June 2010

National fraud bureau to tackle £30bn con bill

The new National Fraud Intelligence Bureau opens this month at the City of London Police to help police country-wide tackle an annual fraud bill estimated at more than £30bn.  Continue Reading

Is the government being charged 40% too much for outsourcing?

I always see best practice guides for IT buyers but what do you think a public sector bad practice IT guide would include.Tony Collins reported the findings of a Compass Management Consulting ...  Continue Reading

Sri Lanka, Dubai and enterprise virtualisation for telecoms

United Arab Emirates headquartered Etisalat is using Red Hat Enterprise Virtualisation as the foundation for its data centre's critical IT infrastructure.  Continue Reading

World Cup 2010: Huge internet spike expected on 23 June

UK internet traffic is expected to be almost 50% higher than normal on 23 June, when England plays its final group qualifying match in the 2010 World Cup.  Continue Reading

Free Sophos security threat monitor for Apple iPhone

Security firm Sophos has launched an iPhone application designed to enable users to stay on top of the latest threats, news and malware information.

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VoIP test drive

The asymmetric nature of the ubiquitous ADSL broadband technology means that uplink speeds are very limited, causing problems when trying to combine multiple voice calls with concurrent data activity.  Continue Reading

What could a BT strike mean for SME IT?

Members of the Communication Workers Union (CWU) at BT have rejected a revised pay offer from the telco. A massive 50,000 workers could go on strike soon. This will be the first strike of this kind for more than 20 years.  Continue Reading

Which World Cup games will generate most UK internet traffic?

Managed service provider Star has done us a prediction of the expected UK Internet traffic for every group stage World Cup game.England's final group game against Slovenia on Wednesday 23 June is ...  Continue Reading

Vintage computers go on show at Bletchley Park

The National Museum of Computing is to hold the first UK vintage computing exhibition on 19 and 20 June at Bletchley Park.  Continue Reading

Westminster replaces Contactpoint with local Children's Hub

Westminster City Council has developed a Children's Hub that replaces a lot of what the cancelled child database Contactpoint would have done.  Continue Reading

Government letter on review of NHS IT

Below is the letter from NPfIT minister Simon Burns to Dr Hamish Meldrum, chair of the BMA's Council, and Dr Laurence Buckman, Chair of the BMA's GP Committee. The letter, which is dated 10 June ...  Continue Reading

Confusing the issues?

Caroline McCarthy, on her blog, argues convincingly that there are two separate issues facing women in the world of tecnology - the more general 'glass ceiling' problem in corporate culture in big ...  Continue Reading

McKinnon charges exaggerated by government

The British government may have exaggerated the charges against Gary McKinnon and distorted a High Court judgment, making it appear the hacker's extradition was irrefutable when it was not, according to evidence presented to courts as part of his ...  Continue Reading

Digital inventor strikes gold in Teeside

Teeside University's Institute of Digital Innovation has spun off its 100th firm, a gold extraction firm that promises to deliver 99.9% pure gold suitable for medical research uses.  Continue Reading

Conficker still a threat, says Working Group

The Conficker worm continues to be a threat and businesses need to be aware of two vulnerabilities it may have introduced to their IT systems, says an industry group set up to combat the malware.  Continue Reading

BT management asking staff if they can cover for striking colleagues

BT management is asking staff that are not involved in the strike ballot to outline their skills so they could be called upon in the event of strike action. This is part of the Telcos back up plan ...  Continue Reading

Tony Read named CEO at National Skills Academy

E-skills UK has announced Tony Read to lead its new academy  Continue Reading