November 2005
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October 31, 2005
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Your shout: Healthcare investment, NHS e-mail, NHS suppliers
Computer Weekly readers have their say Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Microsoft updates key products
Microsoft will next week launch two crucial product updates for corporate users: a new version of its flagship relational database server and an update of the .net development environment. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Phone appointments boost e-booking figures
The Department of Health has conceded that it is using hospital appointments booked by telephone in official figures that indicate a rapid take-up of Choose and Book, a key component of the NHS' national programme for IT. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Virtual environment aids patch testing
The IT industry is starting to address patch management in a virtual server environment. The latest company to offer virtual testing technology is Enteo. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Exchange builds real-time system on .net
The London Stock Exchange has launched a real-time information broadcast system based on Microsoft .net technology and a SQL Server 2000 database. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Passwords for Oracle were 'cracked in 20 days'
Oracle database users could be at risk because of weak encryption mechanisms around the password system, security experts have warned. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Has SQL Server 2005 been worth the wait?
After five years of waiting, users will finally get their hands on a completely new version of Microsoft's database product when SQL Server 2005 and a new database management system (DBMS) are released next week. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Course set up for budding IT architects
A qualification aimed at people working or aspiring to work as IT architects has been launched by the BCS Information Systems Examinations Board (ISEB). Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
News in brief
Short takes from this week's news Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Sainsbury's scraps £2.1bn Accenture deal
Sainsbury's has scrapped its £2.1bn outsourcing agreement with Accenture, one of the largest such deals in the UK, to bring its technology back in-house. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
UK IT directors group shares Gates' vision of the future
Despite rumours that he would be held up by a one-to-one with Gordon Brown, Microsoft chairman Bill Gates was punctual for his breakfast address to British Computer Society IT directors group Elite last week. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Prepare for second age of the internet, says Gartner
By 2010, every business and organisational activity will revolve around the effective use of web-based content and applications, according to Gartner. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Record growth helps BCS take a lead in drive for professionalism
A year of unprecedented membership growth and record income is enabling the BCS to take the lead in establishing IT as a recognised profession, according to senior officials in the society's annual report for the year ending 30 April. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Rise of the data security tsar
When an issue becomes so grave that it threatens the national way of life, a "tsar" is ushered in by the prime minister to fix it. Something similar is happening in the corporate world, where security bouncers are being appointed to ensure the ... Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Spend per PC figures show public sector gap
IT spend per PC in the public sector is about half of that in banking, motor manufacturing or construction, according to the latest Computer Weekly IT Expenditure Survey, produced by Kew Associates. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Dorset rolls out broadband links
Dorset County Council is implementing a broadband network to connect 343 sites in the county. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Sainsbury's drops its £2.1bn outsourcing contract after fundamental overhaul of IT
From the moment Sainsbury's signed its £2.1bn outsourcing deal with Accenture in 2000, critics were predicting its demise. And despite Accenture delivering "considerable improvements" and cost reductions, ultimately they were proved right. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Now is the time to be in IT security, but experience and qualifications are vital
Today's IT security jobs market is rather like the IT jobs scene 30 years ago. On the plus side there is big demand, so the pay is good. But there is the old IT vicious circle of no experience means no job, and the challenge of trying to justify ... Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
John Moores University implements San to cope with demand from around the world
Liverpool John Moores University has implemented two storage area networks to help it provide services to its growing number of international franchises. Continue Reading
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October 31, 2005
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Oct'05
Bristol adopts Star Office
Bristol City Council is migrating its desktops to Star Office. It predicts the 12-month migration from Microsoft Office to the open source productivity suite will deliver substantial cost savings. Continue Reading