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Derek Gannon stepped from IT to COO of newspaper company Guardian News & Media and now moves the company into new horizons. Kevin O'Brien, head of IS at Comet sees networking as the key to the future of the electronics retail giant.
INDUSTRY > Utilities > NEWS
03/06/2008
Investment pays and continues at United Utilities
Customer service and remote access for workforce receive investment cash flow
25/03/2008
Yorkshire Water blocks off network downtime
Yorkshire Water has switched on a data and voice virtual private network, in order to prevent individual site outages from bringing down networks at other locations.
21/01/2008
CIA warning after hackers cause power outage
The US Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has revealed that hackers have launched online attacks that disrupted power equipment and cut power to several cities outside of the US. Speaking at a conference of security professionals last week, CIA analyst Tom Donahue disclosed the recently declassified attacks while offering few specifics on what actually went wrong.
19/12/2007
What's in store for IT and the CIO in 2008?
From Mobiles to Larry Ellison
14/12/2007
Government data sharing review consultation gets underway
The government has begun a period of consultation on data sharing by both public and private sector bodies, as part of a far-reaching review that was first announced by prime minister Gordon Brown in October.
13/12/2007
Data centre energy use will spike - global study
Small shifts in operational procedures could cut electricity consumption
12/12/2007
Update: SAP to offer support for VMware
SAP's move to support its ERP range on VMware's virtualisation platform hots up software battle with Oracle
03/12/2007
Outsourcing success needs in-house retention of key skills – study
Businesses are in danger of losing control of their outsourced IT projects due to a lack of internal leadership and poor business sourcing strategies.
Government warns of Chinese IT espionage
The British Government has accused China of hacking into the computer systems of leading companies.
16/11/2007
National Grid standardisation drive cuts costs
National Grid is standardising processes to make its business more efficient following the August closure of its acquisition of US energy firm KeySpan.
19/10/2007
UK drags feet on disaster recovery
Half of British businesses are not ready to implement disaster recovery plans despite taking pains to simulate the situation, according to a Symantec survey.
09/10/2007
Good and bad news for IT budgets
Worldwide IT spending will surpass £1.5 trillion in 2007, an 8% jump over last year, as rapid growth in developing countries is spreading IT investments more widely around the globe, Gartner reported today.
11/07/2007
ICO brands privacy breaches “unacceptable”
The Office of the Information Commissioner today called on UK chief executives to take the security of employees’ and customers’ personal information more seriously.
03/07/2007
How does a CIO become CEO?
Do you know your Executive Quotient (EQ)? By figuring your EQ, you can determine how well you're positioned to be the strategy-oriented CIO that businesses are demanding.
28/06/2007
Green IT key to bottom line
Companies should view energy-efficient, ‘green’ IT initiatives as key to improving performance and competitive advantage, as analyst firm said today.
26/06/2007
Business lacks green IT know-how
Nearly all British businesses think that companies should be doing more to reduce their carbon footprints but most of them haven't a clue how to go about it.
18/06/2007
Internet health monitor launched
An internet networking company has created a virtual weather map of internet conditions, measuring attack traffic, network latency between major cities, traffic volume and network performance.
15/06/2007
UK business failing in flexi working
A report published this week by the Equal Opportunities Commission (EOC) highlights that in terms of flexible working, the UK is lagging behind its European competitors and failing to exploit innovative working methods.
14/06/2007
IT ignoring real green issues
Three quarters of IT managers are unaware of the impact that technology has on their overall carbon footprint, according to new research conducted for independent IT consultancy, the DMW Group.
11/06/2007
