Friday, June 15, 2012

IT News Head Lines (ComputerWeekly) 15/06/2012





South Lanarkshire moves to IBM XIV disk storage platform
South Lanarkshire council has invested in an IBM XIV disk storage platform as part of its move to virtualisation.

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The cloud will move supercomputers into the mainstream
Cloud computing will move supercomputers out of the research labs into mainstream business, says Amazon

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ICANN reveals bidders for top level domain names
The internet organisation names the companies bidding for 1,930 new domains for websites

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BAE assesses off-the-shelf application lifecycle management
BAE Maritime Systems is assessing new tools from Serena Software to support mission-critical software development

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Shop Direct deploys software to automate business processes
Online shopping giant Shop Direct has deployed software to automate business processes without eating into the IT department’s busy timetable

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Many top UK executives still do not understand cyber threats, says ISSA
Many senior executives are still failing to understand the level of international cyber threat to their organisations, says ISSA.

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Security Think Tank: Proof of intelligence-led security is in the metrics
What should organisations do to fully exploit intelligence-led security?

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SMEs struggling in the face of BYOD and new cyber threats
SMEs are struggling to keep IT infrastructure up to date with cyber threats and new ways of working, a survey shows.

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Deloitte opts for IT service management in the cloud
Business consultancy Deloitte is using cloud-based IT service management to support 13,000 employees in the UK and Switzerland

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Cloud a game-changer for SMEs, says the Open Group
Cloud computing has huge potential for SMEs, but they need to look before they leap, says IT consortium the Open Group

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Apple ditches Google for TomTom in iOS 6
Apple has given Dutch satnav firm TomTom a boost by using the firm's mapping technology to replace Google's in the latest version of its mobile operating system, iOS 6

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Communities need to contribute to rural broadband fund
Residents of rural areas lacking broadband will have to add to government and telecoms cash pots to get connected

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ICO re-opens Google Street View Wi-Fi data investigation
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) is to re-open its investigation into Wi-Fi data harvesting by Google's Street View vehicles

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Privileged accounts are hacker sweet spot
Businesses are largely failing to block hackers from exploiting privileged IT accounts to access sensitive commercial data, a survey has revealed

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