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Hospital's systems hit by computer virus
News While some non-essential services at the hospitals were trimmed, A&E, operating theatres and outpatients' departments remained open. Systems at Barts and the London NHS Trust have fallen victim to a computer virus. [18 Nov 2008]
'No lost memory sticks' shocker for gov't dept
News Despite the losses, the NIO still shines compared to other government departments. While seemingly a week doesn't go past without another government data loss as a result of a mislaid memory stick, one government... [18 Nov 2008]
PC vendors under the microscope
News There's bound to be a whole lot of uncertainty among PC makers: uncertainty about what's the right combination of products that will attract consumers during a recession and beyond, and fear of overproducing products that are too... [17 Nov 2008]
Satellite tech keeps tabs on Cornwall's rubbish
News Operations manager at Caradon District Council, Richard Isbell, said the technology has been easy to implement and use, and other council departments are now looking to use it. Caradon and North Cornwall District... [13 Nov 2008]
VMware gets into mobile virtualisation game
News Business users were also a focus in VMware's announcement, which suggested MVP would let IT departments roll out a "corporate phone personality" across employees' personal handsets, leading to enhanced security while... [11 Nov 2008]
End of data losses no loss to NHS Lothian
News We've even got scenarios where some of the more scientific departments have microscopes that connect by USB, so if we were just to shut off USB ports and say 'it's only my memory sticks and nothing else', we would bring... [05 Nov 2008]
Is the credit crunch affecting IT?
News Financial markets everywhere may be shedding value with nail-biting speed but the majority of UK IT departments are apparently still sitting pretty in the midst of global financial turmoil. Asked 'how is the credit... [03 Nov 2008]
Whitbread offshores finance and accounts
News However, although Brothers would not go into detail on the numbers, he confirmed the offshoring move would reduce headcount in the affected departments. Hospitality company Whitbread has offshored its finance and... [28 Oct 2008]
£273m in IT projects axed by UK
News Several departments - including the Department of Health, the Department for Children, Schools and Families and the Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills - refused to reveal to parliament the value of... [20 Oct 2008]
Are you heading for an IT train wreck?
News Applications no longer supported by vendors are singled out as they could lead to increased maintenance costs and more work for IT departments as they work harder to maintain these outdated but mission-critical... [08 Oct 2008]
Credit crunch pushes techie wages to five-year low
News The key difference between this and the 2001/02 downturn is that IT departments had a skills surplus following the dot-com and Y2K booms, but there is much less fat to trim this time around. The recent stock market... [06 Oct 2008]
BAT lights up £26m SAP savings
News Colman - who expects the programme to be finished by the third quarter of 2009 - advised other tech departments thinking of embarking on a similar project to "never give up" on trying to get exec buy-in. [02 Oct 2008]
Lost data total nears 30 million records
News In the last 12 months a series of data security lapses have seen personal data on as many as 29 million people lost by a variety of government departments and other public sector bodies.silicon.com takes a look back at... [30 Sep 2008]
Intel gives vPro 'one button techies' makeover
News The third vPro release also sees a security update in the form of what Intel dubbed a 'PC phone home' function, which allows IT departments to conduct remote scheduled maintenance - including deploying patches or other... [22 Sep 2008]
Businesses get lesson in social skills
News Gartner recommends IT departments come up with a purpose roadmap so the organisation and community knows how to build on the initial objectives and broaden its scope. Businesses looking at social networking technology... [17 Sep 2008]
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