Friday, August 17, 2012

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 17/08/2012





Slough Borough Council outsources datacentre
Slough Borough Council has outsourced its datacentre for a monthly cost of £30,000

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Gartner: Prepare for hybrid cloud pain
Hybrid clouds are set for a big fall as businesses feel the pain of implementation

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Volkswagen dealer improves customer interaction with web chat
Volkswagen dealer Parkway Motor Group is using software to enable it to keep in constant contact with its customers through web chat

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Cisco boosts sales and income in 2012
The networking giant announces a 7% rise in sales for the year, along with income of $8bn

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ONS reveals 16% of UK adults have never used the internet
Figures from the Office of National Statistics (ONS) show that 7.82 million adults – 16% of the UK adult population – have never used the internet

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In an age of subscription services, ERP is dead
It’s hard to believe now but there was a time when ERP was hot

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HP touts software for moving virtual machines
The network virtualisation solution named EVI claims to speed up the process of moving virtual machines and data sets in cloud environments

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Superfast speeds boost broadband network for all
The average UK broadband speed hits 9Mbps as a consequence of superfast network upgrades, according to regulator Ofcom

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Patch Tuesday: Microsoft restricts RSA tokens with 1024-bit encryption
Microsoft is starting to limit the use of lower levels of encryptions in a bid to tighten up Windows security

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Mobile transactions to hit $730bn as couch commerce takes hold
Mobile payments are expected to reach $730bn in 2017, with the purchase of high street goods driving growth

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BP to standardise F&A through Accenture
BP has outsourced finance and accounting (F&A) services to Accenture in a deal that will standardise the energy giant's processes and harness analytics

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How has banking IT changed after the industry's Armageddon?
Five years after Northern Rock was forced into privatisation, what effect have the many changes in the financial sector had on IT?

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Gartner: Samsung extends smartphone lead over Apple and Nokia
Android-based smartphones are gaining popularity globally

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Macmillan runs roadshows to address resistance to service management
Cancer charity Macmillan used a series of roadshows to overcome user resistance when it upgraded its IT service management (ITSM)

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Data's role in customer engagement
A combination of traditional business intelligence and big data can help businesses manage information overload

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Weighing up the options for software testing
We examine the reasons why software testing is increasingly being outsourced

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