Wednesday, November 20, 2013

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 11/21/2013





Investec CISO warns that legacy tapes will fail on new hardware
Many organisations may find that years of irreplaceable tape backups are inaccessible because modern machines cannot handle legacy format

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Executive interview: BMC CEO discusses self-provisioning IT
BMC CEO Bob Beauchamp believes the only way IT can support business is by enabling self service IT

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Cloud storage needs an audit process to stay compliant
If you use a cloud service, where does your data reside, and do you know if you’re fully compliant with laws and regulations? A cloud compliance audit is what’s required

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Scottish environment agency cuts carbon through desktop virtualisation
A quarter of staff at the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (Sepa) are accessing applications via Citrix

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Avoid BYOD pitfalls to ensure business benefit, says Amtel
As companies embrace BYOD plans, the same mistakes continue to be made, says PJ Gupta, CEO of Amtel

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Barclays extends mobile money platform for easier payments
Barclay’s Bank has released the latest update to Pingit with functionality that enables businesses to pay people using only their mobile phone numbers

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Security Think Tank: Security testing a vital part of software procurement
How can security professionals ensure security testing becomes part of the procurement process for all business software?

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Campaigners angry over Microsoft, Skype privacy ruling
Campaign group Europe v Facebook has criticised the decision by Luxembourg’s data protection authorities to clear Microsoft and its Skype division of privacy violations

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PM says dark web can be policed
David Cameron says UK and US intelligence agencies will help fight child abuse images on the dark web

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Twitter introduces “life-saving” alert service
Twitter has introduced an alert service for emergency services and government agencies in the UK and Ireland

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Google reaches $17m multi-state settlement over Safari snooping
Google has reached a $17m settlement agreement with 10 US states for bypassing Apple Safari privacy settings

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Salesforce promises $5bn revenue for 2014
Cloud company Salesforce.com claims it will reach revenues of $5bn for the full fiscal year, despite third quarter results showing a sequential drop

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Case Study: Gates Foundation uses Radian6 to monitor social media
The charity set up by the Microsoft founder adopts the Salesforce solution to monitor and react to social media

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