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Latest News

  • Madoff IT staff charged with fraud

    Both O'Hara and Perez were responsible for maintaining computer programs that supported Madoff's investment advisory business.Between 2003 and 2008, Madoff's company's books were reviewed five times by the US Securities and Exchange Commission and…
  • 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…
  • EU Parliament report attacks Internet piracy

    Yes, according to some members of Parliament and lobby groups for the content industry who are amplifying their message now in the hope of influencing an important report being discussed in the European Parliament this week.Mareille Gallo, a…
  • 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. Illegal file-sharers will cost the European creative industries £215 billion and…
  • Spotify claims 320,000 subscribers, big revenues

    However, for a £10 per month subscription, web users can enjoy ad-free listening.Spotify is available in six European countries including the UK and has around seven million users, with 320,000 paying the £10 per month subscription fee.
  • Blue Coat offers virtual appliance for branch offices

    The Virtual Appliance VA-5, VA-10, VA-15 and VA-20 will support up to 10, 50, 150 and 300 concurrent users, respectivelyNigel Hawthorn, Blue Coat's European marketing director, said that the software launch didn't mean that the company was…

Latest Features

  • VirtenSys talks up the benefits of I/O virtualisation

    There's also the ability to provide one upstream link instead of 16 - another cost saving, about 60 percent, estimates Paul Klinkby-Silver, European VP.Although this might seem like nothing but bad news for NIC vendors, VirtenSys's president and…
  • A history of Intel's antitrust woes

    The lawsuit detailed allegations of anticompetitive behavior by Intel in the United States, Asia and Europe.June 30: AMD sued Intel in the Tokyo High Court and the Tokyo District Court, seeking more than $50 million in damages arising from the…
  • Microsoft SharePoint addons reveal exciting features

    It also supports multi-farm replication for corporate SharePoint deployments.RepliWeb concentrates its efforts around the development of SharePoint-based websites, portals and applications, which is where increasingly more corporate SharePoint…
  • Top 10 technology stories of 2009

    Other notable acquisitions this year included HP's November deal to buy networking company 3Com for $2.7 billion and Xerox's September agreement to acquire services company ACS for $6.4 billion.The story is not over, though: The European Union is…
  • Intel Larrabee was a casualty of Intel's legal battles

    Intel is being challenged, sued, and investigated on a variety of fronts.The FTC, European Commission, and the state of New York all have ongoing antitrust cases against Intel. Intel announced that its initial foray into standalone graphics chips…
  • Does Sun have a future without Oracle?

    Not likely to survive on its own, Sun would need a new buyer for itself or its technologies With Oracle's proposed acquisition of Sun Microsystems stalled by European Union deliberations, industry dignitaries offered mixed perspectives recently on…
 

How-Tos

  • How to fix cloud security

    If you are an international company, check for European Safe Harbor accreditation as well.Go with a high-end service provider with an established security record. The decision to go with a cloud-based provider of IT infrastructure as a service is a…
  • Case Study: Parallel Internet: Inside the Worldwide LHC computing Grid

    Data will be gathered from the European Organization for Nuclear Research (CERN), which hosts the collider in France and Switzerland, and distributed to thousands of scientists throughout the world.One writer described the grid as a "parallel…
  • Case Study: On the ball

    One of the most famous players in the world, Carlos Spencer, is a member of the current squad.The Saints won the Heineken European Cup in 2000 and reached the semi-finals in 2007. Facer said: "Datastore365 working with its local partner, acs…
  • Case Study: Hitachi Consulting learns the lessons of VoIP

    VoIP makes things so much easier to manage and to use, and is so much more functional for the end-users.Hitachi Consulting's VoIP network offers its 1,500 employees spread across 18 US and four European offices not only seamless voice, but also…
  • Case Study: Overland: once bitten, nice try

    Against the background of the revenue decline these numbers are especially creditable.There was, of course, a lot of expense cutting: op ex (operating expense) declined 36.3 percent compared to Q1 07 and that must have hurt as cuts were applied to…
  • Case Study: When protons collide

    CERN, the European scientific research centre, is using TapeWise tape verification software with data from its ground-breaking hadron detection experiment. CERN, the European Organisation for Nuclear Research, is the world's largest high-energy…

Reviews

  • CyberLink PowerDVD 9 Ultra review

    We've been told that both issues are now being addressed for the European market.In its favour, CyberLink PowerDVD 9 Ultra is a handy one-stop solution for playing most available video and audio disc formats, including BD with DTS-HD Master Audio…
  • Symantec Norton Internet Security 2010 beta software

    both of which are free.The just-released beta of Symantec's Norton Internet Security 2010 is more notable for what's under the hood than what you actually see.In limited testing, Symantec Norton Internet Security 2010 misses a threatAlthough we…
  • Medion GoPal P5235 review

    The GoPal has a decent stab at guessing your destination to save time too, offering up place names as you type.The Berlitz Travel Guide is an interesting feature for tourists and is available in 19 European countries, including Estland and Litauen…
  • ViewRanger review

    You can buy Ordnance Survey maps of the UK, ones of other European countries or more specific regional ones or of national parks.ViewRanger use the handset's integrated GPS to take your position and display a map of your location.
  • Telmap Navigator on BlackBerry

    You can plot a walking route without needing a GPS fix.After your initial trial period, the Telmap software costs £4.99 a month for the UK and Ireland version or £5.99 a month for full European coverage (£39.99 a year or £59.99 a year respectively).
  • TomTom XL IQ Routes Edition satnav

    Of course it did.Also new to the TomTom XL IQ Routes Edition is a revamped user interface, European maps of 42 countries and Advanced Lane Guidance, a feature that provides a 3D visual representation to make sure you're exactly where you should be…

White Papers

  • Unleashing the power of virtualisation 2010

    Find out more about cloud computing in European enterprises. Unleashing the power of virtualisation 2010 CA Cloud computing and the perceptions of European business whitepaper As companies become able to automate, manage and secure virtualised…
  • Innovative economies: A global comparison

    Innovative economies: A global comparison European Business School The Innovation for Development report whitepaper The United Kingdom ranks eight in global Innovation Capacity Index. This white paper discusses the strengths and weaknesses of the…
  • IDC Report: x86 Processors in the Virtualized, Energy-Constrained Datacentre

    The paper puts AMD's latest 45nm quad-core AMD Opteron Processor, codenamed "Shanghai," in context in this environment and analyzes its opportunities in the European market. This IDC White Paper analyzes the latest technology and market…
  • MiFID

    MiFID replaces the existing Investment Services Directive (ISD) and is intended to create a more open, competitive and transparent market for financial services across the European Union. What is MiFID and its Objectives?
  • Securing and Optimizing Your Test and Development Operation

    The high costs of data breaches, the European Union (EU) Data Privacy Directive and industry standards such as PCI DSS are forcing organizations to develop an enterprise strategy for securing sensitive information.
  • Best practices for electronic invoicing

    Seeking streamlined processes and better customer satisfaction, many European companies are looking at electronic invoicing as a potential solution. This white paper discusses the various strategic and tactical considerations involved in automating…
 
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