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When IT security becomes a gothic horror story
Comment One of the nice quirks of the event is that each year it chooses an historical theme around IT security - this year the focus is on Edgar Allan Poe. The RSA Conference in San Francisco, the big annual get together for... [21 Apr 2009]
Mars - The CIO training ground
Comment It was described as the nearest thing the UK had got in the 1980s to a really tough business school and the same Mars management training has also turned out some of the UK's top business leaders today, including Justin King at... [11 Jun 2008]
IT chiefs cutting back on contractors
News Allan Paterson, director of the IS division for the Isle of Man government, said: "We have no intention of reducing our spending in this area - we see external contractors as a key complementary resource to our in-house... [28 Mar 2008]
Recycling kit the way to greener IT?
News Allan Paterson, director of the IS division for the Isle of Man government, said: "We have a managed churn of our PC estate, recycling as much as possible of the old - beyond useful or economic life - into Island... [18 Feb 2008]
Deutsche Post aims to bank €1bn through outsourcing
News John Allan, CFO of Deutsche Post World Net, said the move will "significantly contribute" to achieving business goals while "preserving the high level of service that our customers expect". Deutsche Post World Net, the... [28 Jan 2008]
Sat-nav tackles congested HGV 'rat runs'
News Allan Rasmussen, database operations manager Tele Atlas UK, said the logistics system has been significantly developed since its launch in March and the addition of the OS data is a major part of this. [21 Dec 2007]
Will digital switchover boost wireless broadband?
News Richard Allan, Cisco's European director of government affairs, said: "That would be a missed opportunity because we believe there is a whole range of innovative services, in part broadband-like services that have a... [19 Oct 2007]
David Burden
CIO Profile At the time he was spending a gap year travelling across Australia by train, hiking in New Zealand and taking part in ocean swimming competitions but was coaxed into the role by chairman Allan Leighton. [06 Jun 2007]
Manx healthcare gets a shot in the arm
News Allan Paterson, the Isle of Man government's CIO, told silicon.com: "There's a lack of confidence in the Connecting for Health project. The Isle of Man government has struck a £7.5m, seven-year deal which will see a new... [29 Mar 2007]
Isle of Man building for a tech future
Case Study The network is the culmination of several years' work and CIO for the Isle of Man government, Allan Paterson, likened the process to building a house. The Isle of Man has completed the rollout of an IP network that will... [28 Mar 2007]
Holes found in Google Desktop
News Hackers could use cross-site scripting to manipulate Google Desktop's functionality for their own ends, said Danny Allan, director of security research at Watchfire. That means that passwords and banking information... [22 Feb 2007]
Microsoft depressed by search results
News Technology Business Research analyst Allan Krans said in an email interview: "Success continues to elude Microsoft in this market. Microsoft is continuing to lose market share in the search business to industry rival... [26 Jan 2007]
Vimto puts the fizz into document system
Case Study Allan Doyle, Nichols group IT manager, said: "Each had their own sales and purchase ledgers and the company wanted to move to a shared services model, consolidating these down to one. The manufacturer of Vimto, Sunkist... [23 Oct 2006]
£500m government IT contracts awarded
News DCA permanent secretary Alex Allan said the new contracts offer greater value for money to the taxpayer and will allow the department to better exploit technology to improve services. The Department for Constitutional... [18 Sep 2006]
Should companies care about data breaches?
News Researcher Allan Friedman, who appeared at the Workshop on the Economics of Information Security at the University of Cambridge on Wednesday, said: "The potential costs for the company in terms of share price may not be... [03 Jul 2006]
