March 2007

• March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

  Nokia brings SAP CEO and Indian banker on board

  Nokia is bringing an Indian banker and the CEO of SAP onto its main board.  Continue Reading

• March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

  Smiths Aerospace outsources to India's HCL

  Smiths Aerospace, part of global technology firm Smiths Group, has opened a development centre in Chennai, India using local outsourcer HCL Technologies.  Continue Reading

• March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

  Ofcom report says UK needs high-speed fibre in the last mile

  Next-generation broadband products for the last mile must be based on fibre, according to a report commissioned by Ofcom.  Continue Reading

• March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

  Paris to offer free Wi-Fi broadband to citizens and visitors

  Citizens and visitors to Paris are to get free access to Wi-Fi broadband internet across the capital.  Continue Reading

• March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

  Spam message levels reach new highs

  Spam has reached record levels, with up to 96%-plus messages now being spam.  Continue Reading

• March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

  Lenovo recalls 205,000 fire-hazard laptop batteries

  Lenovo has recalled 205,000 fire-hazard laptop batteries manufactured by Sanyo, in its second major laptop battery recall in six months.  Continue Reading

• March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

  Disc burn-out rates are higher than suppliers say

  Disc drive failure in datacentres contradicts the reliability rates promised by suppliers.  Continue Reading

• March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

  Airwave sale drawn out

  The proposed sale of O2’s Airwave Tetra wireless communications unit may become a drawn-out process.  Continue Reading

• March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

  Law firm revamps continuity plans

  International law firm Norton Rose has moved its disaster recovery centre from central London to Uxbridge following London's bomb attacks.  Continue Reading

• March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

  Business Objects quick-starts its mid-range attack

  Business Objects has introduced industry-specific business intelligence (BI) starter packs aimed at bringing off-the-shelf convenience to mid-size firms.  Continue Reading

• March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

  Kelly eyes virtual network savings

  Staffing and recruitment company Kelly Services is about to complete the roll-out of a virtual network across its European offices that is expected to save it £2.7m a year, just five months after signing up virtual network operator Vanco in a ...  Continue Reading

• March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

  Cognos performs for IBM

  Cognos has strengthened its bonds with IBM by adding its workforce performance management expertise to IBM’s human resources offerings.  Continue Reading

• March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

  Pilot boards SAP for smoother BI ride

  SAP has snapped up strategy management firm Pilot Software to bolster its analytic credentials for C-level executives.  Continue Reading

• March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

  Altosoft predicts next-generation BI

  Altosoft has launched an operational business intelligence solution that allows users to draw together historical and real-time data and predict the business impact of events with ease.  Continue Reading

• March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

  Wi-Fi Eavesdropping Gets Easier

  I've been watching out for interesting reports coming out of last week's Black Hat Convention in Arlington. Apart from the RFID fiasco I commented on a few days ago, the main story seems to be a ...  Continue Reading

• March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

  Oracle swoops for Hyperion

  Oracle has agreed to buy Hyperion Solutions, in a deal thought to be worth over £1.6bn.  Continue Reading

• March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

  Building an information security strategy

  While I've spent a lot of time describing certain aspects of my work within information security, something I've not really touched upon is how the program originated, and the question of where and ...  Continue Reading

• March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

  Retailers turn to wholesale outsourcing

  A growing band of retailers are choosing to outsource all of their IT functions rather than just outsourcing the management of individual applications, new research has revealed.  Continue Reading

• March 05, 2007 05 Mar'07

  SAN and WAN means happy holidays

  Resort operator Voyages has installed three new SANS as part of a storage consolidation project aimed at improving your next holiday.  Continue Reading

• March 04, 2007 04 Mar'07

  NetApp stokes midrange fires with new array

  The FAS 3040 is a scaled down version of the 64-bit 3070 architecture; NetApp officials say more moves downmarket will follow.  Continue Reading