July 2006

• July 18, 2006 18 Jul'06

  E-mail monitoring: Are your systems legal?

  Nearly half of UK big businesses could be breaking the law by “snooping” on e-mails, new research has revealed.  Continue Reading

• July 18, 2006 18 Jul'06

  Fraudsters' £55m booty as Revenue dithers on tax site

  The delay is revealed in the department’s annual audit report – a document which also raises questions about the credibility of a variety of statements made by ministers and Whitehall officials about the department’s IT systems.  Continue Reading

• July 18, 2006 18 Jul'06

  The big question: Should Microsoft have been fined for abusing its position?

  The Big Question is an initiative between Computer Weekly and recruitment consultancy PSD. Each week we put the Big Question to top IT professionals to get their take on a current talking point.  Continue Reading

• July 18, 2006 18 Jul'06

  Did lack of IT involvement at outset doom LCH.Clearnet’s grand vision?

  Did lack of IT involvement at outset doom LCH.Clearnet’s grand vision? Analysis: Clearing house’s troubles offer lessons for making IT-driven merger gains  Continue Reading

• July 18, 2006 18 Jul'06

  Users in driving seat at fire service

  West Yorkshire Fire and Rescue Service has made end-user involvement a priority during the roll-out of a new £500,000 human resources system.  Continue Reading

• July 18, 2006 18 Jul'06

  Dispensary system boosts stock visibility

  Lloydspharmacy has developed a bespoke dispensary system for its 1,520 outlets that lets head-office staff see how much stock is held in its pharmacies and how medicines are being distributed.  Continue Reading

• July 18, 2006 18 Jul'06

  Forum to examine ID management

  Chancellor Gordon Brown has appointed James Crosby, chief executive of HBOS, to lead a new public private forum on identity management.  Continue Reading

• July 18, 2006 18 Jul'06

  Skills need changing as banks adopt multisourcing

  Commercial and supplier relationship skills are likely to become as important as technical expertise in the next few years for many IT professionals in financial services, according to industry experts.  Continue Reading

• July 18, 2006 18 Jul'06

  E-mail back-up keeps Arup on move

  Engineering consultant Arup Group has rolled out back-up technology to ensure that 800 engineering specialists can continue to receive e-mails in the event of a server failure.  Continue Reading

• July 17, 2006 17 Jul'06

  Delay in ID cards scheme presents chance to avert disaster, say experts

  Clearer understanding of goals is essential, warn suppliers  Continue Reading

• July 17, 2006 17 Jul'06

  Chasing the merger gold

  There are few signs that the task of integrating systems when companies merge is any easier now than before the advent of sophisticated middleware and web-enabled systems.  Continue Reading

• July 17, 2006 17 Jul'06

  Unilever rolls out automated back-up service for laptops

  Unilever has reached the halfway point in the global roll-out of an automated back-up service for 30,000 laptops in Europe and America.  Continue Reading

• July 17, 2006 17 Jul'06

  Technical skills offer way in to finance

  Technical skills and experience of large projects are the key requirements for breaking into financial services for people who lack knowledge of the sector, say employers and recruiters.  Continue Reading

• July 17, 2006 17 Jul'06

  Sarbox deadline arrives

  The deadline for non-US firms to comply with the US Sarbanes-Oxley law was reached last Friday, two years after the same rules were imposed on their US counterparts.  Continue Reading

• July 17, 2006 17 Jul'06

  Survey reveals take-up of server virtualisation

  Seventy five per cent of businesses either use server virtualisation or plan to deploy it over the next 12 months, research has revealed.  Continue Reading

• July 17, 2006 17 Jul'06

  Staff misuse may reduce CRM benefits

  Almost 25% of medium-sized UK companies have lost customers directly because of their poor use of customer relationship management (CRM) technology, according to a survey of 100 sales directors.  Continue Reading

• July 17, 2006 17 Jul'06

  Citrix aims to ease delivery of applications to desktops

  Thin client computing supplier Citrix has unveiled two new developments designed to make it easier for organisations to deliver applications to users.  Continue Reading

• July 17, 2006 17 Jul'06

  Architects’ peer review

  Microsoft has introduced a peer-reviewed qualification for IT professionals that will assess both their technical and business skills.  Continue Reading

• July 17, 2006 17 Jul'06

  Next Move: With no contacts, what is my best bet?

  Expert advice for readers' career problems  Continue Reading

• July 17, 2006 17 Jul'06

  Internet's hardware complexity to make way for a simpler optical core

  Over the next decade the technical core of the internet will become much simpler, with optical technology dominating in switchers and routers, according to this year's BCS Lovelace lecture.  Continue Reading