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Human error increasingly causes enterprise data ‘disasters’
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-11-17 21:32:32
Human error is responsible for an increase in enterprise data ‘disasters’, a trend which data recovery vendor, Kroll Ontrack, attributes to more complex storage systems coupled with depleted resources to replace equipment, train IT staff and maintain optimal staffing levels.


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NettApp teams with Microsoft on bushfire info portal
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology Industry

Category: Deals & Wheels - Contracts

2009-11-04 23:39:31
NetApp and Microsoft have teamed up to implement a virtualised data storage solution to enable a single, multi-agency portal for bushfire information for the Victorian Department of Sustainability and Environment (DSE).


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Data warehouses expanding as info needs grow
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-10-29 01:56:20
There’s a growing trend amongst businesses in the Asia Pacific region towards ‘real-time’ information needs as companies continue to grow their data warehouses (DWs) to cope with increasing requirements for data analysis, and to meet compliance requirements and enable fact-based decision making.



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Sequoia Voting System database laid bare but no secrets found
Written By: David M Williams
Section: The Linux distillery

Category: The Linux user and switcher blog

2009-10-21 08:36:08
Liberal US shock-blog Daily Kos gained legal access to the database used by electronic voting machines produced by Sequoia Voting Systems. The Daily Kos sensationally claimed the database violated Federal voting law. A closer examination gives a different story.


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AT&T on the ball with rugby comms centre
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-10-12 02:04:48
AT&T is providing data communications services for a state-of-the art communications centre built in the shape of a giant rugby ball next to a Tokyo stadium which will stage a rugby match between the New Zealand All Blacks and Australia at the end of October.


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Sidekick FAIL reveals danger of data in the cloud
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news

Category: Mobiles

2009-10-11 05:56:57
Microsoft subsidiary Danger admits that user data has been lost in the cloud, and is most likely not coming back.


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Growing Web 2.0 use raises data leak, malware risks
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-10-10 17:26:14
The growing use of Web 2.0 tools by enterprises, combined with an increasing number of mobile and remote workers, has created a risk of data leaks and new channels for malware, and a security challenge for businesses.


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Internode says new cable link allows data boost, lowers costs
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Telecommunications

Category: News

2009-10-05 19:31:42
Internode says it’s taking advantage of a reduction in data transfer costs afforded by the new fibre-optic link between Australia and the Pacific Island of Guam to boost data quotas and lower plan costs to its customers.


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Web analytics can boost online conversion rates
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-10-05 18:41:45
Companies that invest in web analytics can increase online conversion rates, but only if they can avoid drowning in the vast amount of customer data that many have to deal with, according to a new market study.


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Lack of technology disaster preparedness leads to business losses
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Market News

2009-10-01 10:48:04
A survey of Australian and New Zealand SMBs, and their counterparts around the world, has revealed that there is a large discrepancy between how small to medium sized businesses perceive their disaster readiness and their actual level of preparedness, with suggestions that SMBs' downtime costs their customers tens of thousands of dollars each year.


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Is your printer spying on you?
Written By: Davey Winder
Section: Information technology news

Category: Hardware

2009-09-30 06:45:57
Probably the last thing you are worried about is someone hacking into your printer. After all why would anyone want to do that?


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'Information Glut' choking Australian organisations: report
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Enterprise

2009-09-14 08:00:00
Australian organisations are choking on information, and need to step back and reconsider their processes and procedures, according to the company that sponsored a new piece of research.


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Social networks pose security risks for enterprises
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-09-01 20:41:12
Employees accessing social networking sites like Facebook and Twitter while at work pose a problem for their bosses as they grapple with the dilemma of allowing them to use Web 2.0 tools responsibly, without sacrificing their business security and regulatory compliance requirements.
 


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Teradata takes the temperature of data to cut storage costs
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Storage

2009-08-25 18:38:07
Teradata claims its new technology for transparently using cheaper drives can reduce the marginal cost of data warehouse storage by a factor of 10. It works by taking the 'temperature' of data.


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Data loss stories are deliberate misdirection
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Information technology news

Category: Security

2009-08-25 00:14:13
When an organisation claims media containing sensitive data was lost in transit, it's probably telling porkies. A data security expert says that's often just a cover story.


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Australian data breaches on the increase
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-08-10 22:01:04
Almost 70 percent of Australian businesses and organisations were hit by one or more data breach incidents in the past year, a major increase on the situation in the previous 12 months.


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Lucky 13 for Teradata users?
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-08-02 23:38:51
Teradata claims the latest release of its software has nearly 100 new features and delivers significant performance improvement.


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Telstra signs Bank of Queensland for three more years
Written By: Stephen Withers
Section: Telecommunications

Category: Industry

2009-07-29 17:35:40
Telstra has retained the Bank of Queensland as a customer despite "an exhaustive market review".


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Massive growth in mobile broadband
Written By: Peter Dinham
Section: Information technology news

Category: Internet

2009-07-23 00:16:29
Mobile broadband usage has surged over the past year, with subscribers to the services nearing a quarter of a billion globally and the industry recording year-on-year growth of 93 percent.


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Keep your spreadsheets off my SharePoint; make your own database in minutes
Written By: David M Williams
Section: Technology feature

Category: Virtualisation

2009-06-25 19:37:00
Hey you! Stop loading spreadsheets into Microsoft SharePoint. Excel may be simple to set up but you can do things differently for better results. You won’t have problems with concurrent edits and you won’t be dragging files across a WAN. Make your own SharePoint database in a couple of minutes.


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