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  • EU Parliament report attacks Internet piracy

    She believes that illegal filesharing is killing Europe's culture and harming its economy, so tough measures are needed to prevent it.She supported a campaign by actors' groups aimed at highlighting the costs Europe will pay if it doesn't clamp…
    18 March 2010
    Tags: Tackle • Resolution • Industries • Debate • Committee • Aims

  • Estonia defence minister: Cyberattacks will grow

    Three years after a widespread cyberattack temporarily shut down the Estonian economy, Estonia's defense minister said such incidents will only continue to grow. Three years after a widespread cyberattack temporarily shut down the Estonian economy…
    18 March 2010
    Tags: Provider • Enforcement • Economy • Defence • Country • Countries

  • Illegal downloads could cost Europe £215 billion by 2015

    Illegal file-sharers will cost the European creative industries £215 billion and could put more than one million people out of work by 2015, says Tera Consultants.A report by the firm on behalf of the International Chamber of Commerce that looked…
    18 March 2010

  • Intel claims new Xeon chips 60 per cent faster

    The server upgrade cycle has been glacial as corporate spending has been restricted because of the economy, but there are signs of an uptick in enterprise spending, McCarron said.They are getting more performance for the footprint" with the Xeon…
    16 March 2010
    Tags: Xeon • Quadcore • Execution • Cores • Cache

  • Green wireless dev kit helps cut power use

    The technology is geared toward applications to help reduce energy consumption in homes and other buildings.Developers are going to hopefully help us build the next new green economy," Wang said. Startup introduces developer's kit for building…
    16 March 2010
    Tags: Kit • Energy • Embedded • Consumption • Buildings • Agency

  • HP, IBM and Dell launch servers with Intel Xeon 5600 chips

    The server upgrade cycle has taken a back seat due to the poor economy but there are signs of an uptick in enterprise spending, McCarron said.Worldwide server shipments totaled 2.2 million during the fourth quarter of 2009, growing 4.5 percent…
    16 March 2010
    Tags: Virtual Machines • Utilisation • Rates • Power Consumption • Data Centres • Blade

Latest Features

  • Five doomsday scenarios for IT apocalypse

    Worse, EMPs are largely untraceable, because the weapon itself destroys any evidence of its use.A van with an EMP device in the back could effectively shut down big chunks of the US economy simply by driving down Wall Street with the signal turned…
    17 March 2010
    Tags: Wall Street • Stopped • Scenarios • Scenario • Rogue • Disaster Recovery

  • Business needs new IT blood

    Although some economists now warn of a near-jobless recovery, the number of US professional and business services jobs, including those in IT, will grow 1 percent to 2 percent per year, according to Moody's Economy.com.Yet CIOs are faced with a…
    02 March 2010
    Tags: Students • Science • Financial Services • Entrylevel • Education • Advance

  • Security and the rise of corporate espionage

    Remember, the stakes are planetary, macroeconomic, geopolitical and millennial.And then there is the China-Google affair.The shock waves will be reverberating through the vast expanse of cyberspace for some time to come, but whatever else comes of…
    01 March 2010
    Tags: Intellectual Property • Economy • Compromised • Audience • Aspects

  • Four tips to avoid server failure in virtualisation projects

    Not a good thing, especially in this economy," says Charles King, president and principal analyst at consultancy Pund-IT. As virtualisation stretches deeper into the enterprise to include mission-critical and resource-intensive applications, IT…
    15 February 2010
    Tags: Workloads • Workload • Ratio • Demands • Deeper • Consolidation

  • The 10 hottest IT jobs

    That's why industry watchers from Forrester Research and Gartner have tagged capacity planning skills as in demand, especially considering the down economy.Forrester says the role of capacity manager will be in demand for companies looking to…
    02 February 2010
    Tags: Seek • Network World • Cycle • Contracts • Assurance

  • Top 10 technology stories of 2009

    The Great Recession cast a shadow on all sectors of the economy in 2009. Our pick of the top 10 technology stories of 2009. IT fared better than most, however, and the slump did not curb the dynamic nature of the industry.
    09 December 2009
    Tags: Social Networking • European Commission • Events • Campaign • Forecast • Tech

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How-Tos

  • How to save your business money on print costs

    They provide continuous monitoring of your environment and know where the output is going, how much is being used by different departments and what type of output is being produced.In the current economy, though, cost savings are the No 1 reason…
    20 January 2010
    Tags: Copying • Productivity • Scale • Printing • Stores • Cost Savings

  • How to manage remote workers

    Reward the group and the group will reward you.Although growth in the number of virtual teams may have been accelerated by recent downturns in the economy and corporate responses to those declines, the trend in this direction was already underway.
    19 January 2010
    Tags: Differences • Reality • Achieve • Leverage • Skills • Priority

  • How to beat bad work habits

    Right now, people and organisations are spending too much time feeling distressed, about their careers, the economy, their leadership, everything. Mark Weinstein, the author of Habitually Great: Master Your Habits, Own Your Destiny talks about the…
    28 September 2009
    Tags: Resolutions • Actions • Talks • Limit • Habits • Inspired

  • How to avoid redundancy

    Here IT professionals and industry experts share 10 tips that could help tech workers stay in their employers' good graces and avoid being laid off, even as the economy begins its gradual recovery. Despite talk of an economic recovery on the…
    08 September 2009
    Tags: Skills • Employee • Water • Budgets • Economic • Outsourcing

  • How to cut costs through the supply chain

    During a strong economy and when cash flow is loosened, many companies can get by without rigorous inventory management practices, says Larry Lapide, director of demand management at the MIT Center for Transportation companies had better bleed…
    02 September 2009
    Tags: Flow • Optimisation • Visibility • Signals • Inventory • Investments

  • Case Study: Community network puts city on the bus

    Loma Linda's Connected Community Program is intended to spur the local economy, help out its medical research institutions, and improve quality of life for residents.Now, Hettrick is involved with more projects, including the enterprise service…
    19 December 2006
    Tags: Bus • Decisions • Network World • Council • Association • Context

Reviews

  • Microsoft Windows 7 OS

    That feels chintzy, like a car company cutting back on an economy sedan's airbags. It just works, and after Windows Vista that may be enough to make it a winner. What if a new version of Windows didn't try to dazzle you?
    20 October 2009
    Tags: Searches • Media Player • Icons • Generic • Disk Space • Tray

  • Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 review

    Iomega StorCenter ix2-200 review Chris Holt Iomega blends ecology and economy review,reviews Though its features are high end, Iomega has paid special attention to the unit's interface. Iomega Thursday launched its latest network attached storage…
    09 October 2009
    Tags: Small Business • Replication • Sharing • Schedule • Spin • Iomega

  • Epson Stylus Pro 3880 printer

    Epson has introduced the Epson Stylus Pro 3880 professional A2+ photo printer.The 3880 uses Epson's advanced, fourth generation UltraChrome K3 with Vivid Magenta pigment inks to deliver long lasting, high quality large format prints in both black…
    07 September 2009
    Tags: Photo • Colour • Art • Print • Printing • Printer

  • Samsung C6625 Valencia

    That's not necessarily a huge economy per user, but when handing out to a workforce of 100 people that saving can add up.So what's been ditched to keep the price down? What has Samsung thrown away to make its cheap smartphone competitive in the SMB…
    19 August 2009
    Tags: Icon • Small Business • Windows Mobile • Vodafone • Smartphones • Gps

  • Brother HL-5370DW printer review

    But the printer's economy and versatility make it an excellent all-around choice for the price. Brother's HL-5370DW monochrome laser printer may be slow, but it's an economical choice for home use or for a small workgroup.
    30 June 2009
    Tags: Colour • Output • Laser • Sheet • Pages • Cartridge

  • 15in Apple MacBook Pro (summer 2009) review

    At a time when the economy is soft, companies are squirreling away every IT panny they can, and consumers are leery of big, new purchases, they need every justification possible before plunking money down for a new computer.
    17 June 2009
    Tags: Pictures • Icon • Opt • Hard Drives • Nvidia • Brightness

White Papers

  • Portfolio-driven performance

    The economy is unstable, government regulations require unwavering compliance, competition is fierce, innovation is a must to stay ahead of that competition and to just survive, and cutting costs and making a profit are more challenging than ever.
    17 November 2009
    Tags: Compliance • Industries • Location • Strategic • Regulations • Benefits

  • Technology and growth at mid-sized companies

    At the macro level, how do investments in a countrys ICT infrastructure facilitate the growth of both the overall economy and mid-sized companies? How survey respondents rank ICT constraints on growth: IT talent constraints, Security , software and…
    05 November 2009
    Tags: Achieve • Growth • Ict • Constraints • Midsized Companies

  • Create enduring customer relationships

    In todays economy of reduced spending and increased competition, its more important than ever to develop profitable, longterm relationships with your customers. . Create enduring customer relationships Oracle A successful loyalty program is a key…
    13 October 2009
    Tags: Develop • Profitability • Relationships • Economy • Loyalty • Oracle

  • Seven tips for profiting from lean times with CRM

    A tight economy is a good time to try new tactics, educate your sales force and adopt metrics that yield insights about the effectiveness of your sales and marketing programs. Boosting your sales operation during lean economic times with CRM Smart…
    05 October 2009
    Tags: Lean • Adopt • Crm • Operation • Effectiveness • Investing

  • Taming the data centre

    While maximizing cost savings and productivity are always important business goals, they are particularly critical to keeping a competitive edge in a challenging economy. Data Center outsourcing enables companies to achieve cost and resource…
    21 September 2009
    Tags: Edge • Enable • Achieving • Outsourcing • Tata Communications • Managed

  • Strategies to avoid the common mistakes companies make in a down economy

    This paper highlights common mistakes companies make in a down economy and discusses how organisations can use business intelligence to avoid them. When the economy slows, many businesses react by retrenching and cutting costs in order to weather…
    14 August 2009
    Tags: Assessment • Intelligence • Opportunities • Self • Decisions • Economy

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