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IBM sends $300m to the cloud
News Although it's nearly impossible to guarantee 100 per cent up time in the event of a man-made or natural disaster, Big Blue is treading on familiar terrain. IBM is investing $300m in cloud computing. Big Blue is using that money to equip 13 data... [20 Aug 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News The rapid take-up of mobile broadband could help spur the arrival of super-fast fibre broadband networks in the UK, says telecoms regulator Ofcom, which has set out plans for a pro-investment regulatory framework that will guarantee operators who... [04 Jul 2008]
Lloyds TSB offshores 450 tech jobs to India
News The bank said any affected staff will be offered a replacement role but LTU claims there is no guarantee these jobs would be at the same level or in the same location, adding that two-thirds of the equivalent positions in the UK are being offshored. [19 May 2008]
Ofcom - high-fibre diet ordered for Broadband Britain
News Ofcom says the regulations will also ensure protection measures for homes relying on the new networks through measures such as uninterrupted battery back-up to guarantee access to emergency calls during a power failure. [16 Apr 2008]
BBC hits back at ISPs over iPlayer usage
News This could include the term 'unlimited broadband' meaning exactly that and for ISPs to guarantee minimum bandwidth rather than maximum, allowing users to know the level of service they're actually receiving. [04 Apr 2008]
Microsoft strikes back at open source critics
News One of the SFLC's conclusions was Microsoft's patent protections only apply to current versions of the specifications and doesn't guarantee the protections will apply to future releases. Microsoft has struck out at the Software Freedom Law Center's... [18 Mar 2008]
Millions of Britain's PCs going to waste
News FSC said that even for the one in four people who take their rubbish to their local tip, unless their laptop or PC is assessed on the site, there is no guarantee that it will be passed on for re-use or recycled. [10 Mar 2008]
'Big Brother IT' fuels workplace stress
News I guarantee that we will see more and more human rights cases as this surveillance increases. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets C is for CMA [08 Jan 2008]
Top 10 government IT stories of the year
News The manufacturers could only guarantee the chips for two years, even though the passports are supposed to be issued for 10. The year was dominated by stories about government-held personal data, whether that was ID information or what people choose... [19 Dec 2007]
Cheques gone by 2018?
News Currently, around 41 million adults have a card but only 12 per cent of these cardholders use it to guarantee cheques at least once per month and 56 per cent never use the cheque guarantee function. A banking industry consultation on the future of... [27 Nov 2007]
Stories of the month - October 2007
News The comments were made after Frank Abagnale, the one-time confidence trickster turned security expert (who also inspired the film Catch Me If You Can), said the scheme should be scrapped if the government can't guarantee its security. [31 Oct 2007]
UK passports face massive price hike
News To meet the US Visa Waiver deadline the UK's Identity and Passport Service was forced to accept a manufacturer's guarantee of only a two-year lifetime for the chips, even though passports are issued for 10 years. [10 Oct 2007]
BT looks to Far East for developer talent
News He added that setting up the new facilities will help guarantee that Chinese and global customers will receive a similar level of service provided in the rest of the world. BT is stepping up its operations in [07 Sep 2007]
East England Ambulance rides the Airwave
News EEAST chief operating officer for Essex, Paul Leaman, told silicon.com: "The key factor for us is the guarantee of clear and accurate voice calls for the first time since I can remember, and I've been in the service for 28 years. [24 Aug 2007]
Microsoft's 'new JPEG' to get standards vote
News Standardisation doesn't guarantee success, however. Microsoft's alternative to the ubiquitous JPEG image format could soon become a standard, a major step in the company's ambitions to spread the technology and boost its Vista operating system. [01 Aug 2007]
