November 2005
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November 14, 2005
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Online fraud has trebled, banks report
Online fraud, caused by phishing e-mails, password-stealing, Trojans and other scams, has risen significantly over the past 12 months, the banking industry reported last week. Continue Reading
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November 14, 2005
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Salary survey: constant demand drives salaries
The IT jobs market is enjoying a period of unparalleled stability with the number of jobs advertised on the web virtually the same in each of the past four quarters in both the permanent and contract markets. This is the finding from the October ... Continue Reading
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November 14, 2005
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Nov'05
Broadband: life in the fast lane
It's official: broadband can make your business more profitable. Research by Cranfield School of Management and accountancy firm Kingston Smith reveals that smart use of broadband is one of the 12 good habits shared by "champion" small and ... Continue Reading
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November 14, 2005
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Employers must tackle age discrimination now to avoid losing talented IT employees
Microsoft chairman Bill Gates, who is perhaps the best known IT worker on the planet, celebrated his 50th birthday last month, and it is worth contrasting his fortunes and prospects with those of other people working in IT. Continue Reading
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November 14, 2005
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Continuity plan prevents human tragedy becoming business disaster at the BMA
Business continuity planning covers a vast territory, from the normal type of disruption that can affect any IT installation, to the most terrifyingly abnormal disruption caused by terrorism or natural disaster. Continue Reading
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November 14, 2005
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Compliance is the key to electronic archive
St Peter's Trust, which handles trust and company administration from Guernsey, has deployed an electronic content management system to limit its reliance on paper documents and improve document retrieval and security. Continue Reading
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November 14, 2005
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Cisco alerts users to security flaw affecting large Wi-Fi networks
Users have been warned of a security flaw in Cisco wireless local area network controllers that could allow attackers to send malicious traffic on secured Wi-Fi networks. Continue Reading
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November 14, 2005
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Deliver rapid results or else, CIOs warned
Corporate IT leaders must deliver rapid results or risk losing their jobs. Continue Reading
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November 14, 2005
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European finance companies share best practice
Service company Eurapco provides benchmarking for six financial services firms each operating in a different European country. The firms have formed a partnership for mutual self-help and self-improvement. Continue Reading
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November 14, 2005
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How effective training aids staff retention
More than any other profession, IT requires its practitioners to undergo reskilling throughout their careers. IT is so broad, and its rate of change so rapid, that continually expanding and updating skills is an essential part of being an IT ... Continue Reading
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November 14, 2005
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Exchange crashes lead to IT systems probes
Japan's Financial Services Agency has ordered all six of the country's stock exchanges to scrutinise their electronic systems and report their findings, after a second systems failure in a week hit a Japanese bourse. Continue Reading
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November 14, 2005
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Forthcoming Centrino platform only the first step on road to extended battery life
The next version of Intel's Centrino platform for wireless laptops may not enable any significant increase in battery life on Intel-based notebooks and laptops, the company has said. Continue Reading
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November 14, 2005
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Blackberry gets faster with 8700c
Research in Motion has unveiled the latest addition to its Blackberry mobile device. The Blackberry 8700c wireless handheld offers e-mail, phone, web browsing, MMS, SMS and organiser applications. Continue Reading
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November 14, 2005
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Nov'05
Understand directory services to maintain control of network information and users
Directory services are software programs that link directly into core databases to manage the identities and security of users on a network. They are crucial to many medium and large organisations. Continue Reading
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November 14, 2005
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Nov'05
Time for a PC lock down
Forget hacking, a significant proportion of unauthorised access to systems occurs when someone sits down at sombody else's computer. In our increasingly litigious and regulation-bound society, e-mail messages have become one of the primary forms of ... Continue Reading
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November 14, 2005
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Multinationals adopt programmes to help retain key staff
Employers are increasingly using professions programmes to help retain sought-after IT employees, according to a survey of 164 multinational companies by research firm Foote Partners. Continue Reading
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November 14, 2005
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Open source tools bring Java and .net interoperability a step closer
With Sun and Microsoft's partnership almost a year and a half old, the suppliers have finally made good on their promise to make Sun's Java more interoperable with Microsoft's .net framework through the use of open source tools and code. Continue Reading
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November 14, 2005
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Nov'05
Next move: How do I become an IT forensic scientist?
The question: How do I become an IT forensic scientist? Continue Reading
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November 14, 2005
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News in brief
Short takes on this week's news Continue Reading
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November 14, 2005
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Personal attention helps keep staff on track
At software development company Data Connection, one of the Best Places to Work in IT 2005 award winners, IT support staff as well as product developers are intensively trained. "Because we support new software and new technology we must be that ... Continue Reading