Friday, May 29, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 5/30/2015





Top six enterprise IT priorities in the Nordics
The future of enterprise IT looks bright in the Nordic region, with growing focus on datacentre investments, national cloud and automatisation

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NetApp launches AltaVault hybrid cloud backup appliance family
NetApp repackages the SteelStore hybrid cloud backup appliances it bought from Riverbed as AltaVault physical, virtual and cloud products

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Flash storage in Benelux: Service providers kick start flash adoption
Demand for quick response times and non-stop availability has pushed use of flash – particularly hybrid flash – storage in Benelux, a region with a high presence of service providers

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CIO interview: Billie Laidlaw, RSPCA
RSPCA CIO Billie Laidlaw explains how the charity's cloud-first approach to IT procurement benefits the animals in its care

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Salesforce teams up with Google and others to breakdown big data tech barriers
Cloud CRM giant teams up with Google, Cloudera and Hortonworks to help businesses make better sense of big data

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Tim Berners-Lee concerned by expanded snoopers’ charter
Tim Berners-Lee calls on government to prove it can build an electronic communication monitoring system that is accountable to UK citizens

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EU surveillance inquiry calls for stronger intelligence oversight
A European parliamentary conference has called on member states to improve the evaluation and oversight practices of their intelligence services

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Data classification key to IP protection, says Titus
Data classification can help organisations get more value out of encryption and data loss prevention systems

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Arsenal to beat Aston Villa in FA Cup final, says statistical analysis
Arsenal will overcome Aston Villa to retain the FA Cup, according to analysis from business intelligence and analytics software firm Yellowfin

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Marseille: Europe’s networking gateway to Africa
The city of Marseille in southern France is fast becoming a hub for datacentre and network operators who want low latency connections to Africa.

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Fortinet to buy Meru for $44m
Network security firm Fortinet to acquire wireless supplier Meru

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A tale of two boxes: Choosing between Box and Dropbox
Box and Dropbox are in the content and collaboration business, but the two cloud services have taken very different approaches

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Google pads out internet of things ecosystem with Brillo
Google launches Brillo IoT operating system and Weave device communications protocol at Google I/O developer event in San Francisco

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Equinix to acquire datacentre rival TelecityGroup for £2.35bn
Equinix's bid to acquire rival wins backing of the board, beating Interxion to the crunch

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CIO interview: Adam Gerrard, Yodel
Moving the parcel delivery firm from legacy IT to a digital infrastructure attracted experienced CIO Adam Gerrard to Yodel

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Google announces security features for Android
Google announces better app permission controls and other Android security changes at its Google I/O developer conference

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Cyber threats relatively unknown outside IT, says expert
In many businesses, few non-IT people have heard of even big information security threats, according to a security industry veteran

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CA Technologies to buy agile software development firm Rally for $480m
IT management vendor snaps up agile services and software specialist to capitalise on enterprise appetite for DevOps working styles

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Internet of things and smart cities need UK-wide consensus
At a TechUK event, delegates call for cross-body collaboration on IoT to ensure local authority CIOs get the best from the emerging technology

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Yahoo to face US class action lawsuit over email spying allegations
US judge gives green light for lawsuit filed by non-Yahoo mail account holders, who say Yahoo is analysing emails sent to Yahoo Mail accounts

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IT must master coaching for success in digitisation
CIOs can support their company's digital strategy, but it should be driven from the top down by the CEO

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