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Review: Lee Siegel's Against the Machine

David Neal — 2008-08-19T11:11:00.000Z

David Neal, IT Week, Tuesday 19 August 2008 at 11:11:00

In Against the Machine: Being Human in the Age of the Electronic Mob, Lee Siegel ponders the dark side of the internet

IT Week receives many books these days, most of which are full of praise for technological advances of one kind or another....

Government proposes to slash compliance costs

Rosalie Marshall — 2008-08-07T16:07:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Thursday 7 August 2008 at 16:07:00

IT will be able to reduce its compliance costs

Central government is to make individual departments accountable for the business cost of introducing new legislation, under new proposals issued by the Department for Enterprise and Regulatory Reform (BERR)....

New ECM standard is coming

Phil Muncaster — 2008-08-06T10:55:00.000Z

Phil Muncaster, IT Week, Wednesday 6 August 2008 at 10:55:00

BSI and The Content Group launch new Steering Group

A new steering group has been launched with the aim of creating the first ever publically available specification (PAS) for enterprise content management applications, to create more clarity for IT...

Symantec snaps up nSuite for virtualisation

Phil Muncaster — 2008-08-05T15:38:00.000Z

Phil Muncaster, IT Week, Tuesday 5 August 2008 at 15:38:00

New technologies will help improve user productivity, says Symantec

Security and systems management giant Symantec has beefed up its virtualisation offerings with new technologies it plans to acquire with the purchase of virtual workspace management firm nSuite....

LogMeIn makes support integration easier

Dave Bailey — 2008-08-05T15:16:00.000Z

Dave Bailey, IT Week, Tuesday 5 August 2008 at 15:16:00

Help desk tools to be integrated with other on-demand apps

Secure remote access vendor LogMeIn today published the application programming interface (API) for its on-demand support tool, which it claimed will make it easier for customers to integrate the tool...

IT chiefs urged to take lead on carbon

Rosalie Marshall — 2008-08-04T12:43:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Monday 4 August 2008 at 12:43:00

Communications Managers Association to show how IT can cut carbon emissions

Trade body the Communications Management Association (CMA) has urged IT leaders to make technology the cornerstone of organisational efforts to cut carbon emissions....

Icahn gripes about Yahoo board place

Rosalie Marshall — 2008-08-01T16:02:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Friday 1 August 2008 at 16:02:00

Yahoo new shareholder Carl Icahn will not attend firm's annual meeting

The day before Yahoo’s annual shareholder meeting, activist shareholder Carl Icahn announced in his blog he would not be attending and described his new appointment on the Yahoo board as...

Oracle acquires Global Knowledge Software

Rosalie Marshall — 2008-07-31T17:42:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Thursday 31 July 2008 at 17:42:00

Oracle aims to build up its offerings in software training

Oracle will acquire Global Knowledge Software for an undisclosed sum, to boost it software training offerings. Global Knowledge Software (GKS) produces programmes that train users on different business software, including...

ECM needs "exploding" says Interwoven

Phil Muncaster — 2008-07-31T17:37:00.000Z

Phil Muncaster, IT Week, Thursday 31 July 2008 at 17:37:00

Confusing term is misleading IT buyers,according to WCM vendor

Enterprise content management (ECM) is an inaccurate term causing buyer confusion and needs to be "blown apart into its constituent parts" according to web content management firm Interwoven....

Gartner dismisses $100 laptop claims

Rosalie Marshall — 2008-07-31T17:07:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Thursday 31 July 2008 at 17:07:00

Gartner rubbishes OLPC claims that it will produce a $100 laptop within three years

Analyst group Gartner has poured scorn on claims by the One Laptop Per Child group, that it will be able to produce a laptop costing £50 ($100) within the next...

SAP refuses to budge on hikes in support costs

Rosalie Marshall — 2008-07-31T14:55:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Thursday 31 July 2008 at 14:55:00

SAP admits some customers will not benefit from rising support costs

SAP has admitted that its plans to force its customers on to new support contracts will result in many of them paying for services they do not need....

EC appoints tech institute board

Gareth Morgan — 2008-07-31T14:08:00.000Z

Gareth Morgan, IT Week, Thursday 31 July 2008 at 14:08:00

Flagship body to promote technology innovation in business confirms board membership

The European Commission has confirmed the appointment of 18 board members to its flagship institute is charged with promoting business innovation through technology....

Kewney: Positive feedback

Guy Kewney — 2008-07-31T12:27:00.000Z

Guy Kewney, IT Week, Thursday 31 July 2008 at 12:27:00

Comments on the web are two-a-penny, but a response from an IT Week reader is priceless

One problem never facing “Cut Me Own Throat” Dibber a fictional character from Terry Pratchett is the question of whether people buy his sausage-in-a-bun products because of the...

IT Week IT leader profile: Ibukun Adebayo

IT Week staff — 2008-07-30T17:18:00.000Z

IT Week staff, IT Week, Wednesday 30 July 2008 at 17:18:00

Ibukun Adebayo heads up the 20-strong IT team at social care organisation Turning Point

What does your job entail? I am responsible for formulating Turning Point’s IT strategy, and ensuring alignment with our organisational strategic objectives....

IT ill prepared for forthcoming carbon rules

Rosalie Marshall — 2008-07-29T17:24:00.000Z

Rosalie Marshall, IT Week, Tuesday 29 July 2008 at 17:24:00

IT departments must lead compliance effort for carbon reporting rules

Experts have warned IT managers need to prepare for the introduction of a forthcoming carbon cap and trade scheme before it is too late....