gambling
Expose Fraud Rings and Stop Repeat Offenders With Device Reputation
White Paper The convenience and excitement of gambling online has been the driving force behind the phenomenal growth of the online gambling industry. But as more people turn to online poker, roulette, blackjack,... [13 Nov 2009]
Web Use and Misuse
White Paper A large proportion of corporate web traffic is for non-work purposes: gambling, music downloads, porn and people checking their personal webmail accounts2. Three out of four employers have had to deal with employees who... [13 Nov 2009]
Five Things You Must Know When Selecting an Internet Content Filter
White Paper All want employees to be focused on the task at hand rather than become addicted to gambling or pornography at work. In a business setting it becomes a matter of economics and focus. There are a number of statistics... [12 Nov 2009]
How tech is helping gamblers get that casino feeling
News When you think of gambling, smoky casinos populated by tough guys chewing cigars and nursing their whiskey probably come to mind. According to bwin CTO Thomas Kiessling, the development of tech - and the social side of... [23 Oct 2009]
New CTO provides Devine inspiration for Yell
News Previously, Devine has worked within the gambling industry. Most recently, he provided tech consultancy to Bwin, one of the largest listed online gambling companies globally, and before that, he held the... [11 Aug 2009]
Betfair CTO bets on new tech architecture
News Betfair's new CTO is embarking on a radical overhaul of the gambling giant's development processes to allow the company to pounce on new international business opportunities faster. Tony McAlister joined the peer-to-peer... [10 Jul 2009]
Webwise re-Phormed with 'discovery engine'
News The Phorm system also ignores sensitive data about web pages, including adult content, gambling and medical content. Behavioural ad-serving company Phorm has announced a 'recommendation engine', which is designed to... [03 Jun 2009]
2011 will spawn 150 million mobile bankers
News As well as banking money, millions of people will also be gambling it using their mobiles. While the credit crunch might mean fewer of us have money to play with, more of us than ever will be looking it after it on our... [15 Jan 2009]
Edward Wray
AS Profile Back in 1998 former JP Morgan trader Edward Wray teamed up with software programmer and professional card player Andrew 'Bert' Black to create a peer-to-peer gambling site. Betfair launched two years later, bringing... [07 Oct 2008]
Are your systems falling down on resiliency?
Comment Given those facts, why are so many organisations gambling with software systems availability? Few outside the IT department realise just how much effort goes into making sure systems don't fail. If more board members... [12 Aug 2008]
BCS warns over IT degree funding
News The government is gambling with the UK economy by removing funding for graduates who want to retrain in IT, the British Computer Society (BCS) has warned - at a time when the industry is crying out for more skilled... [20 Jun 2008]
Casinos bet on Experian ID verification
News Three UK casino groups have signed up to an age ID verification service from Experian to comply with gambling regulations. The move is in line with gambling law which came into force last year, which... [11 Jun 2008]
Android laid bare, dressing for success, grown up social networking...
News Gambling site brought to its knees by 'unstoppable' botnet As ever, security scares abounded with revelations that cash machines could be easily hacked and a warning from a gambling website about an... [27 Mar 2008]
UK Plc calls for national police e-crime force
News Also swelling the fast-growing ranks of supporters are a former chief security advisor to the White House and IT bosses from two industries heavily targeted by online criminals, financial services and gambling. [14 Mar 2008]
Gambling site brought to its knees by 'unstoppable' botnet
News A major UK gambling business has warned that all commercial websites are at risk from a new type of unstoppable and undetectable botnet denial of service attack. Gala Coral ecommerce's gambling sites... [06 Mar 2008]