Enormous scale of local authority data losses exposed
The Big Brother Watch website has published a <a href="http://bigbrotherwatch.org.uk/la-data-loss.pdf">report </a> into the scale of data losses across local authorities.
Stories by Antony Savvas
AGA cooks cloud networking deal
Kitchen appliance brand AGA Rangemaster has brought in cloud computing and services firm Star to supply a new MPLS network to help improve its global operations.
Sixty-year-old charged with sending 'threatening' email messages to Tory MP
Police have charged a 60-year-old man for allegedly making threats and sending abusive messages to Conservative MP Louise Mensch via email.
Network security pros admit firewall management is a mess
Network security professionals admit their firewall management policies are in a mess, putting their organisations at risk of a security breach.
Tata upgrades London to New York subsea data link to 40G
Tata Communications has quadrupled the bandwidth of its London to New York subsea cable network to enable 40 gigabits per second services for carriers and enterprises.
BT 'matches and exceeds' Virgin on top fibre broadband speeds
BT is matching Virgin Media's consumer and home worker fibre broadband speed of 100mbps, but also adding a higher data sending speed.
Cabinet Offfice minister Oliver Letwin warned by Information Commissioner
Cabinet Office minister Oliver Letwin broke the law when he was caught regularly dumping sensitive official documents in a London park bin, the Information Commissioner has found.
Nominet to allow UK domain holders to hang on for a decade
UK web domain holders will be able to retain their registrations for up to ten years instead of the current maximum of two years, beginning 1 May 2012.
BCS starts pilot for GCHQ-backed data security qualification
BCS has launched a pilot programme to certify information assurance professionals on the back of a contract with the UK's GCHQ spying centre.
BT links up London Olympics venues with cloud voice network
BT has completed a cloud-based voice network connecting 25 London 2012 venues for the Olympic games, to enable the organisers to monitor usage and control costs. The cloud voice network provided is part of BT's role as the official communications services partner for London 2012.
NYSE switches middleware application interface to open source
The New York Stock Exchange has made one of its main application programming interfaces open source, in a move that it said would support development and ease product integration in the financial services market.
Central London to have free Wi-Fi
Free Wi-Fi is being offered in central London from today by Nokia and network partner Spectrum Interactive.
London Underground plans new comms network
London Underground is inviting potential suppliers to discuss building a new and more secure communications infrastructure for its network.
Securities body IOSCO calls for limits on algo trading
An international body that is tasked with helping control securities markets has called for tighter limitations on high-speed trading systems.
BlackBerry manufacturer RIM had 'single point of failure'
BlackBerry maker RIM had a single point of failure for most of the countries affected by this week's catastrophic outage, prompting serious business continuity questions.