All Risk Management News - July 2006

Software buyers beware

  • In Depth
  • Date: 20 July 2006
16 December 1999: The usual rules of procurement simply cannot be applied when buying software. Bill Monk of Sema Group offers a guide through the buying process.

Stiff upper lip

23 July 1998: Are you the proud possessor of a piece of expensive third-party software? Then odds are you have been stiffed, and it is a safe bet to say the experience was not pleasant or cheap.

English Heritage: Gateway to cost-effective IT

Case study: To provide consistent and high-quality IT services across more than 130 sites, English Heritage relies on outsourcing.Helen Beckett hears how a balance of good relations, effective penalties and flexibility does the trick

Security Bytes: Cisco and Metasploit fix flaws

Cisco patches CS-MARS flaws and Metasploit creator H.D. Moore warns of a serious Internet Explorer flaw

Symantec: Searching for a strategy?

After phasing out some appliances and watching EMC reel in RSA, some say Symantec is strategically adrift. To correct its course, experts say it must satisfy the demand for better product integration.

Clinicians drafted in for care records roll-out

The government has assembled a taskforce of the UK’s leading clinical professionals in a bid to sort out problems surrounding the implementation of electronic patient care records.

Oracle patch bundle fixes 60 security holes

Oracle has patched more than 60 security vulnerabilities in its software products as part of a quarterly patching cycle.

Food traceability heads for the web

Software company TraceAll and food process control business Qmach have joined forces to provide an online system for tracing food ingredients through the global supply and production chain.

BAT rolls out global SOA security infrastructure

British American Tobacco has deployed Vordel’s service-oriented architecture security and management technology to protect XML communications across its global datacentre network.

Public pays price as government goes live with unproven systems

Passports fiasco illustrates how bug-ridden IT is being rushed into service
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