Whilst Microsoft is still saying that there are still some good reasons to move to Vista, Steve Balmer’s admittance that Windows 7 will be ‘backwards compatible’ does seem to suggest that the Redmond giant already knows that many customers on XP may skip Vista altogether and move to the new platform.

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The pressure’s certainly on for IT directors to keep an eye on their IT budgets and to ensure that, going forward, their IT’s sustainable and green. But surely - at least in some areas - can’t green also mean lean?

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A Japanese newspaper has reported that the Chinese government is planning to start asking firms wanting to export digital equipment into the country to give the government the source code for the product.

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Computer Weekly asked The Corporate IT Forum if it had any questions to ask Microsoft’s Steve Ballmer as they were interviewing him. So how could we refuse?
With our latest Corporate IT Forum Reality Checker suggesting that corporations may skip Vista altogether and go straight to Windows 7, we asked why large businesses should upgrade to […]

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The Corporate IT Forum has introduced a new range of corporate IT ‘reality checkers’ to enable IT directors to easily compare the progress and position of their company’s IT against other, similar-sized organisations.
Designed and developed by and for large-scale users of IT, the Corporate IT Forum reality checkers will allow IT users to immediately identify […]

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Declan Curry, the new presenter of the BBC’s popular Working Lunch TV programme is to present the awards at the Forum’s prestigious Real IT Awards ceremony on November 27 at the Cumberland Hotel, Marble Arch, London. The Forum’ s Real IT Awards have been designed by and for corporate IT and aim to recognise and […]

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