May 2011

May 15, 2011 15 May'11
Do information and identity regulators do more harm than good?

Hence the EURIM plans for a major policy study to put the issues into top down economic perspective (the tens of billions in lost revenues and billion is unnecessary spend that are in prospect) ... Continue Reading
May 15, 2011 15 May'11
Yahoo! Open Hack Romania, in pictures

Yahoo! open hack day Europe 2011 is held in in Bucharest Romania Continue Reading
May 14, 2011 14 May'11
Case study: Abu Dhabi Police

As part of a programme of modernisation, His Highness Lt. Gen. Sheikh Saif Bin Zayed Al Nahyan, the Minister of Interior, commissioned worldwide research to find the most suitable solution to establish best practice for police communications. As a ... Continue Reading

May 14, 2011 14 May'11
Case study: Oracle turns to BDNA Technopedia and BDNA Discover

As the world’s leading provider of integrated business software and hardware solutions, Oracle provides IT leaders around the world the tools they need to solve business problems. Oracle itself has more than 110,000 employees and an IT ... Continue Reading
May 13, 2011 13 May'11
Case study: LogRhythm Brings Time Savings

When Commidea first became Payment Card Industry Data Security Standard (PCI DSS) compliant in 2004, technology restrictions meant that it had to install two separate systems to meet the stipulated log data requirements. Continue Reading
May 13, 2011 13 May'11
Sterling Commerce gives beauty goods packaging firm a facelift in the cloud

Albéa, a global packaging company, is using a cloud service from Sterling Commerce to offer support to its factories distributed across three continents. Continue Reading
May 13, 2011 13 May'11
Facebook security measures do not go far enough, say security experts

Security experts have warned Facebook's latest security innovations against spam e-mail and online fraud may have mixed results in effectiveness and user...
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May 13, 2011 13 May'11
Should government rely less on outsourcing and have more web developers in-house?

In-House human IT resources are considered too expensive for many organisations. Even the UK government, which is a heavy user of web technology, lacks the web development resources it needs. And ... Continue Reading
May 13, 2011 13 May'11
International alarm rings over UK ICT policy

International standards bodies have raised an alarm over the UK's game-changing technology-economic policy, breaking with protocol to fire warning shots at the Cabinet Office and calling for a ... Continue Reading
May 13, 2011 13 May'11
CIOs increase investment in outsourcing and select multiple suppliers

CIOs plan to spend an increasing proportion of their IT budget on outsourcing in 2011 as they emerge from the downturn. Continue Reading

May 13, 2011 13 May'11
Government website pilot points to future public sector software development

Alpha.gov.uk is a pilot for a website that could put all UK government digital services and websites on one URL Continue Reading
May 13, 2011 13 May'11
Banks create roadmap for IT outsourcing

Stability is returning after the recent economic meltdown and banks are leading the way with a new approach to IT outsourcing which could become a roadmap for other sectors to follow. Continue Reading
May 13, 2011 13 May'11
Analysis: What does Microsoft's Skype acquisition mean for businesses?

Microsoft's planned acquisition of internet telephony services firm Skype for $8.5bn has caused quite a stir in the consumer world, but what will it mean for business? Continue Reading
May 13, 2011 13 May'11
London Stock Exchange becomes technology supplier as MilleniumIT acquisition pays back

The London Stock Exchange is now a £50m technology supplier as the software company it acquired in 2009 more than doubled its contribution to revenues. Continue Reading
May 13, 2011 13 May'11
US Attorney General Eric Holder dashes hope of UK trial for hacker Gary McKinnon

US authorities are still insisting that self-confessed UK hacker, Gary McKinnon, face a US court, despite ongoing efforts to have the trial in the UK. Continue Reading
May 13, 2011 13 May'11
Insensitive but oh so funny...

I'm not sure I need to add anything to this but that it's put a smile on my face despite the fact that it's a really evil thing to do. Continue Reading
May 13, 2011 13 May'11
Can Chromebooks replace PCs?

ChromeOS and the Acer and Samsung Chromebooks offer people an alternative to Windows-based desktop computing. What was interesting listening to the Google execs yesterday, was the fact that they ... Continue Reading
May 13, 2011 13 May'11
What is really behind Facebook's dirty tricks campaign against Google?

Facebook's exposure for attempting to promote negative stories about Google's Social Circle service is one of the most curious stories to break this year. The question on most people's minds is: ... Continue Reading
May 13, 2011 13 May'11
Facebook admits campaign against Google over privacy issues

Facebook has admitted hiring PR firm Burson-Marsteller to promote negative stories about Google. Continue Reading
May 13, 2011 13 May'11
White House proposes cyber network security legislation

The White House has proposed cyber security legislation to protect the US government and private computer systems from millions of daily cyber attacks. Continue Reading