NCC
RSS NCCWhy the Linux desktop dream is over
Comment This week research by the National Computing Centre (NCC) found only one Linux desktop for every 300 currently running Windows XP in UK organisations, with one in 10 businesses planning to upgrade to Vista by the end of... [08 Nov 2006]
CIO Jury: The Linux desktop is dead
News Just this week new research by the National Computing Centre (NCC) found only one Linux desktop for every 300 currently running Windows XP in UK organisations. Linux is unlikely ever to be a viable alternative to... [08 Nov 2006]
Banks spend £10k per user on IT
News Other high-spending sectors included other services, transport and utilities, and business services, according to the NCC survey of 205 organisations. But the NCC said that both of these sectors have... [02 Nov 2006]
IT gets a seat on the board
News According to a National Computing Centre (NCC) survey of 250 medium- to large-sized organisations, IT is now much more widely represented formally at company board level. The NCC said the results... [26 Jul 2006]
NCC calls for copyright revolution
News The National Consumer Council (NCC) has called for a revision of UK copyright laws to enshrine the right to copy material for private use. UK copyright law does not allow people to reproduce copyrighted material -... [12 May 2006]
ID theft - what happens when you are the victim?
News The National Consumer Council (NCC) has called for the government to put pressure on companies to take the stress away from identity theft victims. An NCC spokeswoman told silicon.com: "We looked at... [28 Feb 2006]
Fraud victims deserve own helpdesks, says watchdog
News The National Consumer Council (NCC) is lobbying the government to ensure a minimum standard of service is offered in companies that deal with ID fraud, in a bid to make it easier for consumers to prove their identity. [17 Feb 2006]
DRM usage laws needed, MPs told
News The National Consumer Council (NCC) has told MPs that companies are threatening civil liberties through their use of digital rights management (DRM) and has called for legislation to regulate its use. [18 Jan 2006]
"Most wanted" IT skills revealed
News The rate of IT staff turnover over the last year (calculated as staff leaving as a percentage of staff in post) was 12 per cent, a "significant increase" from the 9.4 per cent reported last year, according to the National Computing... [14 Dec 2005]
Norwich given £500k to evaluate e-citizen needs
News This is in addition to the £2.5m the Office of the Deputy Prime Minister (ODPM) gave Norwich City Council (NCC) earlier in the year to research what people want from e-government, an initiative dubbed the e-citizen... [26 Oct 2005]
Linux-shy public sector gets open source test lab
News Cheshire County Council is the first public sector organisation to use the facility at the National Computing Centre's (NCC) headquarters to conduct a trial for a joint open source and proprietary desktop platform. [20 Jun 2005]
Data protection watchdog targets businesses
News The launch of the Regulatory Action Division (RAD) by the Information Commission comes in the same week the National Consumer Council (NCC) warned that tougher and better policed data protection legislation is needed to... [16 Jun 2005]
Data laws need upgrade against 'surveillance society'
News The National Consumer Council (NCC) is warning that in the face of increasing levels of surveillance - such as ID cards and satellite based road pricing - existing data protection laws are failing to cope. [15 Jun 2005]
Half of IT bosses ignore the law
News In a survey of 300 IT decision-makers conducted by the National Computing Centre (NCC), 44 per cent admitted to not being fully aware of IT standards and legal requirements - and 22 per cent admitted to not having any... [04 May 2005]
BT keeps it Benelux for new control centre
News BT has opened a network control centre (NCC) in Amsterdam. It will complement a transport layer NCC opened two years ago in Diegem, in Belgium. It will monitor global data traffic at the services layer. [03 Mar 2005]
