Wednesday, May 11, 2016

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 12/05/2016





Nokia plunges to €513m loss after Alcatel-Lucent acquisition
Costs mount up at network equipment supplier Nokia following its acquisition of Alcatel-Lucent

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BBC hones IT project management, but still room for improvement
National Audit Office report finds the BBC’s management of critical projects has improved since the failure of its Digital Media Initiative, but further action is needed

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Nordea Bank launches crowdfunding platform in Finland
The Nordic financial services group offers a technology bringing together investors and startup businesses

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UK e-commerce spend rose by 8.4% year-on-year in April 2016
Online spending increases in 2015/16 as face-to-face transactions remain stagnant, finds Visa

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Safer cycling project wins BT smart city contest
Northern Irish startup See.Sense scoops £15,000 prize in BT smart city contest after developing a connected bike light

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Security Think Tank: Guidelines for improving the effectiveness of IT security recruitment
What strategies can organisations use to ensure that they are able to hire the information security professionals they need and that good candidates are not being missed or overlooked?

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Nursery and baby store Kiddicare puts its hand up to data breach after attack on a test site
Nursery and baby store Kiddicare suffers a data breach following a cyber attack on a test website that held real customer data

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Customer relationships still key to competitive advantage, says Martin Kuppinger
There are five essential areas to which businesses need to pay attention to build competitive advantage in the rapidly evolving digital world, according to analyst Martin Kuppinger

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Virgin Media connections spike as Project Lightning takes hold
Virgin Media adds a record number of subscribers to its platform in the first quarter of 2016

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Nominet offers bacon sarnies to get UK tradespeople online
UK domain name registrar Nominet launches a campaign, and opens its own greasy spoon café, to try to get more of the UK’s tradespeople online

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Eurovision Song Contest launches contactless payments in Stockholm
Eurovision Song Contest sponsor Visa Europe equips visitors with contactless payment wristbands backed by Gemalto’s Allynis events platform

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Singapore smart city chief delivers vision to the world
The Singapore government minister running the city state's smart nation project tells the world about the country’s smart nation vision

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Shadow IT cited as reason why some firms lack formal cloud strategy
Research from VMTurbo suggests firms are using cloud, even if they claim not to have a formal private or public deployment plan in place

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