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GPS and sat-nav: The newest business-critical risk?

...broker Jardine Lloyd Thompson Group, told silicon.com the potential of control-systems failure is something else CIOs need to have on their radar. "You... Read more

8 March, 2011 by Natasha Lomas

Tokyo Exchange turns to Hitachi after systems crash

After suffering a major outage, the Tokyo Stock Exchange hopes that installing Hitachi's equipment will avoid future problems Read more

1 February, 2006 by Dan Ilet

Natwest systems failure causes outage

Natwest's computer systems experienced problems that lead to service outages, according to reports by bloggers and... Read more

23 October, 2009

Half of SMEs expect security breaches this year

Viruses, hackers, systems failure - which will trip you up? Half of small and medium-sized... Read more

2 March, 2006 by Steve Ranger
McKinnon case puts IT ethics in the dock

McKinnon case puts IT ethics in the dock

...about systems that are usually identified as safety-critical or about complete systems failure. In an information society, simply failing to make a supermarket website... Read more

5 October, 2009 by David Clarke
Real approaches to virtual security

Real approaches to virtual security

...backups, for high availability and easy recovery in the event of a systems failure. Imagine you have a snapshot-based backup — when bringing that back... Read more

9 June, 2008 by Tom Espiner

Airport hit by IT glitch

...t have crew availability." BAA has yet to disclose exactly what the systems failure was. British Airways said the failure "had absolutely no effect whatsoever... Read more

14 November, 2005 by Dan Ilet

Monitoring staff: What the latest code of practice means

...of IT systems' compliance with the Code when purchasing and implementing such systems. Failure to follow the code may lead to enforcement action by the... Read more

17 June, 2003 by Olswang

CIOs pessimistic about their own technology

...an average of just over £775,000 each. CIOs believe that a systems failure will cost their business five times the amount of money their... Read more

25 October, 2002 by Graham Hayday
Software Reliability Engineering: A Roadmap

Software Reliability Engineering: A Roadmap

...order to estimate as well as to predict the reliability of software systems, failure data need to be properly measured by various means during software... Read more

17 April, 2007

easyJet outsources IT

...which can easily take over in the event of a main data systems' failure. easyJet operates 111 aircraft between 76 airports in 21 countries. It... Read more

24 October, 2006 by Tim Ferguson

Security risks overwhelming IT departments

...senior risk managers found 60 per cent have incurred losses due to systems failure, while a third suffered financial damage as a result of hacking... Read more

6 October, 2005 by Andy McCue

Firms failing to get their heads around back-up

What is your data worth? Read more

22 March, 2005 by Will Sturgeon

Data backup: UK firms "living on a prayer"

...singing Bon Jovi songs... A third of UK firms have suffered a systems failure that caused a major disruption to business operations of up to... Read more

16 February, 2004 by Andy McCue

Y2K refusing to die, Bluetooth lurching forward, and top secret Ginger getting hyped

...which were at risk. Or should I say ARE at risk? The systems' failure to recognise 2000 as a leap year might not be a... Read more

15 January, 2001 by Bloor Research

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