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A new study reveals spam, viruses, phishing and credit-card fraud have become serious issues for small- to medium-sized businesses in Ireland, costing approximately $300 million yearly, according to the Irish Examiner.After conducting a survey of more than 600 companies, the Irish Small & Medium Enterprises Association concluded cyber crime has become a growing problem. Unless something is done to address the situation, companies will continue seeing a dramatic rise in busines... Read more...

By: administrator On Monday, 23 August 2010

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UNDERSTAND CLOUD COMPUTING

Making sense out of all of the components of cloud computing confuses even many of the major analysts. It's easy to understand how Google, Amazon, or SalesForce.com fit into the picture. But who is Eucalyptus and what do they do? Does CohesiveFT compete with enStratus or does it complement enStratus? And what is this vCloud thing anyway?I've identified seven major components to cloud computing that I call "the seven pillars of cloud computing". I call them pillars because, a... Read more...

By: administrator On Monday, 23 August 2010

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E-Tourism Meet for Nairobi

Aug 10, 2010 (East African Business Week/All Africa Global Media via COMTEX) -- The East African tourism sector is set to benefit from faster online speeds, the dominance of e-commerce and the rise of social networking websites.This is more so because of the global interest in Africa that was generated by the 2010 FIFA World Cup that was held in South Africa.In an interview with the East African Business Week via E-mail, Mr. Damian Cook, the chief executive... Read more...

By: administrator On Monday, 23 August 2010

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Those IT professionals who can describe themselves as fans of open source operating systems and wish to enhance their skills by learning te... Read more...

By: administrator On Wednesday, 18 August 2010

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INFORMATION SYSTEMS have played an increasingly visible role for several years in improving the competitiveness of business. More than just tools for handling repetitive tasks, these are used to guide and advance all of a company’s daily activities. Today, integrated management software is very often the key source of significant competitive advantage.The standard response to the need for responsiveness, reliability, and rapidly increasing expectations is to create ... Read more...

By: administrator On Wednesday, 18 August 2010

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CYBER CRIME AND THE WORLD CUP

Head butts and elbows to the face aren’t the only things getting red cards during the 2010 World Cup. Cybercriminals are taking advantage of the global popularity of the tournament by preying on computer users surfing the Internet for updates on their favorite teams. So, Symantec is interested in learning a little more about your Internet surfing and anything suspicious online you may have encountere... Read more...

By: administrator On Saturday, 26 September 2009

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Willamette Develops Training Course on Apple's iPhone, iPad Programming

Willamette HDL, Inc. has announced that it will begin offering an introductory training course on programming for the iPhone and iPad family of devices from Apple Computer, Inc.The course starting on 7th September in Beaverton, will focus on teaching developers how to write high-quality, Apple applications.

Cloud Communications: A New Computing Paradigm

Experts believe the cloud is part of the answer and will play an important role in the new era of IT. According to Cisco Systems’s chief technology officer Padmasree Warrior, “Cloud will change the way the world lives, works, plays, and learns.” Imagine having access to nearly unlimited computing power on any device from anywhere.”

Mpesa To Be Launched in South Africa

LISTED mobile serve provider, Safaricom is set to launch its M-Pesa services in South Africa, Africa’s Economic powerhouse at the end of August.
This was revealed when the firm announced that its money transfer service, M-Pesa has so far netted 11.89 million customers, a 60 per cent growth as at last month compared to 7.4 million last year.