Monday, July 6, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 7/7/2015





Intel president Renée James departs in senior management reshuffle
Intel's departing president, Renée James, will stay on until January 2016 to steady the ship in the face of sweeping management changes at Intel

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Nordic retailers get physical to combat international digital giants
Nordic retails must evolve if they are to prosper in a sector where competition from international online giants is fierce

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Swedish cloud provider gets Solidfire all-flash storage for OpenStack
Stockholm-based Elastx uses Solidfire all-flash arrays to support as-a-service provision on OpenStack with easy API connections to Cinder

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Tablets replace need for multiple devices in the enterprise
Far from being a companion device, tablet computers are increasingly being deployed as the only device for certain groups of users

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Fujitsu launches petabyte-scale DS8700 and 8900 S3 enterprise flash arrays
Fujitsu replaces DS8700 S2 array with two enterprise class arrays, the DS8700 and DS8900 S3, with all-flash and hybrid flash capability and scalability into multiple petabytes

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ARM wrestles its way into the datacentre with the help of 64-bit chips
Intel x86 technology has traditionally ruled the datacentre roost, but could the power consumption benefits of ARM 64-bit systems change all that?

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Housing provider in spat with EMC gets Tintri hybrid flash
Social housing provider Housing & Care 21 lost patience with EMC and signed Tintri hybrid flash with three years’ support for two-thirds of the price

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John Swainson, president of Dell Software, argues the case for rethinking datacentres
Having previously worked for Silver Lake, CA and IBM, Swainson now heads the company’s software business

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Box ties up with IBM to boost enterprise credibility and global reach
IBM and Box have forged a global partnership to integrate their existing products and services, and develop new ones for secure collaboration

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OpenStack Cinder: Block storage on the open-source cloud platform
OpenStack Cinder 101: The fundamentals of Cinder, how it is implemented, how to provision it, how it works with third-party storage arrays, its features and more

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NetApp adds AFF All-Flash FAS 8000 series storage arrays
NetApp boosts its SSD array portfolio with the addition of AFF All-Flash FAS 8000 series storage arrays built on Data ONTAP, but still no sign of FlashRay general availability

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IT professionals give Windows 10 Start button the thumbs up
A survey of European and North American IT professionals has found that the return of the Start button is the most enticing feature in Microsoft's latest operating system

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Google scolds businesses for citing security as a reason not to use cloud
Search giant reckons on-premise data is more likely to be breached than information stored in the cloud

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Enterprise adoption of hybrid devices tipped to soar post-Windows 7
Enterprise IT departments should consider hybrid devices in their post-Windows 7 migration plans, claims Gartner

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Datacentre operators warned off prioritising on-site security over cyber threat protection
Too many datacentre operators prioritise physical security over protection from cyber attacks, it is claimed

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Why trust, rather than security, could be the bigger barrier to Google cloud adoption
Industry watchers probe Google's claim that data stored in its cloud is safer than keeping it on-premise

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Ofcom fines EE £1m for breaking regulatory complaints procedures
Ofcom has fined mobile network operator EE £1m for failing to give customers information about taking stalled complaints to a dispute resolution process

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Security Think Tank: Guidelines to enable security to get the most out of log management
How can log management be used to bolster information security and improve incident response without infringing end user privacy?

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Let’s get real about decryption, says GCHQ tech director
There needs to be more “honesty” in the discussion around GCHQ’s decryption capabilities, according to the agency's Ian Levy

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Camden Council uses IBM data analytics to beat austerity
Camden Council has used data integration to link council systems, enabling it to cut waste and improve efficiency – and saving £93m in the process

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Sales of cloud-enabling infrastructure grew 25% in Q1, finds IDC
IDC cloud infrastructure tracker suggests enterprises are coming round to the idea of hybrid IT

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Hacker tries to hold Plex video streaming service to ransom
A hacker has accessed Plex forum servers and threatened to publish personal data if a ransom is not paid

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Wi-Fi enhances guest experience and profitability for Belgian theme park
Bobbejaanland, one of the largest theme parks in Belgium, is using a Fortinet Wi-Fi network to offer visitors access on the go, and improve its management capabilities

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Superfast Cornwall broadband roll-out boosts local economy by £186m
The Superfast Cornwall fibre broadband roll-out programme hits its 95% coverage target, with more than £186m of economic benefit already realised

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BT Security chief predicts big challenges ahead, despite progress
Cyber security is a big opportunity, not just a threat and by systematically applying security controls defenders are raising the bar, according to BT Security chief

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BBC to cut 1,000 jobs and merge tech teams due to low licence fees
The BBC will cut jobs and merge its technology teams in an effort to save funds after a drop in licence fees as fewer people watch live TV

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PayPal acquires Xoom as spin-off nears
PayPal is continuing its strategy as a standalone company with its second fintech acquisition

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ICO reports progress in data protection, but funding remains a concern
Despite the progress of the past year, the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) says it still doesn't know how it will fund its operations in the future

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Former Starling CTO Tom Bloomfield sets up smartphone rival
Former Starling CTO Tom Bloomfield founds smartphone-based service, Mondo, currently applying for a bank licence to take on the high street giants

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How Deutsche Telekom plans to challenge AWS and Google in the cloud
German telco Deutsche Telekom wants to evolve into the public cloud and plans to beat sector giants such as Amazon and Google at their own game

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TNT continues outsourcing push
TNT continues to outsource as it strives to free up resources to focus on its core competency, signing a five-year BPO deal with Accenture

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Metropolitan Police picks Innopsis to lead network procurement
London’s Metropolitan Police Service signs public-sector networking association Innopsis to lead engagement on network procurement

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