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December 10, 2008
10
Dec'08
MoD was warned not to fly Chinook on day of crash
A senior defence official warned the Ministry of Defence to suspend flights of a Chinook helicopter because of safety concerns on the day the aircraft crashed...
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December 08, 2008
08
Dec'08
Chinook ZD576: How the Fadec engine control software worked and what could have gone wrong
What follows is some of the evidence ...
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December 08, 2008
08
Dec'08
Victory over Chinook crash after 14 years
A brave, independent stand by the Defence Secretary John Hutton and his predecessor Des Browne, against 14 years of obfuscation and immovable arrogance by the Ministry of Defence, has led finally to justice over the notorious crash of a Chinook ...
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December 08, 2008
08
Dec'08
Tens of thousands of IT jobs at risk in global finance sector
The investment banking industry will see thousands of job cuts as mergers are completed and companies prepare for a slowdown in business.
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December 04, 2008
04
Dec'08
How the Mytob virus caused havoc in the NHS
The Mytob virus has been removed from 5,000 PCs at
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November 28, 2008
28
Nov'08
Three Peaks Challenge 2009
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November 18, 2008
18
Nov'08
Union calls for return of 4,000 offshored jobs
Lloyds TSB Group Union will use the bank's extraordinary general meeting today to encourage shareholders to support the return of 4,000 jobs...
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September 01, 2008
01
Sep'08
Fujitsu seeking £700m over NHS IT contract termination
Fujitsu is reported to be seeking £700m from the Department of Health after its £1bn contract as a local service provider
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August 21, 2008
21
Aug'08
Microsoft and Novell expand Windows/Linux integration deal
Microsoft and Novell are extending their interoperability agreement to tie Windows closer to Novell's SUSE Linux in the enterprise.
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July 31, 2008
31
Jul'08
Minister hails Fujitsu’s leaving NPfIT as sign of strength
The termination of Fujitsu's...
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June 16, 2008
16
Jun'08
Gary McKinnon broke into 73,000 US government computers, Lords told
Self confessed British hacker Gary McKinnon, who is fighting extradition to the US, broke into more than 73,000 US government computers, including those of the US Army, Navy and Nasa, and deleted critical data, the House of Lords heard today.
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May 27, 2008
27
May'08
New doubts raised on Chinook crash ruling
A former senior officer who helped write rules for RAF accident inquiries has spoken publicly for the first time about his concerns over the cause of a controversial Chinook helicopter crash 14 years ago.
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January 23, 2008
23
Jan'08
Network managers: master project management to get better salaries
Network technicians will need to learn project manager skills if corporate rollouts of wider and more advanced networks are to be successful, according to attendees at the Cisco Networkers 2008 this week.
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January 22, 2008
22
Jan'08
Fujitsu may quit NHS National Programme for IT
The board of an NHS trust has learned of a "significant" risk of Fujitsu ending its £900m contract to supply and implement hospital systems across southern England as part of the National Programme for IT.
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December 11, 2007
11
Dec'07
San adoption cuts costs and power
Advanced storage driving datacentre area and energy consumption reduction
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November 26, 2007
26
Nov'07
Ofcom fines broadband provider
Ofcom has fined broadband provider Prodigy £30,000 for failing to comply with requirements to provide information on how it allows customers to switch broadband provider.
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November 16, 2007
16
Nov'07
Redundancy tracker
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November 14, 2007
14
Nov'07
Home Office awards £650m e-Borders contract
The Home Office has awarded its £650m eBorders contract to a consortium led by Raytheon Systems.
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November 06, 2007
06
Nov'07
Non-unified communications can cost millions
Fragmented communications are costing companies millions of dollars by disrupting workflow and business processes, a new study has revealed.
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November 06, 2007
06
Nov'07
Adaptec reports losses
Adaptec's revenue was down year over year, as well as sequentially; DataDirect says the InfiniBand business is booming.
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November 06, 2007
06
Nov'07
CommVault revenues spike after update of Simpana backup app
CommVault attributes a spike in sales to the integration of features such as archiving, replication and search into its backup products.
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November 01, 2007
01
Nov'07
ISCSI storage gets performance makeover
Suppliers, including Ibrix, Mellanox, Alacritech and EqualLogic, are offering juiced-up new iSCSI configurations, while 3PAR, CipherMax and NeoScale boost data security products.
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October 30, 2007
30
Oct'07
EMC's Tucci vows to keep up with new features
EMC CEO says storage giant is widening its technology net to match innovations of smaller competitors.
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October 29, 2007
29
Oct'07
Unified communications platform gets SMB twist
While unified communications has eluded the SMB market, Siemens has released an all-in-one UC appliance specifically for the SMB.
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October 28, 2007
28
Oct'07
Advanced data storage final exam
Are you up to date on advanced data storage technologies? Take our final exam and evaluate your knowledge of advanced data storage. This final exam isn't for the weak.
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October 28, 2007
28
Oct'07
NetApp releases $3K iSCSI SAN
NetApp pushes further down-market with the release of the S300, the latest SMB iSCSI SAN in its StoreVault line.
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October 23, 2007
23
Oct'07
Product Roundup: ISCSI
Here's a look at some of the vendors and products that make up the iSCSI market.
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October 21, 2007
21
Oct'07
Tackling the backup and recovery challenges of tomorrow
Your data backup and data recovery challenges never stop changing. In this videocast, an EMC executive and a storage analyst discuss the new approaches you'll need to solve tomorrow's backup and recovery challenges.
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October 21, 2007
21
Oct'07
VoIP certification credentials
Many certifications touch on voice over IP topics tangentially, but numerous credentials now focus a fairly substantial portion of their coverage on this subject matter. In this certification survey, we take a look at available certifications, ...
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October 21, 2007
21
Oct'07
Intellectual property lawsuits dog storage industry
The proliferation of patent litigation among data storage companies could stifle technological innovation and drive up costs to the user.
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October 14, 2007
14
Oct'07
VMware takes on data migration
VMware supports migrating data between disc arrays with Storage VMotion, changing the equation between server and storage virtualisation devices.
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October 09, 2007
09
Oct'07
Switch upgrades and replacements
In this chapter of our guide to SAN expansion best practices, you'll learn about the physical limitations of switches, how to architect the switching infrastructure and how to find opportunities to deploy ISCSI.
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October 05, 2007
05
Oct'07
Podcast: the true cost of IT security
In this interview, Cliff Saran speaks to Martin Sadler, director of HP's Trusted Systems Lab, about how much should we be expected to spend and how much security is enough. Hackers are getting smarter and Martin believes newly trained IT ...
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October 04, 2007
04
Oct'07
Pillar announces support for 1 TB SATA drives
Pillar is one of the earliest to announce 1 TB SATA drives in an enterprise array. IBM's SVC becomes the first storage virtualization product certified with VMware.
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October 02, 2007
02
Oct'07
Web 2.0 strategies for SMBs
Web 2.0 technologies are catching on at companies of all sizes. Find out how to make them work for your SMB with SearchSMB.com's top five Web 2.0 tips.
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October 01, 2007
01
Oct'07
UK will lead £13m study on electronic ID
The UK is to spearhead a £13m pilot project covering 13 European countries to test the interoperability of several electronic identity verification systems. This may eventually give citizens and businesses access to e-government services across the ...
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September 26, 2007
26
Sep'07
Microsoft releases Windows Server 2008 RC0
Windows Server 2008 Release Candidate 0 (RC0) is now available for customer review.
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September 24, 2007
24
Sep'07
PCI council adds Pin security to remit
The PCI Security Standards Council has added Pin Entry Device (PED) security technology to its payments industry testing portfolio to streamline standardisation.
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September 16, 2007
16
Sep'07
3PAR adds tiered storage management tool
The new version of the System Reporter management tool for 3PAR's high-end arrays now includes monitoring for tiered storage environments.
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September 16, 2007
16
Sep'07
Storage Decisions Session Downloads: Data Protection and Backup Track (NYC 2007)
Making the backup process seamless and reliable is critical. This track covers the staple backup technologies such as disk and tape, but also has an eye on the litany of new technologies set to drastically alter the data protection landscape. ...
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September 16, 2007
16
Sep'07
Communications-as-a-service taking hold
Communications-as-a-service is taking hold worldwide as a viable hosted IP telephony system.
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September 10, 2007
10
Sep'07
Product Roundup: E-discovery
A look at some of the suppliers and products that make up the e-discovery market.
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September 09, 2007
09
Sep'07
Virtual appliance lets users convert DAS to iSCSI San
LeftHand Networks has released an edition of its SaniQ iSCSI San software that will convert locally attached disc to networked storage.
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September 07, 2007
07
Sep'07
Microsoft update to patch critical Windows flaw
Microsoft plans to patch a critical flaw in Windows and plug holes in MSN Messenger, Visual Studio, and Windows services for Unix.
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September 07, 2007
07
Sep'07
Government warns of dangerous QuickBooks Online flaw
Attackers could exploit two flaws in the popular Intuit QuickBooks Online Edition to cause buffer overflows and download or upload files in arbitrary locations, US-CERT warned.
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September 07, 2007
07
Sep'07
Cybercriminals employ toolkits in rising numbers to steal data
The market is increasing for crimeware toolkits that help cybercriminals avoid detection and exploit flaws, according to new research from security vendor, Finjan.
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September 06, 2007
06
Sep'07
Data security breach at Pfizer affects thousands
A Pfizer employee removed files exposing 34,000 people to potential identity fraud, according to the company. It was the third data breach at the company in three months.
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September 05, 2007
05
Sep'07
NAC switches, appliances help track users, malware
Some vendors are offering switches and appliances to monitor traffic for malware and unauthorized access, as the NAC market including Cisco NAC and Microsoft NAP sorts itself out.
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September 05, 2007
05
Sep'07
Firefox security issues persist despite update
Despite Mozilla's recent Firefox security update, researchers say there's another way attackers could exploit the browser for malicious purposes.
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August 29, 2007
29
Aug'07
Rootkit found in older Sony USB device
F-Secure says it discovered rootkit technology in Sony's Micro Vault USM-F fingerprint reader software. The find comes two years after controversy over Sony's DRM technology.