BIOS Opinions: The Essential IT GuideYour source for IT news, reviews, opinions and more!Innovate Or Die!- (Found July 2, 2008 ) Sometimes, when I use the word innovate, I tend to notice a certain glazing over of eyes, and my listeners slowly appear to retreat into themselves. And I understand why, the term can feel meaningless or can promote the kind of vague anxiety that many associate ...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/op.php?id=906 Mobile Data Matters- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The plethora of technology devices we use in business today are adding to the risk of data loss for organisations of all shapes and sizes. The mobile enterprise is beginning to become a reality - in 2009 IDC expects there to be 878 million mobile workers worldwi...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/op.php?id=907 Reducing The Pain Of Migration Migraines- (Found July 2, 2008 ) The year - 1999. The place - a small branch of a national financial institution. For months, the company's planning team had analysed every contingency for their Y2K migration. After the first day of implementation, it became clear that users were still posting ...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/op.php?id=908 Unlicensed Air Up For Grabs- (Found July 2, 2008 ) In February this year, Ofcom held its fourth auction of radio spectrum licences as part of a programme to release new spectrum for a wide range of uses. Given the noise and vast sums - GBP22.5 billion - spent on the licences for 3G in 2000 this auction didn't attract...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/op.php?id=909 The 'Sick' Prove A Huge Overhead- (Found July 2, 2008 ) They say that recognising you have a problem is half the battle won, but that doesn't seem to be true when you look at businesses' attitude to absence. Let's face it; we're all aware that absence carries a cost. The problem is, a lot of organisations don't know exa...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/op.php?id=910 Keep Your Staff & Data Staff- (Found July 2, 2008 ) With 100 laptops reported to be stolen every single day, working on a laptop in a public place can leave employees wide open to the opportunistic thief. Changing lifestyles is one of the reasons why more laptops are being stolen than ever before. Our vulnerabili...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/op.php?id=911 Web Site Search: The Fundamentals- July 2, 2008 There are two fundamental options available to site developers looking to make their site's data searchable; either to use the simple search functions available as standard on RDBMS (Relational Database Management Systems), or to additionally use a full-text search...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/op.php?id=913 The One Constant In Life Is Change- July 2, 2008 When the IP revolution kicked off it took the telecommunications world by storm. Some operators acted quickly to ensure legacy SS7 networks could interface with the new arrival, but this was the extent of their preparations for the future, and many did nothing. ...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/op.php?id=914 Bringing Mobile Comms Alive With Type- July 2, 2008 Take a look around you: at the logos, brands and advertisements we see every day. Despite there being hundreds of thousands of differing styles and designs, there is one thing constant in most instances - they rely on a typeface in some form or another. Typef...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/op.php?id=915 Survival Of The Fittest- July 2, 2008 Seemingly it's the old, old problem of how to have your cake and eat it. CIOs are being asked to ensure that IT is continuing to function efficiently, to comply with legislation and regulation, and to be secure against an ever-wider range of threats. They're als...http://www.biosmagazine.co.uk/op.php?id=916 |