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RSS direTemps - a security and legal nightmare?
News Geoff Webster, CEO of FAST Corporate Services, told silicon.com the situation becomes particularly dire when temps arrive with their own laptops. Temporary workers can threaten network security - and cause legal troubles... [08 Dec 2004]
William Hill hits out at online betting exchanges
News Referring to the unfortunate demise of Sporting Options, he added: "The representatives from these firms have yet again tried to make capital out of a dire situation for punters with their 'smoke and mirrors' PR spin. [17 Nov 2004]
Can UK become a nation of innovation?
News The issue is particularly dire for the country's telcos, many of which are mired with declining or flat revenues and for whom developing innovation - in everything from products to business model - goes against their grain. [26 Oct 2004]
The Weekly Round-Up: 03.09.04
Round-Up It certainly might explain his poor showing and apparent distraction during this summer's European Championships and his dire record from the penalty spot during the tournament. "I believe in a thing called love, just... [03 Sep 2004]
Leader: Act now to stop next wave of virus attacks
Leader More than a decade after the problem of computer viruses began to hit mainstream consciousness we are still this week talking about the dire need for greater end user education if we are to crack down on the high levels... [10 Aug 2004]
Windows XP Service Pack 2 to be distributed on one million CDs
News I'm not going to give any dire predictions, but I will be very interested to see what happens," Starnes said. Microsoft will encourage dial-up users to update their Windows XP systems with Service Pack 2 by distributing... [12 Jul 2004]
FirewalIs for Home Systems
White Paper The advent of DSL (Digital Subscriber Line) and cable modems has brought with it an avalanche of dire warnings. PPP means you don't need a cable or DSL modem to be in danger. The doomsayers have proclaimed that people... [02 Apr 2004]
Novell Small Business Suite Unifies the Norwegian Petroleum Museum Network and Enhances Museum Experience
White Paper The museum was in dire need of a solution focused on improved network access and functionality. Striving to provide an optimal museum experience, Norwegian Petroleum Museum wanted to create an advanced technology... [15 Mar 2004]
Investing in Technology: A Business Framework for Thinking About Law Office Technology
White Paper Some CIOs give dire predictions of the need to go high-tech while others observe that clients do not directly reward big technology investments. For years lawyers have asked the questions “What technologies should we use... [02 Mar 2004]
Myths and Folklore About Oracle Performance Tuning
White Paper In a world that requires to support well-designed and great performing 24x7xforever commercial applications, there is a dire need to keep up with time. In such as scenario, myths and folklore are easily conceived and... [25 Feb 2004]
JetBlue Airways Corporation Microsoft ® Windows ® 2003 case study
White Paper Despite dire economic conditions in the travel industry, three-year-old JetBlue Airways achieved much by keeping costs low and delivering high-quality service. One of the key factors in its success was the early adoption... [25 Feb 2004]
Firewall Control for IP Telephony
White Paper In particular, IP telephony is clearly in dire need of such a thing: because IP telephony uses randomly assigned port numbers for communication, traditional firewalls have no easy handle by which to sort “good” traffic... [25 Feb 2004]
High Availability through Warm-Standby Support in Sybase Replication Server
White Paper While solutions exist to provide tolerance to component failure, the issue of site loss is often overlooked, with potentially dire consequences due to business interruption and loss of information. Businesses today are... [25 Feb 2004]
MyDoom is the 'worst ever' virus
News Other security companies had evaluations almost as dire. It's only two days old and still growing fast, but at least one security firm is ready to crown the MyDoom virus as the worst ever. Finnish security software and... [29 Jan 2004]
IBM, Dell and HP under fire over 'Sweatshop' computer factories
News The Catholic Agency for Overseas Development (CAFOD) says it has uncovered "dire working conditions" at computer production sites in Mexico, China and Thailand. Workers employed in factories in the developing world... [28 Jan 2004]
