IT Services News
CA To Acquire Orchestria
Identity management company CA has announced plans to acquire Orchestria Corporation, a provider of data loss preventiontechnology, for an undisclosed sum. CA sa... More »
VeriSign Drops Vulnerable Certificate Algorithm
Following a recent report that an algorithm for creating secure Web-site certificates could be vulnerable, VeriSign has announced it will no longer use the a... More »
UK Govt Looking Into National Digital Grid
There's been debate in the UK for 20 years about installing fibre optic cables into all UK homes, taking care of the so-called 'last mile problem' and giving the ... More »
Serco Completes SI International Deal
Serco Group, a British-based international IT service firm, has completed its $524 million purchase of SI International, a provider of IT services, technology and network support ... More »
AT&T Powers Up After Outage
AT&T said Dec. 29 its wireless networks are back in service after a Dec. 28 power failure in Bloomfield, Mich., led to a massive voice and data outage throughout the Midwest.... More »
Airtel Wins Top Honors At ICT Awards 2008
A telecom major, Bharti Airtel, today announced that has won top honors at the seventh edition of the Frost & Sullivan ICT awards 2008. It bagged three M... More »
E-shopping Site To Open In China For Japan Goods
A new Internet shopping mall is opening in China next month that will take payments in the widely used China UnionPay Co. cards for Japanese produc... More »
Amazon Says 2008 Holiday Season Was 'Best Ever'
Online retailer Amazon.com Inc. called this holiday season its "best ever," saying Friday that it saw a 17 percent increase in orders on its busiest day... More »
Europe And US To Cut IT Spend In 2009
European and US businesses expect to cut technology spending by two per cent in 2009. But software maker SAP is one of the few vendors where spending could increase, a... More »
Co-op Recycles Unwanted IT Equipment
The Co-operative Group has begun a recycling programme for decommissioned equipment following a refresh prompted by the merger with United Co-operatives in the summer of 2007. Co... More »
Most Consumers Research Online Before They Buy
Two-thirds of online shoppers carry out internet-based research about retailers before making a purchase, yet only half of retailers actually monitor their own reputat... More »
Lewis Hamilton To Get Extra PC Support In 2009 Title Quest
Formula One racing team McLaren Mercedes has signed a deal with Lenovo to use the supplier’s PCs to IT support its attempts to retain Lewis Hamilton’s W... More »
Spam To Hit Record Levels In 2009
IT security firm Barracuda Networks is predicting that spam volumes will rise to more than 95 per cent of all email in 2009, despite a crackdown on several m... More »
New Standard Promises HDTV Over Home Networks
A new home networking standard promises to link devices over power lines, co-axial cables and telephone wiring at speeds high enough to deliver high-definition video t... More »
2011 UK Census Stays On Paper
The government said it is not ready to carry out an electronic national census in 2011 or to use information stored on existing databases despite claims that such a mo... More »
Lastminute.com Enhances Search Capability
Online retailer Lastminute.com is boosting its search capabilities to increase web site traffic and give more visibility to its marketing campaigns. The leisure business has... More »
Wall Street Beat: IT Forecasts Slashed
With CIOs reporting budget revisions, market analysts slashing expectations for tech sector growth, and companies as diverse as Yahoo, Hynix, TexasInstruments and Sony... More »
Windows Mobile Favoured By Field Workers
Windows Mobile will emerge as the leading mobile workforce platform in 2009, relegating BlackBerry to second place, according to new findings from mobile workforce management fi... More »
Hi5 Launches Virtual-Gift Emporium
Social network Hi5 has launched a virtual-gift store and currency called "Hi5 Coins." Hi5 is big on multiculturalism--the San Francisco-based company ... More »
IBM Launches Web Conferencing Service
IBM has tossed a new offering into the hosted conferencing market. The company is launching a new version of the Lotus Sametime Unyte service. The web-based application allows... More »
Cineworld Introduces Virtualisation To Run Web Site
Entertainment chain Cineworld is using virtualisation to run its web site to increase scalability and cope with demand generated by online traffic peaks. The system is intended to... More »
Parallels Updates Plesk For Hosting Automation
Parallels has updated its Plesk software for automating web hosting, making it easier for end users to configure and manage a web site and deploy applications. Available immediate... More »
Microsoft Confirms Yahoo's Lu To Run Online Services
Microsoft confirmed Thursday that it has tapped former Yahoo executive Qi Lu to run its struggling Online Services Group. Lu, formerly Yahoo's vice president of engineering for t... More »
Cardiff Council Looks For IT Partner In 150m Deal
Cardiff City Council is looking for a technology vendor to help improve the way it delivers public services in a contract expected to be worth £150m over 15 years. The local... More »
Amazon Launches Experimental Mobile Shopping Feature
Amazon.com has launched on the Apple App Store an iPhone application that makes it possible to take a picture of a product and then send it to the online retailer, which will try t... More »
MySpace Brings Video To Cell Phones
In a first for mobile social networks, MySpace announced Wednesday it is enabling video streaming to cell phones. The video beta for MySpace will let users have access to streami... More »
IT Jobs To Go As Major Banks Cut Staff
Banking giants Credit Suisse and HSBC have announced job cuts affecting IT Support staff in the UK in the latest round of restructuring across the sector. Credit Suisse is to axe ... More »
Yahoo Ready To Sell Search Biz To Microsoft
Finally, after months of fruitless wrangling and name-calling, it seems we have an end to the Microsoft/Yahoo affair, as the former looks like taking over the latter's search busin... More »
Nokia's Symbian Acquisition Reportedly On Schedule
Nokia this week at a meeting in London said its acquisition of Symbian, the company with the eponymous mobile operating system, is on track. That means that Nokia, the world's la... More »
Retailers Offered Flexible e-Payment Solution
Smart Technology Solutions (STS) has unveiled what it claims is the first payment system to support all payments standards with either a retailer's electronic point of sale system ... More »
VAT Reduction To Cost IT 115m
Chancellor Alistair Darling's 2.5 percentage point temporary cut in VAT will cost businesses £115m in terms of the IT services costs involved in changing accounting systems, ... More »
Whittard Of Chelsea Brews Web Site Revamp
Tea and coffee retailer Whittard of Chelsea has relaunched its web site to address customers' needs for a multichannel online experience. The new web site aims to enhance shopping... More »
London 2012 Games Makes Key IT Appointment
Michèle Hyron has been appointed as chief integrator for the technology supporting the London 2012 Olympic and Paralympic Games. Hyron is expected to contribute with her ex... More »
Lenovo Taps SMS For Laptop Security
Lenovo is to offer the ability to lock down its ThinkPad laptops remotely by text message. The new Constant Secure Remote Disable feature will come with ThinkPad laptops from 2009,... More »
PayPal Adds PIN-By-Phone Authentication
eBay's PayPal unit and VeriSign said Monday that the two companies have extended their partnership to allow two-factor authentication via mobile phones. Users now have a choice: ... More »
EU Launches Green Datacentre Code Of Conduct
The EU launched a new voluntary code of conduct for datacentre operators yesterday, designed to help them cut energy costs and curb the IT sector's burgeoning carbon footprint. Fir... More »
Virgin's In-flight Wi-Fi Coming Monday
Virgin America's in-flight Wi-Fi service will launch on Monday for a beta test that is intended to last just one week before a planned commercial launch Dec. 1. The fledgling domes... More »
Georgia Government To Privatize IT Services
Gov. Sonny Perdue Thursday announced the signing of two contracts worth $1.2 billion to consolidate and outsource the state government’s information technology operations. Th... More »
Web Host 1&1 Recycles Nuke Fuel Facility as Green Datacenter
A facility once destined for developing nuclear fuel is taking on a whole new life as a green datacenter. Web-host company 1&1 this week announced plans to build one of Europe... More »
UK Firms Lead on Security Awareness Training
UK organisations are spending more money on security training and certification programmes than their US, Canadian and Chinese counterparts, and are reaping the rewards through imp... More »
Yang Urges Microsoft to Acquire Yahoo
Following the collpase of Yahoo-Google ad deal, Yahoo chief executive Jerry Yang expressed interest on a possible buy out of the internet firm by Microsoft. Yang said, "To... More »
IT Providers Fail to Adopt Low Carbon Economy, Study Says
A study facilitated by the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF) and Gartner revealed that majority of IT services organizations are reluctant to embrace low carbon eco... More »
Employees at Dell Requested to Take Unpaid Vacation
With the ongoing economic recession, Dell has decided to ask its employees to take a maximum of five days unpaid vacation leaves. The move is part of Dell's retrenchment program, ... More »
ACS to Send IT Jobs Overseas
IT professionals working at Affiliated Computer Services Inc., are in the brink of unemployment as the company plans to move "more complex, higher paying" jobs to countr... More »
Microsoft Ventures in Cloud Computing
Microsoft recently announced its plan to embark on cloud computing services. The company is focusing on its main products, Windows and Office, to shift to internet-based developme... More »
Recession Creates Buyer's Market for IT Acquisitions
The recent worldwide economic downturn may be taking its toll on many software merchants, but it also paved the way for a buyer's market. Ray Wang, a Forrester Research analyst... More »
Government Compelled to Shelve Highly Expensive IT Programs
In the Prime Minister question held on October 29, Gordon Brown was excoriated for launching millions of pounds of IT projects while the nation is suffering from the effects of wo... More »
Company Faces Industrial Action Over IT Jobs
Steria, an IT services company is now facing industrial action over its move to outsource jobs to India on a contract with the Co-operative banking group. The trade union, Unit... More »
Woman Jailed for Internet Kiosk Scheme
Lillian Glaubman, a native of Miami, has been sentenced to six and a half years in prison and was fined US$18.2 million as a repayment for a ploy to sell internet kiosks which lea... More »
Google Features Calendar and Docs for Gmail
Google will be featuring two new gadgets to be integrated with Gmail, the Google calendar and Docs. With the new features, Gmail users will be able to monitor their schedule... More »
Credit Crunch Anticipated to Heighten Outsourcing
A new survey concluded that the outsourcing industry will take full advantage of the recent economic downturn. The survey, conducted by sourcing advisory firm Equaterr, was par... More »
IBM Exceeds Budget on Information Management
IBM admitted it has exceeded its planned expenditure of US$1 billion (£641 million) on information management. The company spent $5 billion (£3.2 billion) for the acqu... More »
Gmail Service Finally Restored
After days of blackout that affected Google Apps subscribers, Gmail is finally back in operation. Users are now able to access their new email accounts. The prolonged problem s... More »
Credit Crunch Takes Aim at IT Industry
According to a survey facilitated by international law firm DLA Piper, the worldwide financial crisis is now taking aim at major IT companies. Among the respondents of the sur... More »
Internet Faces Vast Changes, Vint Cerf Says
According to Vint Cerf, Google's vice president and chief internet evangelist, the internet is in for a big change in the next few years. The IPv6, an internet Layer protoco... More »
Internet Brings Families Together, Research Says
According to a recent study conducted by Pew Research, the internet has become a significant tool to bring families closely in touch. The research concluded that families who o... More »
Silicon Valley Investment Decline
With the current woldwide financial crisis, it's no shock that the Silicon Valley accounted lesser investments per quarter this year. Venture capitalists concentrate more on in... More »
Dubai Internet City Occupants to Rise by 11 Percent
Companies operating in Dubai Internet City are anticipated to surge by up to 11 percent despite the worldwide economic downturn. According to Malek Sultan Al-Malek, DIC executi... More »
Gmail Outage Sparks Rage Among Administrators
A lengthened Gmail blackout has set off complaints among Google Apps administrators as well as top executives. The outage started around 5 pm US Eastern Time on Wednesday which... More »
IBM Shows Boosted Revenues
IBM has recorded a third-quarter revenue of $25.3 billion (£14.6 billion), showing a five percent increase from last year despite the worldwide economic downturn. However, i... More »
Verizon Expands Managed WAN Services
Verizon Business is planning to expand its managed WAN services to aid business organizaitons increase their bandwidth usage and enhance application performance. Verizon's Mana... More »
Internet Use "'Good for the Brain', Research Says
A research conducted by A University of California Los Angeles team concluded that constantly browsing the web rouses portions of the brain that are responsible for decision-makin... More »
Microsoft to Update OCS 2007
Microsoft will be releasing an update to its unified communications software supporting unified communications software. The update is slated for distribution. OCS 2007 is an e... More »
Experts Warn on Cloud Computing
Numerous experts are goading on business organizations to exercise caution on the use of cloud-computing. Some concerns have been raised over data privacy, control, and interopera... More »
Google Joins Forces with Click Forensics
Google is slated to collaborate with Click Forensics, a click-fraud detection firm. The agreement will provide Google with Click Forensic's electronically generated click-quali... More »
MySpace Enhances Self-Serve Ad Service
MySpace is currently expanding its self-serve ad service through launching MyAds. The new platform allows users to establish an account and start targeting ads to a specific demog... More »
Wi-Fi Now Regarded as a Channel for Unsecured Data
According to Global Secure Systems, Wi-fi is no longer safe enough to be transmitted with classified data. WPA and WPA2 encryption systems now have a bigger possibility of being b... More »
Microsoft To Issue New Security Updates
Microsoft will be releasing 11 security patches for Windows, Active Directory, Internet Explorer (IE), Office and Host Integration Server vulns. Among the bugs that were tagged... More »
Broadcom File New Charges Against Qualcomm
Telecommunications chip maker Broadcom is filing new complaints against Qualcomm for utilizing "exhausted" patents to charge royalties for both chips in handsets and for... More »
Mobile Call Rates Reduce as Web Technology Boosts
With the proliferation of internet calling services on cellphones, mobile call rates are seen to take a big plunge. Users are currently more attuned to using wi-fi and VoiP servic... More »
Verizon Offers Tech Support Similar to Geek Squad
Internet service provider Verizon is launching its own version of Geek Squad which will offer 24/7 in-depth technical support for software and hardware problems. The group, dubbed... More »
Amazon to Slash S3 Storage Prices
Amazon.com announced its plan to cut down storage prices on its S3 web service for companies having over 50 TB of data. The new prices will take effect on November 1. Amazon's ... More »
Oracle Acquires Primavera Software
Enterprise software company Oracle proclaimed its plan to purchase Primavera Software, a leading provider of Project Portfolio Management (PPM) solutions. The deal is anticipated ... More »
Micron to Cut Jobs, Slash Memory-Chip Manufacturing
Micron Technology has announced plans to cut production of memory chips and trim down its workforce by 15 percent, The worlwide economic crisis is reported to be the r... More »
Google Releases Adsense Beta Version for Games
Google's advertising program AdSense is now under a provisional period giving online game publishers the chance to gain ad revenue. The beta test is only available to reputabl... More »
Youtube Embraces E-commerce
Google has finally put up ideas on how to promote advertising on its popular video sharing web site, YouTube. The site now has e-commerce links for viewers to acquire related prod... More »
Symantec Acquires MessageLabs' SaaS Business for $695 Million
Symanctec, the largest maker of computer security and data backup software, has made an agreement with MessageLabs to acquire its SaaS business for a whopping $695 million. The mo... More »
IBM Incurs More Profit Than Expected
IBM has exceeded expectations despite worldwide financial crisis and recorded a 3rd quarter EPS revenue of $2.05. The estimated figure is only $2.01. The company's shares... More »
AMD Plans to Spin Off Manufacturing
Advance Micro Devices has affirmed plans to spin off its manufacturing operations into a new firm. With the move, the company will clench 44.4 percent minority stake in what... More »
EU Suggests More Rights for Internet Shoppers
The European Commission is proposing increased rights for those who shop online. The move is aimed at gaining more revenue through internet shopping. In addition, customers will h... More »
Certification For Software Lifecycle Security to be Offered by ISC2
The International Information Systems Security Certification Consortium, will extend a new software lifecycle security accreditation. ISC2 is a non-profit organization based in Pa... More »
US Wholesale IP Rate Drops
The price of wholesale IP in the United States has shown a significant drop making it the world's cheapest. According to TeleGeography Research, the average IP transit rates fo... More »
Internet Stocks Dropped Amidst Market Sell-Off
Shares of major Internet companies went downhill in the middle of an abysmal market sell-off that caused a drop in Dow by an ultimate low of 10,000. Google shares went down $17... More »
Wi-Fi Benefits Students, Survey Says
A survey participated by college students concluded that Wi-Fi helps them get improved grades. Among the respondents, 60 percent admitted they wouldn't attend a college that do... More »
SAP Predicts Lower Sales Returns
SAP, a software enterprise admitted it would not be able to generate sales as much as expected in the third quarter of this year. The potential decline in sales is attributed to a... More »
Ask.com Enhances Relevance and Speed
Ask.com, an internet search engine, will be upgraded to increase its popularity in a market ruled by Google. The web site will now offer more refined search results with a f... More »
UK Retailers Fail to Make Cross-Border Sales
A new EU study revealed that European e-commerce businesses fall short in conquering cross-border commerce. The study showed that about 75 per cent of retailers are not offerin... More »
Zenoss Targets Systems Management at Midsized IT
Zenoss is adding a Professional Edition to its Zenoss systems and network management product set designed for midsized-IT organizations. Zenoss Professional Edition is an enter... More »
Internet Beats Radio in Advertising Spending
According to the data released by Carat in the UK, advertisers have seen the much greater importance of internet over radios nowadays. The research revealed that the internet will... More »
Webmail Services Plagued with Similar Password Reset Flaw
Yahoo Mail isn't the only web mail service hounded with password reset flaw. According to tests conducted by Computerworld, Google's Gmail and Microsoft's Windows Live Hotmail sha... More »
Al Qaeda 9/11 Video Delayed Due to Web Problems
An Al Qaeda video set to be released in time for the 9/11 anniversary was deferred due to a technical glitch. The delay has defaced Al Qaeda's annual celebration of its attack on ... More »
New Semantic Mac Enhances Internet Searches
Cognition Technologies has developed a new semantic map that allows software developers to write programs which recogizes words based on context and tense just like how human brai... More »
Leap Wireless Reveals Plans to Expand
Leap Wireless has revealed its goal to expand to closely compete with today's major wireless providers. The company is aiming to double its market to 120 million people... More »
EU Summons for Information Technology Agreement Modification
The European Commision has called for a deliberation among all producer countries on a possible alteration of the Information Technology Agreement. According to the commisio... More »
Japanese Airline Check-in System Glitch Causes Flight Delays
Japan's All Nippon Airways (ANA) suffered from a technical glitch on check-in system nationwide which left thousands of air passengers disappointed as their flight were either can... More »
Cuil Priced at $200M Despite Flop
Stakeholders valued the recently introduced search engine Cuil at an overwhelming amount of $200 million post-money in December. This is regardless of how scantlily Cuil is receiv... More »
70 Percent of Internet Users Resort to Cloud Computing, Pew Survey Says
Majority of Americans use cloud computing, with or without them knowing it, according to a survey conducted by Pew Internet and American Life. Most of internet users are hig... More »
AOL Announces New Email Service
AOL has introduced an email service that features several email packages from one location on the its main site. The move is part of AOL's aim to highlight hot new features to ... More »
Telecommunications, Media, and Technology to Boost
Despite the slumping economy worldwide, professional workers in mobile and telecommunications market are positive that their industry will do well, according to a new survey. T... More »
IT Budget Curtailed Due to Economic Crisis
Many large companies have trimmed down their technology budget because of the worldwide economy slow. This includes financial services, utilities and telecommunications industries... More »
Researchers Experiment on Facebook App
A group of researchers conducted an experiment to determine the potential dangers of social networking sites. An application, dubbed as "Photo of the Day", was developed... More »
State-of-the-Art Shopping Centre Opens in Leicester
Britain's most technologically advanced shopping centre has launched in Leicester at the newly renovated Highcross complex. The building's entire IT infrastructure is built ... More »
20 Percent Time Scheme: Google's Secret Weapon
Google has unfolded a strategy where employees are allowed to spend 20 percent of their working time to projects they're passionate about. This has been proven effective for Googl... More »
IT Vacancies Still Declining
The Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) and KPMG noted a continuing slide in the number of IT job vacancies. Records state that the demand for IT pros on August plunged... More »
AT&T Corrects Wireless Routing Problem
AT&T announced it has fixed a routing issue which caused users in the Northeastern U.S to gripe about not being able to access the mobile web. The problem, however, did not af... More »
London Olympics IT Touted to be the Most Eco-friendly Yet
The IT systems of the London Olympics in 2012 is planned to be the greenest ever says the games' integrator, Atos Origin. The company is an international IT corporation which oper... More »
Nokia Launches "Comes With Music" in UK
Nokia has decided to have its pioneer launch of music service "Comes With Music" in the UK. The service is seen to be rivaling Apple's iTunes and Microsoft's Zune Market... More »
VIA Joins Notebook Market
VIA has recently announced its move to advance to the notebook market, naming its product S1 imini. The imini sports 1.6GHz VIA C7-M processor combined with the VIA VX700 chipset ... More »
Geo Eye To Provide Google's Sattelite Imagery
GeoEye has signed an exclusive deal with Google agreeing to provide high-resolution imagery from its new Geo Eye-1 satellite. GeoEye-1 is set to launch on Septermber 4, orbiting f... More »
Apple Preps September 9 Big Event
Apple has announced a launch event, slated on September, which will feature latest additions to its growing empire of sophisticated technology. The company is expected to showcase... More »
TV Prices to Soar Up Until Christmas
Worldwide econonomy sloth has taken its toll on plasma and LCD TV manufacturers causing overdelivery in the past months. Euro 2008 and Beijing Olympics were expected to boos... More »
IT Workers on the Verge of Unemployment Due to Dresdner Sale
About 6000 IT jobs are in danger of being scrapped as a result to Commerzbank's acquisition of Dresdner Bank. Commerzbank's spent a whopping £7.9bn which in turn may result ... More »
Rationale Behind Failing SLAs Defined
Karen Ferris, itSMFA's director of publications, spoke at the IT Service Management Forum in Australia about the real reason why most companies fail in service level agreemen... More »
Ofcom Examines Mobile Telephone Charges
Ofcom, the regulator and competition authority for the communication industries in the United Kingdom, is starting to probe on the mobile phone industry to transform mobile call c... More »
AT&T Offers International Data Plans to iPhone Users
AT&T Inc. started offering two new international data plans for iPhone users. One of the new plans costs $119.99 a month for 100MB of data use, while the other costs $19... More »
WirelessHD Gets Hollywood Approval
Wireless HD technology was finally approved by Hollywood's content czar after several months in the wait. The approval means that content from from Blu-ray discs, satellite, cable... More »
Clone-Maker Open Tech Up for Sale
Open Tech, a company who sells Intel-based computers that can run Apple Inc.'s Mac OS X, has decided to put itself up for sale. Open Tech President, Elijah Samaroo, revealed the c... More »
National Geographic to Broaden Widget Program
National Geographic Digital Media is expanding its widget roster by allowing third parties co-brand the publisher's widgets and add the code to their own website. According to Rob... More »
Web Tech Clash Arises in Olympics
Olympics might be the stage for the world's best athletes, but it has also become an unprecedented venue for the clash of two technological giants. Microsoft Corp. and Adobe... More »
Japan Entices Global Mobile Tech Users
Japan will be outlining a new tack to expand its mobile technology globally with the help of Japanese carriers and manufacturers. Although the country has some of the most sophist... More »
Wireless Manufacturers Oppose Google's Plan
wireless manufacturers went ballistic when Google came up with "Free the Airwaves" campaign and decided to file a petition asking the FCC to open up the "whit... More »
Intel Flaunts "Programmable Matter" in IDF
In the last keynote of the Intel Development Forum (IDF), Justin Rattner, Intel's chief technology officer, wowed the audience with how "programmable matter" works. ... More »