October 2005

October 18, 2005 18 Oct'05
Firms must defend against ISP clashes, warns Gartner

The recent dispute between Level 3 Communications and Cogent Communications demonstrates why firms should use more than one ISP, says analyst Gartner. Continue Reading
October 18, 2005 18 Oct'05
US IT approaches bring more success

Workers in US firms are 40% more productive than their UK counterparts, according to a report. Continue Reading
October 18, 2005 18 Oct'05
Get ready for new Microsoft licensing models

Microsoft is making radical changes to its software pricing that aims to cut costs for customers and force other vendors to dump their own licensing models. Continue Reading

October 18, 2005 18 Oct'05
Instant messaging success

Business use of instant messaging is growing fast, but CIOs need to beef up their security to cope. Continue Reading
October 18, 2005 18 Oct'05
IT risk must be shared

IT risk is too important to leave to CIOs alone, according to a survey from the Economist Intelligence Unit (EIU). Continue Reading
October 18, 2005 18 Oct'05
CIOs’ hands-off approach to outsourcing spells trouble

CIOs’ hands-off attitude to managing outsourcing contracts is jeopardising the success of those projects. Continue Reading
October 18, 2005 18 Oct'05
Measuring your risks

Go to any security conference, and you’ll probably find a session about return on investment and measurement. Continue Reading
October 18, 2005 18 Oct'05
Corporate leadership needed to combat spyware

Who’s responsible for combating software? No-one, it seems, according to a survey commissioned by software firm Blue Coat, which revealed that 61% of those using the Internet at work believe that no company policy is in force to handle the spyware ... Continue Reading
October 18, 2005 18 Oct'05
Getting on top of corporate mobile security

UK encryption firm BeCrypt believes companies need to develop stronger corporate policies to reflect the changing reality of mobile working, especially when it comes to deleting files containing sensitive information. Continue Reading
October 18, 2005 18 Oct'05
Zero days get shorter (and shorter)

Security managers’ headaches only get worse when the ‘zero day’ time between a vulnerability being disclosed and an exploit being released gets shorter and shorter. Continue Reading

October 18, 2005 18 Oct'05
A patch too far

Users began having problems implementing a Microsoft patch issued to fix a hole in the Windows 2000 operating system. Continue Reading
October 17, 2005 17 Oct'05
Acceptance first step to remedy at Revenue

The National Audit Office's report into the accounts and workings of the Inland Revenue makes bleak reading. Continue Reading
October 17, 2005 17 Oct'05
National Audit Office reveals crisis caused by weaknesses in core Revenue IT systems

Public spending watchdog the National Audit Office published the results of one of its most in-depth examinations of the affairs of the Inland Revenue last week. Continue Reading
October 17, 2005 17 Oct'05
Where to find the biggest carrot

Public sector pay is on the up. And when holidays and other benefits are added to the pot, a move to public IT can seem even more attractive. Helen Beckett looks at how the career divide between public and private IT is closing Continue Reading
October 17, 2005 17 Oct'05
Time to benefit from clocking IT's hours

Time recording IT directors reveal how they have used time recording systems to identify inefficiencies, boost IT's image among users and justify additional funding Continue Reading
October 17, 2005 17 Oct'05
Microsoft simplifies licensing

Microsoft is simplifying its Windows Server System licensing in a move it said would make it cheaper for users to adopt Windows virtualisation on their networks. Continue Reading
October 17, 2005 17 Oct'05
Service oriented architectures could simplify exception handling

An IT architecture based around services could help users tackle computationally complex tasks in the area of real-time decision support. Continue Reading
October 17, 2005 17 Oct'05
Could users find themselves locked in by enterprise application infrastructure war?

As middleware suppliers Oracle and SAP develop their plans to roll out application architectures, IT directors could be left wondering where that leaves their investment in third-party application server technologies from the likes of IBM and BEA. Continue Reading
October 17, 2005 17 Oct'05
Banks' push to upgrade hampered by complexity of legacy systems

UK banks are lagging behind their western European counterparts in the drive to upgrade core banking platforms, and some are being held back in part by the complexity of their ageing legacy systems. Continue Reading
October 17, 2005 17 Oct'05
Flexibility and collaboration drive media group's switch over to VoIP

Media agency Ogilvy is deploying a combined data and voice IP network that supports wireless connectivity and supplies gigabit bandwidth to the desktop. Continue Reading