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May 2012 News

• Howard Schmidt to step down as White House Cyber Czar

  White House Cyber Czar Howard Schmidt is stepping down after two-and-a-half years in the role.18 May 2012

• Police crack mobile phones to extract evidence

  The Met Police force is to use software that can crack mobile phones to extract data to speed up investigations18 May 2012

• CSC chief takes charge of NHS negotiations

  CSC's new CEO has taken direct control of protracted negotiations over its failed contract to deliver the NHS National Programme for IT.18 May 2012

• Facebook to top $100bn valuation

  Facebook has set its share price for its initial public offering at $38, which values the firm at $104bn18 May 2012

• How to improve your communication with your boss

  Learn how to communicate more effectively with your boss in this guide from Dr Brian Sutton and Dr Robina Chatham.18 May 2012

• CW Buyer's Guide: IT Tools

  This Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to IT tools shows how you can use software and systems to improve the running of your IT department.18 May 2012

• Analyst Insight: Is There a Smart City Market?

  The value of the IT market for smart cities globally is approximately $35bn, according to this in depth analysis from Ovum.18 May 2012

• Guidebook: Oracle Cloud Services

  This independent report from analysts, Nucleus Research offers a critical assessment of Oracle’s Cloud Services.18 May 2012

• Smart Cities: The anywhere working city

  This report from Microsoft presents a vision for the development of smart cities which bring together technology, architecture and people.18 May 2012

• ACTA likely to be defeated by European vote in July

  The controversial intellectual property bill will not be supported by the European Parliament, says an influential MEP.17 May 2012

• Survey reveals returning budget increases but lack of women in IT

  Research from Harvey Nash finds more CIOs are confident of budget increases, but reveals a lack of women in the technology sector17 May 2012

• Government guides civil service in social media use

  The Government Digital Service has published a guide for civil servants to advise them on how to use social media platforms such as Twitter, LinkedIn and Facebook.17 May 2012

• UK leaps up hacking league table, finds NCC Group

  The UK is in the top ten sources of cyber attacks for the first time this year, according to the latest Origin of Hacks report from NCC Group17 May 2012

• 4G networks could disrupt TV signals for two million homes

  Two million households could have their digital TV signals disrupted when 4G networks begin rolling out across the UK17 May 2012

• NYSE Euronext brings capital markets cloud to Basildon

  NYSE Technologies is making its Capital Markets Community Platform available in Europe17 May 2012

• Business fails to realise social media potential

  Global businesses are failing to take advantage of the commercial opportunities created by social media, says software publisher Satmetrix17 May 2012

• The Pirate Bay is latest site to be hit by DDoS attack

  The Pirate Bay has become the latest high-profile website to be hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack17 May 2012

• ‘T-Rays’ offer extra spectrum for Wi-Fi

  Japanese researchers discover new connectivity capabilities with the terahertz band17 May 2012

• Balfour Beatty uses local cloud on iPads to access tech drawings

  Construction company Balfour Beatty replaces paper with an iPad app from Egnyte to provide local cloud access to tech drawings, saving £3.2m17 May 2012

• UK government websites miss cookie law deadline

  Most UK government websites will fail to comply with the "cookie law" to be enforced from 26 May 201217 May 2012