January 2005

January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
E-commerce: Boom or bust?

Dotcom trading is enjoying a boom, but its future depends on maintaining consumer trust. Lindsay Nicolle reports on the threats... Continue Reading
January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
Red Hat and Novell update to support Linux kernel

Red Hat and Novell are updating their enterprise Linux distributions to support the latest revision of the Linux kernel. Continue Reading
January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
BT to massively expand SDSL

BT has said that 1,300 of its telephone exchanges around the UK will support symmetric digital subscriber line within 12 months. Continue Reading

January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
Back patent proposals, urges BCS

IT staff supporting proposed European legislation on software patents are being urged by the BCS to campaign via IT trade... Continue Reading
January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
Understanding software is vital to stop maintenance costs soaring

Software maintenance gobbles up 90% of the cost of software over its lifetime - and the reason typically goes back to its... Continue Reading
January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
ICT Charity Ball is one of the best parties of year

IT professionals certainly know how to party. Last year's Intellect ICT Industry Charity Ball, supported by Computer Weekly,... Continue Reading
January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
Revenue tax filing system struggles to cope with demand

The Inland Revenue’s website for filing tax returns struggled to cope with demand yesterday as thousands of tax payers raced to... Continue Reading
January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
RFID held back by high cost and lack of standards

Brakes stay on as logistics giants voice concern over expense and accuracy Continue Reading
January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
Red Hat and Novell update for Linux 2.6

Red Hat and Novell are updating their enterprise Linux distributions to support the latest revision of the Linux kernel. Continue Reading
January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
SCO code handover could mean OS rewrite

The Linux community could be forced to rewrite parts of its open source operating system after IBM was ordered to hand over... Continue Reading

January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
Windows users will have to prove licence is genuine for downloads

Users will have to validate their copy of Windows as genuine before downloading any software or drivers from the Microsoft... Continue Reading
January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
Sun Solaris patents go open source

Sun Microsystems is handing over more than 1,600 patents to software developers as part of its decision to make its Solaris... Continue Reading
January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
Hidden data puts business secrets at risk

Up to 75% of Microsoft Word documents contain hidden, sensitive information that organisations should delete before allowing the... Continue Reading
January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
FSA issues guidance on Basel 2 work

The Financial Services Authority has published guidance for banks on one of the biggest compliance projects for IT departments,... Continue Reading
January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
£30bn Gillette takeover to bring major IT savings

Procter & Gamble is poised to takeover Gillette in a £30.3bn deal that could yield huge IT cost savings for the combined firm. Continue Reading
January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
New flaw in Windows XP service pack 2 reported

A Russian security company claims it has discovered a flaw in Microsoft’s Windows XP Service Pack 2, which allows a hacker to... Continue Reading
January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
First suppliers get government interoperability certification

The first group of companies that meet required technical policies and standards for interoperability with government systems to... Continue Reading
January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
Kaspersky Lab warns against new version of the Bagle worm -- and other news briefs

Short takes from this week's news Continue Reading
January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
EMC recovery suites aid data compliance

EMC has released two software recovery management suites designed to help organisations comply with data retention and access... Continue Reading
January 31, 2005 31 Jan'05
Virtualisation spec for multiple OS launched

Intel has introduced its preliminary Vanderpool virtualisation specifications to help users run multiple operating systems on the... Continue Reading

An introduction to intelligent document processing for CIOs

With IDP, enterprises can bring documents into automation workflows, which can help reduce document processing time and save on ...

Why CIOs need to establish an automation CoE

With organizations continuing to automate business processes across several departments at a rapid pace, it's time they consider ...

Is your company's IT governance strategy cloud ready?

As companies prepare to migrate to the cloud, they need to review their IT governance strategy before making any decisions to ...

SearchSecurity

Why SASE should be viewed as an evolution, not revolution

The hype around secure access service edge (SASE) is palpable. But by taking a step back, security leaders can align an emerging ...

The 5 principles of zero-trust security

Zero trust is a journey, not a destination. Ensure your corporate network is safe from internal and external threats by ...

Iranian hackers pose as far-right group to threaten U.S. voters

The FBI said Russia and Iran have obtained voter information, and Iranian hackers have also been sending threatening emails to ...

SearchNetworking

The power and plights of female network engineers

Impostor syndrome burdens female network engineers, due to discrimination, as well as a lack of representation and education. But...

Bye-bye ISR, hello Catalyst 8000 for Cisco SD-WAN

The new Catalyst 8300 Series of routers replace ISRs that customers said were ill-equipped to run the Cisco SD-WAN. Cisco also ...

Juniper's 128 acquisition needed to improve SD-WAN

Juniper Networks plans to 'enhance' its Contrail SD-WAN through the acquisition of 128 Technology. 128 has a more advanced SD-WAN...

SearchDataCenter

IBM cloud revenues climb as hardware continues to decline

IBM cloud revenues continue to increase as hardware sales drop, sharpening the company's strategy to focus on hybrid cloud.

Figure out the differences of asset management vs. CMDB

There is no shortage of software options for change management tools. Operational goals can help IT teams decide if ITAM or CMDB ...

IBM partners with HBCUs to promote quantum computing

IBM is partnering with a group of historically Black colleges and universities to set up a quantum computing center in hopes of ...

SearchDataManagement

Growing enterprise benefits of augmented data management

Gartner predicts plenty of growth in the booming augmented data management market, which helps data professionals focus on ...

MongoDB Atlas now enables multi-cloud database clusters

Multi-cloud data portability comes to MongoDB Atlas with a new capability that will enable users to run a database application ...

How AI data privacy can help your enterprise

Enterprises benefit in many ways from AI data privacy tools that reduce the need for manual efforts from data professionals. Read...