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RSS UK PlcCan £7m dent £105bn cyber crime menace?
News The unit will also train officers in local forces in dealing with high-tech crimes and co-ordinate "initiatives to crack down on online offences".silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK... [01 Oct 2008]
Migration rules to fuel IT offshoring?
News Matthew Poyiadgi, IT trade association CompTIA's European VP, added that barriers to skilled techies working in the UK could reduce the competitiveness of UK Plc. Proposed changes to the... [11 Sep 2008]
Leak fears could set bosses spying on staff
News Moving away from the "post mortem" approach of analysing an audit trail after a problem has occurred, to proactively monitoring behaviour and nipping trouble in the bud is becoming more important for UK... [04 Sep 2008]
Expand Optimizes MPLS Network and Provides Foundation for Server Based Computing Project at Hill McGlynn
White Paper Following a recommendation from Softcat UK plc, a leading supplier of IT solutions to the UK Enterprise sector, Expand Networks' Compass was chosen as the unique platform to improve the... [04 Aug 2008]
Expanding UK Service Company Deploys Blade Servers and Ensures a Scalable, Cost-Effective Solution for Its Datacentre
White Paper First Engineering is part of Babcock International Group plc. They believed that they lacked the hardware needed to run the data-centre with 24x7 reliability, robustness and resiliency moving forward. [04 Aug 2008]
WiMax - spreading to more UK businesses
News WiMax really is 'the intelligent pipe' right into the enterprise, which will be a real boon to UK plc's need for high speed symmetrical internet connectivity. The spread of WiMax networks across the... [10 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News Comparatively sluggish fat pipes are damaging UK Plc, according to comms industry organisation, the Communications Management Association (CMA) - part of the British Computer Society. The rapid take-up... [04 Jul 2008]
Award-Winning Cahoot Takes E-Banking to New Heights With IBM
White Paper A division of Abbey National plc - one of the UK's leading retail banks, cahoot is exploiting the very latest technology to bring customers the ultimate in convenience and control over their finances. [03 Jul 2008]
Ladbrokes Improves Decision Making and Business Agility Thanks to Oracle and Plus Consultancy
White Paper Ladbrokes, the UK and Ireland's largest off-track bookmaker with 1,900 high street shops, is part of Hilton Group plc. In 1999, following an upgrade of its financial management system to Oracle 10.7 and... [03 Jul 2008]
Safeway and IBM Partnership Provides Rapid Implementation for Supply Chain Solution
White Paper Safeway Stores plc is one of the UK's leading food retailers. Based in Hayes, Middlesex, the company employs around 90,000 staff and owns more than 500 stores across Britain. Its stores are clustered... [03 Jul 2008]
Tesco Gains New Anti-Virus Solution for Rapid, Watertight E-mail Communications
White Paper Tesco PLC is the largest food retailer in the UK and the Republic of Ireland. Tesco required a robust Anti Virus System that would seamlessly integrate with the MIMEsweeper functionality on their new... [03 Jul 2008]
The Sybase CPS Provides the Scalability to Support Telewest's Rapid Growth
White Paper Telewest Communications plc is one of the UK's largest cable operators. They wanted to ensure the successful launch of a nationwide Internet access service by developing a Central Provisioning System... [03 Jul 2008]
Corporations riddled with security holes
News Further Plc failings were highlighted by IT security firm Sophos that found that 81 per cent of 580 corporate PCs tested worldwide were missing patches and software updates and had disabled firewalls. [19 Jun 2008]
Photos: The building of a data centre
Photo As the beating heart of business, data centres store and process the information that keeps UK Plc afloat. At a secret location north of London, telecommunications company Colt lifted the lid on what it... [11 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Migrant techies and BBC web budget busters…
Comment UK plc 'needs more skilled migrants' Two things in particular this week have been getting silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards in despair or admiration; the first being the claim the... [05 Jun 2008]
