Regulation

Mandelson and IBM Say Analytics Will Make A ‘Hell Of A Lot’ of Jobs

IBM promises a flood of jobs from business analytics, while Lord Mandelson admits to failures in supporting Britain's techies

15 years ago

Government’s New ICT Strategy Could Save £3.2bn

UK public services will be delivered via a government cloud and app store, with an emphasis on green IT and…

15 years ago

New Competition Commissioner Won’t Change Oracle Sun Case

The EC is due to make a decision on whether to sanction Oracle's $7.4 billion acquisition of Sun on 27…

15 years ago

EC Reshuffle Sees Kroes And Reding Assigned New Duties

Two of the EC's most effective commissioners have been moved to other duties following a reshuffle

15 years ago

EU Says Supercomputing Key To Predicting Future Recessions

Traditional economics failed to predict the credit crunch - but supercomputers might stand a better chance, according to the EU

15 years ago

Databases Ignored In Disaster Recovery Plans

A third of companies have admitted that their disaster recovery plans do not protect their entire database

15 years ago

Consumer Champion Calls For Better Online Public Services

Better online public services could promote digital inclusion - but let's stop short of a "public sector switchover" says Ofcom…

15 years ago

McKinnon Is Suicide Risk Following Appeal Rejection

Notorious hacker Gary McKinnon has been labeled a suicide risk after Home Secretary Alan Johnson said he could not prevent…

15 years ago

UK Citizens Aren’t Savvy Online, Says BCS

Only twenty percent of Britons are aware of how to protect their data online, according to the Savvy Citizens site,…

15 years ago

Web Apps And ‘Windows As A Runtime’ Open New OS Doors

Two trends are working to expand the viability not only of Linux but of Mac OS X, Solaris and other…

15 years ago

Broadband Tax Will Be Higher – If It Happens

The £6 broadband levy designed to pay for faster broadband in the UK will be boosted by VAT and multiple…

15 years ago

Virgin Media Trials File-Sharing Monitoring Tool

One of the UK's leading ISPs has broken ranks with its fellow service providers and is trialing a tool that…

15 years ago

IT Managers Called To Duty With New Online Game

It's never going to be as big as Call of Duty, but IT managers can show their skills and save…

15 years ago

Two Thirds Of Enterprises Not Ready For Carbon Accounting

With the Carbon Reduction Commitment (CRC) looming, organisations need to get with the programme, or they will be hit with…

15 years ago

UK Rural Broadband Faces Political Limbo

Radically different policies from Labour and Conservatives could stall investment this side of a general election, the Broadband Stakeholders Group…

15 years ago

Irish MEPs Accuse EC Of Paying Dell To Close Limerick Facility

The European Commission claims Dell has moved its manufacturing from Limerick to China, while Dell maintains the jobs went to…

15 years ago

European Software Lacks Innovation – Especially SAP

SAP is top of the European software league but has been slated for not innovating - and the rest of…

15 years ago

Two In Five Office Workers Steal Sensitive Data

The recession has caused an increase in the amount of data theft from within companies, with 41 percent of workers…

15 years ago

EU Telecoms Package Finally Approved

The EU telecoms package has finally been approved, following repeated delays due to the net cut-off row. Now governments need…

15 years ago

IT Managers Will Go From Firing To Retaining Staff In 2010

If and when the job market opens up in 2010, you can be assured that senior technology management will be…

15 years ago

Government To Launch Green CIO Guide Following COP15

The UK government is preparing to launch a handbook for CIOs as part of a bid to refresh its ICT…

15 years ago

EDS Purchase Helps HP Report Solid Quarter

Services delivered a solid quarter for HP, generating $8.9 billion (£5.38bn) in revenue

15 years ago

Microsoft And News Corp Reportedley Allying Against Google

Microsoft and Rupert Murdoch's News Corp are rumoured to be in talks over an agreement that would see News Corp's…

15 years ago

Open Source Poses “Huge Risk” To Organisations

European CIO of GE has said that open source is only useful for internal "playground" uses, despite other parts of…

15 years ago

ISPs Hit Back At Digital Economy Bill

The ISPA has mounted an attack against Lord Mandelson's strategy to deal with illegal file-sharers, laid out in the government's…

15 years ago

IBM And CA Ease Mainframe Management Burden

IBM has announced more software to help businesses manage their mainframe environments. And CA has also decided to join the…

15 years ago

Spiceworks Plug-in To Rein In Power Hungry PCs

Spiceworks has teamed up with Intel to offer a green plug-in that will allow companies to regulate the power consumption…

15 years ago

AOL To Cut 2,500 Jobs

AOL management is asking for voluntary redundancies in order to reduce its operating costs by $200 million, but involuntary layoffs…

15 years ago

Green Data Centres Wait For Regulations

Users are keen to know about sustainable data centres, but it looks like it might take regulations to push them…

15 years ago

Ordnance Survey Maps To Be Made Available Online

The government has announced that Ordnance Survey data will be made available for free online in 2010.

15 years ago