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FROM SMUGGLERS HAVEN TO BROADBAND PIONEERS
21st May 2012
Historic Robin Hood's Bay gets high speed broadband for the first time
Law firm Walker Morris has been awarded the prestigious Managing Partners' Forum European Leadership - Best Community Engagement Award, in recognition of its 17 years' investment in art and creativity in primary schools.
Lee Evans voted onto SMB 150 Channel Influencers roll call
The founder and managing director of Harrogate's Vital Technology Group has been named one of the world's top 150 influencers in the IT consulting and reseller community.
IT suppliers losing race to build smart cities
16th May 2012
IT suppliers risk falling behind in the $35bn IT market for high-tech smart cities, as developers, banks and construction firms muscle in on the sector.
AVM announced that it has achieved SMART Gold Business Partner status as part of the SMART Reseller Accreditation Programme.
NYNET STEPS UP FOR LOCAL COMMUNITY
14th May 2012
NYnet Ltd has fulfilled its promise to the community of Newton on Rawcliffe, to ensure that its broadband service can continue despite problems with the incumbent service provider.
UK prepared for Olympic cyber attack, says minister
10th May 2012
The 2012 Olympics in London will not be immune to cyber attacks by those who would seek to disrupt the Games, says Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude.
Consumer credit company Provident Financial has outsourced its data centre with Node4 in a move that will allow a more scalable solution as the company grows.
The deadline for UK business compliance with the EU Cookie Law is the 26th May 2012. UK business was given 12 months to comply with the law and that deadline is fast approaching. Are you compliant with the law?
virtualDCS triumph at VMUG Leeds
30th April 2012
On Tuesday 17th April virtualDCS spoke at the conference about their experience with vCloud Director.
Amazon results demonstrate commitment to cloud
30th April 2012
Amazon's AWS cloud business made $500m in sales in the first quarter of 2012, up $189m from the same quarter last year.
BLUE LOGIC OPENS ITS DOORS ON TECHNOLOGY AT UNIQUE EVENT
27th April 2012
Blue Logic, one of Yorkshire's leading technology solutions providers, is offering a unique opportunity to meet some of the top names in the technology industry including Microsoft, HP and SAGE at their free technology Open Day in Leeds on 16th May.
Exbos show their green credentials with launch of government funded low carbon funding database.
27th April 2012
Exbos have developed the new low carbon funding database announced by Edward Davey, Secretary for the Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC).
Apple overtakes IBM and HP in sales
26th April 2012
Apple has posted another remarkable set of financial results, overtaking IT giants IBM and HP in sales during its latest financial quarter.
BT'S ROLL-OUT OF SUPER-FAST BROADBAND COULD CREATE THOUSANDS OF NEW JOBS AND START-UP BUSINESSES IN YORKSHIRE AND THE HUMBER
25th April 2012
High speed technology could be worth hundreds of millions
of pounds to the region BT responsible for more than 7,000 jobs in Yorkshire and the Humber and spent £291 million with the region's suppliers last
year
Harrogate's Vital Network Solutions launches quarterly business and technology magazine
23rd April 2012
Harrogate's Vital Network Solutions has launched a quarterly business focussed publication aimed at the members of the Yorkshire business community
Microsoft yesterday laid out the exclusive features of Windows 8 Enterprise, one of three editions of the upcoming OS and the only one limited to corporate customers.
Refractiv launch Google Apps Tips website
20th April 2012
Refractiv, a leading UK Google Apps Authorised Reseller, has launched a new website to offer tips and advice to Google Apps users worldwide.
virtualDCS recruits two more members of staff.
20th April 2012
The team now welcomes Matthew Chamberlain and Paul Sheard to the company, as a support engineer and vArchitect.
Independent property consultant Knight Frank has replaced its ADSL network with a high-speed network from Virgin Media Business to improve application performance and unified communications.
Many UK organisations still have work to do to comply with the so-called "cookie law" that comes into force on 26 May, a study from privacy firm Truste confirms.
Amazon offers pay-per-use search for cloud applications
18th April 2012
Amazon has introduced CloudSearch, an addition to Amazon Web Services (AWS) for integrating search functionality into applications.
Gartner: CEOs want to use IT to boost business growth
17th April 2012
By more than a two-to-one ratio, CEOs are inclined to increase IT spending this year rather than to reduce it, according to analyst Gartner.
Permanent IT job placements continue to rise
17th April 2012
Permanent IT staff placements have increased for the third consecutive month, and IT and computing permanent job vacancies are at an eight-month high, according to a UK recruitment report.
























