http://www.thecma.com/rss/forum/ The purpose of the General Discussion area is for you to introduce any discussion topics relating to CMA and its members which do not fall into any one of the other forums. For example, you might have an idea about how to improve our membership services, may want to raise a business issue with your peer group, or offer some thought leadership that we could use for future events.     en-uk Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:59:22 GMT Fri, 30 Jul 2010 16:59:22 GMT http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss Design Militia (www.designmilitia.co.uk) RSS Generator 1.0 no-reply@thecma.com (Admin) no-reply@thecma.com (Admin) http://www.thecma.com/forum/General_Discussion/Digital_Britain_in_jeopardy_as_power_houses_go_abroad/ Government plans to make Britain a world leader in the digital economy are under threat because high electricity prices are forcing companies to locate power-hungry data centres in other countries. http://business.timesonline.co.uk/tol/business/industry_sectors/media/article6728266.ece Fri, 31 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thecma.com/forum/General_Discussion/Digital_Britain_in_jeopardy_as_power_houses_go_abroad/ http://www.thecma.com/forum/General_Discussion/Phone_tap_evidence_will_not_work/ The Times reports today that the proposed use of phone tapping evidence to secure convictions in terrorist and criminal trials has been shown in secret tests to be unworkable, with real 'legal and operational difficulties'. Sir Paul Kennedy, the Interception Commissioner is now arguing that intercept evidence should not be introduced for fear of exposing human sources to terrorist and criminals, and revealibng... Wed, 22 Jul 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thecma.com/forum/General_Discussion/Phone_tap_evidence_will_not_work/ http://www.thecma.com/forum/General_Discussion/National_Fraud_Reporting_Centre/ City of London Police confirmed to me today that the National Fraud Reporting Centre hopes to be operational in Spring 2010. That they will do a pilot and then roll it out nationally. In 2008 they were suppose to begin pilots at the end of the year and then start the national service in 2009. The media contact could not explain why it has been delayed a year. It was in 2006 when the attorney general Lord... Tue, 23 Jun 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thecma.com/forum/General_Discussion/National_Fraud_Reporting_Centre/ http://www.thecma.com/forum/General_Discussion/SMBs_keen_to_adopt_VoIP_but_cost_and_performance_concerns_are_holding_back_adoption/ Unless concerns addressed, converged services likely to remain the domain of the enterprise Bracknell, 15th December 2008 Research from Viatel has today shown that unless cost, reliability and performance issues are solved, 64% of companies believe that converged services (including VoIP) are likely to remain the domain of the enterprise. Over half of the sample (54%) admitted that they have not yet deployed... Wed, 14 Jan 2009 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thecma.com/forum/General_Discussion/SMBs_keen_to_adopt_VoIP_but_cost_and_performance_concerns_are_holding_back_adoption/ http://www.thecma.com/forum/General_Discussion/Ofcoms_Telecoms_Analysts_Briefing/ Ofcom presents their analysis of the telecoms sector, specifically looking at investment and innovation during this difficult economic period. They refer also refer to the regulation of wholesale products, pricing of those products, copper to fibre networks, and the role of the public sector role Tue, 09 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thecma.com/forum/General_Discussion/Ofcoms_Telecoms_Analysts_Briefing/ http://www.thecma.com/forum/General_Discussion/Commissioner_optimistic_on_credit_crunch/ Viviane Reding , the EU Comms Commissioner wants more ICT investment to help end the current financial crisis. Addressing a conference in Lyon, Reding insisted that cuts in public and private R&D spending was tempting, but could irreversibly damage the European economy. She insisted that solid and austainable businesses and economies are those that have the capacity to produce real high-value goods and services... Thu, 04 Dec 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thecma.com/forum/General_Discussion/Commissioner_optimistic_on_credit_crunch/ http://www.thecma.com/forum/General_Discussion/How_important_is_compliance/ Everyone wants to talk about compliance - once a 'nice have', now a 'must have'. It's often difficult to know what you don't know, and yet the law always argues that 'ignorance is no defence'. What are the most important ICT compliance issues facing organisations today and what can CMA do to help members understand the advantages and pitfalls in implementing a legal risk management strategy? Thu, 20 Nov 2008 00:00:00 GMT http://www.thecma.com/forum/General_Discussion/How_important_is_compliance/