IT security
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E-Zine
07 Dec 2023
CW EMEA: Prepare for cyber war
When the war between Hamas and Israel began in October, cyber security professionals and major government and private organisations braced for an inevitable accompanying online war. In this issue of CW EMEA, we outline cyber war, patterns of threat activity, and find out what security teams can do to protect their organisations. We also look at Finland’s advances in quantum computing, how Belgian researchers have developed technology to help datacentres process data faster, and the secrets of KPN’s successful business transformation. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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E-Zine
09 Nov 2023
Heineken lets the data flow
In this month’s CW EMEA ezine, we find out about Heineken’s mission to make the most out of the data it holds through an enterprise-wide data ecosystem. We also look at how the UK has turned its back on the German government-funded Gaia-X data platform, why cyber experts are urging the EU to rethink vulnerability disclosure plans, and how the IT industry is responding to the software developer skills shortfall. Read the issue now. Continue Reading
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News
14 Mar 2005
HIPAA causes data security problems for small businesses
If your local dentist isn't complying with HIPAA's security rules, he's not alone. Experts say most doctors' offices aren't getting it. Continue Reading
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News
14 Mar 2005
HIPAA security rules set hurdles for struggling hospitals
Most healthcare organizations have one more month to meet the security requirements of the Health Insurance Portability and Accountability Act (HIPAA). Will they make it? Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Mar 2005
Winning the cyber arms race in the classroom
In the struggle for cybersecurity, Lenny Zeltser's most important weapons are the classroom and the pen.
For the past few years he has taught part-time at the SANS Institute, creating a course on how to analyze malicious software,. He's also directed security efforts for several organizations as a consultant and employee. As a writer, he co-authored Inside Network Perimeter Security and contributed a few chapters to the book Malware: Fighting Malicious Code.
In this Q&A, Zeltser outlines his latest course offerings and book projects, and what he sees as today's greatest threats.
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News
09 Mar 2005
Exploit code targets critical CA flaws
Anyone who ever evaluated CA software is potentially at risk. The good news is patches are available and a free scanner is out now to identify systems vulnerable to attack. Continue Reading
By - News 08 Mar 2005
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News
08 Mar 2005
Passwords still the weakest link
Businesses are still struggling to convince their staff of the importance of password security, according to a survey of 67,000... Continue Reading
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News
08 Mar 2005
A sound architecture involves both strong technology and a professional approach
Although many large organisations need to respond rapidly to changes in the market as well as to competition and globalisation... Continue Reading
By- Alan Brown
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News
07 Mar 2005
Windows vulnerable to LAND attack
Security researchers say this type of attack leaves enterprise customers of popular Windows products open to a denial of service. There is good news, though. Continue Reading
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Opinion
03 Mar 2005
SMBs' real risk of being online
Stuart King CISSP, is responsible for online security and risk assessment for the Reed Elsevier Group. Continue Reading
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News
24 Feb 2005
Security Bytes: Cisco patch available for ACNS flaws
Workaround outlined for new php exploit. IBM issues patch for DB2 flaw. Payroll service goes offline to investigate security claims , and BoA loses personal data on customers. Continue Reading
By- SearchSecurity.com Staff
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News
15 Feb 2005
Federal agency security still poor, but improving
Report cards give federal security a D-plus average, but the Homeland Security Department is still failing. Continue Reading
By- Keith Regan, Contributing Writer
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News
14 Feb 2005
Strategic Storage: DR planning blueprint
Developing a good disaster recovery (DR) plan is similar to good dental hygiene -- and almost as exciting. Similar to going to the dentist twice a year, you should also test your DR plan with the same frequency. Wait too long to clean up your plan and you'll be stuck with the root canal of recovering your data. Continue Reading
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News
09 Feb 2005
The Controversy of Hacking Books and Classes
Read this excerpt and download Chapter 1, Ethics of Ethical Hacking from Shon Harris' All-in-One Gray Hat Hacking. Continue Reading
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News
07 Feb 2005
CEOs and CIOs split on IT success
Business and IT directors are still at loggerheads on key technology issues, according to a new survey by the Economist... Continue Reading
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News
02 Feb 2005
Compressed files strike another blow to AV
The "alternative" .rar files are picking up where popular .zip files left off as attack vectors. Continue Reading
By- Shawna McAlearney, News Editor
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News
31 Jan 2005
ID theft remains No. 1 worry
For the fifth straight year, the FTC said most complaints came from identity theft victims. And that's a problem for enterprises. Continue Reading
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News
23 Jan 2005
Cyberstorm chasers: The folks who look out for the latest Internet threats
They keep a 'round-the-clock watch on conditions in cyberspace. CTO Johannes Ullrich discusses the volunteer effort behind the SANS Internet Storm Center. Continue Reading
By - News 19 Jan 2005
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Feature
14 Jan 2005
Financing the future
Don't get a headache working out the best ways to pay for hardware and software. Danny Bradbury offers a user-friendly guide to... Continue Reading
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News
11 Jan 2005
A 'critical' Patch Tuesday
Microsoft issues three security bulletins for January, two of them critical. Attackers have already exploited some of the vulnerabilities. Continue Reading
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News
10 Jan 2005
Security Bytes: George Mason U. hacked; new Trojans on the loose
Hackers steal personal data of more than 30,000 members of George Mason University. Two new Trojans emerge. BMC Software buys a Parisian company. Continue Reading
By- SearchSecurity.com Staff
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News
10 Jan 2005
Security on a Shoestring: Creating Internet policies on the cheap
No matter how small the organization, it's impractical to stand over employees and make sure they properly use the Internet. So here's how to write a decent acceptable use policy, and make sure everyone abides by it. Continue Reading
By- Mathew Schwartz, Contributor
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News
05 Jan 2005
New solutions for the zero hour
IT vendors are looking to fill the gap between when a virus first hits and when its remedy is released. Continue Reading
By- Jennifer Lawinski, News Writer
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News
20 Dec 2004
Fixes, workaround for Kerberos 5 vulnerability
A security hole could be exploited to launch malicious code. But there are fixes and a workaround. Continue Reading
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News
19 Dec 2004
Transforming the cybersecurity culture
Eleven New Year's resolutions can help employees at all levels empower the security function at their organization. Continue Reading
By- Shawna McAlearney, News Editor
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News
08 Dec 2004
The security lingo of 2004
This was the year of botnets, zombie PC armies and phishying online schemes. Continue Reading
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News
30 Nov 2004
Botnets target the enterprise warn experts
Versatile and increasingly vicious bots will cause enterprises a lot of grief in 2005, security experts say. Continue Reading
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News
21 Nov 2004
Crash Course: Recovery
What good is backing up your data if you can't get it back? The goal of this Crash Course on recovery is to make sure you can effectively and efficiently recover data no matter what iteration of the lifecycle it's in. Included here are also hints on how to construct a rock solid disaster recovery plan. Continue Reading
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News
12 Nov 2004
NTFS permissions
This excerpt from Chapter 5 of "The definitive guide to Windows 2000 security" discusses the advantages of using NTFS for access control. Continue Reading
By- Paul Cooke
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News
28 Oct 2004
MoD may write off £200m Chinook helicopters
The Ministry of Defence could write off more than £200m spent on eight Chinook Mk3 helicopters. Continue Reading
By - News 27 Oct 2004
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Feature
21 Oct 2004
IP everything, essentially
What are the fundamental deliverables of IP networks? How can you use IP networks to gain financial benefits in addition to... Continue Reading
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Feature
21 Oct 2004
The basis of profitability
Not so long ago, you didn't have much choice - your IT and communications requirements were acquired, implemented and maintained... Continue Reading
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News
03 Oct 2004
Training for CISSP Certification: SearchSecurity.com's Security School
Study guides for each of the ten domains of the CBK for those preparing to take the CISSP exam or expanding their knowledge of security concepts and practices. Continue Reading
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News
26 Sep 2004
Authorize.Net says it has 'learned' from attack
The credit card processing service was unprepared for the kind of attack it suffered last week, but it will use the experience to improve security. Continue Reading
By - News 21 Sep 2004
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News
19 Sep 2004
Hackers costing enterprises billions
Symantec's semi-annual Internet Threat Report finds hackers continued adding billions to the cost of doing business on the Internet. Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Sep 2004
Management matters
Cath Everett finds out how you stay on top of networking. What are the management issues related to your telecoms and networks... Continue Reading
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News
27 Aug 2004
Over-specify when buying low cost replacement for Frame Relay
A project manager reveals how a VPN saved £275,000 a year Continue Reading
By- Peter Skipwith
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News
24 Aug 2004
Latest worm uses IM to lure victims
A version of the worm which spread from infected Microsoft Internet Information Services (IIS) web servers in June has been... Continue Reading
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Feature
13 Aug 2004
Undercover operations
Computer crime is on the rise, but collecting admissible evidence is a tricky business. Helen Beckett gets expert advice on what... Continue Reading
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News
27 Jul 2004
New attacks and vulnerability trends highlighted at Black Hat
Presentations beginning today will analyze vulnerabilities, zero-day code, phishing and secure wireless deployment, among many other topics. Continue Reading
By- Shawna McAlearney, News Writer
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News
26 Jul 2004
Fewer IT supplier conflicts are going to court
Law firms have reported a sharp fall in the number of IT disputes reaching the courts over the past 12 months as more users turn... Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
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News
25 Jul 2004
Know Your Enemy -- Learning about Security Threats: Chapter 8, Legal Issues
Find out more about the legal issues swirling around the use of Honeypots. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jul 2004
Debian fixes multiple flaws
Denial-of-service, buffer overflow and format string vulnerabilities in Debian GNU/Linux that an attacker could use to remotely execute malicious code has been fixed. Continue Reading
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News
18 Jul 2004
Enterprise-class RAID functions, part 2: N-way mirroring, splitting and more
With the convergence of RAID and lower-priced storage technologies, advanced RAID functions can be enjoyed by any small-to-medium sized organization with critical data. Continue Reading
By- Randy Arnott
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News
14 Jul 2004
Continuous backup gains traction
For continuous backup technology, 2004 is the year that vendors have moved from promises to actual products. Although the market is still small -- inhabited by startups such as Revivio, Mendocino Software, Alacritus and XOsoft -- the buzz is relatively loud. Continue Reading
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News
21 Jun 2004
Users at risk after web host attack
Users have been warned to brace themselves for attacks on sites which provide patch downloads and web hosting services. Continue Reading
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01 Jun 2004
From exposition to exploit: One security book's story
A new manual that discloses vulnerabilities may have had a hand in compromises at supercomputing centers this spring. Continue Reading
By- Anne Saita, News Writer
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News
23 May 2004
Hacking for Dummies: Chapter 10 -- Wireless LANs
Read Chapter 10, Wireless LANs, from the book "Hacking for Dummies" written by Kevin Beaver. Continue Reading
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News
19 May 2004
IT experts not losing sleep over code theft
Days after Cisco acknowledged someone may have stolen source code from its network, IT experts said they doubt it will amount to anything catastrophic. After all, source code has made it onto the Internet before, and there's no proof it has ever led to an attack. For them, the bigger question is how to prevent such a thing from happening to their organization. Continue Reading
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News
16 May 2004
Consequences of Cisco source code theft unclear
Opinions are divided on the impact of stolen data now circulating on the Internet. Continue Reading
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13 May 2004
Hacking For Dummies: Chapter 7 -- Passwords
In his latest book, "Hacking For Dummies," Kevin Beaver takes the reader into the mindset of a hacker in order to help admins fend off vulnerabilities and attacks. Continue Reading
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News
02 May 2004
Return to sender?
Several researchers have identified a new e-mail attack that can be used to swamp enterprise e-mail servers, as well as some secondary systems. Continue Reading
By- Hank Hogan, Contributing Writer
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News
15 Apr 2004
Bacs launches online billing service
UK clearing house Bacs has embarked on a joint venture with a US software company to provide an online bill presentation and... Continue Reading
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News
17 Mar 2004
Best practices for enabling and maintaining compliance
As part of our Storage Decisions conference preview series, Shaun Mahoney, senior storage engineer for Citigroup, Randy Wilson, assistant vice president of IT at Essex Investment Management Company and Enterprise Storage Group's Peter Gerr discussed the best practices for enabling compliance. Continue Reading
By- Mark Lewis, Editor
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Feature
15 Mar 2004
Achieving the goal of CIO
What exactly does a chief information officer do?Paul Burfitt, global CIO at AstraZeneca, analysed the various aspects of his job... Continue Reading
By - News 01 Mar 2004
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News
24 Feb 2004
Exploiting Software: How to Break Code, Chapter 7 -- Buffer Overflow
This excerpt is from Chapter 7, Buffer Overflow of Exploiting Software: How to Break Code written by Greg Hoglund and Gary McGraw. Continue Reading
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News
04 Jan 2004
Security legislation: Where's the breach?
Security legislation isn't all that it's cracked up to be. Find out how California's SB 1386 is letting some breaches fall through the cracks. Continue Reading
By- Michael Fitzgerald, Contributing Writer
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News
10 Nov 2003
NHS IT plan risky but will not fail, says OGC
The £2.3bn national programme to modernise health service IT systems is "risky and ambitious" but it has sufficient safeguards in... Continue Reading
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Feature
26 Mar 2003
What's in an IT name?
What exactly does a chief information officer do?Paul Burfitt, global CIO at AstraZeneca, analysed the various aspects of his job... Continue Reading
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News
06 Feb 2003
Users warned as number of software holes soars
IT departments were put on alert this week after it emerged that the number of security vulnerabilities discovered in commercial... Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
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News
29 Jan 2003
Courts Libra system 'is one of the worst IT projects ever seen'
The cost of the Libra project to provide a national system for 385 magistrates courts soared from £146m to £390m, and the main... Continue Reading
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Feature
24 May 2002
Essential contacts
The security arena is like every other aspect of the IT industry, suppliers and special interest groups come and go. However,... Continue Reading
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Opinion
23 May 2002
Who watches the watchers?
The Civil Aviation Authority must come clean about how it has policed Nats' computer systems Continue Reading
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News
07 Feb 2002
Victory! Lords confirm CW stand - software flaw could have caused Chinook crash
An historic House of Lords report has this week vindicated a five-year campaign by Computer Weekly for justice after the crash of... Continue Reading
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Feature
14 Sep 2001
CBI warns on cybercrime
A new survey warns that UK e-commerce is being stifled by rising crime and consumer caution about buying goods on the Internet Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
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Feature
28 Feb 2001
Why PKI?
Public Key Infrastructure could revolutionise the way companies do business online - if only anyone would use it, says Danny... Continue Reading
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News
24 Jan 2001
Government Gateway due to launch today
Ministers were today (25 January) hoping to officially launch the Government Gateway, the middleware project that will allow... Continue Reading
By- James Rogers
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Feature
06 Dec 2000
The VPN dilemma
With traditional networks choking on data, Liz Biddlecombe investigates the pros and cons of managing a VPN yourself or... Continue Reading
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News
30 Nov 2000
Chinook: a breach of natural justice
MPs slam MoD over 1994 crash whitewash. Software, not pilot error, could have killed 29 Continue Reading
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Feature
29 Nov 2000
Computer Weekly's evidence to the Public Accounts Committee
We write to the Public Accounts Committee in relation to its consideration of the Chinook's FADEC computerised engine control... Continue Reading
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Opinion
16 Nov 2000
Solution: Internet misuse at work
Like the technology, Internet abuse appears to have proliferated in recent years. There are, however, two ways to tackle this... Continue Reading
By- Paul Grant
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Feature
15 Nov 2000
Tackling Internet misuse at work
Like the technology, Internet abuse appears to have proliferated in recent years. There are, however, two ways to tackle this... Continue Reading
By- Paul Grant
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Feature
15 Nov 2000
MoD kept RAF chief in the dark
New evidence shows that the air chief marshal who blamed the pilots for the Chinook crash on the Mull of Kintyre in 1994 was not given potentially vital information related to the helicopter's safety-critical software Continue Reading
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Feature
01 Nov 2000
Pathway and the Post Office: the lessons learned
The infamous 1996-1999 Pathway project aimed to computerise the nation’s post offices and tackle benefit fraud. But 18 months... Continue Reading
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Feature
18 Oct 2000
How to scour the world when outsourcing
Thanks to Y2K compliance programmes, it is now perfectly acceptable for a firm to consider moving all or part of its systems development and support... Continue Reading -
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31 May 2000
MoD slated for unresolved Chinook testing issues
BCS member Andrew Rivers has raised a series of questions with his local MP about the computer systems on board the Chinook helicopter which crashed over the Mull of Kintyre in 1994, killing 29 security officers and four crew Continue Reading
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Feature
24 May 2000
Lifting the lid on secret stiffing techniques
One of the UK's most experienced IT negotiators lifts the lid on some of the sharp practices used by software suppliers to get... Continue Reading
By- Karl Schneider
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News
29 Mar 2000
MoD did not tell the whole truth on Chinook software
Letters from software experts to Computer Weekly show the Ministry of Defence omitted to mention it sanctioned the very testing... Continue Reading
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Feature
08 Mar 2000
Leaked RAF memo scathing of safety software evaluation
Computer Weekly's Tony Collins uncovers evidence that the MoD has consistently undermined the authority of its software assessors... Continue Reading
By- Computer Weekly's Tony Collins
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News
01 Mar 2000
Chinook software probe due
MPs are next week expected to investigate the air-worthiness of the engine control software on the type of Chinook helicopter involved in the crash Continue Reading
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09 Feb 2000
NAO report puts software at the heart of Chinook debate
Tony CollinsGovernment auditors will report tomorrow (Friday) that defence staff put into operational service a fleet of Chinook...
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Feature
12 Jan 2000
Was Y2K a costly non-event?
Many expected catastrophe. In reality, the industry coped well and is now in good shape for the future, writes Bill Goodwin Continue Reading
By- Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly
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Feature
21 Oct 1999
White Paper: Software solutions for effective network power management
Uncertain power conditions can wreak havoc on small businesses, however, there are ways to limit the risk of computer data loss Continue Reading
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