Wednesday, April 9, 2014

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 10/04/2014





Crown Hosting Service kicks off with £70m procurement project
The Cabinet Office has started procurement for the new Crown Hosting Service to centralise datacentre hosting across central government

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Steria and Sopra will merge to tap digital opportunities
French IT services companies Steria and Sopra will merge to compete in a sector that is being transformed by the digitalisation of business

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UK to review snooping powers of authorities
UK surveillance watchdog is to investigate whether authorities make too many communications data requests

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Top EU court declares data retention directive invalid
The European Court of Justice has declared the EU Data Retention Directive invalid

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Banks content to keep ATMs on XP despite support ending
Research has revealed that 89% of European banks still run ATMs on XP despite Microsoft removing support for the software today

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Liverpool John Moores University launches big data healthcare initiative
The Liverpool Big Data Collaboration for Health project aims to link health records between NHS trusts to exploit big data analytics

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EasyJet flies with HR software in the cloud
Airline easyJet is moving to cloud-based human resources software from Workday to manage its 8,000 employees

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Workday sees opportunity for cloud financial management in Europe
Workday plans to push cloud finance and accounting services to enterprise in Europe, but observers say its background in HR technology may prove an obstacle

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Law Society advises legal industry's IT teams over cloud
The Law Society has published best-practice advice for legal firms' IT teams that are considering using cloud computing, following increased use of the cloud to store data

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Haatch and Eccomplished launch retail tech startup investor forum
Retail technology accelerator Eccomplished and digital innovative and investment hub Haatch have launched an investment forum for retail technology startups

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Microsoft invests in teacher training ahead of curriculum change
Microsoft has invested £334, 000 in a programme to help train computing teachers ahead of changes to the curriculum in September this year

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OpenSSL security flaw could affect millions of websites, warn researchers
At least two thirds or websites could be affected by an OpenSSL cryptographic library flaw, warn researchers

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Microsoft ends XP support – what should users do next?
For organisations that still have a significant Windows XP user base, it's no surprise there is rising concern over what to do next

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