Phil Worms

The UK Government has this week finally thrown its weight behind the campaign to improve the teaching of computer science in our schools. As it reviews ICT provision in the curriculum it will be the responsibility of government to work with industry to ensure that computer skills are now taught properly. The government’s statement follows the publication in February of the Next Gen report co-authored by Ian Livingstone and Alex Hope, which highlighted the poor quality of computer teaching in schools as one of the biggest obstacles to growth for the video games and VFX industries in the UK. Next Gen reported that only one-in-five ICT teachers described themselves as being able to write or modify even basic computer programmes. Ian Livingstone, who’s the life president of British video-game publisher Eidos, wrote a compelling article about the issue in this week’s Inde... (more)

iomart Hosting's Cloud Computing Platform Helps Nova International

More than half a million people will visit the site over this coming weekend for the Bupa Great North Run, as well as registering for Nova's other Great Run events in Edinburgh, Sheffield and Portsmouth which take place in October. Chris Kewin, IT Director at Nova International, said: "iomart Hosting's technical expertise and support provides relief to Nova's small but busy IT team. It's critical for our business that we have a 24/7 scalable service. Nova is looking seriously at cloud technology on which to build third generation systems that can scale out rather than up.  Cloud ... (more)

The travel industry flies the flag for the cloud

Remember the times when you used to go down to your local travel agent and return home with a pile of brochures a foot high which you then spent days leafing through to find your dream holiday? These days there’s no time to sit gazing at all those glossy shots of glistening sands, palm trees and infinity pools. Instead it’s a short click to a website to punch in details of your family, your holiday dates and your budget while a quick search reveals the available destinations …in a sense the holiday probably picks you now rather than the other way round. The burgeoning of cheap fl... (more)

The travel industry flies the flag for the cloud

Remember the times when you used to go down to your local travel agent and return home with a pile of brochures a foot high which you then spent days leafing through to find your dream holiday? These days there’s no time to sit gazing at all those glossy shots of glistening sands, palm trees and infinity pools. Instead it’s a short click to a website to punch in details of your family, your holiday dates and your budget while a quick search reveals the available destinations …in a sense the holiday probably picks you now rather than the other way round. The burgeoning of cheap flig... (more)

Small Businesses Set To Profit From Cloud Computing

Early Bird at Cloud Expo It is quite appropriate that Parallels have selected the luxury Fountainbleau Resort on Miami Beach for the location of the Parallels Summit ’10, as its combination of decadence, attention to detail, service ethic and physical setting are an example of the very best that the Hotel Industry has to offer. And it’s a model that Cloud service providers are being urged to follow if they wish to succeed in attracting customers to their offerings. It’s a given that not every company will be able to offer 5 star service and not every customer will be able to affo... (more)