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Number of Processes and Process ID Values on HP-UX

whitepaper Effective in HP-UX 11i version 3, the maximum number of allowed processes is greater than in prior versions. The value range for Process IDentifiers (PIDs) is also increased to accommodate more processes.

Tags: programming languages

[11 May 2008]

IBM Internal Label Encryption Policy for NetBackup Setup and Implementation Version 2.0

whitepaper The NetBackup written header contains a NetBackup signature and a pool ID. The TS1120 and TS1040 drives examine the VOL1 contents looking for the NetBackup signature and pool ID. When recognized, the drive uses the pool ID and the ILEP mode to...

Tags: security management

[11 May 2008]

MoD fights data losses with encryption

News The MoD has previously admitted several embarrassing data losses including mislaying 11,000 ID cards and losing more than 600,000 servicemen's details. The Ministry of Defence (MoD) is to protect 20,000 laptops using encryption software.

Tags: security, army, mod

[08 May 2008]

Ignore social networks at your peril, retailers told

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Retailers need to wake up to the potential of social networks in order to tap into the...

Tags: gartner, marketing, traffic, retailers

[02 May 2008]

Microsoft earmarks $1.5bn for Yahoo! staff

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Microsoft plans to set aside $1.5bn for employee retention at Yahoo!

Tags: staff, yahoo, microsoft

[30 Apr 2008]

Cool tech gets down with the kids

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Social trends and the zeitgeist are more important than how good a new technology...

Tags: ipod, apple, virtual worlds

[23 Apr 2008]

Yahoo! reports positive profits - Microsoft unconcerned

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Yahoo! posted a better-than-expected quarterly profit yesterday but failed to deliver...

Tags: profit, microsoft, yahoo

[23 Apr 2008]

Profits reports equal big week for Microsoft/Yahoo!?

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics In the latest in the Microsoft/Yahoo! takeover bid, the software maker has set a...

Tags: microsoft, aol, time warner, yahoo

[22 Apr 2008]

Police Facebook presence strikes privacy chord

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Last week, Greater Manchester Police became the first UK police force to establish a...

Tags: facebook, privacy, police, submit

[22 Apr 2008]

Dear silicon.com... File-sharers, women in tech and the price of 'experts'

Comment This week, readers had a thing or two to say about the Home Office consultancy bill and were not best pleased by the mounting cost of ID cards. If they had employed any 'experts' then we wouldn't have this nonsense of an ID Card.

Tags: file-sharers, home office, women

[17 Apr 2008]

US no longer king of the PC?

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics The US PC market is beginning to have less influence on the global market, according to...

Tags: asus, dell, us, pc

[17 Apr 2008]

Corus hammers out £26m IT deal with Capgemini

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Steel manufacturer Corus has extended its IT outsourcing deal to manage its mainframe...

Tags: capgemini, corus

[17 Apr 2008]

RIM-India: To meet again over security

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics The Indian government will hold its next meeting with BlackBerry-maker RIM next week, a...

Tags: email, blackberry, rim

[17 Apr 2008]

Open source key to SaaS future

News Check out silicon.com's latest Cheat Sheets…  Google Android  Video: ID cards  BBC iPlayer  Galileo  CRM  Biometrics Open source software will be key to the adoption of software as a service (SaaS) over...

Tags: gartner, future, sharing, saas

[16 Apr 2008]

Secret ID card review: Judge quashes its release

News The High Court has quashed a ruling that a review of the ID card scheme should be published. Judge Stanley Burnton overturned the decision by the Information Tribunal that the ID card gateway reviews should be published.

Tags: gateway reviews, national identity register, id cards

[14 Apr 2008]

ID cards fuel £147m consultancy bill

News The UK's ID card scheme has helped fuel a 2,000 per cent hike in the cost of Home Office consultants - taking the bill up to £147m last year. Silicon.com's A to Z of ID Cards Spending on consultants within the Identity and Passport Service...

Tags: home office, biometrics, id cards

[11 Apr 2008]

The Weekly Round-Up: 11.04.08

Round-Up An elaborate stunt dreamed up by anti-ID cards campaigners No2ID and Privacy International is offering a reward for anyone capturing the fingerprints of the Prime Minister or Home Secretary. The campaign is an attack on government plans to take the...

Tags: windows, yahoo, gordon brown, microsoft

[11 Apr 2008]

Dear silicon.com... iPlayer vs ISPs, rip off outsourcing, social networking…

Comment Now this would be far more effective if UK internet users were required to present their national ID card to a chip reader before they were allowed access to the internet session. This week readers are getting riled up by 'rip off' government...

Tags: isp, bbc, government, outsourcing

[10 Apr 2008]

Idtechex Case Study: Massachusetts General Hospital Blood, USA

whitepaper A bedside ID check is made and checks are envisaged in the operating room. In other words, frequent automated ID checks would be particularly useful. A pilot study of RFID has been carried out in Massachusetts General Hospital, the client, using a...

Tags: cost control - risk mgmt., rfid, checks, blood

[10 Apr 2008]

Idtechex Case Study: Johnson Controls, USA

whitepaper Their previous ID system involved basic clipboards and checklists, located with operators at each station of production, inventory and shipping. The main reason they invested in RFID was to eliminate the human error that was prevalent with an...

Tags: rfid, controls, error, human

[10 Apr 2008]

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