July 2007

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  Gartner: MS subscription licence may become ‘mandatory’

  Microsoft is likely to make changes to the way its products are licensed that could, in effect, make its Software Assurance subscription licensing programme mandatory by 2009, analyst firm Gartner has predicted.  Continue Reading

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  Nuffield Hospitals signs £2m contract with Scalable Networks

  Nuffield Hospitals has signed a £2m seven-year contract with specialist network integrator Scalable Networks to implement a high-performance Extreme Networks Lan infrastructure connecting 40 sites.  Continue Reading

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  Career tip: Where next from an IT support role

  Where can I go from an IT support role?  Continue Reading

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  Hot skills: Java FX Mobile offers opportunities

  JavaFX Mobile promises to ease app development  Continue Reading

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  Gigabit wireless to get rid of desk and data centre wires

  New gigabit wireless research at the Georgia Institute of Technology could soon make tangles of wires under desks and even in datacentres a thing of the past.  Continue Reading

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  Housing association uses Microsoft Sharepoint Server to improve efficiency

  Two housing associations have used Microsoft SharePoint Server to manage their internal and external internet sites and improve information flow.  Continue Reading

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  Department of Transport should use number-plate recognition, saysNational Audit Office

  The Department of Transport and the Driver and Vehicle Licensing Agency should consider using automatic number plate recognition (ANPR) systems to help better measure the level of vehicle excise duty evasion.  Continue Reading

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  SOA extends life of mainframe apps

  IT departments are turning to service oriented architectures (SOA) and web services to extend the life of their mainframe applications, according to a study by Aberdeen Group.  Continue Reading

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  Google to change cookies policy

  Google's announcement that it will set web-browser cookies to expire two years after final use, rather than in 2038 as at present, suggests the largest search engine is aiming to present itself as a friend of privacy, despite recent suggestions it ...  Continue Reading

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  GP appointments booked through digital TV

  Patients can now book a GP appointment through their digital TV with a new programme aimed at reaching across the digital divide.  Continue Reading

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  Co-operative cuts 1,000 jobs but plans IT spending

  Co-operative Financial Services (CSF) is making 1,000 people redundant this year as it faces new internet-based competition and invests £250m in the business, including considerable spending on technology.  Continue Reading

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  Cisco CCIP MPLS certification: Lesson 1 -- Understanding MPLS

  Learn skills required for the MPLS portion of the Cisco CCIP certification. These skills are tested in the CCIP 642-611 Implementing Cisco MPLS Exam. The first lesson in the series explains what you need to know to pass the Cisco CCIP certification ...  Continue Reading

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  Where are the VoIP apps? In small businesses!

  Adam Turner concludes his look at VoIP applications by noting their march into smaller businesses.  Continue Reading

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  VoIP performance testing fundamentals

  This guide discusses why it is important to run regular VoIP network performance testing and some of the ways it can be done.  Continue Reading

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  My favourite desktop software

  Desktop software that have really made a difference to the world of IT.  Continue Reading

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  Wireless interference can be frustrating (and fun?)

  Since Wi-Fi operates in unlicensed bands, the enterprise wireless spectrum can be shared by other, seemingly innocuous devices like Bluetooth and wireless game controllers. But interference from such devices, or from having too many devices on one ...  Continue Reading

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  EMC and HDS kick off storage provisioning cage match

  EMC, trailing HDS with thin provisioning, is sniping at HDS's offering. Meanwhile, users increasingly tune out the soap opera and look to emerging vendors for new features.  Continue Reading

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  Critical Firefox security flaws addressed by Mozilla

  Mozilla has attended to eight flaws in Firefox, fixing three critical and two high-impact vulnerabilities  Continue Reading

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  Project portfolio management saves CIO big bucks

  A municipal CIO has reduced his $10 million budget by 6.8% just by using a project and portfolio management (PPM) application to align his department with strategic goals and objectives.  Continue Reading

• July 19, 2007 19 Jul'07

  Mobile device encryption: A best practice that no one uses

  Symbion Consumer IT manager Matthew Moore concluded the company didn't need separate encryption software for its mobile devices -- but not all executives have the luxury of choice. While there's more sensitive data in the field than ever, a recent ...  Continue Reading