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BT’s new home phones to cut costs and CO2 emissions
21.11.2008 BT has introduced new home-phone handsets whose power units are designed specifically to consume around half the power of previous units. This will mean lower electricity bills for homeowners and a significant reduction in CO2 emissions. More »
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65pc of Irish websites put consumers at risk
19.11.2008 According to an analysis from Enterprise Risk Services at Deloitte, some 65pc of Irish websites put consumers at risk of fraud. More »
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The world is running out of mainframe engineers
19.11.2008 Mainframes never went away and in fact account for the large majority of servers in the world today. But mainframe personnel are ageing and approaching retirement, leading to a big human resources problem for the enterprise computing world. More »
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Feelings clouded on the future of computing
19.11.2008 Irish firms are divided on cloud computing technology, with nearly half of executives (46pc) admitting they have no plan to deploy the technology in their organisations. More »
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Microsoft to release free security software to tackle growing malware threat
19.11.2008 Microsoft is planning to release free security software for download from the internet to address the growing market of new PC form factors like netbooks, but also what it sees as a worrying increase in malware coming from developing nations. More »
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Generation Y will bring their own technology to work
19.11.2008 Generation Y or that generation of 14 to 27 year-olds called the ‘Millennials’ will prefer to bring their own technology into the workplace, said Accenture, creating a challenge for CIOs intent on containing potential data leaks. More »
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Bad IT decisions can ‘kill a company’, warns CA
18.11.2008 CEOs are under increased pressure as the recession bites, and run the risk of making wrong IT investments that could be fatal for their businesses. More »
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Firms with no open source usage policies face legal battles
17.11.2008 Although more than 85pc of companies use open source software (OSS) in their enterprises, moving to 100pc of businesses in the next 12 months, few have policies around the use of open source. More »
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Spam falls 75pc after Californian ISP put out of action
13.11.2008 A massive drop of 75pc in the number of spam emails has been reported by MXSweep in the aftermath of the shut-down of a controversial Californian ISP (internet service provider). More »
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Businesses must watch out for gremlins in the machine
13.11.2008 Firms tightening their belts will need to ensure existing IT systems are bug-free say Declan Kavanagh, managing director of Sogeti, and Phil Codd, managing director of SQS Ireland. More »
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