Sunday, March 9, 2014

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 10/03/2014





CIOs hold fire over datacentre decisions
When it comes to devising datacentre strategies, are CIOs paralysed like rabbits in the headlights, or playing a calculated game of wait and see?

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Microsoft releases Android SDK for Office 365
Microsoft has released an open source software development kit for Android

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ICO fines charity £200,000 for data breach
The ICO has imposed a monetary penalty of £200,000 on the British Pregnancy Advice Service (BPAS) for exposing thousands of personal details to a malicious hacker

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Cabinet Office completes first user trial of consumer technologies
The Cabinet Office has completed its first user trial of consumer technologies within the department

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Croydon’s technology cluster sees 23% growth
The fast growing tech and media cluster of Croydon has seen 23% growth over the past three years

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Andy Nelson quits as DWP CIO
Andy Nelson has resigned as CIO at the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP), Computer Weekly has learned

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Privacy groups call for review of Facebook Whatsapp deal
Privacy groups are calling for a halt to Facebook's acquisition of WhatsApp until it clarifies how it plans to use the personal data of WhatsApp's members

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Europol issues public Wi-Fi security warning
Europol has issued a warning about sending sensitive information over public Wi-Fi hotspots

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John Lewis sees omni-channel growth in yearly results
John Lewis has seen growth from both its in-store, online and mobile channels across its John Lewis and Waitrose branches.

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Security by design still not a reality, says security veteran
In all the great technological innovation the world is seeing, security is still an afterthought, says Jarno Limnell, director of cyber security, Stonesoft

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Government must drive SMEs to take up broadband
The Broadband Stakeholder Group claims SMEs are missing out on the technological benefits faster broadband can bring and calls on the government to encourage more companies to go digital

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HSCIC announces four steps to transparency
The Health & Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) Board is taking steps to improve transparency and build public trust

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Thames Water pilots smart analytics with Accenture
Thames Water is six months into an 18 month pilot with Accenture Smart Grid to pilot real time monitoring to deliver an improved service

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Will Facebook’s acquisition spur the Indian startup sector?
Facebook’s acquisition of Bangalore-based Android app development company Little Eye Labs could spur the Indian startup sector

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Porn still most potent mobile malware channel, says Blue Coat
Malvertising is putting mobile users at risk and has overtaken pornography as the highest volume delivery channel of mobile malware, study shows

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G4S signs Barclaycard IT chief Martin Taylor to fill new CIO role
G4S has created a CIO role to which it has appointed former Barclaycard IT chief Martin Taylor

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Ukraine and Russia locked in a cyber stand-off
Security experts have warned that Ukraine and Russia are locked in a cyber stand-off amid diplomatic efforts to reduce political tensions

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Target’s CIO resigns after massive data breach
Target’s chief information officer has resigned two-and-a-half months after a data breach impacting about 40 million credit and data debit cards

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