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Spam volume spiked upward a full 19 percent from October to November, accounting for 88 percent of all e-mail sent in November, according to e-mail security vendor Postini. Of the 6.9 billion messages processed by Postini in November, nearly 6.1 billion qualified as instances of malicious spam, phishing, viruses, and so-called “directory harvest” attacks, which are attempts to hijack entire corporate e-mail directories via enterprise servers for spamming purposes. That spike in spam activity went above the expected seasonal increase during the holiday shopping season, said Steve Kahan, vice president of Postini. Source: www.clickz.com/stats/sectors/email/article.php/3447341

At the November board meeting of Novara IT Paul Maguire was appointed a director of the company. Serving in a non-executive capacity Paul Maguire is a very capable and versatile Senior Manager with a wealth of experience across a broad range of commercial functions including IT, Sales, Supply Chain Management, Business Process Engineering and Customer Contact Management. Paul has a track record of focusing on change management to address problems and create effective and efficient business practices. Having served 33 years with Guinness/Diageo Paul made a significant contribution to increased profitability for Guinness/Diageo in Ireland and in International Operations. Also at the meeting the Board thanked Michael Maguire on his retirement from the board. The board expressed their appreciation for Michael’s commitment and input over the three years he served on the board. www.novara.ie

The group Reporters Without Borders is blasting search engine leader Google for its supposed complicity in government censorship, requesting that the popular Web tool provider pull its news service that excludes content not approved by the Chinese government. The group, which has been critical of content and technology providers including Yahoo, Google and Cisco, argues that the censored Internet resources and tools to produce them are unethical and socially irresponsible. However, observers such as Frost & Sullivan senior analyst Mukul Krishna argue that such companies — eager to tap foreign, fertile markets — have little choice but to work within government guidelines. Krishna also told TechNewsWorld that it was better to give Internet users in China some exposure, even if it is censored, to the Internet. “Just as a business decision, you have to do it,” Krishna said. “Over a period of time, even from a social perspective, you are giving these people exposure. The fact that those people are getting exposure to other things happening in the world is a good thing.” Source: www.technewsworld.com/story/38573.html?u=emmasmith&p=ENNSS_1c75404dcfb5e6e3449e8b9dfde4c488

Irish Broadband, Ireland’s leading wireless broadband service provider, has announced a major extension of its wireless broadband business services, following installation of four new high-sites at the Atrium in Blanchardstown, Odlums Mill in Dublin Port, Ballymun Avenue and Ard Mhuire Park in Killiney. The latest high-site installations extend the company’s broadband coverage map in key Dublin locations and will provide wireless broadband Internet access to firms operating in Dublin 1, 3, 5, 7, 9, 11, 15 and 17 as well as Monkstown/Blackrock, Killiney, Glenageary, Sandycove, Dalkey, Glasthule and Dun Laoghaire. www.broadband.ie

Web Developer – Content Manager : Location: Dublin South,Dublin West. The ideal candidate should have a minimum of 2 years experience developing websites and web based applications, using an underlying database. www.irishjobs.ie/jobdesc.asp?MID=2320&ID=776035

Ireland currently has a broadband deficit of 360,000 connections and must meet and double this target by 2007 in order to remain competitive, a new report has urged. Since last year, Ireland has fallen further behind the average and leading countries to which it is most often compared, the report found. The latest Forfás Broadband Telecommunications Benchmarking report, released on 29 November, assesses Ireland’s competitiveness in relation to 21 countries and presents an update of progress over the past 12 months, as well as setting out recommended actions for 2005. In order to catch up by 2007, Ireland needs to overturn the deficit of 360,000 broadband connections. Given the additional growth other countries are expected to experience during that period, the report also recommended that another 370,000 lines are also required, bringing the total to more than 700,000 connections. Source: www.siliconrepublic.com/news/news.nv?storyid=single4136

.NET Web Developer : Location: Cork. PM Centrix is a leading provider of software solutions and services to organisations that primarily utilise Microsoft technology. It has extensive proven capability in the provision of professional capability and services to the Microsoft community across a wide range of industries. The ideal candidate will possess 5-10 years experience in software development especially Microsoft based technology such as VB, ASP, .NET and SQL. www.pmcentrix.com or see www.irishjobs.ie/jobdesc.asp?MID=1235&ID=778053

The Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Noel Dempsey T.D., has formally signed the contracts for the construction of six Metropolitan Area broadband Networks (MANs) in Monaghan, Cavan, Drogheda, Dundalk, Carrickmacross and Kingscourt. The local authorities in the three counties, Monaghan, Cavan and Louth have come together in a Strategic Regional Partnership to stimulate e-commerce development in the North East Region, and two towns in each county will benefit from the construction of high-speed fibre optic rings that will enable the delivery of broadband to businesses, homes, schools and hospitals. The total investment in the six towns will be €13.4 million, which is 90% grant aided by the Government and co-funded by the European Regional Development Fund under the NDP 2000-2006. www.dcmnr.ie/display.asp?pg=1782

Web Analyst: Location: Dublin City Centre,Dublin North,Dublin South. Under general supervision, finds, reviews, categorizes and enters Internet pages/sites/addresses into Websense’s proprietary database. www.websense.com or www.irishjobs.ie/jobdesc.asp?MID=2581&ID=804845

Minister for Communications, Marine and Natural Resources, Noel Dempsey T.D., has announced the latest towns to be approved under the Group Broadband Scheme. The approved towns are Rathdrum, Co. Wicklow, Croshaven, Co. Cork, Kilfinnane, Hospital and Knocklong, Co. Limerick and Brandon, Co. Kerry. The 1st phase of the Group Broadband Scheme is currently closed and the 2nd phase is due to be launched in the early new year. www.dcmnr.ie