Cheshire Constabulary has adopted software from SolarWinds to monitor and track the performance of its IT systems across the county. The police force has headquarters in Winsford, between Manchester and Liverpool, and serves almost one ...
Tags: software, SolarWinds, IT systems, monitoring and management system
Computerworld-The apps for Microsoft's new Windows operating systems are good enough to entice early buyers of tablets and other touch devices,analysts said Sunday. But the jury remains out on Microsoft's long-term chances of winning its ...
Tags: RT flop, touch devices, Windows 8, Windows RT
As General Motors brings its heavily outsourced IT environment in-house, we examine whether the decision is likely to trigger other companies into similar transitions or whether it will be a one-off. General Motors (GM) announced earlier ...
Tags: General Motors, IT services, HP, EDS
The imminent arrival of Hurricane Sandy has caused Google to cancel an event in New York today where it was to show off new Nexus devices. The"super storm"has seen US authorities shutting down much of the Atlantic seaboard,putting the ...
Tags: Google, product launches, Apple's iPad, Microsoft's Surface
CSO-It was almost a year ago that a curious mathematician with no real Internet security training was able to walk through a gaping security hole left by Google--a weak email cryptographic key. But most security experts say that while the ...
Tags: Google, Email Security, Catastrophe, Internet security
Holland-based LeaseWeb has opted for storage software from Nexenta on commodity hardware as a platform for its cloud computing platform. The company chose Nexenta over HP, IBM, NetApp and open source storage products for the project, which ...
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Only around 13% of organisations are aware that printers and multi-function devices represent a threat to information security, Xerox has claimed. "Many organisations do not even realise that these devices are connected to the internet," ...
Tags: printers, multi-function devices, information security, embedding malware
After McAfee CTO Michael Fey yesterday pledged a multivendor future for the company as part of its dedication to stepping up real-time,global threat reporting in its software,Computing caught up with some partners and customers for their ...
Tags: McAfee, Tyco, McAfee FOCUS 2012, BYOD security products
Enterprise IT on the go with Windows 8 Windows 8 and the XP legacy What next for Windows 8 With the launch of Windows 8,Microsoft is taking a step into the unknown.In a bid to stop its lucrative PC operating system(OS)business losing ...
Tags: Windows 8 OS, Enterprise IT, Geoff Connell, Newham
Hewlett-Packard CEO Meg Whitman took to the stage at Gartner's Symposium/ITexpo here Wednesday looking to convince customers that HP is on solid footing. She emphasized the tech pioneer's commitment to research and development, security ...
Tags: HP, security systems, low powered servers, smartphone
The name Foxconn has become shorthand for the human costs of building the iPhone in China, linking Apple to bad publicity about worker suicides, deaths from a plant explosion and rioting factory workers. But many other companies besides ...
Tags: Foxconn, Apple, iPhone, electronics, TVs, handsets, PCs
Hewlett-Packard's Envy X2 tablet-laptop hybrid will cost from $849.99 when it starts shipping in the U.S on Nov. 14, the company revealed on Wednesday. The Envy X2 is one of several products that use Microsoft's Windows 8 operating system ...
Tags: tablet, laptop, operating system, PC, Windows 8
Suffolk Coastal Port Health Authority has upgraded its storage infrastructure to support a web-based core database application. Suffolk Coastal Port Health Authority (SCPHA) replaced its legacy information management system with a ...
There is no question that vendors that don't offer software-as-a-service(SaaS)products are risking market share.It's been true in almost every market,where disruptive companies such as Salesforce in customer relationship management(CRM)or ...
Tags: HP, SaaS service desk, CRM, SaaS product
The acquisition, which follows the recent integration of ICM Packaging, is part of Positive's vision to become its customers' preferred supplier, and provides the company with new label packaging equipment and infrastructure. Positive ...
Tags: Positive Packaging, acquires, SGRE Labels, packaging, self-adhesive labels