IT failure
RSS IT failureUK ID cards rollout hit by delay as launch date revealed
News The government's failure to issue any cards whatsoever despite their October target is symptomatic of the scheme as a whole. The controversial ID project has hit another delay, with the government missing its own... [16 Nov 2009]
EU Compliance and Regulations for the IT Security Professional
White Paper As well as protecting organisations from reputational risk and damaging losses, failure to protect this data can now result in both corporate and personal criminal prosecutions. The protection of data as... [13 Nov 2009]
Tracking File Access for Auditing and Compliance
White Paper For valuable file servers, precautions against unauthorized access and hardware failure are taken accordingly. File servers can be among the most critical objects in the IT infrastructure of an enterprise. [13 Nov 2009]
10 Things to Know About ITO: Determining if IT Operations Outsourcing Is Right for You
White Paper This paper offers the 10 important things to know about IT operations outsourcing to help one understands the relevance of ITO outsourcing, determine if ITO outsourcing is right for the organization, evaluate outsourcing... [12 Nov 2009]
First Step for Your Virtual Desktop Initiative: Conduct a Proof-of-Concept
White Paper When it comes to the Proof-of-Concept, addressing the critical success factors and making sure "Ducks are in a row" before Proof-of-Concept kicks off one can avoid confusion and failure and ensure success. [12 Nov 2009]
Small Business Strategies to Limit the Risk and Affects of Data Loss: Preventing Unplanned Downtime and Business Failure
White Paper As a business owner or IT professional, one understands how crucial data is to the health of company. No matter what field one is in, today it is almost impossible to do business without having an... [12 Nov 2009]
Incident Response: Speed Can Mean the Difference Between Success and Failure
White Paper When it comes to investigations and incident response speed is all important. The faster an examiner gets the data in a consumable form the faster an incident can be diagnosed and resolved. Even when time to resolution... [12 Nov 2009]
Web-Based Security for Business Enablement
White Paper An organization's ability to effectively create and/or participate in these Web-driven commerce-based ecosystems will determine success or failure for many businesses and government organizations over the next several... [11 Nov 2009]
Photos: Firefox through the ages
Photo Some considered the Netscape-era software to be a bloated failure. Mozilla is celebrating the fifth anniversary of Firefox 1.0, released 9 November, 2004. The project began as a fresh start intended to be leaner and faster. [10 Nov 2009]
Failure Trends in a Large Disk Drive Population
White Paper Despite their importance, there is relatively little published work on the failure patterns of disk drives, and the key factors that affect their lifetime. Moreover, larger population studies rarely have the... [30 Oct 2009]
UK software industry - alive and kicking
News Holway said the UK's failure to produce a global software giant like Microsoft or Oracle is largely due to a lack of financial backing. The UK software industry is alive and kicking - despite many claims to the contrary. [23 Oct 2009]
Get Serious About SOA Governance: A Five-Step Action Plan for Architects
White Paper Failure to provide effective SOA governance exposes your organization to serious risks resulting from: Whether your organization's service-oriented architecture (SOA) has 50 services being used by one customer, or 50... [15 Oct 2009]
Technical Description: IBMXIV Storage System
White Paper The XIVsystem provides consistency under all conditions, immunity to hotspots, and consistent performance in the face of hardware failure. The IBMXIV® Storage System offers a new level of high-end disk system... [13 Oct 2009]
MagicNET: The Human Immune System and Network Security System
White Paper The main reason for their failure is the use of point solutions to protect hosts and reactive approach against intrusions. Most of the current security systems do not provide adequate level of protection against... [06 Oct 2009]
Making the University Unstoppable
White Paper Keep crucial university financial data and applications - including payroll, inventory, and accounting - protected and available in the face of user error, system failure, and complete disaster. The university... [02 Oct 2009]
