September 2007 News
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Unilever will not cut IT jobs
Unilever UK says no IT jobs will be affected by its recent announcement as part of a planned restructuring programme that could see the manufacturer cut thousands of jobs over the next four years.28 Sep 2007
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Cisco acquires Latigent to offer Web 2.0 contact centre reporting
Cisco is acquiring Latigent to add Web 2.0-based reporting systems to its contact centre systems.28 Sep 2007
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European Commission allocates millions of pounds to aid redundant mobile phone workers
The European Commission has allocated millions of pounds to help more than 4,000 mobile phone manufacturing workers who have lost their jobs through globalisation.28 Sep 2007
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Gala online gaming firm awards C&W £300,000 network contract
Online gaming firm Gala Networks Europe (GNE) has awarded Cable & Wireless a £300,000 two-year contract to manage its European gaming platform.28 Sep 2007
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Intel furthers ICT classroom integration in 15 countries with teacher online learning
Intel will bring its teacher training program online to help more than 1.5 million teachers in 15 countries learn how to best integrate technology into their lesson plans to help students learn.28 Sep 2007
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Oracle, Dell and EMC join forces to ease firms’ data warehouse deployments
Oracle has joined forces with Dell and EMC to help customers more easily acquire and implement data warehouse systems.28 Sep 2007
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Less than a quarter of UK CIOS believe datacentre consolidation could lower carbon emissions
Less than a quarter of UK businesses believe a datacentre consolidation strategy could lower their carbon emissions. An Economist Intelligence Unit survey of 213 chief information officer in large ...28 Sep 2007
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Chinese follow Soviets into Silicon Valley spying
Further evidence of China's growing willingness to steal Western intellectual property emerged this week when two Silicon Valley engineers were charged with economic espionage.28 Sep 2007
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UK to head pan-EU e-identity programme
The UK is to spearhead a £14m pilot project covering 13 European countries to test the interoperability of several electronic identity systems. This may eventually give citizens and businesses acce...28 Sep 2007
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Barclays praised by Help Desk Institute
Barclays has been singled out by the Help Desk Institute (HDI) for the quality of its IT Service Management on a global scale.28 Sep 2007
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Prison service should have access to Police National Computer, says report
The Police National Computer should be available to prison staff to help prevent deaths in custody, a report has said.28 Sep 2007
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Sanderson Weatherall rolls out e-mail continuity
Chartered surveyors and property consultant firm, Sanderson Weatherall, has implemented an e-mail continuity service across its five UK offices as part of...28 Sep 2007
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Metropolitan Police targets efficiency with single sign on
The Metropolitan Police Authority (MPA) is hoping to save time and increase security with a single sign-on system.28 Sep 2007
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Podcast: IT's role in the airport business
In this interview Martin Smith, director of group technology and innovation at Manchester Airports Group, discusses how his IT strategy is aligned to business needs.28 Sep 2007
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BT hints at super powered network in UK
BT has hinted that it might consider investing in a £10bn optical broadband network that operates between 50 and 100 megabytes27 Sep 2007
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CIO spotlight: eight top tips to being a good CIO
Former IT director Dr Robina Chatham gives CIOs eight top tips on how to be a good CIO27 Sep 2007
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Adobe Acrobat vulnerablity still in wild
A vulnerability has been discovered in Adobe System's Acrobat Reader by the programmer who discovered a zero-day flaw in Apple's QuickTime two weeks ago and a critical bug in Microsoft's Windows Me...27 Sep 2007
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Mobiles and blogs help fight for freedom in Burma
Mobile phones and blogs are playing a key role in bringing the plight of the people of Burma to the attention of the wider world as events within the secretive military dictatorship are revealed vi...27 Sep 2007
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Database cracks down on disabled badge fraud
A new database will crack down on motorists using fake disabled badges.27 Sep 2007
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Intel, Nokia and Nokia Siemens collaborate on Wimax products
Intel, Nokia and Nokia Siemens Networks are collaborating on the interoperability of mobile devices, laptops and networks in dealing with Wimax long-range wireless services.27 Sep 2007
