Maritime and Coastguard Agency
£81m cost of botched gov't shared services
News So far, parts of the DfT to have adopted a shared service approach are the Driving Standards Agency, Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency and the central Department, with... [23 May 2008]
Encryption not the key to data security
News James Findlay, head of ICT for the Maritime & Coastguard Agency, said: "Encryption only forms part of the solution. James Findlay, head of ICT for the Maritime &... [07 Dec 2007]
Businesses delay Vista plans until 2009
News The Maritime & Coastguard Agency isn't planning to upgrade to Vista for two to three years. James Findlay, head of ICT for the Maritime & Coastguard... [28 Nov 2007]
Summer slowdown bad for IT projects
News James Findlay, head of ICT at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, said the 24/7 nature of many organisations today means it is increasingly difficult to plan major IT... [03 Aug 2007]
Maritime watchdog monitors critical apps
News The Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA) has deployed an applications management system to co-ordinate shipping monitoring and sea-rescue agencies. It... [03 Jul 2007]
Google Earth takes a dive
News Google Earth maps of the seabed in UK waters have been released by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency (MCA). Google Earth has also used images from the European Space... [29 May 2007]
Photos: RNLI floats new pager system
Photo The pagers can be activated either locally at the station by RNLI staff or by the Maritime and Coastguard Agency. David Forsham, a volunteer for the RNLI for 23 years,... [02 May 2007]
Businesses failing to enforce network abuse policies
News James Findlay, head of IT, Maritime & Coastguard Agency Businesses are failing to properly enforce network usage and abuse policies by leaving it to the IT department to... [30 Mar 2007]
CIO Jury: Is VoIP secure enough for business?
News James Findlay, head of ICT, Maritime & Coastguard Agency Voice over IP is secure and reliable enough for businesses to use in the corporate environment, according to UK... [16 Mar 2007]
CIO Jury: IT budgets on the rise in 2007
News James Findlay, head of ICT, Maritime & Coastguard Agency Three-quarters of silicon.com's 12-man CIO Jury IT user panel this week said they expect their IT budgets to increase in 2007.... [06 Dec 2006]
CIO Jury: Businesses use tech to beat travel blues
News The Maritime & Coastguard Agency (MCA) is also trialling software for use on its wide area network (WAN) by customer service managers out on the road. James Findlay, head of ICT,... [16 Aug 2006]
CIO Jury: 'Gas-guzzling' PCs pose IT power issues
News James Findlay, head of ICT at the Maritime and Coastguard Agency, said power consumption is an issue for all central government IT departments because of the government... [17 May 2006]
CIO Jury: BlackBerrys interrupt IT bosses' Xmas dinner
News James Findlay, head of ICT, Maritime and Coastguard Agency Two-thirds of IT bosses admit they'll be interrupting the turkey dinner, mince pies and... [06 Dec 2005]
CIO Jury: Businesses give open source a reality check
News James Findlay, head of ICT, Maritime & Coastguard Agency CIOs are still divided on whether the cost benefits of using open source software in a business IT infrastructure outweigh the... [01 Sep 2005]
CIO Jury: Are high compliance costs worth it?
News James Findlay, head of ICT, Maritime and Coastguard Agency Gavin Whatrup, IT director at advertising agency Delaney Lund Knox Warren & Partners, said... [25 Aug 2005]
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