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January 22, 2007 22 Jan'07
Cornhill installs new market information system

Cornhill Asset Management has implemented a new information system for its UK equity and derivatives business.
January 22, 2007 22 Jan'07
Symantec launches Veritas Cluster Server 5.0

Symantec has launched Veritas Cluster Server 5.0 for VMware ESX, an enterprise-class high-availability and disaster recovery solution for business-critical virtual environments.
January 22, 2007 22 Jan'07
AMCC joins forces with Avnet

In a bid to better address particular customer segments, Applied Micro Circuits Corporation (AMCC) has expanded its storage division's presence in Europe by broadening its distribution network with the addition of Avnet Technology Solutions.
January 22, 2007 22 Jan'07
IBM launches Virtual Fabric Architecture for BladeCenter

In order to help increase speed and efficiency of data transfer across blade servers and networks, IBM has launched a Virtual Fabric Architecture comprising new interconnect technologies and management tools for its BladeCenter H system.

January 22, 2007 22 Jan'07
Imis head sets out to teach boards the true value of IT

The Institute for the Management of Information Systems (Imis) is preparing a range of activities to educate board directors in how to use IT to create true business value.
January 19, 2007 19 Jan'07
Next move: How do I become a general IT manager?

The question: How do I become a general IT manager?
January 19, 2007 19 Jan'07
Desktop Linux waits to challenge Windows

Desktop Linux evolves, but take-up remains limited
January 19, 2007 19 Jan'07
BCS calls for urgent realignment of NHS National Programme for IT

A BCS report has linked the problems facing the NHS's National Programme for IT (NPfIT) to a pressing need to realign the programme via the English strategic health authority and trust structure.
January 18, 2007 18 Jan'07
ID theft victim to TJX customers: Mind your data

Customers should guard their own data, says one ID theft victim. Meanwhile, some in the banking industry say TJX may have stored more data than necessary.
January 18, 2007 18 Jan'07
Businessman jailed for hacking rivals

A millionaire has been jailed after hiring private detectives to hack into the computer systems of business rivals and to tap their phones.

January 18, 2007 18 Jan'07
Shortage of graduates threatens future of UK IT sector, warns BCS

The British Computer Society has highlighted an alarming downturn in computer science graduate projections which could imperil long-term success for the nation's expanding IT economy.
January 17, 2007 17 Jan'07
Data breach at TJX could affect millions

Retailer TJX Companies said a hacker gained access to its systems exposing the credit card data of millions of customers.
January 17, 2007 17 Jan'07
Insurer gains high-speed file access with acceleration technology

An insurance company has solved the problem of sending large files between its London, Bermuda, Paris and US offices by deploying an appliance server that gives the offices fast remote access to files held centrally in London.
January 15, 2007 15 Jan'07
Sun launches ‘world’s fastest’ blade server

Sun Microsystems has launched what it claims is the world’s fastest blade server, in addition to the first subscription service that enables blade customers to keep their datacentres at peak performance and efficiency at half the cost of traditional...
January 15, 2007 15 Jan'07
Panduit becomes Blade Ready

Network and electrical systems supplier Panduit Corporation has joined the Blade Ready programme to assist organisations with the planning and deployment of high density blade computing systems.
January 14, 2007 14 Jan'07
Bug Briefs: CA fixes multiple flaws in back-up product

Also in Bug Briefs: Cisco patches an IOS flaw, HP fixes OpenView glitches; Adobe fixes critical vulnerabilities; and more Mac OS X flaws are disclosed.
January 10, 2007 10 Jan'07
Sun unsheaths new blade and slashes server upgrade costs

Sun Microsystems has launched a four-socket dual-core blade server and a hardware subscription service designed to cut users' server upgrade costs.
January 10, 2007 10 Jan'07
Apple releases first iPhone mobile phone

Apple has entered the mobile phone market with the launch of the iPhone.
January 08, 2007 08 Jan'07
HSBC places IT at heart of green strategy

Global banking group HSBC is using IT as a foundation for meeting its corporate social responsibility obligations and its green strategy.
January 08, 2007 08 Jan'07
What is the difference between InfiniBand, SAS and iSCSI and where does each technology fit?

InfiniBand is an interface; just like Fibre Channel (FC) or Ethernet. As an interface, InfiniBand carries different protocols...
January 08, 2007 08 Jan'07
BCS report sparks change in the NHS IT programme

Connecting for Health, the government agency that runs the £12.4bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT) in the NHS, is considering a report from the British Computer Society that recommends putting on hold the development of the data spine of 50 ...
January 08, 2007 08 Jan'07
Does the long Christmas break create a New Year IT hangover?

The Big Question is an initiative between Computer Weekly and recruitment consultancy PSD. Each week we put the Big Question to top IT professionals to get their take on a current talking point.
January 08, 2007 08 Jan'07
Fit-for-purpose IT breeds profits for clothing retailer

Case study: Effective business alignment is the Holy Grail for many IT directors. With profits up by over 20%, one retailer is showing how to pull it off in practice
January 08, 2007 08 Jan'07
Aardman feels flush with faster internet

Aardman Animations has signed a deal with ntl:Telewest Business to boost its managed internet service from 4mpbs to 10mbps to cope with the demands of transferring extremely large graphics files to its US partners each day.
January 07, 2007 07 Jan'07
Bug Briefs: OpenOffice vulnerable to attack

Other flaws were reported in Apple QuickTime, Mac OS X, Adobe Flash Player, VideoLAN VLC, the Opera Web browser, and Cisco Access Control Server.
January 07, 2007 07 Jan'07
Brocade buys Silverback for 10 GigE acceleration chips

Adding another string to its bow, Brocade scoops up IP chip acceleration supplier Silverback Systems for an undisclosed sum.
January 05, 2007 05 Jan'07
Hitachi launches 1Tbyte hard drive for PCs

Hitachi Global Storage Technologies has launched a one-terabyte drive for consumers, beating a similar product launch planned by rival Seagate later this year.
January 04, 2007 04 Jan'07
Weekly compilation of storage news including Hitachi unveils 1 TB drive for retail

Hitachi has announced that its 1 TB SATA drive, aimed initially at the retail market, will ship this quarter. The enterprise version, however, will not ship until the second quarter.
January 04, 2007 04 Jan'07
SanDisk unveils faster flash laptop drive

SanDisk has unveiled a 32Gbytes flash-based hard disc drive for enterprise laptops, designed to replace slower mechanical hard drives.
January 03, 2007 03 Jan'07
Security, disaster recovery top SMB predictions for 2007

What's in store for SMBs over the next year? Analysts weigh in with their thoughts on how security, disaster recovery, application availability and more will affect SMBs in 2007.
January 03, 2007 03 Jan'07
Atos appoints new UK chief

Outsourcer Atos Origin has appointed Keith Wilman as UK CEO.
January 02, 2007 02 Jan'07
Acorn founder and mobile chip pioneer given CBE

Acorn Computers founder Andrew Hopper was given a CBE in the New Year Honours list.
December 30, 2006 30 Dec'06
Raft of conferences planned for 2007

Increased IT industry confidence, and a desire to get close to the senior IT user community has brought a burgeoning number of events, seminars, exhibitions, roundtables and conferences for 2007.
December 20, 2006 20 Dec'06
Nokia and G&D offer retailers mobile commerce systems

Giesecke & Devrient (G&D) and Nokia have established a global joint venture that offers banks, transport companies and other retailers mobile commerce technology.
December 20, 2006 20 Dec'06
Your shout: Biometric ID cards, Vista and women in IT

Computer Weekly readers' give their views on this week's news
December 20, 2006 20 Dec'06
Panasonic develops ‘safer’ laptop battery

Panasonic has developed a ‘safer’ lithium ion battery to help laptop makers avoid the type of fire hazards faced by Dell, Apple and others this year.
December 19, 2006 19 Dec'06
Government changes national ID card plan

The government has ditched plans to build a new computer system for its national identity cards scheme.
December 19, 2006 19 Dec'06
Computer Weekly on screen for joint TV news investigation

A joint Computer Weekly/Channel 4 News investigation of problems with the £12.4bn NHS IT programme was broadcast last week.
December 15, 2006 15 Dec'06
Disc drive king dies

Al Shugart, the founder of leading computer disc drive firm Seagate Technology, has died, aged 76.
December 15, 2006 15 Dec'06
Will you be working over Christmas?

The Big Question is an initiative between Computer Weekly and recruitment consultancy PSD. Each week we put the Big Question to top IT professionals to get their take on a current talking point.
December 13, 2006 13 Dec'06
Top midrange arrays, page 5

About the authors and about the survey.
December 13, 2006 13 Dec'06
WEEE directive meets UK law

Science minister Malcom Wicks yesterday put regulations before parliament designed to support the incoming European waste disposal laws.
December 12, 2006 12 Dec'06
Your shout: Off-the-shelf systems, net neutrality, shared services

Computer Weekly readers' give their views on the week's news
December 12, 2006 12 Dec'06
Mixing SAS and SATA disk drives can cause problems

Mixing SAS and SATA disk drives in the same enclosure can cause interoperability issues, but vendors are finding workarounds.
December 11, 2006 11 Dec'06
Notts trust to improve patient data with remote access for clinical staff

Nottinghamshire NHS Trust is rolling out technology to give its 6,500 staff secure remote access to medical records and other hospital systems.
December 11, 2006 11 Dec'06
Heathrow trials herald era of biometric border checks

Heathrow Airport's test programme of biometric fingerprint readers to authenticate passengers could pave the way for wider biometric border controls in UK airports.
December 11, 2006 11 Dec'06
Rush to make the most of Web 2.0 sends developers' salaries soaring

A surge in demand for web skills, driven by the creation of second-generation websites such as MySpace and YouTube, has pushed up pay rates for top web developers.
December 11, 2006 11 Dec'06
Tube police sold on mobile benefits

British Transport Police has rolled out handheld devices and wearable printers to 400 officers in the face of initial strong opposition to boost its policing of the London Underground by ensuring officers spend less time in the office.
December 10, 2006 10 Dec'06
Servers are guzzling 4% of UK energy

Servers are having a major impact on UK electricity consumption, research undertaken for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs has found.
December 08, 2006 08 Dec'06
Mobile devices keep Transport Police on the beat

The British Transport Police is pioneering the use of mobile data technology to help police officers spend more time on the beat and make quicker arrests.
December 08, 2006 08 Dec'06
Power demand surges at UK datacentres

Servers are having a major impact on UK electricity consumption, research undertaken for the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) has found.
December 07, 2006 07 Dec'06
Heathrow tests biometric controls on passengers

Heathrow Airport is testing biometric fingerprint readers for passengers on selected flights, in a move which could pave the way for wider biometric border controls in UK airports.
December 05, 2006 05 Dec'06
Web development pay rates surge as Web 2.0 takes off

A surge in demand for web skills, driven by the creation of second generation websites including MySpace and YouTube, has pushed up pay rates for top web developers.
December 05, 2006 05 Dec'06
Dell servers go green

Dell has launched two new servers designed to offer greater energy efficiency and reduce power costs.
December 05, 2006 05 Dec'06
NHS IT schemes 'under-funded and over-ambitious', trust board is told

A confidential paper issued to the board of the UK’s largest NHS trust says that new initiatives under the £12.4bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT) are “invariably under-funded and over-ambitious”.
December 04, 2006 04 Dec'06
Ultra-thin LCD on way for mobiles

An ultra-thin flat panel screen the thickness of a credit card could revolutionise display technology and mobile devices when it arrives next year.
December 04, 2006 04 Dec'06
Simple data solutions from McDATA

McDATA, a provider of data access solutions, has launched four professional services offerings, designed to help customers justify, plan, deploy and optimise their IT environment
December 01, 2006 01 Dec'06
Lloyds TSB is first with blade workstation from HP

HP has unveiled a blade workstation solution, and Lloyds TSB is among the first companies to use it.
December 01, 2006 01 Dec'06
New York Stock Exchange suffers four-hour mobile order outage

The New York Stock Exchange suffered a four-hour technical hitch yesterday, forcing some traders to return to paper.
November 30, 2006 30 Nov'06
Symantec blames piracy for Veritas licensing snafu

Weekly compilation of storage news: Symantec says that software counterfeiting is throwing a wrench in tech support ; FRCP rules take effect.
November 30, 2006 30 Nov'06
Smartbunker is first in UK to get Blade Ready

American Power Conversion (APC), a global provider of high-availability systems for network-critical physical infrastructure (NCPI), has announced the first UK hosting partner to join its Blade Ready programme.
November 30, 2006 30 Nov'06
Gartner finds growth for worldwide server shipments

Research by analyst firm Gartner has found that worldwide server shipments for the third quarter of 2006 increased 9.1% over the same quarter last year, while worldwide server revenue for the same period climbed 4.4%.
November 29, 2006 29 Nov'06
Apple fixes over 20 security vulnerabilities in OS

Apple Computer has issued a patch to fix over 20 security vulnerabilities in its Mac OS X operating system, including a major Wi-Fi threat.
November 29, 2006 29 Nov'06
Rugged laptops brave the rainforest

Rugged laptops are said to withstand heat, cold, moisture and pretty much anything else Mother Nature can throw at them. What happens when one is taken to the tropical rainforest?
November 28, 2006 28 Nov'06
Adware targets Mac OS X

As F-Secure notes what may be the first example of adware designed for Macs, researcher LMH reports more flaws in the operating system as part of the Month of Kernel Bugs.
November 28, 2006 28 Nov'06
Hospitals wary of patient admin systems, admits Granger

NHS hospital trusts are increasingly reluctant to install patient administration systems that support crucial parts of the £12.4bn National Programme for IT (NPfIT), the official in charge of the scheme has admitted.
November 28, 2006 28 Nov'06
Transport firm NYK appoints new IT chief

International transport firm NYK Logistics has appointed Myron Hrycyk as IT director.
November 28, 2006 28 Nov'06
Forgetful staff leave businesses exposed

Corporate security is being put at risk by staff leaving their mobile phones, USB sticks, and laptop computers in London taxis.
November 28, 2006 28 Nov'06
Apple Macs vulnerable to adware, warns F-Secure

Apple Mac computers could be vulnerable to adware installed by hackers using a new technique, security experts have warned
November 28, 2006 28 Nov'06
Bill will harm net neutrality, Cerf warns

Father of the web Vint Cerf has warned there will be "great damage to the internet as we know it" if a bill before US legislature is not strengthened to protect net neutrality.
November 27, 2006 27 Nov'06
IT's Real Time Club is still making waves 40 years on

One of the IT sector's longest running groups, the Real Time Club, is gearing up for its 40th birthday in June next year.
November 27, 2006 27 Nov'06
News in brief

Short takes on this week's news
November 27, 2006 27 Nov'06
UN meeting to address “e-waste” problem

A United Nations conference is set to debate measures to tackle the mountain of “e-waste”, the millions of tonnes of disused electronic and computer equipment generated worldwide each year.
November 23, 2006 23 Nov'06
Sock it to them - a drive of destruction

The lighter side of the IT industry
November 23, 2006 23 Nov'06
Robbers steal chips worth millions

Armed thieves have stolen computer chips worth millions of dollars from an air cargo terminal in Malaysia.
November 23, 2006 23 Nov'06
Police trial mobile fingerprinting

The police have launched roadside mobile fingerprinting trials as part of the national Lantern project.
November 22, 2006 22 Nov'06
World server shipments and sales up, but EMEA trails the field

Worldwide server shipments for the third quarter of 2006 increased 9.1% over the same quarter last year, while worldwide server sales for the same period climbed 4.4%, said analyst Gartner.
November 22, 2006 22 Nov'06
Police PDAs to have national connectivity

Airwave O2 has signed a contract with Motorola to provide personal digital assistants (PDAs) that can work on the UK police forces' national TETRA (Terrestrial Trunked Radio) network.
November 21, 2006 21 Nov'06
Microsoft still working on Vista drivers

Microsoft is continuing to create new device drivers for its Windows Vista operating system, although it has already been released to manufacture.
November 21, 2006 21 Nov'06
Novell distances itself from Ballmer IP claims

Linux distributor Novell has openly distanced itself from claims by Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer that the open source operating system uses his company’s patented intellectual property.
November 20, 2006 20 Nov'06
News in brief

Short takes on this week's news
November 20, 2006 20 Nov'06
Servers and PCs dominate IT spend

Security, disaster recovery and consolidation are top of IT directors’ infrastructure 'to do' list for the next 12 months, according to market analyst Forrester Research.
November 20, 2006 20 Nov'06
Dell expands desktop production to Chennai

Dell is set to being manufacturing desktop computers in Chennai, India, in the first half of next year, with laptops and other products to follow.
November 17, 2006 17 Nov'06
IBM takes gloves off in green server fight

IBM has taken the gloves off in its battle to dominate the blade server market ahead of HP.
November 16, 2006 16 Nov'06
PDA shipments up 31.9%

Worldwide PDA (personal digital assistant) shipments increased 31.9% in the third quarter, helped by widespread cellular access on devices.
November 16, 2006 16 Nov'06
Keep on networking if you want to keep on working

Advantages gained by keeping on the move
November 16, 2006 16 Nov'06
Your shout: IT careers, passport applications, green issue

Have your say at computerweekly.com
November 15, 2006 15 Nov'06
Sun shortens blade height

Sun Microsystems has announced its smaller Sun Blade 8000 P chassis to house blade servers.
November 15, 2006 15 Nov'06
Manchester court jails MP3 cash machine scammer

A man has been jailed for 32 months for attaching MP3 players to the backs of free-standing cash machines and stealing customers’ cash card data.
November 14, 2006 14 Nov'06
IBM enhances x86 servers

IBM is enhancing its line of x86 servers with the introduction of four, quad-core IBM systems and a new blade utilising the quad-core Intel Xeon 5300 processor.
November 14, 2006 14 Nov'06
PlateSpin enhances software for server consolidation

PlateSpin has enhanced its datacentre automation and optimisation software solutions, PowerConvert 6.5 and PowerRecon 2.5.
November 14, 2006 14 Nov'06
Welsh consumables procurement framework could save 70%

A Welsh minister has claimed that a new procurement framework for computer consumables could bring savings of more than 70% to public sector organisations in Wales.
November 14, 2006 14 Nov'06
Internet accountancy ‘requires business change’

A call by the “big four” accounting firms for real-time, internet-based company reporting has received a cautious response from the IT profession.
November 13, 2006 13 Nov'06
Trojan sex offender jailed for 10 years

A man has been jailed for 10 years after using Trojan Horse malware to control teenage girls’ computers and blackmailing them into posing for explicit photographs.
November 12, 2006 12 Nov'06
Wireless device flaw discovered

A Broadcom wireless device driver, common in millions of laptops, is vulnerable to an attack, according to an advisory from the Month of Kernel Bugs.
November 10, 2006 10 Nov'06
IBM launches quad-core servers

IBM has announced a range of x86-based servers to take advantage of Intel’s new quad-core processors, slated to be officially launched next week. The new Intel Xeon 5300 processor, codenamed Clovertown, has four processing cores to boost application...
November 10, 2006 10 Nov'06
Go green or get fined, warns Gartner

Gartner conference: The impace of environmental regulations and the need to squeeze more from corporate information were key themes at last week's ITxpo
November 09, 2006 09 Nov'06
Shadbolt looks to put the excitement back into IT

Improving the public perception of IT will be the theme for Nigel Shadbolt’s presidency of the British Computer Society. Shadbolt, who is professor of artificial intelligence at Southampton University, took over from Charles Hughes as president this...
November 09, 2006 09 Nov'06
Kasenna rolls out new version of MediaBase

Dallas-based IPTV company Kasenna has announced MediaBase XMP 8.2, the latest version of its video-on-demand (VOD) server software platform.
November 08, 2006 08 Nov'06
Intel to launch first quad-cores next week

Intel is expected to launch the first quad-core chips next week, stealing a march on AMD.