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It's down to you to save the world, IT industry
News Such dematerialisation - services that reduce the need for physical hardware such as storage media - should be promoted by governments and public sector bodies, according to the EC. The ICT industry must lead the way in... [13 Oct 2009]
NHS bodies outsource payroll in £12m deals
News A further eight NHS bodies have signed on with NHS Shared Business Services (NHS SBS), an outsourcing joint venture between the Department of Health and Steria. NHS SBS is now used by around 30 per cent of NHS... [13 Oct 2009]
The Relationship Between ISO 27002 and the EU Data Protection Directive
White Paper As organisations, both public and private, recognise the inherent value of their information, and as the safety and reliability of electronic communications become ever more central to the ways in which it interacts with each other,... [05 Oct 2009]
Who's afraid of malware? Four in 10 have never had a virus
News The news comes against a background of high-profile infections, with a number of public sector bodies being hit by the Conficker worm. Despite an ever-increasing amount of malware in the wild, almost four in ten... [05 Oct 2009]
Livening Up Surround-Sound in Digital Television
White Paper The companies that offer solutions for broadcast, namely Dolby, DTS, and SRS will continue to innovate, and industry bodies will continue to standardize to ensure that content is delivered into the home in a responsible... [02 Oct 2009]
Digital Signatures for Open Text eDOCS DM
White Paper Additionally, the CoSign PSF is based on established standards endorsed by the US and EU governments and several independent standards bodies, guaranteeing that digitally signed electronic records will be readable and... [02 Oct 2009]
John Suffolk
AS Profile Suffolk became even more accessible to the public this year when he started his own blog, in which he lays out the IT complexity of Whitehall, 750 non-departmental bodies and 423 local authorities in the UK. [30 Sep 2009]
Is open source software finding a home in Whitehall?
News The policy - a restatement of principles first laid out by the government in 2004 - stipulates that public sector bodies should choose open source software packages "where there is no significant overall cost difference... [29 Sep 2009]
Lilly and SAS: A 30-Year Relationship
White Paper Lilly has relied on SAS for 30 years to bring new medications to patients more quickly, to provide evidence of drug safety and efficacy to regulatory bodies, to provide answers about the use of its products, to increase... [19 Sep 2009]
More of a whimper than a bang: Whitehall's green tech drive
News So far 110 public bodies have produced green ICT action plans establishing measures for improving the energy consumption and carbon cost of their ICT, using 22 specific actions recommended in the Greening Government ICT... [16 Sep 2009]
First ID card watchdog named
News Pilling's previous roles include permanent secretary to the Northern Ireland Office and reviewing appointments in various bodies including the Church of England and the Civil Aviation Authority. The government has... [14 Sep 2009]
RF Spectrum Utilization in WiMAX
White Paper Spectrum-regulating bodies around the world have earmarked frequency bands, both licensed and unlicensed, for broadband deployment. This paper discusses the implementation of IEEE 802.16a/d/e WirelessMAN (broadband... [11 Sep 2009]
Douglas Coupland: "To say the machines have won over people, is like saying people won over people..."
Comment How can technology only ever be anything except an extension of our own bodies? In an exclusive interview with silicon.com, Canadian author Douglas Coupland reveals his attitudes towards technology and its influence on... [08 Sep 2009]
Waste Management Using a Multilevel Distributed System and Data Mining
White Paper The paper proposes a multilevel system for the administrative bodies involved in environment matters at local regional and national levels, which may collect and scrutiny data on waste generation, spread and... [29 Aug 2009]
Photos: The robot fish that swim like the real thing
Photo The fish's creators - mechanical engineers Kamal Youcef-Toumi and Pablo Valdivia Y Alvarado - are hoping the manoeuvrable underwater robots will be used to monitor submerged structures including oil and gas pipelines, as well as keep... [26 Aug 2009]
