February 2009

Socitm turns finances around after 2007 crisis

Socitm has reported a turnaround in its finances after starting 2008 unsure if it would survive the year.

The organisation had been losing six-figure...

Lloyds’s IT offshoring ‘worse than Lindsey Oil Refinery recruitment tactics’

The union that represents workers at Lloyds TSB said that the bank's strategy to send UK IT jobs overseas is less acceptable than Lindsey Oil Refinery attempts to cut costs by shipping in workers from other parts of Europe.  Continue Reading

Shoalhaven Council adopts hosted IP telephony

Shoalhaven City Council will adopt unified communications for 680 staff, relying on a hosted solution to improve the services it currently offers with a 12-year-old PBX.  Continue Reading

TIBCO accelerates message processing

TIBCO Software has developed a messaging appliance that uses custom hardware to accelerate message processing. The product is designed to provide financial...

India losing its advantage in outsourcing

Indian IT service providers are losing their advantage against global competitors for providing IT outsourcing services as customer satisfaction levels fall.  Continue Reading

Satyam looks to limit staff losses

Satyam issues raise customer staffing concerns

Indian outsourcer Satyam has made restoring employee confidence a top priority after...

Satyam sets the record straight

Indian IT service provider Satyam says that its delivery of services to customers has not sufferedin the aftermath of a massive fraud...

National Australia Bank suspends Satyam project

National Australia Bank (NAB) has suspended an IT project with troubled Indian IT service provider Satyam because of uncertainty about the supplier's...

IT's Three Peaks Challenge gathers pace

This year's Care International Three Peaks Challenge, scheduled for the weekend of 13-14 June 2009, in association with Computer Weekly, is gathering pace, with eight teams now signed up for the trek.  Continue Reading

UK children's social network provider slams MySpace's efforts to keep kids safe

A war of words has erupted as UK children's social network provider Intuitive Media has challenged claims by MySpace  Continue Reading

Google's Latitude - Are location services a privacy risk?

Google has just launched its 'next big thing' - Latitude, a location tracker that can be used to share your location details with others. Is this a great leap forward, or a threat to privacy? ...  Continue Reading

Recession, facebook, and mobile media threaten security

Information security at financial services companies is at risk because the recession is distracting and upsetting staff, and new...

Microsoft makes Windows 7 marketing simpler than Vista

Microsoft will heavily promote two main versions of its next operating system, Windows 7, in an attempt to avoid the problems it faced in marketing multiple...

Yahoo bolsters search offering for researchers

Yahoo is bolstering its search offering with Search Pad, a tool that detects when users have begun in-depth research and which offers them the chance to...

Green IT: Think before you print

Printers gets a rough ride when...  Continue Reading

Google prepares to jettison AOL stake

Time Warner has revealed that Googlewants to rid itself of its loss-inducing stake in AOL just over a week since reporting its firstever quarterly profit decline.  Continue Reading

Lenovo CEO steps down after PC maker makes loss

The CEO at PC maker Lenovo has stepped down after the firm posted a quarterly loss.  Continue Reading