Wednesday, November 5, 2014

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 11/6/2014





Google joins enterprise cloud battle with additions to its cloud platform
Google made a raft of announcements at its GCP Live event, including enhancements to its networking stack and storage price drops

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Cisco Cloud Index: Cloud to represent 76% of datacentre traffic by 2018
Over the next five years, datacentre traffic will nearly triple with cloud representing more than three quarters of the total traffic

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Airbus interview: research, innovation and the future of aviation
IT plays a substantial role in creating the aircraft of the future, with research and innovation at the core of the Airbus business strategy

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Citibank embarks on £5.2m project to make London datacentre energy-efficient
Citi is putting in place new energy efficiency measures to cut power use by 10% at its London datacentre with backing from the Green Investment Bank

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DataDirect Networks adds Amazon S3 gateway to WOS platform
DataDirect Networks (DDN) announces Amazon S3 gateway device for its Web Object Scaler (WOS) storage platform

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Ipswich hospital improves healthcare service with Esri data visualisation
Health pilots location-based technology that delivers data visualisation

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Salesforce’s UK datacentre opens for business
Salesforce has opened its first European datacentre in the UK to support EU enterprises' data regulation demands

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UK lags behind US and Australia in DevOps adoption
The UK is significantly behind other markets in terms of DevOps adoption

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Samsung shares up despite falling profit
Samsung Electronics has reported operating profit of $3.9bn for the third quarter of 2014, down by 60%

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Departments lack common targets for implementing open-document standards
Whitehall departments have begun publishing plans on implementing the government’s open-document standards policy

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Fashion retailer Esprit outsources SAP services
Fashion retailer Esprit has outsourced the management of its suite of SAP applications to improve business processes

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Business-facing websites lag behind in security, study shows
Business-facing websites lag far behind consumer-facing websites in security and user experience, a study has revealed

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The View from The Shard to deploy Aruba mobile location services
London’s highest viewing gallery, the View from the Shard, helps launch Aruba Network’s new Mobile Engagement service

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Government asks for more information on digital currencies
The government has released a Call for Information to invite views on the benefits and risks of digital currencies

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GCHQ head calls for overhauled tools to fight extremists online
Newly appointed GCHQ head Robert Hannigan has called for reviewed legal tools to counter internet-enabled extremists

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Case study: Papworth Hospital’s first steps to electronic patient records
The Cambridgeshire hospital has installed an e-referrals application as part of its journey towards electronic patient records

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Security Think Tank: Lessons from Shellshock
What steps should businesses take to assess their vulnerability to the Shellshock Bash bug and patch vulnerable systems?

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Wi-Fi forecast predicts one hotspot for every 20 people by 2018
Worldwide audit for Wi-Fi network aggregator iPass reveals how public Wi-Fi might change in the next four years

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Marketing leaves IT behind in drive for digital experience
Marketing departments are set to ramp up technology spending in 2015 outside of traditional IT

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RBS to be fined tens of millions for IT failure
The Royal Bank of Scotland is set to be given a record fine for an IT failure following two years of investigation

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Infosec heading to tipping point, says NTT Com Security
Information security is heading to a tipping point that will force a shift in focus, says NTT Com Security

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Indian banks invest in real-time data
Indian banking and securities firms will be spending about INR 470bn on IT products and services in 2014

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West Yorks Police deploys 4,000 Samsung Galaxy Note 3 phablets
West Yorkshire Police force partners with Samsung to provide 4,000 Galaxy Note 3 devices to frontline staff

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Security Think Tank: Guidelines for dealing with Shellshock
What steps should businesses take to assess the true scope of their vulnerability to the Shellshock Bash bug?

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Firms set eyes on digital, but will it fulfil their demands?
We look at the effect of digitisation and how CIOs can help businesses move forward while keeping day-to-day systems running

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MPs launch inquiry into rural broadband coverage for farmers
Environment, Food and Rural Affairs Committee launches inquiry into rural broadband coverage and its impact on digital-only services

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