Intellect implores tech sector to go green by 2020
News The IT and consumer electronics sector needs to act now by keeping tabs on its CO2 emissions, pushing customers towards greener behaviour and accelerating the implementation of low-carbon technology and practices, according to the report by...
[February 13, 2008, 9:07]
Microsoft extends public-sector discount deal
News Microsoft said on Friday it would extend an introductory offer on its recently introduced PSA09 licensing deal for public-sector organisations. The extension follows comments by some public-sector bodies that the deal's original deadline of 30 June...
[July 6, 2009, 15:47]
The Move Toward Shared Services: An Examination of the Business Models and IT Trends Driving Public Sector Adoption of Shared Services
White Papers They bridge legacy and newly developed applications across diverse organizations to provide the public sector with more efficient means of serving civilians, employees, business partners, or any other end-user base.
[March 29, 2007, 1:00]
Applied Materials pleases analysts as chip sector recovers
News The company said orders were picking up as the semiconductor sector breaks out of a slump. In the quarter, Applied Materials, the world's largest chip equipment maker, reported first quarter earnings before charges of $52.9 million (£32.3 million...
[February 17, 1999, 12:30]
UK misses out on Novell's latest public sector discount
News Novell has begun selling its products to the German public sector for less than half price, the company said on Thursday. The concession is in response to the "strained budget situation in the public sector", according to a Novell statement.
[April 1, 2005, 17:35]
Wireless sector falls on demand concerns
News The news sent most of the sector down. Makers of wireless telephones and equipment got slammed in morning trading, after an analyst report said demand for handsets may be slowing. Lehman Brothers issued a report on Motorola saying that firm told...
[August 3, 2000, 15:40]
Open source gets UK public sector boost
News A group of open-source providers that aims to promote the deployment of open source in the public sector was launched on Monday. The consortium is targeted at the public sector as open-source adoption is coming on brilliantly in the private sector...
[December 2, 2004, 16:55]
Tech sector hit hard with job cuts
News The technology sector has trimmed its work force by 10 percent over the last two years, with manufacturing jobs bearing the brunt of the cuts, according to a new report. The high-tech manufacturing industry, once the country's largest manufacturing...
[March 19, 2003, 7:36]
Public sector's IT waste disposal
News The public sector must start sharing more IT systems to drive down costs for the taxpayer, as unnecessary duplication is "no longer sustainable" according to the Scottish Executive. The Executive's 'Scots Connects' programme has worked with...
[November 28, 2005, 15:45]
US recession may hit Indian tech sector hard
News But, in the short term, between 12 and 18 months, there will be a demand contraction due to management changes and a paralysis in decision-making in the US corporate sector. The strongest and most immediate impact will be on the IT-ITES sector.
[April 10, 2008, 9:00]
Tax breaks expected for high-tech sector
News The high-tech sector is set to benefit from a tax break with the release of the government's pre-budget report (PBR) on Tuesday. HM Treasury issued a consultative document about the treatment of IP in the technology sector two years ago.
[November 26, 2001, 17:19]
'Critical' open source initiative to crack public sector
News A UK government-funded initiative aims to accelerate the use of open source software within the public sector, through various activities including the creation of a government-specific code repository and a directory of open source providers.
[April 5, 2005, 17:10]
Public sector IT demand on the up
News The demand for IT workers in the public sector has soared, according to figures released on Wednesday by an employment trends research company. Statistics from the CWJobs quarterly IT skills index showed the number of permanent IT jobs in the...
[March 2, 2005, 16:05]
An Asian Giant in the Consumer Sector Finds Out the Real Nature of the Company It Almost Signed a JV Deal With...Just in the Nick of Time
White Papers The client, Asian consumer sector giant, had almost signed a Joint Venture (JV) with an Indian partner. Attraction was the large Indian consumer market. Some senior managers were not fully comfortable with the partner.
[December 1, 2006, 0:00]
Software sector hit by falling sales
News The Business Application Software Developers Association (Basda) will release figures this month showing that the sector has been hit by a significant drop in demand, according to the Sunday Business newspaper.
[October 1, 2001, 12:52]
'Short-term view' hits financial IT sector morale
News Around two-thirds of IT managers in the sector say IT isn't viewed strategically where they work and almost three-quarters reckon cost-cutting has emerged as the primary driver for any investment in IT.
[April 3, 2003, 8:51]
Public sector IT spending climb to continue
News Massimiliano Claps, IDC European vertical markets programme manager, said: "IT vendors that want to sell their products and services in the government sector must provide solutions that match the requirements of that long-term transformation.
[August 3, 2005, 16:50]
Design of a Multi-Sector Base Station Using the Fujitsu WiMAX SoC
White Papers The different types of base stations include pico, micro and multi-sector base stations. Information is provided for designing a multi-sector base station using the Fujitsu WiMAX SoC reference board design.
[November 23, 2005, 0:00]
Space Exploration: Serpens Sector
Downloads Space Exploration: Serpens Sector is an upcoming RPG by Metal Beetle Ltd. In SE:SS, you are tasked with charting the long-abandoned Serpens Sector, a region of space reached through a wormhole near Earth.
[May 5, 2009, 14:59]
More jobs for public sector IT contractors
News The demand for IT contractors to work in the public sector has risen sharply, according to research published on Tuesday by a recruitment company. CW Jobs has found that the number of IT contractors who found jobs in the public sector increased by...
[May 10, 2005, 17:35]



