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Data centre costs top reason for virtualisation
News Some of the problems involved in measuring returns from virtualised estates arise from the fact many of the tools for measuring IT performance and return are designed for physical environments, said Ingle. [08 Jul 2008]
Terrorists turning to tech, warns gov't
News Instead of collecting and processing ever larger amounts of information in the hope of discovering terrorist plots, Black said, the next-generation approach would be to detect anomalous behaviour in real-time by combining information collected... [04 Jul 2008]
Mobile payments to hit $300bn by 2013
News The annual gross transaction value of payments made via mobile phones to buy digital and physical goods is set to grow more than fivefold over the next five years, analyst house Juniper Research is predicting. [01 Jul 2008]
Reports in full: HMRC and MoD data breaches
News HMRC phases out data transfers using physical media. It also wants to work towards a single customer record, phasing out physical data transfers and working to eliminate paper records. Three separate investigations have looked into HM Revenue... [26 Jun 2008]
Stolen music still big with MP3 generation
News However, the CD is still seen as a viable for this age group, with 60 per cent saying they will continue to buy the physical format. Record industry artist and publisher group, British Music Rights (BMR), claims the average 14- to 24-year-old now... [16 Jun 2008]
Cisco revamps mobility strategy
News The Adaptive Wireless Intrusion Prevention System (wIPS) operates at the physical layer of the network and, according to Bryan Pelham, Cisco's European business development manager, "provides capabilities to be able to secure beyond what [Cisco... [29 May 2008]
Warning: Web will run out of space by 2010
News He said: "We are going to be butting up against the physical capacity of the internet by 2010. Speaking at a Westminster eForum on web 2.0 this week in London, Jim Cicconi, vice president of legislative affairs for AT&T, warned the current systems... [21 Apr 2008]
Green carrots needed for IT chiefs
News He said: "If data centres don't manage their physical infrastructure very well then they can't do all the good things that could be done to save power. There needs to be greater incentives for tech departments to become greener by reducing their... [19 Mar 2008]
Airlines spot new tech security concerns
News Each of these services adds new layers to the physical and IT security equation, increases security risks and poses the challenge to deliver secure services in a fast and efficient manner," the survey stated. [12 Mar 2008]
ID card u-turn by government
News Anyone renewing or applying for a new passport from 2011 onwards will be required to add their biometric details to the National Identity Register, but they won't now be forced to pay for a physical ID card and can instead choose to just use their... [06 Mar 2008]
IBM to use DNA to shrink chip size
News In self-assembly, the intrinsic chemical and physical properties of molecules, along with environmental factors, coax the raw materials into complex structures. Photo stories Check out silicon.com's latest photo stories here… [21 Feb 2008]
Government admits to 200 more laptop thefts
News We have robust measures in place to protect the physical security of the department's IT assets and these measures are kept under constant review. The government has admitted almost 200 laptops have been stolen from various departments, including... [19 Feb 2008]
World's finest tech sites immortalised
News There could be a physical link with a certain discovery to that site, notable places of science such as a laboratory or observatory or maybe a biological or geological link where a discovery has come out of a particular landscape formation such as... [22 Jan 2008]
UK's fastest supercomputer unveiled
News The procurement was managed by the Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council on behalf of UK Research Councils with some of the money coming from the Department of Innovation, Universities and Skills. [15 Jan 2008]
Fuzzy logic tech project to help the elderly
News The project has been funded by the UK's Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council. Leicester's De Montfort University (DMU) and the University of Missouri are linking up in a £45,000 six-month project starting this month to develop fuzzy... [03 Jan 2008]
