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Uganda draft policy calls for IT education at all levels

Zain Uganda introduces unlimited calls at peak hours

Job cuts in India’s call centers and BPO likely

Building for the future

How do you create a more agile, responsive and cost-effective IT department? Bechtel CIO Geir Ramleth dismantled his infrastructure and started over.

Tech tricks and treats of 2008

Efficiency drive moves to networks

Worm uses Google to squirm around Facebook

Symantec builds an incubator for new ideas

Aruba fosters “green wireless” research

Green Island Project to study environmental impact of all-wireless workplaces

BlackBerry fund backs three start-ups

Sony reduces operating loss at PlayStation division

Taiwan’s CMEL shows millimeter-thick OLED panel

Volantis integrates mobile phones and Web services

Access vendor GridSure uses patterns to remember PINs

Nokia announces plans for gaming platform

Microsoft, groups discuss using IT to aid Africa

Dell hit with discrimination class-action lawsuit

Analysts: OS focus could boost Moto’s prospects

Power efficiency only first step toward “green” data centers, Gartner says

Poor planning could double your data center energy costs

Miami woman sentenced to prison for Internet kiosk scheme

Telecos, Sierra Leone gov’t discuss royalty payments

Orange seeks to tap into Kenyan youth culture

Money transfers, NFC to account for half of mobile payments

Researchers show off advanced network control technology

OpenFlow technology can optimize routes through networks to meet critical policies

The Google-ization of Bechtel

How the construction giant is transforming its IT operations to emulate Internet leaders and embrace SaaS

Dell refreshes Optiplex line, offers Atom-based thin client

Yahoo’s Zimbra reaches for the cloud

Microsoft, Yahoo form alliance to tackle lottery scams

Intel invests $170M in China, Dalian fab on track

Enterprises face losses from trade secret thefts

China regulator shuts video Web sites, warns others

CSC expands IT services in China

Zain Zambia appoints new CEO

Confidence in IT spending plans takes another hit, survey finds

CDW reports confidence among corporate IT decision makers has fallen since August

Zain benefits from interconnectivity price drop

Etisalat Nigeria plans free calls to win market

Cisco study: IT security policies unfair

Most employees acknowledge they break rules to get their job done

Microsoft finally reveals Web-based Office suite

Microsoft extends Office apps to browser

Microsoft Office Word, Excel, PowerPoint, OneNote to be available over Web

Ray Ozzie steers Microsoft into the cloud

Considerations for PoE deployments in switch closets

Apple takes the MacBook upscale

Global Forum highlights digital trust, international broadband competition

Microsoft vows Windows 7 will fix Vista mistakes

Five ways to get free Wi-Fi, even in troubled times

Accenture CIO Modruson is not just putting out fires

Texas Memory hits 1 million IOPS with ultra-fast flash storage

U.S. customer deploys flash-based SSD with 20TB, 1 million IOPS

IT security spending not darkened by economic gloom

IT security spending is expected to grow

Venture fund not abandoning enterprise IT

Fairhaven Capital has history of investing in companies that help IT shops cut costs, centralize control

Azure aimed at moving enterprises to Web