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Mars - The CIO training ground
Comment The Mars alumni reads like a who's who of the UK's top CIOs, with people like former Tesco CIO Colin Cobain just one of the familiar names. A Mars a day may help you work, rest and play - as the old ad for the chocolate bar claimed - but it also... [11 Jun 2008]
Node and Host Name Sizes on HP-UX: Using the Expanded Capabilities of HP-UX
White Paper This capability allows longer node and host names than were previously supported. This paper describes how to activate the capability, and describes the issues that must be addressed before increasing the size of the system node and host names. [05 Jun 2008]
BlackBerrys on the beat
News This includes the Police National Computer and other Thames Valley Police systems through which officers can check suspect names and conduct vehicle checks. Thames Valley Police is rolling out 1,100 BlackBerry smart phones to its police and... [03 Jun 2008]
Northern Ireland builds high tech credentials
News ECIT hosts tech companies - such as TDK - and also provides services to boost the research capabilities of big tech names such as BT, Nortel, QinetiQ and SAP. Northern Ireland is making a name for itself as an emerging UK tech hub. [02 Jun 2008]
Defining Colors Using Hex Values: With the Gray-Scale and RGB Color Naming Schemes
White Paper In Version 6, SAS/Graph includes predefined names for 290 different colors. Additional predefined color names became available for over 100 colors for SAS/Graph output in Version 9. These are the HTML color names listed in the SAS Registry. [31 May 2008]
Subtle Issues in the Design of a Database Tier Firewall
White Paper This model assumes that the vocabulary of relational names from the perspective of application developers and users is limited to an abstract schema. Users have views but the view names are unknown to them. [31 May 2008]
Adventures in Arrays: A Beginning Tutorial
White Paper Think of an array as being an alias for the names of SAS variables on which one need to perform the same task. In SAS, an array is simply a way to refer to a group of variables in one observation with a single name. [31 May 2008]
Revealed: Top tech security risks and cash-sappers
News Name confusion: System names and domain name systems names often differ, meaning files transferred through FTP can be sent to the wrong machine, again having an impact on security and data protection. [29 May 2008]
Legal Eye: What's the score for the music biz?
Comment Big names have signed deals outside the mainstream. From free downloads to albums you can pay as much as you like for, the internet has put traditional record companies in a spin. But will it all end in tears, asks lawyer Duncan Calow. [22 May 2008]
Travel site bookings fly when glitch fixed
Case Study This meant that any searches with hyphenated town names came up with an invalid search result. Usability testing software has helped a holiday company boost its sales by spotting a glitch in its website's navigation that could have been costing it... [09 May 2008]
Ignore social networks at your peril, retailers told
News Gartner's tips for retailers wanting to get in on the social network action include looking beyond the big names of Facebook and MySpace due to the huge amount of activity in the area. Retailers need to wake up to the potential of social networks... [02 May 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Tighten content security
Comment Many of the biggest names to have emerged in email security have now been acquired by the big IT infrastructure vendors. With the problem of spam in check rather than cured, focus has shifted to data leaks. [02 May 2008]
OSRAM SYLVANIA Chooses BizTalk Server 2000 for Data Interchange and Mapping
White Paper OSRAM SYLVANIA combines cutting-edge technology with one of the most venerable brand names in North America. The manufacturer determined that the development of Web-based applications and XML/EDI Internet commerce was key to its future success. [01 May 2008]
AMD chips into business market
News All processors will be clearly marked with the suffix "B" in their product names. AMD has released a series of chips which it claims has the stability and performance required for machines aimed at business users. [29 Apr 2008]
Security Implications of the Virtualized Datacenter
White Paper With enterprise-class virtualization software hitting the market from VMware and Microsoft (ESX Virtual Infrastructure and Virtual PC, respectively), large names and support dollars are backing the virtual data center migration. [26 Apr 2008]
