Wednesday, January 26, 2011

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 25/01/2011




House of Fraser opens mobile shopping site
House of Fraser has launched a mobile transactional website to widen customers' choice of shopping channels.
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Ovum: The changing face of multi-national mobility
Many multinational corporations (MNCs) aim to have a more centralised and unified approach to mobility, which they see as an essential component of their unified communications (UC) and broader ICT strategies. However, it is not surprising that MNCs, under increasing pressure from end users to adopt a more consumer-like approach, continue to struggle to centralise and manage the growing cost and technical complexity of mobility on a global scale. In the fifth year of our research with the Enterprise VPN User Association (EVUA), we look at members' progress with mobility and their verdict on some of their mobile service providers' offers.
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Security Zone: DLP – Did we miss the point?
Data Loss Prevention, DLP for short, is a phrase that should strike fear into everyone who does not take it seriously. And with good reason. Many companies have found themselves embroiled in legal battles, facing court cases, and even complete financial meltdown – all because their confidential data had walked out of the door. In many cases, literally.
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MP Rory Stewart welcomes Cumbria broadband progress
MP and rural broadband campaigner Rory Stewart says the goal of superfast communications across Cumbria - one of the key regions for assessing the progress of rural broadband access - has taken a step forward after three recent announcements.
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Cloud could free government from outsourcing chains
Cloud computing could release government departments from being locked into costly IT contracts, according to Mark O'Neil, CIO for the department for Culture, Media and Sport.
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House of Fraser opens mobile shopping site
House of Fraser has launched a mobile transactional website to widen customers' choice of shopping channels.
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LibreOffice 3.3 launched as rival to OpenOffice
The Document Foundation has launched the free office productivity suite LibreOffice 3.3, now available for download.
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Gartner outlines six money-making CIO profiles
A new generation of CIOs with skills to make the business money will replace traditional CIOs by the middle of the decade, says Gartner vice-president and researcher Ken McGee.
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Spam level dips
The recent decline in global spam was the result of a halt in the spam-sending activities of three botnets and unrest among pharmaceutical spam-sending gangs, Symantec's latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report has revealed.
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VMware profits double
VMware more than doubled its profits in the fourth quarter of 2010, compared with the same period in 2009, in line with the continued growth of virtualisation technology.
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Smart meter and smart grids: security risk or opportunity?
A smart meter in every home in the UK by 2017 is the government plan as a first step towards a smart grid, but how can we ensure the benefits will outweigh the security risks?
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Case study: Specsavers switches email from open source to Google
Specsavers has switched from an open source email system to Google Apps to deliver email and collaboration without requiring local IT support.
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Manufacturers must attract young people, says Vince Cable
UK manufacturers are being asked to throw open their doors and show young people factories and design shops are as exciting as banking, making movies and law, business secretary Vince Cable said on Tuesday.
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Software firms' demand for developers rises 55%
Demand for permanent developer staff in software firms increased 55% in the fourth quarter of 2010 compared to the same period in 2009
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HP to offer enterprise cloud on demand
HP has unveiled its enterprise cloud service compute strategy, which will offer UK users computing on demand from its Wynyard datacentre.
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iPhone and iPad to get NFC payment services
Apple plans to introduce services that will enable iPhone and iPad users to make purchases, say US reports. The services will be based on near-field...
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MP Rory Stewart welcomes Cumbria broadband progress
MP and rural broadband campaigner Rory Stewart says the goal of superfast communications across Cumbria - one of the key regions for assessing the progress of rural broadband access - has taken a step forward after three recent announcements.
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