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Malware Doubles in First Half of 2008

The number of malware attacks targeting individuals, companies and organisations has risen rapidly in .....

Icann Approves New Domain Name Extensions

The Internet Corporation for Assigned Names and Numbers (Icann) has approved proposals to expand .....

IT Directors 'Less Worried about Environment'

Technological leaders in the UK are less worried about the environmental impact of their .....

Dynamic Provisioning 'Improves Storage Utilisation'

Enterprises looking to improve the efficiency of their storage solutions and remove waste brought .....

Firms Moving Virtualisation from Servers to Storage

More than two thirds of IT decision makers (67 percent) are considering deploying virtualised .....

Businesses Must Prepare for Future

With technological advances having massively changed the way that businesses operate in the last .....

Windows 7 Given Release Window

Microsoft has announced that it will launch its next operating system (OS) for PCs .....

New Government Data Loss Review Published

Failures in institutional practices and procedures regarding the handling of sensitive information were the .....

Online Retailers 'Adopting Consumer-Centric Stance'

Enterprises with online retail operations are continuing to enjoy sales growth despite economic concerns .....

UK Firms Cutting IT Security Spending

Nearly one fifth of IT security professionals in the UK are expecting their organisations .....

Storage Management Software Market Increases

The market for storage management software has seen an increase of one eighth in .....

Trend Micro Releases Threat Management Enterprise Solution

Internet content security company Trend Micro has announced the release of a new threat .....

Bluetooth and Wi-Fi 'Evolving Separately'

Global markets for both Bluetooth and Wi-Fi communication technologies continue to display strong growth .....

Successful MDM Solutions Based on Business Needs

Enterprises looking to deploy master data management (MDM) solutions should choose them based on .....

Cloud Computing to Transform Business

Cloud computing has the potential to transform the IT and business world by the .....

UK Firms Failing to Act on Environmental Concerns

Nearly two thirds of all British companies now have a green policy in place, .....

Service Providers 'Must Cater to Changing Enterprise Needs'

Providers of outsourced IT services need to meet the evolving needs of their enterprise .....

ICT Industry 'Has Power to Reduce Emissions'

The ICT sector could deploy 'smarter' technologies in order to further reduce its carbon .....

UK 'Firms Wasting Energy on Datacentres'

Some 81 per cent of large enterprises in the UK, Germany and France intentionally .....

World's Population Connecting to Internet in Novel Ways

With nearly a quarter of the world's population – approximately 1.4 billion people – .....

Global Internet Advertising Spending 'Soaring'

Worldwide spending on internet advertising will reach $65.2 billion (£33 billion) in 2008, representing .....

Future Eco-Friendly Technology 'to be Powered by Alternative Energy'

The next generation of environmentally friendly technological products will likely be powered by alternative .....

Internet 'Brings Power to the People'

The internet is reversing trends in the erosion of consumer power, reducing the ability .....

SMBs and Home Workers Benefit from VoIP

With the cost of traditional services remaining high, small businesses and home workers could .....

Social Networks Open Up Graduate Recruitment

A new generation of graduates entirely comfortable with using social networks, have possession of .....

IT Departments 'Failing on SLAs'

A survey of IT decision makers in Europe, the United States and China has .....

DLP Prevents Internal and External Leaks

Organisations implementing effective data loss prevention (DLP) solutions experienced 27 percent fewer data loss .....

Steps for IT Leaders to Encourage Investment in Virtual Worlds

With many business leaders still skeptical about the benefits of virtual worlds, Gartner has .....

Over One Billion PCs 'Now in Use'

The number of installed PCs around the globe has surpassed one billion units, and .....

Remote Branch Market 'a Key IT Battleground'

A new report published by IDC's Enterprise Infrastructure group has revealed that worldwide remote .....

Enterprises 'Drawn to SSDs'

The worldwide solid state drive (SSD) market established itself in 2007, generating nearly $400 .....

Social Networks Becoming 'Crucial' to Business Success

A growing number of enterprises are finding themselves relying on social networking sites to .....

Most UK Firms Auditing their Software

The majority of businesses operating in the UK regularly audit their software solutions, a .....

USB Flash Drives 'Pose Real Security Threat'

USB flash drives are being used to breach enterprise network security and install malicious .....

Western European Security Market 'on the Rise'

Enterprise security appliance revenues grew by 8.1 per cent year-over-year in Western Europe during .....

RDBMS Interest 'Grew in 2007'

There was steady growth in the market for relational database management systems (RDBMS) in .....

BSA Urges Malware Legislation

With more than 1.8 million known malware and security risks on the internet, online .....

Online Retail Growth 'Slows'

Online spending in May rose to more than £4.5 billion in the UK, .....