23rd October 2011 Archive

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UK gov invites bids for public sector cloud

Suppliers to scrap for £60m cloud G Cloud jackpot

The government has taken the next step towards the creation of the G Cloud with a tender notice, posted on the Government Procurement Service website, for a £60m framework to provide cloud computing services across the public sector. It has invited suppliers to bid for four 'lots', covering infrastructure as a service, …

Cloud Business 23 Oct 10:00
Just seven solar cars reach Adelaide alive

WSC Remaining 30 competitors call the tow truck

The provisional* results of the World Solar Challenge show that just seven of the 37 solar cars competing drove the entire 2,998 kilometres from Darwin to Adelaide under their own steam and by Saturday's deadline. The top three finishers Tokai University, Nuon Solar Team and the University of Michigan (pictured) - who …

SPB 23 Oct 14:52
Cisco Borgs vid start-up for $US99m

BNI bolsters Cisco's video vision

Cisco has added another video software company to its IPTV armoury, acquiring video optimization company BNI Video for $US99 million. BNI Video’s technology offers a solution for ISPs to manage their video services, including entitlement, billing and quality control. It particularly targets legacy cable providers that need to …

Business 23 Oct 21:30
Facebook comes out swinging

Fires back on ‘shadow profile’ accusation

Facebook has come out of its corner swinging in response to the accusation that its “shadow profiles”, among other aspects of its services, break Ireland’s privacy law. The latest round in the world+dog-versus-Facebook began last week, when a group called Europe-v-Facebook picked up research by Austrian student Max Schrens as …

Music and Media 23 Oct 22:15
Chernin gets very digital in Asia

Former News Corp guru on build and buy hunt

Former News Corp COO and trusted Murdoch right hand man, Peter Chernin, is emerging as a significant digital media protagonist in Asia. Chernin launched CA Media, an operating and investment vehicle, in China and India late last year headed up by former Star TV exec Paul Aiello, and is opening a third office in Jarkata soon. …

Business 23 Oct 22:30
Rupert's MySpace mea culpa

Everybody else's fault, actually

War-weary News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch made one concession at the company’s high drama AGM on Friday, stating the MySpace acquisition was a “huge mistake.” The sorry tale of the social network’s digital demise at the hands of NewsCorp began with the purchase of MySpace for $US580 million in 2005. “We paid $US600 million. We …

Business 23 Oct 23:00