The wider tech web world – 10 June 2011
GUARDIAN: Gartner follows IDC’s PC sales cut forecast and sees change ahead
Slowing consumer purchases, especially of netbooks, and transition to other computer form factors will slow numbers, says research company… http://www.guardian.co.uk/technology/blog/2011/jun/10/gartner-pc-forecast-cut
SILICON: Facebook? Twitter? CIOs share seven tips for social media strategy
Social networking has become a key medium for interacting with colleagues, contacts and customers. So why are some businesses still scared to let their employees engage? Mark Samuels reports… http://www.silicon.com/management/cio-insights/2011/06/09/facebook-twitter-cios-share-seven-tips-for-social-media-strategy-39747518/
COMPUTING: IT fails to close the gender gap
The IT industry has made little progress in cracking the glass ceiling that prevents women reaching the top jobs, with many of those in the sector feeling they have been passed over for promotions in favour of male colleagues. A survey carried out by IT industry group Intellect and recruitment service Women in IT revealed that just three per cent of female IT professional had made it to board-level positions; only eight per cent made it to director level… http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2077553/fails-close-gender-gap
GUARDIAN: 4G mobile phone auction is illegal, claim BT and O2
Telecoms firms say spectrum sale for next generation of phones breaches EU law by offering illegal state aid to rivals… http://www.guardian.co.uk/business/2011/jun/09/bt-and-o2-accuse-ofcom-of-offering-state-aid-over-4g-spectrum
COMPUTING: Firms weaken security to accommodate iPads
Firms are being forced to weaken corporate IT security procedures in order to accommodate devices such as the iPad, new research has revealed. A survey of IT decision makers by systems integrator Dimension Data found that 84 per cent of IT chiefs recognise that employee-owned devices, such as iPads, smartphones and laptops, represent a growing security threat to the enterprise… http://www.computing.co.uk/ctg/news/2077600/firms-weaken-security-accommodate-ipads
Silicon: Jobs and budgets face the chop so why not CIOs?
Why use two government IT chiefs when one will do? As government bodies move towards shared IT and services, surely it’s the right moment to examine whether the number of CIOs in the public sector needs to be cut, says silicon.com’s Nick Heath… http://www.silicon.com/management/public-sector/2011/06/07/jobs-and-budgets-face-the-chop-so-why-not-cios-39747501/
