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Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News Barclays claims to have reduced online fraud to zero among users of its two-factor authentication system, PINsentry. The UK's third-largest bank said this week that it has distributed the card reader, made by Amsterdam-based Gemalto, to more than... [18 Jul 2008]
Security heading for the cloud
News Security software will jump off PCs and into 'the cloud', with spending on online security services forecast to triple by 2013. Cloud-based malware and spam detection in email and instant messaging will grow from 20 per cent of messaging security... [17 Jul 2008]
O2 considers high fibre rollout
News O2 is considering investing in its own fibre-to-the-home network but wants to wait until Ofcom changes telecommunications regulation before it makes an investment. Following BT's Tuesday announcement that it was to plough £1.5bn into a fibre-access... [17 Jul 2008]
BT plans £1.5bn fat pipe upgrade
News BT is planning to spend £1.5bn on significantly upgrading its broadband network to support next generation super-fast internet. The plans aim to give 10 million UK homes fibre access by 2012 with bandwidth of up to 100Mbps - and potentially up to 1... [15 Jul 2008]
Law firm gets SaaSy with email security
Case Study International law firm Ashurst LLP has turned to web-based email management to help drastically reduce spam and free up time for its tech team. Ashurst has been using technology from email management specialist Mimecast to manage its Microsoft... [15 Jul 2008]
Is Your Network Ready for VoIP?
White Paper For many years, voice over IP (VoIP) has held the promise of enabling the next generation of voice communications within the enterprise. Unfortunately, its adoption has been slowed -- sometimes by the reality of poor performing IP-PBX systems; in... [15 Jul 2008]
Brits still dissatisfied with broadband speeds
News Brits are still not satisfied with broadband speeds - and with good reason since actual line speeds are still on average 50 per cent less than the headline speeds advertised. Almost a third (28 per cent) of fat pipe subscribers - an estimated 4.2... [14 Jul 2008]
Taylor Woodrow heads for the cloud
Case Study Taylor Woodrow has moved its 1,800 staff onto Google Apps for email and other services, estimating it will save £1m per year in the process. The construction division of Taylor Wimpey has embraced software as a service by adopting Google Apps... [10 Jul 2008]
Gov't data retention - how much is too much?
News Advances in technology could put the UK on the road to a Minority Report-style future, a security expert has warned. The Earl of Erroll, Merlin Hay, has warned against holding increasing amounts of data - such as proposals to retain internet, email... [10 Jul 2008]
WiMax - spreading to more UK businesses
News The spread of WiMax networks across the UK is continuing, with two providers announcing extensions of their business-oriented networks in the past week. On-Communications has said it has decided WiMax is the best technology for providing wireless... [10 Jul 2008]
ID cards face student scorn
News Young people have condemned ID cards as "illegal" and "creepy" on a website to canvas their views. People aged 16 to 25 have been using the site MyLifeMyID.org, launched today, to discuss the £4.4bn National Identity Scheme (NIS). [09 Jul 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News Body scanning chairs and mobile phone blocking technology will be rolled out to UK prisons to stamp out drug abuse in jails. Mobile phone use will be blocked and Bodily Orifice Security Scanner (Boss) chairs will be fitted throughout non-high... [08 Jul 2008]
Microsoft warns of ActiveX attack targetting Access
News Microsoft issued a security advisory on Monday warning about targeted attacks that exploit a hole in the ActiveX control for the Snapshot Viewer in the Microsoft Access database-management system. An attacker would have to lure a victim, via a link... [08 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News The UK's business efficiency is being threatened by relatively slow broadband speeds, according to a report by the Communications Management Association. The Communications Management Association's (CMA's) Next Generation Access report, issued on... [07 Jul 2008]
ID cards: 'Political' move, claim airport workers
News Representatives of the aviation industry have said they are being used as political pawns to further the government's controversial ID cards programme. The British Air Transport Association (Bata) said aviation workers were being used as guinea... [07 Jul 2008]
