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Patch management is essential for a comprehensive IT security solution
Feb 7, 2012 By Clare MuskerPatch management has long been known to be an essential part of managing software and controlling vulnerabilities but for some reason it is not being used by some. It has recently been claimed that the issues arise as people are misinformed regarding the security offered to you and your PC by...
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Google Chrome web browser exhibits new ways to speed up browsing
Jan 10, 2012 By Clare MuskerIn an attempt to speed up browsing, a new technology has been announced which will allow for some web pages to appear almost instantly. The plan is to have several pages in the background that are partially rendered before the final page is selected cutting the loading time of the chosen page. ...
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New Year brings large scale security patching
Jan 9, 2012 By Clare MuskerJanuary is looking to be a busy month with regards to patching with 3 large IT companies announcing updates to be released. Oracle, Adobe and Microsoft have all announced a patching schedule for January. Adobe has announced a timetabled quarterly update, which will go live on the 10...
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Endpoint security- key factors in management
Dec 28, 2011 By Clare MuskerQuarantine: Despite a person’s best attempts there are times when a PC or computing device will become infected with a virus. At this point isolating the infected machine is network critical. This can be done in a number of ways for example at the IP level, but the main purpose is to...
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Government proposal of outsourced police IT plan is rejected by Police chiefs
Dec 20, 2011 By Clare MuskerA draft published by the Home Office detailing the proposal for a private company to manage the police IT services has been rejected. The rejection came primarily from a funding perspective. The head of ICT for the Metropolitan police explained that the police do not currently pay VAT and the...
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Synnex Launches New Hyve
Dec 19, 2011 By Clare MuskerA brand new Synnex division called Hyve has been assembling and testing internet server hardware. Synnex, a US company, is known for its buying and selling of computers, hard drives, memory and other IT products and hardware tools- now its new Hyve division is building servers targeted at...
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Non- economically viable locations may have super-fast broadband by 2015
Dec 15, 2011 By Clare MuskerIn an attempt to enable rural English areas to have super-fast broadband access, funding has been put aside within a Governmental scheme but English councils must put in a request by February to receive funding for the project. As an IT service delivering fast broadband to remote areas is not...
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The 2011 Cyber Security Strategy has been released by the UK Government
Nov 28, 2011 By Clare MuskerFollowing up on recent online and IT security threats that have been showcased in the media in recent months, the UK government has produced a plan with multiple strategy objectives that is hoped will lead to improved cybersecurity. The strategy will support existing independent initiatives...
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HP reveals new IT security products
Nov 15, 2011 By Clare MuskerIn recent years small and medium sized IT security suppliers have been acquired by larger companies as part of a much larger trend of consolidation within the industry. This has been carried out by companies such as Fujitsu, Verizon and HP, though the latter was late in starting. HP has...
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London datacentres fear increasing costs and power shortages as Olympics approach
Nov 14, 2011 By Clare MuskerIn the run up to the Olympic Games in London, there are already signs of power shortages in London and around the M25. Currently power costs in London are going up dramatically. Stefan Haase, director of cloud services provider InTechnology, said "power in London is up to 30% more expensive...
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