Thursday, November 5, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 06/11/2015





Atos co-ordinates IT suppliers for Metropolitan Police
The Metropolitan Police Service has awarded Atos a service integration and management contract as part of its technology transformation

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How IoT will impact the Asean cloud landscape
IoT deployments are in their early stages in the Asean region, but experts predict as take-up of IoT apps increases it will have a big impact on IT infrastructures in the region

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Young companies lead digital readiness in Finland
Startup businesses are leading the way in Finland when it comes to having the right customer-facing technologies in place

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Nutanix and Lenovo to sell hyper-converged appliances
Nutanix deal to put storage software on Lenovo servers with products aimed at datacentre use cases plus a 200-strong dedicated sales team could put pressure on its partnership with Dell

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French atomic agency tests Scality object storage
CEA opts for Scality Ring object storage software as potential replacement for block and file storage with gains hoped for in hardware independence and disk drive efficiency

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Cloud key to future cyber security, says Qualys
Security could be improved by moving to a world where security is enabled by customised and optimised security agents in virtual datacentres, endpoints and apps, says Qualys CTO Wolfgang Kandek

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Rethink security by focusing on resilience, says Raytheon-Websense
Businesses need to take learned behaviours and use them to reliably contain and neutralise emerging threats, says Raytheon-Websense

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Microsoft and Red Hat join forces to help ease enterprises into hybrid cloud
Tech giants set aside years of rivalry to help enterprises with mixed IT environments move to the cloud with greater ease

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1248 trials IoT device management platform
Internet of things (IoT) specialist 1248 plans to unveil a service to help businesses manage and maximise value from their IoT deployments

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Security Think Tank: Create a data security culture to keep data safe
How should businesses go about setting up and maintaining a comprehensive and accurate inventory of personal data?

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Finance industry will invest more than $1bn in blockchain in the next two years
Financial firms will spend more than $1bn on blockchain technology projects over the next two years, according to researchers

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Accenture builds data scientist base in Australian city Perth
The data strategy of Australian energy giant Woodside has encouraged the IT industry to invest in the development of data science skills

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IBM acquires software broker Gravitant to bolster hybrid cloud play
IBM is continuing to build out its hybrid cloud proposition by splashing the cash on US-based IT services broker Gravitant

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UAE recognises importance of cyber security, says official
Like the UK, the UAE federal government has identified the importance of creating an environment in which it is safe to do business online

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The pros and cons of treating internal IT like a business
Aligning IT with the business has become a CIO mantra – but now digitisation has pushed IT to the top of the business agenda

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Singapore’s Smart Nation vision entices startups and IoT developers
The Singapore government is pitching to make the tiny Asean city-state a centre for the development of smart city and internet of things technology, and wants to bring UK startups to its shores. Computer Weekly meets Steve Leonard, the man in charge of the project

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Companies need to change the way they think about security, says RSA president
The security mindset needs to change because the dirty little secret in the security industry is that all the supplier claims in the world cannot keep firms safe from breaches

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TechUK issues six-point plan to help the government work better with SMEs
Technology association applauds government's efforts to engage with SMEs, but says more must be done to make it easier for smaller firms to do business with the public sector

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Theresa May proposes bulk data and internet tracking under the Investigatory Powers Bill
The home secretary has unveiled the draft Investigatory Powers Bill, which sets out the government's plans to collect data on UK citizens' internet use

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