July 2000

July 19, 2000 19 Jul'00
Testing time for Halifax

Nick Huber
IT managers need to leave time within electronic project plans to remedy faults revealed by stress testing, industry experts said...
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July 19, 2000 19 Jul'00
Strategy Clinic: Managing supplier relationships

What can I do to manage better my relationship with my resourcing partner? Continue Reading
July 19, 2000 19 Jul'00
Web development skills in demand

Growth in demand for permanent and contract IT staff is levelling off but is still holding at its highest point for almost two years, according to the... Continue Reading

July 19, 2000 19 Jul'00
Recycle for charity

The British Institute for Brain Injured Children (BIBIC) is appealing to computer users to help raise funds for charity by recycling their empty inkjet or... Continue Reading
July 19, 2000 19 Jul'00
Security is a staff issue

Poor IT security has its roots in overburdened employees, according to a study by consultancy Netsec.
The main problem is that security is a part-time...
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July 19, 2000 19 Jul'00
Training key to JD Edwards' ERP solution

Training is tightly controlled for JD Edwards' ERP solutions, writes Nick Langley. Continue Reading
July 19, 2000 19 Jul'00
W3C asks users to test latest XML-based code

Caroline Davis
The World-Wide Web Consortium (W3C) has invited users to try out XLink, an XML-based language that will allow several...
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July 19, 2000 19 Jul'00
To the rescue!

Co-ordinating a host of divergent agencies to fight forest fires and tackle other disasters across the US demands heavy computer... Continue Reading
July 19, 2000 19 Jul'00
Why we need to beef up the law on spam

We need better legislation to restrict junk e-mail Continue Reading
July 19, 2000 19 Jul'00
Web kitemark scheme falters

David Bicknell
Government plans to back a "kitemark" scheme to protect customers buying on the Web are in trouble after several key...
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July 19, 2000 19 Jul'00
www.embarrassinghealthproblems.co.uk

Martin Couzins
Those of you who find it impossible to ask anyone - be it your friends, colleagues or doctor - about health issues you...
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July 19, 2000 19 Jul'00
Software teams face major .net retraining

Companies planning to adopt Microsoft's .net strategy face the prospect of retraining their software teams Continue Reading
July 19, 2000 19 Jul'00
IT directors sink online trade hype

Hazel Ward
Less than a third of companies are actively trading on the Internet, according to a survey of delegates at last month's IT...
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July 19, 2000 19 Jul'00
Stop IT directors from moving on

Watching captains of the established services and software industry enjoying themselves on the merry-go-round at the Computing Services & Software Association's 25th birthday party Continue Reading
July 19, 2000 19 Jul'00
Tempz achieves REC accreditation

Tempz.com has become the first full service, on-line temporary recruitment agency to achieve Recruitment and Employment Confederation (REC) accreditation, and... Continue Reading
July 19, 2000 19 Jul'00
UK firm takes risk out of Web launches

Amid a spate of high-profile e-commerce launch problems, a new UK company is claiming it can take most of the technical risk out of launching online...
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July 19, 2000 19 Jul'00
Unipart online system slashes training time

Unipart, the engineering and parts distribution group, aims to save more than 20,000 production days a year by introducing online training for its...
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July 18, 2000 18 Jul'00
Storage Area Networks for Internet ventures

While the costs to set up a Storage Area Network (SAN) may seem daunting to many Internet ventures, the potential benefits it can... Continue Reading
July 12, 2000 12 Jul'00
Orange's HSCSD service is (quietly) here

After launching the service last year, Orange has finally announced a commercial launch of its high-speed circuit switched data... Continue Reading
July 12, 2000 12 Jul'00
Mobile computing fever about to strike

Mobile computing, from hand-held scanners to wireless networks, is taking the retail industry by storm. Bill Goodwin reports from... Continue Reading

Surveillance technology under fire, amid growing societal concerns

As San Francisco halts city use of facial recognition technology, CIOs could see more regulatory actions against surveillance ...

Deep learning pioneer Fei-Fei Li on the fundamentals of ethical AI

AI luminary Fei-Fei Li was among a group of distinguished AI researchers asked to share their thoughts on how to develop ethical ...

Andrew Ng's AI playbook for the enterprise: 6 must-dos

AI legend and online education pioneer Andrew Ng has developed an AI playbook for businesses. Here are six must-dos.

SearchSecurity

Barracuda Advanced Bot Protection safeguards web applications

Advanced Bot Protection is a cloud-hosted platform that defends against automated threats using AI. It is available as both a web...

Microsoft bets on ElectionGuard SDK to fortify election security

Ahead of the 2020 elections, Microsoft unveiled ElectionGuard, an open source SDK designed to provide end-to-end verification of ...

10 ways to prevent computer security threats from insiders

Whether via the spread of malware, spyware or viruses, insiders can do as much damage as outside attackers. Here's how to prevent...

SearchNetworking

Huawei ban will hasten its retreat from U.S. suppliers

The Huawei ban will spur a faster retreat from U.S. suppliers, as the Chinese tech company invests more in its manufacturing ...

Cisco vulnerability fix for thrangrycat carries risks

The Cisco vulnerability fix for thrangrycat could make affected hardware unusable. But the vendor said its ready to replace ...

The status of white box networking in the enterprise

Despite the benefits of white box networking, most enterprises are cautious about deployment. Use these five questions to ...

SearchDataCenter

How do I size a UPS unit?

Your data center UPS sizing needs are dependent on a variety of factors. Develop configurations and determine the estimated UPS ...

How to enhance FTP server security

If you still use FTP servers in your organization, use IP address whitelists, login restrictions and data encryption -- and just ...

3 ways to approach cloud bursting

With different cloud bursting techniques and tools from Amazon, Zerto, VMware and Oracle, admins can bolster cloud connections ...

SearchDataManagement

The main picks for Hadoop distributions on the market

Check out the current top Hadoop distribution vendors in the market to help you determine which product is best for your company.

Inside view of Tibco integration architecture planning

Tibco's acquisitions of well-regarded, small software specialists such as SnappyData are part of a drive toward what it calls '...

Lumina launches Radiance, a data risk management platform

In an effort to prevent data loss, Lumina launched Radiance, a SaaS data risk management platform. It collects and analyzes data ...