February 2008

February 19, 2008 19 Feb'08
City financial player guarded on deduplication

CMC markets is evaluating data deduplication but it's not just the technical characteristics of particular solutions it needs to look at but the spin-off effects on its processes. Continue Reading
February 19, 2008 19 Feb'08
School misses out on iSCSI by a few months

St Pauls School in London buys a Fibre Channel SAN through its partnership with Dell and EMC, narrowly missing out on an iSCSI SAN which it feels would have been a better fit. Continue Reading
February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08
More Office 2007 pain

If JPEG changed, One would hope the IT industry would recognise the disruption would be unacceptable, and so any amendments need to be backwards compatible. Continue Reading

February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08
Biometric security -

I signed up for the iris scanner service at Heathrow airport. The theory is that passing through passport control should now be a breeze because all you need do, once registered, is walk up to the ... Continue Reading
February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08
UK e-commerce boom to continue in 2008

The UK will account for at least 40% of 2008 online sales in Western Europe as internet penetration continues to grow, a report by eMarketer has found. Continue Reading
February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08
Thomson Holidays automates online pricing adjustments

Thomson Holidays, the UK's biggest tour operator, is maximising the revenue it gets from its combination of aircraft seats and hotel beds with an automated pricing system. Continue Reading
February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08
NCC sells CIO Connect to management-led group

CIO Connect chief executive Nick Kirkland has led a management buy-out of the IT networking organisation from the National Computing Centre (NCC) for an undisclosed sum. Continue Reading
February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08
Welsh NHS uses £33m to deploy telemedicine technology

NHS hospitals across Wales are to be given a share of almost £33m to help them adopt telemedicine technology. Continue Reading
February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08
Dell brings datacentre business to EMEA to address firms’ cloud computing needs

Dell has announced the expansion of its Datacentre Solutions (DCS) business unit in the EMEA region to address the cloud computing market. Continue Reading
February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08
Broadband de-regulation: what does it mean?

Ofcom has split the national market for broadband into four main areas and defined them according to the level of competition that exists between broadband providers. But what do they mean? Continue Reading

February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08
Autodesk sponsors MX 2008 manufacturing innovation award

Design software maker Autodesk is sponsoring the product innovation category of the Manufacturing Excellence Awards (MX 2008). Continue Reading
February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08
BT delivers cheaper VoIP smartphone office connectivity package

BT is making it cheaper for firms' employees to take their offices with them using voice over IP-enabled smartphones. Continue Reading
February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08
Orange first to market with HTC Shift wireless mini PC

Mobile communications firm Orange is planning to offer UK businesses the latest device from HTC, known as Shift, which includes a seven-inch touch screen mobile computer. Continue Reading
February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08
RS Components upgrades its website for easier and faster product searches

RS Components has unveiled an ecommerce website with an upgraded search and navigation engine powered by Endeca Technologies. Continue Reading
February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08
Broadband providers making it hard for customers to switch, despite Ofcom rules

Broadband providers are still making it hard for customers to switch provider, despite regulator Ofcom bringing in new regulations a year ago. Continue Reading
February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08
European IT managers will pay more for green PCs, says Lenovo/AMD study

European IT managers are prepared to pay more for green PCs, says a joint study by Lenovo and AMD. Continue Reading
February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08
Red Hat releases open source JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform

Red Hat has announced the release of the JBoss Enterprise SOA Platform to help firms' integration of applications, services and processes to accelerate enterprise transformation. Continue Reading
February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08
Security researchers activate Apple QuickTime heist in Second Life for real cash

Security researchers have demonstrated a multimedia security flaw in the Second Life virtual reality site, which allows attackers to steal money. Continue Reading
February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08
Suzuki International Europe migrates to electronic invoicing

Suzuki International Europe is switching from paper to electronic invoicing at more than 1,200 spare parts dealers to reduce costs and improve efficiencies. Continue Reading
February 18, 2008 18 Feb'08
Hacking and denial of service attacks are acts of terrorism, says watchdog

Hacking and distributed denial of service attacks against computer systems are acts of terrorism, a government terrorism watchdog said today. Continue Reading

How edge computing differs from decentralized computing

Edge computing isn't about sticking servers and storage in a branch location. Learn the critical differences between edge and ...

Facebook's Libra project -- why enterprises should prepare

Facebook's foray into cryptocurrency is setting off alarm bells in government and finance circles. The question is how could the ...

Ransomware attacks: How to get the upper hand

Ransomware attacks are on the rise. Can organizations play like Radiohead and refuse to pay? The answer from security experts is ...

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Researchers fool Cylance AI antimalware with 'simple' bypass

Security researchers developed a method to make "pure AI" antimalware products classify malware as benign, but it is unclear what...

Equifax to pay up to $700 million in data breach settlement

Under the settlement with the FTC and state attorneys general, Equifax will fork over at least $575 million in civil penalties ...

Enzoic for Active Directory brings continuous password protection

Updates to Enzoic for Active Directory include NIST-compliant Continuous Password Protection, checking passwords against a live ...

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SD-WAN market sees continued growth, room for mobile support

The SD-WAN market is growing, thanks to financial firms with distributed deployments. VMware and Cisco continue to lead the ...

An introduction to smart NICs and their benefits

This introduction discusses how smart NICs work and how they can benefit data center servers. It also explores the smart NIC ...

What are the features and benefits of 5G technology for businesses?

In addition to high speeds and low latency, the emergence of 5G cellular technology could put some pressure on the market prices ...

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How machine learning in data centers optimizes operations

Machine learning can help manage your data center more efficiently and address power consumption concerns and hardware ...

3 ways to benefit from open source infrastructure

Using open source infrastructure can reduce operating costs and streamline upgrades, but it's important to weigh the pros and ...

IBM mainframes face competitive pressures inside and out

IBM's mainframe business continues to be under pressure from cloud-based competitors, and perhaps even its own Power server. ...

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10 cloud database migration mistakes to avoid

Database expert Chris Foot lists the top 10 oversights IT teams commonly make when undertaking a cloud database migration and ...

11 real-time data streaming roadblocks and how to overcome them

Experts detail common challenges that IT teams encounter when deploying and managing real-time data streaming platforms and offer...

Snowflake product VP expounds on data warehouse for the cloud

In this Q&A, Christian Kleinerman, vice president of product development at cloud data warehouse vendor Snowflake, talks about ...