Phil Muncaster

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Gartner reports slowdown in SOA adoption

Gartner reports slowdown in SOA adoption

A growing number of firms are deferring or shelving plans for service-oriented architecture (SOA) implementations because of a lack of skills and expertise, or because the business case does not add up, according to new research from Gartner.
Phil Muncaster Nov 5 2008 6:14AM Software
New guide launched to beat the phishers

New guide launched to beat the phishers

The anti phishing working group (APWG) launched a new best practice guide for registrars today, aimed at making it more difficult for online criminals to register domains for purposes such as creating phishing sites.
Phil Muncaster Nov 4 2008 11:48AM Security
New guide launched to beat the phishers

New guide launched to beat the phishers

The anti phishing working group (APWG) launched a new best practice guide for registrars today, aimed at making it more difficult for online criminals to register domains for purposes such as creating phishing sites.
Phil Muncaster Nov 3 2008 6:48AM Security
Spammers exploit hosted services

Spammers exploit hosted services

The percentage of new web sites harbouring malware and other potentially unwanted programs has increased by almost 50 per cent this month, according to the latest figures from security firm MessageLabs released today.
Phil Muncaster Oct 31 2008 10:24AM Security
Alfresco makes collaboration simple

Alfresco makes collaboration simple

Open-source enterprise content management (ECM) vendor Alfresco has launched the latest version of its flagship product, designed to give customers more user-friendly document collaboration functionality.
Phil Muncaster Oct 31 2008 12:10AM Software
RedDot embraces enterprise 2.0

RedDot embraces enterprise 2.0

Web content management firm RedDot has launched a suite of products designed to give firms the tools to create internal and external Web 2.0 sites that remain firmly under the control of the enterprise.
Phil Muncaster Oct 30 2008 12:14AM Software
Fraud-as-a-service looms over firms

Fraud-as-a-service looms over firms

Newly organised methods of online criminal activity are threatening to democratise fraud and undermine banks and online traders, according to security experts at this year’s RSA Conference Europe.
Phil Muncaster Oct 29 2008 11:56AM Security
Legislators under fire over heavy-handed security rules

Legislators under fire over heavy-handed security rules

Firms being forced to spend unnecessarily on perceived IT security risks, say
experts at RSA show.
Phil Muncaster Oct 28 2008 2:31PM Security
Compuware tackles Microsoft source code bugs

Compuware tackles Microsoft source code bugs

Compuware today launched the latest version of its DevPartner Studio code checking tool designed to give Microsoft developers improved vulnerability diagnosis capabilities.
Phil Muncaster Oct 27 2008 2:53PM Software
Malware attacks soar to new levels

Malware attacks soar to new levels

The amount of malware blocked in the third quarter of this year increased by a staggering 338 per cent compared with the first quarter, according to new figures from web security firm ScanSafe.
Phil Muncaster Oct 22 2008 6:46AM Security
McAfee aims to ease NAC woes

McAfee aims to ease NAC woes

Security giant McAfee has today launched a new network access control (NAC) solution designed to reduce the deployment and management issues traditionally associated with these technologies.
Phil Muncaster Oct 21 2008 10:38AM Security
Distributed collaboration tools add to risk burden

Distributed collaboration tools add to risk burden

Business and legal teams must act now, says Microsoft.
Phil Muncaster Oct 13 2008 3:32PM Software
Top-end ECM could be risky investment

Top-end ECM could be risky investment

Market leaders in the enterprise content management (ECM) space could represent a higher risk to IT buyers than their mid-market rivals, according to new research from CMS Watch.
Phil Muncaster Oct 13 2008 12:07AM Software
Traditional anti-virus tools now obsolete

Traditional anti-virus tools now obsolete

Integrated technologies the way forward, says McAfee.
Phil Muncaster Oct 8 2008 9:38AM Security
Facebook flooded with fake profiles

Facebook flooded with fake profiles

Spammers and malware writers exploiting site to infect users.
Phil Muncaster Oct 8 2008 9:38AM Security
Sharing information key to cracking e-crime

Sharing information key to cracking e-crime

The scale of electronic crime is incalculable because of inadequacies in the reporting system, according to the European Union's IT security unit.
Phil Muncaster Oct 8 2008 6:47AM Security
Virtualisation set to drive SaaS adoption

Virtualisation set to drive SaaS adoption

Three-quarters of organisations believe that server virtualisation will drive adoption of software-as-a-service (SaaS), according to new research released today by web hosting firm Hostway.
Phil Muncaster Oct 7 2008 12:37AM Software
Yahoo woos third-party developers

Yahoo woos third-party developers

Yahoo is to open up several key technologies to third-party developers in a bid to encourage innovation in the industry and create more compelling, personalised web experiences, according to the firm's European managing director, Toby Copel.
Phil Muncaster Oct 2 2008 7:10AM Software
Uk's Computer Misuse Act updates due tomorrow

Uk's Computer Misuse Act updates due tomorrow

New powers will increase maximum jail sentences for hackers.
Phil Muncaster Oct 1 2008 9:58AM Security
Intellect launches security wiki

Intellect launches security wiki

IT trade association Intellect today launched an online wiki designed to give professionals in the national security and resilience space a forum to share information and best practice.
Phil Muncaster Sep 30 2008 9:12AM Security

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