monitoring systems in news
Leak fears could set bosses spying on staff
News Large companies are already exploring ways of monitoring employee behaviour on corporate systems to detect potential wrongdoing, according to Nigel Jones, director of the Cyber Security Knowledge Transfer Network (KTN), a government-funded body... [04 Sep 2008]
BMC tools simplify virtualisation
News This tool monitors the capacity requirements of IT systems — that is, the number of servers required to perform a particular task or run a particular installation — and, as the company puts it, replaces "educated guesses with automatic assessment... [04 Sep 2008]
Citizens use YouTube to keep gov't in check
News The vision of the "public monitoring the state" and shaming them into action using cameraphones is one of several key ways that Eurim says technology can be used to transform government and empower the public. [31 Jul 2008]
Kwik Fit Insurance drives up website performance
News According to Kwik Fit Insurance online operations and planning manager Annie McRae, the companies online business is growing at such a rate that it needed sophisticated monitoring systems to keep competitive. [28 Jul 2008]
RFID could disrupt medical devices, say researchers
News But the future of healthcare is likely to involve far more RFID-style tech, according to a recent report by Ofcom, which included a prediction that in-body and on-body wireless networks could become the norm over the next decade for monitoring... [25 Jun 2008]
Bank invests in low latency monitoring
News Global investment bank Credit Suisse is rolling out a monitoring system for its low-latency network. The monitoring system was trialled during 2007 and will be rolled out to the bank's entire network by the end of this year. [23 Jun 2008]
Wi-fi for free on board commuter coach
News The service, which is free to commuters, piggybacks on an Ethernet in-bus network used to support CCTV, telematics and remote GPS fleet monitoring. The service offers us not only the managed wi-fi service but the ability in the future to connect... [19 May 2008]
Beijing 2008 Olympics IT gets ready for the big freeze
News He also points to the security monitoring as one area where the IT systems are particularly advanced: "The Olympic Games is a very visible event so security is taken very seriously from the beginning of the project. [13 May 2008]
Beware the insider security threat
News David Supple, head of IT at Ecotec Research & Consulting, added: "Commercially speaking, the aggrieved leaver poses a much bigger risk - your sensitive data will have gone with your best stationery before you know it unless you are actively... [17 Apr 2008]
Nato beefs up cyber defences
News A state-of-the-art monitoring technology will allow Nato to instantly spot anybody trying to hack into its systems. Nato's Communication and Information Systems Agency is protecting the alliance's network of thousands of computers with Guidance... [05 Mar 2008]
'Big Brother IT' fuels workplace stress
News Monitoring noted by the PSI study includes logging emails and internet usage, keystroke loggers, recording and timing calls and measuring shop-till throughput. IT monitoring also applies to many managers and professionals but the study, funded by... [08 Jan 2008]
Experts tip six technologies to watch
News Argo ocean monitoring system and the proposed European GMES climate monitoring satellite network. There should also be a focus on e-health systems which provide healthcare and medical information services online. [05 Dec 2007]
M&S gets an IT injection
News All new M&S stores opened during the course of the contract will be migrated onto the Logicalis network monitoring service. In August M&S awarded IBM a separate multi-million pound contract to upgrade its in-store systems. [02 Nov 2007]
MiFID: It's finally right here, right now
News FSA upgrades tech to improve MiFID monitoring ¦ Investment organisations have had to change processes and systems to comply with the stricter reporting and trading requirements of the new regulations. [01 Nov 2007]
Credit crunch hits tech contractors
News FSA upgrades tech to improve MiFID monitoring And separate research from ReThink Recruitment suggests the demand for IT skills in general in the FS sector could rise as banks change systems that failed to cope with the credit crunch. [31 Oct 2007]
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