Sunday, November 23, 2014

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 11/24/2014





IBM releases hybrid cloud-based DevOps service
IBM has beefed up its DevOps portfolio by releasing a cloud-based DevOps services, software and infrastructure toolset

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Operator error the root cause of Microsoft Azure failure
Operator error was the root cause of the catastrophic failure of Microsoft's Azure cloud computing platform on 19 November 2014

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Why does Amazon still dominate the cloud world?
Amazon has long been the gold standard for public cloud but its array of support and services suggests a market-leading maturity

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IT at Coca-Cola Enterprises attains low-energy accreditation
The IT department at Coca-Cola Enterprises (CCE) has completed Stage 3 of the Low Energy Company accreditation

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BSkyB turns to DCIM to reduce carbon footprint and maximise service uptime
BSkyB replaces its legacy datacentre management software with Schneider Electric’s DCIM suite to save time and energy

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Network Rail extends fibre network to rural broadband providers
Network Rail Infrastructure asks Ofcom for more powers to build out its fibre network for the benefit of broadband and mobile suppliers

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Insurance firms slow to use technology in bringing products to market
Insurance brokers are too slow to launch products and are not keeping up with changing consumer behaviour

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EU companies unaware of proposed data protection law
More than half of all European companies do not know about changes planned for EU data protection legislation

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EDF extends IT outsourcing contract with Capgemini
Utilities company EDF Energy has extended its IT outsourcing contract with Capgemini by another two years

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Russian webcam-spying site highlights common security failing
A Russian website collecting images from internet-connected cameras highlights a common security failing, say security professionals

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HSBC launches Paym for business
HSBC launches Paym capabilities to allow business customers to receive payments using mobile phone numbers

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RBS still recruiting CA-7 staff in India despite offshoring being blamed for IT meltdown
RBS is still looking for staff in India to work on its CA-7 batch process scheduler

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UK police make four arrests in international cyber crime crackdown
UK police make four arrests during an international crackdown on cyber criminals using malware tools to steal data

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Former Allied Irish COO to launch iTunes-style bank
Former Allied Irish Bank COO Anne Boden is to create digital bank in 2015, with the aim of changing banking in the same way Apple changed music

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Tech Mahindra buys network engineering firm Lightbridge Communications
ICT consultancy Tech Mahindra buys Lightbridge Communications for £153m to develop IP-based and virtualised networks

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Cyber security a shared responsibility, says Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude
Cyber security is a shared duty as no single organisation has all the answers, says Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude

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Digitisation, energy and the future of Europe
Peter Terium, CEO of RWE AG, looks at how digitalisation and the increased demand on power is the third industrial revolution

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Regulators fine Royal Bank of Scotland ₤56m for IT failure
Financial industry regulators fine Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) for an IT outage in 2012 that left customers unable to access their accounts

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BT asks Department of Business, Innovation and Skills to reject links to US drone strikes
BT asks UK officials to reject a complaint about its alleged role in a US military network used to direct drone strikes

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First Bus turns mobiles into tickets through Barclays Pingit app
National bus route operator First Bus has implemented mobile ticketing and announced tickets can be bought using Barclays Bank’s Pingit app

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