Thursday, October 22, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 23/10/2015





Marketing firm shuns NetApp for VMware VSAN and HGST server flash
Grass Roots was struggling with capacity and performance on its NetApp SAN so it deployed VMware VSAN on servers with HGST PCIe server flash and helium HDDs

Read More ...




Mobile accounts for a quarter of Argos sales, but overall sales decline for Home Retail Group
Mobile sales grew to account for a quarter of Argos's total sales, according to parent company Home Retail Group’s half-year results

Read More ...




Silicon Valley companies fill out big data technologies as they mature
Companies based in Silicon Valley discuss the issues created by big data technologies as they mature

Read More ...




MySQL 5.7 aims at deeper convergence with Oracle tech and NoSQL
MySQL 5.7 has been released with next-generation hardware in mind, offering greater interoperability with Oracle and NoSQL database technologies

Read More ...




James Arbuthnot takes Post Office IT fight to House of Lords
James Arbuthnot takes his seat in the House of Lords and continues campaign for subpostmasters who claim to have been wronged by faulty Horizon IT system

Read More ...




Stuxnet: A wake-up call for nuclear cyber security
There is no way for nuclear operators to manage threats such as Stuxnet beyond normal risk analysis, according to industry expert Andrea Cavina

Read More ...




Lufthansa picks Inmarsat GX for 10-year in-flight broadband deal
German flag carrier Lufthansa will offer Inmarsat’s Global Xpress satellite broadband service on 150 of its aircraft

Read More ...




Nationwide Building Society outsources IT infrastructure
Nationwide has outsourced its IT infrastructure to Capgemini for the next five years to bring it up to date for the digital age

Read More ...




EMC and VMware launch managed hybrid cloud joint venture using Virtustream brand
EMC-owned Virtustream set to become outlet for storage and virtualisation firm's hybrid cloud managed services

Read More ...




EU net neutrality laws a threat to UK Open Internet Code, says BSG
The Broadband Stakeholder Group’s Richard Hooper says that the EU’s Connected Continent Regulation could damage the UK’s Open Internet Code

Read More ...




Infosec pros should start preparing for the future, say experts
Information security professionals need to grow their skills, engage with the business, increase security awareness, set business goals and tailor their messages, says a panel of experts

Read More ...




Consumer take-up of Gigaclear fibre broadband exceeds BDUK rates
Ultrafast altnet Gigaclear marks a major milestone in its network roll-out and claims a higher take-up rate for its FTTP product than BT is seeing on the Openreach FTTC network

Read More ...






Available Tags:VMware , server , Oracle , security , UK

No comments: