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RSS it director zEC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News Mobile users should be made more aware of how much data they are using while abroad in Europe, the director general for the information society and media at the European Commission has said. Wireless from A to Z [22 Jul 2008]
Has Barclays stamped out fraud with PINsentry?
News Barnaby Davis, director of electronic banking at Barclays, said last year that the arrangement was intended to limit the damage that could be caused by someone using stolen bank details. Barclays digital banking director Sean Gilchrist said the... [18 Jul 2008]
C&W inks £8m deal to hook up Réunion Island
News Jean-Michel Hégésippe, head director of Outremer Telecom, said in a statement: "Cable & Wireless' bandwidth connect solution will allow us to significantly reduce our costs and to plan our future expansion in Réunion Island. [14 Jul 2008]
Taylor Woodrow heads for the cloud
Case Study Speaking to silicon.com, Rob Ramsey, IT director at Taylor Woodrow, said: "It was frankly holding the business back. Taylor Woodrow has moved its 1,800 staff onto Google Apps for email and other services, estimating it will save £1m per year in the... [10 Jul 2008]
UK business lacking high fibre diet
News David Harrington, the CMA's director of regulatory affairs, said: "The gap between government rhetoric and formulation of policy appears to be as wide as ever. Broadband from A to Z Z is for Zombies Last year, BT Openreach said it was unsure there... [07 Jul 2008]
Skype touts biz credentials
News Ian Robin, director of Skype for business said: "It's kind of showing Skype is a business tool already. According to Skype research, 30 per cent of its 309 million users use it for work and the company is trying to shed the perception of it being... [02 Jul 2008]
CIOs not taking security breaches seriously
News Mike Davies, director of identification and authentication services at VeriSign which conducted the research, said security and trust needs to be top of the agenda for online businesses if they want to maintain the boom in online transactions. [27 Jun 2008]
Thin clients switch on digitally excluded
Case Study But the hope is to turn the pilot into an ad-funded service and scale it up to 5,000 homes in those areas over the next three years, according to Professor Dennis Kehoe, director of Aimes. It's the brainchild of the Advanced Internet Methods and... [17 Jun 2008]
Complexity makes travellers miss their connection
Comment Azadar Shah, director at remote access firm iPass, says IT departments have become aware of what Gartner calls the 'black budget' of difficult-to-track expense claims for wi-fi connectivity. Faster handheld device connectivity of at least 11Mbps... [12 Jun 2008]
Broadband Britain embraces wi-fi sharing love
News Jon Hurry, director of consumer internet services at BT said in a statement: "It's great to see BT Total Broadband customers joining forces to set up a people's wi-fi network across the UK. Britain has showed off a more giving side after it was... [05 Jun 2008]
Paper-free train tickets on track
News Jeremy Acklam, business development director at TheTrainLine, said: "All the big operators have a smart card introduction policy and that is why we have developed the capability to sell tickets into smart media. [04 Jun 2008]
Northern Ireland builds high tech credentials
News Bill Montgomery, director of international investment for Invest NI said: "I think we're better placed than a lot of regions. Green IT from A-Z… Security from A-Z… Biometrics from A-Z… Broadband from A-Z… [02 Jun 2008]
BT business hubs to be wi-fi hotspots
News Speaking at the Mobile Broadband Congress in London yesterday, Dave Hughes, BT's director of wireless broadband, told delegates that - by the end of this week - there would be 100,000 BT Home Hub users who have signed up to turn their hub into a... [22 May 2008]
Open source: UK dragging its heels
News Graham Taylor, director of industry body OpenForum Europe, said: "The UK is crap. Green IT from A-Z… The UK is lagging in the use of open source, even though it is now established as the best way to produce and consume software, according to... [15 May 2008]
IT education organisation takes Microsoft grumbles to EC
News Becta's executive director of strategic technologies, Dr Stephen Lucey, has met with the Commission to discuss the matter and said he welcomes the Commission's wider investigation. Green IT from A-Z… Becta, the organisation that advises the UK... [14 May 2008]
