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Virtualisation: Real-life tales of how to get it right
Comment Zahl Limbuwala, chair of the British Computer Society datacentre specialist group says some of the coolness towards virtualisation is down to the economic downturn making any new IT projects harder to execute. [20 Nov 2009]
Doing the Right Thing: How Electronic Age Verification Protects Kids Online
White Paper As a society, it has established and lives by a set of rules designed to keep merchandise and services intended for adults out of the reach of children. In most states, alcohol sales are restricted to anyone under 21 and... [13 Nov 2009]
Malware in Men - Will You Be Protected?
White Paper Computers continue to increase their influence in many aspects of today's society, and that trend shows no signs of slowing down. It sees computers in almost all walks of life, from satellites to cell phones, and from... [12 Nov 2009]
Setting Social Security Standards in a Global Society
White Paper Social security is declared as a human right in the major United Nations human rights instruments. However, at the beginning of the twenty-first century, access to any form of social protection remains a dream for 80 per cent of the... [11 Nov 2009]
Optimizing Tunneled Grid Connectivity Across Firewalls
White Paper Grids today generally assume that concurrent network connections are possible among many processors attached to high-capacity networks. However, inter-network boundaries dividing independent institutions often have firewalls, typically... [11 Nov 2009]
Covert surveillance must be reserved for serious crimes, says government
News Speaking on Monday at the Royal Society of Arts, Home Secretary Alan Johnson said: "[the public] will not accept such powers being used to spy on people who put their rubbish out on the wrong day, or let their dogs foul... [05 Nov 2009]
Make haste with the analogue-digital switch, urges EC
News Viviane Reding, information society and media commissioner for the EC, said she wants EU countries to have made the move by 2012. The European Commission has called for EU members to speed their switchover to digital... [30 Oct 2009]
Dynamic Infrastructure Helping Build a Smarter PlanetDelivering Superior Business and IT Services with Agility and Speed
White Paper IBM has developed a strategy for a dynamic infrastructure that will help organizations address higher service expectations, rising cost pressures and new risks and threats, while also laying a foundation for breakthrough productivity,... [28 Oct 2009]
Revealed: The anatomy of an internet scam
News Apparently so, according to David Wall, professor of criminal justice and information society at the University of Leeds. Scareware is bad for your PC and your pocket - but the fake security warning messages popping up... [19 Oct 2009]
Peter Cochrane's Blog: Linking up with Barack Obama?
Comment We have seen industry and society transformed by technology with government generally out on a limb at the back of the pack. If politicians start to use online social networking in the same way as the rest of... [05 Oct 2009]
Spanish Building Society Reduces Energy Consumption on Desktops by 80 Per Cent With Dell
White Paper To maintain its leading position, Spanish building society La Caja de Canarias wanted to improve performance, management effectiveness, and energy efficiency across the desktop estate. Through Dell services, La Caja... [02 Oct 2009]
Building Society Eliminates Potential Risk to Business Continuity With Dell Virtualization Solution
White Paper To protect business continuity and sensitive data, Chelsea Building Society needed to migrate legacy software onto a robust hardware platform. This infrastructure had to integrate with an existing Storage Area Network... [02 Oct 2009]
A Vision for the Modern Grid
White Paper A modernized grid is a necessary enabler for a successful society in the future. Given the vision, one can create the alignment necessary to inspire passion, investment, and progress toward an advanced US grid for the... [02 Oct 2009]
Developing Sustainable Designs for Enduring Value
White Paper Every product designed, leaves an indelible imprint on the social, economic and environmental fabric of the society. Sustainable Designs are achievable for higher efficiency, lower cost and greater reliability. [02 Oct 2009]
Duncan Watts
AS Profile As both pioneer and evangelist for network theory, Watts has helped to change our conceptions of society, according to one panellist. Columbia University sociology professor Duncan Watts is also principal research... [29 Sep 2009]
