October 2007

October 27, 2007 27 Oct'07
Data leaks - what can we do?

I've been giving a lot of thought to the subject of data leakage and associated risks to the business. The problem we have right now is getting a handle on all the different vectors that data ... Continue Reading
October 27, 2007 27 Oct'07
IT at the Party Conferences - Post Mortem

So what are YOU doing to help educate and interest YOUR MP in why the contribution of our industry to modern society is so important ... Or are you too introverted or ashamed of your profession? Continue Reading
October 27, 2007 27 Oct'07
Back to Earth

In Futurama, Fry wakes up in the year 3000 and finds himself in a strange new world where the technology is baffling, yet exciting. That's sort of how I felt wandering around the Microsoft campus ... Continue Reading

October 26, 2007 26 Oct'07
Measure servers against cost of power and cooling to cut energy bills, says Gartner

Businesses will be spending as much on powering and cooling datacentres as they do on servers unless they improve monitoring of equipment in datacentres, Gartner has warned. Continue Reading
October 26, 2007 26 Oct'07
Volvo consolidates worldwide IT to save £38.5m

Volvo AB's IT division has begun an IT standardisation programme that will consolidate the auto manufacturer's 14 worldwide datacentres into three in the next two years, saving an estimated £38.5m. Continue Reading
October 26, 2007 26 Oct'07
Japan becomes nation of card-carrying smokers

Downtime: the lighter side of IT Continue Reading
October 26, 2007 26 Oct'07
Downtime: children are still more annoying than mobiles

Downtime: the lighter side of IT Continue Reading
October 26, 2007 26 Oct'07
Tubelines gets information director

Tubelines, which maintains the Northern, Jubilee and Piccadilly lines on the London Underground, has appointed a director of information to bridge the gap between IT and the rest of business. Continue Reading
October 26, 2007 26 Oct'07
Finance firms delaying investment in Mifid technology

The Markets in Financial Instruments Directive (Mifid) become law across Europe on 1 November, bringing major technology challenges to the investment industry. Continue Reading
October 26, 2007 26 Oct'07
Doncaster school tracks pupils with RFID chips

Secondary school kids are being tracked at a Doncaster school using radio frequency identification (RFID) tags in their uniforms. Continue Reading

October 26, 2007 26 Oct'07
Hot skills: building on analytics skills

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October 26, 2007 26 Oct'07
BCS community to identify best practice in eco-friendly computing

The British Computer Society has created a specialist knowledge community to tackle the issue of green computing. Continue Reading
October 26, 2007 26 Oct'07
Hot skills: JScript

Hot skills: JScript Continue Reading
October 26, 2007 26 Oct'07
Wellcome Trust rolls out storage system from Pillar

The Wellcome Trust has implemented a power and space saving open standards based data storage system to preserve 250,000 digital images from more than 70 years of medical research and 2000 years of human culture. Continue Reading
October 26, 2007 26 Oct'07
Your shout: skills gap, ITIL, security and tax

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October 26, 2007 26 Oct'07
Microsoft releases programming interface for Viridian

Microsoft has made the programming interface for its Viridian virtualisation technology available to third-party software developers. Continue Reading
October 26, 2007 26 Oct'07
HP opens massive cooling demo facility in India

HP has announced the largest ever deployment of its Dynamic Smart Cooling technology in a next-generation research datacentre located in Bangalore. Continue Reading
October 26, 2007 26 Oct'07
Companies should focus on information management rather than technology to achieve objectives

Companies should start managing information instead of just technology if they want to achieve their business objectives, says analyst Gartner. Continue Reading
October 26, 2007 26 Oct'07
Glass firm gets clear view of its business with new ERP platform

Tyneside Safety Glass has deployed an ERP system to gain a clearer view of its operations. Continue Reading
October 26, 2007 26 Oct'07
IBM and Business Objects ease database business intelligence deployments

IBM and Business Objects have extended their strategic relationship to further simplify customer deployments of database business intelligence systems. Continue Reading