September 2007

September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07
Irate German IT user discovers windows crack

E-mail, instant messaging, Facebook, violent frustration... is there no end to the ways that computers can bring us together? Continue Reading
September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07
A quiet Patch Tuesday from Microsoft next week

Companies can expect a relatively quiet Patch Tuesday next week, with Microsoft only releasing one "critical" and four "important" security fixes. Continue Reading
September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07
Managing wikis: the dangers of copyright

Understanding the law is key to wiki management Continue Reading

September 10, 2007 10 Sep'07
Smartphone woes

My experience has certainly made me feel that O2 customer service was well and truly broken. World class customer service involves huge organisational and technical challenges and it certainly ... Continue Reading
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
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 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 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

IT workforce skews younger, says analysis of US data

The IT workforce is getting younger, according to government IT workforce data. The reasons for this are subject to a debate that...

Top edge computing trends to watch in 2020

Edge computing is still an evolving technology domain and enterprises should expect continued evolution in the year ahead. Here ...

Shell, Halliburton, Unibap AB execs share real-world AI strategies

Technology advances like quantum computing mean AI's best years are still to come, but that doesn't mean companies aren't already...

SearchSecurity

Ideal DevSecOps strategy requires the right staff and tools

Sometimes viewed as an obstacle to speedy software rollout, the DevSecOps model helps security teams drive innovation in ...

City of Pensacola hit by ransomware attack

A cyberattack, later confirmed to be ransomware, hit the city of Pensacola, Florida on Saturday, and the city is currently in the...

Ryuk ransomware change breaks decryption tool

The threat actors behind Ryuk ransomware made changes to their code that have made the official decryption tool unreliable, ...

SearchNetworking

Silver Peak SD-WAN orchestrator scales to thousands of sites

Silver Peak has launched a cloud-based SD-WAN orchestrator that provides centralized control of multiple Unity Orchestrators ...

Test your knowledge of SD-WAN deployments and testing

As SD-WAN becomes more mainstream, organizations must learn what to expect during all phases of deployment. Try your knowledge of...

4 SD-WAN vendors integrate with AWS Transit Gateway

Aruba, Cisco, Citrix and Silver Peak are among the first SD-WAN vendors to integrate their products with the AWS Transit Gateway.

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Refresh your data center cooling lexicon

As the data center industry moves to improve energy efficiency, refresh your knowledge on the available cooling technology and ...

Comparing Linux distributions: Red Hat vs. Ubuntu

Before selecting a Linux distribution, compare Red Hat Enterprise Linux and Ubuntu when it comes to features, ease of use, ...

Get eco-friendly with LEED data center certification

The U.S. Green Building Council helps companies make existing and new data centers eco-friendly. HVAC, lighting and monitoring ...

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Aerospike 4.8 advances database persistent memory support

Aerospike 4.8 adds full support for Intel's Optane persistent memory, enabling the NoSQL database to run both the index and data ...

Data warehouse technologies evolve as vendors look skyward

The need for high-speed analytics and low latency are pushing data warehousing vendors to create and reinvent their platforms and...

How to streamline feature engineering for machine learning

Structured data is necessary in machine learning, but sifting through data is time consuming. Streamlining the feature ...