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    The six million dollar vendor 14 July, 2011 07:00:00

    Between 2005 and 2010, Gartner estimated IT managers and executive decision makers have gone from dealing with an average of 3.7 vendors to 10. The onset of Cloud computing as well as the revival of service outsourcing in wake of the economic downturn have only exacerbated this as companies increasingly look to multi-source their services to obtain the functionality they need at a cost they can afford.
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    Virgin Blue settles out of court with Navitaire 05 April, 2011 14:43:00

    Virgin Blue (ASX:VBA) has settled out of court with the IT company deemed responsible for a failure in the airline's system last year.
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    IT glitch but no problems: Virgin Blue 15 February, 2011 22:56:00

    Virgin Blue says an IT glitch in its computer system hit the airline but denies reports of long queues at its airport terminals.
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    Telstra evacuates 2000 in Brisbane, services strained 12 January, 2011 08:46:00

    Up to 2000 Telstra employees are among those who have evacuated Brisbane's CBD after floodwaters spilled into the city.
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    Virgin Blue back on schedule 28 September, 2010 16:02:00

    Virgin Blue's flight schedule has returned to normal on Tuesday, with the last of the passengers stranded by Sunday's check-in chaos able to board flights home.
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    Virgin says check-ins back to normal 28 September, 2010 10:19:00

    Virgin Blue says its airport check-in and boarding systems are back online and operating as normal after a system failure on Sunday caused widespread chaos.
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    Virgin Blue says its airport check-in and boarding systems are back online 27 September, 2010 14:05:00

    Virgin Blue says its airport check-in and boarding systems are back online and operating as normal after a system failure on Sunday caused widespread chaos. It says airports across the country are congested on Monday, but it's working to minimise inconvenience.
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    Virgin Blue passengers remain stranded 27 September, 2010 09:33:00

    Virgin Blue's schedule could suffer a second day of chaos with the computerised airlines reservations and check-in systems still offline Sunday evening.
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    Virgin Blue system crash causes chaos 26 September, 2010 17:46:00

    Thousands of Virgin Blue passengers' travel plans were ruined on Sunday when the airline's reservations and check-in systems crashed, causing chaos.
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    Air NZ denies buying Virgin shares 16 July, 2010 10:30:00

    Air New Zealand advised the NZ stock exchange it had not bought any shares in airline Virgin Blue but its statement, made in response to media reports, did not rule out such a move.
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    Virgin Blue sharply lowers guidance 28 May, 2010 11:22:00

    Shares in Virgin Blue Holdings Ltd have plunged 27 per cent to a nine month low after the airline lowered full year profit guidance by up to three quarter.
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    Data breach: Only 16 per cent self-identified 08 February, 2012 13:26:00

    POS system attacks come of age in Australia.
    Only 16 per cent of organisations that faced a breach in 2011 detected it prior to a notification by a third party, according to an analysis of investigations conducted last year by Trustwave's SpiderLabs security team.
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    Symantec expects Anonymous to publish more stolen source code 08 February, 2012 06:12:00

    Confirms that BitTorrent file is pcAnywhere's source code after sting operation fails
    Symantec today confirmed that the pcAnywhere source code published on the Web Monday by hackers who tried to extort $50,000 from the company was legitimate.
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    Anonymous claims to have released source code of Symantec's pcAnywhere 07 February, 2012 18:17:00

    The hacker group had earlier released emails between a hacker and a person said to be a Symantec representative
    Hacker group Anonymous claimed late Monday that the source code of Symantec's pcAnywhere had been uploaded on The Pirate Bay site.
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    Kaspersky Lab CEO backs out of IPO plans 08 February, 2012 02:10:00

    Founder buys back 20 percent stake
    Kaspersky Lab founder Eugene Kaspersky has cancelled plans for the firm to go public, announcing his intention to buy back a 20 percent stake sold to a private equity investor a year ago.
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    Denial-of-service attacks are on the rise, anti-DDoS vendors report 08 February, 2012 01:34:49

    Japan named as primary source of DDoS attack traffic for Q4 2011
    Both the number and volume of distributed denial-of-service attacks are increasing, according to new reports from DDoS mitigation companies Prolexic and Arbor Networks.
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