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Poor data classification costing companies dear

Poor data classification costing companies dear

Companies are wasting up to £1m per terabyte of data they store because of poor or non-existent data classification.
Ian Williams Oct 11 2008 2:09PM Storage
Insiders, not hackers, responsible for corporate data loss

Insiders, not hackers, responsible for corporate data loss

A new survey of IT professionals has shown how external hackers have very little responsibility for corporate data leaks.
Iain Thomson Oct 10 2008 3:15PM Security
Spam is getting nasty, says Symantec

Spam is getting nasty, says Symantec

The number of spam messages laden with malicious links or attachments is increasing, according to Symantec.
Shaun Nichols Oct 7 2008 3:20PM Security
Intercage demise causes spam levels to fall

Intercage demise causes spam levels to fall

Spam email messages have fallen by eight per cent thanks to the demise on 20 September of California-based ISP Intercage, according to security vendor MessageLabs.
Tom Young Oct 7 2008 12:37AM Security
Telstra advertising bucks trend, up 50 per cent

Telstra advertising bucks trend, up 50 per cent

Telstra BigPond has reported a 50 per cent growth in advertising revenue this year, in contrast to traditional print and television outlets.
Staff Writers Oct 3 2008 7:18AM Financial Services
Single Trojan accounts for 60 per cent of September attacks

Single Trojan accounts for 60 per cent of September attacks

A single family of Trojans has accounted for over 60 per cent of malware infections in September, according to Fortinet.
Iain Thomson Oct 1 2008 3:52PM Security
Microsoft pushes for Wall St bailout to protect tech firms

Microsoft pushes for Wall St bailout to protect tech firms

With much of Wall Street reeling from the current banking crisis, Microsoft chief executive Steve Ballmer is lobbying congress to reconsider its refusal to bail out the teetering market.
Shaun Nichols Oct 1 2008 3:52PM Financial Services
Europe leading open source charge

Europe leading open source charge

More than half of organisations now believe that the benefits of open source software outweigh the negatives, according to new research by rich internet application vendor Actuate.
Phil Muncaster Sep 29 2008 9:22AM Software
Google grows search lead

Google grows search lead

Google has seen its total share of the search market grow to nearly two-thirds of all US search traffic, according to a recent report.
Shaun Nichols Sep 22 2008 9:13AM Software
Intel study shows data centres need not be cool

Intel study shows data centres need not be cool

A pilot study by Intel on data centre cooling has shown that systems architects may be overspecifying data centre operations.
Iain Thomson Sep 19 2008 9:08AM Storage
IBM reduces desktop storage needs by 80 per cent

IBM reduces desktop storage needs by 80 per cent

IBM is launching a new product that will help customers manage virtual desktop deployments by reducing storage requirements by up to 80 per cent.
Rosalie Marshall Sep 17 2008 3:24PM Hardware
Linux preinstalls rocket to three per cent

Linux preinstalls rocket to three per cent

Linux has made headway in Microsoft's UK heartland, the PC sales channel.
Mark Ballard Aug 4 2008 8:12AM Software
Sony Ericsson cuts 17 per cent of staff

Sony Ericsson cuts 17 per cent of staff

Sony Ericsson has announced 2,000 job cuts as part of a cost reduction measure.
Simon Burns Jul 22 2008 8:37AM Training & Development
Apple sales rise 38 per cent in Q2

Apple sales rise 38 per cent in Q2

Apple has enjoyed a strong second quarter of 2008, with sales growing faster than any other manufacturer..
Iain Thomson Jul 21 2008 3:48PM Financial Services
Sony Ericsson profits plummet 98 per cent

Sony Ericsson profits plummet 98 per cent

Sony Ericsson is looking at staffing cuts after the company incurred a disastrous financial quarter.
Shaun Nichols Jul 21 2008 9:07AM Financial Services
US government increases wiretraps by 20 per cent

US government increases wiretraps by 20 per cent

A US court report on wiretapping shows that the phenomenon is up by 20 per cent on last year, reaching its highest ever level, with not even a single surveillance application turned down in the whole of 2007.
Sylvie Barak May 6 2008 2:09PM Security
Toshiba shrinks memory chips by 30 per cent

Toshiba shrinks memory chips by 30 per cent

Toshiba has announced the development of a 16Gb Nand Flash memory chip fabricated with 43nm process technology co-developed with SanDisk..
Robert Jaques Feb 8 2008 6:40AM Hardware
Taiwan group guilty of 90 percent of Microsoft piracy

Taiwan group guilty of 90 percent of Microsoft piracy

Microsoft claims that a small group led by a recently jailed Taiwanese man was the source of almost all high quality pirated copies of its software up until his arrest in 2004.
Simon Burns Feb 5 2008 7:19AM Software
Spam levels reach 95 per cent in 2007

Spam levels reach 95 per cent in 2007

Spam accounted for 95 per cent of all email traffic in 2007 as spammers grew increasingly brazen and diverse in their attack strategies, according to anti-spam firm SpamStopsHere.

Clement James Jan 11 2008 2:55PM Security
Spam accounts for nearly 95 per cent of email

Spam accounts for nearly 95 per cent of email

Spam email accounted for between 90 and 95 percent of all email in 2007, up from an estimated five per cent of email in 2001, according to a report from web security company Barracuda Networks..
Guy Dixon Dec 14 2007 10:46AM Software

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