BP removes reliance on third-party providers by bringing IT in-house
BP will bring the majority of IT back in-house as part of a wider modernisation programme across the entire energy group, spanning 74,000 employees.
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Why BP is driving automation at scale across the business
BP is embracing automation and machine learning to run what it calls 'intelligent operations' and maximise business value in its supply and trading division.
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The rise of SSDs over hard drives, debunked
In spite of a recent report to the contrary, solid-state drives (SSDs) will not surpass hard disk drives (HDDs) in either price or capacity any time soon, according to industry analysts.
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Bentley Systems buys C3global
Bentley Systems has acquired UK-based C3global, a provider of Web-based Amulet software for operational analytics.
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Harvard researchers unveil 3D electronics printer
Harvard researchers <a href="https://www.dropbox.com/sh/c1z9inp47o3f9bn/AABP_qjuJOvZeEtKAxMGdFd1a/Voxel8PressKit.docx?dl=0">have announced</a> a 3D printer capable of printing both thermoplastics and highly conductive silver inks that allow electronic products to be created on one process.
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Want a 100TB disk drive? You'll have to wait 'til 2025
An industry consortium has released a roadmap that new recording technologies could yield 100TB hard drives in about 10 years.
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OS X Yosemite preview gleans user data, too
Microsoft isn't the only one running a preview program that collects data from participants: so does Apple.
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How packet micro-shaping maximizes bandwidth utilization
Enterprises are increasingly virtualizing IT infrastructure by migrating storage, application, and database servers into cloud/hosted datacenters. As they do so, they need to partner with ISPs and service providers to establish reliable, performance assured, bandwidth optimized connections between each enterprise and data center location.
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ERP vendors are getting a 'good kick' from users
The era of the monolithic, highly customized enterprise ERP system is fading, according to Gartner.
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3D printing could help take humans into deep space, NASA says
NASA scientists plan to take 3D printers into space to enable astronauts to create tools, and even food, onboard the International Space Station and later on the moon or even Mars.
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The benefits of cloud-based BPM
In 2011 Gartner's Jim Sinur predicted that business process management and the cloud would be the "real thunder." He stated that moving operations to the cloud would free up money and efforts for businesses, and those organizations would be remiss to ignore BPM.
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Yet more problems said to plague Retina MacBooks
In addition to problems with fans and ghosting on the Retina display, a report has appeared claiming that users are experiencing "other significant performance issues".
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Gartner: Public cloud market to grow 18.5% this year
The global public cloud computing market will grow 18.5% in 2013 to $131 billion, up from $111 billion last year, research firm Gartner predicts.
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Is it now crazy to offshore IT to China?
China has been developing an IT outsourcing industry aimed at bringing in business from the U.S. and Europe. It has succeeded, but then again it hasn't thrived and now may face more barriers.
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Microsoft Office 365 vs. Google Apps for Business
The battle between <a href="http://www.networkworld.com/subnets/microsoft/">Microsoft</a> and Google for office cloud dominance reminds me of the clash of the Titans. Microsoft and its classic on-premises business model is like Gaia, the earth goddess, and Google with its disruptive lightening bolt, is like Zeus, a sky god and a next generation kind of god.
