August 2011
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August 25, 2011
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All-party MP group on outsourcing calls preliminary meeting to formulate proposals
The National Outsourcing Association has held a preliminary meeting of members before the All Party Outsourcing and Shared Services group meetings begin later this year. Continue Reading
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August 24, 2011
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Aug'11
Best of VMworld Europe 2011: Nomination form
Enter your products in the Best of VMworld Europe 2011 Awards. The deadline for submission is Wednesday, September 21. Continue Reading
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August 24, 2011
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Aug'11
Big data analytics made easy with SQL and MapReduce
With growth in unstructured big data, RDBMS is inadequate for big data analytics. Know how to use SQL and MapReduce for big data analytics, instead. Continue Reading
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August 24, 2011
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Aug'11
Take part in CW survey on long hours, salaries and skills of IT professionals
A survey aims to shed light on the impact of the long hours culture on UK IT professionals. It will also allow IT employees to compare their salaries with peers and identify the IT skills most in demand. Continue Reading
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August 24, 2011
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Aug'11
CompTIA+ provides young IT pro with career boost
Dujon Walsham is a 23 year old IT consultant who has worked on high-profile projects such as the IT infrastructure to capture programmes for ITV Player. His current job involves helping companies like eBay and British Airways adopt cloud computing ... Continue Reading
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August 24, 2011
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Aug'11
Durham University upgrades communications infrastructure and adopts IP telephony
Durham University is to upgrade its communications infrastructure after signing a deal with Siemens Enterprise Communications (SEC) which will see the university adopt IP telephony. Continue Reading
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August 24, 2011
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Aug'11
London boroughs seek integrator to support Oracle ERP software-sharing project
Four London boroughs are looking for a systems integrator to support their plan to share a single instance of Oracle's latest ERP software. Continue Reading
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August 24, 2011
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Aug'11
Nokia launches three smartphones running Symbian Belle operating system
Nokia has unveiled three smartphone devices running its new operating system, Symbian Belle. Continue Reading
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August 24, 2011
24
Aug'11
Finnish city's Red Hat virtualisation roll-out illustrates open source in local government
Local government IT directors in the UK can learn a lesson in open source deployment from the City of Kankaanpää. Continue Reading
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August 24, 2011
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Aug'11
Eleven-year-old twins pass ICT A-level
Eleven-year-old twins from East London, Paula and Peter Imafidon, were among the youngest students to pass A-level ICT examinations this year. Continue Reading
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August 24, 2011
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Aug'11
HP addresses customer support concerns over future PC business uncertainty
HP has reassured customers over concerns about exiting the PC business after analysts warned customers could think twice about HP contracts because of the uncertainty surrounding HP's PC business. Continue Reading
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August 24, 2011
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Aug'11
FSA adds Cognizant to supplier roster to support major IT work during split
The Financial Services Authority has appointed Indian IT services firm Cognizant to its list of suppliers in its strategic outsourcing framework agreement as it prepares for a large amount of IT work related to a planned organisational split. Continue Reading
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August 24, 2011
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Aug'11
Big data: large problems or huge opportunities?
With the increasing ubiquity of technology comes the increase in electronic data. Just a few years ago, corporate databases were measured in tens to hundreds of gigabytes. Now, multi-terabyte or even petabyte databases are normal. Continue Reading
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August 24, 2011
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Aug'11
Travis Perkins replaces paper with real-time technology to speed up customer deliveries
Building and construction supplier, Travis Perkins Group, has deployed Jade's mobility software platform, Jump, to speed up deliveries of building materials to customers. Continue Reading
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August 24, 2011
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Aug'11
RBS pay leak reveals the contractors paid £2,000 a day
A blunder by recruitment company Hays has revealed contractors at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) earn £2,000 per day. Continue Reading
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August 23, 2011
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Aug'11
Scholarships aim to encourage women to pursue cybersecurity careers
To boost the percentage of women in IT security careers, (ISC)2 has instituted two new scholarships, each totalling up to $40,000 per year. Continue Reading
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August 23, 2011
23
Aug'11
OpenVAS how-to: Creating a vulnerability assessment report
In this OpenVAS how-to, learn how to use the free scanner to create a vulnerability assessment report and assess threat levels. Continue Reading
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August 23, 2011
23
Aug'11
A handy Nessus tutorial
A powerful vulnerability scanner, Nessus is a utility that infosec pros swear by. If you plan to adopt this tool, our Nessus tutorial has all the details. Continue Reading
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August 23, 2011
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Aug'11
SLA template and guidelines for DR outsourcing
Use these guidelines along with our downloadable SLA template to structure, implement and successfully manage SLAs for DR infrastructure outsourcing. Continue Reading
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August 23, 2011
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Aug'11
Google Chrome updated; stable released, fixing 11 bugs
Google Chrome stable channel updated to version 13.0.782.215 in second update this month, with 10 high and critical-rated vulnerabilities being fixed. Continue Reading