Envisioning the future versus Digital Myopia
An exchange at the beginning on the first session of the BIS Select Committee Broadband Enquiry encapsulates what is a stake in the current broadband debate. The Chairman asked what was driving demand for super high speed other than inter-active gaming. One witness said "Video". Another...
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More bottlenecks than a brewery: the UK Broadband Network
I was digging in Grimpen Mire this morning when a ray of sunlight pierced the fog. The BIS Select Committee 0 Comments
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The Fog over Grimpen Mire: Cloud Computing revisited
Last night, at a BCS meeting on the legal issues around Cloud Computiing, Miranda Mowbray of HP Labs opened a most informative discussion by presenting the material in a paper (see also the 0 Comments
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Drowning in Data Leaks v. Death by Data Protection
What is good practice in information governance? I have blogged before on the Information Society Alliance 0 Comments
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Does Cloud Computing need Superfast Broadband?
At the recent PITCOM meeting on Cloud Computing one of the speakers was asked whether the...
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Industry calls for user choice over pay per click advertising
I was immensely heartened to read the Outlaw.Com note "Europe should adopt US behavioural advertising icon - and quick" . I do not always agree with what I receive from Outlaw.com but it is an immensely valuable service and this proposal seems far...
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Yes to the cut-price passport – alias young persons ID card
A light has switched on in the Home Office. The IPS press release for the availablity of the Young Persons ID Card in London points out that it can be used as a passport across Europe. At £30 instead of...
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Information Security Breaches Survey – who tells the truth?
I have just completed the Information Security Breaches Survey 2010 . I was particularly annoyed with Question 36 which did not allow me to enter "none". I had to claim that security was...
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Cloud computing is a nebulous concept
The definition of Cloud computing depends on who you talk to. Most definitions cover services which were being supplied over the Internet by players like EDS and IBM to the US Department of Defence over a decade ago. Today these services underpin much of defence and...
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Is poor service forcing consumers off-line?
Virgin, Tesco and Metro are all planning to open branch-based banking operations and the Post Office is planning, once again, to re-open its banking services. Why? The Financial Services Club Blog...
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