March 2005

• March 04, 2005 04 Mar'05

  Red tape costs business over £15m per year

  The latest British Chamber of Commerce (BCC) Burdens Barometer has shown that the cost to British business of implementing major...  Continue Reading

• March 04, 2005 04 Mar'05

  Government launches IT security awareness website

  The UK government has launched a new initiative, ITsafe, which aims to protect small businesses and home computer users from...  Continue Reading

• March 04, 2005 04 Mar'05

  Building materials firm adopts £11m global Wan

  Hanson, the supplier of heavy building materials, is building a new £11m international wide area network  Continue Reading

• March 04, 2005 04 Mar'05

  TfL expands Oyster card plans

  Transport for London is considering allowing Oyster smartcard users to pay for low-value goods such as newspapers and milk as...  Continue Reading

• March 04, 2005 04 Mar'05

  Adobe woos users with open source modules

  Adobe Systems has made two of its software development modules open source.  Continue Reading

• March 03, 2005 03 Mar'05

  SMBs' real risk of being online

  Stuart King CISSP, is responsible for online security and risk assessment for the Reed Elsevier Group.  Continue Reading

• March 03, 2005 03 Mar'05

  Security School for CISSP Training: Domain Spotlight on operations security

  The operations department has responsibilities that pertain to everything that takes place to keep a network, computer system, applications and environment up and running in a secure and protected manner. Domain 10 of the Common Body of Knowledge ...  Continue Reading

• March 03, 2005 03 Mar'05

  Lesson/Domain 10: Training for CISSP certification

  Discover everything you need to know to ace the CISSP® exam with our first series of SearchSecurity.com Security School webcasts focused on CISSP training. Each lesson corresponds to a specific domain in the CISSP exam's "Common Body of ...  Continue Reading

• March 03, 2005 03 Mar'05

  Beware upgrading enterprise software: total cost can be many times the licence fee

  As Oracle and SAP vie for unsettled PeopleSoft users, what does the future hold? asks Bruce Richardson  Continue Reading

• March 03, 2005 03 Mar'05

  Oxfam: Tested to the limit

  Accounting, communications, staffing and the website were among the areas that faced massive strains as Oxfam's IT operations...  Continue Reading

• March 03, 2005 03 Mar'05

  Symantec granted patent for virus scanning technology

  Security software company Symantec has been granted a patent on technology it has been using for over five years to quickly scan...  Continue Reading

• March 03, 2005 03 Mar'05

  The skills of IT architects provide the foundation for business success

  A sound architecture involves both strong technology and a professional approach, says Allen Brown  Continue Reading

• March 03, 2005 03 Mar'05

  Protect your database or face legal action, firms warned

  Companies expecting legal protection for commercial information contained in their databases may find their data is not as secure...  Continue Reading

• March 03, 2005 03 Mar'05

  AOL prepares for free e-mail service

  AOL has re-designed its customer e-mail service as part of its preparations to launch a free e-mail service later this year.  Continue Reading

• March 03, 2005 03 Mar'05

  Prepare staff policy for jobs market upturn

  Experts predict fierce competition for IT talent, so organisations need to review their policies on the use of contractors and...  Continue Reading

• March 03, 2005 03 Mar'05

  Bill Gates gets a knighthood

  Microsoft’s Bill Gates has been given an honorary knighthood by the queen for his charity work across the Commonwealth and his...  Continue Reading

• March 03, 2005 03 Mar'05

  Appeals court throws out Microsoft and Eolas patent case

  A US appeals court has overturned and remanded a district court judgement against Microsoft that it used patented browser...  Continue Reading

• March 03, 2005 03 Mar'05

  Open-source group opens its doors to users

  The open-source Eclipse Foundation is planning to open its doors to users, instead of relying purely on large suppliers and...  Continue Reading

• March 03, 2005 03 Mar'05

  CA issues patches for licence software vulnerabilities

  Computer Associates has issued security patches to address buffer overflow vulnerabilities in its CA Licence software, a...  Continue Reading

• March 03, 2005 03 Mar'05

  Britannic Management Services boosts staff productivity by 80%

  Found out how Britannic Management Services (Brtiannic) cut its dial-up and laptop costs by implementing remote access software.  Continue Reading