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Techies and hairdressers united in the moonlight
News A report by the Recruitment & Employment Confederation and KPMG published today shows a third consecutive month of growth in both permanent and temporary jobs during October - with permanent placements rising at their fastest... [04 Nov 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Uneconomics
Comment Looking back over the past 40 years we see the rate of economic crises is speeding up, and the severity of each gets worse. Compiled at the IoD, Pall Mall, London, and dispatched to silicon.com via a free wi-fi connection. [29 Oct 2009]
Amazon's Kindle ignites legal upheaval
Comment With e-books, the challenge faced by lawmakers throughout the world to ensure copyright and intellectual property legislation keeps pace with the rate of technological change will only grow. And that will keep the... [27 Oct 2009]
Windows 7 to trump Snow Leopard?
Comment The software has been selling at twice the rate of its predecessor Leopard, although this is hardly surprising given it's been retailing at about $100 less. A revitalised Windows raises the bar for Apple's Snow Leopard,... [20 Oct 2009]
Outsourcing - how to make sure it's reliable
Comment The acceptable pass rate for these tests should be clear and agreed upon, and the costs of testing (which may be significant) should be fully transparent. William Benn offers advice on how to make sure you can count on... [19 Oct 2009]
Revealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
News The fee-per-installation rate for scareware ranges from 1 cent to 55 cents, depending on geography, with UK users nearing the top of the table at 52 cents per scalp, Symantec said. Scareware is bad for your PC and your... [19 Oct 2009]
9 Management Practices for Exceptional Webinars
White Paper Marketing professionals continue to rate Webinars as one of the top tools for lead generation. Yet, many marketing departments still do not have a process in place to maximize Webinar results. This new white paper... [18 Oct 2009]
Telecoms worker? You're in demand. Techie? Not so much
News Telecoms vacancies increased by 10 per cent month-on-month in September - the highest growth rate across the industry sectors monitored by the Monster Employment Index Europe. ICT workers looking for a new job should... [14 Oct 2009]
Cross-Layer Interaction Between TCP and UMTS RRM Scheduling Strategies
White Paper In this paper the user studies the cross-layer interaction between TCP and two main sets of RRM scheduling strategies: rate-oriented and delay-oriented. In the third generation wireless system UMTS, Radio Resource... [09 Oct 2009]
Working with Telecommunications: Churning in the Telecommunications Industry
White Paper ISP's have hinted at churn rates as great as 50 percent, the mobile telecommunication rate appears to vary around the 30 percent mark. Churn is the process of customer turnover. In the mobile telecommunications market, a... [07 Oct 2009]
Seven Practical Steps for Federal Cyber Security and FISMA Compliance
White Paper The number of security breaches of federal information systems and cases of improper access to these systems continues to grow at an alarming rate. In fact, federal civilian agencies reported three times more cyber... [05 Oct 2009]
Time to polish up your CV: The IT job market is getting better
News The IDC study predicts that the UK IT job market will see an annual compound annual growth rate of 0.9 per cent between 2008 and 2013. If you've put your job hunt on hold during the recession, it could well be a good... [05 Oct 2009]
Oracle Database Security: Cost-Effective Data Leak Prevention Starts at the Source
White Paper Data has been growing at an incredible rate. Over the past few years the annual capacity growth rate for data in traditional enterprises increased at about 45%. Data, data everywhere. Organizations are... [02 Oct 2009]
Bosch Security Systems Boosts Marketing Abilities With Access to Comprehensive Customer Data
White Paper Bosch Security Systems wanted to replace the company's disparate customer and prospect databases that operate across multiple countries with a centralized solution that provides comprehensive and standardized customer information and... [02 Oct 2009]
Accurately Measuring Denial of Service in Simulation and Testbed Experiments
White Paper Existing DoS metrics equate service denial with slow communication, low throughput, high resource utilization and high loss rate. Researchers in the Denial of Service (DoS) field lack accurate, quantitative and versatile... [02 Oct 2009]