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RSS targets in newsFirst students graduate from IT 'business' degree
News Northumbria specifically targets high achievers for its ITMB course, requiring a higher level of entry than standard computing and information systems courses. The first students to take a university degree in Information Technology Management for... [24 Jul 2008]
PAYE system not ready for rollout
News The report also reveals HMRC revised its Aspire IT services contract with Capgemini to help meet targets to cut IT running costs by 10 per cent by 2010-11. The launch of a computer system to handle all PAYE tax claims has been suspended because of... [21 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News Tom Black, chief executive of Detica, told silicon.com sister site ZDNet.co.uk: "Terrorists are using the internet for secure communications, mission planning, assessing targets online and to radicalise the next generation. [04 Jul 2008]
Google: Server efficiency needs different approach
News Luis Barroso, a Google engineer who closely studies the company's power consumption, speaking at the O'Reilly Velocity conference in California, said: "The data centre is a different device than the key targets for mobile electronics, laptops and... [25 Jun 2008]
NHS data left lacking encryption
News Many trusts will be unable to meet the local targets as set by strategic health authorities (SHAs) as they had been told not to begin the work until Connecting for Health (CfH), the body co-ordinating NHS IT, procured an encryption package - which... [24 Jun 2008]
"Boring" school IT curriculum slammed
News MacKinnon warned: "Without significant intervention higher education cannot meet growth targets [for the IT industry]. The teaching of IT in secondary schools needs radically overhauling as it is putting kids off a career in technology, leading... [17 Jun 2008]
Microsoft takes embedded OS in new direction
News Microsoft has released Windows Embedded NavReady 2009, its first embedded operating system to be specifically optimised for manufacturers of portable navigation devices. Redmond unveiled the system, which is one of its first category-specific... [17 Jun 2008]
SMS snitch pilot targets knife crime in schools
News A plan to use SMS to combat youth knife crime is being trialled in schools in East London. The text pilot enables youngsters to anonymously report classmates or other youths they suspect of carrying knives to anti-crime charity Crimestoppers UK. [03 Jun 2008]
Working from home way to green dream?
News One of the aims of the bill is to establish targets for reducing carbon dioxide emissions - including making the UK's Kyoto Agreement targets for a 60 per cent reduction by 2050 legally binding. Both the Met Office and the Department for the... [27 May 2008]
Power down PCs to save millions, gov't told
News OGC CEO, Nigel Smith, said the campaign will play a "small but important part in meeting the government's sustainability targets". The Office of Government Commerce (OGC) is urging public sector workers to turn off their PCs overnight to slash... [22 May 2008]
Royal Mail on target to save £300m with SAP
News Now 18 months into the project, Cameron is confident these ambitious savings targets can still be achieved. Royal Mail is on course to save £300m over three years through efficiencies created by its SAP-based procurement transformation programme. [22 May 2008]
LiMo targets the business mobile
News The LiMo Foundation, a broad industry consortium of manufacturers, operators and software developers working to put Linux onto the mobile phone, is to launch a major enterprise push later this year. LiMo announced a raft of new members, the most... [15 May 2008]
RIM reveals BlackBerry roadmap
News The days of the BlackBerry as purely a big business enterprise device are numbered as RIM targets its smart phones at all sizes of business - from the biggest fish to the tiniest tiddlers running a business from a single home PC. [14 May 2008]
Google targets business with Postini-based security app
News Google has announced a re-branded web security for Enterprise based on the Postini technology it acquired last year. The web hosted service protects corporate web and email users from viruses, spyware and malicious websites, and extends protection... [12 May 2008]
Green dream fuels shift in Whitehall
News Plumpton said: "IT has a key role to play in meeting government targets on climate change. Government IT is undergoing a major shift as Whitehall attempts to revolutionise its approach to green computing. [09 May 2008]
