October 2007

October 04, 2007 04 Oct'07
Fortune 500 firms lose £125m a year from poor business intelligence

The US Fortune 500 firms are losing a total of £125m a year from poor business intelligence, says a survey. Continue Reading
October 04, 2007 04 Oct'07
Soca to use data mining to fight fraud

The Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) is using data mining technology to identify the social networks and "trade routes" used by fraudsters who are costing the UK an estimated £3.5bn a year. Continue Reading
October 04, 2007 04 Oct'07
Patient Records – The Debate is Just Starting

Earlier this week I attended a British Computer Society event “Public health - private data?” hosted jointly by the BCS Health Informatics Forum and the BCS Security Forum. This is not a new issue. ... Continue Reading

October 04, 2007 04 Oct'07
Reaching out for outsourced IT resources and services

The key trends in data centre outsourcing Continue Reading
October 04, 2007 04 Oct'07
Datacentre evolution: delivering competitive advantage

Current trends, such as soaring energy costs, growing security concerns, legislation and blade-server deployments, are driving the evolution of the carrier-independent datacentre Continue Reading
October 04, 2007 04 Oct'07
World’s largest Wi-Fi community the aim of BT and FON

New service will be the world’s largest Wi-Fi community with over 3 million invited to join a global community sharing broadband Continue Reading
October 03, 2007 03 Oct'07
Office users get serious alternatives

I guess Microsoft has to offer online capabilities, but Google and now Adobe appear to have the upper hand Continue Reading
October 03, 2007 03 Oct'07
Network engineering applications -- from 'Network troubleshooting and diagnostics'

Network analysis applications, including protocol analysers, traffic generators, and simulation tools, can be used to understand how networks operate. Continue Reading
October 03, 2007 03 Oct'07
3Com aims VoIP at SMEs

Telecoms giant claims that it will bring enterprise-calibre IP telephony to SMEs Continue Reading
October 03, 2007 03 Oct'07
UK companies know little about IT assets, says survey

Many companies, particularly in the UK, do not know the value of their IT assets nor measure the contribution they make to the business, according to a survey by research organisation Vanson Bourne. Continue Reading

October 03, 2007 03 Oct'07
Provider push will lead to 435 million mobile SIP users by 2012

Growing acceptance of SIP by mobile operators and device vendors will result in 435 million SIP-enabled devices by 2012 Continue Reading
October 03, 2007 03 Oct'07
RICS opts for bespoke call centre

The Royal Institution of Chartered Surveyors (RICS) has implemented bespoke call centre software after failing to find an appropriate off the shelf product for its new IP-based telephone network. Continue Reading
October 03, 2007 03 Oct'07
Governance, Risk & Compliance management – burden or benefit?

By taking an integrated, enterprise-wide management approach, governance, risk and compliance can actually be turned into a profit-centre. Continue Reading
October 03, 2007 03 Oct'07
Negative attitudes compromising compliance and risk management

Four-fifths of managers responsible for Governance Risk & Compliance (GRC), GRC believe that too much ‘noise’ or ‘overkill’ on the need to be compliant and risk free is threatening attitudes to compliance within their own organisations. Continue Reading
October 03, 2007 03 Oct'07
Unite members vote for industrial action at Siemens

Unite, the UK's biggest trade union, has today announced an overwhelming vote for industrial action at Siemens over plans to close its final salary pension scheme. Continue Reading
October 03, 2007 03 Oct'07
Refusal to provide encryption key to earn five years in jail

Users of encryption technology can no longer refuse to reveal keys to UK authorities after amendments to the powers of the state to intercept communications took effect this week, reports legal website out-law.com. Continue Reading
October 03, 2007 03 Oct'07
Strategic influence of CIO on wane as churn spirals

The churn among top IT staff is at record levels, with their strategic influence on the wane, warns recruitment agency Harvey Nash. Continue Reading
October 03, 2007 03 Oct'07
UPS offers paperless shipping

UPS has said it has the first package carrier to offer customers a paperless international shipping system. Continue Reading
October 03, 2007 03 Oct'07
Unified Communications guide Part 3: What can it achieve?

One goal of Unified Communications is to ensure people spend less time juggling devices and playing phone tag, leaving more time to get things done. Continue Reading
October 03, 2007 03 Oct'07
IBM brings Web 2.0 to form filling system

IBM has brought Web 2.0 usability features to its web-based electronic forms processing offering. Continue Reading

Why CIOs need to establish an automation CoE

With organizations continuing to automate business processes across several departments at a rapid pace, it's time they consider ...

Is your company's IT governance strategy cloud ready?

As companies prepare to migrate to the cloud, they need to review their IT governance strategy before making any decisions to ...

Government action on big tech monopoly power moving quickly

Government antitrust actions are building against tech giants Amazon, Apple, Facebook and Google. They could lead to tighter ...

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Iranian hackers pose as far-right group to threaten U.S. voters

The FBI said Russia and Iran have obtained voter information, and Iranian hackers have also been sending threatening emails to ...

McAfee launches IPO, raises $620 million

McAfee has returned to Wall Street, which comes months after the endpoint security vendor's previous CEO, Christopher Young, was ...

Changing the culture of information sharing for cybersecurity

Dan Young explains why it's time for the cybersecurity industry to come together regarding information sharing and how insurance ...

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Bye-bye ISR, hello Catalyst 8000 for Cisco SD-WAN

The new Catalyst 8300 Series of routers replace ISRs that customers said were ill-equipped to run the Cisco SD-WAN. Cisco also ...

Juniper's 128 acquisition needed to improve SD-WAN

Juniper Networks plans to 'enhance' its Contrail SD-WAN through the acquisition of 128 Technology. 128 has a more advanced SD-WAN...

The basics of zero-trust network access explained

Some experts believe VPNs have struggled to adapt to an increasingly cloud-based, internet-dependent world. Enter zero-trust ...

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IBM cloud revenues climb as hardware continues to decline

IBM cloud revenues continue to increase as hardware sales drop, sharpening the company's strategy to focus on hybrid cloud.

Figure out the differences of asset management vs. CMDB

There is no shortage of software options for change management tools. Operational goals can help IT teams decide if ITAM or CMDB ...

IBM partners with HBCUs to promote quantum computing

IBM is partnering with a group of historically Black colleges and universities to set up a quantum computing center in hopes of ...

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MongoDB Atlas now enables multi-cloud database clusters

Multi-cloud data portability comes to MongoDB Atlas with a new capability that will enable users to run a database application ...

How AI data privacy can help your enterprise

Enterprises benefit in many ways from AI data privacy tools that reduce the need for manual efforts from data professionals. Read...

The new normal for enterprise data governance

Mastercard data exec highlights the foundational role of enterprise data governance during the pandemic era with more people ...