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Ordnance Survey maps have a green future

Ordnance Survey has reduced the amount of power its datacentre consumes by 38% through the implementation of storage management software.

Auditors making corporations pay serious attention to data access

  • News
  • Date: 21 August 2007
Heightened security sensitivity and regulatory compliance pressures drive firms to adopt best practices

Hosted and managed VoIP fundamentals

  • In Depth
  • Date: 21 August 2007
Adoption rates of hosted VoIP and managed VoIP are increasing as more companies look to reduce the costs and complexities of deploying VoIP in house. Enterprises are factoring revenue growth, enhanced productivity and communication services into ROI calculations to make a business case for hosted or managed VoIP. This guide explains the differences between hosted and managed VoIP solutions and will help you decide if outsourcing VoIP is right for your organization.

Backup reporting expands to add capacity planning

Aptare adds capacity planning for primary data storage to its product line, joining Symantec in recent attempts to broaden the appeal of reporting software.

Information commissioner orders disclosure of NPfIT documents

The information commissioner has ordered the disclosure of "highly sensitive" papers about a meeting at Downing Street that led to the launch of the UK's largest IT-based project, the £12.4bn NHS national programme.

Quantum, Sony scrap old tape formats

Sony will stop shipping the first generation of SAIT this fall and has no OEMs for the second generation. Meanwhile, Quantum is scratching development on SDLT.

Windows update blamed for Skype outage

A Windows update has been pinpointed as the main reason Skype was offline for 48 hours last week (14 August). In a posting on the company's heatbeat.skype.com website Skype said, "The disruption was triggered by a massive restart of our users' computers across the globe within a very short timeframe as they re-booted after receiving a routine set of patches through Windows Update."

Seven years in jail for identity theft fraudster

A man in the US has been jailed for seven years for buying stolen identities from web forums run by cyber-criminals and using the information for bank fraud.

Skype failing on security, says Network Box

Businesses using the Skypevoice over IP (VoIP) system are being warned of the security implications.

Sourcefire acquires open source ClamAV

Sourcefire, maker of the popular Snort open source IDS tool, has acquired ClamAV, an open source email gateway scanning tool.
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