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Understanding web hosting providers - Seven terms to know

Here's a look at seven types of hosting services, and what you need to know about each

If you’re new to web hosting, the bevy of plans available from many providers may confuse you. Here’s a quick primer on what’s what in the world of web hosting.

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MOBILE & WIRELESS

Apple requirements for mobile device management software

Applying for a special digital certificate from Apple to activate MDM software

Mobility in business is now a necessity

Don't get caught in the starting blocks

LTE-Advanced is the future, but don't expect a rocket ship

The newly approved mobile standard is expected to help carriers maintain reliable LTE performance

Are we running out of wireless bandwidth?

Demand for communications spectrum continues to rise


SECURITY

Protecting your organisation's intellectual property

Cyber espionage is becoming a big threat - how well do you protect your company's intellectual property?

A simple guide to Deep Packet Inspection

How your ISP can keep an eye on what you do online

Google privacy policy letter to Congress - Five key points

We break down Google's explanations to the changes it plans to implement in its privacy policies

Five ways to secure your office email

Simple tips to stop snoopers accessing your business communications


STORAGE

Data destruction - The in-depth guide

How to go about wverwriting, degaussing and physical destruction

How to protect intellectual property in the cloud

Before signing up for cloud services, make sure your IP is adequately protected with the right provider

Lack of data scientists is the new Von Neumann bottleneck

Strata Conference's Founding Chair, Edd Dumbill, talks about bridging the data and information gap

Why Big Data means a big year for Hadoop

Hadoop looks like the Holy Grail for organising unstructured data, and everyone is jumping on the bandwagon


DATA CENTRE

Crucial Oracle flaw revealed, but is the problem solved?

A design decision made by Oracle architects long ago may have painted some of Oracle's largest customers into a corner

Cloud and disaster recovery: Load-balanced data centres are not a perfect solution

Centralisation of infrastructure configuration metadata is critical for disaster recovery

Retailers' IT infrastructure gets a Christmas boost

Both brick-and-mortar stores and online retailersare looking at ways to manage capacity during the Christmas rush

Cisco catching up with the cloud

Data centre behemoth taps new markets


NETWORKING

The new world of WAN optimisation

Cloud adoption driving network expansions

Top tips for troubleshooting Fibre Channel networks

Ten habits of highly effective SAN admins

Adopt IPv6 soon or be sorry later, says Internet Society's Leslie Daigle

Society's chief information technology officer speaks ahead of World IPv6 Launch on June 6

Home networks given new options at CES

The networking industry is working on new and better ways to connect, both wired and wireless


PERSONAL TECH

Who was really responsible for the SOPA protests?

Activist groups work behind the scenes to motivate the internet masses against SOPA and PIPA

Smartphones in a sub-zero Environment: Can yours stand the cold?

PC World Finland put devices to the test

Five ways to mix business and personal data on your smartphone

Here are five ways to access your work and personal data without carrying two handsets

The worst Internet privacy scandals of all time

Read our list of the 15 most outrageous breaches


SME

CRM trends you need to watch

Will social and mobile CRM continue to dominate the CRM landscape?

Google may not be evil, but is it right?

Privacy policies that can be changed at whim may be worthless

Juniper Networks' financial challenges continue

Juniper announced disappointing Q4 results with an even bleaker outlook for the future

Open source licences and business: What you need to know

Copyleft and permissive terms de-mystified


APPLICATIONS

Understanding web hosting providers - Seven terms to know

Here's a look at seven types of hosting services, and what you need to know about each

JavaScript on the server: The rise of Node.js

Microsoft and Yahoo back frankenstein language

Help beta-test DropBox and get 5GB of extra storage free

The catch, if you can call it that, is that you have to use the new Dropbox beta to upload your photos and videos

British Newspaper Archive: Digitising the nation's memory

A look at the technology behind the British Library's project to put 300 years of newpapers online


GREEN IT

One Laptop Per Child plans to throw tablets out of helicopters

OLPC has a bizarre distribution plan: to hurl tablets into remote villages

Orbiting robot will turn space junk into new satellites

DARPA plans to recycle dead satellites into new working ones using an automated mechanic spacecraft programme called Phoenix

How CIOs can curb e-waste

With effective policies at all stages of an asset's life cycle, CIOs can minimise and manage e-waste

Six ways to cool your data centre efficiently and cheaply

Innovative thinking about computing facility management


OPERATING SYSTEMS

Rockbox developers discuss the open source MP3 player firmware

Why the comnunity thinks they can do better than commercial efforts

Top Windows 8 features IT admins should be aware of

Compelling new functions for business users

Beyond the Lion's roar: The best overlooked, underrated features

17 useful features every OS X Lion user should know about

Linux Mint sticks to the classic desktop flavour

Experimental interfaces aren't our style, says lead developer


VIRTUALISATION

What's next for Dell?

Vendor needs to buy its way into new markets, claim analysts

Virtual firewall sprawl - Managing the unmanageable

Halo NetSec offers a firewall, intrusion-detection and two-factor authentication for VM server access

Remember the workers when building a cloud platform

IT can't forget to focus on employee experience

The year the landscape for enterprise software changed forever

SaaS, social networking and key acquisitions mean enterprise software will never be the same again




How-tos

How to protect your network with an open source firewall

Get yourself some hardcore protection.


How to fix Snow Leopard and HP printer problems

Tips and cheats to fix printing woes


How to buy an all-purpose laptop

The ultimate checklist


How to set up virtualisation for small businesses

Creating a virtual server with next to nothing


How to virtualise SQL Server

Ways to prepare for a virtualised environment




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