Saturday, February 23, 2013

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 24/02/2013


Vodafone chief appointed Alcatel Lucent CEO Struggling telecoms firm, Alcatel Lucent names its new chief executive officer (CEO) as Michel Combes, to take over from 1 April 2013 Read More ...
Tesco to host private cloud infrastructure within its internal datacentres Tesco will run a private cloud infrastructure from its internal datacentre to host its website and retail related apps Read More ...
HP's Whitman sticks with PC business as revenue crashes HP CEO Meg Whitman reports that the ailing computer company has a lot of work ahead to rebuild its enterprise business. Read More ...
4G could entice mobile operators to SDN A Juniper Networks executive claims the refresh needed for 4G networks could lead mobile operators to become early adopters of software defined networking Read More ...
Dell results highlight PC decline As it prepares to reprivatise, Dell has reported an 11% decrease in revenue for Q4 2012, compared to the same period last year. Read More ...
CIO interview: Carol Fawcett CIO of Dell software Fawcett deployed a 23 country BYOD strategy while at software firm, Quest, which was acquired by Dell. She is now hoping to take her experience to Dell. Read More ...
Tax charges lead to losses for Brocade The networking firm reports record revenues, but confirms a tax charge pushed it to report losses of $21m Read More ...
Daisy Group takes control of 2e2's datacentre operations Daisy Group has entered an agreement to acquire and manage 2e2's datacentre business unit Read More ...
Huawei bets on cloud for SDN strategy Chinese telecoms firm, Huawei, hopes its cloud-based software defined networking (SDN) strategy will help service providers simplify networks Read More ...
Nutanix CEO: Converged storage makes SAN look like the mainframe Nutanix CEO interview: How converged storage will make the SAN obsolete; and the threat from VMware’s VSAN storage virtualisation plans Read More ...
Siemens intensifies datacentre focus with launch of DCIM tool Siemens has launched its first datacentre infrastructure management tool, Datacenter Clarity LC, in a bid to intensify its focus on datacentres Read More ...
iOS 6.1 security flaw allows iPhone lock screen bypass Apple may have to release another fix for its recently released operating system update iOS 6.1 to protect against thieves and hackers Read More ...
CIF urges users follow procurement best practice after 2e2 closure The high-profile closure of 2e2 should serve as a lesson in best practice for businesses contracting cloud or managed service providers, says CIF Read More ...
Businesses are more willing to take datacentre risks amid budget cuts Datacentre cost, traditionally a secondary consideration to resilience, has moved higher on IT’s agenda, shows DataCentre Dynamics study Read More ...
Cisco quarterly profits jump 44% to $3.1bn Network company Cisco has reported $3.1bn profits for its last quarter, up 44% compared with the same period the year before Read More ...
US Army boots up VDI with Atlantis ILIO flash caching software US Army Medical Command equips 11,000 staff at six hospitals with virtual desktop access and login times slashed to 30 seconds using Atlantis ILIO flash caching software Read More ...
Facebook to build cold storage facility at Prineville datacentre for old photos Facebook is planning a ‘cold storage’ facility at its Prineville datacentre facility in Oregon to archive users’ old photographs Read More ...
Most security threats in just 10 apps, says Palo Alto Some 97% of all security threats sent across business networks are found within just 10 applications, says Palo Alto Networks Read More ...
Financial attacks migrate to other sectors, McAfee finds Cyber attacks originally crafted to target the financial services industry are migrating to other sectors, says security firm McAfee. Read More ...
Superfast Wales project gets underway The first state-sponsored fibre cabinet is installed in Bangor as part of the Superfast Cymru project to bring faster broadband speeds to Wales Read More ...
News International to collapse six datacentres as part of its cloud strategy News International will close down two datacentres each in the UK, the US and Australia as it looks to use more cloud services Read More ...
A quarter of 2013 DDoS attacks will be app-based, says Gartner A quarter of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in 2013 will be application-based, according to a report by research firm Gartner. Read More ...
Businesses not embracing remote working Whilst employers claim to be keen on flexible working, employees still have their doubts around company policy Read More ...
Music companies critical of Google’s anti-piracy efforts Music companies have accused Google of failing to fulfil a pledge not to give prominent rankings in search results to websites offering illegal music downloads. Read More ...
Anonymous hit in Twitter attack Hacking collective Anonymous is the latest victim in a series of Twitter account hacks that have hit high-profile organisations such as Burger King and Jeep. Read More ...
Over half of botnet control centres in the US, says Check Point The command and control centres (C&C) for more than half of the world’s botnets are in the US, not China, says security firm CheckPoint Read More ...
Case study: City of London School goes wireless The independent boy’s school installs a wireless network and mobile device management systems to enable staff, pupils and visitors to get connected Read More ...
Twitter shortens tweets for security reasons Changes to the way Twitter deals with web links for security reasons means users will have fewer characters to use in tweets Read More ...
Yahoo to update homepage to win back users Yahoo is to update its homepage for the first time in four years as part of efforts to win back users from rival Google Read More ...
Apple releases security update for Mac OS X following Java malware attack Apple releases a security update for its Mac OS X to protect against malware used to attack the company’s computer systems Read More ...
US will pile diplomatic pressure on cyber crime nations, says attorney general Eric Holder Attorney general Eric Holder says the US will put diplomatic pressure on foreign governments over cyber crime and plans to prosecute offenders Read More ...
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