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Cybercrime cost firms US$1 trillion globally
News In a McAfee survey, CIOs report spending billions of dollars after data thefts, and say fired workers pose a big threat to sensitive data on the network.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Network security, Security Management, Security, Chief Information Officer, Davos, Cybercrime, World Economic Forum, intellectual property, Dubai
Time ripe to experiment with cloud computing
News Hardware, applications and services in the "cloud" are now a mature enough option for IT decision-makers to experiment with, says Accenture chief scientist.
Tags: Web sites, Web 2.0, Web services, Utility computing, Security, Google Inc., Chief Information Officer, Chief Scientist, Cloud Computing, CIO
Videoconferencing: Cisco, Logitech target mainstream
News Logitech's acquisition of LifeSize and Cisco's bid for Tandberg are aimed at grabbing market share and expanding sales to more businesses--and even consumers.
Tags: Business Strategies & Functions, Logitech, Vidyo Inc., LifeSize Communications, CEO, software, Business Strategies & Functions, Conference, Cisco Systems Inc., Video Conferencing
UK government open source guidelines ignored, says Ingres
News Software tenders that have taken place since the government published its open source policy in February have ignored those guidelines, according to database firm Ingres.
Tags: Open source, Open-source Database, Chief Information Officer, Open-source Software, Ingres, proprietary software, open standard, Open source, incentive, ZDNet Asia
US Defense Department to partially lift flash drive ban
News Authorized individuals will be able to use USB thumb drives that are owned by the government and necessary for mission-critical functions, U.S. Navy CIO says.
Tags: Authentication and encryption, Security implementation/standards, Security Management, U.S. Department Of Defense, Malware, network, Chief Information Officer, Authentication and encryption, USB Flash Drive, medical record
Fosters picks Wipro for IT outsourcing
News Australian alcohol giant Fosters Group is planning to outsource most internal IT work to Indian outsourcer Wipro, according to multiple sources.
Tags: Data Management, IT outsourcing, Wipro Technologies, Chief Information Officer, Outsourcing Company, Spokesperson, Indian Company, IT outsourcing, outsource, enterprise architecture
Manually adjust query-based distribution list membership using LDAP
Techguide Query-based distribution groups provide a great means by which to automate the membership of groups in Active Directory. Here's one way that you can manually adjust query-based membership.
Tags: Infrastructure/architecture management, Network administration/implementation, Server platforms, Distribution Group, Distribution List, Query, GUI, Chief Information Officer, home networking, Scott Lowe
Would you use a cloud-based service to store IT documentation?
Techguide Scott Lowe is thinking about using a free Microsoft service to store his organization's IT documentation. Share your thoughts about using an offline storage vault for this type of data.
Tags: Microsoft Windows, Microsoft Office, Microsoft Corp., Information Technology, Scott Lowe, Apple Macintosh, Apple Mac OS, Microsoft Office Live Workspace, Microsoft Office 2007, Microsoft Windows
Five factors stopping the cloud taking off
News Technology-based concerns relating to security, reliability, network latency, integration and management, as well as worries about data and vendor lock-in are key challenges to wider take-up.
Tags: Cloud computing, Director Of Information Technology, Cloud, Chief Information Officer, software company, Cloud computing, ISV, network, marketing, data center
RIM records all employee calls
News BlackBerry maker Research in Motion concedes it recorded all staff conversations in order to keep control of intellectual property.
Tags: Privacy, Generation Y, RIM BlackBerry, Chief Information Officer, Research In Motion Ltd., Device, Sydney, intellectual property, CIO, internal network
Gartner: IT budgets squeezed further
News Almost half of CIOs surveyed by the research firm said they spent less on IT in the first quarter than they had initially planned.
Tags: IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control, Chief Information Officer, IT Budget, IT-spending, Survey, Gartner Inc., industry, IT budgeting, Budgeting/cost control
IDC: Downturn to drive Linux adoption
News IT decision-makers are planning to increase the use of server and client-side Linux due to the economic climate, analyst firm IDC has found.
Tags: Linux, Software, Virtualization, Chief Information Officer, International Data Corp., Survey, operating system, Unix server, Software, Server
Dell regroups around four customer segments
News Two executives, Mike Cannon and Mark Jarvis, are departing as the computer maker regroups globally around four types of customers.
Tags: SMB, Global strategic management, Government, IT outsourcing, Motorola Inc., Chief Information Officer, Small And Medium Business, chief marketing officer, computer company, CEO
HP warns of data center-capacity shortfall
News Data centers are running short of capacity, while business managers don't understand their importance, according to a Hewlett-Packard survey.
Tags: Data centers, Data Management, Hewlett-Packard Co., Chief Information Officer, Survey, Europe, U.K. company, U.K., data center, ROI
Exchange 2007 SP2 paves the way to Exchange 2010
Techguide Exchange 2007 SP2 is out and about. Scott Lowe outlines some of the more exciting changes that have been made to this popular groupware product.
Tags: Server platforms, Microsoft Windows, Exchange 2007 SP2, Service Pack, Scott Lowe, Backup, Service Pack 2, Server, Microsoft Windows Server 2008, Microsoft Windows Server
