Stories by Sandra Rossi

Federal government announces technology research grants

The federal government today announced more than $5.9 million in funding for counter-terrorism science and technology research as part of the Office of National Security's, Research Support for Counter-Terrorism (RSCT) program.

Green IT spend to outstrip Y2K within two years

Within two years, most big businesses will be on their way to spending three times as much on systems for carbon accounting and sustainability reporting compared to what they spent on Y2K, according to analyst and research firm, S2 Intelligence.

Data Management Edition #4: Data loss tools failing.

In this week's data management edition of CW Live, software is put to the test. Technology is failing to keep pace with the explosive growth in enterprise data with customers claiming some data loss prevention tools are too complex and difficult to use.

Computerworld Live Podcast #95: Beyond Convergence

CW Live talks to Manfred Arndt, the man responsible for architecting IP telephony and multimedia capabilities in ProCurve's networking products. As a distinguished technologist at Hewlett Packard, Arndt is ideally placed to talk about building networks to support convergence and the security issues to impact unified communications. In this special tech report, he also talks about key standards today and in the future.

Utility eliminates downtime threats with backup solution

Rous Water, the regional water supply authority for four north-eastern NSW council areas, has introduced a risk management solution that protects its operations from any significant disruption caused by computer downtime.

Luxury car retailer eliminates spam burn out

After experiencing its fair share of virus attacks as well as dealing with the ongoing problem of spam overwhelming the corporate network, luxury car retailer Brisbane BMW, made the decision to upgrade its e-mail management system.

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