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Sat, 20 Mar 2010 12:19:23 +0000 30 http://www.siliconrepublic.com/img/silicon-republic-logo-144px.gif http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/section/7/cio 144 18 Google may be pulling out of China as early as 10 April, reports the China Business News, quoting an unnamed Google employee. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15620/cio/google-may-be-leaving-china-in-april http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15620/cio/google-may-be-leaving-china-in-april Fri, 19 Mar 2010 09:13:00 +0000 CIO A malicious virus that has taken advantage of Facebook's own internal email system is targeting Facebook's 400m users worldwide to gain access to their passwords. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15615/cio/password-stealing-virus-targets-facebook-users http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15615/cio/password-stealing-virus-targets-facebook-users Thu, 18 Mar 2010 16:29:00 +0000 CIO Dublin content management software player pTools has deployed a new social media system that allows Lincolnshire police to communicate directly with their community online via Facebook, Twitter and YouTube. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15609/cio/ptools-enables-lincolnshire-police-talk-to-public-via-social-media http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15609/cio/ptools-enables-lincolnshire-police-talk-to-public-via-social-media Thu, 18 Mar 2010 13:16:00 +0000 CIO A powerful remote-control Trojan that can turn PCs into parts of a powerful bot disseminating spam email is on the rampage in Europe, it has emerged. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15607/cio/spam-spewing-trojan-virus-stalks-europe http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15607/cio/spam-spewing-trojan-virus-stalks-europe Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:53:00 +0000 CIO One in four schoolchildren have tried their hands at hacking into one another's Facebook accounts by surreptitiously using the victim's password. Nearly half of the hackers are girls, exploding the gender myth. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15606/cio/one-in-four-schoolkids-have-tried-hacking http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15606/cio/one-in-four-schoolkids-have-tried-hacking Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:42:00 +0000 CIO High-end e-commerce solutions vendor Buy4now Technology Group has secured a contract to design, develop and host an e-commerce solution for Pamela Scott, the Irish-owned ladies fashion retailer. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15605/business/buy4now-secures-pamela-scott-e-commerce-deal http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15605/business/buy4now-secures-pamela-scott-e-commerce-deal Thu, 18 Mar 2010 12:37:00 +0000 Business Businesses across Europe are spending US$260bn a year on printed materials, including US$76.7bn on outsourced printing, according to the Centre for Economics and Business Research (CEBR). http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15599/cio/smarter-printing-strategies-could-save-irish-economy-145m-a-year http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15599/cio/smarter-printing-strategies-could-save-irish-economy-145m-a-year Thu, 18 Mar 2010 09:08:00 +0000 CIO Microsoft is about to discontinue support for its Windows Server 2000 and Windows XP operating systems. So what now? Ronan Geraghty is Server Business Group Lead with Microsoft Ireland. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15591/cio/its-virtually-the-end-of-the-line-for-windows-server-2000 http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15591/cio/its-virtually-the-end-of-the-line-for-windows-server-2000 Thu, 18 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000 CIO TerminalFour has landed a major contract with Aer Lingus to deploy the web content management system for the airliner's new website. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15594/cio/aer-lingus-invests-in-web-content-management-system http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15594/cio/aer-lingus-invests-in-web-content-management-system Wed, 17 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000 CIO As Microsoft prepares to withdraw support for Windows XP Service Pack 2 (SP2), Windows 7 has unleashed many possibilities, foremost of which is desktop virtualisation, says Ronnie Dockery, Microsoft Windows Client manager. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15568/special-events/desktop-virtualisation-to-reign-supreme http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15568/special-events/desktop-virtualisation-to-reign-supreme Mon, 15 Mar 2010 11:20:00 +0000 Special Events Following the public release of exploit code that attacks Internet Explorer 6 and 7, Microsoft has advised that all users upgrade to the latest version of the web browser, which remains unaffected by the exploit that can result in remote takeover of the user's computer. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15563/cio/microsoft-urges-users-to-upgrade-to-ie-8 http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15563/cio/microsoft-urges-users-to-upgrade-to-ie-8 Mon, 15 Mar 2010 10:13:00 +0000 CIO Microsoft is about to discontinue support for its Windows Server 2000 and Windows XP operating systems. So what now? Ronan Geraghty is Server Business Group Lead with Microsoft Ireland. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15558/special-events/its-the-end-of-the-line-for-windows-server-2000-and-xp-sp2-says-ronan-geraghty http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15558/special-events/its-the-end-of-the-line-for-windows-server-2000-and-xp-sp2-says-ronan-geraghty Fri, 12 Mar 2010 17:50:00 +0000 Special Events Virtualisation moves IT from cost centre to value contributor. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15551/special-events/lakeland-dairies-reduces-tco http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15551/special-events/lakeland-dairies-reduces-tco Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:47:00 +0000 Special Events Wireless tech firm VisionID has deployed new technology to enable Johnson & Johnson to track and monitor stock at a key Cork plant, allowing the company to safely and accurately pinpoint its throughput of lifesaving drugs and drug ingredients in an instant. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15550/cio/visionid-puts-johnson-and-johnson-in-global-supply-chain http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15550/cio/visionid-puts-johnson-and-johnson-in-global-supply-chain Fri, 12 Mar 2010 13:28:00 +0000 CIO The buying indicators used to measure the health of the technology industry have bottomed out and are started to reflect an extended period of growth, says IDC, which has also revealed pay-per-use is proving to be an emerging. software buying model. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15540/cio/tech-recovery-underway-new-software-buying-models-emerge http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15540/cio/tech-recovery-underway-new-software-buying-models-emerge Fri, 12 Mar 2010 06:20:00 +0000 CIO In a move aimed at fueling the momentum so far with 2m businesses now adopting Google Apps, the internet giant has opened a new Apps Marketplace chock-full of third party cloud apps like payroll and productivity software. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15534/cio/google-opens-new-apps-store-for-businesses http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15534/cio/google-opens-new-apps-store-for-businesses Thu, 11 Mar 2010 14:03:00 +0000 CIO Conditions in the technology industry are finally set to improve, with IT spend expected to increase from -4pc in 2009 to +4pc towards the end of 2010. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15531/cio/technology-spending-to-rise-8pc-in-2010 http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15531/cio/technology-spending-to-rise-8pc-in-2010 Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:41:00 +0000 CIO Irish IT company Origina has picked up the "Best SMB Solutions Provider" gong at the 2010 European IT Excellence Awards for the virtualisation project that it deployed with Lakeland Dairies. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15529/cio/origina-wins-european-it-award-for-virtualising-lakeland-dairies http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15529/cio/origina-wins-european-it-award-for-virtualising-lakeland-dairies Wed, 10 Mar 2010 16:18:00 +0000 CIO Irish start-ups, it appears, are proportionately the most avid subscribers to Microsoft's BizSpark programme and according to the global head of BizSpark, Cliff Reeves, the country is putting in place an ecosystem for start-ups that Silicon Valley would be proud of. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15509/start-ups/bizspark-accelerating-start-ups-access-to-global-market http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15509/start-ups/bizspark-accelerating-start-ups-access-to-global-market Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:54:00 +0000 Start-ups BSkyB's landmark stg£200m judgment against EDS, now owned by HP, has forced the world's largest technology company to revise its first-quarter earnings. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15481/business/hp-to-take-a-hit-on-earnings-over-eds-v-sky-lawsuit http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15481/business/hp-to-take-a-hit-on-earnings-over-eds-v-sky-lawsuit Mon, 08 Mar 2010 06:09:00 +0000 Business Garda are investigating several cyber attacks on the computer systems of small businesses in the midlands and west of Ireland, where hackers have encrypted the business' data and demanded money for codes that would unlock the information. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15466/cio/garda-investigating-cyber-attacks-on-irish-businesses http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15466/cio/garda-investigating-cyber-attacks-on-irish-businesses Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:17:00 +0000 CIO Technology is the gift that keeps on giving and cloud computing is one of those gifts, Microsoft CEO Steve Ballmer last night told students at the University of Washington as he outlined his vision of where the cloud is going. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15460/cio/the-us-3-3trn-cloud-computing-opportunity-steve-ballmer http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15460/cio/the-us-3-3trn-cloud-computing-opportunity-steve-ballmer Fri, 05 Mar 2010 06:55:00 +0000 CIO The Gaelic Athletics Association (GAA) has rolled out Google's Gmail service to 100pc of club secretaries - some 6,000 people - it has emerged. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15457/cio/gaa-passes-the-ball-to-google-apps http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15457/cio/gaa-passes-the-ball-to-google-apps Thu, 04 Mar 2010 17:22:00 +0000 CIO Businesses in Ireland and the UK are still not convinced of cloud computing's benefits, a survey released by independent IT management software company CA, Inc., suggests. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15455/cio/businesses-in-ireland-uk-not-convinced-of-cloud-benefits http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15455/cio/businesses-in-ireland-uk-not-convinced-of-cloud-benefits Thu, 04 Mar 2010 13:04:00 +0000 CIO A dynamic new business software company led by former Microsoft Ireland employees is to invest €250,000 in the coming year to break into the UK market. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15449/start-ups/new-tech-start-up-invests-250k-to-break-into-uk-market http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15449/start-ups/new-tech-start-up-invests-250k-to-break-into-uk-market Thu, 04 Mar 2010 06:03:00 +0000 Start-ups The Government is continuing with its plan to appoint a State chief information officer to oversee all State IT procurement and management, Communications Minister Eamon Ryan TD confirmed at the Digital Landscape conference at UCD this morning. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15439/cio/search-is-on-for-government-cio-ryan-confirms http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15439/cio/search-is-on-for-government-cio-ryan-confirms Wed, 03 Mar 2010 13:22:00 +0000 CIO The latest security threat to hit Facebook is a malicious application that spreads quickly by enticing users to create their own app that then inadvertently clones one of the template spam applications. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15435/new-media/malicious-facebook-app-does-the-rounds http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15435/new-media/malicious-facebook-app-does-the-rounds Wed, 03 Mar 2010 12:21:00 +0000 New Media For the second year running, IT Focus has been placed in the Top 100 in the MSPmentor 100, a distinguished list of the world's most progressive managed services providers. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15412/cio/irish-firm-listed-in-top-100-managed-services-providers http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15412/cio/irish-firm-listed-in-top-100-managed-services-providers Tue, 02 Mar 2010 06:00:00 +0000 CIO Telefónica O2 Ireland has partnered with Mimecast to offer cloud-based email to business customers to complement in-house email resources. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15408/comms/telefonica-o2-ireland-in-cloud-email-deal http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15408/comms/telefonica-o2-ireland-in-cloud-email-deal Mon, 01 Mar 2010 13:44:00 +0000 Comms If you've been blushing at direct messages (DMs) from people you know on Twitter telling you how to achieve better sex, be warned. It is a clever ploy by hackers to phish users' passwords and power future attacks on search-engine searches. http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15400/cio/better-sex-twitter-phishing-attack-sweeping-social-media http://www.siliconrepublic.com/news/article/15400/cio/better-sex-twitter-phishing-attack-sweeping-social-media Fri, 26 Feb 2010 12:06:00 +0000 CIO