Thursday, January 8, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 09/01/2015





GIW Industries uses Pernixdata to avoid SAN upgrade
GIW Industries has used PernixData to improve the performance of XenDesktop desktop virtualisation

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Tablet growth slows as consumers hand down devices
Sales of tablets are expected to slow down during 2015

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TalkTalk buys Tesco’s broadband and Blinkbox movies service
TalkTalk has acquired Tesco’s broadband customer base and loss-making Blinkbox video-on-demand service for around £5m

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FBI reiterates claims North Korea is behind Sony cyber attack
The FBI says it is confident North Korea is behind the recent cyber attack on Sony Entertainment Pictures

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Alibaba bank and WeBank show Google and Facebook the way
Technology can drive traditional banks to reform, says Chinese premier Li Keqiang at the launch of China’s first online-only bank

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Oracle will lose out unless it changes its software licensing
In an open letter, Campaign for Clear Licensing highlights the risk to Oracle’s future earnings due to aggressive licensing

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Indian IT staff could unionise, putting offshore model into question
Trade union organisations in India are calling on millions of Indian IT workers to unionise, as fears spread over mass redundancies

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UK startup harnesses technology to compete with high street banks
Online startup, awarded banking licence, can now target customers of traditional banks

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Internet of things requires customer services rethink, says Gartner
The growth of the internet of things will see devices begin to initiate customer service requests on behalf of humans, says Gartner

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SocialPath privacy tool steals data, researchers warn
The SocialPath mobile privacy tool is really a piece of mobile malware that steals users’ data, warn researchers

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Will IBM’s simplified cloud contract suit everybody?
IBM has announced its intention to make contracts for cloud computing services more simple, but will this suit all customers?

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Moonpig under fire for slow response to security flaw
Online greeting card firm Moonpig has finally suspended its mobile apps 17 months after being warned of serious security flaws

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Sainsbury’s experiences biggest online Christmas
Sainsbury’s claims Christmas 2014 was its biggest to date for online groceries

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Case study: UniCredit uses Fico to apply prescriptive analytics to risk management
Italian bank UniCredit is using Fico software to apply prescriptive analytics to risk management

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CES 2015: Should we redefine the boundaries of smartphone markets?
The labels "mature" and "emerging" markets may no longer be relevant to describe smartphone sales, according to an analyst

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Startups selected for London’s Fintech Innovation Lab 2015
Seven financial technology startups have been selected for the annual Fintech Innovation Lab

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Online money transfer provider Xoom suffers multimillion-dollar fraud
Digital money transfer provider Xoom has admitted to suffering a $30.8m loss at the hands of fraudsters

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European Commission tenders for first cloud services
The European Commission (EC) has put out a tender for a framework to acquire its first cloud services

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Shared IT service for banks pays €30m back to users
The Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Swift) has given its bank members a rebate worth more than €30m

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NHS trust signals positive response to data security
A Somerset NHS Foundation Trust has increased spending on data security fivefold since 2012, an FOI request has revealed

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Cool and funky bank to launch in UK soon
The UK launch of a web 2.0 and social media-based bank in the UK is imminent as Germany’s Fidor Bank applies for UK licence

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