December 2006

• December 14, 2006 14 Dec'06

  Sirius to sponsor open source project

  In a move to promote the open source KDE desktop productivity platform in the enterprise, Sirius Corporation has become a corporate sponsor of the KDE community project.  Continue Reading

• December 14, 2006 14 Dec'06

  Tracking system enables schools to log assets

  A mobile tracking system has been launched to help schools log the IT assets they hold, along with other items.  Continue Reading

• December 14, 2006 14 Dec'06

  Find approved courses online with new tool

  Finding details of higher education courses that are accredited by the BCS is now possible via a special search option on the BCS website.  Continue Reading

• December 14, 2006 14 Dec'06

  Making business sense of geographic information

  The BCS is teaming up with the Association for Geographic Information (AGI) and the Open Geospatial Consortium (OGC) to promote the business case for using open geospatial standards at an event in Nottingham on 25 January.  Continue Reading

• December 14, 2006 14 Dec'06

  Rochdale Council uses GIS to plan services

  Rochdale Council and its partners in Greater Manchester are using a geographical information system (GIS) to target services at the people that would most benefit from them.  Continue Reading

• December 14, 2006 14 Dec'06

  AA uses optimisation technology for compliance

  The AA is using workforce optimisation technology to reduce the time it takes contact agents to be trained in Financial Services Authority (FSA) compliance.  Continue Reading

• December 14, 2006 14 Dec'06

  Lord Warner, minister in charge of the NHS's National Programme for IT "retires".

  The retirement of Lord Warner - the minister responsible for the National Programme for IT [NPfiT] in the NHS - is no surprise but it is still unwelcome news. This blog reported – here - that Lord ...  Continue Reading

• December 14, 2006 14 Dec'06

  Schneier: Data breach at UCLA barely newsworthy

  This week in Security Blog Log: Security luminary Bruce Schneier and others sound off on the UCLA data breach that exposed 800,000 people to identity fraud.  Continue Reading

• December 14, 2006 14 Dec'06

  NAS gateway specifications

  A NAS gateway offers file-based accesses to external storage on a disk array -- or a SAN, where users can take advantage of superior performance and reliability while maintaining a level of simplicity. Since storage is moved off of the NAS device, ...  Continue Reading

• December 13, 2006 13 Dec'06

  Hot technologies for 2007

  "Storage" magazine's editors reviewed technology developments, product introductions and storage standards to come up with this short list of must-have technologies for 2007.  Continue Reading

• December 13, 2006 13 Dec'06

  Hosted VoIP eliminates cost, complexity

  Hosted VoIP is being adopted at increasing rates as more and more companies look to avoid the excess costs and complexities of on-premise solutions.  Continue Reading

• December 13, 2006 13 Dec'06

  Hot technologies for 2007-2

  "Storage" magazine's editors reviewed technology developments, product introductions and storage standards to come up with this short list of must-have technologies for 2007.  Continue Reading

• December 13, 2006 13 Dec'06

  Top midrange arrays, page 3

  Sun's Flexline won out on reliability; EqualLogic users overwhelmingly said they'd buy again.  Continue Reading

• December 13, 2006 13 Dec'06

  Review: Lancope StealthWatch 5.5 offers more than IDS

  Hot Pick: StealthWatch goes far beyond traditional intrusion detection, with powerful network-monitoring features. The optional IDentity-1000 is an essential addition.  Continue Reading

• December 13, 2006 13 Dec'06

  Review: Sky's the limit with Skybox View 3.0

  Hot Pick: Skybox View 3.0 offers a unique and flexible approach for assessing and managing specific threats and overall risk to your digital assets.  Continue Reading

• December 13, 2006 13 Dec'06

  Top midrange arrays, page 2

  EMC's Clariion proved a contender in the software features category; Dell flunked on value ratings.  Continue Reading

• December 13, 2006 13 Dec'06

  Top midrange arrays, page 4

  Product support a big differentiator this year; Sun tops in sales-force competence.  Continue Reading

• December 13, 2006 13 Dec'06

  Quality awards II: top midrange arrays

  EqualLogic PS Series, joins backup winner BakBone in unseating established players for top honours.  Continue Reading

• December 13, 2006 13 Dec'06

  VoIP: The migration dilemma

  Looking for a VoIP system on eBay? It's not as crazy as it sounds, and neither are some of these other tips to keep in mind when migrating to VoIP.  Continue Reading

• December 13, 2006 13 Dec'06

  Top midrange arrays, page 5

  About the authors and about the survey.  Continue Reading