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Global security spend to hit $10.5bn

News Security from A to Z The need for businesses to be compliant with government regulations, such as the Sarbanes-Oxley Act, remains a significant factor driving security-spending decisions, where investments are justified simply because the damage...

Tags: smes, security

[28 Apr 2008]

UK online spend up 50 per cent this year

News Security from A-Z… Biometrics from A-Z… Broadband from A-Z… Wireless from A-Z… Green IT from A-ZA-Zs… A whopping £850m was spent online in the week of the Easter holidays alone. She said people may be spending more time at home instead of going...

Tags: consumer electronics, alcohol, online retail

[22 Apr 2008]

Beware the insider security threat

Beware the insider security threat

News Security from A to Z He said: "Each one is fully capable of creating a gaping hole in your otherwise secure network. A is for Antivirus Z is for Zero-day Good users will use good sense and follow practical policies and processes to maintain a...

Tags: insider, security

[17 Apr 2008]

ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill

News Home Office spending on consultants shot up from £7.6m in 1997/98 to £147m in 2006/07, a period described by shadow home secretary David Davis as the "worst period in its 200-year history". Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards

Tags: home office, biometrics, id cards

[11 Apr 2008]

Workers, wi-fi and coffee shops: The perfect blend

News The survey of 1,000 business people found the main reasons for spending the day hunched over a laptop sipping skinny lattes at the local Starbucks include avoiding interruptions (24 per cent) and having more space to work and meet (18 per cent).

Tags: caffè nero, bt openzone, wi-fi

[07 Apr 2008]

Defra IT - blowing budgets and showing up late

News Security from A-Z… Biometrics from A-Z… Broadband from A-Z… Wireless from A-Z… Green IT from A-Z… The Treasury recently launched a review of government spending on IT under a wider examination of the costs of national projects.

Tags: defra, overspend, government it, projects

[07 Feb 2008]

Gov't IT spending to face scrutiny

News Government spending on IT is to come under scrutiny as part of a wider Treasury review of national projects. Security from A-Z… Biometrics from A-Z… Broadband from A-Z… Wireless from A-Z… Green IT from A-Z

Tags: treasury, government, it, budget

[01 Feb 2008]

Broadband Britain cheaper and faster than ever

News The list from A to Z A recent O2 Broadband survey found slow connection speeds top the list of frustrations for the UK's fat pipe consumers. Back in 2004, customers could expect to pay an average of £27 per month for a less-than-fat 0.5Mbps...

Tags: broadband, speed, fat pipes, connection

[01 Feb 2008]

Brits suffering fat pipe rage

News The list from A to Z Firing up fat pipes is inducing techno-rage in many UK broadband customers, according to a survey commissioned by O2 Broadband. A is for ADSL Z is for Zombies Nearly a quarter of users there said they plan to switch broadband...

Tags: fat pipes, broadband, speed, survey

[25 Jan 2008]

Recession fears squeeze tech budgets

Recession fears squeeze tech budgets

News A-Zs… ¦ Security from A-Z… ¦ Biometrics from A-Z… ¦ Broadband from A-Z… ¦ Wireless from A-Z… ¦ Green IT from A-Z… Tech budgets are starting to feel the squeeze on the back of the credit crunch crisis and fears of a...

Tags: credit crunch, cio jury, recession, budgets

[24 Jan 2008]

Local gov't tech spend to hit £3bn

News Local government IT spending is predicted to hit £3bn during 2007/8 - a nine per cent increase on the previous year. Security from A to Z According to the Society of IT Management's (Socitm) annual IT Trends survey, spending on local government IT...

Tags: local government, transformation, spending, security

[03 Jan 2008]

Peter Cochrane's Blog: Christmas wish list

Comment The list from A to Z For decades my Christmas wish list has presented a viable spending opportunity - but not this year. Written at The Atlantic Hotel on the island of Jersey and dispatched via a free wi-fi service that actually needed no password...

Tags: artificial intelligence, christmas, applications, play

[20 Dec 2007]

UK goes mad for social networking

News The list from A to Z UK web users are the keenest advocates of social networking in Europe, spending more time on them than anyone else across the continent. A is for ADSL Z is for Zombies As a result, companies spent more on web advertising per...

Tags: social networking, uk, ofcom, broadband

[12 Dec 2007]

UK businesses shunning encryption tech?

News Despite the lack of encryption, UK IT managers claim their corporate data is safe and almost two-thirds (65 per cent) said the HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) data breach will not change their IT spending priorities, according to a survey by Check Point.

Tags: hmrc, data breach, encryption, cio

[03 Dec 2007]

Christmas spend online to hit £5bn

News Security from A to Z A is for Antivirus Z is for Zero-day Online spending on cards is set to rise by more than half (55 per cent) to £5.6bn - meaning more than one billion pounds per week will be spent.

Tags: uk, online, consumer, retail

[30 Nov 2007]

ID cards to cost more than £5.6bn

News Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards The cost of a passport is set to increase substantially over the next five years to cover the cost of larger electronic chips that will hold more data and fingerprints, according to a separate report by a...

Tags: id cards, home office, epassports, cards

[09 Nov 2007]

UK passports face massive price hike

News But a report by parliamentary spending watchdog the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) warns the cost could increase even more with the introduction of the second generation ePassports in 2009.silicon.com's A to Z of Biometrics

Tags: public accounts committee, id cards, epassports

[10 Oct 2007]

ID cards: The bidding war begins

News Learn about every aspect of the UK's national ID cards scheme in the A to Z of ID cards. The IPS predicts total spending on these procurement contracts will be around £2bn - a significant chunk of the ID card scheme's £5.5bn total budget.

Tags: procurement, james hall, identity and passport service, id cards

[09 Aug 2007]

Smaller ISPs: The secret to our success

News The UK broadband market witnessed a lot of consolidation last year, including Thus grabbing two rivals in a £70m spending spree, BT snapping up PlusNet for £67m, and Pipex forking out £10m for Freedom2Surf, £12m for Bulldog and £24m for Toucan.

Tags: isp, isps, broadband, ofcom

[26 Jan 2007]

The Cloud descends on Europe

News Wireless from A to Z The Cloud is spending €100m over the next two years to expand its wi-fi presence in Europe. A is for Antivirus Z is for Zigbee Ben van Dongen, managing director for metro wi-fi at The Cloud, said the company is now ready to...

Tags: wifi, wi-fi, cloud, europe

[29 Nov 2006]

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