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How the channel can help the NHS stop leaking our data and money - Safestick Review
Why does the NHS constantly lose our personal data? Is it corruption? Is it because nobody cares? Bad management? Safestick, a secure USB, could be the answer to our problems. It's a simple device, aimed at simpletons who are prone toheft and loss. R... Opinion
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Cloud computing's hidden costs, part two
The cost of getting your data back when you change Cloud provider is horrendous, warnsMike Small, a member of London Chapter ISACA security advisory group. "Many contracts do not clarify who owns the data in the cloud and how you can get it back... Opinion
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Cloud computing's hidden costs, part one
What arethe hidden costs of cloud computing? Let's count them. There are some awful fates awaiting you in the cloud. Take for example, the fate that befell New York publisher Curbed Network, which got kicked to the kerbwhen its data was suddenly seiz... Opinion
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Can we stop all this horrid hacking with an IronKey?
I've never been to Thailand, so I found myself on Amazon recently,browsing travel books like Thailand Diaries. I was about to buy it when suddenly, a cold hand clutched at my heart. I became paralysedwith fear. What if they take the order and don't s... Opinion
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Elegant answers - how to funk up your business phone
There's one marketing agency I know of whose offices are like a library, normally. But, when a client visits, the old codger running the agency puts gangster rap on the sound system, in an attempt to convince the client they are young and funky. It w... Opinion
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Jargon buster is a good idea but it misses the real target
Earlier in the week, IT support company Barton Technology released a "jargon buster" designed to help small businesses and SMEs decipher some of the jargon in hardware, networking, software and licensing, backup, server applications and sec... Opinion
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'Hello! I'm searching my computer... on the train!'
Simplexo claims to have invented a tool that allows you to use your mobile to search your desktop computer. So if you'recrawlingup thewestcoast main lineand suddenly remember a document you need, you can scan the office computer for it with your mobi... Opinion
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GetTaxi could help firms slash their cab bills by £100m
GetTaxi, a mobile app that helps you arrange a cab, could live up to its name... If it works successfully, its developers claim it could save Londoners a collective£100m on their taxi bills. Which is great for the customers, but it sounds like ... Opinion
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Happy System Administrator Appreciation Day!
To mark the 12th annual System Administrator Appreciation Day on 29 July, Nick Cavalancia, vice president ofWindows management at ScriptLogic discusses the skills that a modern IT Admin needs to have these days to cope with current and future challen... Opinion
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UK government should open up IT contracts to SMEs, say MPs
The UK governmentneeds to beef up its inhouse IT skills,widen its supplier baseand reduce its reliance on outsourcingafter wasting "an obscene amount of public money" on IT projects. But criticism within the report by the public administrat... News