government
RSS governmentFileVision Makes Document Management Elementary for Cholmondeley Children's Home in New Zealand
White Paper Verifying applications for funding, particularly to Government agencies, requires much higher levels of flexibility and accountability than Cholmondeley could provide from the existing paper-based system. [18 Jul 2008]
Bulletproof Security Without Compromising Functionality
White Paper For over 50 years PinkRoccade has provided ICT (Information & Communication Technology) services in information intensive sectors, such as finance, government, health care and manufacturing. PinkRoccade currently employs over 9,000 employees. [18 Jul 2008]
Questys Solutions Case Study: Mariposa County Building Department
White Paper The Department looked at several leading vendors and chose Questys Solutions based on its user-friendly interface and the ease of integration with their existing H.T.E.government information technology systems. [18 Jul 2008]
Privacy watchdog to get power to raid
News The UK's privacy watchdog could get new powers to raid organisations under government proposals to "sharpen its teeth". The government launched its consultation on the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) powers and funding following the Data... [17 Jul 2008]
Whitehall IT to be carbon neutral by 2020
News The government has announced plans to make Whitehall's computer systems wholly carbon neutral by 2020 by adopting various green IT strategies, including automatically powering down PCs, configuring virtual servers and selective deployments of thin... [17 Jul 2008]
Photos: How to destroy your hard drive
Photo This method is recommended by the National Security Agency in the US for military and government hardware. Disposing of computer hard drives in a secure and safe way has become a hot topic, especially after the high profile data leaks in the past... [17 Jul 2008]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News We will continue working closely with Ofcom and the government to achieve this. Following BT's Tuesday announcement that it was to plough £1.5bn into a fibre-access rollout to 10 million homes, an O2 spokesperson told silicon.com sister site ZDNet... [17 Jul 2008]
BlackBerry PDF flaw puts business networks at risk
News John Suffolk UK government RIM is warning businesses to disable the function that allows a BlackBerry to read PDF files until an update can be issued, after a security flaw was found in the company's software. [17 Jul 2008]
IBM Federal SOA Institute
White Paper The IBM Federal SOA Institute's mission is to help the federal government adopt and benefit from service oriented architecture (SOA) by providing a robust education environment, advanced solution development capabilities, and by promoting... [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. Becoming more energy efficient. Incorporating eco-friendly practices. [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. A Whitehall department wants to scrap desktop and handheld computers in favour of lone laptops. [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]
