August 2010

How the future of mobile payments is shaping up

Banks and mobile network operators are working towards a time when people will purchase pints of milk, Sunday newspapers and even train tickets with a 'wave' of a mobile phone.  Continue Reading

Online sales reach £5bn with annual growth of 18%

Online shopping is growing at its fastest rate since 2007, with UK consumers spending a total of £5bn online in July, up 18% on the same period last year.

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Adobe releases emergency security patches for Acrobat and Reader

Adobe has released an out-of-band security update for its Reader and Acrobat products for Windows, Mac OS and Unix.  Continue Reading

Lady Gaga meets her match with Oracle's Lady Java

You may well be a big fan of Lady Gaga. You may well be a keen proponent of the Java programming language. But could you possibly be a p-p-poker faced Java coder who is also just crazy about Lady ...  Continue Reading

Could China be about to reduce India's offshore IT dominance?

China offers a deep pool of IT talent. This talent is available at relatively low cost. Some would say very low cost. I am trying to keep up to date with what's available in China and news of ...  Continue Reading

iSCSI, the cloud, and the accelerator start to converge

As iSCSI gains traction in the market, it’s bringing about an interesting shift: the idea of storage networking, even if it’s not described in such terms, is becoming attractive to smaller businesses.  Continue Reading

Veeam offers Veeam Report Free Edition

Virtualisation management vendor Veeam has revealed a new version of its Veeam Reporter product, for free; plus more daily news.  Continue Reading

vCenter Server Heartbeat: How to install vCSHB

Our VMware expert explains how to install vCSHB to your primary and secondary vCenter servers.  Continue Reading

IT managers rescued by cloud computing

IT chiefs explain why and how they chose to use cloud computing, including the Telegraph Group, British Airways and a life boat charity, to name a few.  Continue Reading

Boost vCenter server availability with new tool

Our VMware expert takes an in-depth look at the powerful management tool vCenter Server.  Continue Reading

Social networking: Workplace productivity, security no match for Facebook

Findings from a recent survey conducted by Network Box Corp. gauge that use of Facebook and YouTube has risen 10% over the last quarter. Are companies prepared for the risks?  Continue Reading

DSCI framework implementation methodology: An up-close look

There’s much FUD about DSCI’s data security and privacy frameworks. We attempt to demystify DSCI frameworks’ implementation methodology.  Continue Reading

Forrester and Gartner: Why did Intel do it?

Forrester Research analyst Andrew Jaquith has questioned the sanity of Intel's McAfee acquisition.  Continue Reading

A-level results mark 'worrying trend' for IT sector

The IT industry has spoken out about this year's disappointing computing and ICT A-level results, warning that the UK may be forced to buy in IT expertise from offshore service providers unless the situation is addressed.  Continue Reading

Student on A-level ICT: "I don't want to learn about floppy disks anymore"

Following the A-level results announcement today, student David Couch has been in touch with Computer Weekly about his experience of IT A-levels, including designing a brochure for an animal park ...  Continue Reading

Business world's ambivalence contributes to continuing pay gap

Why does the gender gap persist so stubbornly in technology? Today's Chartered Management Institute and Xpert HR report didn't bring good news for any working woman - on average, women will have to ...  Continue Reading

Intel CEO Paul Otellini: Software alone cannot solve net security

Security cannot be solved by software alone, warned Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini in a conference call discussing the firm's $7.7bn acquisition of security firm McAfee.  Continue Reading