Michael Page Procurement

FMCG Demand Manager role in YorkshireWe are seeking a highly talented and motivated Supply Chain professional looking to develop and enhance their skills and add a significant new dimension to their already successful career. Reporting to the Senior CPFR Manager, the successful applicant will play a crucial role in delivering…

Posted on: September 14, 2013 6:00 pm

Young entrepreneurs moot social business projects

The eighth Social Business Design Lab, a platform for the presentation and launch of social business ventures, was held Saturday in the capital. About 250 participants from different organisations including representatives from numerous national and international NGOs, business leaders, academics and specialists attended the event, said a press release. The participants…

Posted on: September 14, 2013 6:00 pm

TechWeek Readers Want John McAfee To Run Microsoft

When Steve Ballmer announced his intention to stand down as head of Microsoft, we started a poll to see who our readers would like to see in his place. The answer surprised us. The unexpected favourite to head up the world’s leading software company and business technology leader, as voted…

Posted on: September 14, 2013 1:00 pm

SOCIAL BUSINESS SUMMIT 2013: All roads lead to Bulacan

MANILA, Philippines – It is difficult to imagine a more cosmopolitan scene anywhere in the country. Kris Aquino, comedienne Pokwang and the actor/model Daniel Matsunaga are mingling with a group of students and young professionals from countries as far and wide as France, Canada, Spain and Taiwan. Alongside them, and…

Posted on: September 14, 2013 1:00 pm

IBM Sametime 9 Release Date is September 20

IBM Sametime, the company’s real time communications system is ready for a big update, and September 20 is the announced release date for what looks to be a more social Sametime version 9. IBM Offers Cloud Beta for Sametime Back in June, IBM offered a cloud based beta version of Sametime 9, Sametime…

Posted on: September 13, 2013 6:00 pm

Pure Hacking Launches New Online Vulnerability Management Service, Enguard

Enguard monitors network perimeter 24/7 – scans and security team interpret vulnerabilities just as if they were on site Pure Hacking, an award-winning Australian information security consultancy, today announces its new vulnerability management service, Enguard. Designed to prevent costly forensic and remediation work, the service is based on around-the-clock scans and…

Posted on: September 13, 2013 6:00 pm

HyTrust Tracks Users In Virtual Environments

HyTrust said it updated its role monitoring appliance for virtual environments with the ability to evaluate every user operation and issue an alert if and when user behavior conflicts with an assigned role. HyTrust Appliance 3.5 monitors, logs and evaluates administrative actions and compares what users are doing to what Additional…

Posted on: September 13, 2013 1:01 pm

Paul College hosts state-wide competition, promotes solving variety of social …

On Sept. 30, the Peter T. Paul College of Business and Economics will host the first New Hampshire Social Business and Microfinance Forum for New Hampshire college students and statewide entrepreneurs. The forum is a collaboration between the Paul College, the office of the president and the Carsey Institute. Dr. Muhammad…

Posted on: September 13, 2013 1:01 pm

CMOs are elbowing out CIOs: But do they know their back ends from their front …

The increased clout of marketing leaders in IT purchasing, combined with their lack of awareness of the technology working in the background, could be exploited by vendors. Marketing chiefs and other line-of-business leaders are havingan increasingly big say in IT procurement. But because they don’t necessarily hold all the purse…

Posted on: September 13, 2013 1:01 pm

CloudBees CEO Sacha Labourey on the strength of the PaaS market

It’s been a very good first half of the year for Java-based platform as a service (PaaS) provider CloudBees. The Belgium-based cloud company reported a revenue increase of 148% in the first two quarters of 2013, as well as a 135% increase in its customer base. The news, which CEO Sacha Labourey describes…

Posted on: September 13, 2013 1:01 pm