August 2005 News
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Make marketing more relevant
Responsys, a premier global provider of on-demand email and lifecycle marketing solutions, has announced Interact 5, the latest version of the company's email marketing automation software.31 Aug 2005
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Distiller saves £40,000 a year with customs document management
William Grant & Sons, the distiller of Glenfiddich whisky, has migrated to the Covus document processing system to save up to £40,000 a year.31 Aug 2005
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Network Appliance completes acquisition of data security specialist
Network Appliance has completed its $260m (£153m) acquisition of storage security company Decru.31 Aug 2005
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DefCon and Black Hat wireless hackers foiled
Hackers at the recently held DefCon and Black Hat security conferences in Las Vegas failed to hack the wireless networks set up for the events, despite challenges from the organisers.31 Aug 2005
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Opera celebrates tenth anniversary with free code
Opera is celebrating its tenth anniversary as a browser software provider by giving away complimentary registration codes for its software.31 Aug 2005
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SMEs offered new data management suite
Ipswitch, the network management, messaging and file transfer solutions provider, has released the Ipswitch WS_FTP Data Management Suite for SMEs.31 Aug 2005
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IT recruiters urged to aid staff diversity
IT recruitment firms are being encouraged to tackle discrimination by considering a wider range of potential employees.31 Aug 2005
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Canary Wharf to offer full Wi-Fi coverage
London business district Canary Wharf will go live with one of Europe's largest Wi-Fi zones, spanning a 97 acre site, at the end of September.31 Aug 2005
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C&W's IP ring offers fast access for London
Cable & Wireless has switched on the London ring of its IP-based Next Generation Network (NGN).31 Aug 2005
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EMC acquisition boost to customer support
EMC is to acquire network virtualisation company Rainfinity.31 Aug 2005
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Hitachi researchers make quantum leap
A team of researchers at Hitachi-Cambridge has developed a silicon device to facilitate quantum computing.31 Aug 2005
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Shipbuilder VT upgrades to solve NT4 support headaches
Shipbuilder VT Group is updating its server infrastructure to use Microsoft's Active Directory, as it replaces its Windows NT 4.0 servers.31 Aug 2005
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Passive fingerprinting: Applications and prevention
In this excerpt from the book Silence on the Wire, author Michal Zalewski discusses both malicious and beneficial uses for passive fingerprinting, and how to prevent successful passive fingerprinti...30 Aug 2005
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Antivirus can introduce dangerous network security holes into any OS
AV software is one of the most basic security steps available. It's also yet another gateway for security breaches.30 Aug 2005
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Myfip's Titan Rain connection
LURHQ researchers say the Myfip worm is a good example of the malcode Chinese hackers are using in the so-called Titan Rain attacks against U.S. government networks.30 Aug 2005
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Pensions department cuts deal for £900m saving
The Department for Work and Pensions and its main technology supplier EDS have struck a deal to revise and standardise 150 separate contracts, cutting the department's IT spend by £900m over five y...30 Aug 2005
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Sainsbury's vets suppliers over IT continuity plans
Sainsbury's has begun a drive to ensure its key suppliers have business continuity plans in place to deal with disruptions such as the loss of IT systems or key sites becoming inaccessible.30 Aug 2005
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Intel promises to ease spiralling datacentre power consumption
Intel is promising to ease the problem of spiralling power consumption in datacentres.30 Aug 2005
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BAA cuts its desktop costs with thin clients
Airports operator BAA has cut 28% off the installation, management and maintenance cost of 8,500 desktops by replacing PCs with thin client terminals.30 Aug 2005
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Online services deadline will be met but will public be won over?
Councils may fail to attract people to access services electronically despite meeting the government's end-of year deadline to get services online, public sector IT managers group Socitm has warned.30 Aug 2005
