January 2009

Citrix axes 10% of global staff as profits fall

Citrix is axing around 10% of its staff in response to falling profits. Citrix says ...  Continue Reading

FCO awards Logica emergency passport contract

The Foreign and Commonwealth Office has selected Logica to support its Emergency Travel Document system.

IT services firm Logica, along with partners...

Hundreds more investment bank IT job cuts expected

Investment banks Morgan Stanley and Goldman Sachs could soon announce many more job cuts, which will include back office and technology jobs.  Continue Reading

Morrisons migrates to voice-based product picking in warehouses

Morrisons has signed a £6m-plus contract with Zetes to provide an automatic voice-based goods picking system in its warhouses.  Continue Reading

It's all fun 'til someone loses a nad

Aren't things getting a little silly over in the Valley? Someone spat at Michael Arrington of TechCrunch (we don't know why) and then we learn the poor guy has had to spend $2000 a day on ...  Continue Reading

Hewlett-Packard says cloud is not good enough for enterprise IT

Cloud computing is not suitable for today's mission critical enterprise applications  Continue Reading

Few government departments budget for IT security training

Most government departments do not have a specific IT security training budget, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request has revealed.  Continue Reading

More than 1,000 jobs to go at TfL and London Underground

London Underground and Transport for London (TfL) are shedding more than 1,000 back-office jobs, some of which will be IT jobs.  Continue Reading

Waledec botnet targets Valentines

A new campaign by the Waledec botnet is targeting users with love and Valentine's Day-themed spam messages.  Continue Reading

Business and industry underwhelmed by Carter's Digital Britain review

Businesses and network operators reacted cautiously to Lord Carter's interim review on Digital Britain, the government's plan to give every household a 2Mbps broadband connection by 2012.  Continue Reading

NEC to cut 20,000 jobs worldwide

NEC plans to cut 20,000 jobs worldwide as a result of the global downturn, it said today.  Continue Reading

PW India workers admit involvement in fraud, say police

Two workers at Indian unit of accountancy firm Price Waterhousehave allegedly admitted to being involved in the $1bn accounting fraud at IT service provider Satyam.  Continue Reading

Dell warns of further cuts after axed Irish jobs cost it $135m

Dell's decision to axe almost 2,000 staff in Ireland will prove costly when the company announces its fourth quarter results next month, and more job cuts...

Digital Britain means digital inclusion, says minister

Access to the latest technology has an important role in supporting people through the economic downturn, says minister for Digital Inclusion Paul Murphy.  Continue Reading

Can firms trust their IT suppliers' annual accounts?

The Satyam fraud and BT's announcement of a £340m write-off, raises questions about how much users can trust the accuracy of a supplier's financial accounts.  Continue Reading

IT doctors needed to heal financial sector

London's first centre for financial computing could be just what the UK's financial services industry needs after the turmoil of the past year. The...  Continue Reading

London 2012 Olympics IT progessing well, says chief integrator

Michele Heyron has quite a job on her hands. The chief integrator for the London 2012 Olympics is leading the team with responsibility for the event's technology, and as such is embarking on one of the world's biggest IT projects.  Continue Reading