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Execs bypass system security
News More than three-quarters of senior managers in large organisations in the UK bypass policies to speed up their job, the survey by the National Computing Centre (NCC) and software specialist Erudine found. [13 Feb 2009]
Credit crunch suspends death sentence for legacy IT
News As IT budgets are being scaled back, infrastructure upgrades and software refresh projects are being delayed according to research by the National Computing Centre (NCC). Nearly a quarter (23 per cent)... [17 Dec 2008]
Inflation-busting tech budgets predicted
News According to research by the National Computing Centre (NCC), around 58 per cent of companies will make inflation-busting increases to what they spend on IT. NCC MD Stefan Foster said... [10 Mar 2008]
Virtualisation gets thumbs-up
News Businesses will increasingly turn to virtualisation technologies to get more out of their IT assets, according to the National Computing Centre (NCC). Speaking about virtualisation at the launch of... [29 Feb 2008]
CIO Connect sold in management buyout
News A management-led buyout team has bought IT management networking organisation CIO Connect from the National Computing Centre (NCC). Michael Gough, NCC's CEO, said the extra investment in... [19 Feb 2008]
Wi-fi security left out in the cold
News IT body the National Computing Centre (NCC) is warning that although organisations are addressing IT security generally, through virus protection, spam blocking and firewalls, newer technologies are... [04 Sep 2007]
Why the Linux desktop dream is over
Comment This week research by the National Computing Centre (NCC) found only one Linux desktop for every 300 currently running Windows XP in UK organisations, with one in 10 businesses planning to upgrade to... [08 Nov 2006]
CIO Jury: The Linux desktop is dead
News Just this week new research by the National Computing Centre (NCC) found only one Linux desktop for every 300 currently running Windows XP in UK organisations. Linux is unlikely ever to be a viable... [08 Nov 2006]
Banks spend £10k per user on IT
News Other high-spending sectors included other services, transport and utilities, and business services, according to the NCC survey of 205 organisations. But the NCC said that both of these sectors have... [02 Nov 2006]
IT gets a seat on the board
News According to a National Computing Centre (NCC) survey of 250 medium- to large-sized organisations, IT is now much more widely represented formally at company board level. The NCC said... [26 Jul 2006]
"Most wanted" IT skills revealed
News The rate of IT staff turnover over the last year (calculated as staff leaving as a percentage of staff in post) was 12 per cent, a "significant increase" from the 9.4 per cent reported last year, according to the National... [14 Dec 2005]
Linux-shy public sector gets open source test lab
News Cheshire County Council is the first public sector organisation to use the facility at the National Computing Centre's (NCC) headquarters to conduct a trial for a joint open source and proprietary... [20 Jun 2005]
Half of IT bosses ignore the law
News In a survey of 300 IT decision-makers conducted by the National Computing Centre (NCC), 44 per cent admitted to not being fully aware of IT standards and legal requirements - and 22 per cent admitted to... [04 May 2005]
E-government 'approved' supplier register launched
News The new e-GIF Accreditation Authority has been set up by the Cabinet Office's e-government unit and will be delivered by the National Computing Centre (NCC). An accreditation body has been launched by... [28 Jan 2005]
UK firms plagued by security dunces
News This situation is likely to lead to security breaches, warned the National Computing Centre (NCC), which published the survey results on Thursday. The NCC, an independent research... [03 Feb 2004]
