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News Nottingham University is sending its old computers on a retirement trip to Chile. Phil Andrews, of Nottingham University's IT operations team, said: "Instead of being broken down and recycled, our PCs are given a new lease of life to help... [15 Aug 2008]
IT chiefs brace for recession
News Chris Ford, IT Director, Nottingham City Council For the second time in a row, the silicon.com CIO Jury is hung, this time over the issue of preparedness for a UK recession. CIO50 2008: Top 10 The UK's leading CIOs revealed… [04 Aug 2008]
London: Card fraud hotspot
News Outside the capital fraud was concentrated in Coventry, Dartford, Ilford and Nottingham, which all appeared in the top 10 fraud hotspot list. The UK's top card fraud hotspots have been revealed in a report that shows the crime is spread across the... [24 Jul 2008]
Boots Transforms Information Flow to Empower Staff and Strengthen the Brand
White Paper Based in Nottingham, Boots Group PLC (www.boots-plc.com) is the United Kingdom's largest pharmacy and health and beauty retailer and one of its best known brands. With retail competition intensifying, Boots needed to refocus on its core retail... [03 Jul 2008]
Photographer Profits From Pictrography
White Paper Having opened Nottingham based Phullar Studios in May 1984, professional photographer and MPA member, Daljit Phullar is one of the latest social photographers in the UK to, successfully bring image processing in-house by investing in a... [03 Jul 2008]
Dear silicon.com: Games skills gap, student outsourcing, ID card fears
Comment Andrew Fish, Nottingham The games industry is the latest to suffer the dreaded skills gap - but who's to blame? Also attracting plenty of reader comment this week was the revelation that UK students are 'outsourcing' coursework to India. [27 Jun 2008]
Adaptive Alert Throttling for Intrusion Detection Systems
White Paper Each time an intrusion detection system raises an alert it must make some attempt to communicate the information to an operator. This communication channel can easily become the target of a denial of service attack because, like all communication... [19 Jun 2008]
Strategic Alert Throttling for Intrusion Detection Systems
White Paper Network intrusion detection systems are themselves becoming targets of attackers. Alert flood attacks may be used to conceal malicious activity by hiding it among a deluge of false alerts sent by the attacker. [18 Jun 2008]
Nigel Underwood
CIO Profile Underwood studied at Nottingham University and is an avid follower and associate director of Coca-Cola League two football club Lincoln City. Nigel Underwood has been CIO at DHL Logistics for around three years, joining after the company acquired... [11 Jun 2008]
Trevor Didcock
CIO Profile As well as achieving an MBA at Cranfield School of Management, Didcock holds a Diploma in Marketing and a BSc in Mechanical Engineering from Nottingham University. Before arriving at Homeserve, Trevor Didcock was CIO at the AA for four years and a... [11 Jun 2008]
Wi-fi for free on board commuter coach
News The buses, which are used to ferry commuters from Nottingham to Derby have been fitted with a wi-fi hub supplied by Moovera Networks to deliver 3.6Mbps connectivity over Vodafone's High Speed Packet Access 3G network. [19 May 2008]
Video: CIO profile - Jack Cutts
Video silicon.com business editor Julian Goldsmith talks to Nottingham Building Society head of IT Jack Cutts about his experiences when he came into the business to transform its systems. The company required what amounted to open-heart surgery, while... [13 Mar 2008]
Profile: Nottingham Building Society head of IT Jack Cutts
Comment Like the finance privateers in the film, Jack Cutts, head of IT at Nottingham Building Society, has blown the dust away from the company aided by the winds of change. Subsequently, he has had extensive experience with multi-channel retailing at... [11 Mar 2008]
Nottingham Building Society to rip and replace systems
News Nottingham Building Society is about to begin final testing of a replacement core system for its loans business ahead of rollout over the next few months. Nottingham Building Society IT head Jack Cutts said the decision to upgrade core technology... [11 Mar 2008]
Dear silicon.com... Surfing at home, 'Big Brother' IT and batteries on planes…
Comment Kimberleigh Foster, Nottingham What's got silicon.com readers reaching for their keyboards this week? Reader Comments of the Week showcases how our users are responding to the latest tech news and views on the site. [10 Jan 2008]
