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Unified comms pumps up Tayside fire service
News Communications are kept rock solid by the F5 BIG-IP Local Traffic Manager, which balances traffic load over the network and ensures that communications can be run even if one of the service's two disaster recovery... [04 Nov 2008]
How global computing grid could save the world
News You can imagine that you could also take that computing power and use it in the wake of a disaster perhaps to measure the aftermath's effect or for statistical analysis," he said. A global grid of computers could one day... [20 Oct 2008]
Symantec to take Europe into the cloud
News Speaking at the Symantec Vision + ManageFusion EMEA 08 conference in The Hague today, the Symantec CEO said it will kick off its cloud expansion plans with the worldwide rollout of the online disaster recovery and backup... [07 Oct 2008]
IBM sends $300m to the cloud
News Although it's nearly impossible to guarantee 100 per cent up time in the event of a man-made or natural disaster, Big Blue is treading on familiar terrain. IBM is investing $300m in cloud computing. Big Blue is using... [20 Aug 2008]
European satellite services are green for launch
News Companies that offer satellite-based services including mobile data, mobile TV, disaster relief and remote medical services will soon be able to do so across the whole of Europe, after the European Commission announced... [11 Aug 2008]
Google ups Search Appliance index
News Google doesn't disclose prices for higher-level models, which include features such as disaster recovery, under which one geographically distant machine can take over for another that fails. Google has expanded the... [06 Aug 2008]
Intel: PC market won't suffer credit crunch blows
News The world's economy is not as robust as it could be, but it's not a disaster. Intel, the world's biggest microchip producer, expects no slowdown in global demand for personal computers despite economic problems in the... [31 Jul 2008]
CIOs not taking security breaches seriously
News Other top concerns for CIOs over the next 12 months are major business programmes, business continuity and disaster recovery. CIOs and internal auditors don't feel IT fraud and data privacy is a serious threat to their... [27 Jun 2008]
Red Chilli aflame for hosted backup
News Independent property finance advisory firm Red Chilli has outsourced its disaster recovery and backup systems to Thinking Safe.silicon.com Financial Services Get the latest financial services news straight to your inbox. [23 May 2008]
Time to bin ID cards?
News They need to get a proper specification for what they want to do and retender to get a proper competitive process, this is a recipe for disaster. The government is facing calls to cancel its ID card scheme after it... [23 May 2008]
Barclays banks on offshore
News Stiller said it protects itself against disaster or outage at sites handling its IT outsourcing and BPO by generally running two sites in each place - with each able to take over the others functions - in Dehli, Mumbai,... [15 May 2008]
Virtualisation: IT managers warned of security challenges
News Crosby said: "If you have your own [virtual] JEOS update itself that's a disaster waiting to happen. Security from A to Z Click on the links below to find out more. A is for Antivirus B is for Botnets [16 Apr 2008]
Shell signs $4bn IT outsourcing contract
News EDS will manage desktop, service desk, onsite services, backup and disaster recovery, mobile information protection and managed messaging services. Shell is to transfer almost 3,000 IT staff as part of a $4bn deal to... [31 Mar 2008]
Nottingham Building Society to rip and replace systems
News One of the key requirements of the new systems was to reduce disaster recovery from 35 hours to one hour. Nottingham Building Society is about to begin final testing of a replacement core system for its loans business... [11 Mar 2008]
Domino's online sales heat up
News This year, we are interested in web services and revising our disaster policy. Takeaway chain Domino's Pizza has reported further expansion of its internet business in its year-end figures.silicon.com Retail & Leisure [20 Feb 2008]
