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UK Companies See Perils In Software Patents
News Lord Sainsbury, the minister for science and innovation, and the UK Patent Office (UKPO) heard evidence that many companies have been successfully protecting their work through copyright laws, and are unhappy about the prospect of having to apply...
[December 15, 2004, 14:40]
UK Companies Spurn Encryption
News Fewer than half of UK companies use encryption technology to secure their data, according to a survey. Despite the lack of encryption, UK IT managers claim their corporate data is safe and almost two-thirds (65 percent) said the data breach at HM...
[December 4, 2007, 13:25]
UK IT Companies Fail To Make The Global Grade
News Of particular concern is the lack of UK companies with the size to compete on a global scale. The report, from Deloitte, based on research on 50 of the country's "leading technology influencers", says that, "simultaneous to a host of foreign...
[July 15, 2005, 15:55]
UK Mobile Phone Companies Will Cope With Christmas Frenzy
News All four companies have given me strong assurances that they will be able to cope," he said in a statement. It is expected that four million mobile phones will be sold in the UK over the festive season, putting pressure on all mobile networks.
[December 1, 1999, 16:23]
UK Companies See Perils In Software Patents
Talkback But yesterday at the patent meeting, Julian Todd, a machine tool programmer, said that few UK machine >tool companies have taken out patents to date, but he is concerned that this may now be a costly necessity due to the directive.
[December 15, 2004, 19:37]
SDSL: UK Companies Ambivalent Despite Prices Cuts
News This is in marked contrast to the take-up of the fax machine, when most companies almost immediately realised that this was a technology that they couldn't do without, said Johnson. But lack of awareness means these advantages are failing to win...
[May 27, 2004, 18:00]
UK Companies In 'blissful Ignorance' Over Spyware Threat
News UK companies are finally wising up to the importance of deploying software patches and keeping their antivirus signatures up to date, but the increasing threats from Trojans and spyware have still not sunk in, according to a survey conducted by...
[July 15, 2004, 15:15]
Microsoft Accuses UK Companies Of Software Piracy
News Two UK companies are facing the wrath of Microsoft's ongoing anti-piracy campaign, for allegedly selling counterfeit Microsoft products. Microsoft has commenced legal proceedings against the directors of two Basingstoke-based companies -- Pacific...
[August 22, 2001, 15:44]
Are UK Companies Flouting Spam Laws?
News Many UK companies are failing to comply with regulations governing the sending of unsolicited emails, according to a survey released by a direct marketing services vendor. The survey, published by CDMS this week, claims that 31 percent of UK...
[January 5, 2007, 15:59]
Most UK Companies 'still Vulnerable' To Blended Attacks
News Almost 75 percent of UK companies still do not have adequate protection against the type of attacks used by worms such as MSBlast or Nachi, according to a survey by security company Network Associates (NA).
[October 29, 2003, 15:45]
Survey: 85% Of UK Companies Unaware Of New Data Protection Act
News According to a survey commissioned by Security Dynamics Technologies, there is "an alarming lack of understanding" among UK companies regarding the new Data Protection Act. According to the research which looked at 100 medium to large companies, 85...
[November 25, 1998, 15:27]
US Companies Abandon UK Broadband Schemes
News Major US telecommunications companies Global Crossing and WorldCom have ditched plans to introduce high-speed Internet services in Britain, it emerged Wednesday, as criticism mounted over Oftel's handling of the local loop unbundling process.
[September 21, 2000, 8:32]
Data-loss Rife In UK Companies, Says Survey
News Most UK companies are losing data every month, a survey has found. The study also discovered that network downtime occurs in 24 percent of companies, application crashes in 30 percent and slowing of applications in 27 percent.
[May 13, 2008, 8:43]
The Markets In Financial Instruments Directive (MiFID) - Implications For UK Financial Services Companies
White Papers The new MiFID directive requires all UK and European financial services companies to comply with new guidelines which call for extensive changes to client related information tranasaction reporting and record keeping obligations by November 2007.
[February 21, 2007, 0:00]
UK Companies Slate Inflexible Accounts Software
News The high numbers of dissatisfied users is partly due to accountants being wary of embracing new software, and partly due to companies using outdated systems, said Jyoti Banerjee, managing director of Tate Bramald.
[October 8, 1996, 10:06]
UK Companies See Perils In Software Patents
Talkback I think we should say to Tony blair, "See, we don't want software patents and we are not going to let you get away with it!
[December 16, 2004, 9:16]
UK Companies See Perils In Software Patents
Talkback Patents are a thorny issue that are slowly sneaking in to the UK through the back-door. It would be great if ZD, with its publishing might, would pick this up and make it a regular feature in the news, hopefully drawing more mainstream attention...
[December 17, 2004, 11:53]
Most UK Companies 'still Vulnerable' To Blended Attacks
Talkback Executives and board members are by in large still only paying lip service to the information security needs of their companies. Market forces may have moved vendors towards more secure products but those forces have not moved companies to take a...
[October 30, 2003, 9:22]
One In Three UK Companies Have Been Hacked
News Inside UK businesses and industry there is growing disquiet among ICT professionals at the vulnerability of companies to network elated violations coming both from inside and outside the organisation," said CMA chairman John Wright in a statement.
[April 3, 2001, 17:11]
UK Companies Report Slack Security Awareness
News UK organisations are failing to communicate the business importance of security policies to staff, according to a new survey, with most staff reporting that they regarded security as a technical issue.
[February 2, 2004, 10:35]
