Financial Markets

Microsoft Looks To Windows 7 For Earnings Boost

Microsoft's earnings are forecast to meet or exceed analyst predictions, but to be lower than the numbers it posted a…

15 years ago

Twitter’s Google Docs Hack – A Warning For Cloud App Users

Twitter lost its data through a hack on Google Docs. Learn from this to be very careful how much trust…

15 years ago

Anti-regulation Lord Appointed To Regulator Ofcom

Lord Blackwell who criticised the government for getting in the way of free enterprise before the dot com crash has…

15 years ago

UK Sustainability Priorities Dominated By ‘Quick Wins’ Mindset

Companies are grasping easy options for greening up, because of poor quality data, according to an Oracle performance management study

15 years ago

Google Sees 19 Percent Growth Despite Downturn

Google enjoys a small rebound in the second quarter, posting a profit of $1.48 billion (£907m) on $4.66 per share,…

15 years ago

Rogue Trader Talks Financial Crisis at IT Security Event

Who better to speak on the importance of data management and security than Nick Leeson say organisers of RSA Conference…

15 years ago

Strong Intel Results Point To Economic Stability

Intel's strong second quarter fuels hope that the global recession that has hammered the IT industry may be easing

15 years ago

At Last Google Apps Drops The Beta Label

You can't have it both ways, says Jim Rapoza. If Google expects users to pay for a service, then it…

15 years ago

SaaS Users Not Impressed, Survey Finds

Gartner is calling on SaaS vendors to “reaffirm fundamentals,” after survey reveals finds their products don't satisfy users

15 years ago

Gartner Cuts Global IT Spending Forecast

The analyst firm now says IT spending will drop by $200 billion this year, with unprecedented impact on all four…

15 years ago

Ingres: We’re Gaining From The MySQL Meltdown

Customers are turning from MySQL to Ingres in the face of Oracle, says Ingres CEO Roger Burkhardt. And he's not…

15 years ago

UK SMEs Rely On Poor Data

Ninety-eight percent of UK mid-market companies are struggling with data quality, according to IBM research

15 years ago

iPhone, Android, Pre: Are The New Smartphones Business-Ready?

New smartphones have impressed consumers, but the iPhone, Android and Palm Pre still lack business features

15 years ago

Researcher Discovers Theft Of 88,000 FTP Credentials

A Trojan which stole 88,000 FTP credentials may have been in action for more than two years, say researchers

15 years ago

Adobe Shuts Up Shop For Cost-Saving Week

Adobe Systems has shuttered its North American operations for the week of 29 June in a cost cutting manoeuvre, according…

15 years ago

IBM Discovers Scheme To Manipulate Encrypted Data

A Researcher at IBM has found an encryption method that lets you operate on data without decrypting it: good news…

16 years ago

Tesco Expected To Disrupt UK Banking With Outsourced Model

Tesco and others are using outsourcing and new IT to break further into the UK banking sector

16 years ago

RIAA Witness Surprised By File-Sharing Fine

The RIAA has been prosecuting an aggressive campaign against illegal music downloaders, even as P2P networks show little sign of…

16 years ago

iPhone 3GS Gets Phone Banking With HSBC

HSBC joins the crowd with business banking on the iPhone - and the new phone loses a character, to become…

16 years ago

Record Industry Sues File-Sharer For £1.2m

The RIAA has continued an aggressive campaign against digital piracy, as propagated through P2P networks, although this case represents the…

16 years ago

Retailers Look To Outsourcing To Cut Costs

Shops are getting smarter about using outsourcing, says Datamonitor

16 years ago

UK Still Lags At Open Source

Despite a recession which could promote open source, the UK is less likely to use it than Mali

16 years ago

New Economy, New Confusion?

There's a big buzz around the "new economy" of sustainable development. But is anyone actually sure that that means, asks…

16 years ago

Low Carbon Buildings Could Be Forced By Tax Rises

Government targets for sustainable development may need more effort - and IT has a part to play, according to debate…

16 years ago

Oracle’s Purchase Of Sun Nears Completion

The deal would end more than seven months of negotiations between Sun and several interested suitors—including Oracle, IBM and HP—vying…

16 years ago

New Cooling Saves 45 Percent Of Energy At Data Centre

Oil explorers PGS get an efficient data centre. Is that so they burn less of the fuel they find?

16 years ago

IBM Goes Legal Over Microsoft’s WebSphere Claims

Big Blue declines performance comparisons, sends a lawyers' letter instead

16 years ago

Server Virtualisation – Some Real Cost Savings

Server virtualisation promises to save space, costs and energy, but two UK local authorities have discovered there's more to achieving…

16 years ago

NEC EA261WM: A Display With Green Ambitions

Including a carbon meter and a lower power eco-mode  could help raise awareness of power usage in the office

16 years ago