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Sepa adoption 'could take five years'
News Against the current economic backdrop and without a cut-off point to aim for, banks and corporates are struggling to make a business case for a changeover. The migration end-date(s) should be... [18 Nov 2008]
MPs demand more cash for e-crime battle
News Politicians also expressed alarm at the admission by Campbell during the debate that the new NFRC, which will offer a single point of contact for reporting online and all other types of fraud, can not "promise that... [05 Nov 2008]
Coming soon: 60 million connected machines
News Cars, smart energy meters, security alarms and point of sale (POS) terminals are just some of the devices that are being connected to mobile networks. While the market for personal communication has reached its... [27 Oct 2008]
Just one mega-deal as outsourcing contracts plummet
News Compared with last year at this point, the number of contracts awarded has risen almost five per cent, total contract value has grown nearly 19 per cent and actual contract value has climbed 27 per cent. [17 Oct 2008]
Steve Jobs: No Apple netbook, no touchscreen laptop
News In fact, Blu-ray's presence in an Apple computer is pretty much a moot point, according to Steve Baker, vice president of industry analysis for NPD Group. While it would be innovative to put one in a laptop, it's not... [15 Oct 2008]
Ditched pay-as-you-drive insurance set for revival?
News That turned out not to be the case and as a result we were paying for the boxes ourselves, so from an operating model point of view, it's not very sustainable right now for us to continue to do that. A pioneering... [06 Oct 2008]
Microsoft bows to demand and throws XP a lifeline
News Ballmer said: "So, my point isn't to encourage you to do it immediately; of course, we'd love you to do it immediately. That option is set to end 31 January and Microsoft says that date isn't being... [06 Oct 2008]
When CIOs tighten their belts, what feels the squeeze?
News From a software and applications point of view, anything up to 80 per cent of the budget goes on support and maintenance and that's where CIOs are looking to cutting their costs. End users' organisations... [02 Oct 2008]
Do you have what it takes to be an e-caped crusader?
News The unit will provide leadership and expertise to co-ordinate investigations nationwide and collate reports from police forces across the country, as well as offering a central point of contact for reporting e-crime. [01 Oct 2008]
Can £7m dent £105bn cyber crime menace?
News The unit would provide leadership and expertise to co-ordinate investigations nationwide and collate reports from police forces across the country, as well as offering a central point of contact for reporting e-crime. [01 Oct 2008]
Microsoft SearchPerks: Latest attempt to gain share
News The program runs through April, at which point users can "cash in" the tickets that they get and trade them in for prizes or donate them to a charity. People can sign up for SearchPerks through the end... [01 Oct 2008]
Cisco's collaboration launch squares up to Microsoft, IBM
News Cisco's Unified Communications release 7.0 adds support for Windows Mobile, in addition to Symbian and BlackBerry.iPhone support is in the works, McConnell said, but Android support is not planned at this point. [25 Sep 2008]
£29bn bill for fibre to every UK home
News Tim Johnson, chief analyst at broadband analyst house Point Topic, told silicon.com: "BT's network will look very old-fashioned indeed if it hasn't got [FTTC] within five years. By contrast the almost £29bn estimate for... [08 Sep 2008]
TelePresence saves HSBC money - and airmiles
News This is the first step towards TelePresence and other videoconferencing facilities achieving critical mass and reaching a point where you will see a significant drop away in business travel. TelePresence will be fitted... [05 Sep 2008]
Fibre era fraught with roadblocks: EC
News But the upgrading of the choke point in the high speed internet must not become a new and enduring bottleneck for competition in the future. As part of the mooted reforms, a number of important changes that could affect... [04 Sep 2008]