April 2008
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Rebuilding the eeePC - Part 2
Once you get the hang of it, it's easier to use the synaptic package manager than running apt (advanced packaging tool) at the command-line. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2008
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Apr'08
How to hack guide
Cyber criminals are not after the notoriety anymore, they are business men or women just like in the “real” world and networking is helping them become stronger. The internet is increasingly ... Continue Reading
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April 16, 2008
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Hammonds uses automated document platform to produce home information packs
Conveyancing firm Hammonds Direct has deployed an automated system for producing home information packs. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2008
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Apr'08
Conveyancing firm Grindeys deploys LexisNexis information system
Conveyancing firm Grindeys has awarded LexisNexis a contract for its Axxia dna* information product. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2008
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Apr'08
Socitm should lose 'elitist' tag and broaden membership, says incoming president
Socitm's next president, Richard Steel, wants to see a society that is more open, transparent, and which engages more effectively with its membership. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2008
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Montpelier invests in new IT infrastructure to comply with FSA regulations
Montpelier Asset Management has upgraded its network and IT infrastructure to help it comply with Financial Services Authority (FSA) regulations. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2008
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Apr'08
Outsource World told management skills increase value of outsourcing
IT directors and chief information officers must develop strong supplier-relationship management skills to increase the business value of outsourcing. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2008
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Apr'08
NHS trust replaces Cisco network monitoring platform with Castle Rock SNMPc system
Cardiff and Vale NHS Trust is now monitoring its IT network across 150 sites using a system supplied by Teneo, which replaces a CiscoWorks platform. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2008
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Apr'08
Most SaaS providers use open-source software
Analyst Gartner says the majority of software-as-a-service (SaaS) suppliers are using open-source software to deliver their products. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2008
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Business centre users get improved IP comms
Occupants of United Business Centres (UBC) are to get the latest in IP communications services. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2008
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Apr'08
Nortel turns to open source for SMB UC
Nortel's new unifiied communications appliance has an open source core. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2008
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Apr'08
Choose and Book problems: up to 340 patients affected since Friday
Problems with the Choose and Book system – part of the NHS’s National Programme for IT – have led to more than 300 patients receiving wrong appointments since Friday 11 April 2008. In many cases ... Continue Reading
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April 16, 2008
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Apr'08
NHS Choose and Book IT system gives patients wrong appointment information
Problems with the Choose and Book system - part of the NHS's National Programme for IT - have led to more than 300 patients receiving wrong information about appointments since Friday 11 April 2008. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2008
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Apr'08
Fingers burned by flaming laptop
Apple and Sony will settle a lawsuit stemming from the whole exploding laptop battery incident a few years back. But given the bargain basement settlement figure, Downtime feels we could have ... Continue Reading
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April 16, 2008
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Apr'08
Malware coders shifting focus to home PC users, report says
British companies have suffered 60% fewer malware infections than two years ago as a result of near-universal use of anti-virus and anti-spyware, but cybercriminals are now aiming at less well-defended targets, such as home PC users, according to a ... Continue Reading
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April 16, 2008
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Murdock builds new IT architecture to aid business expansion
Irish builder Murdock Group has invested in new IT architecture to help it cope with company expansion. Continue Reading
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April 16, 2008
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Apr'08
Swindells report on NHS IT: is it being held up?
A week ago we reported that Matthew Swindells, who has been leading a review of NHS informatics, including the £12.4bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT), has resigned. Since then there have been ... Continue Reading
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April 16, 2008
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Apr'08
How much emphasis should I put on green IT?
The question: I am a newly appointed IT director, and my new company makes much of its good record on corporate social responsibility, one aspect of which is the reduction in its carbon footprint. Should I be proactive on the issue of green IT, and ... Continue Reading
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April 16, 2008
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Apr'08
Security systems 'must embrace social networking'
Social networking is building an entirely new type of world that will require a major change in the way business organisations tackle information security,... Continue Reading
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April 16, 2008
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Apr'08
Former NHS CIO: the risks of enforced standardization
Iain Marsland former chief information officer for Essex Strategic Health Authority, has written an article for Microsoft on the Care Records Service, a key part of the NHS National Programme for ... Continue Reading