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UK businesses can't handle EC's data breach rule

...who might have been affected. OnePoll surveyed 200 IT decision makers at UK businesses with more than 1,000 employees about their ability to comply... Read more

18 April, 2012

Study: 4G delays cost UK businesses £730m a year

The late arrival of LTE means British businesses must use older mobile broadband technologies, leading to a time loss that costs industry millions of pounds a year, according to Open Digital Read more

4 October, 2011 by David Meyer

UK businesses get cookie amnesty

...Changes to the EU Privacy and Electronic Communications Directive would mean that UK businesses must gain consent to store or access cookies on users' computers... Read more

15 April, 2011 by Tom Espiner
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16 May, 2012

Security breaches cost UK billions, says PwC

...information security incidents are at an all-time high, and are costing UK businesses billions per year, according to auditing house PricewaterhouseCoopers. Hacks, attacks, and... Read more

24 April, 2012

UK hacker jailed for 18 months

A man who spammed out viruses that targeted hundreds of UK businesses has been jailed for 18 months. Matthew Anderson, a Scottish man... Read more

23 November, 2010

Vodafone buys Cable & Wireless for enterprise boost

...in revenue each year globally, with 38 percent of that coming from UK businesses. (CWW is separate from Cable & Wireless Communications, also a UK-based... Read more

23 April, 2012 by David Meyer

Immigration cap won't hit foreign IT worker numbers

...but they don't have to worry about allowances." A survey of UK businesses by silicon.com last year found that one-third reported a... Read more

26 November, 2010 by Nick Heath

Europe aims to open cybercrime hub in January

...he told ZDNet UK. In its statement, the Commission said cybercrime costs UK businesses £21bn a year, with consumers losing a total of £3.1bn... Read more

28 March, 2012 by Tom Espiner

Budget brings broadband cash for 'smaller' cities

...also added that, considering the potential value of super-fast connectivity to UK businesses, the amount of money required is not expensive in comparison with... Read more

21 March, 2012 by Ben Woods

Google backs UK start-ups with seven-storey Campus

...will support local technology start-ups and stimulate the online growth of UK businesses. Matt Brittin, vice president of Northern and Central Europe for Google... Read more

13 March, 2012
Infiniserv launches Linux-based UK cloud

Infiniserv launches Linux-based UK cloud

...Infiniserv has launched a cloud for UK businesses based around the open-source KVM hypervisor. The company, a subsidiary... Read more

25 January, 2012 by Jack Clark
IT teaching to get radical shake-up

IT teaching to get radical shake-up

Calling the current ICT syllabus 'harmful and dull', education secretary Michael Gove has said it will be scrapped and lessons will focus more on the basics of programming than on the use of Microsoft Word Read more

11 January, 2012 by Tom Espiner

London 2012: Inspiring us all

...London 2012 will give all of us in the UK and especially UK businesses the wake-up call that’s needed to value and embrace... Read more

20 December, 2011

Mobile broadband business use shoots up

...Ryan Heath, a spokesman for digital agenda commissioner Neelie Kroes, told ZDNet UK. "Businesses clearly see the internet as a way to expand and to... Read more

14 December, 2011 by David Meyer

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