Transport for London's Oyster system hit by second IT failure
The Transport for London Oyster card system ...
Cisco buys home networking firm Pure
Cisco is to acquire Pure Networks for £60m. This will allow its consumers...
E-mail downtime still major problem for IT managers
E-mail downtime plagues IT managers, with reducing Microsoft Exchange volume and preventing downtime among their top tasks. A survey of IT managers...
Smaller businesses ‘in denial' about security
Many small- and medium-sized businesses (SMBs) "are in denial about security", says a survey of 500 North American...
Outsourcer Capita reports strong half-year sales and profits
Outsourcer Capita saw half-year sales jump 20% in the six months ended 30 June, and its year-on-year operating profit rose 18%. The firm said sales...
Microsoft Windows head jumps ship to Juniper
Microsoft's Platforms and Services head has jumped ship to become CEO of Juniper Networks. Kevin Johnson will...
World IT services market up 9.5%
The worldwide IT services market is on track to grow by 9.5% this year, says analyst Gartner. Despite...
Yahoo sales up but profits slip
Yahoo has seen an increase in sales for the second quarter. But in fighting...
Looking to recruit? 500 Fujitsu staff now face redundancy post NPfIT exit
Fujitsu is preparing to make about 500 people with specialist IT and general project skills redundant.
Prison service makes good use of IT for procurement, says NAO
The Prison Service is making progress in the way it uses IT to manage its annual £450m procurement of goods...
Online banking fraud falls by a third
Losses from online banking fraud have dropped by a third in a year, even as the number of people using the services continues to increase. Figures...
Access unveils biometric keyboards to protect networks and apps
Access has introduced a range of biometric keyboards for added security to networks and apps. The family...
Vodafone shares slide on sales warning
Vodafone shares took a slide following an earnings warning by the world's largest mobile operator. For the first quarter...
IT companies bullish in face of credit crunch
IT suppliers have so far avoided the worst effects of the credit crunch because businesses are continuing to spend on IT. The number of UK technology...
Councils use Ripa law 10,000 times to investigate citizens for minor offences
Councils used anti-terror laws to launch almost 10,000 spying missions last year to investigate alleged minor offences by citizens. The councils used...
Government recommends parliament should accept e-petitions
The government has recommended that parliament accept e-petitions as part of its attempt to "re-engage the public with parliament and with politics". Downing...
Police get £25 million for handhelds
The government has given the...
‘Alonso crash’ used to spread banking Trojan
A new banking Trojan is being distributed via a fake news story about a car accident involving Formula One star Fernando Alonso, says Panda...
BSA settles over alleged illegal software
The Business Software Alliance has reached "significant settlements" with four UK companies...
Big criminal justice IT projects should be curbed
Large IT projects have stifled information recording and sharing in the criminal justice system. The Review...
IBM seeks to stop council divulging £400m contract details
IBM, the world's largest IT company, has sought to stop Somerset County Council from divulging key contract details of a £400m outsourcing contract.
Barclays uses video evidence to fight e-crime
Barclays bank has launched a video to inform its online customers about potential security threats. The five-minute video, available...
Hackers favour the website ambush
Websites have overtaken e-mail as the main way hackers infect business computers with malware...
“Woefully inadequate” Web 2.0 quality costing firms dear
Increased software complexity from multicore, Web 2.0 and SOA driving up costs for companies
Business value of RFID-based supply chains remains elusive
Analyst asks whether deploying RFID for supply chain visibility actually makes business sense
SMEs get enterprise-class reporting at 'realistic' prices
Small and medium enterprises should be able to cash in on enterprise class software with today's launch of keenly priced business intelligence and reporting...
Apple posts record third quarter results
Apple has reported record third quarter results, with sales up 38% year-on-year. For the quarter ended 28 June,...
Government told to delete DNA records of innocent people
The Ethics Group, a government advisory body, says DNA samples of those not convicted of a crime should be deleted from the police...
Open source exposing businesses to significant risk
The most widely used open source software...
Mobility gaining importance to organisations
Wide deployment of wireless networks, availability of mobile devices, and increased interest in mobile applications driving demand
Rapid mobile broadband growth spurred by price cutting
Forecasts indicating that mobile data usage will increase to over 1 Exabyte likley to be somewhat of an underestimate
Asset management system cuts Silverstone costs by a fifth
Motor racing venue Silverstone has cut software licensing costs by 20% through implementing a
Career Moves agency saves £4,000 a week with outsourced IT support
Recruitment agency Career Moves Group says it is saving £4,000 a week from outsourcing its IT support to...
MoD loses one laptop every two days
The Ministry of Defence has reported 659 laptops stolen and 89 lost in the past four years.
Welsh NHS Trusts admit to over 150 data breaches
There have been more than 150 data breaches across Welsh...
BT to outsource £1bn of business to Indian partner
BT Group is to spend more than £1bn over the next five years with Tech...
How to avoid the mistakes in financial BPO
How to avoid the mistakes in financial BPO There are five common mistakes when planning to adopt finance and accounting business process outsourcing...
Kent County Council builds £32m shared service network with Unisys
Kent County Council has signed a £32m outsourcing contract with Unisys to build and manage...
Intego unveils iPhone anti-malware software
Intego has launched what it says is the first anti-virus software for the Apple...
Facebook launches newly designed website
Facebook has unveiled its new site design, described by the social network site as cleaner and simpler. Users are also...
Outsourcing: Westminster Council IT infrastructure free by 2015
Westminster City Council will be infrastructure-free by 2015, having completed the outsourcing of all IT services.
BBC appoints new iPlayer boss
The BBC has appointed Erik Huggers as its new director of Future Media and Technology division, which includes the iPlayer.
Business-class WiMAX will test fixed and mobile broadband operators
WiMAX's increasing popularity among business users fuelling need for operators to round out service options
Mobile e-mail and connectivity driving data traffic boom
Vastly increased mobile broadband use driving mobile data traffic to overtake mobile voice traffic
Defra moves 10,000 civil servants to energy-saving laptops
The Department for Environment,...
Outsourcing grows 10% to £44bn in EMEA
Outsourcing business grew 10% to £44bn this year,...
CIOs ready to axe IT jobs in response to economy
IT jobs are increasingly in danger, say CIOs questioned in a survey of the industry by Goldman Sachs. Both...
iPhone sales hit one million in first week
Apple has said that it has sold a million 3G iPhones within three days...
MoD admits losing 121 memory sticks
The Ministry of Defence has revealed that 121 of its USB memory sticks have been either lost or stolen since 2004. Some of the memory sticks contained...
BI on the line for Carphone Warehouse
New BI solution to enable firm to analyse data such as calling patterns and customer churn