John Chen agrees to steer BlackBerry survival strategy
CEO Thorsten Heins resigns from BlackBerry board as the ailing firm gets a $1bn cash injection from Fairfax Financial Holdings Ltd
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How to finance next year's IT programme
Finance and insurance firms are beginning to tailor products and services specifically targeted at CIOs and IT procurement teams.
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Red Hat and Intel launch educational initiative to drive OpenStack cloud adoption
Red Hat and Intel have collaborated to launch an initiative called On-Ramp to Enterprise OpenStack to help accelerate enterprise uptake of OpenStack
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Teradata goes cost neutral in the cloud
Teradata has announced that its database, analytics platform and applications will also be available in the cloud, initially in the US
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G-Cloud raises the ceiling again for government IT procurement
The fourth version of of G-Cloud - G4 - has gone live, aiming to provide more SMEs a chance to win government IT contracts
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Emulex ExpressLane and CrossLink boost HBAs for flash and Hadoop
Storage card maker Emulex has added QoS prioritisation for flash storage and leveraged RDMA via Fibre Channel to increase server performance in clustered operations such as Hadoop
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Study finds cloud computing the most valued enterprise IT skill
Cloud computing overtakes virtualisation, security, BI, database and project management as the most valued enterprise IT skill
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Uncertain energy policies crippling UK datacentre industry’s future
Uncertainty on energy policies could cause potential investors in the UK’s datacentre industry to look abroad instead, experts warn
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CIO Interview: Ann-Marie Rafferty, head of IT, Access, on partnership models
Ann-Marie Rafferty, who heads up IT for the partnership between Serco and Glasgow council, discusses strategic frameworks
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Six tips to help you negotiate the best deal with your datacentre provider
Your willingness to negotiate can make a big difference to the deal you get, says Anthony Day, associate at law firm DLA Piper
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Capital markets set to increase cloud investment, predicts Ovum
Both the buy side and sell side of the capital markets are set to increase their IT spend on cloud computing services, says research firm
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Help for Heroes picks hybrid cloud to optimise databases and website
Help for Heroes is building a hybrid cloud to optimise performance and resilience of the charity’s websites and databases
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Samsung reports record Q3 profits of £4.8bn
Samsung has reported record third quarter profits of £4.8bn driven mainly by revenues from memory chips
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Microsoft shares up on strong Q3 results
Microsoft shares rose 6% on third quarter earnings of $5.2bn, a 17% increase compared with the same period the year before
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NTT Europe saves time with Sepaton data deduplication VTL deployment
NTT Europe was sick of tape libraries “shoeshining” so went for a $2.5m deployment of Sepaton data deduplication virtual tape libraries to slash backup and restore times
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Firms using cloud for competitive advantage double revenue, claims IBM study
Firms using cloud platforms robustly for analytics, collaboration and CRM are reporting nearly double the revenues of those that are more cautious
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Michael Dell lays out enterprise plans for re-privatised Dell
In a keynote presentation at the Dell Technology Camp in Paris, Michael Dell outlined how the newly re-privatised firm will target the enterprise
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Plan for the 'infinite datacentre' in advance, says Gartner
Enterprises that plan datacentre capacity well can adjust to rapid growth in computing demand with maximum efficiency, says Gartner
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Apple makes Mac operating system software free to download
Apple has made its latest Mac operating system, OS X Mavericks, available to download for free from the Mac App Store.
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Apple tablet slims down with iPad Air as competition grows
Apple has launched a smaller and lighter iPad, the iPad Air, which the supplier claims to be a leap ahead in tablet computing
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Crown Hosting Service to save £530m from government IT bill by 2018
Government Digital Service to establish new Crown Hosting Service to consolidate hosting across Whitehall, saving £530m per year by 2018
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Co-operative Bank’s future dependent on £500m IT investment
Co-operative Bank has set aside £500m for four stage IT transformation as it attempts to stabilise after investors contribute to a £1.5bn rescue
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DWP ministers to decide whether to scrap all of the £300m Universal Credit IT
Ministers at the DWP are to decide this month whether to scrap all of the £300m Universal Credit IT systems and start again from scratch
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(ISC)2 launches security credential for healthcare
Information security body (ISC)2 has launched a certification for security practitioners in the healthcare industry
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Zurich Insurance Group to streamline finance IT
Zurich Insurance Group has signed a five-year deal with Accenture to develop, implement and manage finance and business intelligence applications in multiple countries including the UK.
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Hacktivists deface Australian websites over spying reports
Indonesian hacktivists have defaced Australian websites in response to reports that the Australian embassy was used for spying
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Tesco face-scanning ad screens raise privacy concerns
Privacy groups raise concerns about Tesco’s plan to scan customers' faces in petrol stations for customised advertisements
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Governments should consult residents over smart cities
City citizens need to be consulted about smart city projects to ensure their needs are accounted for.
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Apps and APIs – how enterprise software development needs to change
The popularity of mobile apps is changing user expectations of software. How should IT managers respond when considering software development plans?
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Case study: How CERN scientists collaborate with Vidyo
The European Nuclear Research centre moved from an internally developed video conferencing system to embrace SVC technology from Vidyo
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Payment card industry updates security
PCI DSS council has published a list of approved point-to-point encryption systems for the payment card industry
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Information security still immature, RSA conference told
In five years’ time the security industry will have matured into a data-driven profession, RSA conference told
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DWP refused to release Universal Credit IT review to MPs
DWP has refused to provide MPs with a copy of a review of the IT for the troubled Universal Credit project by programme chief Howard Shiplee
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Governments need to work with tech startups to solve social problems
Governments around the world should look to startups to solve social problems more efficiently
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BSI certifies first two CSA STAR cloud providers
The BSI has certified the first two cloud service providers in the CSA Security, Trust and Assurance scheme
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Smartphone sales increase by 50%
Smartphone shipments have increased by almost 50% year-on-year, according to a report by Juniper Research.
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Cabinet Office selects Steria to form £1bn government shared service
The Cabinet Office is working with Steria to create a joint venture that will consolidate government back-office functions, in a deal worth up to £1bn
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Rockstar exercises Nortel patents to sue mobile makers
The consortium which bought billions of dollars of Nortel patents files lawsuits against the likes of Samsung, Google, HTC and Huawei for infringement
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Max Life Insurance gives agents up to date data with cloud app
Max Life Insurance is harnessing a cloud based app to give thousands of its agents access to the most up to date information on mobile devices.
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