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The tablet bandwagon rolls on
By the time you read this who knows Sainsbury's might have launched its own tablet PC. Sounds odd but surely nothing is strange after Next and now Dixons announced products. The iPad has proved that there is a real public appetite for tablets but th... Opinion
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There were some good things about 1986
Having watched the This is England '86 series on Channel 4 it leaves me with a couple of observations. One of them is that television still has the power to shock when great scripting and acting are combined, but there is also another point to be mad... Opinion
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Trustmarque gets creative following big contract losses
Trustmarque's intention to create "mini regional frameworks" for NHS Trusts shows the requisite creativity as the public sector focused reseller holds its breath for further details of the austerity measures. Around 80% of the Microsoft LA... Opinion
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London the home to the tech start-ups
You might remember a time when everyone wanted to find a place in the UK where it was safe to talk about it being a home to the IT industry. As a result there was Silicon Fen (Cambridge) and then Silicon Glen (places like Greenock in Scotland) but fo... Opinion
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Will 2e2 sell Diagonal's SAP consulting unit?
The decision by 2e2 management to keep its SAP services business under the Diagonal brand and in a standalone unit has led to industry talk that it may be sold. This week the integration of Morse into 2e2 became clearer as did the roles that the sen... Opinion
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Sir Peter Rigby and the Pope
Sir Peter Rigby may have recently signed off the acquisition of Kavanagh but he has also been busily building another empire that has not made the headlines in the channel press - he owns Coventry Airport. The airport went into administration last y... Opinion
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Sir, the computer ate my homework
When I were a lad it was a question of using the old "dog ate my homework" line, or in the case of one classmate to try and explain why he had chucked his bag into the river. His "I feltI was being threatened" line didn't work the... Opinion
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What next for B2B biz as DSGi brand kicked into touch?
DSG International is no more after the proposed name change to Dixons Retail was overwhelmingly voted in by shareholders. At yesterday's annual general meeting (AGM), all proposed resolutions were passed including the re-appointment to the board of ... Opinion
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Reasons for mobile working keep stacking up
A few years ago those selling mobility solutions could be found clinging on to events like the Buncefield gas explosion and the Cockermouth floods as evidence for the need to have a friendly remote working policy. But with ash clouds, tube strikes an... Opinion
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Time to dust down the phrase 'digital lounge'
Catching up with the Apple announcements last night was a little bit like stepping back in time and taking a trip down memory lane to the turn of the century. Back then the world was divided into the lounge and the study, with the TV living in one an... Opinion