Sunday, October 12, 2014

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 10/13/2014





Azure CTO Mark Russinovich's top ten public cloud security risks
Microsoft Azure cloud CTO Mark Russinovich identified ten key security risks of public cloud services

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Symantec splits storage and security
Symantec is splitting its storage and security business, following just days after HP announced its split

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Starbucks uses cloud to manage innovation and disruptive technologies
Starbucks coffee chain innovates IT strategies to hone its competitive edge using cloud services, says IT director Robert Teagle

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PC shipments remain steady as market segments shift
PC sales in the third quarter of 2014 declined by just 0.5% year-on-year according to research firm Gartner

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Government as a platform will be fully ready in three years, says Liam Maxwell
Government CTO Liam Maxwell has outlined its digital transformation vision of delivering government as a platform

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Cloud, web-scale IT and IoT in Gartner’s 2015 top technologies
Research firm Gartner has highlighted the top 10 technology trends for 2015

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The challenges facing HP as it splits in two
HP is splitting its business in two - but it is a reaction to the changing way that businesses and consumers buy IT

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Challenges in virtual server backup and how to tackle them
We look at the problems associated with virtual server backup and how they can be mitigated to ensure smooth and efficient data protection

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SolidFire 2405 and 4805 all-flash arrays target the enterprise
SolidFire adds all-flash arrays in a 1U box with 50,000 IOPS in a move to shift customer focus from cloud providers to enterprise users

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Product survey 2014: Hybrid flash arrays from the big six
A look at the options to build hybrid flash arrays from the big six SAN makers

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HP to separate into enterprise IT, and PC and printing companies
HP has confirmed plans to split into two separate companies, one focusing on PCs and printers, the other on enterprise computing

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HP plans to split business, say reports
Hewlett Packard is planning to split the company into two separate businesses, according to reports

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UNHCR deploys tablet-based learning at Dadaab refugee camp
The United Nations Refugee Agency (UNHCR) deploys mobile-based learning system at Dadaab refugee camp in Kenya

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All-flash array startups overview 2014
All the big storage suppliers have all-flash array products – some designed from the ground up, others HDD arrays retrofitted with flash

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The prospects for Apple Pay in the UK
Apple recently announced Apple Pay which allows customers to pay for goods using mobile wallet and NFC capabilities

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CIO interview: Ben Hine, technology director, UKTV
UKTV director Ben Hine says every piece of the company's technology has been replaced over the last four years

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Red Hat Storage Server boosts capacity to 19PB and adds snapshots
Open source software-defined storage Red Hat Storage Server version three ups capacity to 19PB and adds snapshots

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DDN launches scale-out NAS GS7K GPFS product bundle
DataDirect Networks launches the GS7K, a pre-configured GPFS scale-out NAS/parallel file system storage product

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How cloud companies are engaging in price wars
Cloud prices are coming down, which is great news for organisations taking their first steps into using public cloud services

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Microsoft readies Windows 10 Technical Preview
Microsoft is today releasing a preview of Windows 10, the next version of the Windows desktop operating system

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Is the BIS GrowthAccelerator scheme worthwhile for technology startups?
UK startups in the technology sector may be missing an opportunity to grow by ignoring GrowthAccelerator programme

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Nationwide announces rewards app
Nationwide has announced it will launch its own application to provide customers with instant rewards and vouchers

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White space wireless trial brings free meerkat videos to wider audience
Ofcom trials new wireless technology using vacant TV spectrum gaps with help from ZSL London Zoo and other organisations

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Fear and loathing could hold back UK internet of things, says KPMG report
More than two-thirds of UK consumers fear growing number of interconnected devices make it too easy for things to go wrong

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SAP teams up with Birst to offer cloud analytics on Hana
SAP is working with cloud BI supplier Birst to provide “instant analytics in the cloud” on the Hana in-memory database platform

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CaixaBank rolls out contactless wristband after successful pilot
Spanish Bank CaixaBank is rolling contactless wristbands out following a pilot of the wearable technology with select customers

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More data loss comes from sloppy organisations than hackers, says study
Over half of data breaches come from organisational errors and internal mismanagement rather than malicious acts by hackers

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WordPress most attacked application
Websites that run the WordPress content management system are attacked 24% more often than those using other systems

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Druva targets server backup to the cloud with Phoenix
Endpoint/BYOD backup specialist Druva aims at the remote office market with Phoenix for server backup to the cloud

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Housing associations launch shared internet service from BT
BT promises housing association tenants lower internet costs through new scheme

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The first big SDN data breach is just a matter of time
As more enterprises opt for software-defined networking implementations, the potential for a major security breach will grow

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HP should use split to make up lost ground in IT services
When HP acquired EDS for $13.9bn in 2008 the scene was set for the IT giant to challenge IBM in the IT services sector

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Tim Berners-Lee: Keep the web open
This is a video highlighting Tim Berners-Lee's keynote presentation at at IP Expo Europe 2014, where he discusses on the open web

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Tim Berners-Lee: Data sharing needs accountability
The question of how much data an individual should share was a key theme of Tim Berners-Lee's keynote at IP Expo

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