July 2011
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Q&A with Annette Murphy from Geo Networks
Quick fire Q&A with Annette Murphy, sales and business development director at Geo Networks Continue Reading
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July 11, 2011
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Food cooking updates via Bluetooth
Hot on the heels - pardon the pun - of a positive Bluetooth experience with Sony's Bluray remote control for the PS3, Downtime has discovered another inspired Bluetooth device. Whether it is ... Continue Reading
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July 11, 2011
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IT investment up, IT skills shortage up, IT outsourcing will follow.
Following its success as a way of cutting IT costs during a downturn, the IT services sector will step in and fill the IT skills gap now being created by the recovery. The Association of ... Continue Reading
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July 11, 2011
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Meet QR man
A bloke in Paris called Marco has become the second man in history to have a QR code tattoo. We've been reliably informed that the first QR man was, in fact, English ... Continue Reading
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July 11, 2011
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Sybase & Gartner: democracy needed in data warehouse analytics
Sybase IQ 15.3 now available - business intelligence/analytics and data warehouse focused relational database management product Continue Reading
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July 11, 2011
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Review: Sennheiser IE 8i Headset. Quality At A Cost, Is It Worth It?
Sennheiser continue to rewrite the rulebook when it comes to ear and headphones and the new, iPhone optimised, IE 8i's deserve their own chapter. Priced at around £199 they are certainly not cheap, ... Continue Reading
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July 11, 2011
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Eastern Europe could benefit from a wave of first time offshorers
Because I write about IT outsourcing I often forget that the proportion of IT outsourced is only a fraction of the work that is done in-house. There is massive potential for growth with loads of ... Continue Reading
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July 11, 2011
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News of the World dead, that's OK - all press going open source online
Publishing in the future will be driven by online tools, many of which will be open source Continue Reading
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July 11, 2011
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Sifting through the wreckage of the failed £469m FireControl public sector IT project
The failure of the government's £469m FireControl project has been widely condemned as a monumental waste of money, with the government now attempting to achieve interoperability and resilience between fire and rescue control rooms at a cost of £81m... Continue Reading
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July 11, 2011
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Security Zone: Planning is the key to successfully implement data governance
When some people think about data governance they immediately jump to the conclusion that a technological solution is a holy grail for defining an answer to this substantial task, writes Finn Rye, CISSP. While a technology solution is an integral ... Continue Reading
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July 11, 2011
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Police breaches of Data Protection Act highlights problem faced by all businesses, says Cyber-Ark
Police breaches of the Data Protection Act revealed last week by civil liberties watchdog Big Brother Watch highlight a problem faced by all organisations, according to identity management firm Cyber-Ark. Continue Reading
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July 11, 2011
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Universities offered high-performance computing cloud via Janet
Universities can now run cloud-based research on Janet, the joint academic network. Continue Reading
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July 11, 2011
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Google+ users hit by spam glitch as social network announces business feature
Early adopters of Google+ have been hit by an avalanche of e-mail notifications, due to a glitch in the system. News of the accidental spamming came as Google revealed it is working on a business-focused feature for the Google+ social networking ... Continue Reading
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July 11, 2011
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Global critical infrastructure supplier uses Microsoft SDL to reduce cyber attack risk
A supplier of automation and software systems to the global manufacturing and critical national infrastructure industries has partnered with Microsoft to reduce the risk of cyber attacks. Continue Reading
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July 11, 2011
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IDC says worldwide tablet shipments fell 28% in Q1 but predicts 53.5m to go in 2011
Global shipments of tablet devices have fallen 28% to 7.2 million units in the first quarter of 2011, according to analyst IDC. Continue Reading
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July 11, 2011
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IT professionals get multiple job offers and double-digit pay increases as demand surges
Demand for IT skills has increased as businesses begin to re-invest in IT and professionals with particular IT skills are receiving multiple job offers and double-digit pay increases if they switch employers. Continue Reading
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July 11, 2011
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Mozilla releases Firefox 5 fix for Mac OS X downloadable font crash bug
Mozilla plans to release an update to Firefox 5 to fix a bug affecting users of Apple's Macintosh operating system, OS X 10.7. Continue Reading
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July 11, 2011
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Microsoft packs a lot into July’s four Patch Tuesday security updates
Microsoft is to release only four security updates in this month's Patch Tuesday security update, but these will cover 22 vulnerabilities in Windows and Office. Continue Reading
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July 11, 2011
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Steria staff at Identity and Passport Service strike over pay following PCS union ballot
Over 160 Steria employees working for the Home Office's Identity and Passport Service are to strike over poor pay. Continue Reading
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July 11, 2011
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Camwood debuts cloud-based application lifecycle management
Camwood has launched Application Lifecycle Manager, a cloud-based service to help application teams monitor application usage. Continue Reading