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21 September 2011
News: Thomas Cook signs long-term contract with Accenture for cloud services

Thomas Cook has defied contemporary outsourcing wisdom and signed long-term IT outsourcing contracts with Accenture.
News: Severn Trent Water moves ten years' of customer records from IBM mainframe

Legacy apps decommissioning project to deliver major savings
20 September 2011
News: Business paper use remains high

Businesses aren't rushing to create paperless offices; in fact, some are relying on paper documents more than ever, according to a new study by CompTIA.
News: Apple drubs rivals in satisfaction survey eighth year running

For the eighth year running, Apple again beat rival computer makers that sell Windows PCs in an annual customer satisfaction survey, a researcher said today.
News: New Patent Law Offers Few Pros, Many Cons

The America Invents Act has been widely described as the biggest reform of American patent law in some 50 years, and that's certainly true. An overhaul of our patent system was long overdue, and there have been high hopes as to what it could accomplish.
News: Twitter Checking Out Eastern Sites for Data Center

Frustrated by "the whale" on Twitter that pops up on your screen when you're trying to access the site but it can't respond because it's overwhelmed by traffic? Relief may soon be in sight.
News: Are certifications less crucial for healthcare IT jobs?

Timothy Stettheimer, CIO for St. Vincent's Health System in Birmingham, Ala., has more confidence in IT certifications than referrals and in-person interviews when it comes to hiring.
News: Cisco and Microsoft cooperate to bring network-layer management to Hyper-V

Windows Server 8 looks promising enough that Cisco it is queuing up two new products designed to extend its network controls to Hyper-V virtual environments when Microsoft releases Windows Server 8 sometime next year.
News: Gov't proposes putting business's annual reports online

The government has launched a consultation into the development of a new reporting framework for UK companies, which includes putting the narrative section of company annual reports reports online and making them more searchable.
News: PAC: FireControl one of worst IT project failures in years

FireControl has been branded “one of the worst cases of project failure” that ministers have seen in years.
News: CrowdFlower offers enterprise crowdsourcing service

Startup CrowdFlower is taking the crowdsourcing concept to large businesses with a systematic cloud-supported service designed to be cheaper than hiring people to do massive e-commerce evaluations, fact-checks and related work.
News: How predictive analytics can deliver strategic benefits

Enterprises can gain significant long-term benefits by applying predictive analytics to their operational and historical data, analysts and IT managers said at Computerworld's BI & Analytics Perspectives conference.
News: Scala designer cites goals, directions for JVM alternative

Developer Martin Odersky discusses origin and plans for Scala, a statically typed language that can be used to build Android apps
News: BP goes on search for IT postgraduates

Oil giant BP has launched a global search for new postgraduates for its IT function, and refining and marketing businesses.
19 September 2011
News: Google Wallet gets official launch

Google officially launched its Google Wallet application late Monday for NFC-ready Sprint Nexus S 4G phone users.
News: IT departments need to lead Cloud projects: Deloitte

Organisations that ignore the IT department when approving Cloud projects will face more than just security challenges, according to a legal expert.
News: N.Y. copycats ordered to hand over fake products to Apple

Two stores in Queens, N.Y. have agreed to hand over all counterfeit products to Apple that bear the California company's name or logo, according to court documents.
News: U.S. government creates 'tech fellows' program

The U.S. government can't offer stock options, laundry service and catered lunches to prospective job candidates, but it can offer the satisfaction of public service, and now, a fancy title.
News: Online gamers solve AIDS retroviral puzzle for scientists

After failing to figure out the crystal structure of an AIDS retrovirus enzyme responsible for how HIV multiplies, scientists crowd-sourced the effort to the gaming community, which was able to decipher the structure in a matter of days.
News: 3 Critical Elements of an Executive Job Search

More than a few worker bees figure top executives simply sail from one six-figure job to the next, whisked along by suave executive recruiters who coach them on secret job interview tricks and help them negotiate lush compensation packages. Right.