Saturday, May 4, 2013

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






BlackBerry 10 and Samsung Knox approved by US military
The US Department of Defense (DoD) has approved BlackBerry and Samsung mobile devices for use on its networks

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University does the maths and dumps HDS for Nexenta storage software
Greenwich university school of computing and maths opts for Nexenta storage software on commodity hardware and gains 20% savings

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Can hyperscale computing eclipse enterprise storage?
Pioneered by Facebook and Google, hyperscale computing and storage is built on cheap commodity parts with redundancy at device level

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95% of local councils share services
Hundreds of local councils are sharing services as government cuts force them to fund new ways of providing services

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Security Think Tank: BYOD security: policy, control, containment, and management
With the growth of BYOD, what security measures can IT take to ensure security of enterprise data – and does MDM have a role?

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Netherlands considers hacking powers for police
The Netherlands government considers legislation to give police powers to hack into computers, install spyware and read emails

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Why IT education is failing
There are a plethora of UK IT educational projects and initiatives but no focus or urgency to channel the energy of teachers, says entrepreneur, Rick Chandler.

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Can VMware capture the cloud with its software-defined datacentre strategy?
According to VMware, a software defined datatcentre is the foundation of a hybrid cloud to help businesses deliver ITaaS

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Case Study: Solihull Council picks Juniper for BYOD
The Metropolitan Borough Council upgrades its bring your own device system and reaps the benefits of more efficient staff

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Salesforce readies UK datacentre for 2014
The UK government and regulated industries will have to wait until 2014 before Salesforce.com establishes a UK datacentre

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Training may be key to website security, study shows
WhiteHat Website Security Statistics Report says vulnerabilities declined in the past year, but most sites had at least one vulnerability

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Report into Post Office Horizon system expected in July
The findings of an independent investigation into the Post Office's Horizon accounting system are expected to be published in July

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Security Think Tank: Embrace BYOD, but be wary of the risks
With BYOD and the growth of the personal cloud being used at work, what security measures can IT take to ensure security of enterprise data and does MDM really have a role in security?

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Most UK firms lack data transfer visibility, study shows
Four out of five UK organisations have little or no visibility of data movement, a study has revealed

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IT apprenticeships created for SME organisations
A partnership between the National Skills Academy for IT, the training provider NITP, and BT has created over 100 apprenticeships in the UK

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MPs to recall Google executives to explain tax position
Google is to be recalled to parliament to explain the company’s tax position following an investigation into its business practices

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Google Android takes tablet OS market share crown from Apple iOS
Google's Android operating system (OS) took 56.5% of the tablet OS market in the first quarter of 2013 but Apple's iPad sold the most devices

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G-Cloud spending boosts UK SME Memset’s revenue
UK SME Memset saw its revenue from G-Cloud increase by 38% in six months due to public sector cloud initiatives

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Facebook delivers on mobile growth
Facebook delivered growth in the mobile market in the first quarter of 2013 with mobile advertising representing 30% of advertising revenue

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Public cloud: Ready for business?
Cloud computing is moving beyond small companies, start-ups and software development to the era of full-scale enterprise deployments.

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CW500: Simon Townsend, AppSense
In this CW500 Club video, Simon Townsend, AppSense, talks to Bryan Glick about the challenges of mobile and the opportunities from 4G.

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