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Oracle: Enterprise cloud adoption could take 30 years

...examples such as Facebook.Enterprise adoption Mendelsohn noted that small companies and start-ups tend to adopt the cloud very enthusiastically, while enterprises are much... Read more

25 April, 2012 by Jack Clark

Cisco pledges $500m to East London Tech City

...around the Olympic Park and Shoreditch, which is home to many tech start-ups. In addition, some funding will go towards building networks to link... Read more

31 January, 2011 by Jack Clark

Google backs UK start-ups with seven-storey Campus

...soon of its London-based Campus project, which will support local technology start-ups and stimulate the online growth of UK businesses. Matt Brittin, vice... Read more

13 March, 2012
Solar tech <endeca_term>start-ups</endeca_term> ready glowing future

Solar tech start-ups ready glowing future

...The dozens of solar technology start-ups in the US are taking different routes to bringing their products... Read more

30 December, 2010 by Martin LaMonica

Facebook: The cloud is the way forward for start-ups

...such as Amazon Web Services when it started. "Very few of the start-ups I know in Silicon Valley actually purchase their own servers now... Read more

11 February, 2011

Start-ups turn to free apps and drop the office

...network LinkedIn is the most popular low cost technology being utilised by start-ups, with the majority (78 per cent) saying they are LinkedIn users... Read more

15 June, 2010 by Natasha Lomas
Kickstarter breathes life into tech <endeca_term>start-ups</endeca_term>

Kickstarter breathes life into tech start-ups

The New York-based website crowd-sources funds for creative projects and tech innovations, from robots and gadgets to software and hardware Read more

17 April, 2011 by Jon Yeomans
Outsourcing for <endeca_term>Start- Ups</endeca_term>: Mythbusting

Outsourcing for Start- Ups: Mythbusting

Although in today's business world many start-up companies are often put under pressure to reduce operating costs via... Read more

20 September, 2010

AWS: Enterprises slow to reap big data benefits

Small start-ups have taken a lead on enterprises in their adoption of big... Read more

24 April, 2012

Chancellor pledges to make UK a 'technology centre'

...George Osborne has announced taxation plans designed to boost UK technology and start-ups. "Today we... set Britain this industrial ambition: that we turn Britain... Read more

21 March, 2012

Cameron urged to accept copyright reform proposals

Organisations representing UK tech start-ups have urged the government to fast-track some of the recommendations... Read more

5 July, 2011

Budget 2011: Wins for tech skills, R&D and superfast broadband

...to 200 per cent in 2011 and 225 per cent in 2012. Start-ups Start-up businesses will benefit from the rate of Enterprise Investment... Read more

23 March, 2011 by Nick Heath

Photos: Datacentres, drug-busting fingerprints and 3D gaming

...Cambridge, home of the Cambridge Enterprise group, where the day for tech start-ups was held. Photo credit: Nick Heath/silicon.com Read more

14 September, 2010 by Nick Heath
Perkins Coie Maintains High Availability for Its Clients With a Messaging Environment Built on NetApp

Perkins Coie Maintains High Availability for Its Clients With a Messaging Environment Built on NetApp

...companies across a wide range of industries and stages of growth, from start-ups to FORTUNE 100 corporations. They need to improve availability, manageability, and... Read more

2 May, 2011

Autonomy CEO: Why UK struggles to rival Silicon Valley

Investment shortfall stifling growth of tech start-ups... Britain's failure to produce its own Silicon Valley stems from... Read more

3 February, 2011 by Nick Heath

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Jack Schofield

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J.A. Watson

@apexwm - You are basically right. GIMP is not included in the Fedora 17 base distribution, but it can be installed from the Add/Remove Software...

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Moley

@pjc158 Unfortunately our government signed away any such possibility in a entirely unequal treaty with the USA, purportedly in response to...

1 hour ago by Moley on Judge orders US to share MegaUpload evidence
J.A. Watson

@Thomas - Thanks for the tip, based on what you said I went back and downloaded the KDE spin, and installed that one another netbook (NF310). You...

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apexwm

JW, Thanks as always for the great review on these new releases. One thing that I've also read is that Fedora 17 will include GIMP 2.8 which is...

2 hours ago by apexwm on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
SoapyTablet

'Cut Price' Data Roaming? The price has been cut, but it is certainly not 'cut price' in the sense of the phrase, and nowhere near local EU data...

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apexwm

BrownieBoy: "Such crashes are normally down to the OS and/or a rogue application, which could be fixed by re-imaging. Everybody knows how Windows...

4 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Thomas Gellhaus

I've just started using it too, and like you I feel that Fedora is a fine GNOME 3 showcase distribution. I am torn, though, because I checked out...

5 hours ago by Thomas Gellhaus via Facebook on Fedora 17 - The "Beefy Miracle" Arrives
pjc158

Why is it that Newzealand has the guts to stand up to the USA and ask to see the evidence and we don't!

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Dean Talboys

What a farce! Hopefully the European court will see where this is leading.

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SoapyTablet

Wouldn't surprise me if Samsung actually really had problems producing the white model (as Apple did - it would make more sense) and this non-story...

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Lonnie

those conformation letters are hard to figure out what is which letters it is a pain in the back side. Please make it more Ledge-able being better...

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BrownieBoy

"cites" even. Ouch!

18 hours ago by BrownieBoy on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Horace Ontalhold

...... and PDP11s too

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BrownieBoy

I had a quick skim through the PDF. It seems to be that many of these so-called cost savings would be down to a hardware refresh. Although...

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bobandroid

496,999 BT Fon Hotspots lovingly situated in your next door neighbours garden, no matter how you dress that up its still a pup... Not where I need...

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apexwm

Jack : I was hoping you could provide us a summary since you are familiar with this report. I am not yet sure how much of my time I'd like to...

23 hours ago by apexwm on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC
Smilig Eddie

2 – 4 more weeks of waiting: how many buyers are going to decide instead to see what the iPhone 5 offers? Consumer trust in the brand has also...

23 hours ago by Smilig Eddie on Samsung Galaxy 'S3' delayed by special paint
SRist

So it looks like this was a complete red herring - Adobe are allowing upgrades from Photoshop CS3, CS4 and CS5 at the same price. When did this...

1 day ago by SRist on Photoshop users attack Adobe upgrade policy change
Jack Schofield

@apexwm Have you considered either (a) reading the story above or (b) reading the PDF? There are answers in both.

1 day ago by Jack Schofield on Using Windows XP is a waste of money, says IDC