IT by the Numbers

Archive: 04-2008

• Anti-spyware software is big business in the UK

  Anti-virus software has long been a staple in corporate PCs. This trend continues, with the exception that the majority of businesses in the UK now use anti-spyware scanning software as well.

  Posted by Paul Mah | April 28, 2008, 5:04 AM PDT

• Many companies still ill-prepared for disasters

  According to a report on data center asset planning, up to 1 in 5 respondents say they have no disaster recovery plans — or say that they are unsure.

  Posted by Paul Mah | April 25, 2008, 6:08 AM PDT

• Windows XP still the predominant workstation OS of choice

  A poll of 1,384 TechRepublic members shows a staggering 95% still operating corporate networks with a predominant number — more than half, of workstations running on Microsoft’s...

  Posted by Paul Mah | April 22, 2008, 12:57 AM PDT

• Facebook addiction in the office

  If you are considering banning certain social networking sites from work, you might be interested to know that a poll conducted late last year by IT security and control firm Sophos had 14.8%...

  Posted by Paul Mah | April 21, 2008, 6:11 AM PDT

• Google Research: Temperature not a major factor in hard disk failures

  Logic and conventional wisdom have always pointed to temperature being one of the key environmental factors affecting the reliability of hard disk drives. That’s not the case, however, according...

  Posted by Paul Mah | April 18, 2008, 9:38 AM PDT

• CIO salaries on the rise

  According to a survey done by CIO Insight, the annual pay packets of CIOs are on the sixth consecutive year of increase.

  Posted by Paul Mah | April 16, 2008, 11:38 PM PDT

• Google puts in strong showing in Netcraft Web server survey

  April’s survey consists of a total of 165,719,150 sites. There is an increase of 3.1 million sites more than last month, the bulk of them coming from the United States.

  Posted by Paul Mah | April 15, 2008, 11:59 PM PDT

• More than half of SMBs have more than one business location

  I was poring over this report by Quocirca (free registration) pertaining to the topic of information security. However, I can’t help but be intrigued by the chart on page 3 which showed the...

  Posted by Paul Mah | April 11, 2008, 12:01 AM PDT

• iPhone and BlackBerry tops corporate Smartphone satisfaction survey

  ChangeWave Researcher, a Rockville, Maryland-based firm has found that RIM’s BlackBerry technology is still tops when it comes to corporate satisfaction.

  Posted by Paul Mah | April 9, 2008, 12:41 AM PDT

• TechRepublic's favorite Web browser in Windows

  What better way to kick off the IT by the Numbers blog than by examining one of our perennial favorite questions of all time: Which is the reigning favorite Web browser — for Windows, used...

  Posted by Paul Mah | April 7, 2008, 10:05 AM PDT