As of about 2pm today, Google Apps’ email, Drive, Documents, Spreadsheets and Presentations services have been experiencing service disruptions that seem to have affected some but not all users, leaving them without access to files and emails.
17.Apr.2013 15:33
IT and legal professionals faced with trawling through masses of digital information as part of the legal discovery process or for internal HR disputes can now refer to a new good practice guide.
17.Apr.2013 12:17
Targeted cyberespionage attacks designed to steal intellectual property rose 42pc in 2012 compared to the previous year, with small businesses seeing a threefold increase in such attacks from 2011, security firm Symantec’s 2013 Internet Security Threat Report (ISTR) reveals.
17.Apr.2013 06:00
A large distributed brute force attack against WordPress sites is understood to be occurring. A large botnet with more than 90,000 servers is attempting to log in by cycling through different usernames and passwords.
12.Apr.2013 17:14
Trilogy Technologies has deployed IT equipment and software across the fitness chain Aura’s eight sites around Ireland following a competitive tender.
12.Apr.2013 16:06
Dell has struck a major agreement with Microsoft to become a global distributor, outsource manufacturer and integrator for Windows Embedded products. The vice-president of Dell’s OEM Solutions division Joyce Mullen told Siliconrepublic.com the deal puts Dell in the driving seat for guiding change across a range of industry verticals.
12.Apr.2013 12:40
With Microsoft announcing the withdrawal of support for Windows XP from April next year, many organisations face a decision about upgrading their PCs still running it: one analyst firm has suggested there are better ways of putting their IT budgets to use – desktop virtualisation, tablets or the cloud.
12.Apr.2013 11:15
Ger O’Sullivan, head of ICT policy with Ireland’s National Association of Principals and Deputy Principals, outlines why the new junior cycle can be an opportunity to foster technology in new ways for students.
12.Apr.2013 06:00
HP believes it can disrupt the data centre market with its newly launched Moonshot server which uses 89pc less energy, occupies 80pc less space and costs 77pc less than a traditional server.
11.Apr.2013 16:32
Only 56pc of Irish business executives believe big data will be a priority in the next five years compared with the EU average of 76pc, a Vanson Bourne study on behalf of data centre player Interxion has found.
08.Apr.2013 17:13
Friday appears to be the top choice for phishers to send targeted emails to office workers in an effort to get them to divulge secure information and potentially cash and is firmly fixed in the calendar of IT security firms as ‘Phish Friday.’
05.Apr.2013 14:25
Hacker group Anonymous has declared its own war against North Korea by hacking in and seizing control of the country’s Twitter and Flickr accounts.
04.Apr.2013 16:01
The Irish Government is planning to run a structured exercise to test its response to simulated cyber security incidents.
04.Apr.2013 10:50
Dublin-headquartered security software provider PixAlert has been chosen by the leading pay TV network in the Middle East and North African OSN to help protect its network.
03.Apr.2013 06:02
The exchange that handles 95pc of data traffic from Irish people using the internet has said it was unaffected while a major cyberattack was in progress last week, as a backlash has emerged over the collateral damage it reportedly caused.
02.Apr.2013 15:25
What started as a dispute between spam blockers and a hosting service has resulted in the largest ever distributed denial-of-service (DDos) attack reported, which could have serious repercussions for internet traffic worldwide.
27.Mar.2013 17:16
