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Information Management

Crunch time for WiMax

It is put-up or shut-up time for WiMax, the far-reaching wireless communications technology

Security & Continuity

Biometric diversity

Introducing a host of innovations that use unusual human characteristics to confirm identity

Business Applications

Living without an IT director

Fundamental change in the way IT is  delivered is encouraging companies to dispense with IT management

Information Management

Crowd-pleasing analytics

The Royal Shakespeare Company’s data analysis project helps draw in the crowds

Management & Skills

Automated e-marketing at online retailer Pixmania

Developing its own market analysis tools has helped drive business growth at online electronics retailer Pixmania

Security & Continuity

Strong authentication pays off at Advanced Payment Solutions

The pre-paid card retailer has deployed a sophisticated authentication model in order to protect its B2B clients and their customers

Information Management

European Central Bank

IT director Magi Clave explains how IT has been a key enabler of European monetary union.

Development & Integration

Content-centric applications

IT leaders are getting to grips with building content-centric business applications

Data Centre & IT Infrastructure

Energising the Green IT debate

Two new reports on power consumption highlight the urgent need for greater energy efficiency in IT

Security & Continuity

Anti-virus vendors: Fighting a losing battle

Anti-virus vendors are struggling to keep up with the new malware methods

Development & Integration

BEA finally caves to Oracle's advances

Meanwhile, Microsoft picks up enterprise search player FAST

Magazine

No signs of downturn from industry giants - yet

The much-predicted economic downturn has yet to manifest in the financial results of the tech industry's biggest names

Data Centre & IT Infrastructure

Platform Computing resists a virtual opportunity

Still focused on super computers, says CEO

Security & Continuity

Kaspersky Lab lifts the iron curtain

Russian security vendor to launch on the London Stock Exchange

Information Management

Microsoft searches out new battlefronts

Software giant gives Google a piece of its own medicine with Yahoo advances

Magazine

Month in review

All the top stories from January 2008, from HM Revenue and Customs' crashing tax site to Microsoft's $44.6 billion overture to Yahoo

Magazine

Demand for outsoucring to slow

India's market share to shrink

Magazine

IT pay unchanged through 2007

Plus, money not key factor for IT candidates

Magazine

Autonomy searching for a fight

Unfazed by market consolidation, enterprise search vendor belittles Google's appliance

Magazine

Measuring brand popularity online

PR company tracks 'word of mouse'

Magazine

Executive online productivity killers

Chairmen of the bored

Magazine

Unhappiness in the IT sector

The IT professional’s lot, it seems, is not a happy one

Comms & Networking

“Super switches are the future of corporate computing”

Cisco leads the way in introducing a new model for the corporate data centre

Magazine

Life in the new world

The fact that Deutsche Bank is seriously considering switching its email over to Google shows that the cloud computing model has miiense disruptive potential

Magazine

Data Governance

Protecting and exploiting a key business asset. An Information Age Research Report sponsored by DataFlux