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RSS public companiesFinalists for CNET tech gongs announced
News You can find out more about all the finalists - the companies, organisations and individuals who are leading UK IT into the future - here. Awards up for grabs include Business Application of the Year, Security Product or Service of the Year, Public... [18 Aug 2008]
Interference on the radar for FCC "white space"
News Several technology companies, including Google, Microsoft and Motorola, have been lobbying the FCC for more than a year to open up these channels, which would provide between 300MHz to 400MHz of unlicensed spectral capacity throughout the country... [12 Aug 2008]
Companies urged not to ban Facebook
News Companies shouldn't ban staff from using social applications such as Facebook and MySpace because of concerns about how they might be used. Gartner analyst, Anthony Bradley, said companies need to understand the trust models and reasons for user... [08 Aug 2008]
IT teams not living up to public sector demands
News Some had a few constructive criticisms to give to their IT departments, with a third suggesting the government's IT problems could be solved by buying from local UK-based companies rather than multinational conglomerates. [07 Aug 2008]
Welsh Assembly signs e-procurement contract
News Latest figures show that the value of public sector contracts won by Welsh-based companies has risen dramatically from 35 per cent to 49 per cent in only two years. The technology is supplied by BravoSolution.silicon.com Public Sector [06 Aug 2008]
£2.5bn gov't telecommunications contract up for grabs
News About eight companies are being sought by the government to bid for the contracts to build and maintain the network and provide the telecommunications services. The next generation Ocean Programme network will streamline voice and video... [05 Aug 2008]
Best Practices in Messaging Security: Managing email security policy and regulatory compliance requirements
White Paper Special attention is paid to the special concerns in financial services, health care and public sector groups, but companies across all industries and government agencies at the federal, state and local levels are under pressure to respond to new... [05 Aug 2008]
£18m National Identity Register deal awarded
News The contract for the manufacture of the ID cards will be awarded to one of five companies short listed to deliver the ID card system at a later date. The full version of the NIR, due to go live in 2011 in time for the roll out of the ID card system... [04 Aug 2008]
Google to invest in start-ups?
News Meanwhile, later-stage deals grew by 14 per cent to $3.1bn because those companies in particular had fewer opportunities to go public. If successful, the new venture would put Google - a company better known for buying companies than investing in... [31 Jul 2008]
Bumpy landing for Bangalore's airport dream
Comment For want of a public transport system in the city, companies such as Wipro and Infosys run a fleet of hundreds of private buses to ferry employees to the workplace and back. Shenoy's company has its headquarters in the gigantic Electronics City, a... [30 Jul 2008]
The Naked CIO: Going public about privacy
Comment Why should companies, healthcare services and the authorities have to guess? The buying public assume businesses know their preferences and more importantly their dislikes or bad experiences. On top of that we've had the drive towards national data... [21 Jul 2008]
Working Green: Bottom-line Benefits of Telecommuting and Secure Remote Access
White Paper Companies are exploring the benefits of telecommuting, allowing their employees to work remotely from home. This white paper from The FactPoint Group explores the environmental and business benefits of secure remote access, advantages to companies... [18 Jul 2008]
Why I'm planning a change of career
Comment Large companies seemingly spend their time in endless rounds of reorganisation and workforce streamlining. The results are only too clear to see in the failure of so many of the UK's largest and most oversold public-sector IT projects. [17 Jul 2008]
And the designer of the next great gadget is? - You
News Apple's style gurus should watch their backs because the killer-gadgets of the future will be devised by none other than Joe Public say analysts. Within five years its the customers that could be whipping up the latest gadgets from their living... [11 Jul 2008]
Virtual Private Networks - Solutions for Secure Remote Access
White Paper The ability for users to access resources in an internal corporate network securely from remote locations has created a wealth of opportunities for companies both from a functional as well as convenience standpoint. [10 Jul 2008]
