Tuesday, May 20, 2014

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 21/05/2014





AWS revenues exceed $1bn per quarter, but Microsoft growing faster
Total AWS revenues are now well in excess of $1bn per quarter, almost a third of the total cloud revenues for the quarter estimated at $3.5bn

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SAP certifies core business apps to run on Microsoft Azure
From June, users of SAP Business Suite software, Business All-In-One solution, SAP Mobile Platform, SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise and Hana platform will be able to run them on Azure

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Cloud SME Skyscape receives £4m funding to tap UK public sector market
Business Growth Fund (BGF) is investing £4m in Hampshire-based cloud firm Skyscape to help it capture the growing public sector cloud market

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Making the case for network modernisation
It's time to break out of reactive investment mode, says Dale Vile, research director at analyst group Freeform Dynamics

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Public sector dominates UK outsourcing so far this year
Public-sector outsourcing accounted for three-quarters of spending in the first three months of this year, according to analyst NelsonHall

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UK operation nets 17 suspected Blackshades cyber attackers
A UK-wide cyber crime operation has netted 17 suspected users of Blackshades data-stealing malware

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Salvation Army scales IT through outsourcing
The Salvation Army is using a project-based outsourcing model to support its highly specialised but thinly spread IT department to ensure it keeps pace with IT developments

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British Fencing uses Huddle for training and collaboration
British Fencing has been using Huddle’s cloud-based collaboration platform to provide athletes, coaches and support staff with a centralised system to share information

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CIO interview: Brad Dowden, Adecco
The UK operation of global recruitment company Adecco has transformed its IT infrastructure to make it more agile in the face of increasing competition from small firms

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IT headcount lags behind growth in digital strategies
There is a huge gap in technology staffing for e-commerce operations, according to a new report from analyst Forrester

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YouTube Twitch acquisition not imminent, say reports
YouTube’s acquisition of videogame-streaming company Twitch is not imminent, according to latest reports

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IFS ERP investment underlies port firm’s growth
PD Ports has seen its traditional markets in chemicals and heavy industry dwindling. It aims to diversify, supporting retail sector and renewable energy. It chose IFS for its new ERP

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Cisco CTO tells women "there is no such thing as work-life balance”
Cisco’s chief technology officer, Padmasree Warrior, said there is “no such thing as a work-life balance”, but instead she integrates the two

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