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PCI-DSS - Data security a lucrative market

Payment card security compliance offers IT resellers opportunities at two levels ...

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12/07/2010 | PCI CRN June 2010.pdf | VIEW

CRN

Quocirca Printer Pulse June 2010

Quocirca's analysis and commentary on the printing industry. ...

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01/07/2010 | Quocirca Printer Pulse June 2010.pdf | VIEW

Quocirca

The realities of cloud formation

Salesforce.com’s recent announcement of its VMforce platform for deploying Java applications is the latest in a long line of announcements from a wide range of vendors of such on-demand (or cloud based if you prefer) offerings. Many will be confused by the range of offerings and the terminology used to describe them and will be unsure of the risk and benefits. This gallery, written for Computer Weekly, by Quocirca aims to provide further insight. ...

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24/06/2010 | XaaS - June 2010.pdf | VIEW

Computer Weekly

Printing - the Achilles heel of the iPad for business?

While Apple is keen to tout the iPad as a true alternative to the PC, pushing its web browsing, email, photos and video viewing capabilities, it does lack some features when it comes to business productivity—one of which is native printing support. ...

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02/06/2010 | Quocirca iPad Printing.pdf | VIEW

Computing

PCI-DSS: Why compliance with this card security standard adds up

The PCI-DSS payment card security standard may look complicated but complying with it is a good starting point for reviewing IT security ...

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31/05/2010 | PCI DSS for Silicon - May 2010 PDF.pdf | VIEW

Silicon.com

The value of 2-tier ERP for small and large businesses

Understanding the ERP market can be complicated because many organisations use multiple products, so call 2-tier ERP. ...

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31/05/2010 | ERP May 2010 PDF.pdf | VIEW

Computer Weekly

New data centre? Can it!

New data centres are very expensive, require a lot of planning and often change in a very short period of time, making all the hard planning around power distribution and cooling a complete waste of time – and energy. Going to the cloud looks like it may help, but in reality this just moves the problem from one set of people to another. ...

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14/05/2010 | 360it - cont.pdf | VIEW

360IT

PUE? Phooey!

In an attempt to drive greater energy efficiencies, the EU and the US have both recommended datacentres drive towards a PUE of 2 or less. "A what?" ...

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30/04/2010 | 360it - pue.pdf | VIEW

360IT

Election: When the cost cutting hype dies down

With the UK's general election taking place in just a few weeks, the battle lines are being drawn up on where effective "savings" can be made. ...

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27/04/2010 | Silicon - post election.pdf | VIEW

Silicon.com

People power and the new generation

In my last post, I discussed a few 'quick wins' in terms of improving the energy efficiency of the datacentre. But Quocirca believes IT should be taking a far more active role in an organisation’s overall sustainability - and I’ve been researching some really interesting areas that could help push this message. ...

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23/04/2010 | 360it - dcc2.pdf | VIEW

360IT