August 2007
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August 31, 2007
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Translating Research into Reality
My posting earlier this week on the costs of incidents created a few stirs, the most interesting one being an email from the excellent Ponemon Institute, who have been the source of many ... Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
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IT breakdown forces Barclays to borrow from Bank of England
Barclays Bank and Euroclear have refused to give details of the technical breakdown that forced the bank to borrow from the Bank of England's emergency reserves this week to cover a shortfall in its finances. Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
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Bournville College invests in corporate CRM system
Bournville College has deployed a new customer relationship management (CRM) system to manage its relationship with the business community. Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
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IBM announces atomic computing breakthroughs
IBM has announced two breakthroughs in its atomic computing effort. Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
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Vodafone signs £40m deal with Cable & Wireless
Vodafone has awarded Cable & Wireless a two-year, £40m contract to provide a range of professional and IP network services to support Vodafone's business customers. Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
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Co-operative Financial Services automates decision-making with Blue Prism
Co-operative Financial Services has freed up the time of nine members of staff by installing software to automate decisions on making payments from accounts with insufficient funds. Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
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Visa predicts cash's downfall
Reloadable pre-paid cards instead of cash is the way of the future, according to research commissioned by Visa into the spending habits of US baby boomers and echo boomers. Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
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Mobile workers shirking security responsibilities
As mobilisation increases, the security risks increase as a result of unsafe and sometimes reckless end-user behaviour Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
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Monster hack sees 146,000 government job applicants' records taken
About 146,000 people using a US government jobs website managed by Monster.com have had their personal information stolen by hackers, reports Reuters. Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
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Government to research privacy of IT systems
The government is to spend up to £10m researching how the next generation of identity management infrastructures can offer assured privacy, and depend on truly informed consent. It is calling for expressions of interest by19 September. Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
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Allianz Insurance adopts new electronic trading platform
Allianz Insurance has gone to Kewill to host and manage a new electronic trading platform for its personal lines division. Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
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Unified communications offers security, ROI and effectiveness
Unified communications was all the talk at VoiceCon in San Francisco. What exactly is it? What are the technical and strategic issues around UC? Associate Editor Jeff Kelly discovered some helpful advice and opinions on UC at the show. Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
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Daily Mail and General Trust modernises with Agresso
The Daily Mail and General Trust (DMGT) media group is replacing and consolidating the financial systems of its two largest divisions as part of a plan to standardise and modernise the back-office systems. Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
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Suncorp reveals five-year VoIP plan
Financial services group Suncorp explains its plans to IP-enable its operations to Adam Turner. Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
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BBC signs £43m deal with Siemens for digital switchover
The BBC has signed a £43m outsourcing deal with Siemens IT Solutions and Services to aid its digital switchover programme. Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
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User performs data storage U-turn
U-Store-It, a national self-storage company, decentralized its data centers, migrated data from SAN to DAS and de-clustered Exchange to simplify storage management. Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
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Spark Ada flies into Thales development
Praxis has won a contract with Thales UK to support its aircraft management software development. Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
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Metro goes commercial with RFID
Metro, the German retailer, reportedly plans to penalise suppliers up to £1.35 per pallet for pallets that do not carry RFID tags. The move to enforce contractual compliance comes as Metro expands its RFID supply-chain track and trace system from a ... Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
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Security fears prevent firms adopting wireless networks
Perceived security weaknesses in wireless networks is preventing 43% of firms adopting them, says a survey. Continue Reading
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August 31, 2007
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Your shout! Recruitment agencies are not the only problem
John Pether's letter regarding recruitment consultants exacerbating the skills gap made familiar reading. Continue Reading