Next year's World Cup has sheltered the IT industry from the worst of the recession.
While millions have been spent on IT systems, the Department of Social Development struggles to maintain the solutions.
In today's technology roundup: Red Hat demands software patents ban, Mozilla unveils cure, Robot fish could prevent crashes, and women dominate social networking.
In this World Wide Wrap: Gaming hits the big screen, OnLive raises interest, and funding, and Nvidia moves towards supercomputing.
In this World Wide Wrap: Emptoris enhances CM solution, Nextance revamps Contract Insight, and Veramark licences free to Cisco customers.
In this World Wide Wrap: BlackBerry releases Mac-synching software, Oracle updates PeopleSoft Enterprise, and OSS organisations merge.
In this World Wide Wrap: Google clarifies Cyanogen Android issue, open source groups to merge, and ex open source chief joins start-up.
The company urges businesses to become smarter in harnessing information, to stay competitive in challenging times.
In today's technology roundup: Hackers automate malware on Facebook, Amazon settles Kindle lawsuit, RIM patches BlackBerry phishing vulnerability, and more colleges offer gaming degrees.
In this World Wide Wrap: Mature ITIL strategy a challenge, workforce management tools debuted, and telecom expense management cuts bills.
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The SAS Global Client Standard Environment is among the 2009 InformationWeek 500 list of top US tech innovators.
The technology can deliver continuous availability on general-purpose Intel servers.