Thursday, October 29, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 30/10/2015





Apple reports record quarterly profit and annual sales
Apple reports record sales of $234bn and net profit of $53.4bn for the 2015 financial year, up by 35% from $39.5bn in 2014

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Lack of data classification very costly to firms, says survey
Most data retained by organisations is not identified or classified and gobbles budget spent on storage, as well as being potentially non-compliant, reveals Veritas-sponsored survey

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British American Tobacco saves £1.4m after automating candidate selection
British American Tobacco uses custom profiling software to cut the number of applications managers have to screen by half, as part of a major re-organisation of its recruitment processes

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Rail firm Alstom picks BT to supply network and Microsoft cloud service
Alstom Transport will deploy an end-to-end network service from the BT Connect portfolio across 300 sites around the world

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Housing, health and blue light customers targets for advanced 4G connectivity
As EE announces a line of products and services for public sector and business users, Computer Weekly went to explore some of the possible applications

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Tableau users highlight their best dashboard designs
Modern data visualization tools offer no shortage of data dashboard design options, but Tableau users said that knowing how to use them effectively is key to dashboard adoption.

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Ministry of Defence hoarding £38.5m worth of unused IPv4 addresses
A Freedom of Information request by network control specialist Infoblox has revealed that the MoD is hoarding millions of pounds worth of unused IPv4 addresses, while the UK government remains woefully unprepared for IPv6

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Mobile attacks more vicious, insidious and malicious, says Blue Coat
An increase in insidious and malicious attack types should sound an alarm to strengthen defences, according to a mobile malware report

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Volvo Group sells Swedish external IT to Indian supplier HCL Technologies
Vehicle manufacturer Volvo Group is selling some of its IT operation in Sweden to Indian supplier HCL

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Twitter share price down after disappointing forecast and growth
Twitter shares fell by 14% to $27.38 in extended trading in response to a disappointing forecast and continued slow user growth

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Competition watchdog provisionally clears BT EE deal
The Competition and Markets Authority gives provisional clearance to the multi-billion pound tie-up between BT and mobile operator EE

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SK Telecom shows 5G software-defined network management
5G networking promises significantly more mobile bandwidth than 4G today

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