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Mobile Recording regulations - CIOs must be prepared
November deadline means CIOs must be planning for compliance
New FSA regulations that come into force this year mean CIOs will need to monitor staff mobile calls. Compliance must be achieved by November, CIOs need to act now, experts say. more...
Enterprise search Indepth
3 tech trends CIOs need to prepare for
Accenture's R&D; Boss on what's going to rock your world, very soon
Scientists and researchers with Accenture Technology Labs see the emergence of a new world of Information Technology that places an emphasis on three things: the overabundance of data, the rise of social networking and cloud computing more...
Watson’s AI is still elementary
A computer may have won a US game show, but technology’s ability to understand the subtleties of human information is still a long way off
Recently, Jeopardy saw two human champions take on a computer called Watson. To cut to the chase, Watson slaughtered its competition. This was a major step forward. more...
Perchance to dream...
Are dreams just the brain’s way of digesting the day’s information into a manageable, searchable package?
The dreaming process is about memory. We need two things: efficient storage and the ability to access that information in a meaningful way more...
Twenty companies to watch in 2011
Experts pick out the IT stars of the year
A list of the movers and shakers - the Davids and Goliaths of the IT world - about to take the next twelve months by storm more...
Laying down the law
CIOs have a critical role in navigating the legal system that governs electronic communications
Accounting standards like IFRS; Data regulations like Sarbox - these regulations are hot-potatoes that CIOs are expected to juggle more...
Market report: Enterprise search
How do you manage the deluge of data?
Anecdotal evidence implies that enterprises are facing between 50 and 100 per cent growth per year in the amount of content that they are storing. Searching for it is becoming increasingly complex more...
IT must ease the processing pressure on the human brain
Is there life on Mars?
The information explosion means that humans now lack the processing power to filter all the data they receive daily. Technology must take over, argues Mike Lynch more...
CIOs tell vendors to get to know my business
Forrester report highlights poor understanding vendors have of CIO needs
Vendors seem to think what CIOs want is a one-stop-shop solution. But what CIOs really want is something far more precious: Salespeople who actually understand the individual customer's business. more...
CIOs must embrace the unpredictability of the modern business climate
Embracing uncertainty
The binary tradition of IT means exactness is our stock in trade, but CIOs must embrace the unpredictability of the modern business climate. more...
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Boden sends online sales higher with new CRM
Catalogue and web retailer implements Autonomy Optimost system
Online and mail-order clothing retailer Boden is aiming to boost website revenue worldwide with software from Autonomy. more...
HSBC Insurance covers itself with new business intelligence system
Bank prepares for Solvency II regulation
HSBC Insurance in the UK has signed a deal with IBM for analytics software aimed at preparing for the upcoming European Solvency II legislation. more...
Gartner: Global IT spending to total £2.3bn in 2011
Analyst forecasts a 5.1 per cent increase from last year
In 2010, worldwide IT spending totalled $3.4 trillion(£2.17 trillion) and this year spending will be US$3.6 trillion (£2.3 trillion), according to a Gartner report titled 'Forecast Alert: IT Spending, Worldwide, 4Q10 Update'. more...
Wikileaks links China to Google hack
Leaked diplomatic cable raises key security questions for all organisations
A document linking China's ruling Politburo to the December 2009 hack of Google's computer systems is among a cache of more than 250,000 US Department of State cables that Wikileaks began releasing yesterday. more...
China gives Google Maps July 2011 deadline for licence
Google has yet to apply for a required state licence to operate its mapping services in China
China will investigate and prosecute Google next July if the search engine company does not acquire the necessary state licence to operate its Google Maps service in the country, according to the government. more...
Google to appeal French libel ruling for search suggestions
Google sued for libel as search Autocomplete feature suggestsdefamatory words
Google has been found guilty of libel by a French court as a result of the company's automated search suggestions. Google plans to appeal the ruling, a company spokeswoman said Monday. more...
Yahoo search powered by Bing in US
Search results powered by Microsoft
Bing is now fully fuelling Yahoo search results in the US and Canada, Yahoo and Microsoft said on Tuesday. more...
Google expands Voice Search abilities
Users with Android 2.2 phones can send text messages and e-mail verbally
Google on Thursday introduced a tool for easily sending links from its Chrome browser on a PC to an Android phone, and added 12 more voice-activated actions to the Voice Search tool in Android 2.2. more...
Gartner cuts 2010 IT spending forecast
The European debt crisis is playing a key role
Gartner has dropped its 2010 IT spending forecast, citing currency fluctuations caused by the ongoing European debt crisis. more...
Google will encrypt web search site
Paranoid? Google's got you covered
If you're paranoid about snoops discovering your web search terms and results, you'll have to start pointing your browser to another URL to use Google encrypted search. more...
