October 2006

• October 19, 2006 19 Oct'06

  Novell ships optimised Linux server package for IBM hardware

  Novell is shipping a Linux server software bundle optimised for IBM hardware.  Continue Reading

• October 19, 2006 19 Oct'06

  EMC to bake security into everything, boost consulting efforts

  In a TechTarget Australia Exclusive, EMC's President for Asia-Pacific and Japan reveals the company's plans to release the first products using RSA technology in Q1, 2007.  Continue Reading

• October 19, 2006 19 Oct'06

  Xiotech, Pillar scale down, support iSCSI

  Xiotech, Pillar introduce entry-level iSCSI arrays; Overland loses Dell deal; EMC and IBM report earnings.  Continue Reading

• October 18, 2006 18 Oct'06

  What is email archive indexing? Which type do you recommend?

  There is a wide range of indexing capabilities, and most people and companies don't think about this until after they've gone out and spent a lot of money on a solution. For us, "indexing" means that each email is opened as it is moved to an archive...  Continue Reading

• October 18, 2006 18 Oct'06

  Rural Payments Agency project failed after IT system costs spiralled

  Delays in implementing a bespoke IT system led to the Rural Payments Agency (RPA) failing to pay subsidies to farmers on time, according to a National Audit Office report.  Continue Reading

• October 18, 2006 18 Oct'06

  Troubled NHS software provider up for sale

  Troubled NHS software provider iSoft is up for sale as it struggles to deliver a working records system to the NHS.  Continue Reading

• October 18, 2006 18 Oct'06

  100,000 Orange broadband customers back online after outage

  Orange broadband customers are now back online after around 100,000 of them were hit by a network outage earlier this week.  Continue Reading

• October 18, 2006 18 Oct'06

  Apple ships infected iPods

  Apple has confirmed it has shipped Video iPods loaded with malicious software.  Continue Reading

• October 18, 2006 18 Oct'06

  Novell appoints new global sales head

  Novell has appointed Tom Francese to head its global sales efforts.  Continue Reading

• October 18, 2006 18 Oct'06

  Trojan rootkits spread on web to steal data

  Several variants of the Haxdoor family of Trojans are being spread on the internet to try and steal users’ data.  Continue Reading

• October 18, 2006 18 Oct'06

  Littlewoods awards £20m telephony contract to Cable & Wireless

  Home shopping group Littlewoods has awarded Cable & Wireless a five-year contract worth more than £20m to provide a new network for its growing business.  Continue Reading

• October 18, 2006 18 Oct'06

  US National Guard buys RFID system to track equipment in the field

  The US National Guard has bought a radio frequency identification (RFID) system from supplier Savi Technology so that it can track supplies both in its armouries and in the field.  Continue Reading

• October 18, 2006 18 Oct'06

  Oracle improves cash management system

  Oracle has improved the features in its cash management system, which is part of PeopleSoft Enterprise Financial Management 9.  Continue Reading

• October 18, 2006 18 Oct'06

  IBM unveils Linux-based data warehouse solution

  IBM has introduced a fully integrated Linux-based data warehouse solution that combines software, server, and storage resources to help improve business intelligence and information management for enterprises.  Continue Reading

• October 18, 2006 18 Oct'06

  IBM to unleash Cheetah

  IBM has taken the wraps off its next-generation Informix Dynamic Server (IDS) data server - codenamed Cheetah.  Continue Reading

• October 18, 2006 18 Oct'06

  Data centre outage at HSBC crashes card system

  HSBC has confirmed that an outage at its data centre on Sunday stopped thousands of customers using their cash cards.  Continue Reading

• October 18, 2006 18 Oct'06

  Extra government cash pumped into GCSx

  The government has announced £10m to fund installation and running costs of the Government Connect secure extranet (GCSx) for local authorities.  Continue Reading

• October 18, 2006 18 Oct'06

  Oracle to offer management packs for Enterprise Manager 10g

  Oracle plans to deliver advanced application management, monitoring, and service level capabilities over the coming months, as part of its Enterprise Manager 10g product.  Continue Reading

• October 18, 2006 18 Oct'06

  Should you wait to adopt an email archiving system if you are planning to upgrade your email system?

  That's a question that we get quite a bit -- people wonder if they need to wait to look at email archiving before they move to a new version of their email system. The answer is really "no." It's a much better idea to fully implement the current ...  Continue Reading

• October 17, 2006 17 Oct'06

  Am I out of luck if I have a "mixed" email system (e.g., Exchange and Notes)?

  That's a "real-life" situation that we run into many times when we've gone out and worked with companies. We might be called in by a company that has both a Microsoft Exchange and a Notes/Domino email system and they want to tie an archive together,...  Continue Reading