Sunday, November 1, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 02/11/2015





All-flash storage vs hybrid flash in Russia: Price and performance key
Russian organisations are adopting all-flash and hybrid flash storage systems, with price and performance the key considerations when deciding between the two

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Why the IT dinosaurs should be planning for extinction
The planned merger of two dinosaurs of the hardware world, Dell and EMC, offers a useful insight into how to manage corporate extinction

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Genomics big data compels IT to rediscover efficiency techniques
Genomics is generating big data at such a scale that research institutes such as the Sanger in Cambridge are having to rediscover storage techniques from the past

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Google set to merge ChromeOS with Android
Google's experiment to establish its second operating system – ChromeOS – is expected to merge into a future Android release

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EU told to protect Snowden as privacy fears continue
MEPs have called for EU states to protect Edward Snowden and on the EC to do more to protect the fundamental rights of citizens

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Law enforcement cracks down on DroidJack Android snooping malware users
A joint EU/US operation on the DroidJack malware is the latest example of international collaboration between law enforcement officers directed at cyber crime

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Alcatel-Lucent transformation cuts HR costs by 30% with cloud platform
Alcatel-Lucent expects to have its cloud human resources (HR) platform used in 62 countries by the end of the year, replacing aging on-premise HR IT systems

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Social exclusion, IoT and data privacy the biggest issues facing digital economy
At the 2015 Parliament and Internet conference in Westminster, a series of panels explored some of the key issues affecting the UK’s digital economy

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Software developer insolvencies grow as competition tightens
Insolvencies for ICT companies fall overall but more
software developers struggle as competition intensifies

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Police arrest second teenager over TalkTalk hack
Metropolitan Police announce the arrest of a second teenager in connection with the attack on TalkTalk that exposed the details of four million customers

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UK surveillance bill to give police access to web history
Proposed UK surveillance legislation is expected to allow the police to seize details of websites and access specific web addresses visited by anyone under investigation

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M&S data breach forces retailer to temporarily suspend service
A glitch that allowed online customers to see each others' details forced retailer Mark & Spencer to take its website offline while it resolved the issue

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Retailers will never have pure play, says Watchfinder founder
Founder of luxury second-hand watch reseller Watchfinder explains that retailers will never have an entirely online or offline business

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New European rules to help tackle cyber and other crime
The EU parliament has approved an update of European police college rules to help Cepol keep pace with security threats such as cyber crime

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Morrisons’ staff data breach lawsuit underlines insider threat
Thousands of Morrisons' employees are to sue the supermarket giant in what is believed to be the UK’s biggest ever claim in relation to a breach of data security

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Students who don’t pick Stem are “cutting themselves off”
Students who drop Stem subjects are cutting themselves off from a future tech career and widening the skills gap

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IT entrepreneurs call for easing of immigration rules
The IT entrepreneur community is asking for the rules on skilled workers entering the UK to be relaxed because of the difficulty faced by startups in finding the right staff

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CIO interview: Mette Jæpelt, Egmont Group
Egmont CIO Mette Jæpelt is a supplier and colleague to the company's business groups, which makes her current role different from any other in her 35-year career

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Tech will turn HR into a ‘productivity department’
HR technologies are moving away from managing staff in favour of helping them become more productive

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Using open data to solve social challenges
The Open Data Institute has spent the past two years funding startups to build applications that could solve socio-economic problems

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BT revenue up 2% on broadband and BT Sport Europe
BT reports rising demand for broadband services and BT Sport Europe, which has helped add a record number of BT TV customers in the past quarter

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Digital transformations will spur software quality measurement
Ever more customer-touching systems will force organisations to ensure their underlying software is robust enough to prevent IT problems becoming public and causing brand damage

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