More charities entering the cloud, finds survey

3 May 2011

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This week sees the launch of Civil Society IT's flagship piece of research, the Charity IT Survey 2011; see our top story for a taster of just some of the findings. The full survey, meanwhile, is available free to civilsociety.co.uk and Charity Finance subscribers or can be purchased by non-subscribers here.

More charities entering the cloud, finds survey

Charities are embracing the cloud, with almost three times as many charities using some form of software as a service (SaaS) as two years ago, according to the Charity IT Survey 2011.

Charities warned about changes to cookie rules

Charities are being urged to be prepared to seek users' permission when using cookies on their websites following the government's recent announcement on the regulation of cookies.

Nuffield Health implements new electronic payment system

Nuffield Health has partnered with Commidea to install a new electronic payment system in most of its hospitals and in its UK contact centre.

Unwanted emails, texts and calls could attract fines of £500k

Charities could be fined up to £500,000 for sending unwanted SMS messages, emails, live and recorded phone calls as a result of amendments to UK regulations due to come into effect next month.

Big Issue sellers given smartphones to tweet from the streets

Homeless people selling the Big Issue are to be given smartphones in order to "go beyond selling the magazine, and to begin acting as news gatherers".

Survey

Charity IT Survey 2011 - Exploring new frontiers

Gareth Jones reveals the results of this year's Charity IT Survey and finds the charity sector dipping its collective toe into cloud computing.

Indepth

Future trends: Predictions for charity IT

We asked charities and IT suppliers alike for their predictions on IT trends in the charity sector over the next year, and received a huge response.

Blog

Digital innovation among Scottish non-profits

The second Be Good Be Social event, organised by Ross McCulloch of Third Sector Lab, was hosted at Big Lottery Scotland in April; and - much like its English cousin NFP tweetup - it celebrated the growing use of social networks and technology by charities.

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