Tag: away

Networking

Cisco could walk away from Tandberg deal

By Phil Muncaster | Nov 2, 2009 | Comment Now

Tandberg shareholders hold out for higher price.

Strategy

IT service providers giving support away for free

By Dave Bailey | Mar 3, 2009 | Comment Now

IT service providers are giving away an average of 28 per cent of their business service and support each year through a lack of insight into what customers are entitled to ...

Training & Development

IT workers giving away free time

By Bryan Glick | Feb 28, 2009 | Comment Now

A third of UK IT professionals are doing unpaid overtime – the equivalent of 34 days free work every year, according to trade union body the TUC.

Telco/ISP

Weekly Roundup: The NBN seems further away and an astronaut outs aliens on heavy metal radio

Jul 26, 2008 | Comment Now

New setbacks arose this week for the national broadband network (NBN). In other news, a former astronaut claimed aliens have been to Earth during a radio interview.

Software

Intrusive ads turn surfers away

Jul 24, 2008 | Comment Now

Nearly three-quarters of web users have left a favourite site because of intrusive or annoying ads, according to new research.

Telco/ISP

WiMax woos subscribers away from DSL

May 10, 2008 | Comment Now

WiMax is expected to become an "appealing substitute" to traditional fixed-line broadband over the coming years, according to Juniper Research..

Training & Development

Gaming away the Australian skills shortage

By Liz Tay | Jan 29, 2008 | Comment Now

With the 2008 harvest of high school graduates now in the bag, universities are reporting rising enrolment figures in the traditionally stark fields of science and engineering.

Software

Pepsi and Amazon give away DRM-free MP3s

By Clement James | Jan 16, 2008 | Comment Now

$1bn worth of tunes up for grabs.

Training & Development

Staff shy away from naked video-conferencing

By Iain Thomson | Jul 18, 2007 | Comment Now

Revealed: the reason video-conferencing is not taking off. Remote access technology is leading managers to a more relaxed style of working, according to new research.

Security

Spam makes users turn away from email

By Tom Sanders | Apr 11, 2007 | Comment Now

Spam volumes to reach 40bn messages in 2007, IDC predicts.

Security

Spam makes users turn away from email

By Tom Sanders | Apr 10, 2007 | Comment Now

The increasing volume of spam email messages is driving users to look for alternative media such as instant messaging and low cost VoIP calls, analyst firm IDC predicts in a ...