October 2006
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Volkswagen simplifies remote access
Volkswagen has deployed remote access software from Fibrelink to simplify connectivity for its mobile workforce. Continue Reading
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Silentnight rests easy with Red Squared
Silentnight, the UK’s largest bed manufacturer, has awarded a three-year managed services contract worth £300,000 to systems integrator Red Squared. Continue Reading
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In brief
Short takes on this week's technology news Continue Reading
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IBM helps with patching glut
IBM is to ship new software that can help organisations keep their businesses up and running when a sudden glut of security patches must be deployed. Continue Reading
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Insurance broker supplies online quotes after network upgrade
Insurance broker Swinton Group has started supplying online insurance quotes to visitors to its 450 shops after completing a £1.3m network upgrade. Continue Reading
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Microsoft struggles to release security patches
Microsoft has released 10 security patches that address 26 vulnerabilities in its software, but it has struggled to distribute them automatically to users, and failed to release an eleventh “critical” patch because of “quality issues”. Continue Reading
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Cisco improves unified comms offering
Cisco Systems has enhanced its Unified Communications suite of voice, data and video products. Continue Reading
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BP spells out disaster recovery plans
Petrochemical giant BP has put in place a multi-level communications strategy which includes using Skype, to keep in touch with staff in the event of a major disaster. Continue Reading
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NCC acquisitions continue ahead of annual conference
As the National Computing Centre gears up for its 40th anniversary conference and celebrations, it has purchased software evaluation company PMP - the latest in a string of acquisitions aimed at bolstering its user-focused activities. Continue Reading
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Half of domain-name servers are 'open to attack'
Half of the web's domain name servers are wrongly configured, leaving companies and large sections of the internet infrastructure open to attack. Continue Reading
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Symantec unveils new security products and services
Symantec has outlined its vision for protecting customers from the next generation of internet security threats with the help of a range of new products and partnerships - under the badge of its Security 2.0 concept. Continue Reading
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Inside MSRC: Public vulnerability disclosures on the rise
Even though irresponsible publicly disclosed vulnerabilities seem to be on the rise, Microsoft's Christopher Budd discusses how the software giant was able to quickly release a fix for the recent VML flaw, plus offers best practices on how to make ... Continue Reading
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October 10, 2006
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What's the hold up: The Road to 10G Ethernet Part 2
Part Two of our series examining the road to 10G Ethernet looks at whether copper or fibre will give you your first 10G experience, and how to plan future cable plant. Continue Reading
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Application acceleration: An introduction to data reduction
Data reduction is one technique, along with compression, Quality of Service (QoS), latency mitigation and loss mitigation, used to achieve application acceleration and improve WAN performance. In this tip, take a closer look at how data reduction ... Continue Reading
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Government boost for intelligent transport systems
The government has announced a £12m project to develop “intelligent transport systems” to improve safety and road network management. Continue Reading
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Metal exchange extends avialability of e-trading
The London Metal Exchange (LME) plans to roll out its electronic trading platform LME-Select to all of its several thousand customers. Continue Reading
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Carpetright boosts data storage with ECM
Flooring retailer Carpetright has signed a deal with Open Text to provide data archiving software for its SAP Business Suite and Microsoft Dynamics systems. Continue Reading
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Microsoft bug could be worse than thought
A “moderate” level security bug in Microsoft’s Windows that was patched last month could point to more serious problems with the Internet Explorer browser, security experts have warned. Continue Reading
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Salesforce to make Apex platform and language available
On-demand customer relationship management software firm salesforce.com has announced that it will make its Apex programming language and platform available to users and developers. Continue Reading
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Networked computing pioneer Ray Noorda dies
Network computing pioneer and former Novell chief executive Ray Noorda has died, aged 82. Continue Reading