September 2009

UK managers do not understand SAM risks

The business risk of poorly managed software assets is not well understood by the board members and general managers of UK companies, research has revealed.  Continue Reading

Red Hat profits continue to defy recession

Open Source software supplier Red Hat has reported strong results despite the recession.  Continue Reading

Retailers, publishers to win from shoppers at Vodafone 360

An internet service launched by Vodafone will allow mobile phone users to pay for goods such as news stories and bus tickets and have them debited to their...

'Poisoned chalice' fear of SROs on big IT projects

Civil servants who assume responsibility for public sector IT-enabled projects see their role as a poisoned chalice, says the Office of Government Commerce in a report published today.  Continue Reading

Top reasons why some businesses still don't use social media

Top reasons why some businesses still don't use social media  Continue Reading

FBI database holds records on 1.5 billion people

More than 1.5 billion government and private sector records about US citizens and foreigners are stored in an FBI database, declassified documents have...  Continue Reading

HP buries EDS brand

Hewlett-Packard has announced that business services firm EDS, which it acquired a year ago, is to be renamed HP Enterprise Services.  Continue Reading

French publishers challenge Google in a Paris court

The legality of Google's controversial project to scan millions of library books is to be tested today for the first time in a court outside the US.

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Twitter rofl attack is no laughing matter

Twitter users are being targeted by another phishing attack designed to steal login details, warns security firm Sophos.  Continue Reading

Make your back-up and archiving fit for purpose

Distinctions between archive and back-up may blur, but they remain vital components of any storage strategy  Continue Reading

Five approaches to cloud storage

Cloud computing may be the hot topic of the moment, but what about the services that are available today? Steve Gold did his homework and discovered a world of options that are available...  Continue Reading

EMC kicks Oracle, V-Max destroyed by spinning disk, HDS in FCoE mess, NetApp clams up

Another week in the storage blogosphere sees an abeyance in brawling as NetApp clams up, EMC attacks Oracle, IBM gets dense and bloggers battle HDS.  Continue Reading

Data security requires more priority than network security

Network security is proving insufficient, which is paving the way for data security strategies. Captain Felix Mohan, the senior vice president and chief information security officer of Bharti Airtel answers questioned posed by SearchSecurity.in, and...  Continue Reading

Cloud Infrastructure as a Service worth the higher costs, experts say

Cloud Infrastructure as a Service may be more expensive than an in-house data centre infrastructure, but industry players agree that the advantages of freeing up an IT department's time outweigh the larger bill.  Continue Reading

Boy with Copper Wiring Devastating human impact of toxic technology waste

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Children exposed to toxic waste - Devastating human impact of toxic technology waste

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Toxics e-waste documentation - Devastating human impact of toxic technology waste

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