August 2008

Best Western and lessons for us all

The actual scope of the Best Western data breach is open to speculation. The Sunday Herald scoop was that "stolen login details were..put up for sale and shared on an underground website operated ...  Continue Reading

Enterprise risk management becomes a must-have

Financial analysts have started to adopt enterprise risk management and now CIOs are seeing it as a way to bullet-proof IT operations.  Continue Reading

PODCAST: How Red Hat got pwned

This week's edition of our Risky Business podcast explores a recent incident that saw Red Hat 's package signing boxes compromised.  Continue Reading

Sydney school reinvents its backup regimes

IT staff at Sydney's Macarthur Anglican School share the challenge of managing some very important data, explain how narrow their backup window has become and share their new backup regime.  Continue Reading

School IT manager explains his vital data

Business data is critical. But how would you go about storing information that could be vital to someone's future chances in life?  Continue Reading

Meet 802.11s - the new flavour of Wi-Fi

A new version of the 802.11 standards will bring mesh networks to Wi-Fi world.  Continue Reading

IP telephony surge drives enterprise telephony market

The enterprise telephony market continues to see sustained growth in the Asia–Pacific region, thanks to the high uptake of IP-based telephony systems.  Continue Reading

Everything you ever wanted to know about WiMAX

Burton Group analyst Paul DeBeasi explains the technology behind WiMAX and analyses its future prospects.  Continue Reading

Is time for Microsoft to stop being IBM PC compatible?

There was a time that the only way to sell a PC was to have the label 'IBM PC compatible' on the box (Vista ready was not even a twinkle in Bill's eye). Apple with its East German approach to the ...  Continue Reading

Best Western: speculation and denials

Best Western have publicly refuted the story reported in the Sunday Herald and stated that "Claims reported about our Central Reservations customer records are not accurate" (read the full ...  Continue Reading

Five ways to create a more efficient backup infrastructure

Learn how to optimize your backup infrastructure.  Continue Reading

8 million victims in the world's biggest cyber heist

AN INTERNATIONAL criminal gang has pulled off one of the most audacious cyber-crimes ever and stolen the identities of an estimated eight million people in a hacking raid that could ultimately net ...  Continue Reading

Where are all the 'plucky' Brits?

So the Olympics are over. Hype, Heroes and EPO put away for another 4 years until the Circus comes to London. This big question right now is: Where are the 'plucky' Brits? the gallant losers for ...  Continue Reading

Another day, another data loss: Which culture must we change?

Both require listening to staff and customers in ways that fell out of fashion a decade or so ago. They also require major change to the ways we select, monitor and motivate those in positions of ...  Continue Reading

Podcast: Mergers and the CIO - Weekly news round-up for 22 August 2008

Warwick Ashford rounds up the UK IT industry news highlights for ComputerWeekly.com, including a report from Ian Grant on how a recent spate of company mergers has made life “interesting” for the CIOs at British Airways and Iberia, the Co-op and ...  Continue Reading

How to deploy Windows Vista

If your organisation is considering a Windows Vista deployment, we have a five-step plan to get you there safely.  Continue Reading

Virtualisation: realising the benefits

Virtualisation: Realising the benefits

T departments are being pressured to cut costs, and yet deliver more services faster and better than before....