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Police forces lack e-crime expertise and resources
News Steve Fountain, IT director, Markel International Local police forces do not have the resources or expertise to deal with growing cyber crime and online fraud threats facing businesses today. That's the unanimous verdict... [18 Mar 2008]
Businesses delay Vista plans until 2009
News Steve Fountain, IT director for Markel International, said: "We'll probably 'plan' during 2008 and implement through 2009 as part of a serious consideration to 'virtualise' our desktop environment. Steve Fountain, IT... [28 Nov 2007]
Cost and energy benefits driving virtualisation
News One company already well down the virtualisation path is insurance group Markel International. Steve Fountain, IT director at Markel International, said: "We actually embarked on this some three years... [04 May 2007]
CIO Jury: Bosses back mobile driving ban
News Steve Fountain, IT director, Markel International The tougher penalties for those caught using a mobile phone while driving - and the potential liabilities for employers - have forced bosses to put policies in place... [01 Mar 2007]
CIO Jury: Data overload drowning businesses
News Steve Fountain, IT director, Markel International The amount of data stored and information shared electronically by many businesses continues to grow almost exponentially, from email archives going back years to highly... [23 Nov 2006]
CIO Jury: Businesses cool on Office 2007 upgrade
News Steve Fountain, IT director, Markel International Microsoft will finally launch the long-delayed business editions of Office 2007 alongside the equally delayed Windows Vista operating system on 30 November. [17 Nov 2006]
CIO Jury: Keeping IT cool in the heatwave
News Steve Fountain, IT director, Markel International The current heatwave hitting the UK has forced some IT departments to take extra measures to keep their computers and servers cool. With UK temperatures expected to hit... [19 Jul 2006]
CIO Jury: No hurry to upgrade to Windows Vista
News Steve Fountain, IT director at property and casualty insurer Markel International, said: "We certainly don't have any business users queuing outside knocking our door down demanding that we position ourselves to take... [29 Jun 2006]
CIO Jury: Software licensing 'too complex'
News Steve Fountain, IT director, Markel International Traditional enterprise software licensing has become too complex and is pushing organisations towards on-demand and open source alternatives, according to IT directors. [16 Jun 2006]
CIO Jury: Come clean on security breaches, organisations urged
News Steve Fountain, IT director, Markel International IT bosses have backed calls for businesses to be forced to notify customers if their customers' personal details have been compromised by a security breach. [05 May 2006]
CIO Jury: Businesses "obsessed" with IT metrics
News Steve Fountain, IT director, Markel International Businesses have become unnecessarily obsessed with benchmarking and measuring IT because of the boardroom focus on corporate governance, according to some IT directors. [21 Apr 2006]
Insurer slashes servers down from 100 to just six
Case Study Insurance company Markel International hopes to save £250,000 over the next three years by consolidating its server infrastructure using virtualisation technology. That was 14 months ago [when the project started] and we... [26 Jul 2005]
