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RSS leedsRevealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
News Apparently so, according to David Wall, professor of criminal justice and information society at the University of Leeds. Scareware is bad for your PC and your pocket - but the fake security warning messages popping up... [19 Oct 2009]
Google Apps: Five million students getting a cloud education
News In the UK, educational institutions using Apps include Leeds Metropolitan University, Kingston College, and the School of Oriental and African Studies, which recently estimated it has saved £650,000 by choosing the... [09 Sep 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Can tech end bloody wars?
Comment Compiled on the M6 driving to Birmingham, edited later in my hotel, and dispatched to silicon.com from Leeds via a free wi-fi service the next day. Throughout my life I have seen warfare mutate from the World War II... [28 Aug 2009]
Leeds Metropolitan University Predicts a £200,000 Annual Saving With Consolidated HP Print Solution
White Paper Leeds Metropolitan University wanted to replace its fragmented technology mix of printers and copiers with a consolidated and unified print solution that would reduce costs, improve services and better meet the needs of... [28 Aug 2009]
Hundreds of IT jobs to go at Lloyds
News Lloyds said the 660 IT jobs will mainly go in Edinburgh, Halifax, Leeds and London as part of 1,200 job cuts across the business. The Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed that hundreds of IT roles will be axed by March... [17 Jul 2009]
Dylan Roberts
CIO Profile Dylan Roberts is chief officer, ICT, of Leeds City Council - where he steers a 345-strong team of business and IT pros engaged in transformation programmes at a national, regional and city level. Under Roberts, the... [01 Jun 2009]
Inbox: Brits ditching mobiles? Fat chance
Comment Ollie Clark, Leeds The weekly Inbox column collects the best and most thought-provoking of the reader comments silicon.com receives each week. This week: Brits ditching their mobiles, pilots bailing out on ID cards,... [18 May 2009]
Google's Street View gives UK its close up
News The full list of UK cities covered by the service includes: Aberdeen, Belfast, Birmingham, Bradford, Bristol, Cambridge, Cardiff, Coventry, Derby, Dundee, Edinburgh, Glasgow, Liverpool, Leeds, London, Manchester,... [20 Mar 2009]
Unis rack up £1.6m saving with Google Apps switch
News The two universities are among a number of academic institutions using Google Apps, including Leeds Metropolitan University and the University of Glamorgan. Two UK universities have saved hundreds of thousands of pounds... [02 Mar 2009]
Security Blundered Brits: Could We Learn From the US?
White Paper Never a day goes by when one doesn't hear about another security blunder with highly confidential information being lost not only by Government departments but also by other large corporations including the DVA, DVLA, HMRC, the... [12 Feb 2009]
CIO Job Report: Movers and shakers
News Leeds Metropolitan University is set to appoint a new head of technology services shortly, following the closure of applications for the post. Let silicon.com keep you up to date with all the latest CIO job moves and... [27 Jan 2009]
New CMS Leeds to uni's grassroots takeover
Case Study Leeds University has implemented a new content management system (CMS) to help make dealing with online content easier for its nine faculties. Previously, the university had relied on various "homebrewed, eccentric,... [19 Jan 2009]
Leeds Co-Operative Society Gains Access to Valuable Business Information With Progress OpenEdge
White Paper Established in 1847, Leeds Co-operative Society has earned its place in the history books as the oldest Co-operative society in the world. Leeds chose a fully integrated Progress OpenEdge-based Payroll... [23 Dec 2008]
IT staff hit by 1,150 job cuts at HSBC, Credit Suisse
News Most of HSBC's cuts will take place at the bank's London headquarters in Canary Wharf but regional centres such as Birmingham and Leeds are also expected to see losses.silicon.com Financial Services IT workers will be... [02 Dec 2008]
£25m for Queen's fight against e-crime
News A second knowledge and innovation centre based in Leeds will also share in the £20m and will work on technologies and therapies for the UK's ageing population. Queen's University Belfast has landed £25m to set up a new... [21 Nov 2008]
