Ash Dosanjh

News Friday's launch of the 3G iPhone will not only excite consumer users, thanks to various software improvements it will also leave IT managers and business users with a tough choice to make.

News Concerns over data and user security blamed for the growing ban on the use of instant messaging in the workplace.

News Hywel Dda NHS Trust gets improved information access, while Steria teams up with Dorset County Council to provide a contact centre upgrade.

News IBM predicts data governance will become a required discipline for organisations, while also finding that businesses need to better inventory information to reduce risk.

News Department of Work and Pensions vows to do more after the Public Accounts Committee highlights errors responsible for spiralling costs.

News The European Court of Human Rights has found that the UK government’s surveillance laws concerning calls and the internet are “not in accordance with the law”.

News The BCS has announced its partnership with the Carbon Trust to develop a tool to manage energy efficiency.

News The European Commission has given the security vendor funding to create standards for sharing messages about threats.

News As Nokia confirms it has bought the 52 per cent of Symbian it didn’t already own, competing phone makers unite to launch the open source Symbian Foundation.

News New deal with ntl: Telewest will connect 15,000 students and 2,500 staff with a high speed network.

News New software will help businesses go green and better manage their data, IBM has said.

News Objections from O2 and T-Mobile pushes back the application date for the 2.6GHz wireless spectrum auction.

News Wales aims to combat e-crime, Hull University gets help with data archiving, Dyfed Powys Police seek to improve helpdesk services and Manchester’s congestion charge gets the go-ahead.

News Research shows that IT slowdowns and data entry tasks hurt productivity at contact centres.

News Despite previous reports, a new study shows the number of mobile workers is decreasing.

News Revenue from external disk storage revenue totals £2.2 billion for the first quarter of last year, Gartner has said.

News Confusion over customers' broadband line speeds prompts new guidelines from Ofcom.

News The link up will enable an encrypted connection between Apple's iPhone and VPN-1 gateway.

News The telecoms giant intends to vastly reduce its carbon emissions by 2020.

News The internet search engine unveils its new service that will provide quality search to any website with the flexibility of cloud computing.

News A new report shows nearly 50 per cent of IT pros work during their holidays.

News Five-year contract with the British bread-maker will provide helpdesk support for nearly 2,000 users.

News Despite the tough economic climate, the EMEA server market peaks at £2.23 billion for the first quarter of this year.

News The analyst house says web mashups, social networking and mulitcore processors will be the biggest factors in IT.

News As more business is conducted out of the office, travellers are demanding in-flight internet access on the go, a survey has found.