Tuesday 18th or Thursday 20th May 2010


Do you know how easy it is for hackers to get into YOUR website? 


Have you ever wondered how easy it would be? Unauthorsed access to you customers data? Resetting the Administrator's password? 

Dear Members,

Through our PIN-SME membership we would like to recommend this online event to you:

The European CeBIT Forum for Competitiveness and Growth in SMEs 2010, which will be held on Thursday, 4^th of March 2010, 10 a.m. to 12:30 p.m. at CeBIT Studio Mittelstand.  

UKITA is a thriving membership association and trade organisation, representing SMEs in ICT. UKITA are now relocating and re-structuring to provide more modern benefits and services to members post the recession.

"An Innovation Bank should be launched to back new ideas and able entrepreneurs, Lord Kumar Bhattacharyya, head of Warwick Manufacturing Group, has urged" (Birmingham Post)

Dear UKITA Members,

News from our PIN-SME membership:
 
CEN has just released a call for experts (attached) for the project “Implementing the e-Competence Framework (eCF) into ICT SMEs” funded by EFTA and the European Commission.  As you may know, this successful project proposal has been very much supported by PIN-SME. It focuses on the issues raised by the implementation of the e-Competence Framework in ICT SMEs and on moving SMEs towards a greater awareness of their e-competence needs.

MedilinkWM's Specialist Team Begins Evolution with new Name

MedilinkWM, one of Europe's leading service providers in the life sciences sector, is reinforcing its position as the UK's foremost demonstrator of technology for the assisted living sector with the launch of the new name 'Alvolution' for its division dedicated to this segment of the healthcare market.

The National Computing Centre (NCC) are undertaking research into how organisations are using rostering or workforce scheduling software to improve the operational efficiency of their employees.

Business Link welcome visitors and exhibitors to WBAFC, The Hawthorns, West Bromwich, to put names to faces and faces to businesses for a blend of networking, exhibition and inspiration.

This people 2 people opportunity is purposely designed to showcase regional companies, help businesses network, exchange best practise, obtain new contacts, access the inspiration and support needed to grow your business.

On behalf of Midlands Enterprise Europe, UKITA would like to offer you the opportunity to attend the International Business and  Innovation Seminar events in Birmingham, in March.

Birmingham Connections brings many of the local business networking groups together under one roof,

The new Apple iPad


Report by Tom Brookes (UKITA)

Apple’s new tablet computer model was launched yesterday – January 27th 2010, but is not available until April, in the U.S.

A pioneer of the West Midlands IT industry has logged off for the last time.

John Dixon turned his love of gadgets into a thriving business which earned him an audience with Alan Sugar at a time when the last winner of the Apprentice was a toddler.