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SAP Helps Ghanaian Shea Nut Workers Earn More
Groups of women Shea nut harvesters in Ghana are using SAP smartphone software to improve efficiency
Low-Latency Network To Connect London And HK
A high-speed fibre network between London and Hong Kong could help decrease financial trading times
Microsoft Dynamics AX 2012 Steps Up To The Cloud
Microsoft has launched its Dynamics AX 2012 ERP application which integrates with the "all in" cloud strategy
IBM Offers £622m Financing For SMB Tech Acquisition
IBM is offering the SMB community access to £622m in financing to help them acquire new technology
IronKey Unveils Bank Cyber-Crime Security Kit
IronKey introduced an integrated banking platform of multiple security controls to combat cyber-criminals
BT Merges Standalone Units Into New IT Services Entity
BT has merged three standalone businesses into a single IT services unit with annual turnover of £400m
DoJ Bids To Halt AT&T Merger With T-Mobile
A bid to create the largest mobile operator in the United States has been blocked by the US DoJ
ComScore: Android Creeps Up On 42 Percent Share
Google continues to increase its lead over Apple's iOS, RIM BlackBerry and other smartphone platforms
Ingres’ Big Data Battle Vectors On Microsoft
Ingres has ported its Vectorwise system to Windows to offer fast Big Data analysis to all sizes of firms
Hong Kong Exchange News Site Blocked By DDoS
A distributed denial of service attack hit the HK Stock Exchange News Web but trading was relatively unaffected
Increasing Availability Of Contactless POS Terminals
ABI Research reports NFC providers and smartphones are stimulating the contactless payments market
Byte Night 2011 Will Help Young People Again
The UK's IT industry will sleep rough for one night in October to raise money for Action for Children
Did The Met Nab Voice Of LulzSec In Shetlands Raid?
LulzSec suspect Topiary was arrested in the Shetland Isles but the word on the web is he was framed
Plenty Of Rare Bits Will Be Pulled Out Of The Black Hat Conference
This week, the Black Hat Conference in Las Vegas will show how we all gamble with our security right across the IT inventory, says Eric Doyle
Sales Dip But AMD’s Fusion Ramp Grows Profits
AMD's Fusion initiative helped it swing to a $61 million profit though overall sales fell five percent last quarter
Sustainability Has Become A Corporate Financial Issue
Gartner predicts the position of sustainability will rapidly move up the company priority list by 2015
Apple Profits Boom As Lion Roars And Jobs Spins
Apple is having a busy day with a record-breaking quarter, the Mac OS X Lion release and a Jobs vacancy
Mozilla Calms Enterprise Fears With Working Group
Mozilla is re-establishing an Enterprise User Working Group to spike worries about enterprise deployments
Gen3 Of IBM XIV Storage System Ready To Go
IBM XIV Storage System Gen3 uses a grid architecture to process high-transaction workloads faster
Oracle Critical Patch Update Is A Big Debugger
Oracle will patch 78 software vulnerabilities across its product portfolio, including the database, PeopleSoft and Solaris
Cloud-Based Analytics Suite Launched By IBM
IBM is combining Coremetrics and Unica software, as part of its Smarter Commerce strategy
Analyst: iPad Continues To Lead The Way
Apple's iPad will dominate the tablet market through next year, according to a new study
Visa Blocks WikiLeaks Payments Again
Visa is once again blocking payments to WikiLeaks, closing the workaround which was uncovered yesterday
Visa, Mastercard Resume Wikileaks Payment Handling
Credit card companies Visa and Mastercard are once again processing donations to WikiLeaks, says DataCell
IT Architectures Still Controlled By Financial Officers
Gartner survey shows CFOs to be sceptical of IT's business value and do not see CIOs as strategic partners
Morgan Stanley Loses Data For 34,000 Investors
Investors notified of lost CDs containing sensitive data en route to New York State's Tax Department
Government Keeps Simpler Green CRC Tax
The CRC green tax remains, but adjustments have been made, and there is still room for consultation
Chrome Browser Set To Pass Firefox
Google's Chrome browser has attained 20 percent market share, according to some counts
Gartner: Tsunami Failed To Dampen IT Sales
Despite the Japanese disasters, Gartner estimates global IT spending will jump to $3.7 trillion this year