July 2010

Hacker accesses details of four million Pirate Bay users

Three hackers claim to have accessed the database containing the details of more than four million users of the controversial Pirate Bay website.  Continue Reading

Netsuite seeks experts to rebadge white label platforms for vertical markets

Netsuite, the cloud-based business software firm, is "verticalising" its product platform to increase its appeal to specific market sectors, and is seeking "domain experts" with specific knowledge of different business sectors to customise Netsuite ...  Continue Reading

EU to resume sending banking details to US in August

Europe will resume sending details of private bank transaction to the US on 1 August following the European Parliament's ratification of a revised deal on the processing and transfer of financial messaging data…  Continue Reading

University Challenge & the open source debating society

A meeting of academics at Keeble College Oxford and open source industry representatives has been held to discuss future innovations.  Continue Reading

How to fine tune your ERP system and maximise value

Large organisations have invested a lot in enterprise resource planning software. Although the value of these applications is unquestionable, many still fail to maximise their full functionality.  Continue Reading

Management of IT projects: Key lookout areas for the project manager

Tips to address constraints and workarounds that managers must keep in mind when it comes to effective management of IT projects.  Continue Reading

Exclusive PCI DSS news: EU regional director rallies UK merchants

The PCI Security Standards Council has appointed Jeremy King the European regional director to focus its efforts in the EU and help merchants meet the approaching PCI DSS deadline.  Continue Reading

SAP and Sybase - who gains?

When SAP announced its intention to acquire Sybase in May 2010, it immediately raised a number of questions. Seven weeks on and neither side seems particularly interested in publicly talking about ...  Continue Reading

SAP and Sybase - who gains?

When SAP announced its intention to acquire Sybase in May 2010, it immediately raised a number of questions. Seven weeks on and neither side seems particularly interested in publicly talking about ...  Continue Reading

BBC casts around on future software investments

The BBC plans to talk to other organisations about the value and pitfalls of their financial software systems to find the best way forward.

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Open source chosen for first major contract for Indian ID cards project

I interviewed Anjan Lahiri (pictured) today. He is one of the founders of IT service provider MindTree. We talked about the Indian biometric ID cards scheme. There was too much for one blog post so ...  Continue Reading

News flash - geeky girls eat dinner

Geek Girl Dinners has gone global  Continue Reading

UK business needs multi-channel software strategy, says SAP

SAP's strategy of focusing on multiple types of delivery supports the needs of UK business, says Tim Noble, managing director of SAP UK & Ireland.  Continue Reading

.Net shortage blog post unearths .Net deluge

Following my blog post yesterday about the high demand for .Net skills in the UK I have been contacted by a plethora of companies offering their services.The first thing to point out is that it was ...  Continue Reading

Appel Mac computer

Did you know that there are 1.25 million searches on Google for the word 'Appel' every month?If you've hit this page doing a search, try searching for Apple.  Continue Reading

High tech start-ups starved of cash, says Nesta

Innovative high-tech start-ups on which the UK depends for half its jobs are being starved of investment  Continue Reading

BT, HP, Capgemini etc meet Francis Maude to have their balls squeezed

These are the suppliers that are meeting the government today to discuss how costs can be brought down. Apparently the top 20 suppliers to government. As there is only 19 there must be one ...  Continue Reading