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VNUNet
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[03.08.2008] VNUNet - Measuring Datacentre Efficiency
Data centre energy efficiency has been getting an enormous amount of attention recently. While some companies on both the buy and sell sides are treating the issue as 'green IT', the fact is that there are a number of dr...
VNUNet Data Centre Efficiency.pdf
IT Analysis
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[18.07.2008] Navigating the minefield of e-discovery

Much is written about the increasing burden of regulations faced by organisations, be it specific to a particular industry or cutting across all sectors. But another key challenge faced by organisations is the threa...
ITA-IG.pdf

silicon.com
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[30.06.2008] Straight Talking - A game of two halves
Over the past month or so, I've attended two Microsoft events. At the MMS event, discussion focused on an approach to virtualisation that showed a greater appreciation of the problems than I would have expected from Micr...
st-oslo.pdf
IT Analysis
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[28.06.2008] Cisco eats its own dog food - and it tastes OK
There continues to be much coverage in the press about the impact IT is having on the environment through increasing power consumption. As well as berating IT departments for the poor running of data centres and deployin...
Cisco video conf - June 27th 2008.pdf
ComputerWeekly
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[27.06.2008] Evolution of internet protocol virtual private network
Many organisations today operate in complex, distributed environments that encompass multiple branch offices spread across diverse geographical locations, some of which may be subsidiaries or affiliated companies. For mo...
CW-NCP.pdf
IT Analysis
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[26.06.2008] Old databases never die and some won't even fade away....
Those like me who are bit long in the tooth may remember Relational Technology (RTI), the original developers of the Ingres relational database management system (RDBMS) that ultimately lost out to Oracle in the RDBMS wa...
Ingres - June 26th 2008.pdf
Conspectus
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[25.06.2008] Location, Location
The global digital age has had a profound impact on consumer access to maps, which are becoming an intrinsic part of everyday life. We are all familiar with web based mapping applications such as Google Maps, Yahoo Maps...
Conspectus LI.pdf
IT Analysis
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[20.06.2008] From zero day exploit to zero day fix
With vulnerabilities and targeted attacks on the rise, two vendors offer a method of remeditating problems without application downtime.
ITA-ZD.pdf
IT Analysis
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[16.06.2008] Who really gains from iPhone - Apple, BlackBerry or Microsoft?
When the first Apple iPhone appeared a year ago it created a huge stir among consumers.  It was a particular hit with the Apple faithful, with an expectation that anybody with a creative bone in their body, or a ten...
QUO bb1 apple2.pdf
ComputerWeekly
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[14.06.2008] Hardware reputation and the online fraud arms race
Banks are used to arms races. In the 1960s and 1970s the easiest way to for thieves to get hold of a bank's money was to turn up in person at branches with a gun and demand cash. So banks placed their workers behind bull...
Hardware reputation - June 2008.pdf
IT Analysis
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[12.06.2008] Are SMBs getting enough?
There is plenty of ‘hubbub' in many countries around whether customers are getting the broadband speeds advertised by their internet service providers (ISPs), highlighted again most recently in the UK with a series...
QUO enough internet.pdf
DM Review
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[06.06.2008] BPM? I'd prefer BTE, please...
Business process management (BPM) has been around for years. Although organizations have bought BPM software, many feel that the benefits have not been recognized as expected. The biggest issue is that the tools are pred...
DMreview - BPM.pdf
IT Analysis
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[04.06.2008] Why are CFOs giving away company profits?
Almost half of UK organisations subsidise employees' personal calls made on company supplied mobile phones - either completely or only requiring a partial contribution from the employee - according to recent Quocirca res...
QUO mobile costs again.pdf
VNUNet
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[28.05.2008] Green India - is it really an oxymoron?
I have recently returned from a trip to India, where I listened to a presentation by Dr. Ajay Mathur, Director General of the Bureau of Energy Efficiency in the Indian government. There had been a lot of coverage in the...
vnu india.pdf
IT Analysis
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[22.05.2008] Remote access - made easy
A new generation of IPSec VPNs is now available that significantly reduces the management headaches associated with deploying, managing and maintaining large-scale remote access implementations.

ITA-NCP.pdf