Friday, February 18, 2011

IT News HeadLines (ComputerWeekly) 17/02/2011




Businesses the main victim as cyber crime costs UK plc £27bn
Businesses are the main targets of cyber crime, which is costing the economy around £27bn a year, according to a report from the Office of Cyber Security and consultancy Detica.
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Mobile payments will change UK banking, says Barclaycard
The launch of the first mobile payments system in the UK will cause a shift in the traditional model of banking, according to Barclaycard.
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Video: How compatible are your applications?
In this video ComputerWeekly.com's Cliff Saran, speaks to Greg Lambert, chief technical architect at application compatibility company, ChangeBase.
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Mobile apps competition puts women online in the developing world
Vodafone is sponsoring a competition to encourage developers to build mobile apps for women in developing countries.
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Lenovo third-quarter profit grows 25%
Chinese PC manufacturer Lenovo has reported a 25% increase in profits for its third fiscal quarter.
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Orange rolls out pre-paid contactless cash card with Mastercard
Orange has introduced its Orange Cash pre-paid card, which uses Mastercard's PayPass contactless card technology for purchases under the value of £15.
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London Stock Exchange works with partners to resolve technology migration problems
The London Stock Exchange says some data providers have not been able to get their systems ready for the new core trading platform to which it migrated this week.
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Industry welcomes technology hubs
The Science and Technology Committee has welcomed the government's commitment to invest £200m in new technology hubs,
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Businesses the main victim as cyber crime costs UK plc £27bn
Businesses are the main targets of cyber crime, which is costing the economy around £27bn a year, according to a report from the Office of Cyber Security and consultancy Detica.
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IT graduates 'lack business skills' needed to meet job demands
Despite increased demand for IT staff in the past year, graduate candidates with technical skills lack necessary business know-how, according to a report.
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Mobile payments will change UK banking, says Barclaycard
The launch of the first mobile payments system in the UK will cause a shift in the traditional model of banking, according to Barclaycard.
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Coca-Cola delivers real-time tracking with BusinessObjects
Coca-Cola North America has gone live with the SAP BusinessObjects supply chain performance management application.
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Broadband speed is key to Virgin Media results and future
Heavy consumer demand for high-speed broadband helped push Virgin Media's (VM) sales up 5.8% to a record £3.8bn for 2010, as average revenue per cable user (ARPU) rose almost 5% to £47.51.
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Government makes changes to immigration scheme
The government has announced the details of changes it will make to the Intra Company Transfer (ICT) scheme, which has been criticised for being open to...
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£100m cap on government IT deals 'may not be implemented'
The government's commitment to set a £100m limit on IT contracts may not be implemented, according to the National Audit Office (NAO).
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Mobile apps competition puts women online in the developing world
Vodafone is sponsoring a competition to encourage developers to build mobile apps for women in developing countries.
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Google rivals Apple with One Pass digital subscription service
Google has introduced an online payment service for digital content called Google One Pass, rivalling Apple's digital subscription service announced this week.
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Lenovo third-quarter profit grows 25%
Chinese PC manufacturer Lenovo has reported a 25% increase in profits for its third fiscal quarter.
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National Audit Office to probe government IT strategy
The National Audit Office (NAO) has launched a report examining the government's new approach to ICT, ahead of the new IT strategy to be published in the spring.
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RSA 2011: RSA, EMC and VMWare advise on defending against advanced persistent threats
Security leaders have outlined ways organisations can better defend against advanced persistent threats (APTs) in a paper published by RSA, the security division of EMC.
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RSA 2011: Easy to overlook cybersecurity improvements, says Schneier
It is easy to forget that cyber security is much better now than at the dawn of the internet age, according to Bruce Schneier, chief security technology officer at BT.
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Information security professionals must keep skills up to date
There is a clear gap in skills needed to protect organisations, a study has revealed.
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Achieve online safety through collective defence, says Microsoft
Internet users are facing increasingly complex threats they can't defend themselves against, according to Microsoft.
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RSA 2011: Art Coviello champions trust in cloud computing in executive chairman role
EMC's promotion of Art Coviello to the role of executive chairman of security division at RSA, will enable him to champion trust in cloud computing.
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