February 2008
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February 13, 2008
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BAA signs outsourcing contract with LogicaCMG
BAA has signed a five-year application management outsourcing contract with LogicaCMG to manage its software applications. Continue Reading
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February 13, 2008
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Feb'08
Janet Aurora fibre network launched
Janet, the private government-funded computer network dedicated to education and research, has launched Aurora - a fibre network that will provide a platform for photonics and optical systems research. Continue Reading
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February 13, 2008
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Scotland trials HealthPresence advanced telemedicine system
Scotland is conducting the first UK trial of an advanced telemedicine system that could enable health services to reach island and remote communities around the country. Continue Reading
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February 13, 2008
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NHS Trust uses biometric hand readers to monitor staff presence
Gateshead Health NHS Foundation Trust has implemented an electronic rostering system, and is using biometric hand readers to record staff presence. Continue Reading
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February 13, 2008
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RSPCA builds SOA to support mobile workers
The Royal Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals (RSPCA) has built a service oriented architecture based on BEA WebLogic to support mobile data access for field workers and customer relationship management. Continue Reading
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February 13, 2008
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Army captain loses military data after drinking session in pub
An army captain has left his unencrypted laptop with the personal details of more than 200 soldiers plus details on their movements, army exercises and the locations of their weapons stores after a drinking session in a London pub, a newspaper ... Continue Reading
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February 13, 2008
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Cock Tavern boosts trade with web-based quiz
The Cock Tavern pub in Hackney, east London, is using technology to help recover from losses caused by the smoking ban - it is boosting revenue by 40% twice a week with online interactive quiz nights. Continue Reading
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February 13, 2008
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Hollow core fibre could shine a light on faster broadband
The University of Bath is experimenting with a new type of material that could increase data transfer speeds and reduce part of the cost of installing broadband networks. Continue Reading
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February 13, 2008
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Feb'08
Specsavers rolls out open source employee access system
Specsavers has completed a project to roll out the open source OpenLdap global directory services software across six countries. Continue Reading
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February 13, 2008
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Serious games help develop business skills
The British Computer Society has highlighted the growing role that "serious games" can play in developing skills for business. Continue Reading
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February 13, 2008
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Feb'08
Effective backup performance tuning and moving bottlenecks in the backup path in the backup path
Tuning throughput is considered an important part of running a successful backup operation. Continue Reading
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February 13, 2008
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Feb'08
HP exec: Storage blades may replace disk arrays in data center
An HP storage executive predicts that storage blades -- storage devices using the form factor and plug-and-play philosophy of blade servers - may replace disk arrays in the next 18 months Continue Reading
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February 13, 2008
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Feb'08
Cold calling is damaging the reputation of offshoring
Most industry observers agree that the delays caused by the recent undersea internet cable failures were a nuisance but that, by and large, the problem was dealt with quickly and effectively Continue Reading
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February 13, 2008
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Feb'08
Telco picks EMC Celerra over HP on "value for money"
HTK deploys an EMC Celerra for combined SAN/NAS access and affordability over its existing HP SAN. Continue Reading
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February 12, 2008
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Feb'08
More on data loss compensation - would $54m do?
This demonstrates a serious point about data loss that is very useful for explaining the importance of privacy, which goes something like this: ...And what about if it contains your bank records, ... Continue Reading
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February 12, 2008
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IT news round-up podcast: Birmingham City Council SAP-system goes wrong
Computer Weekly's Warwick Ashford brings you the UK IT news highlights for the week ending 12 February, including Birmingham City Council's backlog of unpaid invoices following an SAP-based system's failure; a visit to Cern to see their latest ... Continue Reading
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February 12, 2008
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Feb'08
Windows Server 2008 security aided by NAP and IPsec
Network Access Protection (NAP) in Windows Server 2008 improves security, thanks to some nifty IPsec features. Continue Reading
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February 12, 2008
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Feb'08
Mortgage lenders prepare for e-commerce standard
An XML e-commerce standard for the mortgage-sales process that will allow brokers and lenders to cut sales-processing time will be completed next month by financial service technology standards group Origo. Continue Reading
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February 12, 2008
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Feb'08
Blackberry mobile e-mail users suffer second major outage in a year
Blackberry mobile e-mail users in North America suffered a major service outage yesterday (Monday), the second in a year. Continue Reading
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February 12, 2008
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Feb'08
Tibco increases SOA deployment productivity by 50%
Tibco Software has expanded its Activematrix platform to further simplify service oriented architecture (SOA) deployments for firms. Continue Reading