Tuesday, November 23, 2010

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 11/22/2010

Why IT buyers need to embrace environmental procurement
The toxic chemicals used to make technology products are increasingly controversial. Polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and brominated flame retardents (BFRs) are...
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Will a UK technology hub really rival Silicon Valley?
Earlier this month, prime minister David Cameron set out the government's ambitious plans to create a technology hub to rival Silicon Valley in London's...
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Case study: Banking group Old Mutual saves money and halves helpdesk calls with Triometric system
International long-term savings group Old Mutual has mitigated hardware spend and halved associated helpdesk calls using its real user monitoring solution from Triometric.
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Nokia N8 handset hit by power fault
A number of Nokia N8 users have...
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CW+: Using mobile phones to manage mobile workers’ expenses
Employee mobility in all organisations is becoming more of the norm - whether this is the occasional traveller or the permanently mobile sales or field worker, also known as the 'road warrior'. Tracking and managing expenses from a disparate mobile community can be a major cost to a business. Unfortunately, dealing with expenses will always be a cost to the business and the aim has to be on minimising the cost of ensuring that the processes involved reach the desired end result of effectiveness, legal audit capabilities and speed.
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Rupert Murdoch and Steve Jobs to launch tablet newspaper
Steve Jobs and media mogul Rupert Murdoch have teamed up to create a new digital newspaper designed exclusively for tablet computers called the Daily.
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More than 70% of UK employees admit to data theft
Theft of data by employees is common in UK companies, a survey has revealed. Some 72% of more than 1,000 UK employees polled by security firm Imperva...
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E-petitions website set to be scrapped
The government looks likely to backtrack on part of its transparency pledge by scrapping the popular e-petitions service on the Number 10 website.
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Vaizey backtracks and supports Berners-Lee on net neutrality after ‘two-tier’ mix-up
Communications minister Ed Vaizey has said he does support net neutrality and claimed that a speech he made about a "two-tier" internet policy was misinterpreted....
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Facebook is threat to web, warns Tim Berners-Lee
Net neutrality is a basic value of the internet according to web inventor Tim Berners-Lee, accusing Facebook and Apple of threatening the web's future development.
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Government CIO John Suffolk gives reasons for stepping down
Suffolk announced his resignation last week, and has now explained why he is leaving
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Fallen giant Novell to be acquired by Attachmate for $2.2bn
Software supplier Novell, once one of the most influential companies in corporate IT, is to be acquired for $2.2bn by Attachmate
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SAP user group calls for even greater collaboration with SAP
SAP is doing a better job of listening to and working with users, but more work has to be done in several other areas, says the UK&Ireland SAP User Group.
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Nokia N8 handset hit by power fault
A number of Nokia N8 users have...
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US comms regulator FCC to regulate for net neutrality
The US communications regulator, the FCC, is expected to announce its intention to stop internet service providers blocking or favouring online content.
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CIF launches code of practice for cloud industry
The UK Cloud Industry Forum has published a code of practice aimed at promoting the adoption of cloud-based services.
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Rupert Murdoch and Steve Jobs to launch tablet newspaper
Steve Jobs and media mogul Rupert Murdoch have teamed up to create a new digital newspaper designed exclusively for tablet computers called the Daily.
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Analysis: UK companies fail to plug biggest data leaks – the insider threat
Most companies know they have information that is vital to their survival and that could damage the company if it fell into the wrong hands, but insider data theft is rife in the UK, a survey has revealed.
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More than 70% of UK employees admit to data theft
Theft of data by employees is common in UK companies, a survey has revealed. Some 72% of more than 1,000 UK employees polled by security firm Imperva...
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Interview: BSkyB’s business intelligence director on making BI work
The way business intelligence is deployed in companies must change. Avi Marco, business intelligence director of BSkyB, speaks to Cliff Saran about making...
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Opening up contract data could add £6bn to the economy, says Maude
The government's move to make information on public sector expenditure available to the public will add £6bn to the economy
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