March 2005
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March 14, 2005
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Mar'05
IT industry calls for tax breaks on broadband and training in Budget
Business and IT groups are hoping for tax incentives in tomorrow's Budget to encourage investment in broadband and help the UK... Continue Reading
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March 14, 2005
14
Mar'05
Microsoft updates its ERP strategy
Microsoft has revamped Project Green, its strategy to combine its Great Plains, Axapta and Navision enterprise resource planning... Continue Reading
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March 14, 2005
14
Mar'05
IBM acquires Ascential
IBM is to buy Ascential Software for $1.1bn (£611m) in a bid to bolster its family of software integration products. Continue Reading
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March 14, 2005
14
Mar'05
Tories plan to lift UK digital position
The Conservative Technology Forum (CTF) has launched an action plan to lift the UK "significantly upwards from its middle ranking... Continue Reading
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March 14, 2005
14
Mar'05
IBM puts Blue Gene up for hire
IBM is now hiring out its Blue Gene supercomputing system to allow users to benefit from its processing power when tackling... Continue Reading
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March 14, 2005
14
Mar'05
Third-party MS patch testing sparks security fears
Microsoft confirmed that third parties will be allowed to study and test its security patches before they are commercially... Continue Reading
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March 14, 2005
14
Mar'05
Gates tops billionaires list
Microsoft’s chief software architect is poorer this year but he’s still worth $46.5bn (£25.83bn). Continue Reading
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March 14, 2005
14
Mar'05
Wirral Council signs Fujitsu for seven-year CRM project
Wirral Council has contracted IT services firm Fujitsu Services to help it transform the way it delivers services in a seven-year... Continue Reading
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March 14, 2005
14
Mar'05
Mozilla calls time on product suite
The open source Mozilla Foundation is to axe its Mozilla suite of products and instead concentrate on standalone solutions. Continue Reading
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March 14, 2005
14
Mar'05
Worldwide database market grows nearly 12%
The worldwide market for relational database management systems (RDBMS) grew by 11.6% to £8.27bn, according to analyst IDC. Continue Reading
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March 14, 2005
14
Mar'05
Bill will strenghen Computer Misuse Act
Derek Wyatt MP, chairman of the all party internet group, is to raise a 10-minute rule bill in the Commons next month calling for... Continue Reading
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March 13, 2005
13
Mar'05
Security Bytes: Turning servers into 'malcode pushers'
In other news, 'antispyware' company shut down during investigation and new Java Trojan hits alternative browsers. Continue Reading
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March 13, 2005
13
Mar'05
Winning the cyber arms race in the classroom
In the struggle for cybersecurity, Lenny Zeltser's most important weapons are the classroom and the pen.
For the past few years he has taught part-time at the SANS Institute, creating a course on how to analyze malicious software... Continue Reading
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March 11, 2005
11
Mar'05
Renault places £83m outsourcing deal with HP
Renault has signed a £83m outsourcing deal with Hewlett Packard, which will manage and evolve its global desktop computing... Continue Reading
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March 11, 2005
11
Mar'05
WHSmith agrees £38m deal with BT
WHSmith has awarded BT Expedite a £38m contract to manage the IT and communications systems at its high street stores. Continue Reading
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March 11, 2005
11
Mar'05
Microsoft to open new R&D centre
Microsoft is to open a new research and development centre in Dublin and create 100 new IT jobs over two years in the... Continue Reading
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March 11, 2005
11
Mar'05
Beta 2003 upgrade paves the way for Longhorn
Microsoft is readying a beta release of an upgrade to its Windows 2003 operating system, in addition to the service pack due out... Continue Reading
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March 11, 2005
11
Mar'05
Security, compliance and storage, but little blue sky at the world’s largest IT exhibition
As the annual IT trade show, CeBIT, takes place in Hannover, we report on the highlights Continue Reading
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March 11, 2005
11
Mar'05
Microsoft datacentre version to enable hybrid computing
Microsoft is to offer a datacentre version of Windows to support hybrid computing using 32-bit/64-bit systems (x64). Continue Reading
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March 11, 2005
11
Mar'05
New tools to protect mobiles and networks
Security is a key theme of this year’s CeBit trade show, with a focus on mobile device security. Continue Reading