Information Technology
Tories promise to break up big gov’t IT contracts
(ZD NET UK) - A Conservative government will use open standards to break up large government IT contracts into modular components, according to the party’s pre-election technology manifesto.
In the manifesto, published on Thursday, the party said the breaking up of large contracts into interoperable modules would reduce risk and let smaller [...]
Four in five believe internet access is a fundamental right
(TELEGRAPH) - The poll, which collated the answers from more than 27,000 people across 26 countries and was conducted on behalf of the BBC World Service, found that 87 per cent of intent users felt that web access should be a basic right. More than 70 per cent of non-users felt they [...]
Eze Castle Integration Named IT Support Company of the Year Finalist by MicroScope ACEs
Eze Castle Integration was named an “IT Support Company of the Year” finalist in the MicroScope Awards for Channel Excellence (ACEs) 2010. Eze Castle was selected as a finalist based on its premier IT service, broad product and solutions offering and focus on outstanding client service.
London (PRWeb UK) March 8, 2010 — Eze Castle [...]
UK next-gen broadband gets funding body
(ZD NET UK) - Two major upgrades to the UK’s broadband infrastructure have moved closer with the creation of an organisation which will allocate funding for the work.
On Thursday, the government launched Broadband Delivery UK (BDUK), which will allocate funds for the two major schemes: the universal service commitment and next-generation [...]
Twitter hits 10 billionth tweet
(TELEGRAPH) - The milestone, which was reached last night, underlines Twitter’s meteoric growth and increasing popular appeal. In November 2008, it broke the billion tweets mark, and reached five billion tweets last November.
However, Twitter users have been unable to identify who sent the 10 billionth tweet, as [...]
E-Commerce will be fundamental to entrepreneurial success over the next five years
PayPoint.net’s Powering Small Business Britain report identifies shifts in enterprise and small business activity
(PRWeb UK) March 2, 2010 — Businesses that don’t keep up with the escalating trend towards e-commerce are doomed to fail as the internet takes an ever-greater share of global business, according to a new report published today. But, with nearly half [...]
Kaspersky Lab Automates Internal IT Processes with Assyst from Axios Systems
Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of secure content management solutions, chooses assyst to create a single global Service Desk, formalize internal IT processes and implement Service Catalog
(PRWeb UK) February 26, 2010 — Axios Systems, the world’s leading provider of IT Service Management (ITSM) solutions, and Kaspersky Lab, a leading developer of anti-virus software, today [...]
Twitter hits fan as scams smite banks, cabinet ministers
(THE REGISTER) - The Twitter phishing attacks from earlier this week stepped up a gear on Friday with huge volumes of spam from compromised accounts, some of which belonged to UK cabinet minsters and even a bank.
Pwned micro-blogging accounts include high profile targets such as Ed Miliband MP, Secretary of State for [...]
Google integrates MySpace updates to become more ‘real-time’
(TELEGRAPH) - After announcing the deal in December 2009, the integration has now gone live. The results will show live updates from MySpace users including news, photos, music and blog posts that people had selected to make public, ranking the results by the most [...]
UK Educational Institutions Sitting On a Data Loss Time Bomb
IT professionals surveyed by Acronis indicate that over 50% of teachers suffered from data loss in 2009
London, UK (PRWeb UK) February 16, 2010 — According to a recent survey conducted by Acronis, over half of teachers are not protected by an adequate backup and recovery strategy. As a result a staggering 55% of teachers and [...]
