January 2010

• January 31, 2010 31 Jan'10

  Tories might break up BT dominance for 100Mbps pledge

  Not strictly speaking outsourcing but very interesting to businesses outsourcing IT. Shadow chancellor George Osborne promised that a Conservative government would deliver 100Mbps broadband ...  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2010 31 Jan'10

  Unlimited liability

  My expert legal friend Dai Davis of law firm Brooke North LLP drew my attention to a recent ruling in a legal case involving a claim by BSkyB against EDS, who supplied them with a customer ...  Continue Reading

• January 30, 2010 30 Jan'10

  Apple sums up its iPad add-ons

  Prices for Apple's add-ons for the iPad are starting to appear.  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Aura will power Avaya-Nortel unified communications integration

  Avaya has staked its future of retaining Nortel customers on its flagship SIP-based communications platform, Aura, as the heart of the Avaya-Nortel UC portfolio.  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Help CARE International tackle the Haiti relief effort

  Rescue workers in Haiti have been hard at work for over two weeks, and CARE International staff are an integral part of the effort. The charity...  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  IPv4 addresses to run out in 2011: Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC)

  The Asia Pacific Network Information Centre (APNIC) has called for IPv6 adoption to accelerate, as imminent depletion of IPv4 addresses represent a "tangible threat to ... long-term growth and innovation."  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Rok cracks scheduling problem

  Rok, a £1bn UK property repair and maintenance firm, aims to change the balance of power in the building industry by better use of staff based on an automated scheduling system from ClickSoftware Technologies.  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Code breaker secrets

  The fact that the code breakers at Bletchley had cracked the codes used to encrypt the messages sent to and from the German high command was possibly the...

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• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  How the Lorenz machine worked

  In answer to Hitler's demand for a machine that produced unbreakable code, the electrical engineering firm Siemens designed and built the Lorenz SZ40.  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Breaking the World War 2 German encryption codes

  Bill Tutte has been described as one of the most talented code breakers of World War 2.  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Colossus: The first programmable computer

  Tommy Flowers returned to Bletchley just 11 months later with a working 1,800-valve Colossus Mk I, the world's first fully electronic, semi-programmable...

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• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Dante's Internet

  Via Kate Harding, a bonus post! (Enclicken to enbiggen.)  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Why the BSkyB vs EDS ruling was only a matter of time

  Ask any IT manager that has dealt with a supplier sales representative if that rep is always utterly honest and scrupulous when describing their products or services, and most would smile knowingly ...  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Are you T-shaped?

  I recently discovered Keith Sawyer's blog, Creativity & Innovation. Keith is a professor of psychology, an expert on creativity and well worth a read. In his post about cross understanding in ...  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  BSG mulls support for Vtesse on network rates

  The Broadband Stakeholders Group (BSG) will meet next week to discuss whether to support Vtesse Networks' petition...  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Most companies fail to manage data, study reveals

  Less than 77% of organisations have established policies that cover electronics records, according to a report by information services firm Iron Mountain.  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Software reduces Croydon ASBO epidemic

  A partnership between businesses and police in Croydon has reduced the level of crime, including a 26% reduction in shoplifting.  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Military seeks private sector help to build cyber warfare capability

  The military is seeking help from the private sector to build offensive and defensive capabilities for cyber warfare.  Continue Reading

• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Inside fraudster jailed for stealing from 7/7 victim's account

  Former HSBC bank worker Paul Walsh has been jailed for two years after stealing more than £32,000 from a victim of the London suicide bomb attack on 7 July...

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• January 29, 2010 29 Jan'10

  Infosys European head blogs from Davos - part 3

  This is the third blog from Infosys' BG Srinivas from the World Economic Forum in Davos this week. Click here for part 1 and part 2 of BG's Davos diary.WEF in the eyes of an Indian IT outsourcing ...  Continue Reading