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  • US lifts Internet sanctions on Iran, Sudan, Cuba

    Today's actions will enable Iranian, Sudanese and Cuban citizens to exercise their most basic rights.Instant messaging, email and other Internet communications programs will enable the "free flow of information" in the three countries, he added.US…
    09 March 2010
    Tags: Spread • Rights • Prevent • Instant Messaging • Communication

  • CA joins Cloud Security Alliance

    Earlier this month, Intel joined the Alliance.CA will contribute its identity and access management knowledge to the alliance's initiatives and working groups, and provide input into the next release of the alliance's Security Guidance for…
    24 February 2010
    Tags: Sort • Practices • Joined • Identity • Expertise • Cloud

  • Three out of four firms have experienced a cyber attack

    Furthermore, 29 percent said the number of attacks have increased over the last year.The research also also revealed that businesses said IT security was becoming more difficult due to understaffing, new initiatives that prove difficult to secure…
    23 February 2010
    Tags: Victim • Symantec • Quarters • Policies • Crime • Admitted

  • Cisco ditches HP as certified reseller, service partner

    Over the last few years, our relationship with HP has evolved from a partner to companies with different and conflicting visions of how to deliver value to our customers.Because of its more adversarial relationship with HP, Goodwin said Cisco no…
    19 February 2010
    Tags: Reseller • Relationship • Reflects • Contracts • Contract • Certified

  • Microsoft security guru leaves for Amazon

    His last day with Microsoft, his employer since 1991, was Friday, 12 February.Stathakopoulos left to work a security management job at Amazon, according to sources familiar with the matter.He is replaced at Microsoft by Matt Thomlinson, formerly…
    18 February 2010
    Tags: Role • Managed • George • Executive • Engineering • Amazon

  • Microsoft-backed open source group strikes out on its own

    MVC Contrib is led by Eric Hexter and Jeffrey Palermo of software development and consulting firm Headspring.By contributing the MVC Contrib project to the CodePlex Foundation, we are stepping up to help bridge the gap between corporations and the…
    18 February 2010
    Tags: Projects • Nonmicrosoft • Foundation • Codeplex • Asp Net

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  • IBM Project Vulcan aims to take down Microsoft, Google

    A survey last year by user experience research firm Nielsen Norman Group showed that the most successful social media initiatives "start as unsanctioned, grassroots efforts led by front-line workers.Everything is in play now in the collaboration…
    25 January 2010
    Tags: Notes • Vision • Framework • Lotus • Context • Pull

  • The new shape of data centres

    IT managers have slowly come to realise that they have a part to play in reducing energy consumption - a realisation that was initially driven by the need to save costs but now, faced with variety of pressures, including government legislation, IT…
    09 December 2009
    Tags: Audience • Shape • Data Centres • Carbon • Interest • Governments

  • Cisco data centre guru on IPv6, virtualisation and strategy

    Do you have any broad architectural initiatives under way to address this? As a 13 year Cisco veteran, John McCool, senior vice president and General Manager of Cisco's Data Centre Switching and Services Group, has seen a boatload of change.
    03 November 2009
    Tags: Virtual Machine • Perspective • Data Center • Virtual Machines • Migrate • Incremental

  • Going soft on application acceleration

    Flexibility to run on industry standard servers and hypervisorsSoftware virtual appliances running on industry standard servers and VM hypervisors accelerate server consolidation initiatives, eliminating appliance sprawl and the powering, cooling…
    10 August 2009
    Tags: Virtualised • Infrastructures • Acceleration • Hypervisor • Virtualisation Technology • Scalability

  • Which operating system is best for SSDs?

    That would head off garbage collection, which can add latency - a major factor in the slower write speeds often seen in SSDs.Microsoft also plans a certification programme for SSDs so that the drives properly identify themselves to Windows 7 and…
    12 December 2008
    Tags: Flash Memory • Hard Drive • Mac Os • Boot • Spin • Manufacturer

  • SailPoint tackles the threat from within

    Already, five of the world's top 10 banks and some of the world's largest insurance, telecom, manufacturing, and healthcare companies are using SailPoint IdentityIQ for their identity governance initiatives.This is very much an enterprise focused…
    17 November 2008
    Tags: Joe • Accounts • Protect • Forced • Economic • Danger

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  • How to stand out in an interview

    Even if you don't receive an offer, you'll prepare yourself for an even stronger interview the next time an opportunity arises.Dave Willmer is executive director of Robert Half Technology, a leading provider of IT professionals for initiatives…
    10 February 2010
    Tags: Skills • Questions • Person • Note • Dave • Communication

  • Five ways to improve website uptime

    He points out that banking Web sites are good examples of development initiatives that emphasized reliability from the outset, likely because they were subject heavy federal regulations and faced customer demands for reliable financial…
    05 November 2009
    Tags: Downtime • San Francisco • Advance • Mechanisms • Programming • Viewed

  • How to solve the data challenge, with environmental efficiency

    The result can be a data management and analytics minefield.The ChallengesRegulatory complianceSarbanes Oxley (SOX) and MiFID, along with other compliance initiatives, bear great pressure on companies.
    15 June 2009
    Tags: Amounts • Demands • Analytics • Carbon • Consumption • Realtime

  • Six techniques to encourage green habits

    Verbal appreciation, public recognition, or just plain fun can be effective, too.That Sumo bout is but one example of the various rewarding initiatives at Yahoo aimed inspiring employees there to embrace more sustainable practices, according to…
    24 April 2008
    Tags: Behaviour • Print • Encourage • Actions • Shift • Recognition

  • Case Study: A pair of green-IT users

    Austin Energy's goal is to boost that total savings by an additional 750 megawatts of power by 2020.Also, for the sixth year in a row, the city-owned power company ranks as the No.seller of green energy, including solar and wind power, among all…
    26 February 2008
    Tags: Savings • Credentials • Utilities • Electricity • Cio • Carbon

  • Case Study: Fauchier Partners hedges its storage bets on EqualLogic

    We liked EqualLogic's advanced management features such as tiered storage at no extra cost and look forward to using EqualLogic PS Series arrays for new initiatives as our company evolves.Financial services are known for having high-intensity…
    25 November 2007
    Tags: Implemented • Institutions • Asset • Attached • Arrays • Sata

Reviews

  • Apple Safari for Windows beta

    Apple also introduced Windows users to the iTunes store, making iTunes something of a Trojan horse for Apple's music initiatives, with easy iPod integration thrown in for good measure. Apple's Safari has finally made the trek across to the PC.
    15 June 2007
    Tags: Market Share • Safari • Bar • Speech • Window • Appearance

White Papers

  • CIOs can be a strategic partner in key business decisions

    This whitepaper discusess how a CIO can lead a company towards effective prioritsation As CIO of your organisation, you may have faced obstacles getting other business executives to agree to prioritise your departments efforts, especially in light…
    17 November 2009
    Tags: Departments • Executives • Decisions • Cio • Economic • Initiatives

  • Best practices for optimising performance and availability in virtual infrastructures

    Consequently, IT teams need to invest in and effectively deploy such solutions as centralised storage, cluster technologies, networking, and systems management in order to realise successful virtualisation initiatives.Once these IT investments are…
    06 November 2009
    Tags: Centralised • Availability • Virtual Machines • Deployments • Configurations • Realise

  • Guide to cost optimisation: Four ways to gain operational advantage

    Early stage projects will typically support operational initiatives focused on short- to medium-term gains that are achievable within six to 12 months. This paper is designed to help directors and managers of IT operations teams understand how the…
    05 November 2009
    Tags: Projects • Consolidation • Optimisation • Directors • Targeted • Gains

  • Improving customer relationships: An integrated approach

    Yet for all their trumpeting of the importance of customer satisfaction, most companies still struggle to come to grips with their CRM strategy.This paper aims to understand better the current state of enterprise CRM initiatives, the obstacles and…
    24 September 2009
    Tags: Intelligence • Practices • Crm • Aims • Initiatives • Relationships

  • Taming the data centre

    However, meeting these goals is often difficult for companies whose resources are spread thin, and are too busy managing and maintaining the continuously evolving IT infrastructure to concentrate their attention on more strategic initiatives.When…
    21 September 2009
    Tags: Edge • Enable • Achieving • Outsourcing • Tata Communications • Managed

  • Email and Web Security SaaS

    Overall, Butler Group believes that in terms of functional breadth and delivery capabilities, Webroot is certainly among the best solution providers in the target market, and the companys technology roadmap and strategic initiatives point toward…
    12 August 2009
    Tags: Analysis • Delivery • Functionality • Saas • Examines • Softwareasaservice

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