Monday, October 12, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 13/10/2015





PCs still the right choice for business, despite decline in sales, says Gartner
Android or iOS devices with keyboards are unlikely to replace Windows-based laptops and hybrids, according to analyst firm Gartner

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Three technologies to drive business
Emerging technologies such as 3D printers, the internet of things and APIs will deliver new business opportunities, and CIOs are in a position to drive forward these business strategies

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Sussex college dumps EMC for hyper-converged Scale Computing HC3
St Richard’s Catholic College deploys Scale Computing hyper-converged HC3 clusters to get log-in times down from more than two minutes to 30 seconds, saving £200,000 in the process

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PCIe SSD vs all-flash for enterprise storage
We run the rule over PCIe SSD and assess its potential as a server-side alternative to all-flash storage, as cache in conjunction with shared storage and in hyperscale environments

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Virtualisation and disaster recovery: DR features in Hyper-V
We run the rule over the key functionality in Microsoft Hyper-V that can help with disaster recovery, including backup, migration, high availability and replication

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Middlesex University embarks on mass datacentre migration with Exponential-e
Middlesex University has had enough of owning and running its own hardware, and looks to Exponential-e to help shift its datacentre assets

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Avere launches CloudFusion NAS appliance in Amazon Web Services cloud
NAS specialist Avere launches 1.5TB tiered storage cloud NAS appliance in the AWS cloud, with data held in RAM, flash and SATA media according to frequency of use

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Lack of trust for banks causes NHS rethink over Verify online identity scheme
NHS trials of the Verify ID assurance system found patients concerned over using banks to allow access to medical data

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Silicon Valley startups pitch to solve next-generation business IT problems
We visit Silicon Valley to meet some of the emerging tech companies focusing on enterprise IT

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CW500: Are you human or are you machine?
As more things become internet-connected, systems designed to authenticate people now need to deal with machine-to-machine authentication

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Security Think Tank: Threat intelligence feeds not for everyone
What is the best practice for collecting and using threat indicators from security incidents to improve defences against future cyber attacks?

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EU Data Protection Regulation: What the EC legislation means for cloud providers
With the European Commission's data protection rules set to drop before 2016, take a look at what the changes mean for the cloud and datacentre community

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The security dangers of home networks
Most companies take reasonable steps to protect their networks from virus attacks, but one area of vulnerability that is often overlooked is infection from employees’ home networks

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Computer Weekly European User Awards 2015: Best Networking Project winner
Construction company Osborne needs reliable connectivity on its building sites, which are often remote. This year's Networking Project of the Year goes to Osborne for the way it overcame the challenges of achieving this

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California adopts landmark law protecting digital privacy
New California state legislation aims to ensure digital data has the same kinds of protection applied to non-digital communications

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How to ensure strong passwords and better authentication
Five steps to ensure stronger passwords and better authentication to reduce the threat of business data theft

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Australia's tech sector weighs opportunities of Trans-Pacific Partnership
Australian IT businesses are evaluating the impact of a trade deal between 11 Pacific Rim countries

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Finnair selects IBM for cloud transformation
Finnish airline outsources IT transformation to IBM as it moves to introduce digital services to customers

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BT warns it will cut Openreach investment if split goes ahead
In its submission to Ofcom’s Digital Communications Review, BT argues for Openreach to remain part of the BT Group and warns that a split will damage broadband investment

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UK digital economy needs 2.3 million digital workers by 2020
The UK will need the skills of 2.3 million digital workers by 2020 if it hopes to power the promised digital economy, according to research from O2

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Apple removes more iOS apps over security concerns
Apple has blocked more apps over security concerns just weeks after ridding the App Store of XcodeGhost malware

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Case study: Consultancy AMR rebuilds comms platform on Colt IP Access
Business and M&A consultancy AMR International turned to Colt’s fibre network after being badly let down by its old supplier

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Nasa and Philips emerge as early adopters of AWS IoT app creation platform
Cloud giant debuts AWS IoT, which it claims will make it quicker and easier for enterprises to create apps for connected devices

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