Thursday, January 21, 2016

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 22/01/2016





Unaligned I/O: A storage performance killer
As the stack piles higher – with virtual servers, their virtual disks and guest operating systems – the scope for unaligned or misaligned I/O to affect performance increases

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Mars court filings reveal extent of Oracle licence probe
Court documents have revealed just how far Oracle will go to extract cash from some of its larger customers

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Device shipments to grow 1.9% in 2016, but user spend will fall
Analysts at Gartner forecast what lies ahead for the PC and mobile device markets in 2016

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Security will be key public sector cloud adoption driver by 2018, predicts Gartner
Gartner predicts that by 2018 government agencies will be citing security as a reason to move to public cloud rather than to stay away from it

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IBM beats estimates with growth in strategic areas
IBM claims its transformation efforts are working, but share prices dropped on news of a fall in revenue for the 15th consecutive quarter

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Bournemouth Council considers bringing IT back in-house
Bournemouth Council could bring IT and other services back in-house to gain more control over its budget and meet tough cost-cutting targets

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Dell SDN’s OS10 promises new levels of network flexibility
Dell expands its SDN product with a new operating system designed to maximise customer choice and capability

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Young high-earners driving fintech revolution
Consumers are quickly adopting fintech products and services, with young high-earners leading the charge

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Anchor tenants sought for £150m cross-border Irish datacentre
The development team behind a £150m dual-site datacentre that straddles the Northern Ireland border say it could generate thousands of jobs in the years to come

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NRF 2016: Businesses must prepare to 'cannibalise', says Amex CEO Chenault
Businesses should be prepared to adapt their business models to the digital world, says American Express CEO Kenneth Chenault

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Government drafts in civilians to fight cyber crime
The government plans to bolster police capacity to fight cyber crime by approving measures to give powers to volunteers with specialist knowledge

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PwC acquires Polish cloud consultancy for European operation
PwC is buying Poland-based IT services firm Outbox to build its cloud skills and resources across Europe

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Mobile services helping banks retain customers and add revenue
Investments in mobile banking services are helping banks increase revenue and retain customers

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Enterprises will drive augmented reality and wearables, says report
Business applications, not consumer, will be the real drivers for growth in augmented reality and wearable technology, says Beecham Research

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Microsoft to donate $1bn worth of cloud computing resources
Microsoft's $1bn cloud computing donation is aimed at helping NGOs, academic research and developing countries

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NRF 2016: Consumer empowerment no fad, says M&S
Retailers treating consumer empowerment as a passing fad rather than a paradigm shift have got it wrong, says Marks & Spencer CMO

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Digital Single Market must be adopted without delay, says EU parliament
MEPs pass resolution urging the EU to adopt Digital Single Market proposals and enact new protections for consumers as soon as possible

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What the EU’s cyber security bill means for UK industry
Coming European legislation on network and information security could have cost and organisational implications for a range of UK companies

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How software drives safety in aerospace, healthcare, oil and gas
Safety-focused industries have developed safety-critical software and services from which other sectors can learn

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