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EC shies away from data-roaming regulation
News Speaking at the same event, independent telecoms consultant Ewan Sutherland said the concept of a megabyte was "meaningless" to users in any case, because data overheads would mean that even those who are aware of such technical terms would be... [22 Jul 2008]
Prison tech: Mobiles blocked and bodies scanned
News In its response to the report it said: "His report highlights the complexities and interdependencies of tackling an issue common to prison services around the world. It is not without technical difficulty, and it would be very expensive. [08 Jul 2008]
ePassport upgrade scaled back
News It said: "This decision was reached by IPS after considering many commercial and technical factors. The figures were revealed in the IPS Annual Report and Accounts for 2008, which also disclosed the IPS spent £84.8m on outsourcing services last year. [02 Jul 2008]
Corporations riddled with security holes
News Of this year's top 10 vulnerabilities, seven were found in last year's report and all are associated with services being made available to internet users. Roy Hills, technical director at NTA said in a statement: "A hacker could also gain entry to... [19 Jun 2008]
LSE volumes boosted by trading system
News The LSE delivered strong revenue growth in its preliminary results for the year ended 31 March, recording revenue up 56 per cent to £546.4m for the year.silicon.com Financial Services Get the latest financial services news straight to your inbox. [27 May 2008]
Mobile management woes? O2's here to help
News O2 UK has launched a managed services offering for enterprises looking to cope with increasing numbers of employees wielding smart phones. The managed offering covers the initial configuration of the device and its dispatch to the user; day-to-day... [21 May 2008]
Google lays out mobile future
News Google is aiming to make an impact in the mobile sector by focusing on web-based applications, super-fast search and location based services (LBS). Instead, the company can focus on innovative web applications such as Google Grand Prix - the mobile... [13 May 2008]
Virgin Media to ramp up capacity on core network
News Daniel Hennessy, director of technical architecture at Virgin Media, said in a statement: "Our aim for this trial was to ensure we continue to meet the growing capacity needs of the high-speed services we deliver and provide a quality experience... [09 May 2008]
India edgy about outsourcing newbies?
News Even if they can find cheaper labour or more generous tax incentives in other countries, they will struggle to find a similarly large supply of experienced technical and language skills. He added: "The latest set of quarterly results from India's... [06 May 2008]
Euro e-health getting the right attention
News European primary healthcare services are benefiting from broadband, says the European Commission, but there are still wide discrepancies in GPs' use of IT across Europe. This diagnosis also shows that it is now time to use these electronic services... [28 Apr 2008]
Mobile market ripe for femtocell loving
News This is due to three main factors: global growth in the number of mobile subscribers - predicted to hit 4.4 billion in three years' time; the proliferation of broadband - itself driven by the popularity of apps such as social networking, online... [23 Apr 2008]
Corus hammers out £26m IT deal with Capgemini
News Overall service management will be handled by Capgemini in the UK, with operational management done from its command centre in Krakow, Poland and additional technical support from a Capgemini centre in Mumbai, India. [17 Apr 2008]
Beware the insider security threat
News Graham Yellowley, director of technology services at investment bank Mitsubishi UFJ Securities International, said: "Undoubtedly, the statistics show that 70 per cent of fraud is perpetrated by staff rather than by external people or events. [17 Apr 2008]
ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill
News In a written answer to parliament Byrne said: "The use of external consultants provides the department with specialist knowledge, skill, capacity and technical expertise that would not otherwise be available. [11 Apr 2008]
Google invites developers to play on the Bigtable
News It also provides access to other Google services and APIs to improve user or account authentication, although the search engine has confirmed it will not claim ownership of the applications once built. [09 Apr 2008]
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