IT Week (UK) articles from February 2005

IT Week (UK) archives from February 2005

BI firms focus on usability.(Business Intelligence)
February 7, 2005... Byline: Phil Muncaster. Business intelligence (BI) vendors came out in force last week to push new product lines and strategies that focus on ease-of-use and integration. MicroStrategy announced the latest version of its namesake BI...

Sun expands JES family.(java enterprise system, Sun Microsystems Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch. Continuing its innovative pricing moves, Sun last week announced a new series of software suites at a flat fee of $50 ([pounds sterling]27) per employee per year. The releases may appeal to firms seeking core...

SECURITY WATCH - SUN JAVA PLUG-IN FLAW.(application development software)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2005... The Sun Java plug-in contained in versions 1.4.0, 1.4.2, 1.4.1_06 and earlier, and 1.3.1_12 and earlier of the SDK/JRE for Windows, has a flaw in its handling of JavaScript. This could allow the bypassing of an applet's access restrictions to...

SECURITY WATCH - WEBDAV AND VISIO 2002 UPDATES.(Brief Article)
February 7, 2005... Microsoft has released updates for Visio 2002 and the web folders component in its currently supported operating systems. The web folders component now has support for Secure Sockets Layer (SSL) with client certificates, support for non-Ascii...

SECURITY WATCH - CISCO COMMUNITY STRINGS FLAW.(Cisco Systems Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2005... Cisco has reported a flaw in its IP/VC videoconferencing system models 3510, 3520, 3525 and 3530. Users who know the community strings can get total control of the devices. Cisco says that the only way to tackle this vulnerability at the moment...

SECURITY WATCH - JUNIPER ROUTER DOS PROBLEM.(Brief Article)
February 7, 2005... Juniper routers running all versions of Juniper JunOS built before 7 January 2005 have a flaw triggerable by specially crafted packets. Unauthenticated remote attackers can severely disrupt normal function. Juniper says that firewall rule...

High demand cripples tax site.(United Kingdom. Board of Inland Revenue extend deadline for filing tax returns )
February 7, 2005... Byline: Madeline Bennett. The Inland Revenue was last week forced to extend the deadline for filing tax returns in certain cases, due to problems with its online systems. Experts said the difficulties were a stark reminder of the need for...

Study reveals VPN dangers. Most VPNs have exploitable flaws and they could prove the weak link in firms' security strategies, a new report warns.(Virtual private networks)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2005... According to security firm NTA Monitor, nine out of 10 VPNs could be vulnerable to attack. The firm said that while some of the problems it identified were new discoveries, others were known problems and were caused by poor configuration. ...

Borland offers development check.(Software Delivery Optimisation)
February 7, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch. Borland will today put substance behind its ambition to improve the way software is developed by detailing a delivery platform to align application development with business objectives. Borland's Software...

IT Week Comment - Scared staff leave systems ajar. A climate of fear is causing some companies to make very ill-informed decisions about security. A reassessment of risks and safeguards may be in order, argues Lem Bingley.
February 7, 2005... Not being a particular fan of film maker Michael Moore, I didn't rush out to see his recent documentary, Fahrenheit 9/11, in the cinema. But he does air some compelling arguments, so I found myself watching the film when it went out recently on...

IT Week Comment - The medium is not the message. The Inland Revenue and other organisations should stop using IT as a scapegoat for the problems of human error, inadequate planning and poor management, says Martin Butler.
February 7, 2005... A couple of recent news items have inspired that feeling you get when something so incredibly annoying appears on the television or in the newspapers that you just have to shout back at the screen or throw the paper across the room. The...

Enterprise Week - Spyware threat to continue.
February 7, 2005... Byline: Roger Howorth. Security experts warned last week that spyware will remain a huge problem for IT managers and for users until better operating system software is released to reduce the risks - and big improvements are unlikely to...

Enterprise Week - Worm uses passwords to hit MySQL.(Brief Article)
February 7, 2005... Byline: Roger Howorth. Database administrators received a stark reminder about the shortcomings of password protection late last month following reports that a new net worm has started exploiting MySQL databases configured with weak...

Enterprise Week - There's life in the old platforms yet. Recent initiatives by HP and Novell may reverse the steady decline of the NetWare and OpenVMS platforms, and bring new options for enterprise computing, says Martin Banks.
February 7, 2005... Two venerable warhorse operating systems, long considered well past pensionable age, look set to get a new lease of life. The pair are OpenVMS and NetWare. Both have recently been the subject of developments that could bring comfort to...

Internet Week - Site upgrades for busy day.(Comic Relief)
February 7, 2005... Byline: David Neal. Comic Relief, the bi-annual charity event, is expecting to see more web traffic than ever before in 2005, especially around its Red Nose Day in March. It expects over 150 million hits, making it the single biggest...

Internet Week - Web services get personal. Online search providers are deploying smarter technology and mobile support to win the hearts and minds of users. But personalisation will be the key to success, says David Neal.(Column)
February 7, 2005... A few days ago someone phoned to ask my opinion on search providers. The caller represented one of these providers, and - I presume - intended to persuade me to move across. Unfortunately, they were not in luck. I'm an habitual Google...

Client Week - HP revamps laptop range.
February 7, 2005... Byline: Daniel Robinson. HP last week overhauled its business laptop range with four new lines based on Intel's latest mobile technology. The models are all designed to allow a full day's work from batt- eries, and introduce common...

Client Week - New chipsets boost P4.(VIA Technologies Inc.)
February 7, 2005... Byline: Daniel Robinson. Chipmaker VIA Technologies last week announced new motherboard chipsets for Pentium 4 systems, designed to support a smooth transition to new technologies such as the PCI Express bus and DDR2 memory. One of the...

Client Week - Smartphone sales keep Nokia ahead.
February 7, 2005... Byline: IT Week staff. Sales of mobile devices are continuing to grow rapidly. Global shipments for the last quarter of 2004 were more than 50 percent higher than those in the same period in 2003, according to new figures from research...

Client Week - Phones on stand-by for video. New technology that promises to boost the performance of 3G networks may enable mobile phones to double as mini TVs. But will firms tune in, asks Martin Courtney.
February 7, 2005... Third-generation (3G) mobile data services are finally delivering enough bandwidth to give users of mobile phones and other handheld clients a satisfactory web browsing experience. At least, if you are lucky enough to live in an area with the...

Network Week - BT adds SDSL exchanges.(symmetrical digital subscriber line, British Telecommunications PLC)
February 7, 2005... Byline: Dave Bailey. Last week, BT announced that another 500 phone exchanges will be upgraded for Symmetrical Digital Subscriber Line (SDSL) broadband, doubling the extent of its SDSL expansion programme announced at the end of last year....

Network Week - O2 details forthcoming IP multimedia network.
February 7, 2005... Byline: Dave Bailey. Mobile operator O2 launched its 3G consumer service last week and announced plans to deliver a 1Mbit/s 3G service by 2007 over a new Internet Protocol (IP) digital multimedia core network. "The focus on the next...

Network Week - The future of mobile phones. The amount of circuitry needed for mobile phones is getting smaller all the time, but the age of the wristwatch-sized personal communicator is still some way off, says Bill Pechey.(Column)
February 7, 2005... Texas Instruments (TI) recently announced a new type of system-on-chip (SOC) that integrates almost all the radio circuitry of a mobile phone onto a chip that also does all the digital processing. Nokia said the new chip would appear in its...

Network Week - Systems management review - Client controls back Linux. NetSupport has upgraded its remote-control software to make it easy to use, but its reporting tools could be better.
February 7, 2005... Byline: Dave Bailey. Version 9 of the NetSupport Manager (NSM) systems-management and remote-control suite offers worthwhile improvements, though some desirable features like comprehensive reporting capabilities are still lacking. This...

Management Week - Tesco sparks RFID protest.(radio frequency identification, Consumers Against Supermarket Privacy Invasion and Numbering)
February 7, 2005... Byline: Phil Muncaster. A consumer privacy group has called for a worldwide boycott of Tesco stores after the retail giant announced plans to expand trials of radio frequency identification (RFID) wireless tags. US-based privacy...

Management Week - Suite spots online risks.(new network security software from Watchfire)
February 7, 2005... Byline: David Neal. Online risk-management software provider Watchfire has released WebXM 4.0 to secure online applications and help firms to comply with regulations for security and corporate governance. Version 4.0, announced last...

Management Week - Teamwork tools boost safeguards.(new document management software)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2005... Byline: Dave Bailey. Document integrity specialist Workshare last week upgraded its main software package, Workshare 3. The new version, Workshare Professional Release 4 (WP4), is designed to reduce the possibility of document corruption,...

Management Week - People versus innovation. A DTI report on people-centred design shows social context affects the way people work and the IT they use. But innovation requires a broader vision, says James Woudhuysen.
February 7, 2005... The design of internet experiences can be defined as "people-centred" if the designers view users in terms not just of tasks but also of their social context, according to a new report funded by the DTI. And, apparently, Microsoft supports this...

Management Week - Contact management review - Intuitive Sage improves CRM. Sage's ACT 7.0 is a comprehensive customer relationship management system and boasts an intuitive user interface.(Product/Service Evaluation)
February 7, 2005... Byline: Dave Bailey. Sage's ACT Professional 7.0 is a contact and customer relationship management (CRM) suite aimed at corporate workgroups. Like rival CRM packages, ACT is complex, so time spent reading the manual will typically pay off....

Business DSL options grow.(digital subscriber line, British Telecommunications PLC)
February 7, 2005... Byline: Martin Courtney. Broadband service providers last week welcomed BT's plans to roll out Symmetric DSL (SDSL) services to a further 500 UK exchanges, bringing cheaper 2Mbit/s WAN connections within reach of more businesses. The...

PDA offers 3G speed.(new personal digital assistants from T-Mobile UK Ltd.)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2005... T-Mobile plans to ship the first 3G handset running Microsoft's Windows Mobile this summer. The MDA IV is a clamshell-style qwerty device with a VGA colour screen. It can offer a mobile connection to Exchange or support video conferencing, said...

Intel shows cutting edge.(new microprocessor will be introduced)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2005... Byline: Daniel Robinson. Intel will today preview technologies for forthcoming processor and networking hardware, including better power management capabilities in the Montecito version of its Itanium chip, and improved radio technology...

Sun bids to lease grids.(Sun Microsystems Inc.)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2005... Sun is commoditising grid computing with hourly charges to lure companies running compute-intensive programs like simulations and financial modelling. The Sun Grid utility will cost $1 per CPU per hour and $1 per gigabyte per month for...

AT&T deal spurs reviews.
February 7, 2005... Byline: Dave Bailey. Firms should make contingency plans in case their telecoms providers change hands or alter their services, analyst firm Gartner said last week. The warning followed the acquisition of US global carrier AT&T by another...

Boards bemoan IT spend.(information technology budget survey)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2005... Byline: David Neal. A lack of clear returns on investment from current IT deployments will hamper future technology purchasing, a new study suggests. According to broadband supplier Telewest's annual IT spending survey, fewer than half...

XML extends desktop roles.(extensible markup language)(Brief Article)
February 7, 2005... XML backers are this week celebrating the seventh anniversary of the metadata-tagging language and are looking forward to expanding its role in desktops, procurement and corporate governance. This Thursday marks seven years since version...

Oracle may acquire integration strength.
February 7, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch. Once it has bedded down its PeopleSoft acquisition, Oracle could turn its sights to buying infrastructure software to help it offer a one-stop shop for enterprise software buyers and keep current users onside. ...

Symbian launches OS 9.(Brief Article)
February 7, 2005... Byline: Daniel Robinson. Symbian last week introduced version 9.0 of its operating system for smartphones. Key enhancements include finer-grained security, support for different screen sizes, and better support for control tools. ...

Poor planning raises price of freedom. Inadequate data systems leave public bodies floundering as FOI requests arrive, says Madeline Bennett.(Freedom of Information Act)
February 7, 2005... A month on from the introduction of the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act, it's good to see the government giving itself a slap on the back for what it perceives as a successful project - despite what anyone else might think. In a statement last...

CRM to take on new roles.(customer relationship management)
February 7, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch. E-commerce and marketing will come to the fore this year as companies flesh out their customer relationship management (CRM) systems, according to analyst firm Gartner. The trend to use online software hosted by...

Users want security rethink.(Jericho Forum plans for new security standards)
February 7, 2005... Byline: David Neal. IT user group the Jericho Forum will release a report at the end of this month calling for new security standards to be developed to meet the needs of user organisations, rather than vendors. It also proposes the...

Dell updates mobile line.(Brief Article)
February 7, 2005... Dell launched several new Latitude notebooks and Precision mobile workstations for business users last week. Built on Intel's Sonoma architecture, the new laptops feature a 533MHz front-side bus and high-speed PCI Express bus architecture...

Whitehall offers patent advice.
February 14, 2005... Byline: Phil Muncaster. The Patent Office is inviting software developers to a series of workshops, in response to widespread confusion over proposed European patent laws, which ran into further trouble this month. According to the...

Sun may make database move.(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch. A potential new database product from Sun could make the server giant a more rounded IT partner for businesses but might also hurt the firm's long-standing axis with Oracle. Chief executive Scott McNealy hinted...

Comment - Age-old tactics create PC security. Biblical lessons of warfare can help IT departments to authenticate users more effectively.(Column)
February 14, 2005... Byline: Neil Barrett. The Book of Judges tells us that in biblical times the armies of the Ephraimites and the Gileadites met in a huge running battle in the area that is now modern Israel. The Gileadites triumphed, routing their enemy who...

Comment - Will Centrino gain a sense of direction? Intel is working on smarter aerials to combat the interference that plagues today's wireless LANs.(local area networks)(Column)
February 14, 2005... Byline: Lem Bingley. As we reported briefly last week, Intel is intent on improving its Centrino platform and has cooked up an interesting proof of concept. Working with the University of Washington, it has built a wireless LAN...

Enterprise Week - Microsoft buys security.
February 14, 2005... Byline: Phil Muncaster. Microsoft's plans to release an enterprise-ready antivirus product came a step closer last week with its agreement to acquire Sybari Software. Sybari specialises in technology to fight spam, viruses and worms, and...

Enterprise Week - System aids IBM blade management.(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Byline: Roger Howorth in Salt Lake City. Utah-based desktop and server management specialist Altiris has announced a deal under which IBM will sell Altiris Deployment Solution for Servers alongside IBM blade servers and xSeries systems. ...

Enterprise Week - Comment - Card checks spot criminal trade. Improvements to banks' card systems are helping businesses and causing headaches for criminals.
February 14, 2005... Byline: Roger Howorth. The problem of criminals cloning bank cards raises interesting questions about the state of database technology, chips and cache memory. A few years ago we arrived at the point where computers could process data...

Enterprise Week - Red Hat fashions sharper Linux. Red Hat Enterprise Linux 4 Review.
February 14, 2005... Byline: Roger Howorth. Updated Enterprise Server and Advanced Server Linux packages from Red Hat offer more protection against attacks and better support for the latest processor systems. Red Hat will tomorrow launch version 4 of its...

Internet Week - Reliability of sites boosts user loyalty.(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Byline: David Neal. The branding of web sites and the reliability of their content are two of the most important factors in attracting users back, according to recent research conducted by Mori on behalf of public sector stakeholder group...

Internet Week - Comment - Flaws must be written out of web script. The time has come for web developers to take responsibility for security by adopting safer practices.
February 14, 2005... Byline: Tim Anderson. How do you persuade web developers to write secure code? The latest attempt comes in the form of the PHP Security Consortium, which describes itself as "a group of PHP experts dedicated to promoting secure programming...

Client Week - PalmSource details phone plans.(China Mobilesoft)
February 14, 2005... Byline: Daniel Robinson. PalmSource will this week reveal more details of its phone strategy, following its recent acquisition of handset software developer China Mobilesoft (CMS). The company plans to offer a full range of mobile phone...

Client Week - Smartphone designers gain interface flexibility.(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Byline: Daniel Robinson. Software firm UIQ Technology will this week launch version 3.0 of its namesake user interface for Symbian smartphones at the 3GSM World Congress in Cannes. The new release supports both pen-driven and keypad phones...

Client Week - High-speed Cell chips to ship this year.(cell processors)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Byline: IT Week staff. IBM, Sony and Toshiba have announced further details of the Cell processor architecture they are jointly developing. The first production chip will run at clock speeds greater than 4GHz and will feature nine...

Client Week - Comment - Will virtual PCs cause real headaches? Intel's Vanderpool virtualisation technology will allow desktops to run multiple operating systems.
February 14, 2005... Byline: Daniel Robinson. Intel has been working hard to overcome the perception that it has fallen behind AMD, its chief processor rival, over the last few years. Not only has Intel brought forward its plans for dual-core chips on the...

Client Week - Biometric boost for IBM laptop - IBM ThinkPad T43 Review. IBM's ThinkPad T43 laptop features Intel Sonoma wireless technology, fingerprint security, and tools to help IT administrators deploy antivirus updates more quickly.(Product/Service Evaluation)
February 14, 2005... Byline: Daniel Robinson. IBM's ThinkPad T43 updates the company's thin-and-light laptop range by adding the Sonoma version of Intel's Centrino mobile technology, as well as new features in IBM's Rescue and Recovery software to help...

Network Week - BT misses target for unbundling.
February 14, 2005... Byline: Dave Bailey. BT was accused of inhibiting competition last week when it reported it had missed a target to unbundle 50,000 lines for access by rival operators by the beginning of this month. BT achieved just 62 percent (31,000...

Network Week - Report alerts companies to VoIP security threats.(National Institute of Standards and Technology)(Voice over Internet Protocol)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Byline: Phil Muncaster and Dave Bailey. Companies wary of voice over IP (VoIP) systems due to security concerns had their fears supported last week by a new report from the US government. The US National Institute of Standards and...

Network Week - Businesses spend more on mobile IT.(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Byline: Dave Bailey. Over half of UK firms will spend 20 percent more on mobile airtime and services this year, according to new research by IT analyst firm Quocirca on behalf of mobile operator O2 and corporate-user organisation EVUA. ...

Network Week - Mobile vendors' Cannes-do attitude. Mobile carriers must offer more practical business applications to retain their customers' loyalty.
February 14, 2005... This week's 3GSM show in Cannes will showcase new mobile hardware and software to help IT managers roll out network access to mobile staff. But the main thrust of the event, as always, will be on systems to help mobile operators, telecoms...

Management Week - Companies told to throttle spam.
February 14, 2005... Byline: Iain Thomson. As spammers adopt new methods to get around standard email filtering, businesses are being advised to employ more advanced techniques such as throttling and email authentication to deal with the problem. Of the...

Management Week - FrontRange supports Itil.(FrontRange Solutions Inc's IT Infrastructure Library)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Byline: Phil Muncaster. Business software firm FrontRange Solutions has released an IT service management product with tools to help firms comply with IT Infrastructure Library (Itil) best practices for service provision. However, experts...

Management Week - Finance suite makes reports more accurate.(Business Intelligence Services Ltd's Information Edge Vector system )(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Byline: Phil Muncaster. Business intelligence (BI) vendor Information Edge last week released a financial performance management platform to improve the reliability and accuracy of firms' financial reporting. The new Information Edge...

Management Week - Comment - Can IT tip the work-life balance? How much is IT responsible for helping firms keep well-motivated staff? More than many might think.
February 14, 2005... Byline: Ken Young. The Hotmail free email service is rumoured to have been created so that staff could secretly send and receive emails without their employers finding out. Millions of CVs have probably been sent over Hotmail during work...

Management Week - Data management Interview - Wireless tags show their worth. Faye Holland of IBM explains how a wide range of companies are already reaping benefits from RFID wireless tags, and offers tips for newcomers to the technology.(Interview)
February 14, 2005... Byline: Robert Valpuesta. As RFID worldwide leader at IBM, how would you describe radio frequency identification (RFID) wireless tagging? Faye Holland: Basically, it's a data collection technology. An electronic tag stores product ID...

Red Hat and Novell plot diverging paths.(Product/Service Evaluation)
February 14, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch and Roger Howorth. IT buyers will get a first look at major security, interoperability and management enhancements in Linux, when Red Hat launches a new version of Enterprise Linux and Novell releases Open Enterprise...

IT Week offers a sharper look.
February 14, 2005... Today marks the start of a new chapter for IT Week, as we make the magazine better to read, simpler to navigate, and easier to carry. When IT Week launched in 1998, it was cut to fit beside a laptop in your briefcase. But notebooks have...

Buyers review HP agreements.(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Byline: David Neal. Following the departure of HP chief executive Carly Fiorina last week, IT buyers should seize the opportunity to renegotiate for better deals, according to analysts. HP has said it is looking for a new chief to...

Comment - Merger-fevered IT prepares a new look. IT vendors, telecoms firms and consumer goods giants are talking about mergers, but it is the cross-sector combinations that will create the most change.(Column)
February 14, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch. Three years ago in this space, I suggested that Sun Microsystems should optimise its Solaris operating system for AMD processors, junk Sparc development and broadly license Solaris. As predictions, especially my...

Capital One to tackle ID theft.(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Financial services firm Capital One last week kicked off a [pounds sterling]4m advertising campaign for its advisory service to combat identity theft. The move could force UK banks to take a stronger lead in combating the problem. ...

Pentium chips become 64bit.(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Intel will ship new Pentium 4 chips featuring its EM64T 64bit technology this month, offering a new level of performance for business users, according to the firm. The Pentium 4 600 series will feature 2MB of Level 2 cache, which is double...

EMC to reduce storage costs.(storage area networks)
February 14, 2005... Byline: Dave Bailey. Firms seeking low-cost storage area network (SAN) systems will get more options today when EMC announces models with iSCSI support, based on its existing Clariion products. The new products are based on EMC's...

Microsoft deal to make smartphones cheaper.(Flextronics International Ltd.)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Byline: Martin Courtney. Microsoft has penned a deal with mobile phone manufacturer Flextronics that could unleash a flood of low-cost Windows Mobile smartphones in the near future, according to the firm. "This (deal) will bring prices...

BT offers free ADSL upgrade.(British Telecommunications PLC, advance digital subscriber line)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Firms currently using BT broadband services to support branch offices and teleworkers may soon have their bandwidth doubled to 2Mbit/s for no extra charge. Those with BT Broadband Basic, BT Yahoo Broadband and Business Broadband at...

Novell sticks with GroupWise.(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Byline: Daniel Robinson. Novell last week detailed long-term plans for its GroupWise collaboration suite, which competes against Lotus Notes and Microsoft's Exchange. The announcement could allay fears that the firm might instead focus on...

EU unites against spam.(government agencies agreed to share information)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Byline: David Neal. A number of European government agencies have agreed to share information on spammers and follow up complaints across borders to track down the culprits. The UK is not represented, however. Agencies from 13...

Windows Server pack advances.(Microsoft Windows Server 2003 enhancements)(Brief Article)
February 14, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch and PHIL MUNcaster. Microsoft has uploaded the second release candidate of Service Pack 1 (SP1) for Windows Server 2003 amid a hail of security patches. The 445MB second release candidate should improve robustness,...

Mobile to gain VoIP.(Brief Article)
February 21, 2005... Byline: Martin Courtney. Nokia is expected to release a new version of its 9500 Communicator smartphone with integrated 3G support and a standards-based voice over IP (VoIP) client within the next 12 months. With integrated 3G, GRPS...

Verizon set to purchase MCI.(Brief Article)
February 21, 2005... US telecoms giant MCI is to be acquired by Verizon, in a deal that will build a large new company that could push deeper into the UK and European markets. Verizon said the merger will create a "company in a leadership role in the...

Microsoft delays CRM update.(Customer Relationship Management)
February 21, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch. Delays to the next version of Microsoft's customer relationship management (CRM) program could make it a less attractive CRM option for IT buyers, experts said last week. The software giant originally planned a...

IBM ships cooler blades.(Brief Article)
February 21, 2005... Byline: Martin Veitch. IBM will this week release server lines designed to keep datacentres cool. The new models in the eServer xSeries and BladeCenter systems support mainframe-derived cooling techniques and use Intel technology to avoid...

Comment - Treat digital evidence with care. Firms need good practices to deal with evidence of IT crime, otherwise culprits could easily escape.(Column)
February 21, 2005... A recent report on trends in computer crime described a "cyber mafia" of hackers operating protection rackets and the like. It made lurid reading, detailing how traditional crimes have moved online to exploit society's dependence on computers....

Comment - Governance rules OK? Compliance with corporate governance rules will be top of the agenda for many firms this year.(Column)
February 21, 2005... I was somewhat surprised to hear from a client that one of the biggest issues for his organisation in 2005 is compliance with Sarbanes-Oxley (SOX) corporate governance regulations. I had assumed the issues were fairly well understood and were...