» How a Small Group of UK Investors is Turning the Property Market on its Head

This month, Platinum Property Partners, the world's first property investment franchise, has celebrated its first anniversary. In just 12 months, PPP has become one of the fastest-growing franchises in UK history, across all sectors, with 30 full Franchise Partners (franchisees) signed up and a growing list waiting to join.

» Brocade Announces Definitive Agreement to Acquire Foundry Networks

Brocade(R) today announced a definitive agreement to purchase Foundry Networks(R), Inc., a performance and total solutions leader for network switching and routing.

» Limiting Web Changes Is A False Economy

In an independent survey of 100 senior IT managers and directors, 59% of respondents believed that by minimising the number of changes during web development they could avoid web project failures and reduce costs.

» My Neighbourhoods joins the local business rate and review war

The local social networking website My Neighbourhoods has launched a local business search that allows users to rate and review each of the 1.5 million local businesses. The online local business market has grown dramatically recently and My Neighbourhoods faces tough competition from the likes of WeLoveLocal, TrustedPlaces, Yelp and Qype.

» Older Workers Trump 'Generation Y' in happiness and Fulfilment Stakes

New research findings from the sixth Vodafone UK Working Nation report, launched today, say that older people are the happiest and most motivated workers in Britain, with satisfaction levels soaring above those in their twenties, thirties and early forties.

» AdaptiveMobile Sees Sharp Rise in Volume of Mobile Network Virus Attacks

AdaptiveMobile, the leading security provider of mobile subscriber protection for enterprises and individuals, today recommends mobile operators step-up security for their subscribers, as it witnesses a steady rise in virus attacks.

» BT Announcement Represents First Major Step Towards Next Generation Access in the

At last, BT has decided to invest in fibre on a large scale. This is great news for the UK, and will remove some of the awkward questions about why are we languishing behind many other nations in the provision of high-speed broadband.

» IPTV deployments double for the second year running as Broadband

The Broadband Forum, formerly the DSL Forum, has today announced the latest Broadband and IPTV statistics at this year's Broadband World Forum Asia in Hong Kong.

» SDL Announces Launch of Worldwide Language Service Provider Partner Programme

SDL, the leading provider of Global Information Management (GIM) solutions, announced today the launch of a worldwide Language Service Provider (LSP) Partner Programme. Modelled after the successful Idiom LSP Advantage Programme, the SDL LSP Partner Programme is designed to work closely with LSP Partners who, leverage SDL GIM technology, to increase the value they provide their customers seeking cost-effective delivery of timely, relevant global content into local markets.

» UK SMEs waste more than Ł42.2 M/day in Revenues Looking for Documents

Searching for documents is costing SMEs a staggering Ł42.2million per day in lost revenue, according to independent research released today. The survey, which was commissioned by Invu and conducted by YouGov, revealed that managers and directors are wasting valuable time trying to locate documents that may have been mis-filed, moved to another location or simply lost, costing businesses dearly.

» Forum Nokia teams with DeviceAnywhere

The largest mobile development community in the world taps DeviceAnywhere to create Forum Nokia Virtual Developer Lab, bringing developers remote access to Series 40 and S60 Handsets.

» EU mobile operators are unable to stop price gouging

The GSMA (global trade association representing more than 750 GSM mobile phone operators across 218 territories) recently released data showing that a 25% decrease in data roaming costs between April 2007 and April 2008 increased consumer usage by 75% (a price/demand elasticity that virtually any other industry should covet). So why exactly are these same mobile operators grumbling about an EU mandated cut in roaming data charges?

» Siemens Develops Indirect Channel Model

Siemens Enterprise Communications today announces that it is migrating to a pure distribution model having previously had both a one- and two-tier approach. The move will allow Siemens to focus on delivering market-leading partner support through sales, marketing and support activities, which in turn will allow accredited partners to maximise the value of sales opportunities to their customers.

» Phil Smith : Consumers are At the Center of ICT Convergence

Phil Smith : "ICT is converging. Consumers are at the centre and they are demanding access to any content on any device in any place and over the network. This offers great opportunities for us, who believe the Network is a real Platform."

» Logicalis To Demystify The Mainframe

In a bid to dispel the myths surrounding mainframe deployments, Logicalis will today launch the UK's first IBM System z Workload Consolidation Test Environment. Hosted at Logicalis' state-of-the-art Innovation Centre, the Test Environment will allow enterprises to design and build a bespoke mainframe platform, in order that organisations can evaluate the economic and environmental potential of implementing a mainframe strategy.

» Linux Vendor Completes $32 Million Acquisition of US Mobile Technology Leader

Purple Labs, a French developer of Linux-based mobile software, today announced that it has completed its acquisition of the mobile client software business of California-based Openwave Systems, in an asset sale valued at more than $32 million. The browser and messaging products acquired in the deal are among the best-selling mobile applications in the world, having already shipped in more than 1.5 billion mobile phones.

» IPTV is coming...

Efforts to accelerate the deployment of IPTV by combining the expertise of key telecom operators, consumer electronics manufacturers and network infrastructure providers in the Open IPTV Forum are gathering further momentum, and the first release of the specifications that will allow IPTV to develop into a mass market service is close to completion.

» IBM Turkey Workers Has Unionized Claiming They Haven't Recieved Any Rise in Salaries for 5 Years

While IBM has announced that they are continuing their success with pointing out that their "RoadRunner" PC is the number 1 in super PC category in the Top 500 list, IBM Turkey employees are not pleased with their company. It is reported that 258 IBM workers has unionized claiming that they haven't recieved any rise in the salaries for 5 years.

» FOSI has Appointed Dave Miles as European Development Director

The Family Online Safety Institute (FOSI) has appointed Dave Miles as European development director to spearhead the international charity's work in Europe and help make the online world safer for children and their families.

» CIOs and the challenge of organisational leadership development

CIOs have a clear vision for their IS organisation but lack confidence in the ability of their department to deliver the plans, new research revealed today. CIO Connect, the networking organisation representing the majority of CIOs at the UK's top 250 FTSE companies, carried out the research to understand the development challenges facing today's IS organisations.