By John Walker on September 30, 2011
BOSTON, Massachusetts, USA — Thursday, September 29, 2011
The Free Software Foundation (FSF) today announced the re-launch of its Free Software Directory at directory.fsf.org. The Directory lists over 6,500 programs that are free for any computer user to download, run, and share. It was first launched nearly a decade ago, but the new version brings a [...]
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By John Walker on April 6, 2011
In a competitive and tough business environment a lot of businesses, big and small, are looking to grow their online presence and using multiple e-commerce channels is often a key part of their strategy. One such channel which is becoming an increasingly important driver of incremental sales and brand awareness for many businesses is Amazon [...]
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By John Walker on January 31, 2011
Is Social Media the key to growing your business?
UK Small-to-medium-sized businesses (SMB’s) can grow and boost their business if they become more IT (Information Technology) savvy.
So says a recent survey of IT decision-makers of SMB’s, which shows that 96% of them consider IT to be crucial to business growth. And yet surprisingly, over a quarter [...]
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By John Walker on January 19, 2011
Rackspace® Hosting (NYSE: RAX), the world leader in the hosting and cloud computing industry, today announced the launch of its cloud infrastructure to provide customers with a European based infrastructure for their cloud-based data footprint.
“Our US-based Rackspace cloud has already been hugely successful, with over 100,000 customers globally now taking advantage of our hosted cloud [...]
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By John Walker on November 23, 2010
A free seminar provided by Colchester Business Enterprise Agency, Colbea and Mamut Business Software Solutions will be held on 26th November 2010 at COLBEA Business Centre, 1 George Williams Way, Colchester, CO1 2JS.
Topics covered include:
9 - 11 am: For Start Up Businesses & New Businesses - Give Your Business the Start it Deserves!
E-commerce
Contact Management & [...]
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By John Walker on December 3, 2009
Processors could become smart enough to let PCs use “vision” to interact with people.
Researchers from Intel Labs demonstrated an experimental, 48-core Intel processor, or “single-chip cloud computer,” that rethinks many of the approaches used in today’s designs for laptops, PCs and servers. This futuristic chip boasts about 10 to 20 times the processing engines inside [...]
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By John Walker on April 20, 2009
Oracle Corporation (NASDAQ: ORCL) and Sun Microsystems (NASDAQ: JAVA) announced today they have entered into a definitive agreement under which Oracle will acquire Sun common stock for $9.50 per share in cash. The transaction is valued at approximately $7.4 billion, or $5.6 billion net of Sun’s cash and debt.
“We expect this acquisition to be accretive [...]
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