March 2010

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  BT to open ducts and poles to rivals' fibre

  100Mbps broadband is likely to become the norm for millions of citizens following UK telecoms regulator Ofcom's proposals to let third parties roll out their own fibre networks using BT's ducts and poles.  Continue Reading

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  If you want innovation, let people do it on their own

  Mitch Anthony links to a post form PsyBlog about how groups redefine 'creativity' as 'behaviour that conforms to group norms': When groups are asked to think creatively the reason they frequently ...  Continue Reading

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  Will Chancellor scrap any big IT-based projects tomorrow?

  Gordon Brown's speech yesterday on "Building Britain's Digital Future", says that the Government may cancel some current projects.He said: "I want to make a radical set of proposals which include ...  Continue Reading

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  Google can sell firms' trademarks as AdWords, rules European Court of Justice

  The European Court of Justice has ruled that Google can continue selling search terms using trademarked keywords.  Continue Reading

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  Labour trump Tories on Broadband: game over or just beginning?

  And can either of them deliver on their promises without a major exercise to rebuild the in-house skills of govenment to analyse and identify current reality, let alone manage change - as opposed ...  Continue Reading

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  Head in the Clouds Computing

  The Centre for the Protection of National Infrastructure (CPNI) has just published a briefing note on Cloud Computing, compiled by Deloitte. It's a useful snapshot of the latest fashions and jargon ...  Continue Reading

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  Is the NPfIT close to imploding?

  Whitehall officials have little idea what to do if the all-important go-live of Lorenzo 1.9 at Morecambe Bay doesn't happen in the near future. The Guardian's website has a long piece on the NPfIT, ...  Continue Reading

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  Digital Economy Bill - Special report

  The Digital Economy Bill is the culmination of the Government’s plans to drive the UK’s creative and digital sectors to boost economic growth and jobs in the digital economy.  Continue Reading

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  Google tests hotel rates service on Google Maps

  Google has begun testing a service that enables users of Google Maps to search for hotels and see price listings for subscribed establishments.  Continue Reading

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  Gordon Brown and the future of Digital Britain

  Yesterday, I sat with a group of tech journalists in King's Cross as the Prime Minister, Gordon Brown, outlined the latest proposals on building Britain's digital future.And one of the pledges that ...  Continue Reading

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  HP integrates Microsoft Unified Comms Server for branch offices

  HP has introduced a suite of products optimised for Microsoft Communications Server "14," the next version of Microsoft's unified communications platform.  Continue Reading

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  Google halts censorship in China

  Google has pleased internet freedom advocates, but angered Chinese authorities and drawn only muted support from the US government by halting censorship of search results in China.  Continue Reading

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  A Budget for IT? Just let us get on with it

  Tomorrow (24th March) is Budget day - or more accurately, the effective start of the General Election campaign. The next six weeks or so are set to be a defining time for businesses and public ...  Continue Reading

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  Telegraph uses Salesforce.com to get real-time opinion polls in run up to General Election

  Debate2010 forum is the first crowd-sourcing site in the UK to report national opinion in real-time  Continue Reading

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  Red Hat ramps up SOA in the cloud with JBoss 5.0

  Red Hat has launched its open source JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform 5.0, which the company says improves web services and cloud integration.  Continue Reading

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  Summary Care Records: the truth or nothing like it?

  Richard Veryard has written a response to our report on inaccuracies and ommisions in the Summary Care Records database. He writes:"What's wrong with the single version of truth." Researchers at ...  Continue Reading

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  Ousted IT blogger has highs and lows but occupies himself

  This is part ten of a series of blog posts written by an IT professional that was ousted when his employer offshored IT jobs. This week he talks about the highs and lows of jobseeking.See part 1, ...  Continue Reading

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  Former iSoft financial controller admits providing false auditing information

  The Accountancy and Actuarial Disciplinary Board has disciplined Ian Storey, a former iSoft financial controller, for falsifying auditing information.  Continue Reading

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  VMware vSphere capacity planning recommendations

  Find out which four main tools are most needed to embark on a capacity planning exercise.  Continue Reading

• March 23, 2010 23 Mar'10

  Google vs Louis Vuitton: When is a trade mark not a trade mark?

  The case of Google vs Louis Vuitton has today been decided by the European Court of Justice, and Google can continue selling its AdWords  Continue Reading