NEWS

06/10/2008

Official investigation holds up Google, Yahoo ad deal

Google and Yahoo will further delay their controversial search-advertising deal in the face of an ongoing investigation by the US Department of Justice.

03/10/2008

CIO News View: The day I joshed with Steve Ballmer

... and helped create a little meme

Online banking fraud losses hit £21.4m

Losses from online banking fraud have hit a record £21.4m in the first half of 2008 - an increase of 185 per cent on the previous year says APACS.

Gaping security hole found in RFID chips

Data on radio chips can be cloned and modified without detection, according to a security researcher, raising question marks over the use of so-called e-passports that use RFID chips.

02/10/2008

INTERVIEW: Steve Ballmer on the Cloud, Google, data centres and the cult of Apple

CIO editor Martin Veitch interviewed Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer directly after his keynote at his company’s London conference “Technologies to Change Your Business: How Customers Are Implementing Tomorrow’s Strategies Today”.

Ballmer: Microsoft will soon release 'Windows Cloud' OS

Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer revealed a few details on a forthcoming operating system that will help developers write Internet-based applications.

UK government coughs up for new e-crime unit

The UK government has finally committed funding to a specialist national e-crime unit, a year after a proposal was submitted by the Metropolitan Police.

Royal College of Physicians virtualises servers with VMware

The Royal College of Physicians has completed a server virtualisation project aimed at improving member services and simplifying its control over systems.

01/10/2008

Virgin Media slammed by Data Protection Commissioner

Virgin Media, which in June lost an unencrypted CD containing the bank details of 3,000 customers, has been found to be in breach of the Data Protection Act.

AXA tech services CIO switches to Logica

New CIO to oversee major alignment project as he leaves the insurance sector

Technology helps Tesco beat crunch

IT systems have played a key role in helping Tesco deliver strong profits.

30/09/2008

Credit crunch hits as CIO editor plans to sleep rough

All for a good cause, apparently

British Energy buyer EDF says e-procurement delivering savings

EDF Energy has completed a major e-procurement project in the UK, ahead of an imminent integration project with British Energy technology.

HSBC combines CIO and COO roles

HSBC has combined the roles of chief information officer and chief operating officer.

Microsoft launches new enterprise license deal

A new Microsoft licensing plan, Select Plus , will launch tomorrow (1 October).

EU looks to web future

European telecommunications commissioner Viviane Reding's vision for the future of the internet has been praised by Vint Cerf, one of the pioneers of the internet and now vice president and chief internet evangelist at Google.

29/09/2008

IT directors to challenge vendors' green claims

IT suppliers are going to be put on the spot at a special event organised by the green charity Global Action Plan .

IBM previews virtualisation security products

IBM has lifted the lid on products it says will address security issues associated with virtualisation.

26/09/2008

CIO News View: Ah, IT vendor competition really is global HCL-Axon proves it

HCL is attempting to hijack Infosys’s deal to buy SAP integrator Axon.

Indian outsourcers face fall out from credit crunch

Indian outsourcers will be hit by the the fall out of the credit crisis, analysts and trade bodies are warning, with software development likely to bear the brunt of the decline.

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