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2003 Stories

• December 15, 2003 15Dec2003 News

  IT staff predict e-government success despite councillors’ doubts

  Tony Blair has failed to convince councillors in almost half of the UK’s local authorities of the value of e-government. Continue Reading

• December 03, 2003 03Dec2003 In Depth

  On the right side of the law

  What are the legal and regulatory issues that could affect the running of your company? What are the ramifications of the Data... Continue Reading

• November 16, 2003 16Nov2003 In Depth

  Learning Guide: SAN-based backups

  Some of the best advice on the ins and outs of SAN-based backups Continue Reading

• November 13, 2003 13Nov2003 In Depth

  How to secure a wireless Lan

  Stuart Okin and Ian Hellen at Microsoft UK give their opinion on how different forms of data encryption can protect wireless Lan... Continue Reading

• November 11, 2003 11Nov2003 News

  MPs slam Libra as one of UK's worst PFI deals ever

  Costs more than double and Whitehall shoulders risk on magistrates IT. Continue Reading

• November 10, 2003 10Nov2003 News

  NHS IT plan risky but will not fail, says OGC

  The £2.3bn national programme to modernise health service IT systems is "risky and ambitious" but it has sufficient safeguards in... Continue Reading

• October 27, 2003 27Oct2003 News

  Council migrates to web enabled benefits system

  Liverpool City Council has completed a six-week data migration project to get its £5m housing benefit and council tax system up... Continue Reading

• July 28, 2003 28Jul2003 News

  Court blocks former ICL solicitor's Pathway claim

  Fujitsu has won a court ruling to stop a former solicitor for the company pursuing allegations about the government's disastrous... Continue Reading

• July 25, 2003 25Jul2003 In Depth

  IT directors foresee technology revolution continuing in comms

  There are those who hold that the IT revolution has petered out with no more breakthroughs to come. But IT directors attending... Continue Reading

• June 02, 2003 02Jun2003 Tip

  A beginners guide to iSCSI

  After five years of working with Fibre Channel storage area networks (SANs), I have personally been quite confused about iSCSI, about exactly what it really does and more importantly how it works and how we can actually use it to solve real customer... Continue Reading

• April 28, 2003 28Apr2003 In Depth

  Fujitsu won £800m Post Office contract after misrepresenting itself, says lawyer

  High Court claim by ex-employee makes damning accusations Continue Reading

• April 16, 2003 16Apr2003 In Depth

  Thought for the day: Flights of fancy

  Launch a Java-based office suite? Simon Moores questions the sanity of any company that would consider doing so, even if it is... Continue Reading

• March 26, 2003 26Mar2003 In Depth

  What's in an IT name?

  What exactly does a chief information officer do?Paul Burfitt, global CIO at AstraZeneca, analysed the various aspects of his job... Continue Reading

• February 19, 2003 19Feb2003 Tip

  Zoning, part 2: Hard zoning vs. soft zoning

  Zoning is a fundamental management technique that basically controls who can see what in a storage area network (SAN). The following is part 2 of a three-part series on zoning. Continue Reading

• February 17, 2003 17Feb2003 Tip

  Zoning, part 1: An overview of zoning

  Zoning is a fundamental management technique that basically controls who can see what in a storage area network (SAN). The following is part 1 of a three-part series on zoning. Continue Reading

• February 15, 2003 15Feb2003 Tip

  Zoning, part 3: Zoning schemas

  Zoning is a fundamental management technique that basically controls who can see what in a storage area network (SAN). The following is part 3 of a three-part series on zoning. Continue Reading

• February 10, 2003 10Feb2003 News

  UK firms are offered help to migrate to open source

  Companies are being given help to migrate to free-license software by a joint initiative from OpenForum Europe and the National... Continue Reading

• February 06, 2003 06Feb2003 News

  Users warned as number of software holes soars

  IT departments were put on alert this week after it emerged that the number of security vulnerabilities discovered in commercial... Continue Reading

• February 05, 2003 05Feb2003 News

  NHS £5bn IT procurement finally begins

  The Department of Health (DoH) has launched the formal procurement process for its £5bn restructuring of NHS IT. Continue Reading

• January 29, 2003 29Jan2003 News

  Courts Libra system 'is one of the worst IT projects ever seen'

  The cost of the Libra project to provide a national system for 385 magistrates courts soared from £146m to £390m, and the main... Continue Reading