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ID cards: Seven years of missed deadlines and U-turns
News Picture the scene: the year is 2016 and ID cards have been embraced by the British public, with most UK citizens now carrying their very own card. This increasingly unlikely scenario is how the government initially envisaged the ID card... [02 Dec 2009]
ID card database: 500 names added in first month
News The National Identity Register - the database behind the ID card scheme - contains more than 500 names after a month of operation. The database went live on 20 October, and the identity commissioner Sir Joseph Pilling... [26 Nov 2009]
Spam threat to email marketing
News Marketing emails are at risk of being blocked as spam because businesses are not correctly managing the email communications they send out, a survey has found. More than half of the 157 marketing managers surveyed by the DMA Email... [25 Nov 2009]
IT skills shortage squashed by recession?
News The icy winds of economic gloom have put paid to talk of a tech skills shortage - at least for now, the exclusive 2009 silicon.com Skills Survey can reveal. While the proportion of respondents reporting empty IT seats dipped in 2008... [25 Nov 2009]
Cheat Sheet: Google Chrome OS
Cheat Sheet Google Chrome, that's just a web browser isn't it? Not anymore. Google have used their Chrome browser as the basis for a new operating system that shares the same name. Don't tell me I have to shell out for another OS, I've just bought... [23 Nov 2009]
Pay for IT chiefs weathers the storm
News Despite the cost-cutting forced on many organisations by the recession, pay packets for the IT management team have held up - and for some even grown. According to the exclusive silicon.com 2009 Skills Survey a greater proportion of IT... [23 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 20.11.09
Round-Up Wheezing. Coughing and spluttering. Unable to complete basic tasks without falling over. Due for a serious upgrade or a one-way trip to the skip around the back of the office. No, the Round-Up is not referring to that dodgy email server... [20 Nov 2009]
Outsourcers to fall victim to cloud computing rush?
News Could some of the big names in outsourcing be among the victims of the much-hyped shift to cloud computing? As businesses begin to host their IT systems in the cloud - instead of hiring outsourcers to maintain and integrate their systems... [19 Nov 2009]
Clouds clear as Microsoft gives Azure a January launch date
News Microsoft's cloud-based computing platform Azure has been given an official launch date. Azure will be made commercially available from 1 January, Microsoft's chief software architect, Ray Ozzie, announced yesterday at the company's... [18 Nov 2009]
UK ID cards rollout hit by delay as launch date revealed
News The controversial ID project has hit another delay, with the government missing its own deadline to get the cards into the hands of Manchester residents. The Home Office announced today that people living or working in Manchester will... [16 Nov 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Facebook saves teen from prison
Comment Compiled on the M6 while travelling from Birmingham to Ipswich. Dispatched to silicon.com via free wi-fi at The IoD in London two days later. I just chanced upon a news story about an innocent New York teenager who had armed robbery... [16 Nov 2009]
IBM Web Seminar: Dynamic Process Change to Optimize Cost and Agility.
White Paper Tune into this Web Seminar to hear BPM industry analysts, Dr. Bruce Silver and Amy Lipton share how dynamic BPM powered by the IBM® Smart SOATM approach can help you react quickly and drive ROI. After the seminar you'll... [16 Nov 2009]
SQL Server Anti-Forensics: Techniques and Countermeasures
White Paper This paper attempts to get ahead of the curve by discussing the techniques security professionals can use to perform forensics analysis after a database attack. It focus specifically on Microsoft SQL Server 2005, however... [13 Nov 2009]
Using Qualysguard to Meet Sox Compliance & IT Control Objectives
White Paper The Sarbanes-Oxley Act of 2002 has fundamentally changed the business and regulatory landscape for all companies publically traded in the US. SOX is intended to instill confidence back into the investor community after... [13 Nov 2009]
Anti-Spyware Coalition Definitions Document
White Paper Spyware has quickly evolved from an online nuisance to one of the most direct threats facing the Internet. As users struggle to maintain control over their computers, many find themselves trapped in a cyclical battle against programs... [13 Nov 2009]
