Tuesday, February 17, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 2/18/2015





Virtual reality comes of age in manufacturing
Will there be virtual reality headsets in the living room by the end of 2015? Perhaps not, but Ford and BAE Sytems are putting virtual reality to work

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Visa uses software to reduce declined payments for travellers
Visa introduces service to prevent card transactions being declined when user is overseas by checking their mobile phone is in the same place in real time

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DWP starts national Universal Credit IT rollout
The next phase of the national IT rollout for the controversial Universal Credit programme has started

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Infosys acquires Panaya for automation
Infosys continues its move to non-linear business models through the acquisition of US automation software maker Panaya for $200m

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NHS names suppliers for £1.25bn IT framework
An IT procurement framework developed by the NHS and its shared services partnership with IT services firm Steria has gone live

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Risk reduction key to tackling cyber crime, says Stroz Friedberg
Businesses should tackle cyber crime by seeking to reduce risk, says global digital risk and investigations firm Stroz Friedberg

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Sony attack raises questions about how to protect internet assets
In the light of 2014's cyber attack on Sony Pictures, what can every company do to ensure they are more prepared for this kind cyber assault?

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Gartner: CIOs boost spending on sci-fi technologies
CIOs in the UK and Ireland are expected to increase spending by 1.4% in 2015, fuelled by the economic recovery

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MasterCard to pilot facial, voice and fingerprint authentication
MasterCard will pilot a biometric authentication and verification tool this year as part of cyber security technology investment

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Obama calls on private sector to help fight cyber attacks
US president Barack Obama has called on the private sector to help fight cyber attacks at a cyber crime summit meeting in Silicon Valley

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Scottish Fire and Rescue Service gets bespoke Cisco network training
Glasgow Caledonian University launches Cisco Certified Network Associate training scheme for Scottish Fire and Rescue Service

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Economy, jobs and technology trends on CIOs' minds in 2015
CIOs gathered at the first CW500 meeting of 2015 to discuss the economy, the technologies driving business and good IT leadership

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$1bn cyber heist underlines need for detection, say security experts
The theft of up to $1bn from financial institutions in a daring cyber crime operation underlines the need for monitoring, say security experts

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