October 2007
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October 04, 2007
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Oct'07
Microsoft offers small firms a steer on search engine marketing
A Microsoft Office Live Small Business offering has been launched to help small firms get their heads round search engine marketing. Continue Reading
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October 04, 2007
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Oct'07
Credit Suisse creates global IT infrastructure with BEA
Credit Suisse is creating a unified, global IT infrastructure to cut costs and improve services. Continue Reading
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October 04, 2007
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Oct'07
BT and FON aim for largest online Wi-Fi community
BT and the Wi-Fi community FON are aiming to build the world's largest free Wi-Fi community. Continue Reading
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October 04, 2007
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Oct'07
Natural History Museum adopts Supportworks ITSM
The Natural History Museum has implemented a IT service management (ITSM) system to improve support to over a thousand IT users at the museum's London campus. Continue Reading
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October 04, 2007
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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
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October 04, 2007
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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
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October 04, 2007
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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
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October 04, 2007
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Oct'07
Reaching out for outsourced IT resources and services
The key trends in data centre outsourcing Continue Reading
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October 04, 2007
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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
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October 04, 2007
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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
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October 03, 2007
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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
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October 03, 2007
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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
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October 03, 2007
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Oct'07
3Com aims VoIP at SMEs
Telecoms giant claims that it will bring enterprise-calibre IP telephony to SMEs Continue Reading
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October 03, 2007
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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
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October 03, 2007
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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
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October 03, 2007
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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
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October 03, 2007
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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
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October 03, 2007
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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
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October 03, 2007
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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
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October 03, 2007
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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