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SAP users air support gripes
News Bowling advised SAP to reconsider the mandatory price rise so companies not requiring the extra elements within Enterprise Support do not have to pay for them. The UK and Ireland SAP User Group has expressed dissatisfaction with the changes SAP has... [25 Jul 2008]
First students graduate from IT 'business' degree
News Northumbria specifically targets high achievers for its ITMB course, requiring a higher level of entry than standard computing and information systems courses. The first students to take a university degree in Information Technology Management for... [24 Jul 2008]
Credit crunch turns techies to second jobs
News Discussing how much time he spends doing this extra work, Sachdev explained that while a project may start out requiring a few hours of work per evening, it tends to ramp up towards the end - and can mean burning a lot of midnight oil. [22 Jul 2008]
RFID could disrupt medical devices, say researchers
News The Dutch scientists looked at both active (i.e.info transmitting) and passive (i.e.requiring a reader device) RFID systems and found 34 'incidents' were triggered out of 123 EMI tests - of which 22 were classed as hazardous, two as significant... [25 Jun 2008]
Red Chilli aflame for hosted backup
News Previously, Red Chilli IT staff had to back data up to disks in servers and stream it to tape, taking up system resources and requiring multiple tape devices. Independent property finance advisory firm Red Chilli has outsourced its disaster... [23 May 2008]
Developers claim Vista UAC 'bypass'
News One of the parts, running in the background, has privileged access to the operating system without requiring administrator approval each time the machine boots; the other part, running as a client program, interacts with this back-end service. [29 Apr 2008]
Ballmer: Microsoft says the future's green
News The UK's Green Party has also criticised Vista for requiring "more expensive and energy-hungry hardware, passing the cost on to consumers and the environment". Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer has claimed that more efficient use of IT is one... [06 Mar 2008]
John Lewis streamlines in-store tech
News Each of the 250 John Lewis and Waitrose stores has a domain controller - all requiring a dedicated server - which employees use to access various network applications. Department store John Lewis has been using Microsoft's Windows Server 2008 to... [28 Feb 2008]
Oracle contractor shortage predicted
News Oracle's success in growing its software business last year is now translating into a rise in jobs requiring Oracle skills being advertised and Oracle is already the second most in-demand skill for contract jobs in 2008, according to the... [27 Feb 2008]
EU border checks go biometric
News The EC is also investigating the possibility of requiring electronic authorisation for outside travellers as an alternative to requiring a visa. Under plans to strengthen checks at European borders laid out by the European Commission, international... [14 Feb 2008]
£20,000 reward for missing Revenue discs
News A statement from the Met said: "The enquiry has been particularly challenging due to how common compact discs are within offices, the number and size of the offices requiring searches and the number of organisations where the package may have... [05 Dec 2007]
E-payments: Cheap as chips
News Any person requiring money could then draw electronic funds onto devices including mobile phones or smart cards. Andy Kyte, VP of analyst firm Gartner, said at the Gartner Symposium: "All consumers pay between three to five per cent more on goods... [27 Nov 2007]
ID cards-based criminal record checks 'are A-OK'
News At the trials all volunteers went through a simulated experience of applying for a position requiring a CRB check. The volunteers piloted two potential online services developed by the Identity and Passport Service (IPS) and the Criminal Records... [01 Oct 2007]
Businesses failing to safeguard sensitive data
News The researchers used "easily available" open source forensics tools, such as Autopsy and Helix, which they described as not requiring "significant levels of skill or knowledge to effect the recovery of remnant data from storage media". [25 Sep 2007]
Psst! Don't want Vista? You're not alone...
News In June, Microsoft changed its practices to allow computer makers that sell pre-activated Vista machines to order Windows XP discs that could be included inside the box with PCs, or shipped to customers without requiring additional activation. [24 Sep 2007]
