September 2007

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  South Gloucestershire Council deploys performance management system from Actuate

  South Gloucestershire Council has deployed a new performance management system from Actuate to help achieve its operational targets.  Continue Reading

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  Caterpillar sees Indian IT worker charged with stealing documents

  An IT engineer in Caterpillar's engineering design centre in India has been arrested on suspicion of stealing 4,000 confidential documents from the company's server in the US.  Continue Reading

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  Gloucestershire Trust rolls-out blood-tracking system

  Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust is deploying the MSoft blood tracking system to provide accountability for all transfusions performed by the Trust.  Continue Reading

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  Christian Aid signs web managed service contract

  Christian Aid has signed a five-year web application managed services contract with Attenda to host and manage its new corporate website.  Continue Reading

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  Website aims to reduce farmers' carbon emissions

  A website aimed at reducing the UK's carbon emissions by connecting consumers with local farmers is beginning to gain momentum with 250 members and thousands of visitors since its launch in June.  Continue Reading

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  Public sector IT spending to continue to slow

  The public sector is reducing its spending on IT with the trend likely to continue as major projects slow down, said analyst firm Ovum.  Continue Reading

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  The NHS's NPfIT: Is it getting better?

  An anonymous reader says, with clear conviction, that some journalism on the NHS's National Programme for IT [NPfIT] is simply unhelpful. The reader is responding to an entry on this blog over the ...  Continue Reading

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  Cybercrime in the UK

  A new report commisoned by Garlick, a UK vendor of privacy management services, on the subject of UK Cybercrime, contains some interesting findings. Such surveys are essential reading for security ...  Continue Reading

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  Remember lessons of 9/11

  The phrase "September 11" will always fail to do justice to its referent. In the months that followed the attacks on the World Trade Center, many a jaded IT journalist found themselves automatically deleting press releases that included the phrase ...  Continue Reading

• September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07

  Dell, HDS and NetApp all upgrade midrange storage

  Three of the industry's giants have today launched new mid-market storage machines.  Continue Reading

• September 09, 2007 09 Sep'07

  Email strategies for SMBs

  Email management can be a difficult task for small and medium-sized businesses. Learn more about upgrades, spam, email security and more in this IT Management Guide.  Continue Reading

• September 09, 2007 09 Sep'07

  VoIP, unified communications prompt new technologies, threats

  Wireless voice servers and handsets, VoIP and unified communications threats, and licensing agreements constitute recent changes in the VoIP market.  Continue Reading

• September 09, 2007 09 Sep'07

  NetApp, HDS tout scaled-down disk arrays

  New offerings are meant to take advantage of storage growth in the midmarket, but experts say the products will still probably appeal most to existing high-end users.  Continue Reading

• September 09, 2007 09 Sep'07

  Virtual appliance lets users convert DAS to iSCSI San

  LeftHand Networks has released an edition of its SaniQ iSCSI San software that will convert locally attached disc to networked storage.  Continue Reading

• September 09, 2007 09 Sep'07

  ICANN Boss: Government should lead IPv6 push

  Government agencies should lead Australia's migration to IPv6, according to ICANN CEO Dr Paul Twomey.  Continue Reading

• September 09, 2007 09 Sep'07

  Cash and Oyster card goes live

  London commuters can now combine credit and cash card functionality with Oyster travelcards as Barclaycard OnePulse is made available today.  Continue Reading

• September 09, 2007 09 Sep'07

  Too much faith in vulnerable technology?

  Someone recently posed the following question: Given the constant stream of news regarding attacks against government, banking, and other computer systems, and the depency on Internet connectivity, ...  Continue Reading

• September 09, 2007 09 Sep'07

  ICANN Boss; Australia must improve cyber-terror readiness

  Australia should enhance its readiness to deal with cyber-warfare, says Dr. Paul Twomey, CEO and president of the Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers.  Continue Reading

• September 09, 2007 09 Sep'07

  ICANN Boss: CIOs must plan IPv6 move now

  The CEO of ICANN, Dr Paul Twomey, has urged CIOs to start planning IPv6 migration sooner rather than later.  Continue Reading

• September 08, 2007 08 Sep'07

  Heathrow needs more time before RFID luggage trial

  Heathrow Airport has postponed a trial of radio frequency identification tags for tracking passenger baggage, which is set to be the biggest pilot of RFID technology in Europe.  Continue Reading