Tuesday, March 4, 2014

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 05/03/2014





The big themes of Mobile World Congress 2014
This week saw the world’s largest mobile conference hit Barcelona. Computer Weekly takes a look at the big themes of Mobile World Congress 2014

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BT criticises Ofcom over unbundling prices
BT claims Ofcom regulations give Sky and TalkTalk an unfair advantage over smaller ISPs and calls for change

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CenturyLink brings hyperscale storage/compute service to UK
California-based cloud provider CenturyLink will bring hyperscale storage/compute as-a-service to the UK from summer 2014

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Telefónica to embrace SDN and NFV with UNICA network initiative
The mobile operator plans to revamp its network infrastructure to embrace more virtualisation technologies and bring more efficiency to its backhaul

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Interview: Prepare for the end of the silicon era
IT breakthroughs are governed by the insights of Intel's Gordon Moore in 1965. IBM fellow Bernie Meyerson believes Moore’s law no longer holds true

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VMware shifts from on-premise to hybrid cloud virtualisation
VMware CEO, Pat Gelsinger, has been in London to launch vCloud Hybrid Service in the UK, which will drive a shift away from on-premise VMs

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IBM fellow Bernie Meyerson discusses IT beyond Moore's Law
Every 18 months to two years the number of transistors on a chip doubles because each transistor is half the size of the previous generation

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Apple users at risk of SSL man-in-the-middle attacks
Apple has issued a security alert affecting iOS 7.0.6 which could put iPhone and iPad users at risk from MITM-style hacking attacks

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Backup appliances offer easy backup for SMEs and branch offices
Product survey: We run the rule over backup appliances; hardware and software bundles that enable easy deployment and management of backup for SMEs and remote offices

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NHS England facing further criticism over use of patient medical data
NHS England is facing further criticism over its use of patient data, following reports that hospital records were made public

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RSA 2014: Malware rates linked to socio-economic factors
Regional cyber vulnerabilities are not linked to any single factor, but to a variety of different socio-economic factors, says Microsoft

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UK councils struggling to meet the needs of mobile web users
UK local authorities are struggling to meet demands from mobile users accessing their websites, according to an authoritative report into the sector’s online activities

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BASF sells IT services arm to Tech Mahindra
European chemicals giant BASF has sold its IT services business to Tech Mahindra, with 60 employees to transfer to the Indian services firm

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RSA 2014: Microsoft and partners defend botnet disruption
Microsoft and its partners have defended disrupting criminal botnets at RSA Conference 2014

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RSA 2014: FBI director promises surveillance with privacy
FBI director James Comey tells RSA Conference 2014 that surveillance is necessary, but promises to ensure privacy

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Labour to call for crackdown on cyber crime
Labour is to call for a crackdown on cyber crime related to child pornography and terrorism

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John Lewis to launch startup incubator - JLab
John Lewis is to launch its first technology startup incubator – JLab

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IT sector sees sharper rise in insolvencies than overall economy
Information and communications companies in the UK are suffering a rising number of insolvencies

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CSL and ZTE bring LTE Advanced 300Mbps network to Hong Kong
CSL and ZTE will deploy the first LTE Advanced 300Mbps network in Hong Kong, it was announced at MWC in Barcelona

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Liverpool council to end BT IT joint venture
Liverpool City Council is to cancel a £70m-a-year IT joint venture deal with BT and bring services back in-house

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CA Technologies launches MDM suite
CA Technologies has launched a new suite of products designed to provide mobile device management to enterprises

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Inca launches superfast broadband ‘notspot’ scheme
The networks organisation asks individuals, businesses and communities to speak out about where rural broadband funding needs to go

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Three UK sees 48% rise in profits for 2013
As Three transfers all its customers to its 4G network at no extra charge, the mobile operator reports full-year profits of £417m

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Aviva hires Monique Shivanandan as CIO
Monique Shivanandan, the CTO at Capital One, will be moving over to head up IT at Aviva in May

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Virgin Media boosts broadband speeds
Virgin Media promises a top speed of 152Mbps for customers across the UK, as well as boosting its entry-level connection from 30Mbps to 50Mbps

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How parliament's IT secures MPs' data access
G-Cloud is part of the accreditation process for selecting public cloud providers. But parliamentary ICT director Joan Miller had deep discussions with Microsoft on Office 365

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Sainsbury’s appoints digital and technology director
Sainsbury’s has created a digital and technology director and awarded the position to existing online director, Jon Rudoe

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