September 2007

September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07
BT buys services firm INS Group to extend international reach

BT is continuing its spending spree and acquiring Belgian network and systems integrator INS Group. Continue Reading
September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07
Improve reliability before adding features, Lords urge software firms

House of Lords Science and Technology Committee calls for legislation to encourage software suppliers to improve the quality of their products Continue Reading
September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07
Lloyds TSB to issue text warnings on overdrafts

Lloyds TSB is introducing a new mobile text service which will alert current account customers if they are nearly reaching or going over their overdraft limit. Continue Reading

September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07
Nortel targets virtualisation

Nortel plans to push deeper into the datacentre market next year with a new product strategy that stresses virtualisation and reliability. Continue Reading
September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07
Hot skills: C# coders are in demand as version 3.0 release nears

Your at-a-glance guide to Microsoft's C# object oriented programming language Continue Reading
September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07
Analyst paper: IT business alignment

Latest research paper from Cutter Consortium's senior consultant Steve Andriole on IT business alignment Continue Reading
September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07
Wanless Report calls for audit of NHS Connecting for Health

Derek Wanless, a founding father of the world's largest civil IT-based programme, the NHS Programme for IT, has questioned whether it should continue without an audit of finances, benefits. and technical aspects of the programme. Continue Reading
September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07
Cisco improves datacentre virtualisation offering with VMWare integration

Cisco has integrated its VFrame Data Center system with VMware Virtual Infrastructure to improve its server virtualisation offering to firms. Continue Reading
September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07
BT to serve network needs of LogicaCMG customers

BT has started work on a network services contract with LogicaCMG, that will serve both the outsourcer's internal and customer networks. Continue Reading
September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07
Private Mobile Networks joins COMIT

Low-power local area mobile phone network supplier, Private Mobile Networks (PMN), has joined a construction industry grouping aimed at promoting the use of mobile technology. Continue Reading

September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07
Russian US Consulate hacked

IT security and control firm Sophos has reported on its blog that webpages of the US Consulate General in St.Petersburg, Russia, were attacked by hackers earlier this week. The infected pages have since been cleaned up. Continue Reading
September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07
Survey shows SOA still not widely understood

Most business managers have little or no understanding of service oriented architecture (SOA) and the benefits it can bring, according to a survey over 100 UK companies by PMP Research. Continue Reading
September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07
Standardise IT compliance systems to ease burden, urge BCS delegates

Stronger IT governance is needed across the industry, a BCS conference has been told. Although IT has never before had such an important role in business, there is less control over it now than there once was, attendees said. Continue Reading
September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07
The colour of efficient IT

Green IT may be going the way of green politics. Once the passion and preserve of fringe political parties, ecology has gone mainstream. Continue Reading
September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07
How to eliminate duplicated data

Master data management packages promise to ease the problem of having inconsistent and duplicated data stored across multiple enterprise systems Continue Reading
September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07
Your shout! Postgraduate study is another route to IT career

Readers have their say Continue Reading
September 13, 2007 13 Sep'07
CISSP - is it worth it?

There is still plenty of debate on the airwaves about the value of the CISSP certification. Martin McKeay on his Network Security blog states "it's not meant to measure someone's networking ... Continue Reading
September 12, 2007 12 Sep'07
Commons Health Committee MP criticises NPfIT report

An MP on the Commons' Health Committee has criticised a report by his colleagues on aspects of the National Programme for IT (NPfIT). He said the report of the Health Committee on the Electronic Patient Record - a central part of the NPFIT - was "... Continue Reading
September 12, 2007 12 Sep'07
Sage buys XRT to better serve the financial mid-market

The Sage Group has acquired French treasury management software firm XRT to better serve medium-sized firms. Continue Reading
September 12, 2007 12 Sep'07
Chorley boosts service with online planning application viewing tool

Chorley Borough Council has improved customer service with a system that allows local residents to view and comment on planning applications online. Continue Reading