data
Survey: 80 percent of financial security chiefs rely on FTP transfers despite data breaches
A recent survey of 100 IT managers and CIOs from the financial services, health care, retail, manufacturing and government business sectors shows that despite a torrent of bad press on data-security breaches involving FTP (file-transfer protocol), its use is prevalent and growing.
Jan 9 2008 3:11PM
Security
Guest column: Expensive data pitfalls in service-oriented architectures today
In theory, SOAs have the potential to deliver greater efficiency and economies of scale in the enterprise, through a more flexible approach. In practice, however, SOAs have swallowed millions of dollars of investment in IT infrastructure while failing to satisfy business demands for reduced costs, greater agility, and competitive advantage in increasingly fast-paced global marketplaces.
Dec 27 2007 11:10AM
Hardware
Firms in the dark over data retention
A year after the launch of the revised Federal Rules of Civil Procedure(FRCP), more than 65 per cent of US businesses remain unprepared to meet strict court requirements for the discovery and handling of electronic evidence, new research claimed today.
Dec 19 2007 11:42AM
Security
Ants, acid and business brawls: The top ten data disaster stories for 2007
Keeping honey well away from your computer and not using a washing machine to clean external hard drives may be some of the hard lessons learnt by hapless computer users if Ontrack Data Recovery’s 2007 Data Disaster League list is anything to go by.
Dec 10 2007 3:42PM
Storage
