Monday, July 14, 2014

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 15/07/2014





Microsoft backs cloud rival Google’s open-source Kubernetes project
Microsoft has joined rival Google to support the Kubernetes open-source project on its Azure platform

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Satya Nadella to flatten Microsoft and reverse device strategy
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella has sent out a memo to all 100,000 employees, in preparation for what is likely to be a major reorganisation

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AWS targets mobile with Amazon Cognito, analytics and SDK
AWS has expanded its capabilities for mobile developers with Amazon Cognito, Amazon Mobile Analytics and a unified mobile software development kit (SDK)

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Open-E aims Jupiter DSS software defined storage at enterprise SAN
Open-E adds ZFS functions and scalability to take its DSS storage to the enterprise at a claimed 25% of the cost of storage array products

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IBM pumps $3bn in chip tech research to power future cloud needs
IBM will invest $3bn (£1.75bn) over the next five years in the research and development of chip technology to meet cloud needs

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PC sales bounce bank as XP drives hardware refresh
Desktop and laptop upgrades, driven by the migration away from Windows XP, has bolstered PC sales in Europe

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Microsoft adds StorSimple hybrid storage arrays to Azure cloud service
Azure users get more storage, archiving and disaster recovery from 1 August 2014 with Microsoft's StorSimple 8000 series hybrid storage arrays

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Interview with Martin Vesper, CEO, digitalSTROM on smart home technology
Martin Vesper, CEO of digitalSTROM has kitted out his home with smart technology, allowing him to control lighting and electrical appliances

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Virtual machine data backup strategies in Turkey
Turkish organisations explain how they combine virtual machine backup with traditional backup, replication and snapshots as part of their data protection strategy

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SMB cloud provider Zynstra raises $8.4m in second round of funding
Hybrid cloud provider Zynstra has raised $8.4m bringing the total amount it has raised in its first year since public launch to over $12m

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EMC XtremIO, VMAX and Isilon get new CPUs and data services
EMC boosts XtremIO, VMAX and Isilon with Ivy Bridge CPUs and advanced data services including flash array snapshots

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CIO interview: Bill Peters, head of IT, Caterham Formula 1 Group
Bill Peters, head of IT at Caterham, talks about the challenges of delivering IT to scientists, engineers and F1 drivers

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Huddle eases collaborative critical path for engineering firm WSP
Engineering consultancy WSP chooses Huddle to allow its engineers and architects to share project data securely and collaborate, regardless of location

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Samsung profits fall as tablet market shifts
Samsung’s electronics business has seen weak earnings in the second quarter of 2014, dropping by around 25% from last year

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Airbus deploys modular datacentre strategy to boost HPC capacity
The aircraft manufacturer has deployed HP's performance optimised datacentres (PODs) to increase its high performance compute capabilities for its engineers

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The pros and cons of iPads in the enterprise
The iPad is often the first platform for which developers produce apps – but it is substantially more expensive than its competitors

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Big players target object storage at cloud and archive
All but one of the big six storage vendors have object storage products that target public and private cloud environments and/or archiving use cases

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6,500 Barclays branch cashiers retrained and given pay rise
Barclays bank is retraining 6,500 branch cashiers so they can offer financial management to customers as IT increasingly takes care of day-to-day transactional services

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NatWest lacks basic phishing protection, says security firm Atbash
London-based security firm Atbash has identified a flaw in NatWest’s online banking system which could be exposing customers to cyber threats

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Social media and why businesses need to embrace it
Why are businesses using email for everything? Jack Vile gives the younger generation's perspective

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Network Rail outsources automated rostering system roll-out to Capgemini
Capgemini is to implement a new rostering system for Network Rail that will automate the management and rostering of signalling and maintenance staff to improve train punctuality and infrastructure reliability

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Microsoft acts to block bogus crypto certificates
Microsoft has acted to block bogus encryption certificates that could be used to attack computers running Windows

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European Commission invites bids for slice of huge superfast broadband pie
The European Commission has launched a Connected Communities initiative and urged EU broadband providers to claim for funding

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Transparency promise delivers emergency surveillance law deal
The government’s promise to increase transparency and oversight has secured a political deal to pass emergency surveillance legislation

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Wearable tech needs to be more fashionable, says Beecham
A recent paper by firm Beecham Research has found that technology companies do not have the right approach to wearable technology

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Security Think Tank: What should be in an incident response plan
What does a good information security incident response plan look like?

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UK leads international partnership to fight financial malware
The UK National Crime Agency is leading international collaboration between law enforcement and the private sector to fight bank theft malware

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Home Office seeks new CTO and CDO as G-Cloud pioneer Denise McDonagh prepares to retire
The Home Office is recruiting a new chief technology officer and a chief digital officer prior to CTO Denise McDonagh's retirement

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Google Ventures expands with $100m to fund ‘most disruptive’ startups in Europe
Google is launching an expanded venture fund for Europe, with £58m to support and invest in next-gen European startups

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Finance watchdog to investigate colocation services
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) is investigating colocation services

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Security Think Tank: Minor failings can trigger major data breaches
It’s not just the big data breach risks that matter – ignore the near misses and the minor policy infractions and you will end up with a major incident

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US government network hacked by Chinese cyber criminals
Chinese hackers broke into a network of the US government agency that stores personal information on all federal employees

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