Europe is now 'Spam Central'

The Editor, 2 months ago

More unsolicited emails, or ‘spam', originated in Europe than in the United States in January 2008, according to security software provider Symantec's Monthly Spam Report.According to the findings, in January 44% of spam email originated in Europe, compared to 35.1% in the US.That marks a major shift from previous findings - it's the first time that Europe has surpassed the US as a source of spam since Symantec began releasing monthly data in August 2007. Then, only 30.6% of spam came from Europe, compared to 46% from the US. It should be noted that spammers typically try to disguise their...

CIOs need more non-IT skills

Tagged with: business process

The Editor, 3 months ago

You may be up to speed on where virtualisation is taking your business or how a new suite of business intelligence tools will help staff at your organisation to access key metrics, but how good are you at financial management or business process analysis? By 2010, chief information officers (CIOs) will need experience of non-IT business areas if they are to develop their careers, according to research from analyst Gartner. In fact there is already a growing trend for new CIOs to take on duties in areas other than straight technology, according to Gartner analyst Ken McGee."Candidates are not required...

Green IT or Purple IT, you decide.

Tagged with: green it, efficient server virtualisation, soa, paper, process

Chris Gabriel, 3 months ago

I have spent so much time recently saving the planet that I have quite forgot to write anything in my BLOG (I was also trying to reduce the strain on the digital universe). You see my Green IT credentials have grown so much in the last few months that I am literally expecting a call from the Vatican any day now, although I think my surname might cause a bit of a problem at the naming ceremony.It is amazing though that all end users I talk to now want to know is ‘what's the ROI' on this supposed green project....