1. HP keeps UCC options open (Twilight in the Valley of the Nerds)
HP’s channel partners and customers, as well as neutral observers, are confused by HP’s seemingly "promiscuous" approach to UCC.
2. Government websites: how much does each one cost? (The Guardian)
What does it cost to put a website together? The latest open data release from the Government, provides a fascinating insight into the running of the UK’s major government websites, says Simon Rogers.
3. How will the European sovereign debt crisis impact IT spending? (Gartner)
IT spending in Western Europe will be adversely impacted in the medium-term to long-term, argues Richard Gordon.
4. Red Hat (finally) releases their desktop virtualisation product (Brian Madden)
Gabe Knuth looks at Red Hat Enterprise Virtualization for Desktops, the long anticipated re-release of the SolidICE product that Red Hat acquired from Qumranet in 2008.
5. Broadband: the Finns are putting us to shame (The Telegraph)
The Finns are putting us to shame, as are many other smaller European countries whose broadband infrastructure already outstrips ours. The social and economic impact of that can’t be underestimated, argues Shane Richmond.
