Lawson takes its ERP apps to Amazon’s cloud
IDG News Service – Lawson Software announced a partnership on Wednesday that will make its ERP (enterprise resource planning) and other applications available on Amazon Web Services’ cloud-computing infrastructure service.
Starting in May, Lawson’s S3 Enterprise Management System, M3 Enterprise Management System, and Talent Management application will hit Amazon’s cloud.
In addition, Lawson is launching a “test [...]
Fran Halsall retains 100m freestyle crown at British National Swimming Championships
By Telegraph staff and agenciesPublished: 7:37PM BST 31 Mar 2010
Fran-tastic: Fran Halsall powers to victory in the 100m freestyle at the British National Swimming Championships Photo: PA
The 19-year-old was runner-up to Britta Steffen in the 100m freestyle in Rome last summer and on Wednesday night she held off Loughborough ITC team-mate Amy Smith to touch [...]
June Havoc, immortalized in ‘Gypsy,’ dies at 97
Actress and writer June Havoc, whose childhood in vaudeville as Baby June was immortalized in the musical “Gypsy,” has died in Connecticut at age 97, her publicist said Monday.
Havoc, the younger sister of famed stripper Gypsy Rose Lee, died Sunday of natural causes at her home in Stamford. Her death was confirmed by Shirley Herz, [...]
Highland sting for small businesses as Gathering bills to remain unpaid
HOPES that cash would be found to pay small businesses left with unpaid bills following the collapse of last summer’s international Clan Gathering and Highland Games were dashed by liquidators yesterday.
As creditors gathered in Edinburgh for the first meeting with the insolvency specialists, it emerged that the company – The Gathering 2009, which was run [...]
Profile: Wieden + Kennedy London
Neil Christie and Zaid Al-Asady, from Wieden + Kennedy’s London office talk to Oliver Lindberg about building brands and working across multiple disciplines as well as continents
Agency location LondonTeam size 180Expertise Creating strong and provocative relationships between good companies and their customersEstablished 1998Clients Nike, Honda, Nokia, Arla Foods, Nestea, The Guardian, Visit Wales, onedotzero, Selfridges, [...]
Be a princess for a day at Disney World
I forgot my tiara and kept misplacing my wand.
After all, it’s not easy being a modern-day Disney princess. You need to keep that tiara firmly on your head; you need to be kind to everyone — even annoying younger siblings. Those long princess dresses and sparkly shoes, though the ultimate in princess fashion, aren’t made [...]
Close call with death leaves its mark on DNA
Close call with death leaves its mark on DNA
10:31 31 March 2010 by Wendy Zukerman
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Some lizards escape predators by “dropping” their tail, but the experience appears to leave its mark. After losing their tail, lizards end up with damaging changes to their DNA.
The parts affected are the telomeres [...]
Interns Head Abroad for Work Experience
In December 2008, Matthew Moughan found himself floundering in one of the worst job markets for college graduates in nearly two decades when he graduated from Marquette University (Marquette Undergraduate Business Profile). The economics major hoped to land a job in marketing and spent the winter mailing dozens of résumés and going on interviews. After [...]
Fiscal fog starts to lift but axe still has to fall
I have a memory of budgets being rather cheerful, uplifting affairs. MPs would queue for hours to bag their seat in the Commons chamber and dress up specially for the occasion.
Chancellors would be pictured in their local pub the Sunday before with a pint of the beer they were about to slap extra duty on. [...]