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Gov't department readies for Vista rollout

News Speaking to silicon.com, Mike Haigh, government marketing manager for Microsoft in the UK, said: "We've actually got a number of [central] government departments deploying or planning to deploy Vista.

Tags: upgrade, encryption, carbon, defra

[15 May 2008]

Revealed: Cyber crimefighting successes

News The police body tasked with fighting e-crime in the UK has revealed some of its cyber crimefighting successes - but e-crime still appears a low priority. Notable cyber crime success include Operation Ajowan, where Soca broke up a website where...

Tags: nhtcu, soca, cyber crime

[15 May 2008]

Job interviews: So you think you've got them sussed?

Comment They could be standing between you and success, says Cathy Holley of headhunters Boyden UK Global Executive Search. However good you think you are at job interviews, it doesn't hurt to go over the basics.

Tags: promotion, interviews, careers

[15 May 2008]

Dear silicon.com... dirty computers, lie detectors, T5 tech, mobile ASBOs

Comment While you are not allowed in the UK to have mobile phone jammers to protect your peace and quiet, it seems that intrusive use of mobile phones is acceptable. Editor's choice silicon.com editor Steve Ranger flags up his picks on the site this...

Tags: rim, blackberry, nhs, mobile

[15 May 2008]

Open source: UK dragging its heels

News The UK is lagging in the use of open source, even though it is now established as the best way to produce and consume software, according to speakers at the Open Source Forum, sponsored by Red Hat and its partners, in London.

Tags: europe, uk, open source

[15 May 2008]

LiMo targets the business mobile

News He told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk: "We're looking at two of the very well-known Linux-distribution companies that currently operate in the enterprise space but are interested in bridging between the enterprise and mobile.

Tags: business, mobile, linux

[15 May 2008]

IBM and Nomad Software and Processing Services Help Affinity Cards Be Among First to Market Pre-Paid Cards in the UK and Europe

whitepaper As a result without investing large sums of money for in-house software and hardware, Affinity was among the first to market co-branded pre-paid (debit) cards in the UK and Europe. Affinity Cards, a start-up, had to quickly build an IT...

Tags: infrastructure management

[15 May 2008]

Burns e-Commerce, IBM Assure Supply Chain Has No Missing Links

whitepaper Burns e-Commerce Solutions, headquartered in Altrincham, a suburb of Manchester, UK, serves clients in the UK and throughout Europe. Banks' systems and ERP systems developed by manufacturers, wholesalers and retailers have grown up independent of...

Tags: customer support services

[15 May 2008]

IBM Think Tank: Insights for Your Business

whitepaper Visit ibm.com/expressadvantage/uk/thinktank to learn more about IBM's IT optimisation solutions and other solutions. Think Tank has been designed specifically for businesses like yours. We aim to give you simple, clear advice and information that...

Tags: disaster recovery, bottom line, optimisation, tank

[15 May 2008]

Video: Does the UK need a police e-crime unit?

Video Speaking at the Infosec 2008 security show in London, security experts gave silicon.com their thoughts on whether the UK needs a central police e-crime unit and how the country could benefit.silicon.com's e-crime Crackdown campaign has been...

Tags: expert, industry, infosec, security

[14 May 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: A petabyte before I die...

Comment Written in a coffee shop in Ipswich UK and dispatched via a company wi-fi service. Today I was in a well-known electronics store buying an audio connector for £1.46 when I was offered a mouse for 23p.

Tags: storage, innovation, technology costs

[14 May 2008]

UK workers urged to avoid office for the day

News This is the third time the initiative has been run by smarter working group Work Wise UK and kicks off Work Wise Week 2008. Phil Flaxton, chief executive of Work Wise UK, said: "The benefits of working from home, even occasionally, are now widely...

Tags: silicon.com, work, connectivity, home

[14 May 2008]

Skills slump eroding UK's top tech talent

News The UK will lose its base of highly skilled technology workers unless training and education is overhauled, industry leaders have warned. The warning comes in a report by technology trade association Intellect into the state of the technology...

Tags: intellect, technology, skills

[14 May 2008]

IT education org takes Microsoft grumbles to EC

News Becta, the organisation that advises the UK government on educational IT, has escalated its complaint over the interoperability of Microsoft's products to the European Commission. The announcement has already drawn praise from some of the same...

Tags: becta, ec, eu, microsoft

[14 May 2008]

UK'should 'abandon' software market to China

News UK software sales are on course to lag almost $60bn behind China this year fuelling high-level calls for Britain to abandon the low-cost end of market. Revenues in the Chinese software product and services sector are forecast to reach $140bn by...

Tags: uk, saas, software

[14 May 2008]

The McCue Interview: Claire Hamon, CIO, Rok Group

The McCue Interview: Claire Hamon, CIO, Rok Group

Comment Early on in her career after joining what was then Lloyds bank she initiated and ran the bank's Y2K programme - a mammoth 800 man year project covering 29 UK and 21 international subsidiaries. Whether at work or play Claire Hamon, CIO of...

Tags: rok, claire hamon

[13 May 2008]

Aviva signs £300m comms deal

News The insurance company, which was formed from Norwich Union and GNU (itself the union of Commercial Union and General Accident) in 2002, will be using C&W for 72 separate services including telephony, data and IPVPN and MPLS wide area networking to...

Tags: voip, c&w, aviva

[13 May 2008]

BlackBerry goes Bold with super-3G

News Gartner analyst Carolina Milanesi told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk that the BlackBerry Bold's range of connectivity options will fill "all the tick boxes that operators would want now". RIM has launched the first of its BlackBerry smart...

Tags: rim, blackberry, 3g

[13 May 2008]

UK companies: Leaking like a sieve?

News Most UK companies are losing data every month a survey has found. The majority of UK businesses, 79 per cent, are losing data at least once per month, according to the survey of 250 senior IT staff at businesses larger than 1,000 staff.

Tags: data breach, security, data loss

[12 May 2008]

Apple iPhone stocks run dry

News Apple's UK and US online shops both say the 8Gb and 16Gb versions of the iPhone are "currently unavailable" while in the UK, Carphone Warehouse has also sold out of both versions. O2, the sole mobile network currently offering the iPhone in the UK...

Tags: stock, carphone warehouse, o2, apple

[12 May 2008]

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