December 2005

• December 19, 2005 19 Dec'05

  HBOS to boost training efficiency with Enlight deal

  HBOS has signed an agreement with Enlight to use its IT Rollout and Training product across the bank’s entire group of companies.  Continue Reading

• December 19, 2005 19 Dec'05

  HP goes to AMD for server blades

  HP has made an addition to its server blade portfoilio with the introduction of a high-performance blade PC based on AMD64 technology.  Continue Reading

• December 19, 2005 19 Dec'05

  IXEurope expands London datacentre footprint

  IXEurope, Europe's fastest growing specialist datacentre services group, has acquired a new site to convert into a datacentre in London to accommodate strong growth from the corporate market.  Continue Reading

• December 19, 2005 19 Dec'05

  Global Services Company cuts datacentre's servers

  Mercer Human Resource Consulting, a global provider of HR and financial services, has gone live with a state-of-the-art European data centre at an ex-Ministry of Defence site 40 miles north of London.  Continue Reading

• December 19, 2005 19 Dec'05

  IBM names server blade magnificent seven

  There are seven big advantages of deploying blade servers, says IBM’s BladeCenter and xSeries Servers division.  Continue Reading

• December 19, 2005 19 Dec'05

  Sober worm code cracked

  Security firm F-Secure says it has cracked the code used by the Sober worm, potentially blocking the worm from receiving updates.  Continue Reading

• December 19, 2005 19 Dec'05

  Spyware still on the increase

  The latest threat management report from antivirus firm Sophos presents a worrying, but not entirely unexpected, picture on the state of spyware, with companies seeing a dramatic increase in infections throughout 2005.  Continue Reading

• December 19, 2005 19 Dec'05

  Going, going, gone: a Microsoft vulnerability

  There have been a few extraordinary sales on eBay, but you probably wouldn’t have expected to see a Microsoft software vulnerability on the auction site.  Continue Reading

• December 19, 2005 19 Dec'05

  More Microsoft patches this week

  Microsoft is planning two new software security fixes – one of which is said to be critical – in the latest batch of security updates.  Continue Reading

• December 19, 2005 19 Dec'05

  IT security professionals move on up

  Information security professionals are now more highly regarded, and are moving up the corporate ladder towards the board, according to a survey by analyst firm IDC.  Continue Reading

• December 18, 2005 18 Dec'05

  Trio of trouble: Malcode targets Windows, IM users

  AV firms warn IT shops to guard against Dasher, Bagle and Banbra. Dasher targets a Windows flaw patched in October, while Banbra spreads through IM.  Continue Reading

• December 16, 2005 16 Dec'05

  Visto sues Microsoft over wireless e-mail patents

  Visto Corporation is suing Microsoft for allegedly infringing its patents covering wireless e-mail and other applications.  Continue Reading

• December 16, 2005 16 Dec'05

  Swiss government chooses Suse Linux

  The Swiss federal government is to standardise its IT infrastructure on Novell’s Suse Linux server platform.  Continue Reading

• December 16, 2005 16 Dec'05

  Oracle profits slump but new licences up

  Oracle has posted a drop in its second quarter net profits but it says new licence revenues are up.  Continue Reading

• December 16, 2005 16 Dec'05

  Adobe sheds jobs after Macromedia takeover

  Adobe Systems is making 10% of its staff redundant following its £2bn acquisition of Macromedia.  Continue Reading

• December 16, 2005 16 Dec'05

  Government delays WEEE recycling directive again

  The government has admitted that it is unable to make the European Waste Electrical and Electronic Equipment directive (WEEE) law.  Continue Reading

• December 16, 2005 16 Dec'05

  BUPA adopts .net-based web services

  BUPA has awarded Edenbrook a two-year £5m contract to develop new Microsoft .net-based systems to support its private healthcare business.  Continue Reading

• December 16, 2005 16 Dec'05

  Watmore leaves government CIO role

  Government CIO Ian Watmore is to leave his job on 9 January 2006 to become head of the Prime Minister's Delivery Unit.  Continue Reading

• December 16, 2005 16 Dec'05

  Microsoft security patches conflict with system settings

  Microsoft’s latest security updates conflict with some systems’ security settings by overwriting a previously installed file.  Continue Reading

• December 16, 2005 16 Dec'05

  Visto signs licensing deal with NTP

  Visto has signed a deal with NTP to license the wireless push e-mail technology that is the subject of legal action between NTP and Blackberry maker Research in Motion.  Continue Reading