Sunday, June 14, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 6/15/2015





SolidFire adds data protection and Cisco/OpenStack to all-flash arrays
All-flash array maker goes for enterprise market with added data protection features and adds Cisco UCS-based reference architecture for OpenStack cloud environments

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Nutanix’s Acropolis free hypervisor takes aim at VMware
Hyper-converged server/storage pioneer launches free-of-charge hypervisor in an explicit move to tempt customers from existing VMware and Microsoft Hyper-V deployments

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Growing cyber threats challenging cost reduction as reason to use managed services
Mid-sized companies plan to use more managed services and many see it as improving security

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Security Think Tank: Keep it simple and risk-based to secure collaboration
How can businesses of all sizes ensure that employees are able to collaborate effectively without the risk of compromise to the company IT network or systems?

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Tesco appoints Edmond Mesrobian as new CTO
The former CTO of Expedia has taken over the top IT job at Tesco after ex-CIO Mike McNamara left earlier this year

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Complacency about DDoS attacks puts businesses at risk, survey shows
Attention is turning to application data breaches, network attacks and malware, despite 60% of respondents saying they are worried about DDoS attacks, a survey shows

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Level 3 outage slows down the internet
Internet services around the world have suffered a major slowdown following an outage on Level 3’s tier one fibre network

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Nearly all UK corporations have been hacked, a survey shows
While 96% of UK firms have been hacked, 9.1% have not acted to protect themselves from hacking, a survey has revealed

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Leased line prices to fall from April 2016
Businesses around the UK could benefit from inflation-linked price caps on leased line wholesale charges from April 2016

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Supplier concerns over government procurement rules cause G-Cloud event rethink
A G-Cloud ‘masterclass’ promising attendees a ‘significant and unfair advantage’ in securing business through the framework prompts supplier concerns

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Twitter chief Dick Costolo to step down
Twitter co-founder and chairman Jack Dorsey will take over as interim chief until the board can find a replacement for Dick Costolo

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Government preparing to let private sector companies use its Verify identity scheme
The Cabinet Office is talking to banks, insurers and retailers to establish Gov.uk Verify identity assurance as a national scheme

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Controversial NHS England Care.data project set to restart
Trials to upload patient records to a central database for research and analysis are ready to proceed

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Greenpeace ranks world's most popular websites on renewable energy use
Campaign group releases Chrome browser extension that gives web users at-a-glance information on the clean energy habits of internet sites

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Surveillance legislation needs verification, says Anderson report
The government, TechUK and Big Brother Watch welcome the Anderson report on surveillance legislation – but the civil liberties group calls for wider debate

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Dutch Cyber Security Council boosts focus on privacy
The Dutch Cyber Security Council says privacy will be one of its main focuses in 2015 and going forward

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Kaspersky Lab praised for handling of Duqu 2.0 cyber attack
Kaspersky Lab determined the best approach to cyber attack was to not only admit that it had been hacked, but also to provide extensive information on the malware

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UK government clampdown on intra-company transfers will hit IT migration
UK government is seeking advice on proposals to reduce the number of workers from outside Europe in the UK, which could change the way Indian IT suppliers operate in the UK.

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Security Think Tank: Select collaboration tools carefully to keep data secure
How can businesses of all sizes ensure that employees are able to collaborate effectively without the risk of compromise to the company IT network or systems?

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US Citizens Bank moves to IBM managed service as it splits from UK bank
US bank outsources IT as it moves on from split with RBS

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Is HMRC making tax more taxing for non-digital taxpayers?
Her Majesty's Revenue & Customs (HMRC) has made tax data accessible online – but how should it cater for those unable (or unwilling) to use digital services?

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