August 2010

Would a government CIO with sharp teeth drive IT standardisation?

With the new government determined to cut the cost of IT standardisation seems inevitable.This will mean the government setting standards and the suppliers working around them.It seems pretty ...  Continue Reading

Open Group publishes enterprise architecture model for mining industry

The world's first enterprise architecture reference model for mining and other extractive industries has been published by the Open Group to make it easier for investors, miners and services providers to share information about the business.  Continue Reading

Can you tell what it is, yet?

Two Twitflics have were sent from the new Microsoft Hardware Twitter account showing parts of the mystery object, leaving the world to speculate on what it may be.  Continue Reading

Government CIO should be given the teeth to drive standardisation

Massive changes in how IT is used in the public sector are required if the government is to achieve its goal of reducing the costs associated with running government departments.  Continue Reading

E-Crime Unit busts Anglo-Irish web fraud gang

The Metropolitan Police Service's Police Central E-Crime Unit (PCeU) has closed down a gang that allegedly stole more than £3m using online technology.

Police...

EMC picks Greenplum

At the beginning of July, EMC announced its intention to acquire data warehouse vendor Greenplum. On the 29th July that deal was completed and EMC announced that Greenplum is the foundation of the ...  Continue Reading

Google enables single browser sign-on for multiple accounts

Google is rolling out functionality that will enable users to sign in to multiple Google accounts simultaneously from the same browser.

This means...

Lloyds' systems integration to save £2bn by 2011

Lloyds Banking Group expects its IT-enabled integration project with HBOS to save it £2bn by the end of 2011.

The integration of the two companies...

Scotmid readies for expansion by consolidating with an IBM solution

As one of Scotland’s leading retailers,the Scottish Midland Co-operativeSociety, or Scotmid, has roots that go back almost a century and a half.  Continue Reading

Saudi Arabia to block Blackberry users from 6 August

Saudi Arabia has announced it will stop Blackberry services on 6 August, confirming...  Continue Reading

Murray Goulburn solves growth and flexibility challenges with IBM

Farmers’ co-operative Murray Goulburn wanted to introduce faster and more reliable business reporting across its nine manufacturing sites in Australia.  Continue Reading

Baylor College of Medicine finds an IBM Power Systems solution

By consolidating their legacy servers onto three Power servers and successfully virtualizing a range of critical applications, Baylor was able to reduce their data center footprint from eight racks to three.  Continue Reading

IT solutions for 'meaningful' Government spending transparency

Bristol-based UNIT4 Business Software's ERP system is being used by over 90 local government clients to provide so-called 'data transparency'.  Continue Reading

Zeus botnet plunders nearly 100,000 UK user credentials

Security firm Trusteer has uncovered a large Zeus version 2 botnet being used for financial fraud in the UK.  Continue Reading

IBM sues HP for not giving it enough work to do

IBM is heading for a High Court showdown after seeking payment of more than £6m from HP - without doing any work.  Continue Reading

IT leaders start to question cloud interoperability

As security issues around cloud-based systems begin to be addressed, concerns around how to make applications talk to each other have begun to move to the front of CIOs' minds, according to research.  Continue Reading

Businesses pay the price for poor information management

Most enterprises are not following their own advice when it comes to information management, according to Symantec's 2010 Information Management Health Check Survey.  Continue Reading