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RSS problemMinority Report: Mac Mini - a real nowhere machine
Comment The problem was the price. Apple's Mac Mini could really have become the "most important Mac", as Steve Jobs once called it. Seb Janacek explains what happened instead. As a Mac user it's not often I gaze admiringly at... [26 Nov 2009]
Women in IT: Tech has an image problem
News The lack of women in IT is bad news for the industry and while the tech world doesn't discriminate against them, it does have an image problem that is off-putting to females, according to silicon.com's exclusive 2009... [26 Nov 2009]
Why you must rein in your power users
Comment These included leaving default privileged accounts in place, allowing privileged users to share accounts (meaning no one individual can be held accountable when a problem arises) and the granting of far more privileges... [25 Nov 2009]
Outsourcing: CIOs' tips on getting it right
News According to head of IT at Tube Lines Adrian Davey, the problem lay with the way Tube Lines handled the outsourcing contract. Outsourcing deals typically promise to deliver cost savings and increased efficiency - but all... [24 Nov 2009]
Naked CIO: Cloud computing more expensive than we thought?
Comment While it may appear to be a case of simply putting things in different buckets, the problem is that now the IT department is under increasing scrutiny when it comes to controllable expenses. It's not just the technology... [19 Nov 2009]
T-Mobile workers accused over customer record sales
News T-Mobile said of the breach: "While it is deeply regrettable that customer information has been misappropriated in this way, we have proactively supported the ICO to help stamp out what is a problem for the whole industry. [18 Nov 2009]
Unified comms: What it needs to succeed
Comment They certainly shouldn't just be throwing technology at the problem, says Rob Bamforth, principal analyst at Quocirca. Unified comms holds plenty of promise but businesses hoping to use it must first consider why uptake... [17 Nov 2009]
UK ID cards rollout hit by delay as launch date revealed
News The biggest problem is that every month they delay the deployment of the card there is a knock-on effect on their wider adoption. The controversial ID project has hit another delay, with the government missing its own... [16 Nov 2009]
Google's Eric Schmidt on search, Android and all things Wave
News And that's not a solved problem and it's something that's a great challenge," Schmidt said. Last week saw silicon.com sister site CNET News.com sit down with Google CEO Eric Schmidt to talk Google Wave, Android and all... [16 Nov 2009]
Smart Cards and Biometrics in a Privacy-Sensitive Secure Personal Identification System
White Paper A secure personal ID system is designed to solve the fundamental problem of verifying individuals are who they claim to be. Both government and commercial organizations are implementing secure personal Identification... [14 Nov 2009]
Mobility Aspects in 4G Networks
White Paper The purpose of this paper is to provide high-level insights into different mobility related problem areas within 4G. The fourth generation mobile system is a collection of radio networks providing access to IP based... [14 Nov 2009]
Assuring PCI-DSS Compliance With Real-Time Database Security and Monitoring
White Paper The Payment Card Information Data Security Standard (PCI-DSS) was created in 2004 by the leading credit companies in response to the growing problem of cardholder information theft. Recent high-profile data thefts have... [13 Nov 2009]
Top Ten Reports to Identify "Junk" Data in Your Storage Network
White Paper Many companies face a common problem - they need to reduce storage management costs while providing additional capacity. To overcome this challenge, companies are reducing the physical number of file and print servers... [13 Nov 2009]
Shadow Surfing - Preventing Proxy Abuse in Schools
White Paper Proxy abuse is an increasingly pervasive problem in schools - and one that can only be prevented with intelligent filtering solutions such as Guardian. SmoothWall's pioneering Dynamic Content Analysis technology was... [13 Nov 2009]
Convergence of IFRS and US GAAP
White Paper A critically important element in the solution to this problem is the convergence of US GAAP and IFRS, a process now under way at an early stage. Current accounting and reporting practices fall short of meeting the... [13 Nov 2009]
