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News UK businesses are increasingly being targeted by cyber criminals emboldened by a lack of policing, according to a new survey. The majority of UK businesses, 65 per cent, have seen an increase in cyber... [03 Nov 2008]
Business tech born in Cern's Big Bang lab
News The UK's leading CIOs revealed… John Suffolk UK government Gordon Lovell-Read Siemens UK Cutting edge particle physics is being used to hone new technology that will eventually make its... [17 Oct 2008]
Can £7m dent £105bn cyber crime menace?
News The unit will also train officers in local forces in dealing with high-tech crimes and co-ordinate "initiatives to crack down on online offences".silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign is calling for a national UK... [01 Oct 2008]
Migration rules to fuel IT offshoring?
News Matthew Poyiadgi, IT trade association CompTIA's European VP, added that barriers to skilled techies working in the UK could reduce the competitiveness of UK Plc. Proposed changes to the... [11 Sep 2008]
Leak fears could set bosses spying on staff
News Moving away from the "post mortem" approach of analysing an audit trail after a problem has occurred, to proactively monitoring behaviour and nipping trouble in the bud is becoming more important for UK... [04 Sep 2008]
WiMax - spreading to more UK businesses
News WiMax really is 'the intelligent pipe' right into the enterprise, which will be a real boon to UK plc's need for high speed symmetrical internet connectivity. The spread of WiMax networks across the... [10 Jul 2008]
Ofcom: Mobile broadband driving interest in fibre
News Comparatively sluggish fat pipes are damaging UK Plc, according to comms industry organisation, the Communications Management Association (CMA) - part of the British Computer Society. The rapid take-up... [04 Jul 2008]
Corporations riddled with security holes
News Further Plc failings were highlighted by IT security firm Sophos that found that 81 per cent of 580 corporate PCs tested worldwide were missing patches and software updates and had disabled firewalls. [19 Jun 2008]
UK plc 'needs more skilled migrants'
News The UK must do more to attract foreign skilled workers if homegrown high tech knowledge industries are to flourish in an era of increasing globalisation. says soaring demand for highly skilled workers, along with... [02 Jun 2008]
Gov't pledges to take e-crime seriously
News McMurdie recently added her voice to those supporting silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign, which has been backed by a large swathe of UK law enforcement and Plc. The government has pledged to meet... [26 Mar 2008]
Businesses may be forced to pay for e-crime police
News The Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), blue chip UK Plc IT user group the Corporate IT Forum (Tif) and tech industry... [17 Mar 2008]
UK Plc calls for national police e-crime force
News The UK's major industry and business groups have backed silicon.com's e-Crime Crackdown campaign, which is calling for the creation of a new national police e-crime unit to combat the growing threat of cyber crime. [14 Mar 2008]
Norwich Union Life fined for data control 'weaknesses'
News Aviva PLC, of which Norwich Union Life is a subsidiary, issued a statement on Monday apologising for the fraud. Tom Espiner writes for ZDNet.co.uk The Financial Services Authority (FSA) has fined Norwich... [17 Dec 2007]
Broadband summit: Speed is the key
News Next-generation network infrastructure is] not just for UK Plc, it's also to enable us to work effectively internationally. Ultra fast broadband is going to be a key technology to drive future growth of... [27 Nov 2007]
Skills crisis? What skills crisis?
News In a live version of silicon.com's popular CIO Jury, a panel of IT chiefs at the event was asked whether a lack of homegrown IT talent is creating a crisis for UK plc. The UK is not... [15 Oct 2007]
