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The Weekly Round-Up: 16.05.08

Round-Up Regrettably it had nothing to do with UK plc urging spontaneous holidays for the entire work force but everything to do with National Work from Home day swinging around again, much to the chagrin of public transport companies.

Tags: google sky, amd, apple, work wise

[16 May 2008]

Content Filtering Helps Snub Spyware

whitepaper ServGate developed a modular security platform by joining forces with industry leaders such as Network Associates, Inc.for antivirus and antispam software and now Cheshire, UK-based SurfControl plc for content filtering.

Tags: security management, filtering, network associates, content filtering

[10 Apr 2008]

Case Study: Imperial Chemical Industries PLC - Enforcing Security SLAs of Outsourcers

whitepaper ICI Group was founded in 1926 and grew into a giant international chemicals firm based in the UK. The company's 400 web addresses were targets for Internet-borne attacks on data, applications and the corporate identity.

Tags: international, attacks, evaluation, addresses

[31 Mar 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 with law enforcers to forge new policies on...

Tags: e-crime, e-crime crackdown, cyber crime, crime

[26 Mar 2008]

Businesses may be forced to pay for e-crime police

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 body Intellect are all backing silicon.com's...

Tags: e-crime, cyber crime, dedicated, campaign

[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.

Tags: e-crime, police, cyber crime, crime

[14 Mar 2008]

Carillion plc: Performance Testing Proves Technology Solution Is Failsafe

whitepaper Carillion plc is one of the UK's leading building, infrastructure and business services companies and employs over 50,000 people. The increase in the amount of work that Carillion was now conducting for the client meant that the IT system used to...

Tags: software engineering, errors, offices, construction

[24 Feb 2008]

Can the government offshore with confidence?

Comment Only a handful of departmental CIOs have displayed the confidence to take the offshore route, choosing to navigate the political minefield associated with UK plc using resources in, for example, India or China.

Tags: offshoring, dwp, john suffolk, departments

[14 Feb 2008]

Hanover International PLC Uses Technology More Effectively

whitepaper In the fast moving and highly competitive hotel and leisure industry, one of the major success stories in recent years has been Hanover International PLC. Hanover provides four-star business and conference hotels throughout the UK, and to date has...

Tags: erp

[08 Feb 2008]

Intelligent Working Gives Incepta a Strategic Boost

whitepaper Incepta Marketing Intelligence (IMI), part of the Incepta Group plc, is a fast growing £20 million strategic research consultancy with 160 people and seven offices worldwide. Recently IMI was ranked 11th Top International Research Agency by the UK...

Tags: erp

[08 Feb 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 Union Life £1.26m for failing to manage...

Tags: norwich union life, fine, data loss, fsa

[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 the UK economy, the competitiveness minister...

Tags: ofcom, broadband, ngn, economy

[27 Nov 2007]

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. The event sees some of the UK's top IT bosses get together to...

Tags: cio jury, cio50, neil cameron, paul coby

[16 Oct 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 heading for a tech skills crisis, despite fears to the contrary...

Tags: offshore, skills

[15 Oct 2007]

Forget web 2.0, my PC doesn't work

News One of the issues we need to address as an industry is how we can deliver more of that type of IT to this vital part of UK plc. Everyday tech problems - and not hot technology such as web 2.0 and mobile working - are the biggest headache for small...

Tags: pc, sme, web 2.0

[30 Aug 2007]

Leader: Time to rethink cyber crime priorities

Leader Money needs to be spent tackling serious organised gangs of cyber criminals which are still out there costing UK plc serious money. We're often warned of the menace of cyber crime to UK business - and hear plenty of ideas for what needs to be done...

Tags: arrest, wi-fi, e-crime, police

[24 Aug 2007]

Boardroom CIOs driving UK plc

News Adam Thilthorpe, BCS professionalism in IT programme manager, said: "The companies where we see CIOs accelerating towards [or represented on] the board will make UK plc a more major economic force in the world.

Tags: uk plc, bcs, boardroom, cios

[11 Jul 2007]

Photos: Celebrating the top CIOs

Photo The CIO50 list uniquely identifies the most influential and innovative individuals leading tech-driven change at the top of UK Plc. silicon.com launched the CIO50 list of the UK's top 50 most influential and innovative CIOs at an exclusive private...

Tags: cio50

[13 Jun 2007]

Leader: Why celebrate the CIO?

Leader The list is illuminating for the range of individuals it includes and the biographical information it contains.silicon.com believes passionately in technology driving a successful economy (the tag-line under our logo at the top of these pages...

Tags: cio

[07 Jun 2007]

Exclusive: UK's top CIO revealed

News The CIO50 list uniquely identifies the most influential and innovative individuals leading tech-driven change at the top of UK Plc. British Airways CIO Paul Coby has been voted the UK's top CIO for the crucial role he has played in transforming the...

Tags: paul coby, cio50

[07 Jun 2007]

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