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The barbarians at your door. How to identify and defeat the cyberthreats facing your business today
Many of the cyberthreats your business faces are invisible. Learn how to shine a light on these threats and discover how to take action to protect your business
HP ProCurve Jumps Into The Firewall Market
Hewlett-Packard's ambition to offer under-one-roof network security starts with ProCurve Firewall, putting HP head to head with other security vendors.
NHS Moves To Microsoft Exchange
The world's biggest email migration went all right. But what about the stalled £12.7 billion project for patient records?
IBM Takes Brocade Equipment To Fight Off Cisco
IBM will sell Brocade's Ethernet switches under its own brand - in response to Cisco's move to sell servers
Government Aims to Tackle Online Fraud
Regulations to protect consumers need to be updated for online retail
UK IT Employment Still Better Than Post Y2K
The recession is taking its toll but conditions are not as dire as previously believed according to research
GE Holographic Storage Could Change Industry
Those 800MB CDs that are so common today eventually will become as obsolete as 1.4MB floppy disks that were so ubiquitous in the 1980s and '90s
IBM Computer To Compete In TV Game Show
IBM researchers have worked for two years to create a system that can understand and respond to open-ended, natural-language questions
Google Defends Medical Records System
Health care IT has become an increasingly important segment of the IT industry, with major players ranging from Google to Microsoft rolling out continuously updated solutions for patients and caregivers
Sun Reports £137m Loss
The financial health of Sun Microsystems is still grim, to the surprise of few analysts
Small Businesses Unsure About Social Networks
While small businesses feel increasingly optimistic about the economy, many midmarket companies are less embracing about Web 2.0 developments such as social networking.
UK Government Backs Research ‘Hubs’ For Digital Life
Research centre investments can change the way we live, says science minister
Google Fixes Chrome Bug, Blames Microsoft IE
If your PC uses two browsers in tandem - say Google and IE - whose job is it to protect you from malware? Like Mozilla before it, Google is passing the buck to Microsoft, says Larry Seltzer
Information Security Pay Rates Go Up In Recession
Security professionals are holding their value in the downturn, according to the Information Security Solutions Salary Survey 2009
RIM BlackBerry Service Fails In Europe
Enterprise customers have their mobile email interrupted for around an hour, due to network failover
Security Drops Off Government IT Agenda
But it's possible to get security bundled in with other technology, so don't worry, says Citrix
Blunkett Lashes Out At “Urban Myth” Of Surveillance
Overblown fears of CCTV and snooping are undermining confidence in the system, says former home secretary
Tandberg Latest Tech Victim Of Recession
The Norwegian-based tape storage company becomes the first major storage supplier to file for bankruptcy protection since the recession began last summer
Vendors Want Open Standards For Cloud Computing
The group will look at ways to develop standards that create interoperability between private and public clouds
Sun Escapes £69m Lawsuit
Versata claimed Sun stole its technology for a product configurator designed to model a software development project throughout the entire product cycle
HP Launches Low-Cost Business Notebooks
Options include Microsoft Windows Vista operating systems or Linux, and either Intel and AMD processors
Google Tools Tracking Swine Flu Outbreak
Google Flu Trends, a Web service provided by Google.org, has been updating itself with data and news stories about swine flu
Virtualisation Inspires A Security Rebirth
There's a new IT world coming, and when information security companies gear up to it, they'll find new opportunities as well as new tasks, says Cameron Sturdevant
Five Developers Who Think the Palm Pre is a Winner
Its easy operating system, WebOS, may just allow the Pre to tap web developers for cool apps to compete with the iPhone.
Users Have Doubts Over Green Outsourcing
The recession has dampened end users' enthusiasm for "green" IT outsourcing contracts
Energy Star Readying Server, Storage Specifications
Energy efficiency standards for servers are nearing completion - and storage specifications are next
Blunkett Warns Of 2012 Olympics Cyber Threat
But securing the London Games well could give the UK a reputation as a secure place to do online business, says the former Home Secretary
Apple Picks Up Pace Towards Snow Leopard Release
Test builds show Apple's operating system developers are hard at work pushing to get out the next major version of the Mac OS X
Samsung, LG, RIM Get Q1 Handset Shipment Boost
Samsung, LG and BlackBerry maker RIM helped boost the first quarter's handset sales to 258 million
Ubuntu 9.04: Modest Desktop Improvements And New Server Apps
Serving both desktop and server roles, Ubuntu 9.04 comes with build-your-own compute cloud software and a netbook tweaked version.