Wednesday, May 19, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 19/05/2010



Standard Chartered drops Blackberry for iPhone
British bank Standard Chartered is moving its staff from the Blackberry to the iPhone
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Will the public sector see an exodus of talented IT staff?
CIOs have warned the public sector is at risk of losing talented staff as they face budget cuts, possible salary freezes and uncertainty as the new coalition government gears up to announce its plans to tackle the deficit
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UK's slower websites to lose rank to faster US ones in Google
UK FTSE companies will have their websites ranked lower by Google than their US rivals because their websites are slow. Research carried out by web optimisation company Aptimize, found that the websites of FTSE companies in the UK were 27% slower than their Fortune 1000 counterparts in the US.
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UK web users still not secure despite increased awareness, says VeriSign
Research shows UK web users have become a lot more savvy about online security, but there is still a long way to go, says internet infrastructure firm VeriSign....
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Inadequate data recovery strategies leave IT managers stressed out
Almost half of IT managers in small and medium businesses across Europe fear the prospect of recovering data, a survey has revealed. Some 44% of those...
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UK Electoral Commission admits access to voter database is not monitored
The UK Electoral Commission does not have any system to monitor and log access of and changes to the voter database, a Freedom of Information (FOI) request...
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IT spending in verticals to reach $2.4 trillion this year
Global IT spending in vertical markets will increase 4.1% this year to $2.4tn. Gartner said that service providers should prepare for the 4.1% increase...
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Yell strives to modernise as revenue falls
Directory firm is investing in web and mobile technology to reverse the company's fortunes and respond to changing consumer demands. According to Yell's...
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Standard Chartered drops Blackberry for iPhone
British bank Standard Chartered is moving its staff from the Blackberry to the iPhone
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Huddle to use $10.2m funding to strengthen US market position
Collaboration technology supplier Huddle has...
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SAP co-CEO reiterates Business ByDesign is ready for the big time
SAP had to learn a lot about on-demand services to perfect its Business ByDesign offering, says Jim Hagermann Snabe, co-chief executive at SAP. "Building...
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Microsoft pays $200m to VirnetX in patent lawsuit
Microsoft is to pay $200m in settlement of a patent infringement case brought by VirnetX. VirnetX had claimed Microsoft was infringing on two of its patents on automatic and secure virtual private network (VPN) technology.
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German and US authorities to investigate Google’s collection of private Wi-Fi data
German and US authorities are to investigate Google after the firm admitted that it collected data sent over Wi-Fi networks using mobile units gathering images for Google's Street View service.
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Gore and Branson call for business leaders to tackle global warming
Al Gore, former US vice-president, and Richard Branson, president of the Virgin Group, have called on IT and other business leaders to help fight climate...
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