A new auction site plans to cash in on flaw research. Executive Editor Dennis Fisher explores if it's a viable business model and if research should be sold to the highest bidder.
The recent floods in the North of England and elsewhere will cost businesses up to £170m in IT damage. Among small and medium-sized enterprises especially, inadequate insurance, an absence of back-up systems, and a lack of business continuity planning paint a sorry picture.
Communications regulator Ofcom is making headway to stamp out abuses and ensure consumers enjoy lower costs and more choice from the switch to digital technology, its third annual report reports.
Purchasing and maintaining disaster recovery systems will be a major initiative for firms over the next 12 months. A study by analyst firm Forrester found that 24% of large firms and 15% of small and medium-sized enterprises consider disaster recovery to be a top priority.
Search engine giant Google says it will use its acquisition of security and compliance vendor Postini to expand its hosted applications for businesses.