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BlackBerry PDF flaw puts business networks at risk
News John Suffolk UK government RIM is warning businesses to disable the function that allows a BlackBerry to read PDF files until an update can be issued, after a security flaw was found in the company's software. [17 Jul 2008]
Defra to ditch desktops and PDAs
News Government CIO John Suffolk is expected to launch a national green IT strategy at the end of this month. A Whitehall department wants to scrap desktop and handheld computers in favour of lone laptops. [16 Jul 2008]
UK failing to respect computing heritage
News John Suffolk UK government IT chiefs have hit out at the lack of respect the UK as a nation gives to its computing heritage following the mothballing of the Museum of Computing in Swindon.silicon.com asked a number of CIOs whether the UK made the... [15 Jul 2008]
Microsoft readies online apps for business
News John Suffolk UK government Microsoft announced its road map and pricing for web-based software suites built for big companies and growing businesses. Enabling telecommuting, which many employers and workers increasingly favour, is likely to be a... [09 Jul 2008]
Hardware defies economic gloom
News John Suffolk UK government Forecasts of economic gloom do not apply to the hardware market just yet, according to analyst firm Gartner, which has predicted that the market for both PCs and servers will remain in growth this year, and at least for... [02 Jul 2008]
Nationwide hands network reins to BT
News John Suffolk UK government Nationwide Building Society has signed a seven-year £160m deal with BT to outsource the management of its networked IT services. The contract will see Nationwide's voice and data network infrastructure and existing third... [30 Jun 2008]
Virtualisation key to staff-owned devices
News John Suffolk UK government The ability of virtualisation technology to free software from the underlying hardware could give more companies the option to allow employees to choose and run their own devices at work, according to analysts. [30 Jun 2008]
Yahoo! has a reshuffle at the top
News John Suffolk UK government Yahoo! under intense pressure, reorganised its upper management yesterday in a plan designed to improve its products, underlying technology and operational execution, the company said. [27 Jun 2008]
Icann waves in relaxed website naming rules
News John Suffolk UK government The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) voted Thursday to relax rules for naming websites. At its meeting in Paris, Icann, a not-for-profit organisation that oversees the naming scheme for websites... [27 Jun 2008]
Need for "radical change" in gov't data handling
News John Suffolk UK government Justice minister Michael Wills has called for a root-and-branch change in how the government handles citizen data. Wills told the House of Lords Constitution Committee on Wednesday that government should treat data... [26 Jun 2008]
Oracle pumps up prices, BEA takes the hit
News John Suffolk UK government Oracle's latest price list for its growing portfolio of applications software contains significant increases across the range, and a particularly large price rise for its BEA software. [24 Jun 2008]
Treasury turns to tech guru to slash IT costs
News The Treasury denied that Read will be stepping on the toes of government CIO John Suffolk, whose responsibilities include advising on major IT projects, saying that Read's remit will be limited to the 12-month review. [23 Jun 2008]
MI5 seeking changeable techies
News John Suffolk UK government Psst! MI5 is on the hunt for techies with killer design skills. The UK's security intelligence agency is looking to recruit enthusiastic IT architects to work in Central London with experience in "IT solutions design" for... [23 Jun 2008]
Revealed: What students think of tech work
News John Suffolk UK government If IT is to plug its skills gap by attracting graduates from other disciplines the industry needs to convince students the work can be as exciting as its potentially wallet-fattening pay packets. [23 Jun 2008]
Google Android facing delays?
News John Suffolk UK government New mobile phones being developed by Google and more than 30 partners based on software called Android will arrive in the fourth quarter, a schedule that some carriers and program makers are struggling to meet, The Wall... [23 Jun 2008]
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