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Clouds clear as Microsoft gives Azure a January launch date

Azure will be made commercially available from 1 January, Microsoft's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, announced yesterday at the company's Professional Developers Conference (PDC) in Los Angeles. For the first month after release the service will ...

From JO BEST, Silicon.com,  18 Nov 2009

Related Topics: Microsoft Corporation,  Ray Ozzie

The top 10 technologies you need to plan for next year

2009 may not be over yet but analysts have already revealed the top 10 strategic techs that CIOs should be looking at next year. According to Gartner, the 10 strategic technologies will have an impact on the enterprise over the next three years, with ...

From JO BEST, Silicon.com,  22 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Gartner, Inc.,  Flickr,  Creative Commons

2010: When IT budgets start to grow again

If you haven't guessed already: 2009 was a bad year for IT spending, analysts have found. But fear not - things are looking brighter for the coming years. According to research from Gartner, enterprise tech spending is down 5.2 per cent on 2008 figures. ...

From JO BEST, Silicon.com,  20 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Gartner, Inc.

ID cards: 10,000 Brits want to sign up

Thousands of UK citizens have registered their interest in getting their very own ID card. According to the Home Office, to date 10,000 people have asked for further information on applying for a card through the DirectGov site. From early next year, ...

From JO BEST, Silicon.com,  19 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Home Office

Revealed: The anatomy of an internet scam

Scareware is bad for your PC and your pocket - but the fake security warning messages popping up on your screen are only the most visible part of a complex scam. Scareware is fake security software, often heralded by an ersatz dialogue box warning ...

From JO BEST, Silicon.com,  19 Oct 2009

Related Topics: Symantec

Cheat Sheet: The Kindle, Amazon's e-book reader

The Amazon Kindle then - is that one of those book readers? That's exactly what it is. e-book readers are typically small, thin devices - about the size of a paperback novel - that can store hundreds or thousands of books in digital form. The text is ...

From JO BEST, Silicon.com,  7 Oct 2009

Related Topics: AT&T Inc.

BT's home fibre tests: Coming in London and Milton Keynes

Download speeds of fibre and copper compared at BT's Muswell Hill shop (Photo credit: Natasha Lomas/silicon.com) BT has revealed more details on its planned brownfield pilots of fibre-to-the-home (FTTH) broadband tech. Fibre ...

From JO BEST, Silicon.com,  2 Oct 2009

How much will you be earning in 10 years' time?

According to new research, many IT professionals can expect to see their salary rise by around an average of Ł10,000 every five years. Tech workers with more than 10 years' experience earn on average Ł47,830 per year, the research found - that's Ł11,313 ...

From JO BEST, Silicon.com,  15 Sep 2009

First ID card watchdog named

The government has appointed its first identity commissioner to keep tabs on the UK's ID cards scheme. Sir Joseph Pilling will take up the watchdog role from next month, where he will be responsible for independently monitoring how ID cards are used by ...

From JO BEST, Silicon.com,  14 Sep 2009

Related Topics: UK Border Agency,  Home Office,  Information Commissioner's Office

How the fastest-growing companies see their CIOs differently

What's the difference between a CIO at a high-growth company and their counterpart at a lower growth business? According to new research, both seniority and strategic thinking are key. CIOs at businesses seeing high profit growth are far more likely to ...

From JO BEST, Silicon.com,  10 Sep 2009

Related Topics: Flickr,  Creative Commons

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