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IT strategy

  • May 03, 2006 03 May'06

    Shifting services back indoors

    Almost a quarter of blue chip firms in the UK are so disillusioned with outsourcing they are hauling their services back in-house.

  • 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.

  • March 07, 2006 07 Mar'06

    Networks news in brief

    Short takes from this week's network news

  • February 27, 2006 27 Feb'06

    Not just a big switch

    Fibre Channel directors don't just provide lots of ports, they also offer ways to connect disparate SANs, isolate data and devices within a fabric, and configure throughput for specific applications. We look at how the big three directors match up.

  • December 21, 2005 21 Dec'05

    Sony struggles to regain trust

    The company is trying to mend a reputation bruised over its antipiracy practices. One advocate for online civil liberties explains why redemption is a long way off.

  • December 20, 2005 20 Dec'05

    Guidance turns investigative tools on itself

    The forensics software firm says it was compromised by hackers in November. It's just one in a growing list of companies admitting to recent attacks or lax security.

  • December 14, 2005 14 Dec'05

    Flaws reported in Trend Micro ServerProtect

    Storage and security managers should be wary of vulnerabilities in the AV product that could enable a denial-of-service and malicious code execution. Workarounds are available.

  • December 14, 2005 14 Dec'05

    Hospital ditches EMC Centera for long-term archiving

    UHCS in Augusta, Ga., is replacing its Centera archiving system from EMC with IBM's GMAS product after performance, reliability and cost issues forced it to seek alternatives.

  • December 14, 2005 14 Dec'05

    Roundup: 2005's 'curious malicious code'

    These viruses, worms and Trojans sometimes escaped our notice. But it didn't get past one antivirus vendor, who rounded up some of the year's stranger offerings from the underground.

  • December 12, 2005 12 Dec'05

    Two Windows patches coming, IE fix uncertain

    It remains to be seen whether the software giant on Dec. 13 will address an outstanding Internet Explorer issue that is currently the target of a malicious Trojan.