http://www.silicon.com Results for services en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39677646,00.htm Viper, which was developed with information gathered from a variety of official and unofficial sources, displays mapped information and provides real-time context from services like Twitter, Facebook and Flickr. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 13:12:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/virtualisation/zurich-inks-29bn-outsourcing-megadeal-with-csc-39677643.htm Zurich Financial Services has announced an outsourcing megadeal. The company said yesterday is has signed a 10 and a half year deal with CSC to supply datacentre and IT services. Virtualisation will be the key plank of the deal, with CSC charged... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 12:18:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://services.silicon.com/itoutsourcing/0,3800004871,39674579,00.htm An ecosystem of inexpensive global talent, maturing skills and innovative ideas for new products and services have aided the transformation. No longer just the domain of call centres, Bangalore has matured into the place for world-class research... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 27 Nov 2009 09:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60842994p,00.htm This white paper, sponsored by Quova, Inc.a leading provider of IP geolocation data and services, illustrates how companies are using geolocation to greatly improve the user experience across languages and borders - resulting in increased... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 14:14:21 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/pdas/0,39024643,39674577,00.htm At Orange's biannual La Collection event in Paris, the mobile operator gives a sneak peek at the technology set for future release.silicon.com went along to the 10th La Collection event last week to take a look at the gadgets and services set to... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 26 Nov 2009 11:39:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/unified-communications/beware-the-turf-wars-when-merging-comms-39671618.htm We foresee a booming market for managed services, simply because unified communications is tricky and many companies won't want to spend the time and effort to do it themselves. Enterprise take-up of unified communications - the merging of IP... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:24:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39665926,00.htm This was followed by web services/SOA (.Net, J2EE etc); and ERP (SAP, Oracle etc) - which bumped IT management (systems, storage, network) into fourth place. The icy winds of economic gloom have put paid to talk of a tech skills shortage - at least... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 25 Nov 2009 12:03:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/unified-communications/how-the-cloud-is-swallowing-your-comms-39668400.htm According to a report by analysts In-Stat, tech vendors are now working closely with providers of hosted VoIP services, leading to several flavours of unified communications now emerging from the cloud. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 16:52:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://services.silicon.com/itoutsourcing/0,3800004871,39661655,00.htm Four years ago the Highways Agency - which is responsible for maintaining the UK's motorways and some A-roads - relied on more than 100 contracts with external companies to deliver a wide range of its IT services. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 12:00:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/itpro/0,39024675,39665924,00.htm The average graduate salary for computer science grads last year was just over £21k, according to a Higher Education Careers Services Unit (Hecsu) report published earlier this month, while the starting salary for information systems and software... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 24 Nov 2009 11:27:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/telecoms/0,39024659,39665923,00.htm This new thinking means no equipment in the street; a reduction in building stock; IP based designs and decisions; programmed services; self deployment for rural communities; and hybrid delivery involving wi-fi and WiMax in some cases (3G just isn... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 12:00:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60692268p,00.htm Substantial investments have been made in digitising the way that local government delivers public services, managesoperations and creates efficiencies. Local government in the UK has been undergoing modernisation initiatives centred on IT. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:40:30 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60628612p,00.htm The aim of the Code of Connection (CoCo) is to develop the trust required both within and between communities, which then allows more effective use of shared systems and services. In November 2005, The Government published 'Transformational... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 23 Nov 2009 09:36:44 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://services.silicon.com/itoutsourcing/0,3800004871,39658905,00.htm How does a business pay less for its IT services when it's already getting them at rock bottom prices? It takes a long hard look at whether it needs to be gobbling up so many services in the first place. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 20 Nov 2009 14:29:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://services.silicon.com/itoutsourcing/0,3800004871,39646338,00.htm Increasing numbers of businesses are moving their systems onto cloud computing platforms: analyst house Gartner says worldwide revenues from cloud services will pass $56.3bn this year and are on track to grow to $150bn by 2013. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 16:07:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://news.zdnet.co.uk/communications/0,1000000085,39890503,00.htm The service also integrates with today's two popular social-networking services, Twitter and Facebook. Salesforce.com is a high-profile proponent of the idea of web-based services, broadly called cloud computing. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:57:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/webservices/0,39024657,39653040,00.htm With the advent and popularity of cloud computing, software as a service such as Salesforce.com applications, managed datacentres and other services with ongoing costs, the impact to the expense side of IT is increasing - yet arguably the output... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 19 Nov 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/servers/0,39024647,39655945,00.htm The official release will see a number of new features introduced into the Azure platform including a single sign-on for Azure and services such as SQL Azure. Project Sydney, which will allow users to connect up their own datacentre environment... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 18 Nov 2009 11:55:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/security/0,39024655,39650566,00.htm PCeU officers first detected the fraud in January this year and worked with the financial services industry to investigate before arresting the gang in raids this April. Four men have been sentenced to prison time for being part of a gang that... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:08:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60801619p,00.htm This white paper describes the value of world-class, on-demand services that are provided by an industry leader, includes example cost savings for a typical deployment, and provides information about how you can sign up for a free trial of Online... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 16 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000