Clive Longbottom
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Perfect device for developing world: Not PC
Insight perspective We have the right hardware for developing countries--it's just not a PC, an analyst points out.
Tags: Mobile applications, Development/design, Mobile/Wireless, Clive Longbottom, developing country, health care, PC, Development/design, Mobile/Wireless, South Africa
Is your business run by chance?
Insight perspective The discipline you apply to managing your business' underlying processes can make all the difference, especially when times get tough, says analyst.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Business applications, Business development/management, Business structures, Process, Organization, Supplier, Quocirca, Clive Longbottom, Environment
Green IT isn't dead yet
Insight perspective The recession is dampening many areas of IT--but not environmental impact. An analyst looks at how cost-cutting and green go hand in hand.
Tags: Green IT, Infrastructure/architecture management, Budgeting/cost control, IT budgeting, Green IT, Organization, Hosting Company, Carbon Footprint, cost savings, Quocirca
Software for the other five billion
Insight perspective If businesses want to win over the five billion people without computers, they must adapt their approach. Here are seven assumptions not to make.
Tags: Business applications, Protocols and platforms, Personal applications, Microsoft Corp., Graphics, Quocirca, distributed system, Literacy, Clive Longbottom, software
Firewalls failing to keep generation Facebook in check
News Generation Y imposes challenges to network security at work, companies must find ways to keep the net generation staff happy while protecting enterprise data.
Tags: Data security, Data services, Firewalls, Content management, Authentication and encryption, Security, Datamonitor, Quocirca, Worker, Silicon.com
Cisco, VMware collaborate on desktop virtualization
News A partnership between Cisco and virtualization company VMware has led to the development of a virtual network switch for VMware clusters.
Tags: Routing/switching, Virtualization, Data centers, Cisco Systems Inc., Quocirca, VMware Inc., software, network, blade server, brand
Dell hits carbon neutral target
News Computer maker claims it is now officially a carbon neutral company--five months ahead of its own projected schedule.
Tags: Green IT, Personal Computers, Desktops, Notebooks and tablets, India, Quocirca, energy efficiency, technology company, China, partnership
Microsoft comments on Vista SP1 kernel reports
News Vista APIs have been extended to 'patch' the kernel and aid 64-bit application development, the company has claimed.
Tags: Windows Vista
Vista still struggling as Linux finds its feet
News Almost a year on from the release of Microsoft's Windows Vista, few U.K. companies say they expect to move all desktops to the operating system, according to a survey.
Tags: Windows Vista
Red Hat pushes Linux as a service model
News The vendor has announced a virtualization strategy that it claims could boost its Enterprise Linux offering onto 50 percent of the world's servers by 2015.
Tags: Linux
The customer isn't always right
Insight Are you getting great service - or just good enough to keep you as a customer?
AMD ships Windows 7-ready chipset
News New 785G chipset provides integrated graphics and is tailored to the upcoming Microsoft operating system, according to AMD.
Tags: Processors, Advanced Micro Devices Inc., DirectX, Graphics, Microsoft Windows 7, modeling, Microsoft Windows, OpenGL, chipset, PC
Skype reprimanded over video-call ad
News U.K. Advertising Standards Authority bans showing of Skype ad after viewers complain it exaggerates sound and image quality possible in a video call.
Tags: Mobile platforms/communications, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Skype Technologies S.A., IP Telephony, Video, Internet telephony company, Glasgow, ADSL, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), performance
Windows 8: The 'dying gasps' of desktop OS or next big thing?
News Even before Windows 7 is in shops, the Windows 8 speculation has begun. Newer version could be an improved OS with gesture recognition or offer a more unified experience, say analysts.
Tags: Windows 7, Steve Ballmer, Operating System, Virtualization, Microsoft Corp., Windows 7, Quocirca, Microsoft Windows 7, voice recognition, Desktop OS
Micron module promises to boost server memory
News Company says its new DDR3 memory module will significantly increase the amount of memory available on servers.
Tags: Processors, SAP AG, Memory Chip, CPU, Motherboard, Chip, Memory, memory capacity, Server, processor
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