Wednesday, June 13, 2012

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 13/06/2012





Red Bull Technology deploys 3Par for resilient F1 data access
Formula One team Red Bull is using a 3Par storage system from HP to provide 24/7 resilient data access

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Delivering value from desktop virtualisation
IT leaders met at a recent Computer Weekly roundtable event to discuss the implications of desktop virtualisation on their technology infrastructure.

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IDC: Linux drives datacentre server shipments
Linux is growing its share of datacentre servers, according to IDC, although Windows is still the dominant platform

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Apple faces £1.43m fine in Australian 4G iPad case
Apple has agreed to pay a £1.43m fine for misleading Australians about the 4G capacity of its latest iPad in a case brought by the national consumer watchdog

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HP CEO Meg Whitman tries to steady investor fears
HP CEO Meg Whitman has reiterated the company’s commitment to its hardware business in a bid to reassure shareholders over the company’s future.

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UK falling behind in cloud adoption, study shows
In spite of all the hype in the industry around cloud computing, UK IT decision-makers are not prepared to put applications in the cloud

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Juniper Networks fail to protect Linx from outage
Linx reveals protections on its Juniper-based Lan didn’t kick into action during yesterday’s outage

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London Internet Exchange hit by suspected DDoS attack
The internet exchange for the majority of the UK’s ISPs has suffered an outage, which customers report to be down to a distributed denial of service attack

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Intel makes 'long-term commitment' to smartphones
The first smartphone with Intel inside – the San Diego – was launched today with Orange branding

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East Lothian Council shaves £175,000 off network costs
East Lothian Council has saved £175,000 a year by switching from its previous £500,000 contract with BT

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Zurich East datacentre switches on direct current power
The Zurich-West datacentre, built by operator Green, is using direct current (DC) to power HP servers

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CIO interview: Rex Johnson, IT director of Confused.com
Insurance comparison site Confused.com decided to move to a single Microsoft platform to speed up development of its products.

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John Rakowski, analyst and advisor at Forrester Research
In this CW500 Club video John Rakowski, analyst and advisor at Forrester Research, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about how to ensure that a datacentre transformation improves service levels, meets user needs and cuts costs.

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Josko Grljevic, IS director at Thetrainline.com on datacentre management
In this CW500 Club video Josko Grljevic, IS director at Thetrainline.com, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about how to ensure that a datacentre transformation improves service levels, meets user needs and cuts costs.

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Colin Rees, IT director at Domino’s Pizza on datacentre transformation
In this CW500 Club video Colin Rees, IT director at Domino’s Pizza, talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about how to ensure that a datacentre transformation improves service levels, meets user needs and cuts costs.

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BlackBerry maker RIM to slash thousands of jobs
Research in Motion (RIM) is planning to cut its workforce by at least 2,000 as the troubled maker of the BlackBerry smartphone embarks on a global restructure

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How will storage infrastructure change with VDI deployments?
The benefits of virtual desktop infrastructure (VDI) are well-documented but firms implementing VDI may have to re-appraise their storage options

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Interview: EMC chief strategy officer Barry Burke
EMC’s head of strategy Barry Burke talks about storage trends and how his company is embracing them

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XtremIO: Costly mistake or genius deal for EMC?
Was spending $430m on XtremIO – a Flash start-up that hasn’t even launched a full beta product – a big risk for EMC or a clever move?

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Dell's quarterly profits take a dive
Dell saw its profits dive 33% in its first financial quarter of 2013 as consumer and large enterprise sales fell 12% and 3% respectively

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2012: Will this be the year TPM finally comes of age?
Will 2012 be the year that TPM finally delivers on its potential to provide a hardware-based "root of trust" for enterprise information security?

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Local authorities vie for £24m grant for cities of tomorrow
Government is asking UK cities and urban areas to demonstrate how they could become the city of tomorrow with a £24m grant at stake

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Security Think Tank: RASP – a must-have security technology
What should organisations be doing to benefit from the move to intelligence-led security?

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Gartner: Client server returns for mobile apps
Gartner expects CIOs to shift software development towards mobile development by 2015, with an emphasis on HTML 5.0

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Flame malware gets kill command
The controllers of Flame, the most powerful cyber weapon discovered to date, have recently sent a kill command that removes the malware from some infected computers

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Finance hub unprepared for London 2012 Olympic Games disruption
The City’s global financial centre could be severely disrupted through gridlock during this summer’s London 2012 Olympic Games

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Security Think Tank: Intelligence-led security is about risk management
What should organisations be doing to benefit from move to intelligence-led security?

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Automate testing for agile quality
As agile methodology piles pressure on quality assurance, automation could ease resources.

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SMEs up in arms over cookie law
Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK are up in arms about the last-minute changes made to policy on the newly-enforced cookie law.

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eHarmony, Last.fm join LinkedIn with password leaks
Online dating site eHarmony and Last.fm have joined LinkedIn with password leaks, as hackers focus on social networks

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MobileIron ramps up mobile device management
MobileIron is providing a suite of tools to secure and provision Android and iOS devices in the enterprise

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London increases share of UK IT workforce
London has accounted for over 40% of new UK IT jobs created so far this year taking the capital city’s contribution to new roles above pre-credit crunch levels.

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Shared services are top choice in growing outsourcing market
Businesses and public sector organisations continue to outsource operations, with demand for shared services outstripping traditional outsourcing

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Microsoft makes Azure open source friendly
Microsoft has taken steps to make its Azure cloud service more like infrastructure as a service, with support for Linux tools

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University black box cuts student visa processing time
Lancaster University is automating record keeping and information cross checking for oversees students that register at the organisation.

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