December 2006
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December 12, 2006
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Data breach at Boeing exposes 382,000 employees
The third theft of a Boeing laptop in the last 13 months has exposed the data of nearly 400,000 employees and retirees. Continue Reading
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December 12, 2006
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Dec'06
Intrusion detection systems -- introduction to IDS and IPCop
This article, excerpted from the book ""Configuring IPCop Firewalls: Closing Borders with Open Source,"" explores how intrusion detection systems (IDS) and intrusion prevention systems (IPS) including Snort and IPCop protect the network from ... Continue Reading
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December 12, 2006
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Dec'06
Regulatory Compliance - we need more detail
What we need is clarity in the questions being asked and clarity as to what the acceptable solutions are. Then, for the consultants whom our businesses are being forced to pay, enough detail to ... Continue Reading
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December 12, 2006
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Dec'06
Managing Security Perception
The need to manage perception seems to be a hot topic these days. Stuart King’s blog posting earlier this month got me thinking about the importance of personal perception. But managing perception ... Continue Reading
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December 12, 2006
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Dec'06
Sun adds Java integration to version 6 of Java Standard Edition
Sun Microsystems has launched version six of its Java Standard Edition platform, which supports the integration of Java technology with other programming languages. Continue Reading
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December 12, 2006
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Dec'06
Microsoft releases private beta of voice server
Microsoft has released a private beta of a new enterprise voice communications server to 2,500 IT professionals. Continue Reading
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December 12, 2006
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Dec'06
Mobile security products tipped to top £2.54bn in five years
Threats to mobile phones are set to drive up revenues for security products to almost $5bn (£2.54bn) in the next five years, industry analysts have predicted. Continue Reading
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December 12, 2006
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Dec'06
Swindon remains UK's broadband capital
Swindon is still the broadband capital of the UK, research on coverage has revealed. Continue Reading
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December 12, 2006
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Dec'06
Fujitsu to buy TDS for £43m
Fujitsu Services is to acquire a majority stake in German outsourcing and consultancy firm TDS, through deals with a total value of about Euros 64m. (£43m). Continue Reading
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December 12, 2006
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Dec'06
Server virtualisation based on virtual Xen available
XenSource has announced a family of server virtualisation products based on the open source Xen hypervisor. Continue Reading
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December 12, 2006
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Dec'06
Outsourcing renewals cause turmoil
UK businesses are facing “outsourcing turmoil”, with nearly £7bn worth of outsourcing deals up for renewal by March 2008, advisory firm, Morgan Chambers has warned. Continue Reading
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December 12, 2006
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Dec'06
Developers' use of open source Eclipse doubles
The adoption rate of the open source Eclipse integrated development environment has more than doubled in the Europe, the Middle East and Africa region, industry analysts have revealed. Continue Reading
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December 12, 2006
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Dec'06
Gas supplier cuts manual payments with automated reconciliations
Gas cylinder supplier Calor Gas has selected Trintech's Reconnet product to automate its payment reconciliations. Continue Reading
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December 12, 2006
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Dec'06
CIO Index surveys: What CIOs want
Computer Weekly’s CIO Index surveys the decisions and opinions of leading playing to find out who is doing what – and why. Continue Reading
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December 12, 2006
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Dec'06
Oracle users warned of new threat to firms' data
A security expert has given details of a new class of attack on Oracle databases that could expose enterprise data to attackers. Continue Reading
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December 12, 2006
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Dec'06
More on outsourcing: software development
One of the many items I need to deal with is security relating to products being developed off-shore. The expectations of the businesses concerned is that the quality of the work being delivered ... Continue Reading
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December 12, 2006
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Dec'06
Joint investigation on NHS IT by Computer Weekly and Channel Four News
When Nuffield Orthopaedic Centre went live with a pioneering project under the auspices of the £12.4bn National Programme for IT, the trust's board was unaware that the system had been at the ... Continue Reading
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December 11, 2006
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Dec'06
Inside MSRC: Visual Studio flaw, tool extensions explained
Christopher Budd of the Microsoft Security Response Center sheds detail about a flaw in Visual Studio 2005 and explains that support for Software Update Services 1.0 will be extended. Continue Reading
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December 11, 2006
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Dec'06
Infrastructure security: Remote access DMZ
An excerpt from Chapter 7: Infrastructure security from "How to Cheat at Managing Information Security," by Mark Osborne. Continue Reading
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December 11, 2006
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Dec'06
IT pros look for ways to lock down IM
Special Report: To control growing IM threats, administrators are trying to limit which programs can be used or ban the technology altogether. But that's not always possible. Continue Reading