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BT Extends FTTP Trial To Blocks Of Flats
BT is hoping to quickly and easily expand its FTTP footprint in the UK after extending its fibre trial to apartment blocks
Government Catapult To Slingshot Business Into Digital Age
Vince Cable has announced the Connected Digital Economy Catapult to encourage digital technology adoption by UK businesses
Government Readies Shorter G-Cloud Contracts
The Government will offer G-Cloud supplier shorter contracts whilst pushing open standards
Nokia Sells 1m Windows Phones But Still Reports Q4 Losses
Lumia sales and a £150m payment from Microsoft fail to prevent year-on-year slump
Switch Off pcAnywhere Immediately To Avoid Security Risk Says Symantec
Symantec warns older versions of pcAnywhere are at "increased risk" following theft of source code
Amazon Expands Cloud Service With AWS Storage Gateway
Amazon claims AWS Storage Gateway makes cloud backup cheap and cheerful
Cloud And SaaS Benefits Bolster Business Intelligence Market
Gartner has identified the drivers for the adoption of SaaS and cloud offerings for BI, analytics and performance management
Cisco To Launch Router And WAN Sets To Ease Cloud Integration
Cisco is planning to roll out a package that includes its router and WAN offerings to simplify cloud computing connections
Everything Everywhere And BT Extend 4G LTE Cornwall Trial
Partners and participants say that trial has successfully shown benefits of LTE in rural areas
Mozy Touts Device Neutral Cloud Storage With Stash
Mozy is offering a beta of Stash that synchronises cloud-based backup files across a range of devices
Kroes Promises EU Cloud Strategy – Based On Angry Birds?
EU Internet Champion Neelie Kroes wants to unify regulations across Europe's states, so we can all play nicely
SAP Plans To Build With SuccessFactors
Fomerly-stodgy SAP is busting with innovation, and ready to benefit from SuccessFactors according to EMEA President Franck Cohen
Businesses Are Unprepared for Carbon Accounting
With carbon taxes in the offing, more than half organisations have not heard of carbon accounting, says a survey
Microsoft Azure Support Comes To Cloud9 IDE Developers
Architecting and deploying applications on Windows Azure is now supported in Cloud9's development environment
PCIe Virtualisation Boosted As Micron Aquires Virtensys
Micron's aquisition of Virtensys enables data centres to share local storage across multiple servers with more efficient virtualisation of NAND flash storage.
TfL To Announce London Tube Wi-Fi Provider This Spring
Winner will provide data services to 120 London Underground stations in time for the Olympic Games
Growth In Private Cloud Adoption Continues To Rise
More businesses are signing up to join private cloud services as record growth becomes the norm, says Frank Ohlhorst
Microsoft Names Developer Behind The Kelihos Spam Botnet
Microsoft has amended its original Kelihos civil lawsuit to add a Russian security professional as the developer of the spamming malware
Risk Of Tech Job Redundancy Minimal, Says Study
Technology jobs are less unlikely to be at risk in the year ahead, despite hiring concerns for 2012
Apple Now Top Global Semiconductor Buyer
Apple now purchases more semiconductor chips than any other tech vendor according to Gartner
Councils Face ‘Big Ask’ For Broadband Not-Spot Funds
Socitm report says local councils will find it difficult to match BDUK funding required to roll out fibre into broadband not-spots,
Huddle Package Now Extends To Customers’ Partners
Cloud collaboration company lets its customers Huddle with users in different organisations
Tate Galleries Take Pictures Into the Cloud
Tate have raised their profile with a virtual gallery in the cloud, which will launch next month
The Cloud Will Squeeze The Middle Men, Says IBM
Organisations moving to shared clouds may route round large service providers, an IBM White Paper implies
Intel Buys InfiniBand IP From QLogic
Intel has acquired the intellectual property for the InfiniBand interconnect standard from QLogic, furthering its exascale computing plans
VMware Sees Sharp Profit Rise
VMware's 67 percent profit rise reflects an overall growth in virtualisation and the cloud
Cloud9 Pushes Toward Mainstream
Cloud9 has launched initiatives to drive its JavaScript developer-as-a-service platform into a mainstream platform
Intel Opts For Management Shake-up
Intel has shuffled its management team, appointing a new COO, CIO, and bosses for its PC and data centre divisions
Megaupload Reveals The Need For User-Based Internet Legislation
Every cloud has a sinister lining or so the closure of MegaUpload and TV-Shack appears to indicate, writes Eric Doyle