February 2006

• February 27, 2006 27 Feb'06

  Big firms bad at security

  Medium-sized companies invest more in IT spending and security technologies than larger companies in the £430m-plus revenue bracket, according to a Computer Economics survey of US IT security managers.  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2006 27 Feb'06

  ‘Work smart’ key to productivity

  Bad people management means UK workers are less productive than their US, German and French counterparts, according to a report from the Chartered Institute of Personnel and Development (CIPD).  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2006 27 Feb'06

  Companies stepping up business continuity

  Six years ago, just 30% of firms had corporate business continuity plans: today, 83% of the 273 US firms surveyed in a joint study by Deloitte & Touche LLP and business continuity firm CPM have formal plans.  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2006 27 Feb'06

  Firms fail to invest money saved by offshoring

  Failure to plough cost savings from outsourcing is stunting business growth, according to research by Capgemini.  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2006 27 Feb'06

  Deloitte loses McAfee employee data

  McAfee’s auditor Deloitte & Touche USA LLP has lost an unencrypted CD containing the personal details of more than 9,000 of its employees.  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2006 27 Feb'06

  CA executives will face charges, judge confirms

  A US judge has rejected attempts to throw out obstruction-of-justice charges against two former CA executives.  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2006 27 Feb'06

  US Blackberry users given stay of execution

  Blackberry users in the US still have a service after a US judge decided not to immediately turn off the company’s push e-mail service as a result of a patent dispute.  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2006 27 Feb'06

  BEA sees fourth-quarter profits dip

  Profits have dipped at application infrastructure software firm BEA Systems as expenses and charges hit its fourth quarter earnings figures.  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2006 27 Feb'06

  Microsoft publishes key anti-trust documents as rivals cry foul again

  Microsoft has made public a series of documents submitted to the European Commission as it seeks to fend off anti-trust action.  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2006 27 Feb'06

  IBM fights back in SCO dipsute

  IBM has filed subpoenas demanding information from Microsoft, Hewlett-Packard, Sun Microsystems and BayStar Capital about their relations with SCO Group as part of its own defence in a long-running dispute over Linux code.  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2006 27 Feb'06

  Salesforce.com profits up despite service problems

  Customer relationship management software firm Salesforce.com has posted record fourth quarter results, despite problems with new datacentre infrastructure that caused service outages.  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2006 27 Feb'06

  Businesses back new professional body to raise IT security standards

  A new professional body for information security professionals launched today (Monday 27 February) will help raise the standards of IT security across the UK, leading employers have said.  Continue Reading

• February 24, 2006 24 Feb'06

  Datacentres - the future

  Stephen Byrne, Consultant at C&C Technology takes a close look at some of the current and emerging trends in the world of the datacentre.  Continue Reading

• February 24, 2006 24 Feb'06

  Orange launches fixed line service for SMEs

  Orange is to become the first mobile phone operator to offer a fixed line service in addition to mobile services, in a scheme aimed at small and medium-sized enterprises.  Continue Reading

• February 24, 2006 24 Feb'06

  Card processor accepts 20-year settlement with US authorities

  Payment processor CardSystems has agreed a settlement with the US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) over charges that it failed to protect sensitive information about tens of millions of consumers.  Continue Reading

• February 23, 2006 23 Feb'06

  High speed desktop Gnome released

  A new version of the Gnome Desktop for Linux and Unix operating systems is set to be released next month, with faster speeds and new features aimed at corporate IT managers.  Continue Reading

• February 23, 2006 23 Feb'06

  Data thief gets eight years in jail

  A US court has sentenced a man to eight years in jail for what is thought to be the world’s largest data theft.  Continue Reading

• February 23, 2006 23 Feb'06

  Fully featured Windows Vista released for testing

  Microsoft has released a fully featured preview of its Windows Vista operating system to corporate IT departments and developers.  Continue Reading

• February 23, 2006 23 Feb'06

  Oracle announces Microsoft plug-ins

  Oracle has announced seven new plug-ins for its Grid Control to add support for a series of Microsoft products.  Continue Reading

• February 23, 2006 23 Feb'06

  RIM wins one of five Blackberry patent cases

  The US patent office has issued a final rejection of one of the patents at the centre of a long-running wrangle between patent-holder NTP and Research In Motion, maker of the Blackberry wireless device.  Continue Reading