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Tuesday, November 17, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 18/11/2015





DDN revamp adds SFA14K plus hyper-converged and all-flash options
DataDirect Networks upgrades core HPC storage arrays to create SFA14K, and adds hyper-converged SFA14KE plus all-flash IME14K front end to smooth I/O bottlenecks

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European Commission gives Equinix the go-ahead to acquire datacentre rival TelecityGroup
European Commission clears datacentre merger, after resolving concerns about its impact on European colocation pricing

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Acquire new skills for technology management
The age of the customer requires organisations to focus on both the business technology and IT agendas

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More than 10% of IT workers are employed in male-dominated environments
More than 10% of technology professionals say they work in a male-dominated environment, according to a survey by Harvey Nash

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Asean higher education institutions increase software and services spend
Higher education organisations in developed Asean countries are investing heavily in software and services as their IT use matures

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Over 55,000 businesses took advantage of government Connection Vouchers
As the DCMS-sponsored Connection Voucher scheme winds down, statistics reveal that over 55,000 small businesses in the UK took advantage of the grants

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Openreach CEO Joe Garner to step down
Openreach CEO Joe Garner is returning to the financial services sector after two years at the helm

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Nordic enterprises to enjoy cheaper datacentre costs
A reduced electricity tax rate for datacentres in Norway will give local enterprises a competitive option close to home

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

Thursday, November 5, 2015

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





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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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Available Tags:Lenovo , security , Red Hat , Microsoft , IBM

Sunday, November 1, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 02/11/2015





All-flash storage vs hybrid flash in Russia: Price and performance key
Russian organisations are adopting all-flash and hybrid flash storage systems, with price and performance the key considerations when deciding between the two

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Why the IT dinosaurs should be planning for extinction
The planned merger of two dinosaurs of the hardware world, Dell and EMC, offers a useful insight into how to manage corporate extinction

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Genomics big data compels IT to rediscover efficiency techniques
Genomics is generating big data at such a scale that research institutes such as the Sanger in Cambridge are having to rediscover storage techniques from the past

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Google set to merge ChromeOS with Android
Google's experiment to establish its second operating system – ChromeOS – is expected to merge into a future Android release

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EU told to protect Snowden as privacy fears continue
MEPs have called for EU states to protect Edward Snowden and on the EC to do more to protect the fundamental rights of citizens

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Law enforcement cracks down on DroidJack Android snooping malware users
A joint EU/US operation on the DroidJack malware is the latest example of international collaboration between law enforcement officers directed at cyber crime

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Alcatel-Lucent transformation cuts HR costs by 30% with cloud platform
Alcatel-Lucent expects to have its cloud human resources (HR) platform used in 62 countries by the end of the year, replacing aging on-premise HR IT systems

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Social exclusion, IoT and data privacy the biggest issues facing digital economy
At the 2015 Parliament and Internet conference in Westminster, a series of panels explored some of the key issues affecting the UK’s digital economy

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Software developer insolvencies grow as competition tightens
Insolvencies for ICT companies fall overall but more
software developers struggle as competition intensifies

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Police arrest second teenager over TalkTalk hack
Metropolitan Police announce the arrest of a second teenager in connection with the attack on TalkTalk that exposed the details of four million customers

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UK surveillance bill to give police access to web history
Proposed UK surveillance legislation is expected to allow the police to seize details of websites and access specific web addresses visited by anyone under investigation

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M&S data breach forces retailer to temporarily suspend service
A glitch that allowed online customers to see each others' details forced retailer Mark & Spencer to take its website offline while it resolved the issue

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Retailers will never have pure play, says Watchfinder founder
Founder of luxury second-hand watch reseller Watchfinder explains that retailers will never have an entirely online or offline business

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New European rules to help tackle cyber and other crime
The EU parliament has approved an update of European police college rules to help Cepol keep pace with security threats such as cyber crime

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Morrisons’ staff data breach lawsuit underlines insider threat
Thousands of Morrisons' employees are to sue the supermarket giant in what is believed to be the UK’s biggest ever claim in relation to a breach of data security

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Students who don’t pick Stem are “cutting themselves off”
Students who drop Stem subjects are cutting themselves off from a future tech career and widening the skills gap

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IT entrepreneurs call for easing of immigration rules
The IT entrepreneur community is asking for the rules on skilled workers entering the UK to be relaxed because of the difficulty faced by startups in finding the right staff

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CIO interview: Mette Jæpelt, Egmont Group
Egmont CIO Mette Jæpelt is a supplier and colleague to the company's business groups, which makes her current role different from any other in her 35-year career

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Tech will turn HR into a ‘productivity department’
HR technologies are moving away from managing staff in favour of helping them become more productive

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Using open data to solve social challenges
The Open Data Institute has spent the past two years funding startups to build applications that could solve socio-economic problems

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BT revenue up 2% on broadband and BT Sport Europe
BT reports rising demand for broadband services and BT Sport Europe, which has helped add a record number of BT TV customers in the past quarter

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Digital transformations will spur software quality measurement
Ever more customer-touching systems will force organisations to ensure their underlying software is robust enough to prevent IT problems becoming public and causing brand damage

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Available Tags:Google , Android , hack , UK , other , CIO

Thursday, October 29, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 30/10/2015





Apple reports record quarterly profit and annual sales
Apple reports record sales of $234bn and net profit of $53.4bn for the 2015 financial year, up by 35% from $39.5bn in 2014

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Lack of data classification very costly to firms, says survey
Most data retained by organisations is not identified or classified and gobbles budget spent on storage, as well as being potentially non-compliant, reveals Veritas-sponsored survey

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British American Tobacco saves £1.4m after automating candidate selection
British American Tobacco uses custom profiling software to cut the number of applications managers have to screen by half, as part of a major re-organisation of its recruitment processes

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Rail firm Alstom picks BT to supply network and Microsoft cloud service
Alstom Transport will deploy an end-to-end network service from the BT Connect portfolio across 300 sites around the world

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Housing, health and blue light customers targets for advanced 4G connectivity
As EE announces a line of products and services for public sector and business users, Computer Weekly went to explore some of the possible applications

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Tableau users highlight their best dashboard designs
Modern data visualization tools offer no shortage of data dashboard design options, but Tableau users said that knowing how to use them effectively is key to dashboard adoption.

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Ministry of Defence hoarding £38.5m worth of unused IPv4 addresses
A Freedom of Information request by network control specialist Infoblox has revealed that the MoD is hoarding millions of pounds worth of unused IPv4 addresses, while the UK government remains woefully unprepared for IPv6

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Mobile attacks more vicious, insidious and malicious, says Blue Coat
An increase in insidious and malicious attack types should sound an alarm to strengthen defences, according to a mobile malware report

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Volvo Group sells Swedish external IT to Indian supplier HCL Technologies
Vehicle manufacturer Volvo Group is selling some of its IT operation in Sweden to Indian supplier HCL

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Twitter share price down after disappointing forecast and growth
Twitter shares fell by 14% to $27.38 in extended trading in response to a disappointing forecast and continued slow user growth

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Competition watchdog provisionally clears BT EE deal
The Competition and Markets Authority gives provisional clearance to the multi-billion pound tie-up between BT and mobile operator EE

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SK Telecom shows 5G software-defined network management
5G networking promises significantly more mobile bandwidth than 4G today

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Available Tags:Apple , Microsoft , 4G , Volvo , Twitter

Wednesday, October 28, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 29/10/2015





The post-merger world: What the future holds for EMC and its federation
A look at the integration challenges Dell faces in trying to merge EMC’s various business units with its own

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HP Inc lays the foundations for a digital future
Following HP’s split on 1 November 2015, how will the printer and PC components of the business define the future of HP Inc?

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Flash alternatives graphene and memristor make progress
Scientists announce tests using atom-thick graphene and 5nm-thick memristors to provide media with many times the storage density of Nand flash and possible fuzzy logic computing

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Why IT is making companies less productive
Research finds that although organisations are introducing innovative technology they are failing to match this with innovation across the rest of the business

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More than 70% of teachers still think students are better at using tech
Teachers are still struggling to adapt to the new curriculum, and more than 70% believe their students are more technology-savvy than they are

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Information security maturing as a profession, says (ISC)2
Today's information security professionals understand security is a blend of social, people and technology, and to be successful, they have to be capable across all of them, says (ISC)2's managing director for Europe

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Online extortion set to increase in 2016, says Trend Micro
2016 will see continued growth in cyber extortion, hacktivism and mobile malware, alongside a shift to an offensive cyber security posture for governments and corporations, say researchers

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European Union passes watered-down net neutrality laws
The European Parliament rejects proposed amendments to the net neutrality regulations that would have closed a number of loopholes

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Ford adds social media controls to Sync system
Ford is to give drivers the ability to access their social media accounts using voice controls while on the road

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Why the cloud provider community needs to get on board with ISO 27018
Despite being published more than a year ago, cloud providers are only really just starting to take notice of ISO 27018. We explore what it is and why it matters to the enterprise

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RBS announces partnership with Facebook At Work
RBS has described the partnership with Facebook At Work as “ground-breaking”, but analysts have questioned this as the app simply helps companies build a private social network

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Is OpenStack ready for mass adoption?
The OpenStack community is working on a number of fronts to make it easier to deploy private clouds, including a a training programme due in 2016

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Women in tech should take their career into their own hands, say everywoman speakers
Women in technology should be taking more responsibility for advancing their career, advised speakers at the 2015 everywoman in Technology Leadership Academy

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Police arrest teenager over TalkTalk hack
Police are interviewing and searching the home of a 15-year-old boy in Northern Ireland in connection with a hack attack on TalkTalk that was feared to have exposed personal details of four million customers

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Data visualisation service 'more modern than Tableau', says Oracle
At Oracle OpenWorld 2015 the supplier launches a data visualisation service it says is “more modern than Tableau”

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Available Tags:HP , security , Trend Micro , Ford , Facebook , hack , Oracle

Tuesday, October 27, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 28/10/2015





Post Office looking for IT head as CIO quits
Post Office CIO Lesley Sewell will leave the organisation in November 2015, with an interim IT chief appointed until a permanent replacement is recruited

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Malaysia’s AmBank Group increases digital banking spend
AmBank Group is using middleware to integrate its core banking platforms with its legacy infrastructure

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Net neutrality laws have dangerous loopholes, says Tim Berners-Lee
As the European Parliament prepares for a key vote on net neutrality, web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has warned that stronger amendments are needed to close a number of worrying loopholes

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Companies should do more to promote Stem studies says CA executive
More companies should band together and collaborate to promote careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem), says CA executive Ritu Mahandru

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Oracle OpenWorld 2015: Larry Ellison vaunts Oracle’s cloud services over rivals
Larry Ellison promoted his company’s cloud services and berated rivals in his opening keynote at Oracle OpenWorld 2015

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Transforming Singapore Post through modern technology
When Singapore Post realised it had to change its business model to survive, it appointed its first CIO to front the technology transformation

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Security Serious Week kicks off in London
Some 70 organisations and more than 50 cyber crime and security experts are supporting Security Serious Week to help others become more security savvy and cyber aware

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Colt’s SDN-based datacentre service to disrupt telco business models
Colt is to offer an SDN-based datacentre networking service to customers across 150 of its European sites

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TalkTalk could face huge data breach compensation cost
Some commentators have suggested that the future of TalkTalk could be in jeopardy, with lawyers looking at potential compensation claims of £1,000 by thousands of customers

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Cyber criminals target Singapore with banking Trojans
Singapore is a top target for hackers and, in the second quarter of 2015, it was the country most targeted by cyber criminals using Trojans

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Café chain Le Pain Quotidien deploys epos terminals with Aures
Worldwide bakery café Le Pain Quotidien has launched its electronic point of sale (epos) system with Aures. Here its IT director, Robert Brown, explains why

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Questions raised over Australian cabinet using Slack messaging
Reports that Australian cabinet members could use messaging platform Slack to communicate has raised security questions

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MoD spectrum auction to go ahead in early 2016
Ofcom announces details of the upcoming auction of high-capacity spectrum owned by the Ministry of Defence

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Outsourcing renewals: Where do I source services?
With thousands of IT services contracts coming up for renewal, CIOs should take a careful look at where they source services from

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UKtech50 2015 - Vote for the most influential person in UK IT
Tell us who you think should be selected as the most influential person in the UK tech scene for 2015 - submit your vote now

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Barclays hit by 'network problems' at the weekend
Barclays service disruptions raise cyber security concerns, but the bank says the problem was purely internal

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Available Tags:CIO , Oracle , Security , UK

Thursday, October 22, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 23/10/2015





Marketing firm shuns NetApp for VMware VSAN and HGST server flash
Grass Roots was struggling with capacity and performance on its NetApp SAN so it deployed VMware VSAN on servers with HGST PCIe server flash and helium HDDs

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Mobile accounts for a quarter of Argos sales, but overall sales decline for Home Retail Group
Mobile sales grew to account for a quarter of Argos's total sales, according to parent company Home Retail Group’s half-year results

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Silicon Valley companies fill out big data technologies as they mature
Companies based in Silicon Valley discuss the issues created by big data technologies as they mature

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MySQL 5.7 aims at deeper convergence with Oracle tech and NoSQL
MySQL 5.7 has been released with next-generation hardware in mind, offering greater interoperability with Oracle and NoSQL database technologies

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James Arbuthnot takes Post Office IT fight to House of Lords
James Arbuthnot takes his seat in the House of Lords and continues campaign for subpostmasters who claim to have been wronged by faulty Horizon IT system

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Stuxnet: A wake-up call for nuclear cyber security
There is no way for nuclear operators to manage threats such as Stuxnet beyond normal risk analysis, according to industry expert Andrea Cavina

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Lufthansa picks Inmarsat GX for 10-year in-flight broadband deal
German flag carrier Lufthansa will offer Inmarsat’s Global Xpress satellite broadband service on 150 of its aircraft

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Nationwide Building Society outsources IT infrastructure
Nationwide has outsourced its IT infrastructure to Capgemini for the next five years to bring it up to date for the digital age

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EMC and VMware launch managed hybrid cloud joint venture using Virtustream brand
EMC-owned Virtustream set to become outlet for storage and virtualisation firm's hybrid cloud managed services

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EU net neutrality laws a threat to UK Open Internet Code, says BSG
The Broadband Stakeholder Group’s Richard Hooper says that the EU’s Connected Continent Regulation could damage the UK’s Open Internet Code

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Infosec pros should start preparing for the future, say experts
Information security professionals need to grow their skills, engage with the business, increase security awareness, set business goals and tailor their messages, says a panel of experts

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Consumer take-up of Gigaclear fibre broadband exceeds BDUK rates
Ultrafast altnet Gigaclear marks a major milestone in its network roll-out and claims a higher take-up rate for its FTTP product than BT is seeing on the Openreach FTTC network

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Available Tags:VMware , server , Oracle , security , UK

Wednesday, October 14, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 15/10/2015





Corporate boardroom technology scales down to non-profit sector
Housing association Viridian uses the same technology as large corporations to ensure the board receives all the information it needs, securely and cost-effectively

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Dell set to buy storage company EMC
Two years after his audacious bid to re-invent the company he founded by re-privatizing it, Michael Dell is set to bid for storage giant EMC

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Retail sector will be London’s next big tech drive, says Tech London Advocates
Retail technology industry predicted to follow in the footsteps of the financial technology sector by producing London’s next generation of industry-changing startups

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Cyber security innovation is crucial, says security evangelist
Visibility and automation are key areas of cyber security innovation, but firms should concentrate first on the basics and not overlook the human element of security

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Somerset MP brands council incompetent over BDUK fiasco
MPs whose constituencies have been affected by Connecting Devon and Somerset’s decision to throw out its Phase 2 BDUK contract have hit out over council mismanagement

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Broadband Connection Voucher scheme runs out of money
The government has closed its SME broadband Connection Voucher scheme to new applicants after exhausting the available funding

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How EasyJet uses digital to drive competitive advantage
The CIO and head of digital at EasyJet tell Computer Weekly price is not the only way to gain competitive advantage in the airline industry

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VMware reacts to the cloud and containerisation
At VMworld Europe, VMware restates products and roadmap visions that see it react to the perceived inevitability of the cloud, while also getting a grip on containers

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Australia expands communication data retention programme
Australia has introduced a communications data retention law along the same lines proposed for UK legislation, despite opposition from citizens

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Enterprise software contracts stifle digital business initiatives
Two software licensing groups have joined forces to put pressure on the European Commission to investigate leading software companies

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MPs weigh in over future of Openreach during superfast broadband debate
MPs have their say on the future of Openreach, with many agreeing it would benefit broadband competition and investment if it were split from the BT group

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Cyber London launches second security accelerator programme
Applications are open to startups and growth-stage companies from across Europe for CyLon's second incubator programme due to start in early December 2015

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Hybrid clouds to dominate the IT landscape in Australia
Organisations in Australia are increasingly opting for hybrid cloud services that enable them to buy some processing power upfront and rent more when needed

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RBS to pilot product based on blockchain technology in 2016
Royal Bank of Scotland is among the early adopters of distributed ledger technology that could shake up the banking industry

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Available Tags:Dell , security , security , VMware

Tuesday, October 13, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 14/10/2015





Dell buys storage company EMC
Two years after his audacious bid to re-invent the company he founded by reprivatising it, Michael Dell is set to bid for storage giant EMC

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Encryption is a double-edged sword, says Blue Coat
Seven more security suppliers join Blue Coat encrypted traffic management programme amid fresh warnings of attackers using encryption to hide malicious activity

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Singapore strives to counter rising surge of cyber attacks
Organisations in Singapore are raising their game to increase cyber security resources and education in a bid to counter the rising tide of cyber attacks

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Half of telco operators plan on deploying carrier Wi-Fi
Smart cities, converged services and the internet of things are all driving demand for next generation Wi-Fi, says the Wireless Broadband Alliance

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Government sets up £4m fund to spur video games industry
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport announces grants of up to £25,000 from the Video Games Prototype fund to help new UK games developers get off the ground

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The missing ingredient for effective problem management
Problem management implementations often fail or have limited success because they lack managers who are trained to lead problem investigations using structured methods

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Microsoft wins the PC argument for Windows 10
Microsoft stands a good chance of gaining wide acceptance for the operating system on enterprise PCs in cutting admin with automated updates

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Data breach hits Dow Jones
Hackers may have accessed the payment card details of up to 3,500 customers, warns finance publisher Dow Jones

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Available Tags:Dell , Microsoft , Windows

Monday, October 12, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 13/10/2015





PCs still the right choice for business, despite decline in sales, says Gartner
Android or iOS devices with keyboards are unlikely to replace Windows-based laptops and hybrids, according to analyst firm Gartner

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Three technologies to drive business
Emerging technologies such as 3D printers, the internet of things and APIs will deliver new business opportunities, and CIOs are in a position to drive forward these business strategies

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Sussex college dumps EMC for hyper-converged Scale Computing HC3
St Richard’s Catholic College deploys Scale Computing hyper-converged HC3 clusters to get log-in times down from more than two minutes to 30 seconds, saving £200,000 in the process

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PCIe SSD vs all-flash for enterprise storage
We run the rule over PCIe SSD and assess its potential as a server-side alternative to all-flash storage, as cache in conjunction with shared storage and in hyperscale environments

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Virtualisation and disaster recovery: DR features in Hyper-V
We run the rule over the key functionality in Microsoft Hyper-V that can help with disaster recovery, including backup, migration, high availability and replication

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Middlesex University embarks on mass datacentre migration with Exponential-e
Middlesex University has had enough of owning and running its own hardware, and looks to Exponential-e to help shift its datacentre assets

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Avere launches CloudFusion NAS appliance in Amazon Web Services cloud
NAS specialist Avere launches 1.5TB tiered storage cloud NAS appliance in the AWS cloud, with data held in RAM, flash and SATA media according to frequency of use

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Lack of trust for banks causes NHS rethink over Verify online identity scheme
NHS trials of the Verify ID assurance system found patients concerned over using banks to allow access to medical data

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Silicon Valley startups pitch to solve next-generation business IT problems
We visit Silicon Valley to meet some of the emerging tech companies focusing on enterprise IT

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CW500: Are you human or are you machine?
As more things become internet-connected, systems designed to authenticate people now need to deal with machine-to-machine authentication

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Security Think Tank: Threat intelligence feeds not for everyone
What is the best practice for collecting and using threat indicators from security incidents to improve defences against future cyber attacks?

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EU Data Protection Regulation: What the EC legislation means for cloud providers
With the European Commission's data protection rules set to drop before 2016, take a look at what the changes mean for the cloud and datacentre community

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The security dangers of home networks
Most companies take reasonable steps to protect their networks from virus attacks, but one area of vulnerability that is often overlooked is infection from employees’ home networks

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Computer Weekly European User Awards 2015: Best Networking Project winner
Construction company Osborne needs reliable connectivity on its building sites, which are often remote. This year's Networking Project of the Year goes to Osborne for the way it overcame the challenges of achieving this

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California adopts landmark law protecting digital privacy
New California state legislation aims to ensure digital data has the same kinds of protection applied to non-digital communications

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How to ensure strong passwords and better authentication
Five steps to ensure stronger passwords and better authentication to reduce the threat of business data theft

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Australia's tech sector weighs opportunities of Trans-Pacific Partnership
Australian IT businesses are evaluating the impact of a trade deal between 11 Pacific Rim countries

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Finnair selects IBM for cloud transformation
Finnish airline outsources IT transformation to IBM as it moves to introduce digital services to customers

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BT warns it will cut Openreach investment if split goes ahead
In its submission to Ofcom’s Digital Communications Review, BT argues for Openreach to remain part of the BT Group and warns that a split will damage broadband investment

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UK digital economy needs 2.3 million digital workers by 2020
The UK will need the skills of 2.3 million digital workers by 2020 if it hopes to power the promised digital economy, according to research from O2

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Apple removes more iOS apps over security concerns
Apple has blocked more apps over security concerns just weeks after ridding the App Store of XcodeGhost malware

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Case study: Consultancy AMR rebuilds comms platform on Colt IP Access
Business and M&A consultancy AMR International turned to Colt’s fibre network after being badly let down by its old supplier

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Nasa and Philips emerge as early adopters of AWS IoT app creation platform
Cloud giant debuts AWS IoT, which it claims will make it quicker and easier for enterprises to create apps for connected devices

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Available Tags:SSD , Amazon , Security , IBM , UK , Apple , iOS , Nasa , Philips

Wednesday, October 7, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 08/10/2015





Amsterdam aims to become a top European startup hub
Amsterdam is selling itself to the startup community as a nice place to live with a high standard of living, and one that opens doors to the continent

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IBM buys Cleversafe to provide object storage capabilities
IBM spends an undisclosed sum on object storage market leader Cleversafe in a move that gives it object storage hardware and distributed storage for Big Blue's cloud services

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Buying IT before the end of 2015 could help businesses offset tax
Upgrading servers or refreshing desktops before the end of the year could make sense for businesses

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CGI contracted to build and run English water industry system
The organisation that will run the non-domestic water supply market in England has outsourced the development and operation of its main system

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EU Safe Harbour ruling requires a rethink of data processes
The European Court of Justice's decision to invalidate the Safe Harbour agreement has far-reaching implications for businesses

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Ofcom raps BT over Openreach governance failures
Ofcom says it is disappointed to learn that as the result of an internal error, BT plans to let Openreach use the BT Enterprise Cloud to temporarily run some of its systems

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Hundreds of Evry staff in the Nordics to move to IBM in billion-dollar IT outsourcing deal
Around 600 Evry staff in the Nordics are to move to IBM in $1bn IT outsourcing deal that sees the firm hand over its IT infrastructure for the next 10 years

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CityFibre to sell backhaul capacity to Vodafone
CityFibre and Vodafone strike a master services agreement to enable the supply of fibre backhaul connectivity to the mobile operator’s cell sites

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Dyn debuts SaaS-based datacentre performance monitoring tool
Internet monitoring firm explains how it is using SaaS to help retailers deliver a consistent internet shopping service to customers via their websites

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ICO orders Welsh council to improve data protection
Anne Jones, assistant commissioner for Wales at the ICO, said it is not acceptable for an organisation to disregard the findings of audits or fail to deliver promised improvements

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Security Think Tank: Keep C-suite informed on incidents to drive better security
What is the best practice for collecting and using threat indicators from security incidents to improve defences against future cyber attacks?

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Researchers find credential-stealing webmail server APT attack
Security researchers have discovered a new and unique advanced persistent threat (APT) technique that involves a malicious module loaded onto a webmail server

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Max Schrems welcomes ECJ ruling that Safe Harbour is invalid
The European Court of Justice declares the Safe Harbour framework invalid as a mechanism to legitimise transfers of personal data from the EU to the US

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Enterprise IT spend on non-cloud infrastructure set to slump in 2015
IDC research shows enterprises are spending more on cloud-enabling hardware, and are set to for the next five years

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UCLH mobile healthcare service demonstrates the potential future of the NHS
A mobile screening service which combines medical and information technologies could be an early example of healthcare in the future

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Available Tags:IBM , Security , security , server

Wednesday, September 30, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 01/10/2015





US diplomats warn of economic dangers of scrapping Safe Harbour Agreement
European Court of Justice confirms judgement on the future of the US Safe Harbour Agreement will be made public on 6 October

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Two thirds of UK businesses never meet important customers
British businesses don't always meet their best customers or the people they do most business with, because of trends in modern technology

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Common PKI practices undermine trust in applications, study shows
Current approaches to PKI are fragmented and do not always incorporate best practices, according to a Ponemon Institute study

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British Airways picks Juniper Networks to build out cloud, core network
British Airways enhances the digital customer experience through a private cloud datacentre and IP MPLS core backbone

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Universal Credit digital service moves into the cloud
New system under trial in south London has been migrated to an IaaS platform ready for further roll-out

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IBM hails apprenticeship degrees as step towards injecting talent into businesses
Large firms such as IBM, John Lewis and Lloyds Banking Group gathered to discuss the benefits of young IT talent gaining degrees on the job

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Cyber Security Challenge UK launches 24/7 games hub
Every area in the newly-launched Cyphinx virtual skyscraper will contain a new opportunity to test a different cyber skill, available 24 hours a day, 365 days a year

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CIO interview: Monique Shivanandan, Aviva
Aviva’s CIO, Monique Shivanandan, talks agile working, digital disruption and changing the culture of a complex 300-year-old company

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120-day patching gap puts many firms at risk of cyber attack, study shows
The probability of a vulnerability being exploited hits 90% between 40-60 days after discovery, but many firms are taking up to 60 days beyond that to patch, while others are failing to patch at all, a study shows

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What is standing in the way of a paperless NHS?
The number of healthcare practices using digital records is rising, yet thousands of patients are still unable to access their data

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Celebrity search results loaded with malware, study shows
Intel security says employees and consumers should be aware that cyber criminals capitalise on interest in celebrities by enticing internet users to sites laden with malware

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News UK reduces IT supplier complexity with single outsourcing contract
News Corps UK subsidiary outsourced its IT infrastructure services in an effort to bring all its supplier management together and reduce complexity

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CIO interview: Richard Norris, head of IT and business change at Reliance Mutual Insurance
Digital transformation is reshaping the 104-year-old business, as the insurance sector undergoes sweeping change

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Nationwide Building Society deploys artificial intelligence to reduce back-end complexity
Nationwide Building Society is using artificial intelligence to help it reduce the complexity of its back-end systems as it introduces more digital products

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Facebook shares dip after site outage
Facebook was down for 42 minutes around midday in California, after being out of service for 12 minutes four days earlier

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Evolving ITSM to support agile IT and BYOD
We look at how IT service management is addressing emerging technology today – and the needs of innovation in the future

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UKtech50 2015 - help us find the most influential people in UK IT
Computer Weekly's annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK IT is underway - let us know who you would like to nominate for this year's list

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Available Tags:UK , IBM , Security , CIO , Facebook

Monday, September 28, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 23/09/2015





Android drives dramatic rise in smartphone adoption in Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and India
Young people in Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and India are driving the rapid adoption of mobile devices, with the Android operating system coming top

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Big data poses storage challenges in Australia and New Zealand
Big data is like digging for gold, except you must keep every single rock. TechTarget unearths some of the main challenges facing those mining data

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Infinidat adds NAS to create Infinibox unified storage
Infinidat adds NAS functionality to Infinibox arrays but clustered NAS capability will have to wait until parallel file system support arrives sometime in the future

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Employees crave digital skills, but organisations lack budget to teach them
VMware survey on digital skills finds a large percentage of employees are keen to learn, but organisations are holding them back

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MPs launch inquiry into the UK's digital economy
Business, Innovation and Skills Committee investigation will examine the challenges facing digital industries

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Talent shortage drives IT salary rise in Singapore
IT salaries are rising fast in Singapore, fuelled by shortages in key areas and Singapore's image as a gateway to Asia for western businesses

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UK broadband consistently top among major European markets
The UK is outperforming other major European countries on a number of fixed telecoms measures and will continue to do so, says an Analysys Mason report

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IT services procurement: Could G-Cloud be the answer Europe is looking for?
With European public sector organisations looking to overhaul how they buy IT, some are wondering if the UK's G-Cloud model could be the answer they are looking for

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AWS datacentre service trouble hits Netflix users
North Virginia datacentre hit by service trouble, blighting delivery of more than 30 of the cloud giant's products

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Starbucks European IT director moves to education publisher Pearson
Robert Teagle quits the coffee company after eight years as European IT chief

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IT industry seeks permanent staff as vacancies grow
KPMG finds demand for IT workers has grown since 2014, leaving more open vacancies for positions

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Department store retailer House of Fraser appoints CIO
British department store brand House of Fraser announces appointment of Julian Burnett as chief information officer

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Gigabit network is more than a fringe benefit for city of Edinburgh
As CityFibre begins a 150km fibre dig in Edinburgh, local businesses and the city council outline their objectives and plans for ultrafast broadband

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Oxford University takes SaaS-led approach to IT department consolidation
The University of Oxford has merged several IT departments to provide staff and students with centralised support

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Apple cleans out App Store after XcodeGhost malware breach
Apple takes action after Chinese XcodeGhost malware affects an undisclosed number of apps on the company's App Store

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Labour appoints Chi Onwurah as shadow minister for digital industries
Former Labour digital government spokeswoman takes on role of shadowing digital economy minister Ed Vaizey, with Louise Haigh taking her old role

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Worldwide outage hits Skype users
Microsoft-owned messaging service Skype experiences technical difficulties, with users flooding social networking sites with downtime reports

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Three could return O2 to stock market after Telefónica acquisition
Three may try to float O2 on the stock market if parent firm CK Hutchison Holdings goes ahead with plans to buy the mobile network operator from Telefónica

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Department for Culture, Media and Sport takes over responsibility for data protection policy
Government transfers responsibility for data protection policy and ICO oversight from Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

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More than half of 12-year-old girls say Stem subjects are too hard
Accenture finds more than half of 12-year-old girls in the UK and Ireland think science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects are too hard

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Available Tags:Android , smartphone , India , UK , CIO , Apple , Skype

Tuesday, September 22, 2015

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 23/09/2015





Android drives dramatic rise in smartphone adoption in Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and India
Young people in Indonesia, Vietnam, the Philippines and India are driving the rapid adoption of mobile devices, with the Android operating system coming top

Read More ...




Big data poses storage challenges in Australia and New Zealand
Big data is like digging for gold, except you must keep every single rock. TechTarget unearths some of the main challenges facing those mining data

Read More ...




Infinidat adds NAS to create Infinibox unified storage
Infinidat adds NAS functionality to Infinibox arrays but clustered NAS capability will have to wait until parallel file system support arrives sometime in the future

Read More ...




Employees crave digital skills, but organisations lack budget to teach them
VMware survey on digital skills finds a large percentage of employees are keen to learn, but organisations are holding them back

Read More ...




MPs launch inquiry into the UK's digital economy
Business, Innovation and Skills Committee investigation will examine the challenges facing digital industries

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Talent shortage drives IT salary rise in Singapore
IT salaries are rising fast in Singapore, fuelled by shortages in key areas and Singapore's image as a gateway to Asia for western businesses

Read More ...




UK broadband consistently top among major European markets
The UK is outperforming other major European countries on a number of fixed telecoms measures and will continue to do so, says an Analysys Mason report

Read More ...




IT services procurement: Could G-Cloud be the answer Europe is looking for?
With European public sector organisations looking to overhaul how they buy IT, some are wondering if the UK's G-Cloud model could be the answer they are looking for

Read More ...




AWS datacentre service trouble hits Netflix users
North Virginia datacentre hit by service trouble, blighting delivery of more than 30 of the cloud giant's products

Read More ...




Starbucks European IT director moves to education publisher Pearson
Robert Teagle quits the coffee company after eight years as European IT chief

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IT industry seeks permanent staff as vacancies grow
KPMG finds demand for IT workers has grown since 2014, leaving more open vacancies for positions

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Department store retailer House of Fraser appoints CIO
British department store brand House of Fraser announces appointment of Julian Burnett as chief information officer

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Gigabit network is more than a fringe benefit for city of Edinburgh
As CityFibre begins a 150km fibre dig in Edinburgh, local businesses and the city council outline their objectives and plans for ultrafast broadband

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Oxford University takes SaaS-led approach to IT department consolidation
The University of Oxford has merged several IT departments to provide staff and students with centralised support

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Apple cleans out App Store after XcodeGhost malware breach
Apple takes action after Chinese XcodeGhost malware affects an undisclosed number of apps on the company's App Store

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Labour appoints Chi Onwurah as shadow minister for digital industries
Former Labour digital government spokeswoman takes on role of shadowing digital economy minister Ed Vaizey, with Louise Haigh taking her old role

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Worldwide outage hits Skype users
Microsoft-owned messaging service Skype experiences technical difficulties, with users flooding social networking sites with downtime reports

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Three could return O2 to stock market after Telefónica acquisition
Three may try to float O2 on the stock market if parent firm CK Hutchison Holdings goes ahead with plans to buy the mobile network operator from Telefónica

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Department for Culture, Media and Sport takes over responsibility for data protection policy
Government transfers responsibility for data protection policy and ICO oversight from Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)

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More than half of 12-year-old girls say Stem subjects are too hard
Accenture finds more than half of 12-year-old girls in the UK and Ireland think science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects are too hard

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Available Tags:Android , smartphone , India , UK , CIO , Apple , Skype