http://www.silicon.com Results for OFT en-us http://www.silicon.com/i/s/feeds/simple_logo.gif http://www.silicon.com 124 50 News feed from silicon.com http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60817672p,00.htm Indeed, the oft-noted example of authentication is, at a high level, just another remediation step - something the endpoint user must do to bring her endpoint into compliance. As the quarantine requirements for NAC continue to evolve, three key... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 13 Nov 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39449359,00.htm Becta's spokeswoman said the organisation took the issue to the OFT as "we didn't feel it was something that could be progressed between [us and Microsoft]". Some UK schools may now be able to get a better deal on Microsoft software following the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 08 Jul 2009 15:53:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39444471,00.htm Ofcom also suggested that the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) may have a part to play in Canvas' future - something unlikely to please the BBC and ITV after the demise of Project Kangaroo. Kangaroo, an online on-demand TV service and joint venture... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 23 Jun 2009 16:36:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/cio50-2009/paul-coby-39437789.htm His oft-quoted business mantra is "there are no IT projects, only business projects". Paul Coby topped the CIO50 list in 2007 and has been present in the list since then. He joined British Airways (BA) in 1997 and became CIO in 2001, taking charge... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 03 Jun 2009 15:21:54 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60593754p,00.htm In an economic environment that is repeatedly heralding the message "do more with less" the efficiency of hypervisors are an oft-overlooked aspect of virtual infrastructure acquisition that has massive impact on total price. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 29 May 2009 14:09:53 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39435171,00.htm Despite growth in the use of Faster Payments, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) recently warned that consumers could be losing millions with banks not moving fast enough to take up the service. On one day in March, only 69 per cent of payments that... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 27 May 2009 12:31:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/retailandleisure/0,3800011842,39419504,00.htm The Office of Fair Trade (OFT) has responded cautiously to a newly proposed EC Consumer Rights Directive whereby all EU countries would have the same level of consumer protection. But this could have the undesired affect of watering down much... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 15 Apr 2009 08:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39412400,00.htm However, the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) has warned that the body overseeing the FPS, the Payments Council, needs to do more to make sure banks are actually using the service. This includes improving take-up of the Faster Payments Scheme," the OFT... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 27 Mar 2009 09:56:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60554459p,00.htm The most oft quoted examples in the technology marketplace are the internet, HTML, the ecommerce model, open source, and distributed computing. Every so often something comes along that change the established order. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sun, 01 Mar 2009 00:24:06 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://whitepapers.silicon.com/0,39024759,60488750p,00.htm One of the pillars of the Virtual Data Center is virtual platform infrastructure, or the virtual machine; however virtual platforms are dependent on many other, oft forgotten components of both the physical and virtual data center. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Sun, 11 Jan 2009 23:00:00 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://services.silicon.com/itoutsourcing/0,3800004871,39348161,00.htm Capita has seen its acquisition of fellow public sector software and services provider IBS Opensystems referred to the Competition Commission by the Office of Fair Trading (OFT). According to the OFT, the move was prompted by concerns the takeover... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Fri, 21 Nov 2008 10:45:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://software.silicon.com/os/0,39024651,39330300,00.htm Microsoft on Tuesday offered up far more details on Windows 7, successor to the company's oft-maligned Windows Vista. In particular, Microsoft is focused on improving the time it takes for Windows to start up and shut down. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 29 Oct 2008 07:31:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://hardware.silicon.com/desktops/0,39024645,39315333,00.htm Three of them are some of the most oft-repeated rumours of future Apple products but touchscreens, Blu-ray, and netbooks won't be exiting the Cupertino stable anytime soon. In brief comments after a keynote speech to launch Apple's update MacBook... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 15 Oct 2008 15:58:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39291762,00.htm The advent of Faster Payments does, however, spell the end of an oft-used excuse: with FPS, debtors will no longer be able to delay payments by saying the cheque is in the post. The combination of the words 'faster' and 'payment' can only be a good... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 22 Sep 2008 16:42:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/publicsector/0,3800010403,39289152,00.htm It lodged a complaint about Microsoft with the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) over anti-competitive practices in October 2007, and in May took that complaint to the European Commission. He asked: "If not for the stance of Neelie Kroes and the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 17 Sep 2008 08:45:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/careers/0,39024671,39254669,00.htm Also getting readers reaching for their keyboards this week, the OFT and Kangaroo and phones on planes - love them or loathe them? The issue that got readers talking this week was the IT-teacher drought - is "boring" IT to blame? editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Thu, 03 Jul 2008 15:24:01 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://networks.silicon.com/webwatch/0,39024667,39253494,00.htm The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) says the joint venture could create an excessive concentration of video content. But the OFT is worried the concentration of content could potentially give the joint venture excessive power in the market. editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Mon, 30 Jun 2008 16:32:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/research/specialreports/cio50-2008/0,3800014745,39228192,00.htm Coby's oft-used motto is "there are no IT projects, only business projects" and it is an approach that has proved to be extremely successful. Paul Coby was voted top CIO in 2007's inaugural CIO50 and since then has largely focused on ramping up the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 11 Jun 2008 17:44:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://www.silicon.com/financialservices/0,3800010322,39232180,00.htm The OFT-driven faster payments initiative, which seeks to reduce payment clearing times for internet and telephone payments of less than £10,000 to near real-time and standing orders to same-day processing, has been hailed as the start of the... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Tue, 27 May 2008 12:56:02 +0000 http://chkpt.zdnet.com/chkpt/siliconfeed/http://management.silicon.com/government/0,39024677,39221425,00.htm Last October, Becta went to the Office of Fair Trading (OFT) with two Microsoft-related complaints, one regarding school subscription-licensing arrangements and the other regarding the lack of full interoperability between recent products, such as... editorial@silicon.com (Silicon Editorial) Wed, 14 May 2008 08:41:02 +0000