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UK Plc feels abandoned to cyber crime onslaught
News The majority of UK businesses, 65 per cent, have seen an increase in cyber crime attacks, with a quarter having suffered a DDoS attack or had their corporate systems infected by malware, the Corporate IT Forum (Tif)... [03 Nov 2008]
Can £7m dent £105bn cyber crime menace?
News David Roberts, chief executive of the Corporate IT Forum, which represents some of the largest corporate users of IT all with a turnover of more than £300m, expressed grave reservations about the funding. [01 Oct 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 Confederation of British Industry (CBI), the British Retail Consortium (BRC), the Federation of Small Businesses (FSB), blue chip user group the Corporate IT Forum (Tif) and tech industry trade body Intellect are all... [14 Mar 2008]
Photos: UK tech leaders gather for the CIO Forum
Photo The CIO Forum saw a live version of silicon.com's CIO Jury with a number of panellists invited to debate the motion that a lack of homegrown IT talent is creating a crisis for UK plc. Here's Tony... [16 Oct 2007]
Skills crisis? What skills crisis?
News The UK is not heading for a tech skills crisis, despite fears to the contrary, according to CIOs and the audience at the silicon.com CIO Forum being held today. In a live version of silicon.com's popular CIO Jury, a... [15 Oct 2007]
Leader: Time to rethink cyber crime priorities
Leader And last month, user group The Corporate IT Forum talked of the need for a single reporting body for e-crime, warning that without such a dedicated unit the situation will only deteriorate. Money needs to be spent... [24 Aug 2007]
CIO Forum: How IT helped turn around BA
News Speaking today at silicon.com's CIO Forum, Paul Coby CIO of BA, shed some light on IT's role in the transformation of the airline, the importance of working closely with the business, and what eBay, Google and Skype all... [27 Sep 2005]
"Size matters" for IT procurement say CIOs
News That was the view of a panel of UK-based heads of IT in private sector firms at the UK Technology Innovation and Growth Forum in London today. Check out silicon.com's special report on SME procurement to find out how... [14 Mar 2005]
5 years ago…Vendors blamed for project failures
News Just this week at the silicon.com CIO Forum in London, a live version of the CIO Jury debated whether the IT industry is failing UK plc. 29.09.1999: IT managers are becoming increasingly frustrated by... [29 Sep 2004]
CIO Forum: IT industry accused of 'failing' UK plc
News The IT industry was put in the dock and accused of failing UK plc today in a live version of CIO Jury at the silicon.com CIO Forum. On a final vote, however, the CIO Jury called the IT industry 'not... [27 Sep 2004]
Powerline coming of age
Comment In this one-off column, Dr Keith MacLean, one of the top voices in the PLC Forum, which promotes powerline communications, speaks out against recent criticism of the technology by silicon.com columnist... [05 Sep 2003]
Novell failing to fight off Microsoft
News Last September the UK's leading user group, The Infrastructure Forum (tif), called on the UK government to investigate the changes. But in the past UK plc has resisted such changes. Novell is facing a... [17 Jun 2002]
Re:Viewing 2001: Microsoft's most important year?
News UK Plc could end up paying an extra £1bn in licence costs (http://www.silicon.com/a47628), estimated the Infrastructure Forum, as users are forced into a three-year subscription model that does away with... [21 Dec 2001]
Ebusiness Despatches: Das Boot is on the other foot
Comment I recently attended this year's e.forum event. This could be seen in e.forum attendees. This, I'm convinced, is one of the lessons everyone at the e.forum and more widely in business can... [13 Nov 2001]
