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Xerox Shows Progress In Machine Vision And Understanding: Gallery
Green technologies and machine vision were on display at the Xerox Research Centre in Grenoble
IBM Joint Venture Sues Somerset County Council
IBM venture launches legal action against county council after being accused of not delivering cost savings
Paralympics Sponsor Atos Hits Back At Disability Protesters
BRITAIN: Paralympics sponsor Atos is facing a disability protest this week over its role in deciding which benefit claimants are fit to work
HP Posts Largest Ever Loss After Huge Writedown
HP has posted the biggest loss in its 73-year history as it struggles to transform its personal systems and service units
HP Braced For Huge Loss After £5bn EDS Writedown
HP executives are bracing themselves for a huge Q3 loss due to a $8 billion writedown of the EDS acquisition
Capita Confirms 400 British IT Jobs At Risk
Capita confirms 400 jobs within its IT division are under threat, with some jobs moving to India
IBM Offers Support For Challenges In The Shift To Enterprise Clouds
IBM introduced a series of offerings at its Pulse 2012 conference to address the emerging shift in enterprise cloud adoption
ASA Sides With Vodafone And Apple Over Siri’s Lack Of UK Help
The ad watchdog has decided that weather details constitute sufficient support for location-based services
Forward Secret HTTPS Enabled For Google Services
Google adds forward secure HTTPS encryption for its key Web services to thwart retrospective decryption
First OpenStack Public Cloud Is Hosted By Internap
The OpenStack framework has been chosen as the base for a public cloud-computing platform from Internap
Dell: Big Buyers Are Big Winners
If you've got the infrastructure, the brand and the balance sheet, why wouldn't you grow by acquisition, asks Dell's Dave Johnson
Managed Services Spending Set To Boom
Spending on managed services is predicted to be on the edge of rapid growth according to a new report
Ovum: Cloud Services Set To Explode
The next five years will see a global market expansion for cloud services that will lead to new innovations
McAfee Mobile Strategy Protects Devices, Data, Apps
McAfee's three-pronged mobile security strategy is a mix of new products supported by existing services
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
Global IT Services Sector Slumps Badly
Ovum has warned that the global IT services market has experienced a severe slump in the second quarter
HP Seeks To Ease Virtualisation Complexity
Companies are struggling with complex, inflexible, and fragmented virtual environments but help is at hand, says HP's Ingo Kraft
IBM Posts Healthy Q2 Figures On Software Gains
IBM has posted a healthy set of results for the second quarter thanks to good hardware and software sales
Dropbox And Microsoft Snags Raise Cloud Questions
Microsoft and Dropbox problems revive questions and doubts about embracing the cloud for varied IT needs
Nokia Finalises Symbian Handover To Accenture
Nokia has finalised the agreement to hand over the Symbian operating system to services giant Accenture
Cable & Wireless Mulls Services Move With 2e2 Buy
Cable & Wireless Worldwide is reportedly in talks to acquire British system integrator 2e2
Government Services Could Go Onto Facebook
Users could use Facebook or Twitter to access government services in the future, according to the Cabinet Office
Wanted – Women To Work In IT
The IT industry will have a limited talent pool to draw from, until it moves beyond stereotypes, says Rebecca Holbrough
Computacenter Adopts NetApp For Virtual Data Centres
Flexible architecture can save money and energy, according to infrastructure provider Computacenter
HP Services Offers Data Centre Construction Option
HP can extended its data centre design and planning expertise, to include the actual construction of the facility
EMC’s Product Blitz – Not Just Marketing Spin?
EMC has ridden the growth of storage, and has plenty of innovation to add, says UK boss Adrian McDonald
Computacenter Targets Email With Cloud Service
Computacenter has kicked off its launch of a corporate cloud service with a cloud-based email offering
Rackspace Provides Clouds That Comply With EC Laws
Rackspace Hosting has extended its European base in the UK with new cloud services
Why Do Virtualised Servers Need Real Support Staff?
Long term, virtualisation and the cloud will be less labour-intensive than today's IT, says Peter Judge. But in the short term users will need their hands held