Wednesday, August 12, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 13/08/2015





IT budgets squashed by 20% currency price hike
CIOs could struggle to get the best value from next year's IT budget as the strong US dollar drives up costs

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Hootsuite moves social media management toolkit to IBM Softlayer cloud
Social media management dashboard maker shifts App Directory to IBM cloud

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Sale, spin-off or stay put? What should EMC do next?
With reports suggesting some major changes may be afoot at EMC, Clive Longbottom looks at the reasons why

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BDUK reaches three million homes and businesses
The BDUK superfast broadband roll-out has hit three million premises around the UK

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Small IT firms most susceptible to going under due to late payments
Small businesses, particularly those supplying IT, should look at alternative financing models as late payments put them at risk of closure

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Peer-to-peer lenders galore apply for regulatory approval
The number of companies applying to become authorised peer-to-peer lenders goes beyond expectations as the appetite for non-bank lenders increases

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DEF CON 23: Two major roadblocks to cyber diplomacy, says former US diplomat
The problem of attribution and the disclosure dilemma continue to hamper cyber diplomacy, but the US might just have cracked the former, according to David An

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Digital Scotland claws back £18m for superfast broadband
Digital Scotland Superfast Broadband programme receives an £18m funding boost to extend rural connectivity

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FBI uncovers cyber insider trading gang
Nine suspects are expected to be charged in the US with insider trading based on corporate press releases stolen by hackers before they had been made public

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Four more senior leaders announce departure from Government Digital Service
Four of GDS chief Mike Bracken's key lieutenants are following him out of the Whitehall door, but Bracken claims it is just part of a 'natural change'

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Hotel trade body offers members 100GbE networking capability
Hospitality sector trade association Hospa partners with network provider Exponential-e to enhance connectivity for its members

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Use technology to improve NHS, say patients
Almost 70% of the population believes technology should be used in the NHS to improve patient outcomes and efficiency, says Trustmarque

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British Gas Smart Metering consolidates data with Qlik on Hadoop
British Gas Smart Metering has used QlikView dashboards on Hadoop data lake to gain single view of its business

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Asean organizations braced for cyber attack
As an emerging economic power bloc, Asean is bracing itself for an influx of cyber crimes as hackers look for lucrative targets

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Testing a four-million-user disaster recovery plan
Preparing broadcaster MTGx's websites for the Winter Olympics won Load Impact the 2015 Computer Weekly European Private Sector Award

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Australian businesses under cyber attack
What are the cyber security risks facing businesses in Australia and New Zealand and how are organisations addressing them?

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British Gas trials app-based smart-meter display
My energy live app will display real-time energy use on a smartphone, says British Gas

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Google now an Alphabet company
Alphabet is a new parent company that includes a “slimmed down” Google alongside companies not related to core internet products

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Case study: Open University uses Microsoft Azure to create course content clearance hub
The Open University recently scooped the award for Best Cloud Project at the CW European User Awards, and here's why

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