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RSS companiesCompanies splash out millions on IP networks
News Three more companies have - separately - signed contracts which will see them upgrading to IP-based network technologies to allow them to use services including VoIP and videoconferencing. Law firm Irwin Mitchell is spending £2m on a new converged... [25 Aug 2005]
Companies risk court action over online finances
News Publicly listed companies may be guilty of publishing misleading financial information on their Web sites, according to a new report compiled for chartered accountants Deloitte & Touche by the Bristol Business School. [13 Jan 1999]
Stop bullying your outsourcer, companies warned
News Companies that use harsh service level agreements to bully their outsourcing supplier could be missing out on a "trust dividend" worth up to 40 per cent of the total contract value. Companies should agree a relationship charter with their... [24 Nov 2005]
Companies expose private data with PC clearouts
News Two graduates from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology have sent out a warning to all computer users and companies about the dangers of discarding old hard disks. At the time Jon Godfrey, co-founder of IT recycler, Technical Asset Management... [17 Jan 2003]
Tell customers about data breaches, companies urged
News UK companies should warn customers if their personal data has been put at risk, according to the National Consumer Council (NCC). Speaking at a Westminster eForum event, Anna Fielder, policy consultant with the NCC, said UK companies should produce... [16 Jul 2007]
Companies clueless about IT assets
News Most companies have no knowledge of around a fifth of their IT equipment because they fail to keep proper audits, according to a leading industry analyst. Carl Greiner, senior VP at the META Group, believes that it's a worldwide problem as... [29 Aug 2002]
EPC Aid for U.K. Companies
White Paper E.center, the U.K.authority for EPCglobal and for the EAN.UCC numbering system and technology used on product bar codes, is developing a new range of services to help British companies develop implementation plans and business cases for deployment... [25 Jun 2004]
Companies urged to patch Sendmail
News A critical vulnerability in Sendmail, the internet's most popular mail-server application, had security experts and software companies moving quickly on Monday to convince customers to apply a patch. Several companies, including Red Hat, IBM, SGI... [04 Mar 2003]
Password Hell (Part 2): Companies must get it right... now
News David Naylor, partner at law firm Field Fisher Waterhouse, said companies need to ensure they have strict policies in place regarding password management and said best practice would be to incorporate these as requirements in the company's... [16 May 2006]
Companies Increasingly Seek to Outsource Human Resources, According to Conference Board Study Sponsored by Accenture
White Paper Fortune 1000 companies are increasingly outsourcing their human resources functions, according to findings of a new study released today by Accenture (NYSE: ACN), in conjunction with The Conference Board. [15 May 2004]
Real Results Report: Companies maximize eLearning experiences with WebEx Training Center
White Paper Learn how these four companies did it. Whether around the block or across the globe, businesses can now educate their employees anywhere, anytime, without boundaries. [16 Dec 2007]
Companies told 'do more to prevent ID theft'
News Police say companies need to be more aware of the growing risk of corporate identity theft, following a recent spate of frauds that targeted customers of several high street banks. A spokesman for the NCIS, who requested anonymity so his name would... [29 Oct 2003]
Beware web 2.0 security risks, companies warned
News He said the use of the technology means companies relinquish a "level of control that they historically would not tolerate", meaning a rethink of security is essential. By the end of 2007, Gartner predicts 30 per cent of large companies will have... [14 Aug 2007]
Companies leaving major projects up to chance
News European companies are leaving the running of major IT projects to chance, with little effective thought or planning going on before or after the event. As a result only 18 per cent of companies working on in-house software development projects say... [08 Oct 2003]
Companies stay vigilant for post-Y2K virus threat
News The virus 'Armageddon', predicted by many vendors for the festive break failed to materialise, although some companies reacted to the threat by shutting down email servers to avoid problems. Most companies stopped sending email anyway, because no... [04 Jan 2000]
