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RSS check-in failureTightrope Risk Analysis: A Tool for Identifying, Analysing Risk in a Project
White Paper The project manager has total responsibility for the success - or failure - of a project. In the initial burst of enthusiasm - and the likely refusal of management to contemplate failure... [01 May 2009]
EU takes the heat off Microsoft antitrust monitoring
News In 2008, the Commission fined Microsoft again, levying €899m for failure to comply with the 2004 decision. The European Commission has said it will stop actively monitoring Microsoft to... [05 Mar 2009]
Rejected: Intel's appeal to delay antitrust
News The court said Intel's application was premature and that any harm to Intel from the Commission's failure to seek these documents could be considered by the court in the event the EC finds against Intel,... [29 Jan 2009]
Firewalls failing to keep generation Facebook in check
News For traditional firewalls, one key problem is the failure to distinguish between internet use and data moving to and from online applications, meaning there is little way of controlling the flow of information... [18 Dec 2008]
ID card costs rise - but is the security weakening?
News These shortcuts are going to turn it into a hugely expensive failure. The Home Office consultation documents said: "Most transactions involving the identity cards are likely to be visual checks of the card, or a local... [07 Nov 2008]
"Shambolic" security behind Home Office data breach
News The loss of a USB stick containing unencrypted data on 84,000 prisoners by a management consultancy working for the Home Office has been slammed as a "shambolic" failure by the IT security industry. Nick Lowe, regional... [27 Aug 2008]
A Cooperative, Self-Configuring High-Availability Solution for Stream Processing
White Paper The approach relies on a novel fine-grained check-pointing model that allows query fragments at each server to be backed up at multiple other servers and recovered collectively (in parallel) when there... [10 Jul 2008]
Tech failing to meet business expectations
News This failure of SLAs can result in poor performance for business applications within different business units. Other effects of SLA failure cited by respondents include a negative effect... [23 Jun 2008]
Editor's Blog: WFH, LOL?
Comment So does this mean the experiment was a failure? Editor's choice - three things you should check out on silicon.com this week: Also, silicon.com got a behind-the-scenes tour of the National Gallery... [21 May 2008]
Dear silicon.com... dirty computers, lie detectors, T5 tech, mobile ASBOs
Comment If medical staff are still risking the lives of patients by not being clean then there is a simple solution - random testing - first failure = verbal warning, second failure = formal written warning,... [15 May 2008]
Editor's Blog: Time to take the politicians out of technology?
Comment To list a few: the short-term approach of politicians meddling with policies, which hard-pressed techies then have to deliver; the resistance of the civil service to change; the fast turnover of senior management on projects; the lack of... [30 Apr 2008]
EC monopoly warning after record Microsoft fine
News This followed the European Commission's announcement it was slapping a $1.35bn fine against Microsoft for failure to comply with earlier March 2004 antitrust sanctions. Check out silicon.com's latest... [28 Feb 2008]
Minority Report: MacBook Air - slim chance of success?
Comment The failure of the Cube was a huge disappointment to Apple and Steve Jobs in particular, who took particular relish in the unveiling. Check out the latest... [06 Feb 2008]
Business execs snub Facebook
News I'm not sure whether that's laziness, lack of time, or failure to prioritise my own future opportunities. Check out silicon.com's latest photo stories here… Social networking website Facebook is being... [11 Jan 2008]
Banking can execute change in real-time
Comment Left too long, this attitude will lead to a systematic failure to keep up with business requisites and check-list complexity. The financial sector is 10 years behind the times in its... [02 Jan 2008]
