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Alcatel-Lucent reports Q3 loss as sales decline and margins get thinner

Alcatel-Lucent reported a third-quarter loss and declining gross margins, as its cost-cutting program failed to keep up with declining sales of its network equipment and related services. read more »

NHS trust picks BusinessObjects to drive self-service analytics

Royal Free IT director, Will Smart, spells out benefits of SAP implementation read more »

Huawei to meet with German security researcher who disclosed product vulnerabilities

The company plans to engage with security researchers to improve product security read more »

Cisco's new UCS management system simplifies control of thousands of servers

UCS Central lets IT managers control a globally distributed UCS infrastructure comprised of multiple domains read more »

Wipro revenue growth continues to slide as Indian outsourcers struggle

Like its peers, Wipro has been affected by uncertainty in the market for offshore services read more »

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Ubuntu

Canonical could release mobile Ubuntu OS this year

Ubuntu 13.04 to be developed under wraps and OS set for mobile focus

5 things new users should do with Ubuntu Linux

Canonical to expand Ubuntu for smartphones and tablets

Canonical Ubuntu 12.10 server and desktop editions released

In Depth

Can Citrix make any Windows app or desktop a cloud service?

Citrix is focused on helping enterprises deal with the challenge of running desktops and applications in a new mobile-centric world where tablets and smartphones proliferate. read more »

Skeuomorphic design and the Apple management shake-up

Is it the end of virtual wooden bookshelves? read more »

Year of mobility – IT leaders reveal annual benefits

More organisations have put more power into the hands of their users in 2012 than previous years; CIOs from a variety of market share their experiences read more »

Power efficiency a growing concern in the data centre and for end users

Energy consumption is at the forefront of IT as industry leaders seek to lower costs and, for the more altruistically inclined, save the planet at the same time read more »

Where is cloud computing heading in 2013?

More cloud apps and services, analysts have predicted read more »

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Featured Comments

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IE10 is much better than IE9, is standards compliant, and in my real world testing, faster than chrome and Firefox. I have completely switched back to IE now, and Chrome is only a fallback for testing.EU antitrust regulators remind Microsoft of browser commitments

Blogs

Tectonic shift in the ARM ecosystem - AMD announces ARM intentions

For AMD to also throw its hat into the ARM ecosystem and potentially compete with its own mainstream server and desktop CPU business is an aggressive move that carries some risk and much potential advantageread more »

Craft your future state BI reference architecture

In the face of rising data volume and complexity and increased need for self-service, enterprises need an effective business intelligence (BI) reference architecture to utilise BI as a key corporate asset for competitive differentiationread more »

It's time to start spending again

Schools should buy technology of the workplace of the futureread more »

BMC Pushes The ITSM Tool Envelope With MyIT

A great move by BMC, now its over to the usersread more »

Finally: UK Open Standards are RF, not FRAND

In a huge win for open standards, open source and the public, the long-awaited UK government definition of open standards has come down firmly on the side of RF, not FRAND. The UK government's approach is enshrined in an important...read more »

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