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2010 Stories
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December 29, 2010
29Dec2010
News
2010 Review: Top 10 networking & mobile stories
The internet is playing an increasingly critical role in business, government and society - and mobile technology is now a must-have for anyone in the workplace. Continue Reading
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December 27, 2010
27Dec2010
News
ISF, (ISC)2 and ISACA team up on IT security principles guidelines
ISF, (ISC)2 and ISACA have worked together to create 12 principles intended to help business and security teams understand and aid each other. Continue Reading
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December 24, 2010
24Dec2010
News
2010 Review: Top 10 PC and desktop stories
The PC has been at the heart of business for 30 years. In this time, it has replaced centralised computing, become a window onto the web, and a tool for collaboration. Continue Reading
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December 24, 2010
24Dec2010
News
Gartner lists iSCSI technology optimization options
iSCSI technology has always been a debatable topic in terms of its adoption in India Inc . Here’s Gartner’s take on how you can boost iSCSI performance. Continue Reading
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December 23, 2010
23Dec2010
News
Steve Jobs is FT’s 'Person of the Year'
Technology pioneers are being recognised for their contributions to society as technolgy becomes part of everyday work and home life. Continue Reading
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December 23, 2010
23Dec2010
News
Skype supernode meltdown causes major outage
Skype engineers worked non-stop over several hours yesterday to fix the peer-to-peer IP telephony's site's worst outage. Continue Reading
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December 23, 2010
23Dec2010
News
Regional initiatives attract international tech companies to North East
UK regions are attracting overseas companies to help them break into the UK market. Continue Reading
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December 23, 2010
23Dec2010
News
Honda Motor’s IT projects to include Oracle Apps, RIMS
IT projects to constitute 0.5% to 0.75% of Honda Motor India’s revenue for 2011-12 and to support its upcoming business ventures Continue Reading
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December 22, 2010
22Dec2010
News
Windows Phone 7 OS sales reach 1.5 million
Microsoft has reported phone manufacturer sales of its Windows Phone 7 (WP7) mobile operating system (OS) have reached 1.5 million within six weeks of launch. Continue Reading
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December 22, 2010
22Dec2010
News
FTC clears £5bn Intel acquisition of McAfee
The Federal Trade Commission (FTC) in the US has approved Intel's $7.7bn (£5bn) acquisition of security software giant, McAfee. Continue Reading
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December 22, 2010
22Dec2010
News
Microsoft scraps controversial anti-piracy programme
Microsoft has scrapped its an anti-piracy programme Office Genuine Advantage.
The programme checked whether customers were running legal copies of...
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December 22, 2010
22Dec2010
News
Viewsonic upgrade G-Tablet software after user interface complaints
Viewsonic has released a software upgrade for its G-Tablet after receiving customer complaints about the user interface (UI). Continue Reading
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December 22, 2010
22Dec2010
Tip
5 virtual server management considerations in production environments
Server virtualization can create complexities such as virtual server management. These quick tips will help you better handle virtual server management. Continue Reading
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December 21, 2010
21Dec2010
In Depth
RAID rebuild pain points and the alternatives
RAID rebuilds can be a particularly time-consuming and risky part of managing a storage array, but new methods such as wide parity and erasure codes promise relief. Continue Reading
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December 20, 2010
20Dec2010
News
The 30 top IT offshoring locations
India is still king and China is its main competitor as a destination for offshore IT services, but five destinations have made their first appearance in... Continue Reading
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December 20, 2010
20Dec2010
News
Government shelves FiReControl
The government’s costly and overrunning FiReControl project has been axed. FiReControl has been cancelled because of serious delays with the EADS contract (now Cassidian) which began in 2004 and cost £225m. Continue Reading
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December 20, 2010
20Dec2010
News
FireControl project could be axed before Christmas
The government's controversial FireControl project could be flagged for review today. The Fire Brigade's Union (FBU) said it was expecting an announcement from fire minister Bob Neil later today, in which it hopes the project designed to reduce the ... Continue Reading
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December 20, 2010
20Dec2010
News
Beware of full datacentre automation, warns analyst
The pressure to provide speedy services and cut operational costs could drive an over-automation of datacentres, an analyst has warned. Roy Illsley,... Continue Reading
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December 20, 2010
20Dec2010
Tip
Essential ingredients for ISMS implementation success
Information security management system (ISMS) efficiency hinges on three critical factors—design, implementation, and maintenance. How can you ensure these? Continue Reading
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December 20, 2010
20Dec2010
News
The best and worst case scenarios for CIOs in 2011
What will 2011 bring for CIOs? We’ve got predictions, but not just the usual optimistic guesses. We’ve also asked some pundits for their worst-case scenarios, too! Continue Reading
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December 17, 2010
17Dec2010
News
Open standards pave the way for pan-European public services
The European Commission has announced a plan to build an agile suite of pan-European public services through the loose integration of computer systems Continue Reading
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December 17, 2010
17Dec2010
News
Royal Mail loses second CIO in 2010
Yvonne Ferguson has left her post as chief information officer (CIO) at Royal Mail, Computer Weekly has learned, making her the second CIO to leave the company this year. Continue Reading
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December 17, 2010
17Dec2010
News
Oracle makes $2bn software sales as executives talk up hardware
Oracle sold $2billion new software licences in its second quarter of 2010. Software license updates and product support revenues were up 12% to $3.6... Continue Reading
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December 17, 2010
17Dec2010
News
Facebook accidental prototype release shuts site
Facebook shut its site last night after prototypes of its redesigned features were accidently leaked to users. The release of internal prototypes... Continue Reading
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December 17, 2010
17Dec2010
News
Centrica names HP and Fujitsu in outsourcing reshuffle
Utility company Centrica has chosen HP and Fujitsu to deliver desktop and datacentre services while the previous supplier of these services, T-Systems, focuses on SAP services in the cloud and smart grid technology. Continue Reading
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December 17, 2010
17Dec2010
News
In-memory analytics: BI innovation for 2011
In-memory analytics is being touted as one of the top developments in BI for 2011. Let’s take a look at what all the in-memory analytics buildup is about. Continue Reading
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December 16, 2010
16Dec2010
News
Government saves £500m through ICT contract moratorium
The government has saved £500m through its moratorium on consulting, ICT, recruitment, marketing and property spending contracts, the Cabinet Office has said. Continue Reading
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December 16, 2010
16Dec2010
News
Procurement will be increasingly outsourced next year
Nearly half of the people responsible for buying products and services for businesses expect to outsource some of their department's work in the next two years. Continue Reading
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December 16, 2010
16Dec2010
News
Enterprise social software sales grow 15% to $664m
Enterprise social software sales reached $664m (£425m) in 2010, a 15% increase from 2009, according to Gartner. Continue Reading
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December 16, 2010
16Dec2010
News
Office 2010: beware of enterprise problems
Forrester Research has warned that companies planning or in the middle of an upgrade to Office 2010 face a lengthy deployment process. Continue Reading
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December 16, 2010
16Dec2010
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Photos: The most anticipated gadgets of 2011
Last year we saw some amazing gadget developments but next year promises to be even bigger as Google go further into the mobile phone market with the Playstation Phone and also venture into web TV. Continue Reading
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December 15, 2010
15Dec2010
In Depth
IT staff learn their ITIL lines at Walt Disney Parks & Resorts
Parks & Resorts, the largest division at the Walt Disney Company, is rolling out the IT service management methodology ITIL to help the business give visitors to the Disney resorts the best possible experience. Continue Reading
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December 15, 2010
15Dec2010
News
US web users reject online behaviour tracking as EC tightens regulations
Most people in the US do not want to be tracked on the internet and are unwilling to trade their privacy for Web ads tailored to their interests, a study has found. Continue Reading
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December 15, 2010
15Dec2010
News
Open group backs initiative to protect supply chain from cybercrime
Leading technology businesses are backing an initiative to help organisations secure global supply chains against cybercrime threats. Continue Reading
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December 15, 2010
15Dec2010
News
Call of duty for PS3 in US Airforce Condor supercomputer
A cluster of 1.716 Sony Playstation3 games consoles has been used in a real-life "call of duty" at the US Airforce research laboratory. Continue Reading
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December 15, 2010
15Dec2010
News
Wikileaks.Org back online, Assange back in prison
Wikileaks.org is back online in the US after American company, Dynadot, has restored its DNS service for the whistle-blower site, according to internet reports. Continue Reading
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December 14, 2010
14Dec2010
News
Hilton outsources software development to Accenture
Hotel group Hilton Worldwide has signed a global outsourcing deal. Continue Reading
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December 14, 2010
14Dec2010
News
Minister says private sector crucial to defence against cyber-attack
The government must use the private sector to ensure it is secure against cyber-attacks, MPs have said. Nick Harvey, minister for the Armed Forces, was asked if he agreed that private sector involvement was crucial in helping the government stay ... Continue Reading
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December 14, 2010
14Dec2010
News
Unilever chooses Vodafone for mobile management
Unilever has selected Vodafone to provide global mobile management in a three-year deal. Continue Reading
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December 14, 2010
14Dec2010
In Depth
Post-RAID alternatives address RAID's shortcomings
Post-RAID alternatives have entered the market while RAID's shortcomings begin to be recognised as disk capacities grow, despite decades of protecting data and boosting performance. Continue Reading
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December 13, 2010
13Dec2010
News
Manufacturing companies put IT at the centre of growth plans
The manufacturing sector is creating dedicated CIO roles as technology becomes integral to growth strategies, claims a report from Capgemini. Continue Reading
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December 13, 2010
13Dec2010
News
Case Study: Royal Mail virtualises legacy Windows
The Royal Mail Group (RMG) has used Microsoft's Hyper-V virtualisation infrastructure, to enable it to run legacy applications on modern hardware.
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December 13, 2010
13Dec2010
News
Aegis Logistics’ IT spending to be Rs 5 cr in 2011-12
Aegis Logistics' IT spending to include ERP, BI and video conferencing . Continue Reading
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December 10, 2010
10Dec2010
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Car park - The funniest pictures on Google Street View
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December 10, 2010
10Dec2010
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Bus - The funniest pictures on Google Street View
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December 10, 2010
10Dec2010
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Courting - The funniest pictures on Google Street View
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December 10, 2010
10Dec2010
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Buggy - The funniest pictures on Google Street View
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December 10, 2010
10Dec2010
Photostory
Cleaning windows - The funniest pictures on Google Street View
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December 10, 2010
10Dec2010
Photostory
Windows - The funniest pictures on Google Street View
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December 10, 2010
10Dec2010
Photostory
Trick or Treat - The funniest pictures on Google Street View
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December 10, 2010
10Dec2010
Photostory
Eureka! - The funniest pictures on Google Street View
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December 10, 2010
10Dec2010
Photostory
Disney - The funniest pictures on Google Street View
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December 10, 2010
10Dec2010
Photostory
Photos: The funniest pictures on Google Street View
If a car goes around the world and takes pictures of everything it sees, it's bound to find some funny stuff going on. Here are some highlights. Continue Reading
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December 10, 2010
10Dec2010
Photostory
Rod Stewart fan club - The funniest pictures on Google Street View
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December 09, 2010
09Dec2010
News
Financial services slow to use cloud
The financial services... Continue Reading
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December 09, 2010
09Dec2010
News
Visa and Mastercard targeted by hackers over Wikileaks row
Online retailing was disrupted yesterday when Visa and Mastercard were targeted by hackers following the firms' refusal to process Wikileaks... Continue Reading
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December 09, 2010
09Dec2010
News
Server refresh cycles may get longer
Having seen the evidence, some enterprise IT shops may experiment with holding onto servers for longer than in the past, Gartner analysts said. Continue Reading
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December 08, 2010
08Dec2010
News
G20 makes use of secure social networking environment
For the first time in the history of the G20 world financial leaders and policy makers used secure social networking software to collaborate before, during... Continue Reading
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December 08, 2010
08Dec2010
News
Amazon launches Kindle for the Web to rival Google eBooks
Amazon has unveiled a web-based service to support its existing Kindle e-reader, a day after Google launched its eBooks ... Continue Reading
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December 08, 2010
08Dec2010
News
How to recognise bad colocation data centre providers
Study this checklist of things to look for when researching a new colocation data centre provider. Continue Reading
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December 07, 2010
07Dec2010
Blog Post
Will John Suffolk be the last government CIO?
Government CIO John Suffolk effectively leaves his post at the end of this month - although I understand that he will still be on the public payroll until the end of March next year - but there ... Continue Reading
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December 07, 2010
07Dec2010
News
Shared services throw lifeline to budget-stripped councils
With local authorities set to be handed reduced budgets, now could be the time for them to share back-office functions. Continue Reading
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December 07, 2010
07Dec2010
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UK firms offered funding to develop space technology
The Technology Strategy Board and the South East England Development Agency (SEEDA) are looking to stimulate R&D activity in the space industry through £2m...
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December 07, 2010
07Dec2010
News
Juniper Networks buys security company Altor Networks
Juniper Networks has acquired virtualisation security technology firm Altor Networks for $95m. Continue Reading
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December 07, 2010
07Dec2010
News
Quacquarelli Symonds pays £80,000 for using unlicensed software
Quacquarelli Symonds Consulting Limited has paid out £80,000 after it was found using unlicensed software, according to the Business Software Alliance. Continue Reading
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December 07, 2010
07Dec2010
Tutorial
How to approach Good Practice Guide 13 (GPG13) for CoCo compliance
Though mandatory for CoCo compliance, Good Practice Guide 13's protective monitoring controls are seldom implemented by organisations. Continue Reading
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December 06, 2010
06Dec2010
News
Google and Groupon end talks over £3.9bn acquisition
Talks between Google and online discount site Groupon over a potential acquisition have ended, according... Continue Reading
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December 06, 2010
06Dec2010
Tip
Mean time between failure vs. load/unload cycles
Mean time between failure, the traditional metric used to predict the life of a disk drive, is being challenged by counts of load/unload cycles and annualized failure rates. Continue Reading
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December 06, 2010
06Dec2010
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The wrong colocation data centre provider: A nightmare tale
There are several key points to bear in mind when selecting a colocation data centre provider. Here our expert reveals mistake he's made, in the past, and how to avoid them. Continue Reading
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December 06, 2010
06Dec2010
Answer
RAID 4 vs RAID 5: Which one costs more to implement?
RAID 4 vs RAID 5: Which one costs more to implement? RAID 4 uses a dedicated parity disk while RAID 5 distributes parity data across all drives in the RAID set. Continue Reading
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December 06, 2010
06Dec2010
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No HTML5 support- Music and video hub: The 7 sins of Windows Phone 7
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December 06, 2010
06Dec2010
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Too late to the mobile OS table? - The 7 sins of Windows Phone 7
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December 06, 2010
06Dec2010
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Business app deployment problems - Office Hub: The 7 sins of Windows Phone 7
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December 06, 2010
06Dec2010
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Photos: The 7 sins of Windows Phone 7
Microsoft launched Windows Phone 7 (WP7) in October this year. Considered as the first serious offering from the company in the mobile operating system (OS) space, WP7 has met some criticism from users and analysts. Continue Reading
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December 06, 2010
06Dec2010
Photostory
Limited Marketplace apps - The 7 sins of Windows Phone 7
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December 06, 2010
06Dec2010
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Too consumer-focused - Games Hub: The 7 sins of Windows Phone 7
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December 06, 2010
06Dec2010
Photostory
The 7 sins of Windows Phone 7
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December 06, 2010
06Dec2010
Photostory
Multitasking of third party apps - Bing: The 7 sins of Windows Phone 7
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December 06, 2010
06Dec2010
Photostory
Lack of copy-and-paste functionality - Email: The 7 sins of Windows Phone 7
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December 03, 2010
03Dec2010
News
Chinese hacker arrests highlight importance of IT security
Chinese authorities have reported arrests of 460 computer hackers so far this year, an 80% increase compared with 2009.
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December 03, 2010
03Dec2010
News
IDC predicts IT boom in 2011
IDC forecasts worldwide IT spending will be $1.6tn (£1.02tn) in 2011, an increase of 5.7% over 2010. Continue Reading
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December 03, 2010
03Dec2010
In Depth
Forrester: Do your employees advocate for your company?
In challenging economic times, CEOs are famous for saying things like "Everyone's in sales!" Continue Reading
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December 03, 2010
03Dec2010
Tip
7 steps to secure unstructured data
Unstructured data can cause information leaks of dire consequences. Here are a few ways to secure unstructured data from theft and corporate espionage. Continue Reading
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December 02, 2010
02Dec2010
News
Government reaffirms that IT mega-deals are dead
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has promised to end the era of huge public sector IT deals Continue Reading
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December 02, 2010
02Dec2010
News
Japan approves deal between Google and Yahoo Japan
The Japanese antitrust watchdog has approved a deal between Google and Yahoo Japan to share Google's search and advertising technology. Continue Reading
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December 02, 2010
02Dec2010
News
Scottish Criminal review body moves to shared services
The Scottish Criminal Case Review Commission (SCCRC) is cutting IT costs by moving to a shared services model with other government bodies.
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December 02, 2010
02Dec2010
News
The Green Grid unveils new carbon emissions measurement
The Green Grid has defined a new carbon emissions measurement , carbon usage effectiveness (CUE), which calculates the carbon emissions that data centres produce; plus more news in brief. Continue Reading
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December 01, 2010
01Dec2010
News
IBM makes light-speed processor breakthrough
IBM has unveiled nanophotonics chip technology which integrates electrical and optical devices on the same piece of silicon, to enable computer chips to communicate using pulses of light instead of electrical signals. Continue Reading
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December 01, 2010
01Dec2010
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HMRC sets its sights on small enterprises and eBay traders
Part-time eBay traders and other small and medium enterprises may need to register with HM Revenue & Customs for self-assessment tax returns, or face new penalties that could double the tax due, the department warns. Continue Reading
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December 01, 2010
01Dec2010
News
Save 90% on energy by putting applications in the cloud
Businesses can cut their energy consumption by 91% by moving their on-premises applications to the cloud, research by US analyst firm Nucleus Research reveals. Continue Reading
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December 01, 2010
01Dec2010
News
Five steps to an optimised data centre
A UK analyst discusses the dynamics of the data centre and introduces five simple steps to follow when considering data centre optimisation. Continue Reading
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December 01, 2010
01Dec2010
News
Phishing attack on Facebook leverages iframes
Popular social networking site, Facebook being used for phishing attacks and open redirects, claims Websense Security Labs. Continue Reading
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November 30, 2010
30Nov2010
News
Wikileaks turns to cloud computing to fend off DDoS attack
Whistleblowing site Wikileaks turned to cloud computing services to help defend against a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack ... Continue Reading
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November 30, 2010
30Nov2010
News
PCI-DSS standard compliance becomes reality for Bank of India
Financial player Bank of India claims to be the first Indian bank to achieve PCI-DSS standard certification for its debit card environment. Continue Reading
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November 30, 2010
30Nov2010
News
Facebook co-founder launches Jumo social activism network
Chris Hughes, co-founder of Facebook, has launched Jumo, which he describes as a social network for social activism. Continue Reading
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November 29, 2010
29Nov2010
News
CIO interview: Kevin Berry, systems director, Waitrose
The top man in IT at Waitrose talks about a comprehensive organisational change in the department and the technology agenda for the upcoming months. Continue Reading
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November 29, 2010
29Nov2010
News
E-mail hacker fined £20,000
A hacker who posed as a university graduate to gain access to the e-mails of hundreds of unsuspecting students has been given a suspended prison sentence and ordered to pay more than £20,000 in costs and compensation. Continue Reading
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November 29, 2010
29Nov2010
News
Apple strengthens legal team for patent battles
Apple is recruiting lawyers who have fought for and against some of the world's largest technology companies ahead of patent battles with Nokia, Motorola and HTC. Continue Reading
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November 29, 2010
29Nov2010
News
IT Excellence Awards to HDFC Bank, Tata Power Co, M&M
The Computer Society of India (CSI) honored the best technology deployment projects in India under the Information Technology (IT) Excellence Awards for 2010. Continue Reading
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November 26, 2010
26Nov2010
News
Case study: Halfords speeds new business processes with testing specialist
Retailer Halfords has invested in automating back-end system and business process testing to halve the time it takes to deliver new business functionality. Continue Reading