Sunday, June 15, 2014

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 16/06/2014





Micro-datacentre: What IT problems it solves and what workload systems suit it
A micro-datacentre is a smaller containerised datacentre system designed to solve different problems or to handle different workloads

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Green storage is dead. Long live green storage
Green storage may have slipped from the headlines, but the need for better energy efficiency in storage is more pressing than ever

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CIO Interview: Betfair's Michael Bischoff on making IT ready for Fifa World Cup
Michael Bischoff, the CIO of bookmaker Betfair, talks about the challenges in readying the IT for Fifa World Cup betting

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80% of UK CIOs cite significant gap between business needs and IT delivery
80% of IT decision-makers in the UK feel there is a significant gap between business needs and IT delivery – the highest in Europe

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Nimble Storage launches flagship CS700 hybrid flash storage
Nimble Storage tops off its CS hybrid flash storage products with high-performance CS700 range

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Adoption of cloud-based communications grows
Improving economic conditions and exposure to technology is driving the uptake of cloud-based communications applications

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Four defensive steps to a successful World Cup
Four cyber security defensive steps to mitigate the threat of scoring an inadvertent own goal this summer

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Government watchdog set for second investigation into Universal Credit IT
The National Audit Office (NAO) is considering a second investigation into the controversial Universal Credit IT project

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Boards need to get behind application security, says Owasp
CISOs are becoming more concerned about web application security, but there is still a long way to go, says Owasp

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Svpeng Android ransomware targets UK users
A variant of the Svpeng Trojan is holding Android users to ransom in the UK and other English-speaking countries

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Apple’s iOS8 set to improve Wi-Fi privacy
Apple’s iOS8 uses randomly generated MAC addresses in scanning for Wi-Fi to make it difficult for advertisers to spy on users

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Cloud suppliers call for clearer guidelines over revised security classifications
Cloud suppliers have raised concerns over the lack of guidance surrounding the government’s latest security classifications

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Blackberry promises re-focus on enterprise
Until the release of the Blackberry Z10 the company’s main focus had been providing enterprise security

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Huawei continues push into Europe
Chinese technology giant Huawei announced this week that it has helped set up 18 Joint Innovation Centres (JIC) in Europe

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HSBC makes executives responsible for application consolidation
In the next few weeks, senior executives at HSBC globally will have KPIs to reduce the number of applications they run

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London Symphony Orchestra improves touring through single SIM
The London Symphony Orchestra is using mobile services to enable its staff to have the same quality calls at the same cost anywhere on tour

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UK business not taking mobile security seriously, survey shows
UK businesses are not taking mobile security seriously despite mounting costs, a survey shows

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Consumerisation set to revolutionise healthcare
Healthcare will be driven by the adoption of mobile technology and improved data analytics and collaboration in clinical environments

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Government to launch digital marketplace in September
The government’s digital marketplace is due to go into alpha testing in the coming days, ahead of live user testing in September

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$39bn worldwide shift to SAP cloud, HCL research reveals
Nearly $40bn of SAP installed software will move to the cloud in the next two years, suggests research from IT services firm HCL Technologies

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Can Salesforce.com re-engineer business IT?
With 1.5 million developers on the Salesforce platform and a new focus on industry solutions, is Salesforce.com a business platform?

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UK calls for global effort to tackle IP theft
The UK is calling for international collaboration to fight piracy and counterfeiting to protect intellectual property

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CW 500 Security Club: Securing the end point: a key challenge for business
With multitudes of devices connecting businesses and their customers to interlinking systems, securing the end point has never been more vital

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Twitter suspends TweetDeck over XSS security flaw
Twitter has been forced to suspend its Tweetdeck client temporarily to investigate and fix an XSS security flaw

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