January 2008
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January 21, 2008
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Government calls on councils to make property searches easier and cheaper
The government says it expects local authorities to lend greater help to the public for completing computerised property searches. Continue Reading
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January 21, 2008
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Mobile instant messaging use to triple over next six years
European mobile instant messaging (IM) will triple in the next six years, with young consumers fuelling the growth, says analyst Forrester. Continue Reading
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January 21, 2008
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CIA warns businesses to beware hackers
Just weeks after MI5 warned banks and utility owners that hackers are targeting systems that control critical national infrastructure, the CIA has issued a similar warning to US operators. Continue Reading
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January 21, 2008
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When fighting peer-to-peer, packet shaping can be more effective than cat-and-mouse
Crimping access to P2P applications may be a more effective approach than trying to ban them. Continue Reading
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January 21, 2008
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ScottishPower goes online with GIS
ScottishPower has awarded a £1.7m contract to ESRI (UK) to web-enable its geographic information system (GIS). Continue Reading
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January 21, 2008
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Bebo's best - but what's the test?
Bebo declared best social networking website by Which? (but only on the basis of one lonely reviewer's opinion). Continue Reading
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January 21, 2008
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SMEs get fully unbundled phone and broadband
Tiscali and Gradwell aim to enable SMEs to by merge their analogue telephone line, broadband and a fully featured IP-PBX service into a single product from a single supplier Continue Reading
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January 21, 2008
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The rise of fraud
Corporate crime poses a real and substantial threat to the stability of any business. Fraud and theft involving everything from intellectual property to inventory, from cybercrime to corruption, are multi-billion pound problems. All organisations ... Continue Reading
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January 21, 2008
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Unmanned datacentres the future, says Fujitsu
Unmanned datacentres will be commercially operational and will outnumber manned datacentres as soon as 2012, according to Fujitsu Siemens Computers. Continue Reading
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January 21, 2008
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Social networking costs UK businesses £6.5bn a year
Social networking sites are costing UK businesses an estimated £6.5bn in lost productivity every year. Continue Reading
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January 21, 2008
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MuleSource eases SOA governance with Mule Galaxy 1.0
MuleSource has delivered an open source SOA governance platform with an integrated registry and repository to ease development and deployment. Continue Reading
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January 21, 2008
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VMware extends desktop virtualisation offering with Thinstall acquisition
VMware is to expand its desktop virtualisation offering with the acquisition of application virtualisation firm Thinstall. Continue Reading
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January 21, 2008
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IBM helps firms towards datacentre automation with upgraded provisioning system
IBM is furthering the efforts of firms to automate their datacentres with an upgraded version of its Tivoli Provisioning Manager (TPM). Continue Reading
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January 21, 2008
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Government urges residents to use web services to cut CO2 emissions
The government is urging residents to use council web services to help cut CO2 emissions. Continue Reading
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January 21, 2008
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Machine-to-machine technology takes off
Although the market for machine-to-machine (M2M) technology is still in its early days, it has real potential for mass adoption with possible applications limited only by the imagination. Continue Reading
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January 21, 2008
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Bupa proves IT staff to be better at lying than dieting
For a long time IT professionals have been spoken of as the very zenith of amateur athleticism. But, alas, it is not so. According to Bupa’s corporate healthcare assessment of the sector, one in 10 ... Continue Reading
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January 21, 2008
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Open University starts computer forensics course
A new computer forensics postgraduate course is being offered by The Open University. Continue Reading
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January 21, 2008
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Ten Practical Steps to Prevent Laptop Theft
After all the shocks and finger-pointing following the HMRC breach it’s disturbing to hear that a laptop with unencrypted, sensitive MOD data could be stolen from the boot of a parked car. The data ... Continue Reading
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January 21, 2008
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Lotus, your numbers are up
Lotusphere faithful are gathering and there are more of them than for many years Continue Reading
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January 21, 2008
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Email in the dock - would yours survive legal scrutiny?
Increasingly onerous compliance obligations and growing data volumes are driving companies to invest in email archiving systems. What approach is right for your business? Continue Reading