September 2008

Who gets the most out of Unified Comms

Which workers win when UC goes in? We rate the benefits for different types of workers.  Continue Reading

Cisco brings UC, collaboration, to the cloud

Cisco has revamped its WebEx collaboration service.  Continue Reading

M&S whistleblower has to wait for result of appeal

Tony Goode, the database specialist sacked by Marks & Spencer for blowing the whistle on its plans to cap redundancy payments, will have to wait a fortnight for the result of his appeal against his sacking.  Continue Reading

What is the ISAKMP policy and how does it impact IPsec VPN router configuration?

Learn how to implement ISAKMP policies using IKE to ensure secure VPN configuration, in part three of our VPN guide.  Continue Reading

NPfIT Cerner: a user writes

Gordon Caldwell, a UK consultant in endocrinology and diabetes, writes to the IT Projects blog about a few of the practicalities of trying to make Cerner work. He says that its use in hospitals may ...  Continue Reading

MI6 digital terror camera sold on eBay

MI6 is investigating how one of its digital cameras containing sensitive terrorism pictures was sold on eBay.

The images on the camera, sold on eBay...

Conservative Conference: IT apprentices to be offered scholarships

The Conservatives pledged to give talented IT apprentices scholarships to university at the annual conference yesterday.  Continue Reading

Government pledges funding for e-crime unit

The government has announced funding for a police unit dedicated to tackling cybercrime and clamping down on internet fraud.  Continue Reading

Book review: Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft plans to stay relevant in the post-gates era

Microsoft 2.0: How Microsoft plans to stay relevant in the post-gates by Mary Jo Foley, reviewed by management blogger Colin Beveridge.  Continue Reading

Microsoft licensing programme promises bigger software discounts

Microsoft is launching a new enterprise...  Continue Reading

Conservative Conference: Tories to open NHS IT up to more competition

The NHS National Programme for IT will be exposed to more supplier competition and less centralised under a Conservative government, the shadow secretary of state for health said at the party conference today.  Continue Reading

New mobile broadband consortium eyes $50 bn opportunity

New category of mobile broadband devices claimed to deliver a compelling alternative to Wi-Fi  Continue Reading

Unified Communications hype disguises real prospects

Real transformational changes may take a generation to accomplish  Continue Reading

Governments should fear 'blended threats'

In view what has been called the "cyber-warfare" dimension to the Russia-Georgia conflict, and the reported Chinese cyber-espionage ongoing against the west...  Continue Reading

Barclays hires 1,500 technology staff in Singapore as its axes 2,000 in UK

Barclays is hiring a further 1,500 staff in Singapore to run its growing technology centre there.  Continue Reading

BT Wi-Fi users may see thunder after Cloud access deal floats away

BT Openzone Wi-Fi customers will no longer have access to wireless hotspots controlled by rival operator The Cloud.  Continue Reading

Government has the tools to tackle cyber-crime

Cyber-espionage and cyber-warfare are just expressions of a millenia old problem onto a new medium (cyber space). The general public in the UK should...  Continue Reading