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May 20, 2007
20
May'07
Learn NetStar's secret to success
NetStar is a systems integrator and managed service provider and also a survivor of the dot.com crash. The company secured venture capital funding way back at the turn of the century and has put the money to good use, eschewing the ebony ...
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May 08, 2007
08
May'07
What top five subjects does the CCNA test focus on?
Know what subjects are tested most heavily on in the CCNA exam. Use this top five list from Cisco certifications expert Dave Minutella in this response.
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March 26, 2007
26
Mar'07
What are some of the hidden costs of managing unstructured data?
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March 12, 2007
12
Mar'07
VoiceCon Spring 2007: More news from the show
Unified communications and VoIP were big topics at VoiceCon Spring 2007. Here are some news highlights from the show.
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January 10, 2007
10
Jan'07
Colonial Williamsburg virtualizes with Acopia
The living history museum is designed to show customers the 18th century, but behind the scenes, the business is implementing tiered storage using 21st-century file virtualization.
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November 30, 2006
30
Nov'06
Video conferencing brings desktop VoIP, app sharing
Voice, video and Web conferencing vendor Genesys adds desktop VoIP and enhanced application sharing to its collaboration lineup.
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November 10, 2006
10
Nov'06
The big security/storage crossover: Is your job safe? [Part Four: The new age of abstraction]
The collision of storage and security will mean chances for professionals in both disciplines to accelerate their careers into areas where strategic and business skills become more important than technical sills alone, according to David Webster, ...
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November 09, 2006
09
Nov'06
The big security/storage crossover: Is your job safe? [Part Three: Why consumers count]
Is the cutting edge of security and storage in business, or in your lounge room? In this third installment in our four part series, Symantec's David Sykes explains why consumer behavior is the key to understanding what lies ahead.
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November 08, 2006
08
Nov'06
The big security/storage crossover: Is your job safe? [Part Two: The analyst]
Storage and security staff sometimes possess the same skills. What does that mean for your job prospects in the field? In this second part of a four part series, TechTarget ANZ asks Gartner's Phil Sergeant what lies ahead for professionals in these ...
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November 07, 2006
07
Nov'06
Big pay for storage jobs, page 6
Find out what other storage professionals are being paid in this year's salary survey.
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November 07, 2006
07
Nov'06
Big pay for storage jobs, page 3
Find out what other storage professionals are being paid in this year's salary survey.
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November 07, 2006
07
Nov'06
Big pay for storage jobs, page 7
Find out what other storage professionals are being paid in this year's salary survey.
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November 07, 2006
07
Nov'06
Big pay for storage jobs
Find out what other storage professionals are being paid in this year's salary survey.
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November 07, 2006
07
Nov'06
Big pay for storage jobs, page 4
Find out what other storage professionals are being paid in this year's salary survey.
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November 07, 2006
07
Nov'06
Big pay for storage jobs, page 5
Find out what other storage professionals are being paid in this year's salary survey.
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November 07, 2006
07
Nov'06
Big pay for storage jobs, page 2
Find out what other storage professionals are being paid in this year's salary survey.
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November 06, 2006
06
Nov'06
The big security/storage crossover: Is your job safe? [Part One: The recruiter]
Since EMC acquired RSA and Symantec enveloped Veritas, both have started discussing 'protection' of data as the sensible sequel to both storage and security. In the first of a four part series series, TechTarget ANZ asks several industry experts ...
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October 25, 2006
25
Oct'06
EMC shuffles channel deck
EMC announced on its earnings call earlier this month that it would be cutting management jobs as part of a round of 1,250 layoffs, and it looks like at least a couple of those positions have already gone from the channel group.
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October 03, 2006
03
Oct'06
Alliance and Leicester to overhaul core systems
Alliance & Leicester has announced plans replace many of its core banking systems with Accenture’s Alnova Financial Solutions banking platform under a three-year IT-led business transformation programme.
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September 05, 2006
05
Sep'06
VoIP outsourcing: Save money and gain flexibility
VoIP outsourcing is the way to go for organisations looking to deploy voice services quickly and flexibly without a major investment in skills and upkeep.
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August 30, 2006
30
Aug'06
VoIP outsourcing: Save money while gaining flexibility
VoIP outsourcing is the way to go for firms looking to deploy voice services quickly and flexibly without a major investment in skills and upkeep.
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July 10, 2006
10
Jul'06
Skills fears as number of IT students plummets
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March 28, 2006
28
Mar'06
Outsourced way to hire contract staff
IT services company FDM has launched a "straight through" recruitment service to help IT departments in the finance sector recruit contract staff.
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November 14, 2005
14
Nov'05
Demand for development skills soars as firms seek business edge
Computer Weekly salary survey shows IT departments eager to secure skills for the future.
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August 23, 2005
23
Aug'05
HP sales boost as restructuring costs
HP reported a 10% increase in sales for the third quarter, and said it would spend $900m (£530m) on redundancy costs in the final quarter.
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July 27, 2005
27
Jul'05
Combining technology and social engineering: Hacking behind bars
In this excerpt from Chapter 11 of "The Art of Deception: Controlling the Human Element of Security," authors Kevin Mitnick and William L. Simon begin a story that shows how social engineering can be used with technology.
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July 25, 2005
25
Jul'05
HP attempts to reassures anxious customers on impact of job losses
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April 06, 2005
06
Apr'05
Seven steps to ensure project success
The Value Manager recently had a project fall well below expectations. He reviewed what happened and came up with seven key steps for managing technical risk and one golden rule.
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March 24, 2005
24
Mar'05
Atos wins DWP deal extension
The Department for Work and Pensions has renewed a contract with IT services company Atos Origin to deliver medical advice and...
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October 08, 2004
08
Oct'04
First integrated children's system goes live
The first web-based system to help councils meet new legal requirements for information sharing among teachers, social workers...
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June 01, 2004
01
Jun'04
Ex-helicopter chief says pilot verdict is 'ridiculous'
A former director of helicopter procurement at the Ministry of Defence has described the blaming of the pilots for the crash on...
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December 15, 2003
15
Dec'03
IT staff predict e-government success despite councillors’ doubts
Tony Blair has failed to convince councillors in almost half of the UK’s local authorities of the value of e-government.
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February 14, 2002
14
Feb'02
Industry recruits wrong people
UK industry could be recruiting candidates with the wrong personality type to be a success in IT.
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September 27, 2001
27
Sep'01
Infineon claims cost-cutting success
Semiconductor maker Infineon Technologies is claiming progress in its plan to cut costs by £630m over the next year, but...
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September 11, 2001
11
Sep'01
Mitsubishi Electric looks to earnings revision
Mitsubishi Electric has described as "speculative" reports in a Japanese newspaper that the company is intending to reduce its...
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August 22, 2001
22
Aug'01
IT spending will rise faster than inflation
Although suppliers may be shedding IT jobs, corporate users still plan to spend an extra 11% on permanent staff this year - five...
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March 25, 2001
25
Mar'01
Government to train unemployed in IT
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November 30, 2000
30
Nov'00
Armed forces morale hit by Chinook say MPs
MPs said yesterday that the Government's refusal to move on the Public Accounts Committee report on the 1994 Chinook crash was hitting armed forces morale.... -
October 25, 2000
25
Oct'00
IT man on the 5am ferry as Horizon reaches Orkney
James RogersPost Offices in two of the most isolated parts of the UK are the latest to go live as part of the Horizon counter...
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October 04, 2000
04
Oct'00
Report reveals trend to more women in IT