G8
RSS G8'Connected' UK vulnerable in face of cyber attack
News The government has said it is engaged in tackling ongoing state-sponsored cyber attacks on UK national infrastructure. Security minister Lord West told the House of Lords that the UK continues to be targeted by a "large number of... [16 Jun 2008]
Stockbroker invests in data hosting
News Private client stockbroker Brewin Dolphin has signed up Atos Origin to host its primary data centre as part of a multimillion pound infrastructure upgrade. The move was driven in part by rising property costs in the City of London but... [22 Aug 2007]
What is the biggest challenge to your business?
News Businesses must innovate in their use of IT to meet five major challenges in the coming years, or suffer the fate of history's other dinosaurs, according to Mark Templeton, CEO of Citrix. Speaking at the Citrix iForum in Edinburgh,... [05 Jun 2007]
Crime pays - and pays very well in cyberspace
Comment E-crime has become too great a menace to ignore, says Simon Moores. Here's hoping some international co-ordination between the public and private sector can start improving matters. It's been five years since the first e-Crime Congress... [07 Mar 2007]
The Weekly Round-Up: 10.11.06
Round-Up The UK is suffering a fraud epidemic it would seem. Now that's got your Friday afternoon off to a cheery start hasn't it? You see there has been a 55 per cent increase in online fraud and a 37 per cent hike in card fraud, according to... [10 Nov 2006]
Opinion: What a year it's been for e-crime
Comment Looking back at the past year, it seems the security threats to businesses are only becoming more pervasive and more costly, says Simon Moores. In two weeks' time, leaders of the global law-enforcement, finance and online business... [15 Mar 2006]
Police IT boss: Why we swapped Linux for Microsoft
News Central Scotland Police is replacing parts of its open source infrastructure with Microsoft software following a review of its IT strategy. The force has signed a three-year, £60,000 per year agreement with Microsoft which will see it... [18 Aug 2005]
CIO Jury: London bombings prompt disaster recovery checks
News The London terrorist bombings on 7 July have led to an increase in the number of businesses reviewing, testing and in some cases beefing up their disaster recovery and business continuity plans. Two-thirds of silicon.com's 12-man CIO... [18 Aug 2005]
Bomb blast web traffic - more results
News Web traffic surged yesterday as British people looked for information after four bombs were set off in London. According to data from web monitoring company Hitwise, British clicks to news sites surged yesterday to 5.56 per cent of all... [08 Jul 2005]
Email traffic doubled after London bomb blasts
News Email traffic has doubled in Europe today after four bombs exploded in central London. A snapshot of email activity from security company MessageLabs found the number of customer emails it monitored grew from the average of 500,000 to... [07 Jul 2005]
Leader: Now we are seven
Leader Update on 7/7/05: Due to the unusual circumstances today in London, silicon.com has received a number of emails from concerned readers and would like to say that all silicon.com staff are present and accounted for at our London... [06 Jul 2005]
Sun to showcase 'green' thin clients at G8
News Sun will showcasing its thin client technology at the G8 conference this week in an attempt to highlight the environmental benefits of using more efficient PCs and utility computing strategies. The company has sent a... [06 Jul 2005]
Climate change is costing us money, says BT
News BT chief executive Ben Verwaayen has become the latest technology company head to call for government action to tackle climate change, claiming that it is already costing his company money. Speaking to the Observer last week, Verwaayen... [15 Jun 2005]
'Bring crime fighting into the internet age'
News Criminals are using computers more than crowbars according to one parliamentary lobbying group which is demanding political parties in the UK amend the laws to reflect the changing face of crime in the 21st century. [22 Mar 2005]
President Blair launches G8 website
News The UK government has launched a website to complement to help co-ordinate its presidency of the G8 group of nations. A greeting from Prime Minister Tony Blair on the website welcomes users to the portal which will... [10 Dec 2004]
