November 2011

November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Wikipedia provides social model for good internet governance, says founder

The greatest threat to cyberspace is not cyber criminals, but misguided and over-reaching government policy, according to Wikipedia founder Jimmy Wales. Continue Reading
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Nokia launches free Wi-Fi service in London

Nokia has launched a trial of free Wi-Fi in London in partnership with Spectrum Interactive. Continue Reading
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Hackers rooting and jailbreaking mobile apps for evil malware creation

Mobile applications can be (especially) challenging to develop securely because they have "a very different threat model" than traditional web-based applications. Continue Reading

November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Dozens of chemical and defence firms hit by China-based hack

A China-based industrial espionage hacker attack targeted at least 29 chemical industry firms, including Fortune 100 firms, in July and September, researchers at Symantec have found. Continue Reading
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Ofcom maps reveal poor state of the UK's communications infrastructure

Ofcom has released a series of maps on the UK's communications infrastructure, which reveal large regions of the country have poor superfast broadband coverage and 3G mobile access. Continue Reading
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Oxfam calls for collaboration on enabled internet transformation

Oxfam has called on government, non-government and academic organisations to work together to use technology to help alleviate poverty and hunger. Continue Reading
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
HP PC unit CTO announces semi-retirement

Hewlett-Packard's (HP) chief technology officer (CTO) of its Personal Systems Group (PSG), Phil McKinney, will semi-retire at the end of the year Continue Reading
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Hague calls for collaboration to realise full potential of cyberspace

It is increasingly clear that countries with weak cyber defences and capabilities will find themselves at a serious strategic disadvantage given the rise of state-sponsored cyber attacks, according to foreign secretary William Hague. Continue Reading
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Migration committee calls for opinions on minimum salary for IT staff on ICT visas

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is calling for opinions on whether the minimum pay of £40,000 is set at the right level for overseas employees brought to the UK on Intra Company Transfer visas (ICT) Continue Reading
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Social Media Awards 2011 with IBM

IBM is proud to sponsor the 2011 IT Social Media Awards. The world now spends more than 110 billion minutes on social networks and blog sites per month. This equates to 22 percent of all time online or one in every 4.5 minutes. Continue Reading

November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Is the £40,000 minimum pay threshold enough to stop IT firms abusing the ICT immigration loophole?

The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC), on behalf of the government, is calling on people's views whether the minimum pay threshold for businesses to be able to bring overseas workers into the UK ... Continue Reading
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
When the Cybersecurity S**t Hits the Fan

They also need to remember that this is an area where those who come cheap and have not been previously worked in the public sector or otherwise been security vetted, may well have an ulterior motive. Continue Reading
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Have service assurance tools finally come of age?

Vendors have long promised that service assurance tools could monitor across IT systems, but they've always fallen short. Are these tools finally growing up? Continue Reading
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Application - aware networking emerges but has far to go

Application awareness is emerging on firewalls and WAN optimization devices,but efforts fall short of a network-wide strategy,especially at Layers 2 and 3. Continue Reading
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Idea Lab: Employees want social networking tools

Where evolving concepts come together Continue Reading
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Government might become less reliant on IT oligopoly but more reliant on suppliers in long run

The government is determined to reduce its reliance on IT suppliers. It doesn't feel it has been getting a good deal from the oligopoly of major suppliers. But at the same time the government is ... Continue Reading
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Adopting an application-centric architecture

Enterprise networking has shifted from focusing on infrastructure to concentrating on the delivery of the applications that help users do their jobs. Uncover how networking professionals view applications and how their jobs have changed as a result ... Continue Reading
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Improved debt collection with BI: An ICICI Bank story

Debt collection can gain immensely by BI. By powering this, ICICI Bank has effectively turned debt collection into a customer-relations management program. Continue Reading
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
Standard Life scraps CIO role in IT shake-up

Christian Torkington, the IT leader at Standard Life, has left the insurance firm amid a host of changes in senior management. Continue Reading
November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11
The Foundation of Success

Jenny Taylor, IBM UK Graduate, apprenticeship and student manager, gives some insight into the qualities she looks for in new graduates.Adaptability - you need to be flexible when things change. ... Continue Reading