Pardon me, your listserv is showing USA '08 More than 35,000 students, faculty, and staff at George Mason University in Virginia awoke on Tuesday to a find an urgent email purporting to be from their provost.… Full published article at: Read More »

Open source independence Open source groupware software maker Open-Xchange has reeled in $9m in its second round of venture capital funding.… Full published article at: Read More »

Welcome to tier zero NetApp has abruptly extended its flash solid state drive (SSD) storage strategy by admitting a second use case into its SSD universe, one for specific workload acceleration through a tier zero drive shelf.… Full published article at: Read More »

'Bandwidth hogs' and all that Following in the footsteps of Time Warner Cable, AT&T is exposing a small collection of American guinea pigs to the metered internet.… Full published article at: Read More »

Why change passwords when you've got a baseball bat? An IT manager was sentenced to a year and a day in prison for hacking into his former employer's computer system and opening its mail server to the public.… Full published article at: Read More »

Angelica Mari, Computing, Tuesday 4 November 2008 at 16:43:00 Outsourcing deal should deliver service and cost efficiencies Liverpool City Council's service provision arm has closed a £33m deal with BT for the expansion of its social care call centre. The deal will see Liverpool Direct Limited (LDL), a public-private partnership between BT and the council, continuing to support the authority's Careline service by transferring customer contact support to its contact centre to improve call handling and cut costs. "Careline is the cornerstone of our provision of care and support to the city's...Read More »

Angelica Mari, Computing, Tuesday 4 November 2008 at 17:39:00 But tight cost control remains a priority to sustain funding for internal infrastructure Marks & Spencer has reported a 43 per cent drop in net profit for the first half of the year. Net profit during the six months to 27 September fell to £223m from £393m a year earlier, while revenue reached £4.2bn. The retailer said that it will continue to cut costs while improving operational efficiency, and claimed that its IT systems are set-up to weather the recession. One of the key priorities for the...Read More »

Angelica Mari, Computing, Tuesday 4 November 2008 at 17:14:00 But tight cost control remains a priority to sustain funding for internal infrastructure Marks & Spencer has pledged to keep cutting costs while improving operational efficiency and its IT set-up as it bids to stave off the impact of recession - which has already resulted in a 43 per cent drop in profits for the first half of the year. The retailer today reported net profit during the six months to 27 September fell to £223m from £393m a year earlier. Revenue over that period reached £4.2bn....Read More »

Rosalie Marshall, Computing, Tuesday 4 November 2008 at 16:49:00 NHS Lothian implements access controls NHS Lothian is ramping up the patient information security following a recent data loss incident. The Scottish Trust is implementing access management security from Lumension Security to restrict network access to approved devices. This is being complemented with end-point control technology from Becrypt. “Recent well-publicised incidents have highlighted the need to ensure that ICT systems are robust and offer the proper levels of security and that regular staff training is conducted to ensure the proper management of patient records is adhered to,”...Read More »

Elite in charge? Members of the Debian community are up in arms following a surprise announcement over the way project participants are vetted and organized.… Full published article at: Read More »