Document management system (DMS)

Microsoft has dished out a new beta version of its Forefront Identity Manager 2010 R2 tool, which is available for download from the Microsoft Connect website.The new beta version of Forefront Identity Management 2010 R2 comes...

Dell has built a new modular data centre to help Microsoft process images for its Bing Maps service.The microsite, located in Boulder, California, will provide image processing support to Microsoft’s StreetSide,...

Chip giant Intel has decided to acquire Fulcrum Microsystems, fabless semiconductor company which makes Ethernet switches for data centres. Fulcrum Microsystems makes 10GbE and 40 Gigabit Ethernet (40GbE) switches that come with...

Dell has released a new line of data management products that are aimed at establishing it as a dominant player in the data centre market.The products, which were announced during the Dell Storage Forum in Orlando, are based...

Avaya has dished out new data centre networking equipment that is designed to simplify the deployment and management of data centres.According to the company, the new product announcements, which will be showcased at the Interop...

Enterprise networking giant Cisco has updated its entire data center portfolio with the new switch fabric technology, offering unified fabric integration between data center hardware and software. Cisco said that newly updated...

Twitter is set to move its data centre operations to Salt Lake City, local newspaper the Salt Lake Tribune has reported.The micro-blogging giant announced on Wednesday that it is set to build a new data centre in the Salt Lake...

Organisations have long regarded their stores of data as one of their most valuable assets.  The implications of data use determine whether an organisation functions efficiently and effectively or whether they fall under...

Gordon Rapkin, president and CEO of Protegrity, has come across every conceivable data security issue. Here he has highlighted the most common ones, along with some advice on resolving the problems.#1 – Not knowing who uses...

Data centres around the world are being tasked with storing ever-greater amounts of digital content. This burgeoning storage requirement drives many data centre managers to recommend that the business increase investment in...

Data management comprises all the disciplines related to managing data as a valuable resource. The official definition provided by DAMA is that "Data Resource Management is the development and execution of architectures,...

In the sobering wake of the Stern report, the rallying cry came from the very top. The Prime Minister himself went public with his fears, labelling the findings both ‘overwhelming’ and ‘disastrous.’ The...

Top Log Mistakes are, in no particular order, #1 not logging at all. #2 not looking at the logs #3 storing logs for too short a time #4 prioritizing the log records before collection #5 ignoring the logs from applications #6...

If you follow the media today, you might get to a conclusion that data encryption is everywhere. However, is this “good” encryption? A classic saying “Encryption is easy; key management is hard” illustrates one of the pitfalls...

‘Acts of theft, fraud and vandalism in the data centre are three times more likely to be an ‘inside job’ than perpetrated by someone who’s unconnected with the company or Centre,’ according to data centre specialists Migration...