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Power failure at HBOS disrupts banking services

A power failure disrupted branch computer systems at Halifax and Bank of Scotland and left customers unable to access cash point machines and online banking...

Environment Agency aims to halve carbon emissions with green IT contract

The Environment Agency has signed an IT contract which aims to halve the department's carbon emissions. The seven-year £336m contract...

Virtualisation moves disaster recovery into the cloud

Virtualisation is widely regarded as the best...

Npower consolidates six million customers onto single database

Npower, the retail arm of the UK's largest electricity supplier, RWE npower, is consolidating the details of its six million residential customers onto a single database.

Datacentres at risk unless they tackle inefficiencies

End-user businesses need to take into account the risks...

Gartner reveals seven hyped up technologies going nowhere fast

In terms of hype, Twitter and social networking is heading downhill rapidly, according to Gartner's eponymous hype...

CSC seeks new $2.bn deal with Zurich Financial Services

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  • Author: Ian Grant
  • Date: 06 October 2009
Zurich Financial Services Group has entered exclusive negotiations with IT outsourcer CSC 10-year...

Teradata launches entry-level data warehouse

Teradata, a provider of enterprise data warehouse appliances, has introduced an entry-level data warehouse, designed for lower-cost installations.

Wood chips and methane power greener data centres

Cliff Saran cliff.saran@rbi.co.uk Innovative IT departments are turning to environmentally friendly technology such as wood chips and methane...

Colt checks datacentres to ensure no repeat of Lastminute.com failure

Communications supplier Colt is running checks on its 18 european datacentres to ensure there is no repeat...

IT efficiency most improved by managing datacentre complexity

Energy conservation and managing total cost of power the most difficult issue for firms to resolve

Businesses use green technology to cut datacentre costs in recession

Businesses are deploying energy saving technologies to help them lower the electricity costs of running datacentres during the recession.

Computers could soon be heating buildings - IBM

Technology is being tested that allows heat generated by computers to warm offices and homes.

The ICO takes Sutton Council to task over data losses

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has found the London Borough of Sutton in breach of the Data Protection Act. The ICO found that Sutton...

Call centres are not protecting credit card details

Contact centres are failing to securely store voice recordings that contain personal information including credit card numbers. A survey carried out...

UK lags behind trading partners in data security, report says

UK businesses are lagging behind many of their overseas trading partners in protecting data, according to PricewaterhouseCoopers. Nearly half (49%)...
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