Sunday, June 29, 2014

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 30/06/2014





Facebook moves Instagram photos out of Amazon and into own datacentre
Facebook has moved all the user photos on Instagram out of Amazon’s cloud platform into its own internal datacentre and cut costs

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Half of network equipment ageing or obsolete, survey finds
Dimension Data finds 51% of network devices near the end of their life as buyers take cautious approach to hardware refreshes

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Interview: Remote monitoring will revolutionise long-term care
Electronics equipment maker Philips has partnered with Salesforce to develop a platform to support internet-connected healthcare devices

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Skyera hits UK market with skyHawk all-flash arrays
All-flash array startup Skyera inks UK distribution deal that brings 1U MLC-based arrays to market

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Intel's new lab in Swindon to fuel IoT projects
Intel has opened an IoT Ignition Lab in Swindon to allow UK enterprises to develop projects in retail and more

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Can HP target supercomputer market with Apollo servers and HPC-as-a-service?
As HPC moves beyond labs into mainstream enterprise IT, HP has beefed up its HPC portfolio and is targeting supercomputer builders

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Workers will find a way to use their own technology, warns Samsung
The trend of blending work and home life is exposing companies to “hired hackers” who use their own tech despite restrictions by their employer

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Government behind UK cyber security economy
The government says ensuring the UK has the cyber security skills it needs is about defence and economic growth

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Roadchef exits IBM Global Services for direct supplier relationships
Motorway services firm Roadchef ended an outsourcing deal with IBM Global Services when its IT was up for refresh and moved to SAP

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Wearable tech must comply with privacy laws, warns ICO
Wearable technology must comply with UK data privacy laws, warns the ICO

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Google begins complying with European takedown requests
Google has begun removing search results in response to takedown requests from European citizens

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German government terminates Verizon contract over NSA snooping fears
The German government has terminated a contract with Verizon over concerns of snooping by the National Security Agency (NSA)

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Google and Samsung team up to integrate Android and Knox
The next version of the Android operating system will have integration with the Samsung Knox platform, it was announced this week.

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Child maintenance IT system costs still rising, says NAO
The costs of setting up a new IT system for child maintenance have risen again – to £352m

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CIO interview: Dominic Ruscillo, Unipart Automotive
When car parts supplier Unipart Automotive (UA) was spun out of the logistics company Unipart Group in 2011 it was loss making

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Big IT suppliers top government spending on contracts
IT firms are earning the most from government contracts, with HP alone earning more than £1.7bn a year

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NAO confirms plan to review Universal Credit again this year
The National Audit Office announces it will conduct a second investigation into the DWP's Universal Credit project this year

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CIO interview: Jeremy Garside, London Symphony Orchestra
Jeremy Garside started out as an orchestra manager, and turned to technology to alleviate manual calculation and improve financial planning

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Security must change in Indian digital marketplace
More than 25% of large digital marketplaces will have explicit strategies for consumer computing and security by 2018, according to Gartner

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Cloud app logins reused in piracy scam
Software piracy will remain prevalent even though more applications are delivered as a service, according to the BSA

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BMA votes for Care.data to be explicitly opt-in
The British Medical Association (BMA) has voiced concerns that the Care.data programme should be explicitly opt-in

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Oracle develops private cloud engineered system
Oracle is going head to head with HP, IBM and Cisco with the introduction of a converged infrastructure appliance

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