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BBC revamps homepage as cost cuts loom

...present, he said, which has simplified and reduced the cost of the back-end systems. The BBC is "still hatching plans" about optimising mobile content... Read more

21 September, 2011 by Tom Espiner

Huawei to manage O2's back-end

The Chinese telecoms giant Huawei has won its first major managed services contract in the UK, with mobile operator... Read more

15 May, 2012
A Secure Distance-Based RFID Identification Protocol With an Off-Line <endeca_term>Back-End</endeca_term> Database

A Secure Distance-Based RFID Identification Protocol With an Off-Line Back-End Database

The design of a secure RFID identification scheme is a thought-provoking challenge and this paper deals with this... Read more

6 July, 2011
Technology and the Olympics: 2012 vs 1948

Technology and the Olympics: 2012 vs 1948

...Here is a tour of the Olympic Park and some of the back-end systems Read more

14 December, 2011 by Charles McLellan

Hands-on with Jolicloud's slightly confusing Jolibook

...system. It's a very clever mix of HTML5 front end, Linux back end and cloudy filling. It's definitely a good bet as a... Read more

8 December, 2010

Yahoo to develop site optimisation service

Yahoo wants to use its back-end infrastructure to provide web analytics and content optimisation services to businesses... Read more

17 November, 2010
IDG Tech Dossier: HP CloudSystem Matrix and HP 3PAR Utility Storage

IDG Tech Dossier: HP CloudSystem Matrix and HP 3PAR Utility Storage

When you deploy HP CloudSystem Matrix with 3PAR as the back-end storage, you can quickly and easily roll out Infrastructure as a... Read more

14 November, 2011
Small Cache, Big Effect: Provable Load Balancing for Randomly Partitioned Cluster Services

Small Cache, Big Effect: Provable Load Balancing for Randomly Partitioned Cluster Services

Load balancing requests across a cluster of back-end servers is critical for avoiding performance bottlenecks and meeting Service-Level... Read more

28 October, 2011
Introducing Office 365 to Your End Users

Introducing Office 365 to Your End Users

...Microsoft Office 365 to your organization? The people are familiar with the back-end cloud benefits, but how does Office 365 affect your users? In... Read more

9 May, 2011
Value Proposition for IBM zEnterprise System New Dimensions in workload management

Value Proposition for IBM zEnterprise System New Dimensions in workload management

Where mainframes constitute the back-end data tier of complex business-critical server architectures, zEnterprise systems may... Read more

3 November, 2010
Building Highly Scalable Web Applications With XStream

Building Highly Scalable Web Applications With XStream

...a very large number of users place an enormous load on the back-end databases for queries as well as transaction processing. As the underlying... Read more

19 August, 2010
Windows Phone 7 in 7 Minutes: Push Notifications

Windows Phone 7 in 7 Minutes: Push Notifications

...7. This podcast explains how to code for Push Notification, which lets back-end services notify users of changes in state Read more

19 August, 2010
HengHa: Data Harvesting Detection on Hidden Databases

HengHa: Data Harvesting Detection on Hidden Databases

The back-end databases of web-based applications are a major data security concern... Read more

6 July, 2010
Web security buyers guide

Web security buyers guide

...increasingly relies on user- and third-party-generated content built on rich back-end database systems, which are easily exploited. This has created a breeding... Read more

21 June, 2010
RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths

RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths

...much about BlackBerry Enterprise Server middleware, security, device policy and the enterprise back-end. Does that all still matter?It absolutely matters. Right now the... Read more

7 May, 2012 by Mary Branscombe

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apexwm

I would love to hear why Microsoft believes that "upgrading from Windows XP to Windows 7 pays for itself in a year, in increased productivity and...

25 minutes ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
debsmk

I have just changed mine to white they said 3 to 5 days

1 hour ago by debsmk on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
Atangana

I would like a job for me and do good to their tackiness vellent my help I will do my best to help you mercie for all

2 hours ago by Atangana on UK's 15-year-old World Excel champion offered £100k job
BrownieBoy

Well done to IDC for producing a report that says using XP is a waste of money. Only 11 years too late with it is all....

3 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Jack Schofield

@Burn-IT ...which doesn't mean it isn't true ;-) I'll be interested if you can find any properly-researched, independent data from any of the...

4 hours ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Burn-IT

As said, sponsored by Microsoft........

5 hours ago by Burn-IT on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
mrbigdong

@620W, I mine 1 BTC/daily for cost of 1.7eur, they naysayers regurgitate the rubbish they read as usual

5 hours ago by mrbigdong on A minor Bitcoin miner injury?
Mike Denton

If the link to the next section existed that would be awesome.... Guess I have to ask uncle google where it is

9 hours ago by Mike Denton via Facebook on Security on the farm: Accounts and permissions
minzhu

Don't blame CEO, they want RIM win. RIM has strange culture and self distruct political environment. In RIM if a new hired person figure out...

11 hours ago by minzhu on RIM CEO: Time to squash BlackBerry myths
Thomas Gellhaus

I've been very pleased with Mageia 2. My review went up on Sunday. My only issue is that my particular wireless printer hasn't been detected on...

14 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
knapper

That we have :-) Retailers don't buy stuff to lie around in warehouses, particularly with fast moving technology products. If they didn't think...

20 hours ago by knapper on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
JohneKerr

I think that we have been here before, shipments are not equal to sales. Correct?

21 hours ago by JohneKerr on Windows Phone, Android take bite out of BlackBerry
Iain Sutherland

I received the notification of Mageia 2 being released on Saturday, was already running Mageia 1. After running the installation X came back up...

22 hours ago by Iain Sutherland via Facebook on Scorecard - Linux Mint 13 and Mageia 2
SoapyTablet

If ZTE have been selling below cost with the ZTE Blade / Orange San Francisco then given the current high street price of the Nokia Lumia 710, you...

1 day ago by SoapyTablet on Huawei, ZTE face EU 'illegal state subsidies' probe
Burn-IT

Yes it is basically down to "nobody in control understands IT, is willing to admit it, or allow decisions to be delegated". Lets get someone in who...

1 day ago by Burn-IT on 6 million wasted licences and £1,200 PCs: welcome to government IT
pjc158

So let me get this straight just because a consultant has oberved that mobile companies who get in trouble never recover, well we all might as well...

1 day ago by pjc158 on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
Jake Rayson

@191706> *their* own Mac Thank you for picking up the errant spelling :) @apexwm > Mac OS X for Intel machines is supposed to run in VirtualBox...

1 day ago by Jake Rayson on xTreme Triple Booting: Linux, Mac & Windows
archerthom

I'm imagining Batman-style sonar imaging that will detect the cat and Lego bricks in the dark - I'm going to be disappointed aren't I?

1 day ago by archerthom on Indoor navigation coming to a mobile near you soon
unlockworldwide

May I quote Horace Dediu, who runs the consultancy Asmyco who has repeatedly observed that mobile phone companies that fall into loss – even once...

1 day ago by unlockworldwide on RIM to lay off 2,000 on 1 June, says report
NarayanaIyyappan

It is useful for their lifes,and also this matters are important for networking students.

1 day ago by NarayanaIyyappan on IPv6 security: Plan now and quiz vendors