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Will consumers always want free banking?

Comment Consumers have little understanding of what represents a fair cost for banking services, and free banking has not led to contented customers. The High Court has decided consumer contract law can be used to determine whether bank overdraft charges...

Tags: oft, free banking

[12 May 2008]

On the Safety and Efficiency of Firewall Policy Deployment

whitepaper While ample research has led to tools for policy specification, correctness analysis, and optimization, few researchers have paid attention to firewall policy deployment: the process where a management tool edits a firewall's configuration to make...

Tags: firewalls

[11 May 2008]

Software Interoperability Increases System Availability and Reduces Costs

whitepaper This has led to nonintegrated management data and poor visibility into system health. Many businesses use multiple management systems to manage applications. Engyro, a Microsoft subsidiary, uses Microsoft System Center Operations Manager 2007 to...

Tags: monitoring systems

[11 May 2008]

Nortel Secure Network Access and Microsoft Network Access Protection Integration

whitepaper However, confusion around industry standards, the multitude of NAC vendors and the complexity of the solutions has led to a relatively slow industry-wide NAC adoption rate. With the ever-increasing need for enterprises to provide endpoint security...

Tags: security management

[11 May 2008]

Requirements Process for SOA Projects, Part 2: Business Requirements for Your First SOA Services - Business Requirements for Your First SOA Services

whitepaper Although there is no "Correct" answer, but in the authors experience most, if not all, SOA projects are led by Information Technology (IT) departments, discussions tend to begin with technology. In the first paper in this series one learned about...

Tags: business management

[11 May 2008]

PCI Compliance: The Importance of Securing Payment Information

whitepaper In response, a federation of companies led by MasterCard Worldwide and Visa International set out to establish consistent data security measures for merchants, banks, and service providers. Fraud and identity theft are on the rise.

Tags: security standards

[10 May 2008]

Virgin Media to ramp up capacity on core network

News The trend for online video content and popular bandwidth-heavy apps - such as the BBC's iPlayer - has led to concerns among ISPs their infrastructure will soon be creaking under the strain. As web users' thirst for bandwidth soars, cable broadband...

Tags: fibre, nortel, bandwidth, broadband

[09 May 2008]

Rapid E-Learning: Maturing Technology Brings Balance and Possibilities

whitepaper While many of these early adopters found success in rapid e-Learning initiatives, overreaching aspirations of both users and technology providers led some to disappointment. In a 2003 survey of Fortune 500 companies more than 80 percent of...

Tags: streaming media

[03 May 2008]

600 HMRC workers caught snooping

News The government-commissioned Poynter Review of the breach that led to the loss of 25 million personal details after a junior employee posted two CDs to the National Audit Office is expected to be published imminently.

Tags: data loss, hmrc

[01 May 2008]

Quocirca's Straight Talking: Just how distributed is your business?

Comment These demands on external access have also led to a big increase in remote working by employees who, in the past, would have spent nearly all their time in the office. But actually measuring how distributed a business is can be problematic.

Tags: distributed working, networks

[24 Apr 2008]

Security breaches down - but at what price?

News The survey is produced by a consortium led by PricewaterhouseCoopers and the Department of Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform, and is carried out every two years. The latest Information Security Breaches Survey, published yesterday to...

Tags: breach, data

[23 Apr 2008]

Europe embracing speedy fat pipes

News Z is for Zombies i2010 is the EU's digital-led strategy to boost growth and jobs, established in 2005. Around three-quarters (77 per cent) of businesses in Europe are now using high speed broadband, according to the European Commission's latest...

Tags: online, i2010, eu, broadband

[18 Apr 2008]

Security experts criticise Phorm

News Clayton said: "Because they start with three redirections before users are led to the real site, browser heuristics could say that this was a dodgy site, which is unwise. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more.

Tags: threat, ads, phorm

[18 Apr 2008]

Are rogue traders an inevitable evil?

Comment Investment banks have had to become more technology-led. Experts say investment banking fraud can never be eradicated - even with the most sophisticated software. But a ruthless overhaul of poor banking systems is crucial to putting rogue traders...

Tags: fraud, societe generale, rogue trader

[15 Apr 2008]

Coffee Republic to offer free wi-fi

News Ian McKelvie, IT manager for Coffee Republic, said two of the trials in Reading and Weybridge led to a noticeable increase in footfall. Coffee Republic will become the first UK coffee chain to provide free wi-fi to customers when it launches the...

Tags: wi-fi, coffee republic

[14 Apr 2008]

Phorm defends 'traffic-analysis' methods

News According to Phorm: "Our extensive consultations have led to only one conclusion - that Phorm's systems are legal under any full interpretation of the law. The company behind an ISP-based web advertising user-tracking system has denied claims what...

Tags: ripa, phorm

[11 Apr 2008]

The Economist: A new mandate for IT

whitepaper Armed with increasingly sophisticated applications, IT-led teams have consistently found new ways to streamline enterprise business processes, vastly improving operating efficiency and reducing costs.

Tags: infrastructure management

[11 Apr 2008]

TechNet Webcast: Agility Now (Part 06 of 10): Secure, Manageable Messaging (Level 200)

whitepaper This has led the company's IT department to identify the messaging environment as a potential target for attack. As Contoso's business practices have evolved to offer workers more flexibility and to encourage collaboration, the messaging...

Tags: security management

[11 Apr 2008]

Importance of Web Application Firewall Technology for Protecting Web-Based Resources

whitepaper These increases have led to heavier reliance on web-based services and greater integration of internal information systems and data repositories with web-facing applications. Web-based applications and services have changed the landscape of...

Tags: firewalls

[11 Apr 2008]

Why Enterprises Should Choose HP-UX 11i v3 for Their Data Center Migration Plans

whitepaper This has led to the consolidation of servers and storage, using virtualization technology to allow many distinct processes and operating systems to run on the same box. Many IT executives today are looking at consolidating IT operations for several...

Tags: data center

[11 Apr 2008]

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