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Latest News

  • Weak states leave EU open to cyberattack

    EU states need to work far more closely with one another to have any chance of fending off the sort of cyberattacks that caused huge problems for Estonia in 2007, a House of Lords report has said.According to the Protecting Europe against…
  • Startup offers EMC Centera data migration services

    We retain the chain of custody and compliance metadata," he said. A startup is offering a new data migration service that allows companies to move archived data off EMC's Centera write-once, read many (WORM) arrays on to any other network-attached…
  • Taiwan earthquake may send LCD prices soaring

    In fact, there are some indications that there will be another panel price increase in March due to the earthquakes impact on the supply chain.Chi Mei, which houses its main operations at the Tainan Science Park, said its factories were shut down…
  • Microsoft touts ultra-modular data centres

    Given this set of conditions, Microsoft's goal for building its next set of data centres is "ultra-modularity," Timmons said.Instead of paying US$400 million or more up front to build a data centre, Microsoft would prefer to purchase some land…
  • SAP tools available on iPhone, Windows Mobile

    The software can be used for any task or workflow in SAP's Universal Worklist, including supply chain, human resources and accounting.Traditionally, managers had been notified of these tasks in an email message and had to go to a web page to act…
  • Government and infrastructure tops hacking league

    Forty-five percent of web-based attacks in 2009 arrived through iFrame vulnerabilities of the sort that indicate hacked websites, with malicious Adobe PDF files implicated somewhere in the chain in an astounding 80 percent of web attacks by the…

Latest Features

  • Overlooked online threats

    The browser has been shown time and again to be a weak link in OS X's security chain. There's the danger you know, and then there's the danger you don't know. There's the danger you know, and then there's the danger you don't know.Most of us are…
  • Business needs new IT blood

    On Wall Street, if you're on the infrastructure side, you're on the low end of the food chain, furthest away from the actual business," she says.But then Schueneman started bringing Year Up participants on board.
  • Security standards can be cyber threat

    This cannot continue if we are going to get serious about cyber security.Standards bodies are part of the security food chain, and their practices must be part of an assessment process that holds them accountable.
  • Cloud computing will change data management

    virtual machines.Moreover, this variability is going to be common--even the norm--in the future, so the ability to respond to dynamic app load by rapidly altering application topology will be a fundamental IT skill.More to the point, the demand…
  • The new shape of data centres

    I don't mean that they're going to look like giant spaceships but there will be fundamental differences," Manos adds.Underlying this change will be a shift in the way that IT is going to be driven higher up the food chain says Manos.
  • Which IT projects are right for the cloud?

    Fast food chain Wendy's International recently decided to promote a 99-cent value meal by establishing a website that held auctions for various items starting at 99 cents. Cloud computing is poised to win the title of most popular, and populist…
 

How-Tos

  • How to buy a new PC: Choosing the right one

    Still, if you need a machine for nothing more than word processing, email, and occasional DVDs or online videos, these machines should suit you just fine.Mainstream PCsHigher up in the desktop chain, you'll find machines aimed at mainstream users.
  • How to convert your vinyl records to MP3

    We've recorded the 12in version of Chain Reaction' by Diana Ross. Here, well show you how to use your PC to bring them back to life. Many modern PCs have sound cards that are capable of recording music from an external music system.
  • Top 5 barriers to fully virtualising your data centre

    As these things reach realisation, we are able to see huge increases in consolidation ratios, better performance, and more production-ready applications being virtualised.Management challengeAs you virtualise more of the data centre and move up…
  • What is cloud computing, and can it be trusted?

    A private cloud would be highly virtualised, stringing together mass quantities of IT infrastructure into one or a few easily managed logical resource pools.Like public clouds, delivery of private cloud services would typically be done through…
  • How to deal with bandwidth hogs

    InTown Suites, a low-cost hotel chain, had a problem with users of file sharing applications who were consuming all of its network bandwidth. InTown Suites, a low-cost hotel chain, had a problem with users of file sharing applications who were…
  • How to cut costs through the supply chain

    With globalisation, outsourcing and increased compliance and security concerns, managing supply chain operations becomes increasingly complex. It now falls on Scott Strickland, vice president of IS, to help the group squeeze down its own costs and…

Reviews

  • Ricoh CX1 review

    Even if you don't use face detection, the camera doesn't have any problems focusing on multiple faces in a frame.The Ricoh CX1's manual focus function is effective, especially when you want to focus beyond a close object, such as a chain link…
  • BenQ V2400W review

    Professional designers will want to look further up the food chain though - partly because it is a glossy display.However, for the home user the BenQ V2400W is a well-specced monitor with D-SUB, DVI-D and HDMI input signals.
  • GoodSync Pro 7.2

    We also had to make sure there wasn't a clash between the mounted drive letters in the chain to make sure it would work correctly.Licensing - free or paid-for? Synchronisation is the alternative to backup, but it is also a much more complex world.
  • Medion Akoya S5610 review

    With the Medion Akoya S5610 you get a lot of laptop for the money – a £599 2GHz Centrino 2 notebook with 15in glossy widescreen.When not selling direct online, German company Medion normally sells through the Aldi chain in the UK.
  • RM Asus miniBook £169 laptop PC review

    Connectivity too has been closely looked at with a built-in Skype client, Gmail and Hotmail.What is not clear is exactly where it sits in the PDA, laptop chain. At first glance the Research Machines (RM) Asus miniBook doesnt seem like much, its…
  • Cisco 7200 core router

    CNA doesn't support the devices at the top of the Cisco food chain, such as the Catalyst 6509 or the 7200 routers. It's not terribly often that hardware vendors are so forward-thinking that they can retrofit a whole new class of hardware into an…

White Papers

  • Opportunities for the Cloud in the Enterprise

    This will convert your IT infrastructure from a "factory" into a "supply chain".There are a number of concerns with adopting this model, most notably around maturity levels, security and compliance, performance and reliability, relinquishing…
  • 12 criteria for selecting the best ERP system replacement

    An ERP system is your information backbone and reaches into all areas of your business and value chain. This white paper explains the 12 criteria that allow you to identify and select the solution that will meet your expectations.
  • Keeping hold of your customers, especially in tough economic conditions

    This white papers illustrates how to keep hold of your customers using CRM, supply chain and ERP Application solutions to streamline business processes and reduce risk. Helping midsize organisations enable streamlined, effective, and flexible…
  • Crisis dominates the supply chain agenda in 2009

    Crisis dominates the supply chain agenda in 2009. The study reflects the most important factors that influence the supply chain agenda of 2009 and shows the impact of the economic crisis on that agenda.
  • The Future of IT in a Flat World

    CIOs need to see farther, deeper, and more clearly throughout ITs flat landscape The CMDB is the technological hub of business service automation and the key to creating an IT value chain. Using automation, IT operations can emulate the domestic…
  • Improving accuracy of spend analysis with data quality and commodity coding

    Companies now realise more than ever the effect of procurement strategies on their profitability and viability.The unique challenges in the management of product data can inhibit the search for supply chain optimisation, spend management and a…
 
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