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Latest News

  • Copycat China Google hacks are on pace to double this year

    Similar activity dates back at least six years targeting governments, businesses with military contracts, and non-governmental agencies advocating for human rights, he said.Some human rights groups are hit an average of 10 times per month, and one…
  • VMware acquires RTO assets

    Vmware has bought the assets of software company RTO VMware is set to acquire assets from privately held software company, RTO Software - although the company's best-known product, TScale will remain with RTO.Under the terms of the deal, RTO's…
  • Cisco ditches HP as certified reseller, service partner

    We've already reached out to HP to begin the discussion around a new agreement that ensures business continuity for existing customers, but better reflects the current state of our relationship," he said.Cisco will continue to honour its current…
  • Software vendors should be legally liable for buggy code

    That's the view of a loose consortium of security experts from more than 30 organisations who have called on enterprises to exert more pressure on their software vendors to ensure that they use secure code development practices.The group, led by…
  • World IT spending to grow in 2010, says IDC

    The outlook for software and services spending reflects the lower value of contracts signed in the past year and continued caution toward new project-based spending in mature economies. Worldwide spending on information technologies will continue…
  • Obama budget will kill NASA moon mission

    The rest would go to set up contracts with private companies to act as a sort of shuttle service, taking astronauts back and forth from the space station after NASA's space shuttle fleet is retired. The Obama administration budget plan will call…

Latest Features

  • Top five ways for VMware to beat Microsoft

    With 170,000 customers, including every member of the Fortune 100, you might think VMware's toughest task is stocking enough paper to print up new customer contracts. With 170,000 customers, including every member of the Fortune 100, you might…
  • How the Cisco-HP split will benefit customers

    The good news is that encouragement will probably come in the form of financial incentives in many cases, he said.For its part, Cisco said it will honour Cisco customer service contracts with HP customers and has contacted HP about crafting a new…
  • Microsoft needs to step up with Windows Mobile 7

    As business professionals lose or break older Windows Mobile devices, or contracts expire and they switch wireless providers, they are forced to choose a new smartphone and the current Windows Mobile does not offer a very compelling platform…
  • Inside HP's first wind-powered data centre

    HP will use the data centre to compete with companies such as IBM for IT services and management contracts, a growing source of revenue that requires secure data centres.HP is hoping several of the environmentally friendly design features of the…
  • The 10 hottest IT jobs

    Companies were renegotiating contracts, freezing salaries and delaying projects, so this year we won't see a flood of IT employment back," says Mark McDonald, group vice president and head of research, Gartner Executive Programs.
  • A history of Intel's antitrust woes

    It accused Intel of offering rebates to PC manufacturers that buy the majority of their processors from Intel, paying PC manufacturers to delay or cancel products based on AMD processors, and selling processors below cost when bidding against AMD…
 

How-Tos

  • How to contract your network privacy on the cloud

    Second, you have to worry about how well they are executed by the provider.If you read most service contracts you will see that "law enforcement assistance" sections are usually vague. When you use the public cloud, is your data in the "public" space?
  • Tips for a successful IT outsourcing contract

    Any outsourcing arrangement is a long-term commitment (most ITO contracts are for three to five years). The more successful ITO contracts arise where the provider empathises with the clients business, in addition obviously to providing the required…
  • Case Study: Building a case for e-discovery

    Jordan screws up, and other times clients misinterpret contracts, he says. Email discovery saved this construction firm both time and money. When your company is involved in nine or 10 lawsuits a year, the lack of an effective email discovery…
  • Case Study: On the ball

    Datastore365 carries out automated backups on a continual basis for Northampton Saints, to protect the Club's sensitive and critical data, including video analysis (researching the opposition's tactics and training the players), retail data from…
  • Cutting the costs of VoIP

    Until around 2005, organisations that implemented VoIP did so because of its real or perceived cost savings over traditional telephony.In many cases, they did find substantial savings by eliminating costly third-party contracts for moves, adds and…
  • Managed services a risky endeavour if not managed

    Enterprises need to commit time, effort and money to looking after service contracts, Butler Group says. Organisations must understand that they need to commit time, effort and money to looking after these contracts, and this is usually undertaken…

Reviews

  • Novatel Intelligent Mobile Hotspot MiFi 2352 review

    Its little 5.7Wh lithium battery is good only for around three hours use; less, we discovered, if more than one client is connected at a time.Once the battery is flat, you'll either have to charge the Novatel Intelligent Mobile Hotspot MiFi 2352…
  • Acer neoTouch S200

    Acer recently entered the mobile phone market, and the Acer neoTouch is its top Windows Mobile smartphone.Available in the UK only outside of normal network contracts, the Acer neoTouch S200 is a compact 3G smartphone taking Microsoft's latest…
  • Apple iPhone 3GS review

    There is already outrage among existing iPhone users on the apparent costs of upgrading.If you are in an existing O2 or iPhone contract you may have to pay off the remaining months of that plan before moving on to one of the new iPhone 3GS…
  • Nokia Comes With Music review

    At this time, Nokia doesn't have an agreement with an operator for long-term contracts for the phone. Nokia's new all-you-can-download music-subscription service packaged with its mobile phones is a compelling offering to challenge Apple's iTunes…
  • T-Mobile Web 'n Walk review

    We particularly liked the stats tabs, which presents a constantly updated line graph demonstrating the download speeds you're achieving.This view also allows you to keep a close eye on the data downloaded and uploaded on a daily, monthly or yearly…
  • O2 Mobile Broadband review

    As always, check O2's site to see how good coverage is near you.Two contracts are available, each costing £20 per month. As the exclusive network operator for Apple's iPhone 3G in the UK, you can expect O2 to keep increasing its 3G coverage across…

White Papers

  • A guide to understanding hosted and managed messaging

    The vast majority of organizations use email for sending, receiving and storing critical business records, including purchase orders, contracts, requests for proposal and other content. Messaging has become absolutely critical to the operation of…
  • The Comprehensive Access Manager Solution for Your Enterprise

    The administrator simply changes any DNS entries for specific services from the IP addresses of the corresponding Web servers to the IP address of Access Gateway.Your administrator can configure different single sign-on policies for each resource…
  • The Importance of Transparency In Industry-Standard

    In the past, when mission-critical applications were run on more costly, higher-end systems, the support services contracts received more attention and were better understood. During downtime incidents, many of these customers were surprised by…
  • Material Yield System White Paper

    They must engage in proactive channel analysis, including sales analysis for marketing planning, demand analysis for replenishment planning and cost/revenue analysis for profitability, decision purposes on contracts, quotes, and channel product mix.
  • Leveraging a Demand-Driven Manufacturing Model To Enhance Profitability

    Demand-driven manufacturing, however, by its very nature, necessitates rethinking traditional manufacturing methods in favor of lean manufacturing principles, a highly effi cient and collaborative supply chain, rapid order turnaround, the effi…
  • How SYSPRO Leverages a Lean Manufacturing Model to Enhance Profitability

    Lean is a manufacturing model that eliminates waste, fine tunes inventory requirements and reduces lead times.Re-engineering traditional manufacturing methods through the use of Lean concepts results in a more collaborative supply chain, rapid…
 
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