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BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, says UK IT innovation needs to be nurtured
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, says UK IT innovation needs to be nurtured
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, says that UK IT innovation needs to be nurtured if the profession is to reach its full potential and the UK is to compete on a global scale. The lack of a Silicon Valley in the UK means that budding entrepreneurs in the field of Information Technology are at a disadvantage to their American counterparts.
In order to highlight the need, the Institute will take part in this years Lord Mayors Show on Saturday 14 November. The Institute hopes that its presence at the City of Londons iconic event will celebrate the value and importance of the IT profession, as well as showcase the increasing importance of Information Technology in the world.
This follows research commissioned earlier this year by the Institute which found that 60% of UK IT Managers believe that the UKs competitiveness could be transformed by a dedicated IT...
Cisco Breaks Down Barriers to Business-to-Business Collaboration
Cisco Breaks Down Barriers to Business-to-Business Collaboration
New Telepresence, Unified Communications, Enterprise Social-Software, and Hosted Email Technologies Facilitate Fundamental Changes to How Organizations Communicate and Collaborate
Cisco (NASDAQ: CSCO) today announced significant product introductions across all categories of its collaboration portfolio. The company also announced its entrance into two new markets, enterprise social software and hosted email, with the goal of bringing the collaborative power of online social communities to businesses.
The new product introductions span real-time and asynchronous collaboration applications, and collectively take advantage of the power of video and voice-based communications to help enable natural, person-to-person and business-to-business collaboration across all media and devices.
New Cisco TelePresence, Cisco Unified Communications, and Cisco WebEx solutions raise the...
North behind South in broadband penetration
North behind South in broadband penetration
A broadband divide has been revealed between the North and the South.
Research firm Point Topic has released results that 68 cities, towns and districts have high broadband penetration. But only three of these are above the line from the Wash to the Bristol Channel.
And in the south, there are only six low broadband penetration spots out of 60 nationwide.
Full story (video) : HERE
Gadget problems divide the sexes
Gadget problems divide the sexes
Men and women have different approaches to dealing with technology problems, according to a gadget helpline.
The service found that 64% of its male callers and 24% of its female callers had not read the instruction manual before ringing up.
12% of male and 7% of female customers simply needed to plug in or turn on their appliance.
The company, Gadget Helpline, surveyed 75,000 calls received between 25 September and 23 October 2009.
The helpline has 120,000 subscribers in the UK, most of whom are over the age of 35. The average age of helpline staff is 21.
Women spent 32% longer on the phone to their helpers than men - but 66% of the helpline staff preferred speaking to them, the survey found.
"There is evidence of a gender divide in technology, although a lot of it comes down to interpretation," Joanna Bawa, chartered psychologist and editor of the Usability News website, told the BBC....
Accessible Technology guide launched at BCS Inclusiv-IT-y 2009 event
Accessible Technology guide launched at BCS Inclusiv-IT-y 2009 event
BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, recently hosted a one-day event to encourage and support a better understanding of making IT accessible for people with disabilities. The event, Inclusiv-IT-y 2009, showcased some of the initiatives the Institute is working on in this area. Speakers included experts from across Europe who shared their success stories, provided information on the latest developments on accessible applications, and provided insight into the latest legislation.
The event was also the platform for the launch of the Accessible Technology Guide for IT professionals, (a revised version of The IT Directors Guide to Accessible IT first published by the Information Technologists Company and sponsored by Royal Mail Group in May 2007).
Geoff McMullen, chair of the Institutes panel on inclusion said: As the professional organisation for IT, it is vital that we...
New President of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, will focus on transformation
New President of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, will focus on transformation
Elizabeth Sparrow, the new President of BCS, The Chartered Institute for IT, has her sights set on ensuring that the Institute achieves its vision to be a world-class organisation for IT. Elizabeths theme for the year will focus on transformation. This follows the Institutes recent announcement of a raft of new initiatives.
Elizabeth says: We have set out on a journey that will lead to a sustained period of change for the Institute through the coming year and beyond, and I will be heavily involved in projects that aim to fulfil our new mission to enable the information society. Todays economy is built on knowledge and its on our ability to process, share and manage information that our society thrives or dies.
At the heart of our activities lies a commitment to professionalism. We believe that all those working in IT and computing - practitioners,...
Microsoft does a 180 on Exchange 2007 support (in a good way)
Microsoft does a 180 on Exchange 2007 support (in a good way)
After notifying customers and partners that Exchange Server 2007 wouldnt be able to run on Windows Server 2008 R2, the latest version of WIndows Server, the Exchange team has reversed its decision.
In a posting on the Exchange Team Blog, Microsoft officials said theyd heard the negative feedback loud and clear. Customers didnt want to be forced to move to Exchange 2010 before they were ready, just so as to be able to run a version of Exchange on Windows Server 2008 R2.
Full story : HERE
With thanks to Notes_Bloke for this one !
Lose the data, go to prison ?
Lose the data, go to prison ?
The Ministry of Justice is consulting on whether to introduce custodial sentences for knowing or reckless misuse of personal information.
At a time when legislators are trying to move away from custodial sentences, this clearly signals the importance of this issue. Should this proposal be enacted into law, it could have a profound impact on the IT profession, and the profession's ability to benefit the wider public.
This is the latest leg of a journey that BCS has been on long before HMRC lost the famous discs, and a part of the government's response to the threat of malicious abuse of personal information.
For those involved in the design, implementation and maintenance of systems containing personal information, which is a huge swathe of the IT Profession, it has some implications; it would suddenly be extremely important to understand what, from a professional perspective, constituted 'reckless'. It...
Virgin Media 50Meg price cut boosted customer numbers
Virgin Media 50Meg price cut boosted customer numbers
Virgin Media has completed the roll-out of its 50Mbps product across its cable network, and in its third quarter results is pleased with the numbers of customers signing up to it faster broadband products. The 20Meg and 50Meg products account for some 503,500 customers, which is a 40% increase on twelve months ago, the majority are on the 20Meg service, with just 20,000 subscribing to the fastest 50Meg service. The recent price cut on the XXL service has boosted the numbers signing up to that product and over 40% of those signing up to this service are new to broadband on the Virgin Media network.
While the low numbers for the 50Meg product look poor compared to the millions of broadband customers Virgin Media has, remember that the 20Mbps service is also sharing this infrastructure, which should help with the paying back of the millions that Virgin Media invested in the DOCSIS 3.0...
XBox 360 Sky Player floored by demand?
XBox 360 Sky Player floored by demand ?
It looks as if the XBox 360 and the new Sky Player that runs on the platform has attracted too much interest in its first week of existence. This has lead to Sky adding the message "Following an unpredicted technical issue at launch on Tuesday, the Sky Player on Xbox 360 service was suspended." on the Sky Player page. This highlights the problems of offering TV over a broadband infrastructure, i.e. it is not just the issue of contention but getting scaling of servers and other facilities ready. The suggestions are that the problem arose due to unexpectedly high demand for the service.
Greg Howson on The Guardian Games Blog has written about his experience of the new service, with the summary being when it worked it was impressive. From watching the publicity material it seems the avatar mode where people using the XBox 360 can join each other in a 'theatre' to watch a programme may prove popular for...
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