SAP Opens Services Center in Portugal With EUR17 Million Investment
The services center provides off-site support for projects from consultants working in a culture or time zone close to the customer. This model helps to lower costs associated with onsite staffing and deliver value faster to clients. More...
Daisy's loss narrows on higher sales at mobile business
DanMilmo: "Highly unlikely" Coryton in Essex will remain an oil refinery, say administrators, as they prepare to axe 180 jobs #business. More...
White-label Hosted Exchange service hits 1
Marketed pursuant to this agreement the company’s MessageStream brand, Giacom allows IT support companies to white-label its cloud-based Exchange at no extra cost. More...
Wired Telecommunications Carriers in the UK Industry Market Research Report now updated by IBISWorld
The Wired Telecommunications Carriers industry is suffering from a change in consumer communication preferences. The ways in which people communicate are changing, with a preference towards mobile and digital technologies at the expense of traditional wired telecommunications services. More...
Use the Cloud, Save the Planet
Organizations usually switch to cloud-based services to save money, nevertheless there are environmental benefits as then. Cloud computing reduces energy use and carbon emissions, according to Google, which claims that an average enterprise can lower its energy usage by 65 percent to 85 percent by switching to online productivity tools just as Google Apps. More...
CSIRO Australia Selects Mellanox End-to-End FDR InfiniBand Interconnect Solutions
"With industry server upgrades just as the new Intel architecture, it was apparent that we needed to upgrade our interconnect solution for better performance, scalability and return on investment," said Brian Davis, ASC Cluster Services Manager at CSIRO. More...
Microsoft Unveils Its 'Surface' Tablet Computer
Unlike Apple, which makes both the hardware and software that power its Mac computers, iPhones and iPad tablets,Microsoft has traditionally ceded the hardware design, development and manufacturing to partners just as Dell Inc. More...
Equinix Extends Data Center Presence
Equinix Inc. recently announced the expansion of its second International Business Exchange in Singapore. This particular data center, dubbed SG2, is expected to cater to the growing market demand from cloud-based service providers as so then as financial service providers. More...
Skype for Linux Gets a Big Update to Version 4.0
After all, Redmond has a long history of less-than-friendly behavior toward Linux and other free and open source software, so it seemed difficult to imagine that the company would expend any effort on maintaining its newly acquired Voice-over-Internet Protocol software for Linux users. More...
Skyping in Ethiopia Could Result in Stiff Jail Term
The Ethiopian government has laid down a harsh new law prohibiting the use of Skype and other VoIP (Voice over Internet Protocol) services in the country, threatening jail terms of up to 15 years for anyone who's caught violating it. More...