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BusinessGreen.com Most Read - November 20

Sat, 21 Nov 2009 00:15:00 GMT

BusinessGreen.com Staff, BusinessGreen, Friday 20 November 2009 at 00:15:00

From the Queen's Speech to Coke's new PlantBottle, we run down the green stories that have been making it big this week

Queen's speech sets out CCS and flood proposals Energy bill will include a £9.5bn levy on electricity bills over next 10 years Met Office paints bleak climate picture for Europe EU-backed...

Q&A: Marc Benioff, Salesforce chief executive

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 21:42:00 GMT

Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk, Thursday 19 November 2009 at 21:42:00

Benioff talks the talk on cloud computing

SAN FRANCISCO: Salesforce chief executive Marc Benioff answered questions from the press during his keynote at this year's Dreamforce customer and partner event in San Francisco....

Smokin' hot - Imperial Tobacco's new chief

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 11:02:00 GMT

Becky Ashall, Accountancy Age, Thursday 19 November 2009 at 11:02:00

Cigar-chomping former FD blows away the competition at Imperial Tobacco to take the chief exec job

As the tobacco industry begins to boom once again, CEO Gareth Davis is stepping down at Imperial Tobacco and leaving the role to his former chief operations officer Alison Cooper....

Visa introduces real-time scoring

Thu, 19 Nov 2009 10:21:00 GMT

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 19 November 2009 at 10:21:00

New system will increase fraud detection rates

Payment system, Visa Europe, has introduced real-time scoring to its risk detection platform in a move to enhance the accuracy of data provided to banks in fraud detection processes....

Renewables industry hails end to planning red tape

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 16:27:00 GMT

James Murray, BusinessGreen, Wednesday 18 November 2009 at 16:27:00

Experts predict extension of permitted development rights will remove one of the main barriers to adoption for onsite renewables

The government's plans to exempt a large number of small-scale renewable energy technologies from planning permission should remove one of the major costs related to installation of onsite renewables and...

Security, SLAs and compliance issues rain on corporate clouds

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 15:58:00 GMT

Martin Courtney, Computing, Wednesday 18 November 2009 at 15:58:00

Performance fears easing but European firms still not convinced by cloud computing promise

Ongoing concerns about data security, service level agreements (SLAs) and compliance are preventing many companies from utilising public, private and hybrid cloud computing services, though performance bottlenecks can be addressed...

Weekly CDM and VER market summary - 9-13 November 2009

Wed, 18 Nov 2009 00:15:00 GMT

MF Global Staff, BusinessGreen, Tuesday 17 November 2009 at 00:15:00

Offset market quiet as expectations grow that US climate bill will be delayed

There is a growing consensus in the US of the pending climate legislation being delayed in the Senate, possibly to Q1 or even Q2 next year....

Staff at EDS to hold ballot

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 16:21:00 GMT

Nicola Brittain, Computing, Tuesday 17 November 2009 at 16:21:00

EDS staff working for DWP express anger over job cuts

Up to 1,000 staff who work for technology provider EDS on IT contracts for the Department of Work and Pensions are to vote in a strike ballot as they anger...

Sizing up Exchange 2010

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:30:00 GMT

Dave Bailey, Computing, Tuesday 17 November 2009 at 12:30:00

Sizing up Exchange 2010As Exchange 2010 becomes available worldwide, Dave Bailey highlights the strengths and weaknesses of the upgraded system

Despite new communication technologies such as Twitter, Facebook and Telepresence, email remains the staple tool for business communication, and it is not an exaggeration to say that businesses everywhere remain...

Government surveillance plan in turmoil

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 12:21:00 GMT

Tom Young, Computing, Tuesday 17 November 2009 at 12:21:00

Complications surround strategy to monitor electronic communications, says Tom Young

There have been several conflicting reports on the government’s interception modernisation programme this week, ranging from “UK web snooping plans: Full steam ahead” to “Legislation to access texts and emails...

EDF Trading set to re-energise its IT

Tue, 17 Nov 2009 11:18:00 GMT

Angelica Mari, Computing, Tuesday 17 November 2009 at 11:18:00

Mark Pickering, CIO of the energy trading giant, tells Angelica Mari about the IT modernisation project at the heart of the firm’s ambitious expansion plans

EDF Trading is undergoing a technology revamp that will see the complete overhaul of its core energy trading risk management (ETRM) platform as well as the adoption of several new...

Gooners get better online service from Arsenal

Mon, 16 Nov 2009 11:29:00 GMT

Dave Bailey, Computing, Monday 16 November 2009 at 11:29:00

Arsenal Broadband Limited gets better brand performance with NTT Europe online

Premier League football club web sites, especially those of global brands like Arsenal, can be subject to large spikes in network traffic demand, especially since such traffic can arrive from...

Roundtable: Virtual victory

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 17:06:00 GMT

Fleur Doidge, CRN, Friday 13 November 2009 at 17:06:00

Virtualisation offers considerable financial and environmental advantages to users, finds Fleur Doidge

Virtualisation is becoming a reality in more organisations as public and private sector alike seek to reap the advantages of cost and resource savings coupled with increased efficiency across the...

Fast-forward partner Fusion with AMD

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 16:49:00 GMT

Sara Yirrell, CRN, Friday 13 November 2009 at 16:49:00

AMD’s channel director talks to Sara Yirrell to explain how the whole is greater than the sum of its parts when it comes to the platform vendor’s new partner programme

AMD is keen to be seen as a platform vendor in 2010 and is set to launch a raft of new channel incentives to stimulate sales....

Industry and human rights campaigners united in opposition to "three strikes" plan

Fri, 13 Nov 2009 14:02:00 GMT

Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk, Friday 13 November 2009 at 14:02:00

Critics says government proposals to curb illegal downloading are unworkable and morally questionable

Business secretary Lord Mandelson's plan for a “three strikes” law to tackle illegal downloading came under fire this week from various quarters....

Summit: Microsoft Office to the rescue

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 17:47:00 GMT

Daniel Robinson, V3.co.uk, Thursday 12 November 2009 at 17:47:00

Chris Adams, Office Client product manager for Microsoft UK, explains how the next version of the suite will help workers deal with communications overload

V3.co.uk: Email volume has been growing steadily, and workers have to deal with other demands on their attention like IM and telephone calls....

Bibby cuts software to the bone

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 16:52:00 GMT

Martin Courtney, Computing, Thursday 12 November 2009 at 16:52:00

Software asset management solution staves off indignant vendors and improves distribution company's bottom line

As one of the UK's top logistics providers, Bibby Distribution operates from over 60 locations in the UK and employs around 2,500 people, providing outsourced distribution services to household names...

Summit: Tony Young, Informatica CIO interview

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 14:56:00 GMT

Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk, Thursday 12 November 2009 at 14:56:00

Young discusses how Informatica’s IT department helps keep corporate data private

V3.co.uk: How do you manage problems that stem from information overload? Tony Young: Well, I look at the problem and there are two aspects: there is what I call unstructured...

Summit analysis: To what extent was technology responsible for the financial crash?

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 13:40:00 GMT

Rosalie Marshall, V3.co.uk, Thursday 12 November 2009 at 13:40:00

Tech firms argue it was a lack of good processes and the use of inappropriate tools that led to the banking crisis

Did an excessive reliance on technology on the part of the banks lead to the recent financial crisis? More specifically, did banks fail because their business intelligence tools (BI) were...

Summit interview: Deloitte discusses security implications of the data deluge

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:57:00 GMT

Phil Muncaster, V3.co.uk, Thursday 12 November 2009 at 12:57:00

We chat to Mike Maddison, UK head of Security, Privacy & Resilience Services, and Steve Cummings, special adviser to Deloitte's Security, Privacy & Resilience Group

V3.co.uk: How do you think the problem of information overload has contributed to poor information security? Mike Maddison: It’s been a fairly recurring theme of the past few years....

BT broadband map has wrong co-ordinates

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 12:23:00 GMT

Martin Courtney, Computing, Thursday 12 November 2009 at 12:23:00

Next generation access network will fail to reach many regions with high demand for faster fibre optic links

BT’s next generation access (NGA) broadband network will fail to reach many prospective customers, say experts, who have compiled research into where end user demand is most likely to be....

Football crazy - PwC's 'director of football'

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 09:37:00 GMT

Becky Ashall, Accountancy Age, Thursday 12 November 2009 at 09:37:00

PwC's Julie Clark will be crowned a sporting genius if she can secure the 2018 World Cup for England

Italian Fabian Capello might be leading England’s efforts on the field but over at PwC it’s head of sport Julie Clark who will be helping manage England’s bid for the...

Open data initiative gathers momentum

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:45:00 GMT

Tom Young, Computing, Thursday 12 November 2009 at 07:45:00

The government’s long-touted scheme to improve public services by opening up state data is finally yielding tangible results

After years of talk but little action, the government’s plan to open up state data online is finally gathering momentum....

Ringing the changes at TalkTalk

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:45:00 GMT

Angelica Mari, Computing, Thursday 12 November 2009 at 07:45:00

CIO David Cooper tells Computing how his team is coping with the challenge of separating systems from the telco’s former parent, Carphone Warehouse, while integrating recent acquisition Tiscali

TalkTalk’s chief information officer (CIO), David Cooper, is now busier than ever as the company – which has become the UK’s largest broadband provider – embarks on an ambitious project to...

Councils must reconsider their IT strategy

Thu, 12 Nov 2009 07:45:00 GMT

Nicola Brittain, Computing, Thursday 12 November 2009 at 07:45:00

Tight budgets have made local authorities consider strategies such as consolidation and outsourcing

There is growing debate about which model of IT provision local authorities should adopt to increase efficiency and output in the face of the tightest budgets in five years....