September 2009

Great female IT role models - Catalina McGregor

Catalina McGregor is founder and chair of the CIO / CTO Council Green ICT Delivery Group, and is producing real change in the way government IT operates.  Continue Reading

Fraudsters hit one in eight UK internet users

One in eight UK internet users have been victims of fraud, which totalled £2.61bn in the past year, a survey has revealed.

On average, £460...

Surveillance State Kerplunk

The Conservatives have unveiled their plans for reversing the rise of the surveillance state. Seeking to pull the surveillance infrastructure out of government, their views are commendable, but it ...  Continue Reading

Learning from the Dutch - ISPs to co-operate against botnets

"The internet is like tap water. It has become one of the first necessities of life, which our customers should enjoy without worries. Safe internet is one of our top issues and we genuinely value ...  Continue Reading

Businesses refresh desktops too often, conference told

Companies and public sector organisations are refreshing their desktop systems too often, leading to high levels of waste and huge carbon footprints,...

Facebook heads into profit with 300 million users

Facebook has notched up 300 million users and is on its way to profitability, according to founder Mark Zuckerberg.

The news came as Facebook...

Google releases faster Chrome 3

Google has released Chrome 3 just over a year after the firm first unveiled its contender to challenge Microsoft's dominance of the browser market.  Continue Reading

Conservatives Reverse the Rise of the Surveillance State

The Conservatives will this morning describe their plans to reverse the rise of the surveillance state. Espousing three principles: that individuals, not the state, own personal information; that ...  Continue Reading

Hedonistic freshers get iPhone help

The University of Central Lancashire has developed and made available an iPhone application that gives first-year students information.  Continue Reading

Watchdog slams police DNA database guidelines

A human rights watchdog has slammed the Association of Chief Police Officers (Acpo) for advising chief constables to continue adding DNA profiles of innocent...

Businesses find new uses for mainframes

Businesses are finding more ways to use their IBM System z mainframe platforms, a study from IDC has found. Far from being killed off, the mainframe is...

Stock Exchange confirms MillenniumIT will be new core trading platform

The London Stock Exchange has confirmed that it will replace its Tradelect core trading platform with a system from Sri Lanka-based MillenniumIT, and will acquire the company for about £18m in the process.  Continue Reading

MetroPCS chooses LTE over Wimax

A US-based mobile operator is to deal another blow to Intel's hopes for Wimax by launching 4G mobile network based on Ericsson's Long Term Evolution (LTE) technology next year.  Continue Reading

SAN solution enables storage consolidation at CIBIL

Credit Information Bureau (India) Ltd (CIBIL) used a SAN solution-backed storage consolidation initiative to deal with spiraling data growth. The SAN also helps CIBIL reduce its storage management costs.  Continue Reading

Check data migration policies before signing with a cloud provider

Experts urge businesses to know cloud providers' policies on data migration before signing on to avoid data becoming trapped or falling into the wrong hands.  Continue Reading

SSD adoption still on the slow track for India Inc.

Solid-state drive (SSD) adoption in India still has a long way to go despite the performance advantages it brings for enterprise applications and storage.  Continue Reading

VTL reduces data backup and recovery window at Godrej Industries

A virtual tape library (VTL) helps Godrej Industries cope with the exponential data growth within shorter backup windows.  Continue Reading