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News John Suffolk UK government Most organisations place the BES within key networks, such as email servers, giving it privileged access to other computers on that network. If you can execute with the privileges of BES, it's significant what you could... [17 Jul 2008]
IBM Systems Energy Efficiency eKit
White Paper In this eKit, you'll discover how to save on energy costs, maintain precious floor space and operate within growing government regulations. It's a crucial part of today's successful business. Becoming more energy efficient. [17 Jul 2008]
SMS roaming cuts 'could stifle competition'
News Tom Phillips, chief government and regulatory affairs officer at the GSMA, said in a statement: "According to our analysis, the average price of SMS roaming services in the EU has declined by 18 per cent in the last year, as operators launch new... [16 Jul 2008]
Defra to ditch desktops and PDAs
News Government CIO John Suffolk is expected to launch a national green IT strategy at the end of this month. Defra permanent secretary Helen Ghosh unveiled the plan as part of its Renew IT Programme to the parliamentary Environmental Audit Committee... [16 Jul 2008]
Privacy chief fights UK-wide database
News The UK's privacy tsar has made a plea to the government not to rush through a centralised database of all UK communications. A database of all calls, emails and internet traffic, to be stored by the Home Office for at least 12 months, is thought to... [15 Jul 2008]
UK failing to respect computing heritage
News John Suffolk UK government IT chiefs have hit out at the lack of respect the UK as a nation gives to its computing heritage following the mothballing of the Museum of Computing in Swindon.silicon.com asked a number of CIOs whether the UK made the... [15 Jul 2008]
iPhone 3G, terrorists and tech, file sharers vs ISP
Comment It seems seven days can't pass without the government giving our readers something to rant about… see why one reader thinks we're in "deep sh*t" below. If our government seriously believes it can thwart terrorists by this anomaly technique then we... [15 Jul 2008]
EC to outline slash in roaming rate
News Reding gave operators a retail target of 12 cents per text but a study for the Danish government recommended 4.2 cents. A senior operator official said: "It makes great headlines in the short term but the consequences won't be seen for some time. [15 Jul 2008]
The Naked CIO: Enemies of the state
Comment Questions about the UK government's role in IT excellence and progress rarely produce a positive response. That perception may be inevitable because some of the things government is responsible for are necessary evils with negative connotations on... [14 Jul 2008]
'Greedy' appliances to power one million homes
News Squeezing more energy out of power supplies will help power more than one million homes, the government claims. The government also announced an initiative with retailers to take inefficient light bulbs off the shelves by 2011, claiming energy... [14 Jul 2008]
UK must overhaul data sharing rules
News Government has been urged to overhaul the way it handles public information in the wake of a string of damaging data losses. Whitehall has neither the framework nor the leadership to properly protect the public's personal data, a review by... [11 Jul 2008]
Gov't to ramp up IT outsourcing?
News A government pledge to outsource more IT contracts ignores a history of blown budgets and missed deadlines, unions claim. A spokesman for the PCS told silicon.com: "Our concerns about the private sector's ability to run government IT contracts... [11 Jul 2008]
Rapid Response Monitoring Services, Inc. Ensures Security and Business Commitments With Managed BorderGuard High Security VPN Services
White Paper RRMS is a nationwide leader in wholesale security alarm monitoring services that security companies in turn resell to residential, corporate, and government customers. They are already using the service to protect wireless traffic within their own... [11 Jul 2008]
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
News He said the draft bill was unnecessary as government could gain access to all the communications data it needed from ISPs under the existing Regulation of Investigatory Powers Act. At present it is unclear whether the draft bill will call for data... [10 Jul 2008]
BEA Systems Case Study: U.S. Department of Agriculture
White Paper The government was unable to automate many key processes and its technology had become outdated which made it difficult to maintain. STARS, a mainframe-based system was the primary tool used by the U.S.government to manage the Food Stamp Program. [10 Jul 2008]
