September 2007

September 20, 2007 20 Sep'07
UK moves into top five e-government countries

The UK has moved into the European top five for providing government e-services to its citizens. Continue Reading
September 20, 2007 20 Sep'07
Government appoints Airbus head as chief technology advisor

The Department for Innovation, Universities and Skills (DIUS) has appointed Iain Gilmour Gray as chief executive of the Government's Technology Strategy Board. Continue Reading
September 20, 2007 20 Sep'07
MiFID stirs technology change at stock exchanges

In less than two months Europe's stock exchange technology will be put to the test when the Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) brings new requirements for investment firms, including banks, insurers and hedge funds to offer strict ... Continue Reading

September 20, 2007 20 Sep'07
Rugged IP converters released by GarrettCom

GarrettCom is adding a new model to its line of Serial-IP converters that extends security, resilience and network management to distributed serial devices in power substations and other harsh industrial environments. Continue Reading
September 20, 2007 20 Sep'07
Herts council consolidates comms services to save cash

Hertfordshire County Council has signed a three-year contract with BT to consolidate its communications services to save money. Continue Reading
September 20, 2007 20 Sep'07
Intel announces chipset to support Wimax and Wi-Fi

Intel has announced an upcoming chipset supporting both Wi-Fi and Wimax networking. Continue Reading
September 20, 2007 20 Sep'07
Private Mobile Networks joins construction IT group

Low-power local area mobile phone network supplier Private Mobile Networks has joined the Construction Opportunities for Mobile IT, a group set up in 2002 to research and trial mobile IT technologies for use in the construction industry. Continue Reading
September 20, 2007 20 Sep'07
Smartcards introduced for bus passes for elderly

The Department of Transport has unveiled smart card bus passes for elderly and disabled people. Continue Reading
September 20, 2007 20 Sep'07
World outsourcing market up 9% to £365bn

The worldwide IT services market is on track to grow 9% this year to £365bn, according to analyst Gartner. Continue Reading
September 20, 2007 20 Sep'07
IT managers need to ‘talk business’ on risks

IT managers must learn to explain the business consequences of a system failing to senior management if they are to successfully secure funding for security as part of risk assesments, according to Gartner. Continue Reading

September 20, 2007 20 Sep'07
Secure software may take 50 years, says Rutkowska

Major software packages such as operating systems could be secured through code auditing and formal verification - but it may take as long as 50 years before this is possible, Joanna Rutkowska, chief executive of Invisible Things Lab, told Gartner's... Continue Reading
September 20, 2007 20 Sep'07
The missing ghost at the Party Conferences

Why it is your fault that IT is a political disaster area Continue Reading
September 19, 2007 19 Sep'07
Open communications vs. closed communications

Open communications are key to making the inevitable multimodal, multi-supplier communication environment work, so why aren't more suppliers providing open-source systems? Continue Reading
September 19, 2007 19 Sep'07
Is big business ready to take on Vista?

IT directors I have spoken to in the last nine months have no intention to deploy the new Microsoft desktop operating system. Continue Reading
September 19, 2007 19 Sep'07
Beware Publicity-Seeking Security Gurus

For the past few days I’ve been reading some strange reports coming out of a Gartner Security conference in London. Enough to make me wonder whether the speakers are on the same planet as the rest ... Continue Reading
September 19, 2007 19 Sep'07
End-to-end network management enables reliable VoIP, unified communications

Monitoring voice quality, service availability, and security conditions are discussed in this Q & A with Gurmeet Lamba of Clarus Systems. Continue Reading
September 19, 2007 19 Sep'07
802.11 protocols

802.11 wireless protocols and deployment basics are discussed in this guide. Continue Reading
September 19, 2007 19 Sep'07
Intelligent network management = Better service

Intelligent network management can lead to better service delivery for business end users. Continue Reading
September 19, 2007 19 Sep'07
IBM releases free set of desktop collaboration tools for business

IBM has released a set of free desktop software tools to aid collaboration in enterprises. Continue Reading
September 19, 2007 19 Sep'07
Oracle updates Microsoft database migration tool

Oracle has released the latest version of its free workbench tool to aid users wanting to migrate Microsoft databases to its own Oracle Database 11g. Continue Reading