| Uptime in E-Commerce |
09 Mar 10 |
| Though I can think of one or two recent examples of online retailers being unable to cope with 'unprecedented' traffic, the UK's e-commerce sites have a higher average availability rate than those of some European rivals.
The study looked at major e-commerce sites in the UK, Spain, Germany and France between 9th and 22nd November last year, though the numbers of sites studied differ from country to country. For example, 38 UK sites were tested, compared with just 14 in Germany. |
| "Final Third" of UK Miss Out on Fast Internet Access |
08 Mar 10 |
| The Country Land and Business Association (CLA) has announced a new national broadband campaign called 'The Final Third First' (FTF). This title refers to approximately one third of the UK population who currently are, for economic or technical reasons, unlikely ever to be able to receive a superfast ISP connection (i.e. more than the governments promised 2Mbps by 2012).
The campaign, which is founded by a broad range of broadband organisations and champions of wider community interests, will lobby the Government to provide adequate and effective broadband access for the "Final Third" of the UK which currently lacks this vital infrastructure. |
|
Open Source Data Centre Design
A new industry group is trying to apply open-source principles to the design and construction of data centres, which it says could accelerate the use of new technologies and increase competition in the industry. |
|
Google Launches Beta Version Of Chrome Browser
Google has launched a beta version of its next Chrome browser which includes a number of new innovations including additional privacy controls for users and the integration of translation functionality. |
|
|
More news stories Visit the News Archive |
