Wednesday, July 10, 2013

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 7/11/2013





Today’s datacentres are not fit for the cloud, shows study
Some 91% of IT pros admit their current IT requires substantial upgrades to meet the requirements of virtualisation and cloud

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Microsoft rallies partners to build hybrid Azure
Microsoft is set to make a major push to attract businesses to use Azure through a “cloud first” strategy.

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Colt adds 1.65MW of additional datacentre capacity to its Dutch facility
Colt is adding an additional 1,000 m2 and 1.65MW of datacentre capacity to its network-neutral facility in the Netherlands

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Lock in fears deterring businesses from moving data into the cloud
Businesses are shying away from putting their data into cloud over fears that they may become locked-in to one supplier, it was claimed today.

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Government tenders for agile digital developers
The Government Procurement Service (GPS) is putting a cross government framework for agile software development services

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Andrew Miller MP: £500m figure ‘plucked out of the air’
Chairman of the Science and Technology Committee, Andrew Miller, says he is unconvinced of the IT savings touted by the Efficiency and Reform group

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NATS restricts UK flights as safety measure after software glitch
A software systems failure has caused the national air traffic control service (NATS) to restrict flights across south England

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CERN rolls out Oracle IT management
CERN is using Oracle enterprise IT management software to monitor and manage its Oracle applications, middleware, databases and hardware

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Will cloud services follow the evolution of the banking industry?
Cloud service providers say security will become the very reason companies choose cloud services in future

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Scotland signs deal on broadband roll-out
Funding of £264m has been announced by the Scottish government to roll out broadband to 85% of the country’s homes and businesses by 2015

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Water company trials smart meter connectivity
South Staffs Water is running a trial of long-range radio communications connected to 1,000 smart water meters

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Espionage the goal of cyber attacks on South Korea, say researchers
The cyber attack that took South Korean broadcasters and banks offline in March was part of a covert espionage campaign, says McAfee

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Tech City launches London apprenticeship scheme
Tech City Apprenticeship (TCA) programme which will provide young people the chance to work with digital companies in London

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STC doubts government ‘digital by default’ strategy
The Science and Technology Committee (STC) questions Francis Maude over how much the 'digital by default' strategy can save the tax payer

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Citrix extends remote desktop delivery from Windows Azure for mobile working
Desktop virtualisation provider Citrix has enabled the delivery of remote desktop sessions from Microsoft Windows Azure

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Privacy International challenges US and UK internet spying
Lobby group Privacy International has filed a legal challenge to internet surveillance programmes by US and UK intelligence agencies

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Video interview: Get ready to decentralise the CIO
As technology becomes more embedded in business the IT function could become decentralised

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