Showing posts with label CIO. Show all posts
Showing posts with label CIO. Show all posts

Sunday, August 9, 2015

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 10/08/2015





Android Certifi-gate flaw threatens hundreds of millions of devices
More infosec problems arise with Google's mobile OS.

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How Australia won the robot soccer world cup
UNSW's rUNSWift takes down German team.

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Five overseas tech experiments the Australian govt could borrow
The best ideas from the Technology in Government conference.

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IBM to spend $1.4bn on health imaging business
Testing out Watson on x-rays and CT scans.

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Review: Windows 10
How it will affect you and your business – whether you upgrade or not.

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Tourism Australia’s major IT overhaul nears completion
Switches core systems from Oracle to Microsoft.

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IAG hires ex-NBN CIO as new IT chief
Claire Rawlins joins insurance group.

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Microsoft releases first iteration of iOS code translator
Wants iOS devs to create Windows apps with Objective-C code.

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Available Tags:Android , IBM , Windows , CIO , Microsoft , iOS

Thursday, August 6, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 07/08/2015





Obama orders superfast computer for 2025
The US is aiming to build a supercomputer that is able to process one exaflop or a billion billion operations a second to process big data

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Facebook to boost Internet.org with UK drone
Facebook is ready to test a UK-developed drone that is designed to fly in a circle with a radius of about 1.8 miles and provide internet coverage for an area with a radius of 30 miles

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Sony posts best quarterly results in eight years
Sony posts its strongest June quarter since 2007 with profits driven mainly by Sony’s PlayStation 4 software and its camera sensors

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Executive interview: Lenovo targets key tech provider position
Lenovo has set its sights on becoming the number one technology provider for corporates and consumers. We speak to the company’s UK general manager David McQuarrie

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BlackHat 2015: 2FA key to defence against cyber espionage groups
Abuse of credentials and watering-hole attacks are main tactics used by cyber espionage group TG-3390 or Emissary Panda, research reveals

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HMRC to transfer 250 Capgemini staff in-house ready for Aspire contract end
HMRC’s Aspire outsourcing contract will be replaced by slowly bringing staff in-house to give the department more control over IT

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CW500: Dealing with disaster - how do companies cope?
At some point businesses will need to invoke a disaster recovery plan, but does it cover everything the modern digital company needs?

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Gartner warns of IoT threat to corporate data stored in personal clouds
Market watcher cautions IT managers to beware the risk IoT and virtual personal assistants pose to corporate data stored in 'personal clouds'

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Insurer Vitality outsources IT to Atos
Insurance company Vitality aims to improve collaboration between its staff and increase customer satisfaction through an IT revamp

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Video effects firm Framestore offloads rendering to Google Compute Engine with Avere
The Avere filer appliance is being used to run rendering jobs on the Google cloud

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Tech London Advocates launches four new tech-focused working groups
Private sector technology network creates working groups to promote tech startup companies in particular sectors

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BlackHat 2015: Firms must switch focus to data security, says Imperva
Without using any exploits, hackers can turn synchronisation services such as Dropbox, GoogleDrive and Box into a devastating attack tool, warns Imperva

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GE prepares Predix platform as a service
GE plans to offer internal Predix analytics platform as a service to drive adoption of industrial internet apps

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Fibre networks help Amsterdam to modernise historic canal infrastructure
Waternet is using dark fibre networks to create an integrated smart canal and road system in the city of Amsterdam

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Court rules Tata Consultancy Services did not discriminate against UK man
After a year of legal wranglings, a UK tribunal has ruled that Indian IT service provider TCS did not discriminate against a UK man seeking employment with it

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Sage Summit 2015: The move to cloud technology and the death of ERP
Accountancy software firm Sage has released new cloud-based software, highlighting the gap between the use of cloud and on-premise in the workplace and declaring a move away from traditional ERP

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CIO interview: Police Mutual CIO on IT-powered business strategies
David Loughenbury joined Police Mutual in 2011 as CIO to lead a change agenda and provide a single view of its members

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Security Think Tank: Involve all stakeholders to ensure smooth, secure change
How can development, operations and security teams collaborate around change to ensure security is maintained and even improved?

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Customers on Gigaclear waiting list to get satellite broadband
Altnets Gigaclear and SSW agree to collaborate on rural broadband roll-out using satellite services as a stopgap

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Alan Turing Institute gets down to work
The Alan Turing Institute, named after the Second World War Bletchley Park cryptanalyst, is getting down to work with the announcement of its first new director and a raft of partnerships

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Halifax offers mortgage agreements on mobiles in minutes
Halifax develops online tool to allow customers to receive an initial mortgage decision in minutes on a mobile device

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Outsourcing hits record levels in Europe
Outsourcing activity in Europe recovers after a lull in the lead up to the UK general election, with more contracts than ever before

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Can emulating social media make business applications more productive?
Can social technologies be turned to account for business applications, and can they boost economic productivity?

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City of Liverpool College joins Jisc shared-services datacentre in Slough
Further education college set to use facility to help support roll-out of shared-services portfolio to other colleges

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Available Tags:Facebook , UK , Sony , Lenovo , Google , CIO , CIO , Security

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 07/08/2015





Former Qld Education CIO stands down over child protection IT failure
Fallout from OneSchool failure expands.

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ICANN website passwords captured by hacker
Users asked to reset passphrases.

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PUE critics want water added to data centre efficiency metric
Add WEE to PUE.

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Ex-Telstra boss David Thodey lands at CSIRO
Takes over as chairman of the board.

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Deakin University hires first-ever CISO
Resilience a key focus for former D&B, BHP exec.

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China to put govt security teams inside big internet firms
To ensure fast action on undesirable online behaviour.

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Hackers can steal fingerprints from Android phones remotely
Google now pushing monthly Nexus security updates.

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US, EU close to sealing data-sharing deal
Snowden leaks forced renegotiation.

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AFP, ASIC uncover alleged hacker's plot to boost stock prices
Court freezes $77,000 in suspected criminal profits.

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General Electric unveils Predix customised cloud
Builds on Pivotal platform.

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Available Tags:CIO , security , Android

Tuesday, July 28, 2015

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 7/29/2015





The danger of infosec ignorance in IoT
[Blog post] Jeep hack demonstrates problems with new market.

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ASIC removes consent barrier for digital product disclosures
Overwhelming feedback demands modernisation.

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When Australia's telco sector says enough is enough
[Blog post] Don't poke the bear.

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Myer to replace CIO with chief digital, data officer
Omnichannel guru sought as retailer continues business review.

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Android bug leaves a billion phones open to attack
Hackers only need phone number to target devices.

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Former top US security officials oppose encryption backdoors
Bad idea, ex-Homeland Security and NSA bosses say.

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Google admits defeat with Google+
Only Google Account needed from now on.

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NSW to build its own myGov
Service NSW digital profiles available by September.

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Telco reforms will set cyber security back: industry
More companies criticise draft law.

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ICAC targets TAFE IT manager over alleged $1.7m fraud
Digs up more dodgy dealing in NSW training sector.

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Available Tags:CIO , Android , security , Google , Google+

Wednesday, July 22, 2015

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 7/23/2015





Australia's industry piracy code still stuck on cost debate
Forced to go to external third-party for assessment.

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Infosec experts hack Jeep, gain control of moving car
Highlight concerns about driver safety in internet-connected vehicles.

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Victoria to wait another eight months for public IT dashboard
Slow path to tech transparency.

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Apple shares tank after weak iPhone results
China revenues soar.

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Telstra, telcos fume over new security reforms
Angry at yet more legislative burden, cost.

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Microsoft posts $4.3bn loss as it writes down Nokia business
But Office 365, Azure revenue up 96 percent.

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Toshiba CEO resigns in accounting scandal
Eight officials gone in total.

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CSIRO ends nine-month search for new CIO
Apppoints long-time public sector IT executive.

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Vodafone still struggling as half-year losses grow
Coupled with falling customer numbers.

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Available Tags:hack , Apple , iPhone , security , Microsoft , Nokia , Toshiba , CEO , CIO

Sunday, July 12, 2015

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 7/13/2015





Westpac CIO poaches ANZ IT exec as new tech deputy
Jayne Opperman named new divisional CIO.

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ACMA slaps CSP for tricking customers into phone deals
Clients told they would receive a discount from their existing carrier.

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Microsoft releases Office for Mac, but only on cloud
Following 100,000 feedback messages.

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SpeedCast buys NewSat teleport sites for $12m
Acquisition rescues 20 jobs from sinking satellite provider.

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More Aussie agencies wanted Hacking Team's spyware
ASIO, IBAC, state police contacted hacked spyware merchant.

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Xen patches admin privilege escalation vulnerability
Allows admins with limited privileges to take full control.

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Immigration shakes up IT after CIO departs
Brugeaud steps in as tech chief.

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Millions of US citizens' personal data taken in OPM hack
Stolen data includes social security details.

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'High severity' flaw discovered in OpenSSL
Certificate bypass check possible.

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Available Tags:CIO , Microsoft , hack

Thursday, July 9, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 7/10/2015





Still running Windows Server 2003? Don’t panic
Many organisations are facing the prospect of running Windows 2003 server unsupported. Where do you go from here?

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Rolls-Royce signs up to supercomputing on-demand from HPC Midlands
Rolls-Royce is the first company to sign up to a supercomputing brokerage scheme, giving it access to £60m worth of high-performance computing

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Do we really need bank branches?
Bank branches are being used less and less, but that doesn't mean customers are getting a less personal service

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Adobe patches weaponised Hacking Team zero-day vulnerability
Adobe is patching a zero-day vulnerability researchers say was weaponised immediately after data was breached from software firm Hacking Team

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HP pulls out of ESN bid process
HP becomes latest supplier to quit the Emergency Services Network supplier framework bid process, citing concerns over risk

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Summer Budget 2015: George Osborne announces support for technology research
Chancellor George Osborne delivers Budget commitments to roll out business tax reform and more money for research funding and the digital economy

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Microsoft confirms 7,800 jobs to go as part of mobile business restructure
Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirms fresh round of job cuts as software giant moves to overhaul its mobile portfolio

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From cars to cranes, Nordic industry is embracing the industrial internet of things
Nordic industry is beginning to use industrial internet of things (IIoT) technologies such as machine learning, big data and the internet of things (IoT)

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Symantec uncovers Morpho cyber espionage operation
A cyber espionage group has targeted high-profile technology, internet, commodities and pharmaceutical companies in the US, Europe and Canada, reports Symantec

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CIO interview: Andy Haywood, group CIO, N Brown
Digital transformation is driving the technology agenda at retail group N Brown, previously best known as a specialist in catalogue-based selling

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Facebook builds wind-powered datacentre in Texas
Social networking giant Facebook adds momentum to green datacentre trend with plans to power a datacentre in Texas with a 17,000-acre wind farm

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BA opens up API on flight information
British Airways offers an open application programming interface (API) for flight information to encourage developers to create value-added travel applications

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Marks & Spencer online sales grow as relaunched website takes off
Online sales rise at food and clothing retailer Marks & Spencer as it comes out of the other side of a redesign for its e-commerce website

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Retailers failing to utilise mobile generation, says Shoppercentric
Retailers know consumers are becoming more mobile and want an omni-channel experience, but customers still seek more

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Successful IoT projects beget further innovation, says Vodafone
Vodafone’s M2M Barometer report says that, once organisations extract value from an internet of things (IoT) project, they quickly find further applications

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Tech experts warn against law enforcement backdoors
International cryptographers and computer scientists warn exceptional access to data for law enforcement could open doors for criminals and malicious nation states

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Available Tags:Windows , Server , Adobe , HP , Microsoft , Symantec , CIO , Facebook

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 7/10/2015





AusPost hands end-user computing to Fujitsu
Contract finally signed after months of negotiation.

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Telstra to boost mobile investment to $5bn
Will increase 4G coverage to 2.5 million km2.

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AGD joins Canberra's great CIO hunt
Tech executive musical chairs as two-year hiring freeze ends.

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M2 buys majority stake in Aggregato Global
Makes "puzzling" $4.9m investment in calling card operator.

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Morpho hackers hit Apple, Microsoft for corporate data
Cyber gang stealing sensitive info from big business.

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NYSE, United Airlines downed by tech glitches
Stock exchange out for three hours.

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Microsoft cuts Nokia losses, will drop 7800 more staff
Writes down $10.2 billion on mobile acquisition.

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ATSB goes it alone with new IT environment
Surface Pro 3 tablets deployed in tech overhaul.

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Available Tags:Fujitsu , CIO , Microsoft , Nokia

Monday, July 6, 2015

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 7/7/2015





APRA updates cloud guidance for banks
Stands firm against offshore, public cloud for systems of record.

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Government exploit vendor hacked, client data exposed
Update: Australian agencies potentially compromised.

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NSW to revisit legal protection for personal privacy
Weighing up measures to protect against drones, revenge porn.

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Researcher withholds exploit details over export control concerns
Cites confusion created by Wassenaar Arrangement provisions.

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Telstra takes Warrnambool fire lessons to more sites
Completes all recommendations from 2013 review.

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Tennis Australia CIO quits
Seeks new opportunities.

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iiNet is 'over the hump' of Netflix slowdowns
More network improvements to be rolled out by the end of August.

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CBA's retail CIO promoted into top digital role
Pete Steel takes over after Lisa Frazier's departure.

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Microsoft Azure Australia East hit by outage
[Updated] Unknown network fault leaves customers cloudless.

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Govt readies e-health record push to boost adoption
Training drive slated for 2016.

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Available Tags:CIO , Microsoft

Tuesday, June 30, 2015

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 7/1/2015





Tech SWAT teams kicking down the digital door
From dam engineers in Ecuador to Sydney light-rail gurus, Cardno's global CIO Karen Wagner is linking up her widespread organisation.

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Victoria cancels plans to outsource CenITex
Long-suffering agency finally exits policy limbo.

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Victoria looks for new emergency services CIO
Triple-zero operator plans to automate back-office tasks.

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US govt HR office suspends system after finding new flaw
Authorities now think 10 million affected in data breach.

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How vulnerable is air travel to cyber attack?
[Blog post] Airways NZ and Poland's LOT expose weak spots.

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Optus set to be first with voice over wi-fi
Telstra 'looking closely'.

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NBN lumped with new data sharing rules despite opposition
Govt seeks to limit Telstra advantage.

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Google brings security key to enterprise, education clients
Physical hardware aimed at blocking phishing.

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MIT tech squashes bugs without needing source code
Tool aims to cut down on "grunt work".

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US Supreme Court won't hear Google appeal in Oracle Java fight
Fair use defence last chance for Google.

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Available Tags:CIO , NBN , Google , security , Oracle , Java

Sunday, June 28, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 6/29/2015





ARM wrestles its way into the datacentre with the help of 64-bit chips
Intel x86 technology has traditionally ruled the datacentre roost, but could the power consumption benefits of ARM 64-bit systems change all that?

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Housing provider in spat with EMC gets Tintri hybrid flash
Social housing provider Housing & Care 21 lost patience with EMC and signed Tintri hybrid flash with three years’ support for two-thirds of the price

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John Swainson, president of Dell Software, argues the case for rethinking datacentres
Having previously worked for Silver Lake, CA and IBM, Swainson now heads the company’s software business

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Satya Nadella calls on staff to help communities upgrade Windows
Microsoft chief Satya Nadella has sent a letter to all Microsoft employees calling on them to reinvent productivity

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Business urged to patch Cisco SSH vulnerability
The presence of a default authorised SSH key could allow an unauthenticated, remote attacker to connect to the affected system with the privileges of the root user, Cisco warns

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EU General Data Protection Regulation comes into sharper focus
European authorities have reiterated their resolve to reach an agreement by the end of 2015 on a new data protection law that will reach beyond Europe

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Norway’s DNB was inspired by Danish bank for new app
DNB in Norway has taken inspiration from Danske Bank in Denmark when creating its latest payment app.

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Click fraud an entry to ransomware, warns security firm Damballa
Criminals use devices compromised for click fraud as the initial step in a chain of infections leading to ransomware attacks, warns security firm Damballa

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Google builds energy-efficient datacentre in US coal power plant
Internet giant Google has said it intends to use a decommissioned coal power plant's infrastructure to deliver renewable energy to its next US datacentre

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Ransomware costs business at least $18m, says FBI
The FBI says CryptoWall ransoware attacks have cost US business $18m in the past year, not including indirect costs and unreported attacks

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Genomics England gears up IT for next phase of development
Genomics England, the government-owned organisation aiming to map 100,000 genomes by 2017, has recruited its first patients. It is also assembling the building blocks of its long-term IT strategy

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Dutch court orders Facebook to identify revenge porn poster
Facebook has a legal obligation to provide information about a user who posted a revenge porn video on the site, a Dutch court has ruled

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CIO interview: Peik Martin, TUI Nordic
Nordic CIO at TUI Travel wants to re-use IT systems across the 31 countries in which the firm operates

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21 major government IT projects flagged with problems
Annual report from the government's Major Projects Authority reveals latest assessments

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Universal Credit costs leap by more than 20% to £15.8bn
Figures reveal increase in lifetime cost since changes to the plan made to 'reset' the troubled welfare reform programme

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CIO Interview: Ian Bell, CIO, Cambridgeshire Police Service
The CIO of Cambridgeshire Police Service talks about the constabulary’s move to digital for collaboration and information sharing in its effort to increase efficiency

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Manchester Airports Group chooses Capgemini for SAP S/4 Hana project
Manchester Airports Group has opted to put SAP’s S/4 Hana ERP suite at the centre of its business efficiency plans, with Capgemini for project delivery

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Virgin Active CIO calls for wearables market to adopt open standards
Health club provider's IT chief claims boosting the interoperability of devices will increase their overall usefulness to consumers

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Digital government 'a chance to build a new state', says Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock
Cabinet Office minister Matthew Hancock says the move to digital government is a “chance to build a new state” in a speech outlining his priorities

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Security should be enabling, says HP strategist Tim Grieveson
Enterprises need to change the way they think about information security to see it as an opportunity for innovation, says HP's Tim Grieveson

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Available Tags:Dell , Windows , Cisco , security , Google , Facebook , CIO , SAP , HP

Thursday, June 25, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 6/26/2015





Box ties up with IBM to boost enterprise credibility and global reach
IBM and Box have forged a global partnership to integrate their existing products and services, and develop new ones for secure collaboration

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OpenStack Cinder: Block storage on the open-source cloud platform
OpenStack Cinder 101: The fundamentals of Cinder, how it is implemented, how to provision it, how it works with third-party storage arrays, its features and more

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NetApp adds AFF All-Flash FAS 8000 series storage arrays
NetApp boosts its SSD array portfolio with the addition of AFF All-Flash FAS 8000 series storage arrays built on Data ONTAP, but still no sign of FlashRay general availability

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IT professionals give Windows 10 Start button the thumbs up
A survey of European and North American IT professionals has found that the return of the Start button is the most enticing feature in Microsoft's latest operating system

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Email overload is killing the UK's economic productivity
Mounting evidence suggests email is a blight on the UK’s economic productivity – but services outsourcing firm Atos has found a way to stem the tide

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European Parliament negotiators finalise talks on EU data protection regulation
The European Parliament, Council and Commission finalise negotiations to enact the European Union (EU) General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR)

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Labour MP Chi Onwurah warns of nationalisation risk to UK citizens' personal data
Shadow Cabinet Office minister Chi Onwurah calls on UK citizens to keep close tabs on how the government uses their personal data

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Digital-only Atom Bank gets UK banking licence
Atom Bank set to launch later in 2015 after gaining UK banking licence

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Former TalkTalk CIO to lead Police ICT Company
Experienced CIO Martin Wyke has been appointed CEO of the Police ICT Company, set up to manage central police systems

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Government hands out 25,000 broadband connection vouchers
Department for Culture, Media & Sport delivers progress report on superfast broadband connection voucher scheme

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Adobe patches Flash Player vulnerability CVE-2015-3113
Security updates for Adobe Flash Player for Windows, Macintosh and Linux address vulnerability CVE-2015-3113 that allows attackers to control the system

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Innovate Finance dubs UK a fintech diversity hub
Innovate Finance says financial technology is one of the easiest places to find diversity in business, and the UK has it in spades

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Waitrose uses ServiceNow for business continuity planning
Luxury retail brand Waitrose deploys ServiceNow to cope with business continuity across its supply chain

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Available Tags:IBM , Windows , UK , CIO , Adobe

Wednesday, June 24, 2015

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 6/25/2015





IBM, Box join forces to tackle the enterprise
Aim to transform work in the cloud.

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DFAT looking for a new CIO
Tuan Dao leaves after four years in the role.

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Vic auditor reveals targets in heightened tech scrutiny
Will go hard on major agencies, universities in upcoming audits.

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Optus admits handing user phone numbers to websites
Without customer's knowledge.

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Eight EU nations urge caution on internet regulation
As Australia passes law to block overseas piracy sites.

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Michael Malone joins Seven West Media board
Named as new non-executive director.

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Microsoft won't fix Internet Explorer zero-day
HP researchers release exploit code after Microsoft declines to issue patch.

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US Navy pays Microsoft millions to stay on Windows XP
Extends deal to keep 14 year old operating system supported.

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Hackers suspected of using stolen data for insider trading
Fake Microsoft Outlook site used in phishing campaign.

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Available Tags:CIO , Microsoft , Windows

Monday, June 22, 2015

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 6/23/2015





Australia passes law to block overseas piracy sites
Content owners allowed to apply to take down copyright infringing sites.

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Service NSW to get $97.5m for tech in state budget
Government foots the bill for new payments platform.

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Former BoQ CIO lands at GE Capital Australia
To tackle big systems separation project.

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TAFE NSW systems crash hits Seek's bottom line
EBITDA forecast for learning division downgraded.

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Advanced Micro Devices mulling breakup, spinoff
Could split servers from graphics, licensing.

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OPM hack linked to attack on US insurer Anthem
Insiders map similar techniques, structure.

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Microsoft offers Windows 10 free to over a million preview testers
Enterprise edition users left out of scheme.

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Available Tags:CIO , hack , Microsoft , Windows

Sunday, June 21, 2015

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 6/22/2015





Halting Optus' descent into ones and zeros
CEO Allen Lew doesn't plan to sit around as the telco becomes a pure utility, and says he's not afraid to take on the content providers at their own game.

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Telstra to kill off dial-up
Services to be disconnected for good.

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Fox Sports CTO leaves to head up vendor
Michael Tomkins to lead Deluxe MediaCloud.

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Revealed: DBC's letter to alleged file sharers
No settlement figure given, payment to be worked out in Q&A session.

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Crime Commission CIO departs to AUSTRAC
Replacement not yet named.

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Samsung promises patches for serious keyboard security hole
Knox security policy and firmware updates coming up.

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Half of all businesses still have no website: ABS
But investment in IT is growing.

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RBS customers face payments wait after IT failure
Customers outraged by missed bill and wage payments.

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CBA launches single-view banking app for tablets
Forecasting and visualisation to gamify financial management.

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SA pledges $20m to troubled courts system
Long-awaited investment to remove justice delays.

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Available Tags:CIO , Samsung , keyboard , security

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 6/22/2015





Enterprise adoption of hybrid devices tipped to soar post-Windows 7
Enterprise IT departments should consider hybrid devices in their post-Windows 7 migration plans, claims Gartner

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Goldman Sachs datacentre deal sees IO open first European site in Slough
US datacentre provider IO has opened its first facility in the UK, with the help of global investment bank Goldman Sachs

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Veritas plans to revive backup fortunes with big data analytics
Symatec spin-out Veritas plans major backup product releases that leverage metadata to make backups more efficient and unlock valuable information via big data capabilities

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Californian state officials reveal driverless car crash numbers for first time
The Californian Department for Motor Vehicles bows to pressure from The Associated Press to reveal details of self-driving car crashes

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Cumbria Constabulary issues Samsung Galaxy Note smartphones to officers
Smartphones to replace police notebooks as EE and Cumbria Constabulary partner up to deliver mobility to officers

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Google eyes Tesco’s customer analytics arm Dunnhumby
Google is reported to have joined the scramble to buy Dunnhumby, the customer analytics unit behind Tesco’s Clubcard

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Nordic companies drive the future of the smartcar industry
Nordic companies are pioneering the smartcar industry as businesses and consumers turn to software to improve efficiency and safety

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Legacy systems holding back 90% of businesses
Most businesses are being held back from making digital advances by their reliance on legacy applications

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CIO interview: Rovio Entertainment's Kalle Alppi believes IT staff should be embedded in business
The CIO at the company behind Angry Birds talks about running global IT with only five permanent staff

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Gear up for tougher privacy regulation, says PwC lawyer
The battle between the citizen and the regulators will result in regulators becoming equipped with greater powers to use against businesses, a privacy lawyer warns

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MoD kick-starts procurement for new armed forces tactical communications system
The Ministry wants to replace aging Bowman Communications system with cutting edge networking kit by 2026

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Financial technology credentials help London win Sibos bidding
London’s financial services and technology credentials help it win the bidding to host Swift's International Banking Operations Seminar (Sibos) in 2019

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Oracle sets sights on cloud cash cow in shift from perpetual licensing
Oracle reports Q4 operating income of $4bn on revenues of $10.7bn as it turns from software licensing towards 'stunningly profitable' cloud business

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The diagram that scares the next generation of banking IT professionals
The next generation of IT professionals in the banking sector will face the same legacy headache as their predecessors

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NHS England technology plan to offer full patient records online and free Wi-Fi everywhere
NHS England hopes to save as much of a third of its predicted £22bn budget deficit through better use of technology and data by 2020

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BT and EE slam 'self-interested' competitors for trying to derail merger
BT and EE make the case for merger in wake of competition watchdog inquiry

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IC Tomorrow selects fintech winners for £175,000 prize
Digital hub IC Tomorrow has injected £175,000 into the financial technology industry by funding five specially selected financial technology startups

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Venture capital will drive IoT security and privacy, says data protection lawyer
Privacy is a prominent issue in developing applications for the internet of things (IoT) – but investors will insist on safeguards, says data law firm Kemp Little

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Available Tags:Windows 7 , Samsung , Galaxy , Google , CIO , Oracle , security

Wednesday, June 17, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 6/18/2015





UK firms failing to assess cyber threats, study shows
Nearly 70% of UK firms do not assess the suppliers and/or customers they trade with for cyber risk, a survey has revealed

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CIO interview: Alan Jensen, Dansk Supermarked
Danske Supermarket is moving to an omni-channel model, and the CIO must ensure IT and business departments are on the journey together

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CW500: Tackling complexity in IT
At a recent Computer Weekly CW500 Club event, CIOs discussed IT complexity and whether it hinders performance or is simply a consequence of removing complexity in business

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Uefa extends ITC outsourcing deal with telecoms supplier Interoute
European football governing body Uefa extends its managed ITC services deal with provider Interoute with more systems planned for hosted private cloud

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UK bank customers set to share DNA data with banks for biometric authentication
UK consumers want to use biometric authentication security for banking and are willing to share DNA data with institutions for identification purposes

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Digital business unhappy over “draconian” EU data protection laws
European digital businesses say the GDPR text agreed by the EU Council of Ministers is a draconian, blunt-instrument that threatens to hobble online advertising

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Facebook confirms plans to build second European datacentre in Ireland
Social networking giant Facebook puts paid to weeks of speculation by confirming plans to open new datacentre in Ireland

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Password management firm LastPass admits hack – but says password vault safe
LastPass admits system breach, but says it is confident its encryption measures are sufficient to protect users of its online password management service

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Available Tags:UK , CIO , Facebook , hack

Tuesday, June 16, 2015

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 6/17/2015





Einstein alone can't keep you safe from cyber attack
[Blog post] Brains plus brawn necessary for protection.

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Queensland Transport spins revolving CIO door
Opens applications for top tech role.

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Australian unis purge smartwatches from exams
Two more add device to ban list.

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Thicker NBN aerial cables to face community opposition
Overhead cable proposal 'rides roughshod' over councils.

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Airbus to build OneWeb internet satellites
Branson venture intends to place 900 satellites in low orbit.

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TPG's iiNet takeover edges closer to reality
But faces an unhappy ACCC.

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Duqu spyware used stolen Foxconn certs
Attackers target hardware manufacturers to steal digital credentials.

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Credentials manager LastPass hacked
Users asked to verify accounts, change passwords.

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CrimTrac invites bids for national fingerprints system
Puts $30 million deal out to market.

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Available Tags:CIO , NBN

Monday, June 15, 2015

IT News Head Lines (iTNews Australia) 6/16/2015





Amcom beats down TPG's attempts to block Vocus merger
Overwhelming shareholder support for $1.2 billion deal.

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Australia's internet hit hard by massive Malaysian route leak
Telekom Malaysia apologises for BGP bungle.

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Amcom, Vocus enter trading halts ahead of crucial merger vote
While TPG's iiNet bid gets assessor's green light.

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NASA plans air traffic control system for drones
'New era of aviation' requires management systems for safety, privacy.

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WA begins hunt for first government CIO
Tech boss will answer directly into Finance Minister.

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Seqwater backs small projects for big process win
Why boiling the ocean didn't work out.

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US govt HR office data leak sparks blackmail fears
Hackers may have nabbed staff security clearance data in second breach.

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Available Tags:NASA , CIO

Friday, June 5, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 6/6/2015





EasyJet uses drone to inspect aircraft
Airline easyJet has trialled the use of drones to carry out automated testing on aircraft

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Swedish hardware hub pairs big businesses with IT startups
Swedish hub pairs hardware-focused startups with businesses to tap into opportunities such as the internet of things

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Potential Apple Pay security weakness revealed
Fraudsters could gain access to personal details of Apple Pay users, research reveals

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"Arrogant" datacentre operators blasted by users for poor customer service approach
Research from MigSolv suggests many customers are unhappy with the service they receive from their datacentre providers

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UK mobile payments to hit more than £1.2bn a week by 2020
Brits are spending more using their mobile phones, reveals Visa Europe research

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Why the CIO should loosen the grip on enterprise IT
CIOs need to decentralise IT systems and provide the business with access through APIs, says founder of Mulesoft

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Vodafone and Liberty Global discuss asset swap
Vodafone confirms it is in the early stages of talks with Liberty Global, but stresses a merger is not on the table

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Four million records exposed in second US agency hack in a year
Breach of four million records at US federal personal agency could be used for secondary attacks on other US government systems, security experts warn

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Danske Bank and PowaTag team up to further mobile payments in Denmark
Danske Bank signs deal that could make mobile payments easier for millions of people in Denmark

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Peer demands action over ‘illegal’ Prism programme
US technology companies are operating illegally by accessing data on UK citizens, Lord Laird tells the House of Lords

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Cisco CEO-elect Robbins reveals leadership team
Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins has unveiled his leadership team, with more high-profile figures set to leave the business and a number of promotions

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Security by design vital to critical infrastructure, say experts
CNI industry needs secure products, from secure suppliers, with secure development lifecycles, say CNI experts

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Ed Vaizey to chair Digital Infrastructure Taskforce for broadband and mobile
Digital economy minister Ed Vaizey will take charge of a Digital Infrastructure Taskforce focused on broadband, mobile and the digital economy

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Peugeot Citroën prepares for in-car apps with Sierra Wireless
French car manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroën plans to deploy device-to-cloud technology to support its connected car strategy

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We are in early years of international cyber war arms race, says security expert Bruce Schneier
Countries are not attacking each other but striking at the IT infrastructure of enterprises in rival states, says security pundit Bruce Schneier

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Pressure grows on enterprise datacentre operators to wind-down investments
Long-term investments in private datacentres could leave enterprises at a competitive disadvantage, warn experts

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Network failure crashed frontline services at London hospital
Network problem at Hillingdon hospital meant clinical staff could not access information on computer systems

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