BBC – Decision delayed on Meteosat team
The choice of an industrial team to build the next generation of weather satellites – or Meteosats – for Europe has been delayed by three months.

Computing.co.uk – IT managers need to be more honest with staff
Many IT and telecoms workers remain in the dark about their employers business goals, according to new research conducted by YouGov, a situation that has a negative effect on their motivation, productivity and innovation.

IT PRO – Nokia shuts London shop
Nokia is closing retail stores around the world, including it’s flagship location on London’s Regent street, just down from the Apple Store.

IT PRO – Samsung unveils bada smartphone platform
Samsung has unveiled its new smartphone platform bada, in addition to a software development kit (SDK), which it claims will deliver benefits to operators, developers and users alike.

Computer Weekly – Companies failing to keep up with the internet
Companies are failing to keep up with the pace of change on the internet, according to Jeremiah Owyang, a partner at consultancy Altimeter Group. “Most companies can’t keep up with the slow web, let alone the future web,” he said, speaking at the Le Web conference in Paris.

CBR – Open-source BI to grow five-fold through 2012: Gartner
Open-source business intelligence (BI) tools are becoming a mainstream deployment option for all kinds of BI usage, according to Gartner. Gartner analysts said that while functionality is not yet on par with large commercial platforms and is still rarely seen as an enterprisewide BI standard, open-source BI tool deployment is growing solidly.