October 2005

October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
IT troubleshooters and security consultants receive their rewards

Pay for IT 'troubleshooters' has shot up by nearly one-third. Continue Reading
October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
Symantec affected by security flaws

The latest in a plague of security flaws affecting vendors has now caught up with Symantec. Continue Reading
October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
Kaspersky takes antivirus action

Antivirus software specialist Kaspersky has confirmed there is a potentially serious flaw in some of its programs, but has said that a fix will be available soon. Continue Reading

October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
Mobiles threatened by denial of service attacks

Security researchers at Pennsylvania State University have warned that mobile phones could be at risk from denial of service attacks spread through text messaging. Continue Reading
October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
Instant messaging headache for IT

Analyst firm Osterman Research has suggested that organisations are increasingly worried about the potential security threat of instant messaging Continue Reading
October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
Microsoft makes corporate security push

Microsoft is moving into the enterprise security market. Continue Reading
October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
Orange Customer Fact Sheet: TriCAD

TriCAD Solutions Ltd was established in 2003 to provide high quality residential and commercial drawings for the purposes of planning applications, building surveys and level surveys. Continue Reading
October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
Orange Customer Fact Sheet: Taylor Woodrow

Taylor Woodrow is a leading developer of sustainable communities of high quality homes, employing over 7,000 people worldwide. . Continue Reading
October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
Orange Customer Fact Sheet

CMS is an award-winning Engineering Service Provision company specialising in the supply of high quality customer orientated engineering services to various industries. Continue Reading
October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
BDO Stoy Hayward invests £2m to mobilise its workforce

Leading accountancy firm chooses Orange to improve work/life balance for employees Continue Reading

October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
Orange launches its first combined laptop-style 3G phone and connected PDA for business

SPV M5000 provides a realistic, stylish alternative to carrying a laptop Continue Reading
October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
Whitbread to reallocate IT staff

Leisure group Whitbread is to reallocate its 140 head office IT staff between a new business division and a shared IT services operation covering its remaining brands. Continue Reading
October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
Sheffield project management platform drives £1bn council homes renovation

An organisation set up by Sheffield City Council is using project management software to help it manage a £1bn investment programme in 55,000 council-owned houses. Continue Reading
October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
Parallel processing has a revival

Interest in parallel processing is being revived by developments in related fields, which are taking it more into commercial applications, according to the relaunched BCS Parallel Processing Specialist Group. Continue Reading
October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
Sticky fingers could scupper UK ID card biometrics, warn experts

Eating crisps could be enough to have a fingerprint reading rejected by the UK's proposed national identity card scheme. This was one of several concerns about the planned use of biometrics that emerged from a recent BCS debate. Continue Reading
October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
Cisco makes play for web acceleration

Cisco Systems is forming a business unit to offer users new application acceleration and network optimisation products. Continue Reading
October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
Microsoft and Yahoo to integrate IM systems

Microsoft and Yahoo have confirmed they will allow their instant messaging users to talk to each other by integrating the infrastructure used to support the systems. Continue Reading
October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
Hackers target recently patched Windows vulnerability

An exploit has been unleashed onto the internet to take advantage of a critical flaw in Windows that was patched by Microsoft this week. Continue Reading
October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
Symantec increases price of security products

Symantec has increased the price of its Norton internet security products by up to a third for existing users. Continue Reading
October 13, 2005 13 Oct'05
Senior staff need retraining to succeed in changing IT environment, says Forrester

Experienced IT professionals who are transferred to an outsourcing provider will need technical retraining, according to a report published by analyst firm Forrester last week. Continue Reading