Tuesday, April 30, 2013

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 01/05/2013






Mixed feelings towards Windows 8 in enterprise
Microsoft has missed a trick or two in the heartland of its business but complex mobile working remains an issue for all in the tablet market.

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O2 hires BT for 4G backhaul
Mobile operator O2 has signed a 10-year contract with BT to build a new high-capacity network for 4G services

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US judge sets FRAND rates for Motorola patents in Microsoft case
A US district judge has ruled that Google’s Motorola Mobility is entitled to $1.8m a year from Microsoft for its use of certain patents in its Xbox and Windows products

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Fusion-io buys NexGen to join hybrid flash array fray
PCIe server flash pioneer Fusion-io has bought itself an array maker; Nexgen and its PCIe flash/SAS hybrid. Is Fusion-io’s next move into all-flash arrays?

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EMC posts record Q1 revenues; VMware and RSA star performers
EMC’s first quarter results include record Q1 revenues. VMware and RSA show stellar growth and storage hardware lags, but COO says, “We’re on course for $30bn in 2016”

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Infosec 2013: Sophos updates free Android security app
Google’s Android mobile operating system is an increasingly popular target for malware and SMS phishing, says security company Sophos

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Juniper Networks gives bleak outlook for 2013
Juniper Networks reports positive results for the first quarter of the year, but predicts tough times ahead for its enterprise division

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Apple suffers first profit slump in a decade
Apple’s revenue growth continues but profits drop for the first time in 10 years due to increasing market competition

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IBM fleshes out flash and looks to the next solid state technologies
As IBM announces a $1bn bet on flash, UK-based ‘master inventor’ looks beyond flash and its shortcomings to the next wave of solid state storage

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UK chip manufacturer ARM increases sales by 28%
ARM sales rise by almost 30% as the increase in the use of smart devices drives demand for its processors

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Lenovo reported to be in talks to purchase IBM Server X business
Lenovo is believed to be in talks with IBM to buy its x86 server business

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Blackstone pulls out of bidding for Dell over financial concerns
Private equity group Blackstone has pulled out of the bidding for Dell due to falling sales and financial concerns

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Businesses buy more speciality MIPS, but IBM Power fails
Q1 revenue in IBM's server hardware business crashed due to poor sales of Power-based Unix systems

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Mobile devices could transform patient care
The director of the health informatics unit at the Royal College of Physicians reveals a greater need for using mobile

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World’s fastest supercomputer gets 40PB of DDN storage
The US Oak Ridge lab builds home-grown HPC NAS for 40PB DataDirect Networks with 1TBps of throughput as a SAN to back-end Spider II file system on Titan supercomputer

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US team claim revolutionary battery breakthrough
US researchers claim they have made a technological breakthrough to shrink the size of batteries by 10 times yet still offering the same power

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Apple shares hit 16-month low
Apple shares have hit a 16-month low due to concerns that the lower than expected phone and tablet sales may cause the company to miss its revenue targets.

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Intel CEO predicts rock-bottom prices will fuel PC growth
Intel CEO, Paul Otellini, expects PC manufacturers will introduce thin, touch-enabled laptops costing as little as £130

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HP to embed 3D controls in PCs with Leap Motion technology
HP has signed a deal with motion-control technology company Leap Motion to embed 3D gesture technology in PCs

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LTFS tape NAS: A great idea stuck in a niche
LTFS tape NAS: Linear Tape File System offers the potential to build nearline storage at the cost of tape but with NAS-like file access. Sounds great, but when will it catch on?

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Case study: Telefonica Ireland uses business intelligence to reduce churn
O2 Ireland, part of Telefonica, has been using Teradata’s data warehousing and Cognos BI to stop customers leaving and entice them with location-based offers

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CW500: 4G to underpin ubiquitous mobile services
The catalyst for debate at April’s CW500 Club meeting was the arrival of the 4G mobile network in the UK

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Greg Mulholland MP calls for investigation after Computer Weekly reveals NHS data misuse
Greg Mulholland MP has called for an investigation into the suspension of children's heart surgery at Leeds General Infirmary

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Barnet outsourcing campaigners appeal judge ruling
Campaigners appeal high court judge's decision not to allow a judicial review against the Barnet One outsourcing programme

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Do businesses need to pay for VoIP?
Free services offer VoIP to the masses, but are they reliable enough to use in enterprises or do they need pricey unified communications?

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Ofcom: White space roll-out expected by 2014
The telecoms regulator will pilot white space technology in the autumn, using gaps in spectrum to provide added connectivity

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Another online firm hit by data breach
Online deals service LivingSocial is the latest company to report a breach of its computer systems that may mean attackers accessed customer details

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Police arrest Spamhaus cyber attack suspect
Spanish police have arrested a Dutch national suspected of being behind one of the biggest distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attacks to date

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Empowering users: It is not all about BYOD
The real benefits of bring your own device (BYOD) only arise when the right culture and mindset are developed

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CW500 in the City
The web and mobile technologies are changing the face of sectors such as retail banking and insurance. This video asks why innovating with IT is an increasingly critical factor for success in the sector?

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Hunt promises opt out for health records scheme
In a response to Caldicott Review on NHS information sharing, Jeremy Hunt has promised patients will be able to opt out of the system

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Case study: Omnicom improves security and cuts costs without disruption
The Omnicom Media Group has cut costs and reduced risk without business disruption by deploying ForeScout’s CounterACT network access control system

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Business struggling with DDoS and other cyber threats, poll reveals
Many organisations are struggling to keep pace with the changing face of security threats, a poll has revealed

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Samsung wary of smartphone competition
Despite announcing significant profits for Q1, Samsung admits more competition in the smartphone market could affect its figures

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Capgemini creates 500 jobs in Scotland
Capgemini is creating up to 500 high-tech jobs in the Scottish Highlands in plans to make Inverness a global centre for IT

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Chancellor announces Future Fifty programme to boost UK tech startups
Chancellor George Osborne has announced a programme in partnership with the Tech City Investment Organisation, which aims to help entrepreneurs and investors in the UK

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