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Satyam bullish under 'umbrella of governance'
News update Rebranded Mahindra Satyam, and armed with new governance model, Indian IT services firm guns for new contract and client wins in the Asia-Pacific.
Tags: Services, Business applications, Manufacturing, Asia-Pacific, Singapore, BPO, business development, Telstra Corp., financial, marketing
IBM floats vision of cloud's future
Insight newsmaker The head of IBM's cloud-computing strategy talks about why the company wanted to develop the technology, and where he plans to take it.
Tags: Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS), Utility computing, R&D, IBM Corp., Customer Center, oil & gas, grid computing, Cloud computing, Software-as-a-service (SaaS)
Nokia's Ovi Store launch marred by server issues
News The handset maker's answer to the iPhone App Store and the Android Marketplace has opened for business, suffering server overload in the process.
Tags: Applications and tools, Smart phones, Security, Mobile, F-Secure Corp., Web Browser, Server, performance, billing, Nokia Corp.
Dell cuts 1,900 Irish jobs in production switch
News The company has announced restructuring that will see the loss of 1,900 jobs at the company's manufacturing facility in Limerick.
Tags: Desktops, Global strategic management, EMEA, Manufacturing, Procurement, Middle East, job, supply chain, Africa, Dell Computer Corp.
Satyam: UK spending freeze is over
News Company's U.K. and Ireland head says customer attitudes are now softening and "people believe that Satyam are stable again".
Tags: Services, IT outsourcing, Outsourcing, Asia, Outsourcing Company, Europe, Silicon.com, financial, revenue, Satyam
Customers show SAP who's boss over support price hike
News SAP User Group Network secures deal by which SAP must meet a set of key performance indicators before it can increase support costs.
Tags: Pricing, Business applications, SAP AG, Asia, CPU, Storage, software company, KPI, Pricing, Hardware
Cisco replaces Nortel in key 2012 Olympics role
News London 2012 organizer reveals it has ended its contract with bankrupt infrastructure supplier "on good terms", and appoints tier 2 sponsor Cisco to helm role instead.
Tags: Network infrastructure, LANs and WANs, Business Strategies & Functions, Service level management, Nortel Networks Corp., Cisco Systems Inc., Wireless, Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection, wireless technology, network infrastructure
IBM launches System S stream computing
News System S is a business analytics tool, built following five years of research into the real-time analysis of large amounts of unstructured business or scientific data.
Tags: Business applications, Data Management, IBM Corp., Multi-core, Computing, Data, Cell, Hardware, software, biomedical
Ireland investigating fake credit card reader scam
News Irish officials say scammers replaced credit card readers and snagged data from 10,000 or so cards.
Tags: Privacy, Security, Data security, Credit Card Reader, Card, Worker, Bank of Ireland, credit card company, debit card, retail company
Bank of Ireland loses four unencrypted laptops
News The stolen laptops contained sensitive details of around 10,000 customers, including names, addresses, account details and medical records.
Tags: Bank Of Ireland, Security, Spokesperson, Password, compliance, VPN, Laptop Computer, bank, data protection, CryptoCard
Facebook to set up international HQ in Dublin
News Social network following in the footsteps of other tech companies that have taken advantage of the government's friendly tax incentives.
Tags: Web 2.0, Google Inc., Advertisement, social networking, tax incentive, technology company, Facebook, talent, Dell Computer Corp., consulting company
Third of UK homes still lack Internet access
News In its 2008 Internet Access report, the Office for National Statistics has revealed that despite the rise of broadband, more than a third of households are without a Web connection.
Tags: Mobile/Wireless, Personal broadband, Household, Mobile, Internet Access, Internet Connection, Silicon.com, U.K., Microsoft Office, Internet
Intel seeds five energy startups with US$10M
News Chip giant's venture arm boosts its presence in smart-grid technologies and low-power computing through investments.
Tags: Green IT, Investments, Intel Corp., Security, C, Intel Xeon, General Electric Co., Investment, energy efficiency, high-performance computing
Microsoft spins out software protection tech
News The software maker, which already licenses out its product activation and licensing technology to other firms, is now creating a separate company to handle the task.
Tags: Software licensing, Patents, Bebo, social networking, Facebook, network, board of directors, Software licensing, Patents, Ireland
Intel to unify its research in Europe
News The company has outlined a plan to bring its European research together but has not given details on investment in the changes.
Tags: Processors, Innovation, R&D, Investments, Intel Corp., Facility, Spokesperson, Information And Communication Technology, Europe, Network technology
