. This time round, Apple has fixed the holes and created a device with the features we need.

x86 at 30: Patrick Gelsinger chief architect for the 80486 chip

Intel's Patrick Gelsinger tells what is was like to witness the birth of x86, how much things have changed since its conception, and what might happen next

Intel: A long history of antitrust battles

South Korea’s decision to hit Intel with a £13 million antitrust fine is the latest example in a series of antitrust cases that have dogged the world's largest chip maker for years.

Open source enters the enterprise mainstream

More enterprises are embracing open source solutions across the IT infrastructure - from the desktop, enterprise applications, databases, servers and development tools - according to a new survey.

Six secrets of top-notch business analysts

An incompetent business analyst can be the critical failure factor for IT projects.

The future of enterprise search

Future search systems will get to know the user - and communities of users - as much as the content it crawls, analyses and indexes, say observers.

The software development revolution

The common view is that software development has not kept pace with the pace of progress in processors, storage and networks. One of the world's leading academics questions that notion.

CIOs look beyond Web 2.0

Web 2.0 has already become an essential part of the corporate landscape and has transformed the way businesses share information. CIOs look to the next revolution.

The greening of the datacentre

Leading IT vendors are all realising that the green movement also presents opportunities, and are coming together in green alliances.

RIM co-CEO Lazaridis on the iPhone, mobile device management

RIM held its seventh annual Wireless Enterprise Symposium in Orlando, where CIO's Al Sacco met with Mike Lazaridis to talk about the future of enterprise mobility, the competition, and more.

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