data networks and in comment and analysis
Beijing Olympic diary: Producing results
Comment In the technology operations centre a team of about 160 people monitor the competition, the systems and the networks, making sure the data is flowing and press and broadcasters are getting what they need. [19 Aug 2008]
Quocirca's Straight Talking: Secure remote access closes in
Comment Virtual private networks that use internet protocol security used to be seen as a nightmare. Those consequences mean technologies that provide remote access to computer networks must be highly secure. [25 Jul 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Security scare
Comment The arrival of new software tools and social networks had occurred since I acquired the drives. Take a long hard look at the information you make public on websites and social networks. All the data on the drives is secure. [18 Jun 2008]
Dear silicon.com... iPlayer vs ISPs, rip off outsourcing, social networking…
Comment This week readers are getting riled up by 'rip off' government outsourcing deals (with one reader demanding prison for the culpable scoundrel…), the latest in the BBC iPlayer vs ISP spat, and social networks clamping down on sex offenders. [10 Apr 2008]
IT must be called to account over emissions
Comment More than a quarter (28 per cent) admit they do not know the exact number of servers they have, and a similar number are not aware of all devices connected to their networks. A is for AbroadB is for BladesC is for Carbon footprintD is for Data... [07 Apr 2008]
The Weekly Round-Up: 28.03.08
Round-Up Travellers on UK airlines who simply can't go a couple of hours without calling the office or loved ones, or possibly loved ones in the office, will be able to take advantage of the aircraft's network services and be routed via satellite to ground... [28 Mar 2008]
Why no united front on cyber crime?
Comment Compromised bot networks of personal computers continue to make headlines in greater numbers and with increasing sophistication and effectiveness. In April 2007 Estonia, the former Soviet Baltic republic was paralysed by an unprecedented online... [27 Feb 2008]
Legal Eye: Is it wise to hit ISPs over file-sharing?
Comment It may lead, for example, to more unsuspecting surfers having their unsecured networks infiltrated by enterprising wi-fi piggy-backers. Quite apart from posing a potential contradiction to wider privacy and data protection law, these proposals will... [22 Feb 2008]
Tech Visions: New media floods firms' networks
Comment Experts are forecasting an important role in the enterprise for new media data applications. P&G's Heltsley thinks good things will emerge from the present confusing picture surrounding new media data applications. [19 Feb 2008]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Trying to explain
Comment Email, social networks and the sheer wealth of data available online have changed everything. Written at my home in Suffolk UK and dispatched to silicon.com from the Wild Strawberry Café in Woodbridge which combines great coffee and cookies with... [14 Jan 2008]
Data encryption brought into focus by HMRC
Comment The simple solution would be not to copy huge reams of information to a disc at all, but to transfer them directly to the receiver in an encrypted form over either internal or external networks. The issue of data encryption has been brought into... [21 Dec 2007]
How closely are you monitoring?
Comment Management and control sessions can be easily analysed to look for after-hours access that doesn't match normal usage patterns," Potter says, adding administrators might be surprised to find out how much peer-to-peer and instant messaging traffic... [10 Dec 2007]
Tech Visions: New media is IT's next frontier
Comment Technical fire walling for media sharing, blogs, instant messaging, social networks and syndication feeds. And you're seeing video just take off at tremendous speeds around the world, not at 50 to 100 per cent growth of networks per year but 200 to... [29 Nov 2007]
Web 2.0 threat looms
Comment The analyst firm warns web 2.0 applications could herald widespread identity theft and transaction fraud, give malware a new infection super highway, erode social networks and eventually create a total consumer loss of confidence in the web platform. [26 Nov 2007]
Getting more out of the net
Comment Whether it is to manage supply chains, customer support networks, financial trading applications or some other business processes, organisations of all sizes are increasingly linked together over the internet, so a weak link or failure can have... [02 Nov 2007]
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