July 2010

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

UBS bank gets CSC voice and data services

UBS bank has signed a five-year deal with Computer Sciences Corporation (CSC) for networking services for $580m.  Continue Reading

BT and TalkTalk urge High Court review Digital Economy Act

The UK's two largest internet service providers, BT and TalkTalk, have asked the High court to review the Digital Economy Act (DEA) with respect to its conformance...

Lloyd's Register moves to Netsuite cloud for business tools

Lloyd's Register, the certification, classification, and inspection service provider to the energy and transport sectors, is to adopt the cloud-based product Netsuite OpenAir .  Continue Reading

Government meeting IT suppliers to find ways to cut costs

The government is today meeting its top 20 suppliers to negotiate ways of reducing the cost of projects including IT initiatives.  Continue Reading

Brush up on business skills for new round of mergers

Gartner has urged CIOs to develop their business skills and prepare for a new round of mergers and acquisitions as the economy emerges from the downturn…  Continue Reading

Ealing Tweetup

Just a short reminder note. I host an occasional tweetup for people who live in west London, mainly around Ealing. The next one is this evening!Green tech firm 1E has sponsored the bar and there ...  Continue Reading