July 2011
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July 18, 2011
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Transparency skin deep for IDv2.0
The thing rendered most transparent by the Cabinet Office transparency programme is the transparency programme itself: you can see right through it.This became apparent when Prime Minister David ... Continue Reading
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July 18, 2011
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Jul'11
Travel company bucks odds, touts success of data governance programme
Three-quarters of data governance programmes don’t achieve much success, based on survey results. The Travel Corporation bucked the trend with a three-step programme that goes beyond IT. Continue Reading
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July 18, 2011
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Jul'11
Cabinet Office refuses disclosure of IDv2.0 plans
So much for the "astonishing speed" with which the Prime Minister David Cameron and his Deputy Nick Clegg said technology was "spreading information" and "decentralising power" when they launched ... Continue Reading
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July 18, 2011
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Jul'11
The open source "shallow fork" approach to pre-deployment
The not-for-profit Outercurve Foundation's systems infrastructure and integration gallery has launched a new developer competition. Continue Reading
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July 18, 2011
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Jul'11
Facebook lashes out over Google+ competition
Facebook has lashed out over competition from Google+ by shutting down all ad campaigns by web developer Michael Johnson who ran a Facebook ad asking people to add him to their Circles on rival ... Continue Reading
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July 18, 2011
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Jul'11
Review: The Fujitsu Stylistic Q550. Just A Bad Choice Of Name?
Fujitsu are going in a new direction with this tablet, or, as they prefer to call it, slate. It's all to easy to get swept up in the whirlwind of Android tablets out there, trying to compete ... Continue Reading
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July 18, 2011
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Jul'11
Security Think Tank: What are the major security issues surrounding virtualisation?
Virtualisation and security: In what ways is virtualisation helping and hindering enterprise security? What are the security opportunities of virtualisation that should not be missed and what are the security pitfalls that are best avoided? Continue Reading
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July 18, 2011
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Jul'11
Public-funded bodies must open data, transparency chief tells Demos
All bodies in receipt of public sector funding should be made to open up their data, said Tim Kelsey, the government's adviser on transparency and open data. Continue Reading
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July 18, 2011
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Jul'11
Sainsbury’s debuts mobile shopping site
Retailer Sainsbury's has launched a mobile version of its website to extend its commerce platform to additional channels. The optimised mobile site is built using a mobile platform provided by Usablenet. The platform provides access to over 15,000 ... Continue Reading
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July 18, 2011
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Jul'11
SANS Institute praises Pentagon's cyber defence strategy
Information security and education organisation, the SANS Institute has praised the Pentagon's newly-unveiled US cyber security strategy for its focus on innovative training and active defence. Continue Reading
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July 18, 2011
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Jul'11
Green technology offers network managers cost-reduction and operational benefits
Cutting carbon emissions and going green is no longer just an option: it is the inevitable future of business in the 21st century. Execs are being urged to junk their Jag and pick up a Prius. Business travellers are encouraged to take the train over... Continue Reading
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July 18, 2011
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Jul'11
Government shelves Co-ordinated Online Record of Electors database to save £11m
The government has shelved plans to create a database of electoral information, in a move estimated to save £11m. Continue Reading
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July 18, 2011
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Jul'11
E-commerce services launched by Union Bank of India
Union Bank of India has introduced e-commerce services in collaboration with ECS. Know how the new services can bolster the bank’s e-commerce portfolio and customer base. Continue Reading
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July 18, 2011
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Jul'11
ITC awards Apple preliminary patent ruling against HTC over copyright infringements
Apple has won a preliminary ruling from the International Trade Commission in a copyright infringement case against smartphone maker HTC. Continue Reading
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July 18, 2011
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Jul'11
Over a third of enterprise servers virtual, claims virtualisation penetration index
Over a third of all enterprise servers are virtual, according to the virtualisation penetration index or V-index launched by virtualisation management software firm Veeam. Continue Reading
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July 18, 2011
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Jul'11
England’s top councils fail to comply with WAN code and cannot respond to data breaches
Three of the five largest councils in England are unable to identify potential security breaches to IT systems in real time, freedom of information (FOI) requests have revealed. Continue Reading
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July 18, 2011
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Jul'11
Desktop virtualisation review: A buyer's guide to Citrix XenDesktop 5
Desktop virtualisation enables organisations to manage and run their desktop operating systems and applications from the data centre, with client devices carrying out as little or as much processing as is required. Citrix's XenDesktop 5 is one of ... Continue Reading
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July 18, 2011
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Jul'11
Consumerisation drives productivity but firms struggle to monitor workers, survey reveals
More than 10% of UK small and medium sized businesses (SMBs) integrating personal devices such as iPads, iPhones and Android devices into the business are achieving productivity gains of over 30%, a survey reveals. Continue Reading
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July 18, 2011
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Jul'11
Service management: we are all judged on service delivery
All IT departments are judged on the basis of service delivery, whether they work that way explicitly or not. Although thinking of IT as a service is unpopular with IT professionals, embracing the concept of services proactively when it comes to IT ... Continue Reading
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July 18, 2011
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Jul'11
Intellect calls for reform in collecting bank data to avoid future financial crisis
Bank regulators need better quality data, rather than ring-fencing, to analyse risk and protect the UK from a future financial crisis, according to industry body Intellect. Continue Reading