July 2006
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July 11, 2006
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XML Security Learning Guide
Securing XML is an essential element in keeping Web services secure. This SearchSecurity.com Learning Guide is a compilation of resources that review different types of XML security standards and approaches for keeping your XML Web services secure. Continue Reading
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July 11, 2006
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Jul'06
Microsoft patches seven July security holes, five critical
The software giant's monthly batch of fixes includes critical repairs for Internet Explorer and Windows' networking features, plus "important" bulletins for Internet Information Server. Continue Reading
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July 11, 2006
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Looking ahead to life without passwords
Security pros know that passwords are nothing but trouble. For them, single-sign on, two-factor authentication and federated ID represent the path to stronger authentication. Continue Reading
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July 11, 2006
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Reid puts the brake on ID card contracts
The Home Office has delayed putting its £5.8bn national identity card programme out to tender until at least the end of the year. Continue Reading
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July 11, 2006
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Finance sector bucks the trend with City-led boom in development work
The finance sector is experiencing a boom in IT recruitment despite steady performance in the rest of the economy. Continue Reading
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July 10, 2006
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Growth of cybercrime is among top global threats to security, says FBI
"Your security will be breached; it is just a case of when," David Thomas, deputy assistant director, FBI Cyberdivision, told the recent BCS-sponsored World Wide Web Conference in Edinburgh. Continue Reading
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July 10, 2006
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Building the value profile
Cost control is just the start in quantifying the benefits of IT projects. Helen Beckett finds that traditional measurement techniques no longer cut the mustard Continue Reading
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July 10, 2006
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DPM's diary 11 July 2006
There are no programmers any more; only a dwindling band of ageing men and women slyly slipping a few bits of C++ here and there into the cracks in the great parameterised global information framework. Continue Reading
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July 10, 2006
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A more sophisticated approach
As the IT outsourcing market matures, organisations are changing the way they interact with suppliers and the type of deals they make. Miya Knights looks at the road ahead for outsourcing Continue Reading
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July 10, 2006
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'Standards, not infrastructure' are way forward for Lloyd's of London
Lloyd's of London has no plans to reverse its recent arm's-length approach to market technology, five months after walking away from an ill-fated £70m investment in electronic trading, the insurance market's IT chief has told Computer Weekly. Continue Reading
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July 10, 2006
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Downtime: Nanotechnology, good excuses, intelligent machines
Downtime was pleased to hear that post-grad electrical engineering students in Texas have come up with the best application of nanotechnology so far. Continue Reading
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July 10, 2006
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Hot Skills: Google Web Toolkit offers an easy route to Javascript
Hot skills: Ajax-based framework simplifies Java development Continue Reading
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July 10, 2006
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Next move: Should I study system analysis at university?
Expert advice for readers' career problems Continue Reading
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July 10, 2006
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Council's two-year transformation enables more work in less time
Wiltshire County Council has moved its key front-office functions to a customer care unit that is accessible through a single telephone number. Continue Reading
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July 10, 2006
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Jul'06
SuSE course on a stick
Novell has introduced a SuSE Linux Enterprise training course on a portable USB drive. Continue Reading
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July 10, 2006
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Cranfield course aims to equip future IT leaders
Ambitious IT managers are being offered intensive training in the skills of internal politics and relationship building as part of a course that aims to train future directors. Continue Reading
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July 10, 2006
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Jul'06
The big question: Are firms taking business continuity sufficiently seriously?
The Big Question is an initiative between Computer Weekly and recruitment consultancy PSD. Each week we put the Big Question to top IT professionals to get their take on a current talking point. Continue Reading
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July 10, 2006
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Jul'06
Collaboration from ashes of Kinnect
The closure of the Kinnect electronic trading platform in January has enabled new developments in the relationship between Lloyd's of London's back-office and RI3K, a commercial electronic trading hub serving the market. Continue Reading
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July 10, 2006
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IT services are flying first-class in the big-spending world of the plane makers
Business Focus is a weekly column providing at-a-glance statistics and commentary on spending priorities and trends in particular sectors. This week we look at aerospace manufacturing. Continue Reading
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July 10, 2006
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Paper firm links mobile staff to CRM
Paper supplier Antalis has improved the efficiency of its mobile sales operation using a business intelligence system that is automatically updated with data uploaded by the company's mobile salesforce. Continue Reading