Data Management

Blinkx upgrades search tool

Blinkx 3.0 combines search results from user's hard drive and Internet in a single results list

Update: U.K.’s NHS outsources back-office financial services

Quantum shrinks disk backups

New models of DX backup appliances introduce hardware compression

EU pushes for safeguards on biometric technologies

Report examine effects of EU's decision to use biometric passports, visas, resident permits

SAP launches SOA implementation service

Best practices and tools to help the enterprise transition to service-oriented architecture

MySQL takes database upgrade for test drive

Features designed for corporate users added to open source database

Update: U.K. government withholds EDS checks over IT system

EDS continuing to have problems with management and telephony systems it developed for U.K. government

Separating code from its environment

Programming environments shouldn't be tied to specific languages

The IT generalist makes a comeback

One person who knows something about all your operation is one of your highest assets

Update 2: HP taps NCR’s Hurd as new CEO

Mark Hurd, currently president and CEO of NCR, and a 25-year veteran, to take HP helm, according to reports