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The Weekly Round-Up: 20.11.09
Round-Up Due for a serious upgrade or a one-way trip to the skip around the back of the office. Still, there's not likely to be an enormous rush: Home Office figures show just 0.4 per cent of the... [20 Nov 2009]
Does your business really need an office?
Comment For many, the home office and kitchen table are one and the same. At the recent Workplace Trends conference, one speaker dared to ask: "Do we even need an office these days? Could losing the... [17 Nov 2009]
UK ID cards rollout hit by delay as launch date revealed
News The Home Office announced today that people living or working in Manchester will now be able to enrol their details for an ID card from 30 November, with the first cards issued around 10 days after enrolment. [16 Nov 2009]
Achieving a Best-Practice Service Desk From Desktop to Data Center
White Paper In doing so, IT becomes more of a business enabler and less of a back-office support organization. IT service management (ITSM) and the IT Infrastructure Library (ITIL) process framework were envisioned... [13 Nov 2009]
The Target on Your Network Is Growing: Securing Your Network During an Economic Downturn
White Paper On the long walk back to office, trying to assess how this is going to affect, or possibly devastate IT organization. Capital purchases will need to be delayed, one needs to stay on older software... [12 Nov 2009]
No more tax breaks for offshoring?
Comment However the basic place of supply rule applies to certain cases of outsourcing back-office administrative services such as call centre operations. Do you wish to continue your current offshore... [11 Nov 2009]
Can I use a netbook as my everyday work machine?
Comment If this be the case, I would jump at the chance to ditch my back-breaking laptop that I currently lug to and from the office every day. I start each day by working from home for a couple of hours before... [02 Nov 2009]
Green IT: Thrifty CIOs should make it a priority
News Companies often renew their office hardware every three years without necessarily questioning the business case of upgrades, staff retraining and other overheads involved. For the most part… they haven't actually sat... [29 Oct 2009]
Digital Dilemmas: Should I add my boss as a Facebook friend?
Comment With others - those sober-looking individuals who exist semi-invisibly on the fringes of the office - you might assume they're digitally non-existent. Result: You're now the office Facebook stalker.... [28 Oct 2009]
Why CIOs are saying yes to open source software
News While using open source in the IT department - for example on web servers and for back office systems - may not be too controversial, putting these applications in front of the average end user is often... [28 Oct 2009]
Mind the details with Windows 7
Comment The systems have included a seven-year-old single-core Pentium 4, right up to a dual processor, 8 core behemoth, with the most recent being a 64-bit installation on a high-end Core i7 system that has just become my new... [23 Oct 2009]
It's a dog's life for police BlackBerrys
News The government has committed £80m to ramp up police smartphone use by funding the deployment of 30,000 mobile data devices by 2010 - with the Home Office's plan being to increase police visibility in communities by... [20 Oct 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 16.10.09
Round-Up How many times have you heard a tale of woe that features 1) an incriminating photo from an office party and/or 2) a comment on the skills of a co-worker along the lines of "witless, talentless buffoon of a man" and 3)... [16 Oct 2009]
How a tech 'watch list' can save CIOs from being caught out
News Of its list of trends, regarding real-time BI, the researchers said: "A few years ago, business intelligence was about improved efficiency of back-office reporting; today, firms compete based on insights... [12 Oct 2009]
Tripwire Helps Meet FFIEC Requirements
White Paper Off late information security and technology risk management was relegated to the back office or basement operations of most financial institutions3. Today, with the passage of legislation such as the... [06 Oct 2009]
