Wednesday, June 22, 2011

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 22/06/2011





Acquisition rumours rife after RIM shares fall following profits revision and product delays
Rumours are rife that Blackberry-maker, Research in Motion (RIM), could be ripe for acquisition following a drop in the company's share prices and sales.

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Ministry of Justice signs security deal with Detica
The Ministry of Justice has signed a contract with BAE Systems Detica to provide security services through a managed service arrangement.

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Top five tips on migrating data from SharePoint 2007 to SharePoint 2010
The business appeal of Microsoft SharePoint has grown rapidly since the release of SharePoint 2010, and users of SharePoint 2007 are now looking to migrate corporate databases to continue driving business efficiency, while empowering end-users to make more informed decisions. However, migrating to SharePoint 2010 does pose some challenges. Here are five tips to help you succeed

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UK Census 2011 database hack by LulzSec under investigation
The Office for National Statistics is investigating reports that hacker group LulzSec may have succeeded in hacking into the database of the UK's 2011 Census.

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Everything Everywhere set to profit £290m from sale of government radio spectrum
Mobile phone giant Everything Everywhere stands to make £290m on the sale of part of its radio spectrum, gifted to it by John Major's government 20 years ago.

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Germany opens cyber defence centre in response to critical infrastructure attacks
Germany has launched a national cyber defence centre in Bonn aimed mainly at protecting critical national infrastructure from cyber attacks.

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Business spending on public cloud to rocket by 2015, says IDC
Spending on public cloud services will grow four times faster than the entire IT market over the next four years, according to the research firm.

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Tesco banking system crashes during account migration
Tesco Bank experienced some problems when it migrated some of its accounts from systems at its former partner Royal bank of Scotland.

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Thousands of Australian websites wiped out by hacking of domain registrar
More than 4,800 Australian websites have been wiped out with no chance of recovery following a break-in by hackers at Australian domain registrar and web host Distribute.IT.

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Smart meter project lacks public support due to concerns about rising energy costs
Fears of initial price rises and a lack of evidence on future savings could de-stabilise government plans to reduce energy consumption through smart metering, according to a survey of 1,000 consumers.

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EC lawyers declare EU/US passenger name record unlawful on data protection grounds
Lawyers for the European Commission (EC) have warned that a US-European agreement to store the personal data of air passengers for 15 years is unlawful.

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Westminster City Council CIO David Wilde leaves for Essex County Council
Westminster City Council chief information officer David Wilde is leaving at the end of this week to take up the equivalent role at Essex County Council.

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Enterprise software market on course to pass $267bn in 2011 as global economy recovers
Worldwide enterprise software revenue is on pace to surpass $267 billion in 2011. The enterprise software market is projected for continued growth in 2012, with revenue forecast to reach $288 billion, according to analyst Gartner.

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Cyber criminals adapt techniques to follow business technology innovation, says AVG
Cyber criminals are following business technology innovation, adapting traditional techniques to steal and monetise data from new technology platforms, says security firm AVG.

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SOCA first casualty of anti-government campaign hack by Lulzsec and Anonymous
The UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency appears to be one of the first targets of a joint anti-government campaign by hacking groups Lulz Security (Lulzsec) and Anonymous.

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Bank app store part of community cloud developments
Community-based cloud services for banks, including an app store for financial services organisations, are being incubated on the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Swift) network.

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Ofcom grants mobile phone operators right to trade radio spectrum to expand capacity
Telecoms regulator Ofcom has given mobile phone operators rights to trade radio spectrum holdings to help increase mobile network capacity for consumers.

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