March 2005

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  NHS IT tsar steps in to rescue critical project

  Richard Granger, the director general of NHS IT, has intervened to help rescue a delayed project which has become critical to the...  Continue Reading

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  Salary survey: Green shoots grow stronger

  The latest SSL/Computer Weekly jobs survey confirms that the upturn in salaries and jobs for IT professionals is here to stay -...  Continue Reading

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  IBM to increase sales in SME market

  IBM has announced that 1,000 of its salespeople will now be dedicated to helping its software and hardware partners to sell...  Continue Reading

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  NTT DoCoMo tops 10 million 3G Japanese subscribers

  NTT DoCoMo claims it has now reached the 10 million subscriber mark in Japan for its 3G mobile phone service.  Continue Reading

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  Top four pitfalls of BPO

  Relationships are key to business process outsourcing, says Michael Hyltoft  Continue Reading

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  Hitachi doubles consumer hard drive shipments

  Hitachi Global Storage Technologies is to double the total shipments of consumer hard drives this year, in response to faltering...  Continue Reading

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  US publishes federal IT security guidelines

  The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) has published recommended security controls for federal information...  Continue Reading

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  Former AT&T exec joins Microsoft Longhorn development team

  Microsoft has hired a former telecoms executive to head up the development of its next major Windows operating system.  Continue Reading

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  Hyperion launches compliance software

  Hyperion has launched software to organisations match internal controls data with financial data to meet compliance regulations...  Continue Reading

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  Usefulness of Microsoft tool questioned

  A new tool from Microsoft for its enterprise resource planning software product Axapta may not deliver the promised benefits  Continue Reading

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  Rewarding best practice at work

  On the eve of the Best Places to Work in IT Awards ceremony, we look at how firms' internal schemes recognise staff achievements  Continue Reading

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  Users warned over Mozilla and Firefox 'holes'

  Users are being urged to upgrade to the latest versions of the Mozilla and Firefox browsers because of newly discovered security...  Continue Reading

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  SAP buys Retek for £275m

  SAP is to acquire US-based Retek, a provider of software solutions and services to the retail industry, for £275m.  Continue Reading

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  Novell out to plug open-source collaboration hole

  By releasing NetMail source code, Novell hopes to spark creation of the collaboration "killer app" that open-source software...  Continue Reading

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  HP, UK government take shared-risk approach to IT services

  A major infrastructure contract with the British government will test Hewlett-Packard's (HP's) service capabilities. The...  Continue Reading

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  IBM tool aims to boost Linux-on-eServer software

  Software suppliers can use a new IBM programme to validate their products to run on Linux across the eServer line. Despite the...  Continue Reading

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  IBM's term licence and maintenance plans will push renewals

  IBM is adding automatic software maintenance renewal and Fixed Term Licences (FTLs) to its Passport Advantage licensing...  Continue Reading

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  No urgent need to move away from SHA-1

  Researchers have reportedly come closer to breaking Secure Hashing Algorithm (SHA-1). But this widely used security algorithm...  Continue Reading

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  Novell appliance takes security to the edge

  Novell has developed a Linux-based "perimeter security" hardware appliance that protects companies against security threats such...  Continue Reading

• March 01, 2005 01 Mar'05

  Optical and SAN technology underpin managed data centre services

  Cisco Systems optical transport and storage area network (SAN) technology solutions are being deployed to help improve the...  Continue Reading