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Enterprise web 2.0 costs set to plunge
News Specialised tools that focus on alumni networks, new employee orientation, and cross-department collaboration may continue to command price premiums, but generally - without significant functional advances in these tools... [13 Oct 2008]
HP-EDS job cuts: "It's business as normal"
News With the MoD, EDS is the primary contractor in the ATLAS consortium, which is delivering the £7.1bn Defence Information Infrastructure programme to provide a single information infrastructure serving the Army, Navy, Airforce and central... [09 Oct 2008]
Symantec to take Europe into the cloud
News As well as its online disaster recovery and backup service, Thompson added the company currently has a further SaaS offering in beta, which will provide users with the ability to remotely command a PC. [07 Oct 2008]
Telepresence tech to cheer Afghan troops
News A Cisco TelePresence System CTS-1000 model unit has been installed at Supreme Headquarters Allied Powers Europe - the central command of allied operations - near Mons, Belgium, with another in Kabul, to enable frontline... [22 Sep 2008]
Notts police turns to tech for better crime handling
News The system will be used by around 100 command and control operators in the force's control rooms, which typically deal with around 2,000 calls per day. Speaking to silicon.com, command and control... [19 Sep 2008]
Bug fix 2.1 for Apple iPhone
News The iPhone 3G has generally won acclaim for its design and the range of third-party applications that now can run on the device, though some have criticised the lack of features such as copy-and-paste and voice-command... [15 Sep 2008]
Bletchley Park future under colossal threat
News Bletchley Park is famous for the decrypting messages enciphered by the Nazi Enigma machines - depicted in the Hollywood movie of the same name - and also for the world's first codebreaking supercomputer Colossus, which cracked the codes... [24 Jul 2008]
The £500k hunt for missing HMRC discs
News At the investigation's peak, 47 detectives from the Met's Specialist and Economic Crime Command took part in the hunt. The taxpayer has been landed with a £473,544 bill for the hunt for the missing HM Revenue and Customs... [18 Jul 2008]
MoD IT - late and over budget
News The DII is aimed at improving communication and interoperability by providing a single information infrastructure serving the army, navy, airforce and central MoD command. A Ministry of Defence (MoD) programme to replace... [04 Jul 2008]
Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News Security risk was not a priority - with holes in risk assessment capabilities, poor command structure and lack of security staff. Three separate investigations have looked into HM Revenue & Custom's loss of 25 million... [26 Jun 2008]
£50m mobile funding to keep police on the beat
News Richard Earland, NPIA CIO explained that officers will be able to access databases such as the Police National Computer and command and control systems. The funding was announced by policing minister, Tony McNulty, and... [27 May 2008]
600 HMRC workers caught snooping
News Kennedy also said the data guardians brought in to shake-up data security at the HMRC did not have power to operate outside of the existing HMRC chain of command and that business unit directors and the HMRC chairman... [01 May 2008]
Corus hammers out £26m IT deal with Capgemini
News Overall service management will be handled by Capgemini in the UK, with operational management done from its command centre in Krakow, Poland and additional technical support from a Capgemini centre in Mumbai, India. [17 Apr 2008]
Nato allies form cyber defence command
News Nato is creating a cyber command to protect its allies against crippling online attacks on national infrastructure. The Cyber Defence Management Authority (CDMA) will co-ordinate cyber defence among Nato allies after its... [08 Apr 2008]
Data breaches: Don't blame 'stupid' employees
News We need to move away from command and control and interact with them. Security breaches that can be traced back to the actions of one individual are not the fault of one "stupid" employee but rather a failure to educate... [03 Apr 2008]
