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Tuesday, May 24, 2016

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 25/05/2016

Amazon S3 storage 101: Object storage in the cloud
Amazon S3 has emerged as a de facto standard for accessing data in the cloud. We run the rule over S3, its key attributes and what you need to know to use it with your applications

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How 3D printing will disrupt industry worldwide
The technology is helping startups model prototypes and inventory suppliers lop millions from supply chain costs

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Graph databases: What are the benefits for CIOs?
With enterprise interest in graph databases on the rise, Clive Longbottom explains why some businesses are favouring them over relational setups

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Theme park company rides with Simplivity hyper-converged
International theme park operator Merlin Entertainments dumps servers and storage and replaces them with Simplivity hyper-converged infrastructure at 124 sites worldwide

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Middle East CIOs put ambitious IT projects on hold as cheap oil hurts business
A lack of business confidence leads some organisations in the Middle East to delay or abandon ambitious IT projects that may not show an immediate return

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IBM PCM leap opens way to new layer of enterprise storage
IBM shows off triple-level cell phase change memory and says PCM can be used as faster adjunct to flash storage and extension to DRAM memory

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PCIe SSD: Cache vs storage tier
Adding PCIe flash is a popular way of speeding up application response times, with more rapid I/O guaranteed, but should PCIe SSD be added as cache or as a tier of storage?

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Three Ireland sets out to become an omnichannel operator
Mobile network Three Ireland chooses Amdocs to support a ground-up rebuild of its systems and processes after acquiring O2’s Irish business in 2014

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CIO Interview: Grant Hodgkinson, Mimecast
CIO and vice-president of digital operations at the email security expert explains the importance of electronic communication in the modern business environment

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Dutch mastering the art of big data analysis
Gathering and analysing huge amounts of data offers the promise of business efficiency and new opportunities. We look at what this all means for the once-cautious Dutch

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DDoS attacks openly on offer for $5 an hour, researchers discover
DDoS attacks have become a commodity, and are available openly on professional services online marketplaces for as little as $5 an hour, say security researchers

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Vue Entertainment uses Rackspace to manage online demand for blockbuster movie tickets
Cinema chain explains how its ‘lean and mean’ IT team relies on Rackspace to meet the growing online demands of moviegoers

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Israel’s cyber security frontier
The Israeli city of Beer Sheva is quickly becoming a global centre of cyber security technology

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CW@50: How networking became the core of IT
Compared with the network, Computer Weekly is but a sprightly youngster. We take a look back not at just 50, but 200 years of British innovation in communications technology

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Singapore retailer shifts IT infrastructure to the cloud
Challenger is moving its IT infrastructure to the cloud to enable it to respond better to business growth

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UK emergency services upgrade set to save lives
The UK government introduces an open standard for emergency services’ IT systems to improve the speed and efficiency of responses to incidents

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Thursday, April 28, 2016

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 28/04/2016

HDS G series arrays get native NAS and cloud as a storage tier
VSP G series enterprise hybrid flash arrays see addition of native NAS functionality on a controller card plus cloud as a storage tier via Hitachi Content Platform

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EE open sources rural network coverage problem
Mobile operator EE enlists Lime Micro and Ubuntu founder Canonical to help develop open source network capabilities and services for rural areas

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OpenStack Foundation steps up efforts to address enterprise skills gap
OpenStack Foundation co-founder claims scarcity of techies with skills in using the open source cloud platform remains biggest barrier to enterprise adoption

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GE launches Predix-power application for the industrial internet
GE’s digital division is now a fully fledged software business with the introduction of an asset performance management system

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Mobility tops 2016 priority list for Middle East IT leaders
Mobility projects will be the most common IT initiative among Middle East organisations this year, according to research from Computer Weekly

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Young would-be cyber warriors battle it out at Bletchley Park
Would-be cyber warriors are battling it out at historic Bletchley Park CyberCenturion to be crowned the UK’s top young cyber defenders

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Action for Children mobilises staff on Claranet’s managed network
Action for Children, the charity behind Byte Night, moves onto Claranet’s MPLS core network to support the wholesale revitalisation of its ICT

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CIO interview: Simon Kerry, Charles Tyrwhitt
CIO of men's clothing retailer Charles Tyrwhitt talks omni-channel and discusses the firm’s move away from a bespoke e-commerce system to the Demandware platform

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Interview: John Hazen, senior vice-president of direct to customer, True Religion
True Religion’s senior vice-president of direct to customer, John Hazen, discusses the US clothing retailer’s plans for loyalty, simplicity and the pursuit of a single customer record

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DDoS attacks hit three-quarters of global brands in 2015
DDoS attack tactics evolve from single, large attacks, intended to take a website offline, to multi-vector barrages – but organisations are fighting back

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Vodafone and Huawei open narrowband IoT lab
Mobile operator Vodafone supplies connectivity to an internet of things (IoT) joint venture development centre with Huawei in Newbury

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CityFibre rolls out gigabit services in Leeds and Bradford
Fibre backhaul supplier CityFibre enlists local ISPs Diva Networks and Exa Telecom to launch gigabit broadband services in Leeds and Bradford

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OpenStack: "Cloud success determined by business culture, not technology"
The OpenStack Foundation and its supporters claim companies that prioritise technology over business culture are doomed to fail in the cloud

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Business failing to learn lessons of past cyber attacks, report shows
Organisations are still failing to address basic security issues and well-known attack methods, Verizon’s latest Data Breach Investigations Report reveals

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Wednesday, April 27, 2016

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 28/04/2016

Vodafone and Huawei open narrowband IoT lab
Mobile operator Vodafone supplies connectivity to an internet of things (IoT) joint venture development centre with Huawei in Newbury

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Tuesday, April 26, 2016

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 27/04/2016

Nexsan adds file sync and share to NAS to create Unity
Storage hardware maker Nexsan adds file sync and share to NST arrays from Connected Data acquisition to create Unity family of NAS with private cloud functionality

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How to yield the benefits of converged infrastructure
Bringing together the elements of enterprise IT generates a litany of operational and cost-cutting advantages – but care must be taken in balancing risk and in implementation

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Middle East CIOs face numerous data challenges as the regional market matures
Enterprise IT experts reveal to Computer Weekly the issues local technology leaders face when trying to use, back up and protect their valuable data

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Lloyds Bank offshores more IT roles to India
Lloyds Banking Group is offshoring more IT jobs to India as part of its latest cost-cutting announcement

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EE to onshore all customer service calls
Mobile operator EE attempts to improve customer services by bringing call handling onshore

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CIO interview: Ulrica Holmgren, Telenor Sweden
The Swedish CIO of telecoms provider Telenor tells Computer Weekly about the company’s agility, pilot projects and the digital journey

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Australia pledges A$230m to prevent a ‘lawless’ cyber domain
Australia's latest cyber security strategy will see the appointment of a cyber ambassador, charged with liaising with other nations

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IoT to play a part in more than a quarter of cyber attacks by 2020, says Gartner
Gartner predicts IoT security spending will be moderate until 2020, after which it will increase at a faster rate as execution improves

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Indonesian internet users turn to smartphones to go online
Organisations with a cyber footprint in Indonesia must understand most internet users in the country access online content and services on smartphones

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Big data analytics a useful security tool, says analyst
The majority of companies using big data security analytics report a high business benefit, according to the Business Application Research Center

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Sunday, April 24, 2016

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 25/04/2016

Spectra Logic claims biggest and fastest TFinity tape library
Spectra Logic claims multi-petabyte capacities and speedier tape robot cycle times with TFinity Exascale Edition, a product aimed at tape’s new niche in archive and cold storage

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Data management: Five decades of prospecting for business value
Data management and business intelligence have been at the heart of business value creation for decades. Read about how Computer Weekly has tracked their promise and tribulations

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Security collaboration key, says BFA-Bankia CISO
CISOs across all sectors need to work together to increase the security capabilities of their organisations and grow together, according to BFA-Bankia's CISO Maria González

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Nordic corporations open their doors to tech startups
Traditional Nordic corporations are starting to take advantage of the vibrant startup community in the region, and they are changing the way they think

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British Library's 'digital wallpaper' brings Shakespeare to the smartphone
The British Library is enabling people to download digital facsimiles of first edition Shakespeare plays to their devices using ‘digital wallpaper’

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New Zealand wants UK and other overseas ICT professionals to fill skills gap
New Zealand needs ICT professionals from overseas to fill a growing skills gap

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Microsoft’s Q3 hit by cloud investments, income falls to $3.8bn
Competing with AWS and expanding into new regions leaves a hole in the finances

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UK information commissioner weighs in on Privacy Shield
It would be “very sensible” if both the EU and the US answered the questions European data protection authorities are asking about the Privacy Shield pact, according to the UK information commissioner

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France takes the lead in the global open data race
The appointment of a chief data officer (CDO) has already seen the nation create five different types of economic and social value

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Rackspace embarks on renewed push to ease enterprise adoption of AWS and Azure clouds
Managed cloud provider Rackspace outlines how teaming up with IT consultancy Cloud Technology Partners will help enterprises struggling with the move off-premise

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Nationwide streamlines e-commerce checks with CA Technologies
The building society has deployed CA Technology’s risk analytics to detect abnormal payment activities

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UK economy faces digital divide, CBI warns
A report from the Confederation of British Industry and tech giant IBM paints a bleak picture of UK businesses' adoption (or not) of digital technologies

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BBC micro:bit Model Rocket Car Competition sparks creative interest in Stem
Microsoft and the Bloodhound Project explain how focusing on the creative side of tech helps drive children’s interest in science, technology, engineering and maths careers

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Graduation of apprentices is coming of age for Accenture’s Newcastle hub
The first group of IT graduates emerging from Accenture’s apprenticeship scheme in north-east England will walk straight into jobs, debt-free

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Business needs to take GDPR seriously, says UK privacy chief
The GDPR is about enabling organisations to realise the benefits of the digital era, but it is serious about enforcement for those that do not play within the rules, says UK information commissioner

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Singapore online grocer RedMart uses cloud ERP to drive growth
Online retailer RedMart turned to cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) when its existing system struggled to keep up with business growth

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Halfords CIO jumps ship to move to Morrisons
Halfords CIO Anna Barsby will be moving to head up technology at supermarket chain Morrisons

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Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer remains silent on strategy review
Yahoo! considers its options for the future, but CEO Marissa Mayer gave away no details when announcing the company's Q1 financial results

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Tuesday, April 12, 2016

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 13/04/2016

Falconstor adds cross-platform storage analytics
Falconstor leverages IP from Cumulus Logic buy to provide Freestor Analytics, which gives customers visibility across heterogeneous hardware of key storage metrics

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Smith & Williamson starts legacy renewal with WhereScape Red
Financial services company Smith & Williamson migrates Cobol data into SQL Server data warehouse in a bid to recreate and cleanse legacy data

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CW@50: Storage – From punched cards to flash and the cloud
Since the launch of Computer Weekly in 1966, we have moved from a world of punched cards and paper tape to one where flash and the cloud have revolutionised data storage

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IDC research shows steady drop in on-premise hardware spend as cloud adoption soars
IDC infrastructure research highlights how enterprise demand for cloud is affecting on-premise IT spending trends

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Nationwide watches customer behaviour in authentication experiment
Nationwide Building Society is testing whether behavioural biometrics can unlock higher levels of security clearance in banking

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QA launches cyber attack defence training facility in London
Training firm QA launches a cyber attack simulation facility in London to enable organisations to test and learn cyber defence skills

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Activist Lauri Love faces order to disclose encryption keys
The UK's National Crime Agency, takes an unusual legal step to force a former university student accused of hacking to disclose encryption keys.

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Competition and Markets Authority urges EC to kill Three's O2 merger
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) urges the European Commission (EC) to rule against CK Hutchison's proposed acquisition of mobile network O2

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Hyperoptic launches FTTP services in Brighton
Hyperoptic rolls out its fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband service to housing developments in Brighton

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UK’s Daily Mail publisher eyes Yahoo’s assets
The Daily Mail parent company is putting together a bid for Yahoo’s news properties that would increase its US presence significantly

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Openreach passes 25 million premises with fibre backhaul
BT Openreach marks another milestone in its national fibre broadband network roll-out

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British innovation targets file manipulation malware
Innovative British security software firm Glasswall Solutions is tackling the growing threat of malware that tampers with files and exploits structural weaknesses in popular business document formats

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Security Think Tank: Tackle vital patching challenge with risk-based approach
What strategies can companies adopt to help keep up with and deal with the huge volume of software updates they are facing?

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IT job seekers want to make bigger career moves
LinkedIn, which now has more than 20 million members in the UK, recently looked at how IT professionals’ jobs have changed over the past year

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UK has hit 90% ‘superfast’ target, say broadband analysts
Statistics from broadband comparison site Thinkbroadband seem to suggest the government has hit its target of making superfast broadband available to 90% of UK premises

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CIOs lack faith in IT’s ability to meet digital demands of business
VCE research suggests IT departments lack confidence in their ability to meet the digital demands of their organisation

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CIO Interview: Phil Pavitt, global CIO, Specsavers – Online not the only way
Specsavers CIO explains why the personal touch is as important as digital services for customers of health-related products

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National Childbirth Trust breach shows all data needs to be safeguarded
Breach of more than 15,000 login credentials and email addresses at the National Childbirth Trust underlines that every sector must take cyber security seriously, say security pundits

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Pfizer collaborates with IBM to use IoT to support Parkinson's treatment
Pfizer and IBM plan to work together on using IoT to monitor patients remotely to help in drug development and clinical therapies for Parkinson’s disease

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Rackspace debuts private cloud packages to drive up enterprise adoption of OpenStack
Rackspace claims pre-configured hardware, software and services stack will smooth enterprise path to OpenStack-based clouds

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Monday, February 8, 2016

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 09/02/2016

Service provider turns RAM into VDI storage with Atlantis
OGL Computer rolls out virtual desktop service to customers using Atlantis software to provide RAM as VDI storage for non-persistent desktops with 200 IOPS of performance each

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HDS launches Pentaho-based HSP 400 scale-out big data appliance
Hitachi Data Systems launches big data appliance, the HSP 400, aimed at data lake use cases, with hardware nodes running the Pentaho Enterprise Platform acquired in 2015

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Gridstore plans KVM and container support in further tilt at VMware
Hyper-converged appliance maker Gridstore gets $19m in funding to drive KVM and container support to provide an alternative to “costly” VMware

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No supplier immune from declining smartphone market, says Juniper Research
Juniper Research’s latest assessment of the smartphone market reveals virtually all suppliers are being affected by the global slowdown

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TfL shifts corporate archive to AWS public cloud in digital preservation push
London transport authority has begun moving its first 3TB of corporate archive data to the AWS cloud with the help of Preservica

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Leading Edge Forum teams up with Imperial college on business disruption
Global thought leadership membership organisation launches programme to teach business heads about digital disruption

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Microsoft profits fall but cloud success sends share price up
Strong fourth-quarter performance of Microsoft’s cloud services indicates that CEO Satya Nadella’s transformation plan is working

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Samsung upbeat despite profit slump
Samsung says that it will continue to plug away at diversifying and reinforcing its business in a bid to return to profitable growth

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Internet of things a smart opportunity for energy companies
We investigate how energy companies are taking advantage of internet-connected devices to support smart home initiatives

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Cloud storage appliances: What they are and who provides them
We look at the cloud storage appliance market – everything from local gateway presentation of the cloud, via hybrid cloud, to the new generation of cloud-resident appliances

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CIO interview: Johan Kestens, ING Belgium
ING Belgium’s CIO talks to Computer Weekly in depth about the technology-driven changes in the banking sector

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CIO interview: Kevin O’Connor, group CIO, William Hill
Former Paddy Power CIO aims to bring IT development work back in-house and use technology to improve customers’ betting experience

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ABN Amro reacts to demand for Snapchat customer support
Dutch bank is widening its social media-based channels by communicating with customers using Snapchat

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Security Think Tank: Three-pronged approach to defend against ransomware
Ransomware is becoming increasingly prevalent in the world of cyber crime. What is the best strategy for businesses to protect against it?

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Vaizey launches cyber security learning tool for HR professionals
The government and the CIPD have launched a free e-learning module to help HR professionals protect sensitive HR data and educate the wider workforce about cyber security

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Threat intelligence vital to cyber defence, claims CrowdStrike
Companies that ignore the global events that are the drivers behind cyber threats will pay for it in the loss of revenue, jobs, intellectual property, and shareholder value, says CrowdStrike

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Visa opens up its technology to developers
Software developers at fintech companies and banks are to be given access to Visa’s technology

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Agreement struck to put superfast broadband in new-build homes
The government has struck a deal with Openreach and the Home Builders Federation to supply superfast broadband connectivity to new homes

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Azure’s role in Microsoft’s IoT vision
Microsoft has fleshed out its strategy to position its cloud service as a key part of the internet of things fabric with the availability of Azure IoT Hub

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Swedish insurer pens infrastructure deal with City Network
Insurance company Folksam is using infrastructure as a service as part of its IT modernisation programme

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EU-US Privacy Shield: Can written assurances adequately protect EU data from US snoops?
Privacy campaigners have been quick to question whether Safe Harbour’s replacement will be looked on favourably by the European Court of Justice

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Mobile apps are big threat to business security, researcher warns
Attackers could already be exploiting the fact that most mobile apps are ‘leaving the door wide open’ through poor and insecure coding practices, says security researcher James Lyne

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Italy embraces cloud storage for multiple platforms
Investment in the cloud and storage is rising rapidly in Italy as customers see the benefits of cloud storage for many use cases and the savings it can bring

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How to survive a broadband service failure
With BT yet again forced to apologise to consumer and business broadband customers after another technical fault, how can businesses reliant on one telco prepare themselves for the inevitable?

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Security Think Tank: Ransomware exploits poor security practice in SMEs
What is the best strategy for business to protect against ransomware?

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IoT risks raise concerns among IT specialists in central and eastern Europe
The internet of things is gaining momentum in central and eastern Europe, but IT professionals have worries over security

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Global mobile traffic to hit 31 exabytes a month by 2020
The boom in global mobile data traffic shows absolutely no signs of slowing, according to Cisco’s latest Visual Networking Index report

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Energy sector lacks visibility of damaging cyber attacks
While 82% of energy sector IT professionals say a cyber attack could cause physical damage, 65% cannot track all threats to their networks

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VoLTE calls not yet as reliable as 2G or 3G, says report
Research by customer experience solutions supplier Amdocs claims VoLTE call drops are four to five times higher than on traditional mobile networks

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Insurance giant RSA outsources to Wipro
Insurance group takes on infrastructure as a service from Indian supplier Wipro in a bid to consolidate its European IT

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Tuesday, January 19, 2016

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 20/01/2016

Cloud host dumps hybrid for all-flash software-defined storage
Cloud firm Togglebox tried Linux software-defined storage and Nimble hybrid flash, but customers hit it too hard so it opted for all-flash with storage software from StorPool

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PCs will redefine the workspace
The PC market has been in decline since 2012, thanks in part to the popularity of tablets – but, with Windows 10, the PC is set for a comeback

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Gartner: IT spending to grow just 0.6% in 2016
US-based IT companies were hit hard by a strong dollar last year, with sales totalling $216bn less than in 2014

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UK IT and business process outsourcing plummeted in 2015, show ISG figures
The amount of money UK organisations spent on IT and business process outsourcing fell sharply in 2015, compared to the previous year

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Canary Wharf Group brings 4G network coverage inside its properties
Arqiva deploys an in-building network to enable 4G browsing in the underground shopping centres at Canary Wharf

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Migration recommendations could hike the cost of Indian IT services
Government recommendations to tighten up the rules around overseas workers in the UK could increase IT costs for businesses

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Offshoring IT services: Beyond the usual suspects
India is the prime location for offshoring IT – but it may not be the best fit for every business, and there are now many alternatives around the world

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Only half of businesses ready to defend against cyber attack
Lack of confidence in cyber security is driven by businesses' struggle to keep pace with the agility, resilience and persistence of attackers, says Cisco report

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BT names global IT architect Howard Watson as CIO
BT chief architect and managing director of global IT platforms, Howard Watson, is to replace Clive Selley as the telecoms firm's CIO

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Automated bots drive cyber attack innovation
Persistent cyber attacks will feature highly in 2016 as automation takes over, according to cyber security organisation Radware

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Sigfox brings the internet of things to Antarctica
Connectivity provider teams up with GPS supplier Sensolus and Belgian government to use the IoT to support climate change researchers

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BT brings 1,000 customer service jobs back to UK
BT is to create 1,000 jobs as part of its commitment to answer the majority of its consumer-facing service calls in the UK

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Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull calls for free, open and secure internet
International norms of behaviour should prohibit states from conducting cyber intellectual property theft, says Australian prime minister Malcolm Turnbull

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UK cyber fraud up 21%, says police fraud unit
GetSafeOnline says more than 95,500 phishing scams were reported in the 12 months up to October 2015

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Education, industry and government mismatch main barrier to digital skills
Government, education and the IT industry should collaborate on a local level to address the skills gap

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Take care when reaping rewards of open source
Moving into the open source world can be a rewarding experience, but some due diligence is required

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Still no consensus on need for FTTP, argues government
In its response to a European consultation on broadband speed and quality, the UK government sticks to its guns, advocates for a mix of delivery technologies and insists there is no consensus on the need for FTTP

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Chinese university targeted by Islamic State hacktivist
Beijing’s Tsinghua University is the latest organisation to be attacked by hackers with a social or political agenda

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Thursday, December 31, 2015

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

Top 10 storage and virtualisation stories of 2015
Storage and virtualisation are key items on the to-do list for datacentres. That means getting things right when deploying into well-known supplier environments, but also keeping an eye on new trends in the market

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CIO interview: Sam Lowe, Matchesfashion.com
Sam Lowe, CIO of online fashion retailer Matchesfashion.com, explains how a retailer can go from being 100% bricks and mortar to 80% online in the space of five years

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Inclusive Technology Prize showcases apps and services for the disabled
The government’s Inclusive Technology Prize is using innovative IT to address some of the day-to-day challenges faced by disabled people in Britain

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Government calls on industry to develop UK digital strategy
The government turns to the public and industry for ideas on how to push forward the UK’s digital transformation

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Top 10 information management stories of 2015
The maturing of big data technologies such as Hadoop, Spark and NoSQL databases has been the standout theme of 2015, along with machine learning and predictive analytics

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Top 10 IT skills and careers stories of 2015
Computer Weekly’s top stories about UK technology skills and IT careers in 2015

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Wednesday, December 30, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 31/12/2015

Top 10 mobile and BYOD stories of 2015
For mobile device management, 2015 was the year enterprise IT fully embraced the trend for bring your own device (BYOD) programmes

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Computer Weekly Buyer's Guide features list 2016
Here is a schedule of up-and-coming in-depth articles that will cover carefully selected topics to help IT leaders select the right technology for their organisation

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Why quality of experience matters more than quality of service
David Brunnen writes about why regulators should start thinking about quality of experience when it comes to broadband and not simply the quality of service

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CIO interview: Chris Hewertson, CTO at hotel group GLH
Chris Hewertson combines the responsibilities of a chief technology officer and CIO with the aim of customer-focused technology transformation

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Top 10 IT outsourcing stories of 2015
IT outsourcing is as popular as ever to organisations that want to focus on core business. Here we look at some of the top articles on the subject in 2015

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Top 10 datacentre stories of 2015
Computer Weekly's top 10 datacentre stories and trend pieces of 2015

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Top 10 women in IT stories of 2015
Computer Weekly takes a look at some of the defining moments for women in the technology industry in 2015

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Wednesday, December 23, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 24/12/2015

Dorset County Council rejects outsourcing
Council decides against outsourcing back-office services, including IT, due to a lack of flexibility

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Top 10 Nordic CIO interviews of 2015
A review of the top Nordic CIO interviews from Computer Weekly

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Top 10 cloud computing stories of 2015
Computer Weekly's top 10 cloud computing stories of 2015

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Top 10 HR technology stories in 2015
2015 saw businesses replacing their on-premise HR systems with cloud services at an accelerating rate. More companies are turning to virtual reality, analytics and other disruptive technologies to help recruit and retain talented staff

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Royal Mail acquires cloud platform
Royal Mail acquires cloud-based delivery company as automation and better use of data become essential in a rapidly changing sector

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Emotional intelligence will save us from job automation
Haringey Stem Commission launches call for evidence into ways to prepare children for the future digital world

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The secrets of self-service success
As more organisations explore self-service IT systems, we look at what it takes to use the technology effectively

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The CW500 Club in 2015
Computer Weekly's CW500 Club attracts the top IT leaders in the UK to talk to their peers about the latest trends and technologies, and to discuss the challenges they face. Here, we present the coverage of all the 2015 CW500 events, including articles and video interviews.

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UKtech50 panel discussion
A Q&A with a panel of experts at Computer Weekly's UKtech50

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Wednesday, December 16, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 17/12/2015

VMware backs out of Virtustream hybrid cloud venture with EMC
Virtualisation giant confirms exit from hybrid cloud joint venture with parent company

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Public cloud adoption fuels record spend on datacentre hardware by service providers
Datacentre infrastructure findings from Synergy Research show how enterprise cloud adoption is affecting the market

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CIO interview: BT Business CIO Colin Lees
The telecoms giant has overhauled its IT stack to become more agile for the changing needs of business customers

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Poundland launches e-commerce Christmas push with Rackspace managed support
Budget retailer has turned to Rackspace to ensure its first foray into online retail can withstand the seasonal rush

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Interview: Lebara CTO sets out plans to go all-in on AWS cloud
Lebara was a Europe-centric, single-product telco until the cloud paved the way for it to grow its service portfolio and expand overseas

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IT industry needs people with emotional intelligence, says Network Rail CIO
As Network Rail’s third ‘Could IT be you?’ competition draws to a close, the company’s CIO explains why the project was launched

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Bracknell man arrested over VTech toy hack
Police have arrested a 21-year-old man in connection with the hacking of Hong Kong-based toymaker VTech

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EE and Plusnet are most complained about broadband providers
Ofcom’s latest complaints stats show EE continues to generate the most complaints, while Plusnet sees a spike in dissatisfied consumers thanks to a major service outage

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Mobile roaming revenues to drop by a quarter in Europe
Juniper Research looks ahead to 2017 to predict the likely effect of when mobile roaming charges across the EU member states are phased out

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Martha Lane Fox hopes digital skills college will prevent IT firms hiring “same kinds of faces”
At the opening of digital skills academy Ada College, patron Martha Lane Fox calls for the technology sector to solve the skills gap with new blood

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Norway’s TeliaSonera demonstrates 1Gbps 4.5G network
Norwegian operator TeliaSonera demonstrates the fastest download speeds yet obtained over a commercial mobile network

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Will more business mean more IT adoption in post-election Myanmar?
Myanmar is set for huge economic, social and cultural changes after the recent general election and IT has a key role to play

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UKtech50: John Finch, CIO, Bank of England
Bank of England CIO, John Finch, discusses the importance of looking beyond the normal skillset when selecting new talent

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UKtech50: John Streit, CTO, OgilvyOne Worldwide
John Streit, CTO, OgilvyOne Worldwide, looks at how IT is being used to help organisations understand their customers better

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UKtech50: Richard Atkinson, CIO, JustGiving
Richard Atkinson, CIO of JustGiving, believes cloud is a catalyst, which is driving radical chnages in softwrae development

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UKtech50: Anna Barsby, CIO, Halfords
Anna Barsby, CIO at Halfords, talks about how the IT team has evolved during the retailer's business transformation

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Tuesday, December 15, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 16/12/2015

CIO interview: Simon Rose, IT director, Digital Cinema Media
The company that brokers screen advertising for cinemas needs good integration and exchange of data with movie theatres across the country

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Mobile advertising network Billy Mobile bets the farm on Hadoop
Barcelona-based mobile advertising network Billy Mobile has opted to bet its business on the Hadoop stack with Hortonworks

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CityFibre goes national with KCOM fibre acquisition
Urban fibre supplier CityFibre acquires KCOM’s national fibre and duct network for £90m, with a round of financing

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Rockwool invests €2m in global HR project
Manufacturer interviewed other companies about their HR systems before choosing a system to harmonise its processes across 38 countries

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Commonwealth Bank Australia partners University of New South Wales on cyber security
Australian bank and university work together to train the next generation of cyber security experts

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Hundreds of European banks apply for .bank domain
Over 500 European banks have applied for the .bank domain name, as part of their defences against cyber crime

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Digital platform more than taxi service: Uber as app economy paradigm?
Uber’s significance may lie more in it being a data-rich platform that taps into unused human economic resources than in its role as a passenger pickup service

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Sunday, December 6, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 07/12/2015

Samsung agrees to pay $548m to settle dispute with Apple
Samsung is expected to pay the outstanding damages to Apple by 14 December 2015, but it has reserved the right to collect reimbursement

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Virtual Instruments to launch hardware NAS probe in 2016
Maker of SAN testing product Virtual Wisdom is all set to announce a beta-tested hardware NAS probe in 2016, but currently NAS protocols supported will be limited to NFS and CIFS

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EFF sets up software vulnerability disclosure programme
The EFF’s vulnerability disclosure programme includes a set of guidelines on how to report bugs in software the group develops and uses, offering several non-cash rewards

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Internet of things will be one of the Asean IT highlights in 2016
IoT investments will be one of the major trends in Asean economies throughout 2016, according to predictions from Frost & Sullivan.

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Security Think Tank: Clarity of scope is key to getting value from pen testing
How can an organisation ensure they get value from penetration and security testing services?

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CIO interview: Mikael Pommert, Modern Times Group
Modern Times Group's CIO tells Computer Weekly about the challenges and benefits of moving an established business to the cloud

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India’s HCL opens Estonian operation to support Nordic customers
HCL Technologies opens an Estonian delivery centre which will support customers across Europe, including those in the Nordic region

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Wetherspoon pub chain warns customers of data breach
Discovery of a data breach at JD Wetherspoons comes hard on the heels of a breach at TalkTalk, underlining the importance of keeping customer data safe

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Europe's CIOs must raise their game in testing software quality
CIOs across Europe have more work to do to ensure the structural quality of software is sound as IT becomes more important to organisations across different sectors

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UK citizen challenges police and ICO over Prism
A UK citizen challenging two police forces and the ICO hopes to achieve a landmark ruling similar to that obtained by Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems, who scuttled the Safe Harbour agreement

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CGI to provide electronic health records to MoD
The MoD has extended an outsourcing agreement with CGI to build on existing work the IT services firm does with its global medical operations

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Consumer acceptance of in-store location-based tracking on the rise
Customers are becoming more comfortable with being tracked in-store, as long as they gain a good customer experience as a result

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The 4G network in France: the business user opportunity
France has auctioned off additional spectrum to the country's mobile operators – but what will this mean for business users?

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Veracode finds most web apps fail Owasp security check list
The findings of a report on critical vulnerabilities in most web applications is raising concerns over potential security vulnerabilities in millions of websites

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Ofcom temporarily suspends MOD spectrum auction
Ofcom has put the auction of a tranche of the 2.3GHz and 3.4GHz spectrum bands on hold due to the ongoing uncertainty over the future of the UK’s mobile operators

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Manchester bags £10m smart city prize in government contest
Manchester’s CityVerve project scoops the £10m jackpot in the government’s smart city and internet of things competition

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European Office 365 and Microsoft Azure users hit by service outage
Microsoft claims to have addressed the issues that caused problems for Office 365 and Azure users earlier today.

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Security Think Tank: Pen testing should be about risk, not box-ticking
How can organisations ensure they get value from penetration and security testing services?

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Swedish health company Elekta recoups costs of HR project in a year
Medical company Elekta transforms its human resources (HR) processes by replacing legacy technology with cloud systems serving 3,800 staff in 24 countries

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VMware research shines light on volume of UK enterprise data stored overseas
A poll of UK IT decision makers suggests just 37% know exactly where their enterprise data is located

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Sunday, November 29, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 30/11/2015

Top five things to know about flash and storage tiering
Automated storage tiering boosts storage efficiency and saves money, but why is tiering different from caching, why is it suited to use with flash and how do suppliers differ?

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Orange enhances internet of things strategy with additional services
Orange has beefed up its internet of things strategy and announced the deployment of a long-range network to support IoT projects in 17 urban areas in France

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Snapshots: Hypervisor vs Array
Snapshots are a valuable part of the data protection toolkit, but where is it best to run them from – the hypervisor or the storage array? We look at the pros and cons

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Revenues decline across HP Inc and Hewlett Packard Enterprise
Hewlett Packard Enterprise is betting on cloud and a relationship with Microsoft and HP Inc

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Arcserve Cloud offers customers cloud target and remote failover
Backup software and appliance supplier guarantees availability but latency depends on customer-bought infrastructure

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First businesses connect to Edinburgh’s gigabit network
The first businesses have begun to connect to Edinburgh’s council-backed CORE fibre network

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UK immigration rules fly in the face of cyber security skills shortage
Despite the UK’s shortage of cyber security skills, recent changes to immigration rules make it no less difficult to hire skilled workers from outside the European Union

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How to avoid being caught out by ransomware
Businesses are still getting caught by ransomware, despite the fact that there are fairly straightforward methods to avoid it

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Telefonica embarks on enterprise cloud push with Huawei
Telco will work with Chinese networking supplier to offer enterprise access to OpenStack-based public cloud services

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Natural language generation progresses from robo-journalism to finance
While the robots are coming for journalists, might natural language generation also make inroads into financial, legal and medical analysis?

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Breach notification the biggest impact of EU data law overhaul, says law firm
The EU data notification law will mean most UK organisations will have to change their approach to data breaches, according to legal firm Olswang

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European colocation market growth buoyed by M&A and Safe Harbour, says CBRE
Latest European datacentre market research from CBRE looks at effect of mergers and acquisitions and Safe Harbour on colocation adoption

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How to avoid an innovation credibility crash
Among the innovation challenges a head of IT will face is how to introduce a digital initiative without losing face

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Digital drives business consultancy in IT outsourcing renewals
As IT outsourcing contracts come up for renewal, CIOs might consider more business expertise to help them negotiate contracts that support inevitable digital expansion

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Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership takes control of its network
The Cambridge Institute for Sustainability Leadership enhanced network and application visibility and security using Fortinet technology

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Case study: Tideway uses private cloud to manage London ‘super sewer’ infrastructure
Infrastructure services director explains why Tideway has opted for a managed, private cloud setup to support sewer project

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Monster launches Tech Talent Charter for IT industry diversity guidelines
Recruitment firm Monster has launched a Tech Talent Charter to provide the IT industry with guidelines for diverse hiring

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Word ‘smart’ being abused by IoT advocates
Speakers at an event hosted by Cambridge Wireless say the term ‘smart’ is overused to describe connected devices on the internet of things

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TUI develops apps to keep in touch with holidaymakers all year
Travel group plans to create mobile apps for holidaymakers to ask questions, book excursions and potentially plan their next trip

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Microsoft security tools remove risky Dell certificates
Microsoft has updated its security tools to remove vulnerable certificates intalled on some Dell computers from the certificate root store, as well as the affected binaries that might reinstall the vulnerable certificate

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The future for CIOs: Deloitte’s Kevin Walsh on IT leadership
Kevin Walsh, global head of technology consulting at Deloitte discusses the future of IT leadership and the changing demands on the CIO

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City University London virtualises telephony and contact centre systems
City University London replaces a 24-year-old comms setup with a virtualised, cloud-based contact centre system

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CIO interview: Paul Haley, CIO, City University London
Higher education faces budget cuts and growing IT requirements, but a £200m overhaul at City University London is bearing fruit

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Three key areas to limit cyber attack liability, says Kemp Little
Identifying the source of the attack, reducing the spread of stolen data and mitigating liability to third parties are key areas businesses should focus on, according to law firm Kemp Little

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EMC weighs up VMware's involvement in Virtustream joint venture
Concerns about how VMware's sliding share price could affect its merger with Dell have reportedly prompted EMC to reconsider its stake in Virtustream

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Monday, November 16, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 17/11/2015

Passwords still a top issue the tech industry has to deal with, says panel
In the face of several failed attempts by individual companies to eliminate passwords, a growing number of large companies are joining the Fido Alliance, ISSE 2015 conference in Berlin told

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BCS launches Register for IT Technicians to recognise industry skills
The BCS has launched a register to accredit IT technicians with an industry standard recognition of their skills, backed up by assessments and references

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Security forces drive hacking idustrialisation, says SensePost
The buyers of cyber attacks are military and police organisations who are willing to pay to enable taskforces to get into devices, says SensePost

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Roaming charges: How will changes in mobile legislation affect business in Europe?
With mobile roaming charges on the way out across the European Union, what are the implications for businesses and business travellers?

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Framework agreement boosts public-sector digitisation in Sweden
Swedish public sector procurement organisation creates a framework to make it easier for organisations to offer digital services

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UK firms look to threat intelligence to focus security efforts
Performance, skills and costs remain biggest hurdles to true data-driven security, reveals an IDC study

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TCS to give internships to 1,000 UK graduates
IT services firm TCS is offering a thousand British youngsters the opportunity to work at some of its technology centres in India

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Meet the Stemettes events aim to entice girls into Stem
Volunteer organisation Stemettes holds events in London and Dublin to encourage young women to take up Stem careers

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Informatica launches big data management platform
Informatica has launched a “big data management” suite that it says adds data quality, governance and security to its data integration offer

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Openreach network sees heaviest loads on Sundays at 9pm
BT Openreach offers new insight into the inner workings of its fibre network as part of its mission to make itself more transparent

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London Stock Exchange appoints CIO
The London Stock Exchange appoints Chris Corrado as its technology chief as the previous incumbent, Antoine Shagoury, returns to the US

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Environment Agency to issue flood warnings to EE customers
Following a successful pilot, the Environment Agency’s Floodline Warnings Direct service is to be offered to EE mobile customers in low-lying parts of Yorkshire

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The British Museum uses Google Street View to boost online access to exhibits
The Google Cultural Institute has partnered with The British Museum to help make its collections accessible to people around the world

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BDUK passing 8,900 homes for every million pounds spent
Government figures suggests the BDUK programme is delivering better value for money to the public as the roll-out continues

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CIOs: Time to raise your game, say CEOs
Digital initiatives promise to make IT instrumental in dynamically transforming business models – but most CEOs feel their CIOs lack the right skills

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Three men charged over JP Morgan hacking and fraud
Exploiting the Heartbleed bug was one of the methods used by three men charged in connection with the theft of more than 100 million customer data records from financial institutions to carry out "pump and dump" fraud

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Facebook report shows governments asking for more user data
While the US tops Facebook's list with 26,579 requests for user data, the UK is in second place, followed by India

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