Wiltshire CC has signed a 12m ICT deal to upgrade its back office and customer facing systems over the next seven years. The contact with technology and business services company Logica will support the council’s new unitary status, which will come into effect in April next year.
Technology News (MetroActive)
TEN YEARS from now, surfing the web won’t require a computer. So says futurist Jamais Cascio, a researcher with Silicon Valley’s forecasting think-tank Institute for the Future.
Bio-technology industry to be expanded (Vietnam Net)
VietNamNet Bridge Deputy Prime Minister Nguyen Thien Nhan has recently approved a master plan to develop Vietnam’s fledgling bio-technology sector. The aim is to produce high-quality products and reach the level of the rest of the ASEAN community by 2020.
Business Objects Shares Jump on Sale Report - Software * Technology …
Shares in Business Objects rose sharply on Monday following a weekend newspaper … Technology/Software and Computer Services/Software
Mandriva 2008 Spring–RC1 [Review] (Linux Today)
“Mandriva (formerly Mandrake) was the first distribution I used back in 2001 when I started using Linux. For a while I stayed with Mandriva then moved to SUSE, REDHAT and so on.
Microsoft ‘Halo’ Creators to be Separate Company - Software …
Microsoft said Friday that Bungie, the crown jewel of its video game unit that … Technology/Software and Computer Services/Software
Government invests 8 million in new transport technology research (Government News Network)
Three ground-breaking research projects aimed at improving transport services have been awarded more than 8m as part of a joint initiative by the Technology Strategy Board, Department for Transport and the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council.
School Library Increases Learning with Installation of RFID Technology from ITG (Centre Daily Times)
Students can’t wait to check out of class so they can check in to the new state-of-the-art library at Red Mountain Middle School in Deming, N.M., the Integrated Technology Group’s (ITG) first full school library system installation. The library is now fully equipped with radio frequency identification (RFID) technology, which means the library media specialist now has more time to devote to the …
VMware Stock Up on Target Price Increase - Software * Technology …
Shares of virtualization software maker VMware continued to climb Wednesday after … Technology/Software and Computer Services/Software
Carl Icahn Increases Stake in BEA Systems - Software * Technology …
Carl Icahn increased his stake in BEA Systems , regulatory filings indicated, as … Technology/Software and Computer Services/Software
LSE to provide Qatar with technology, service -paper (Reuters via Yahoo! Singapore News)
DUBAI, March 10 will soon agree to provide services and technology to the Doha Securities Market, Dubai-based Emirates Business reported on Monday, citing unidentified LSE officials.
Piech, Porsche family eye Audi board (motoring.iafrica.com)
Full Throttle Your weekly fix of motoring and motorsport news. The Tech Set A weekly dose of gadget and technology news. Buying a car? Tired of your old car? In the market for a new set of wheels?
TECHNOLOGY: HealthTech founder buys IT company; SolarCraft expands (The Santa Rosa Press Democrat)
Mark Spongberg, longtime office supply entrepreneur and founder of HealthTech Solutions, has acquired Information Technology Group and intends to grow it.Mr. Spongberg founded and operated two Sonoma County office supply companies: Office Helper and Consumers Discount Office Supplies.
Depuy Orthopaedics Launches Pinnacle(TM) Hip Solutions With Trueglide(TM) Technology (Medical News Today)
DePuy Orthopaedics, Inc., a global leader in devices for joint replacement, announced the launch of Pinnacle Hip Solutions with TrueGlide technology, a portfolio of high performance instruments, advanced implants, materials and solutions. Pinnacle Hip Solutions products are designed to promote pain relief and a smooth range-of-motion.
EXFO Receives Protocol Technology Innovation Award From Frost & Sullivan (TestandMeasurement.com)
EXFO Electro-Optical Engineering Inc. announced recently that it has been named recipient of the 2008 Frost & Sullivan Technology Innovation award for two of its protocol solutions - namely, its handheld AXS-200/850 Gigabit Ethernet Test Set and its FTB8120/8130NGE Ethernet/Next-Generation SONET/SDH/OTN multiservice test modules that support all rates up to 10 Gbit/s
Microsoft Gears for Unified Communications - Software * Technology …
Microsoft said Tuesday it expects its unified communications product - the … Technology/Software and Computer Services/Software
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