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RSS 24Recession fuels fears of UK jobs being sent offshore
News With recession leading businesses to cut IT costs as much as they can, tech workers are increasingly feeling the impact of offshoring, results from the exclusive 2009 silicon.com Skills Survey show. Almost half (47.5 per cent) of... [30 Nov 2009]
Photos: Sony Ericsson debuts see-through Xperia phone
Photo Mobile maker Sony Ericsson has debuted another phone in its Xperia range - but with a twist. The see-through display is a world first, according to Sony Ericsson, requiring battery, memory card and antenna to be miniaturised to fit... [25 Nov 2009]
How the cloud is swallowing your comms
News Unified communications is migrating to the cloud, new research has found. According to a report by analysts In-Stat, tech vendors are now working closely with providers of hosted VoIP services, leading to several flavours of unified... [24 Nov 2009]
Outsourcing: CIOs' tips on getting it right
News Outsourcing deals typically promise to deliver cost savings and increased efficiency - but all too often the promises fail to match the reality. At the National Outsourcing Association's Sourcing Summit last week, two heads of IT shared... [24 Nov 2009]
How to squeeze the last drops of savings from an outsourcing contract
News How does a business pay less for its IT services when it's already getting them at rock bottom prices? It takes a long hard look at whether it needs to be gobbling up so many services in the first place. [20 Nov 2009]
Secure Data Synchronization Using the Relay Server and MobiLink Server Farms
White Paper With data being pushed to the forefront of company lines, demand for always-available data is at an all time high. Coupled with wireless and occasionally-connected environments, the need for systems to be available 24/7... [13 Nov 2009]
Model Risk Management: Key Considerations for Challenging Times
White Paper While model risk management has come a long way over the last decade, it is still an evolving area where significant challenges exist. Model risk management stands at the forefront of risk management for many of today's financial... [13 Nov 2009]
The Weekly Round-Up: 13.11.09
Round-Up Warning to iPhone users: you may find the contents of this first part of the Round-Up upsetting. If you are of a nervous disposition skip to the second part of the Round-Up. Thank you. For the rest of you, here's what's been putting the... [13 Nov 2009]
GPS/GPRS/GSM Based Mobile Asset Tracking
White Paper Global Positioning Satellites (GPS) enable the tracking of all kinds of mobile assets accurately and provide their real time positions to the owners on a 24 by 7 basis over the GPRS/GSM link. While the GPS provides the... [12 Nov 2009]
How to Replicate the Fire: HA for Netfilter Based Firewalls
White Paper With traditional, stateless firewalling (such as ipfwadm, ipchains) there is no need for special High Availability (HA) support in the firewalling subsystem. As long as all packet filtering rules and routing table entries are configured... [12 Nov 2009]
Windows Mobile Device Management and Security: A Vital Investment With Rapid Payback
White Paper With the integration of various resource management tools (combining the benefits of both mobile devices and desktop systems), Mobile Device Management (MDM) solutions are becoming vital in the rapid introduction of professional... [11 Nov 2009]
Groupe Genoyer Ensures 24/7 Information Access for Subsidiaries With Bi-Directional Replication
White Paper Groupe Genoyer is a leading industrial and commercial operator for large international oil, gas, and hydraulics projects, and the world leading supplier of oil and gas industry piping equipment. The group operates eight production sites... [28 Oct 2009]
How tech is helping gamblers get that casino feeling
News When you think of gambling, smoky casinos populated by tough guys chewing cigars and nursing their whiskey probably come to mind. UK online gamblers might not quite fit this image but they can increasingly get into the spirit of their... [23 Oct 2009]
CIOs waste energy and budget as one in six servers go unused
News Wondering how to make that tech budget stretch a little further? Perhaps you might like to take a long hard look at your server estate. IT departments around the world are wasting money supporting millions of servers that are not doing... [19 Oct 2009]
Photos: Second coming for touchscreen BlackBerry
Photo RIM today announced the launch of the BlackBerry Storm2 smartphone, the company's second touchscreen handset. The device is the successor to the original Storm, launched last year and, like its predecessor, the Storm2 is exclusive to the... [15 Oct 2009]
