work force in comment and analysis
Will SOCA kick online fraud into touch?
Comment Victims of computer crime will attempt to report crimes to their local force and be told that the suspects and investigation are in some other force area or country and be told to report it to another police force. [04 Apr 2006]
Leader: Why Blair must foster tech savvy
Leader The likes of Tony Blair can't necessarily force through change to IT services within Westminster but they can be seen as advocates for change and evangelists for the benefits technology can deliver, which would undoubtedly create an environment... [21 Mar 2006]
Word For Word: Google Analyst Day
Comment Our overall philosophy is that Google needs to be everywhere with a direct sales force in priority markets. Small publishers don't have an ad sales force. Google's sales force is organised by industry. [03 Mar 2006]
Leader: Can online gambling clean up its act?
Leader The way the UK can force their hand is to educate consumers on what they should be looking for in an honest 'bookie' or 'casino' - and some businesses in the industry do have some work to do. London is to host a summit on online gambling with the... [17 Jan 2006]
Leader: Why we still applaud the idea of 'Get Safe Online'
Leader Of course it is important that the likes of BT, Dell, eBay and Microsoft are on board - and why not take some money off them in the process - but this initiative should also be fostering collaboration across the IT industry, not creating a culture... [27 Oct 2005]
New anti-terrorist law is a lose-lose scenario for IT
Comment We got the Home Office to recognise the potential security flaws in that proposal - no CSP could be sure who was requesting information and the request could be duplicated again and again by each section in each police force. [26 Oct 2005]
The rise of new media
AS Analysis But it will take a big bite out of it and force the hand of innovation. If the BBC is making the most of podcasting much of its content now it is because of the work done by Curry in the earliest days. [26 Sep 2005]
Simon Davies and Gus Hosein
AS Profile Simon Davies and Gus Hosein are on the Agenda Setters list this year by virtue of their work on the London School of Economics' Identity Project, the wide-ranging report into the cost and viability of a national ID card scheme that has ruffled the... [23 Sep 2005]
Leader: Banks bow to PayPal
Leader Don't force fat kids to run races they'll lose - let them win at something else. Gartner is right in suggesting that banks should look to work with PayPal. Banks are lagging behind in the online transactions race like a fat kid on sports day. [15 Sep 2005]
New order in New Orleans
Comment That is, sadly, almost exactly the opposite of the government efforts which were slow, disorganised and ineffective - or at least seemed to be until political pressure mounted and National Guard troops finally entered the waterlogged city in force... [06 Sep 2005]
Minority Report: Apple as media company - and why that's good for Macs
Comment The growing threat to movie studios from online piracy will increasingly force the hand of execs to make money from movies online. The company has done the really hard work in convincing record label executives to embrace the shift to selling music... [02 Sep 2005]
Q&A: CEO of Business Objects, Bernard Liautaud
Comment The trend is there because you have a number of companies nearing the end of their implementation of ERP and sales force automation and looking around and asking, "We've done all this work but still don't have good insights into the business. [24 Aug 2005]
Leader: It's not too late to rethink flawed ID cards plan
Leader Nothing, it seems, will force the UK government to back down over its half-cocked, hair-brained ID card proposals - and admit the costs have been underestimated and the database and biometric technologies are unproven for a project of this scale... [27 Jun 2005]
Las Vegas at 100: Why it's tech's kind of town
Comment In a city of contrasts and contradictions the opening of Nellis Air Force Base - famed for the mysteries of Area 51 at Groom Lake - is perhaps indicative of the city's darkest side. We used to joke among ourselves that the computer nerds would... [16 May 2005]
Criminal IT: What you can do to help the fight against cybercrime
Comment No police force, no corporate investigators and no aspect of the criminal justice system can afford now to ignore the all-important computer evidence. Under NTFS, perhaps the most common file system that we work with today, every file has three... [23 Feb 2005]
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