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May 2012 News

• CIO interview: Cathryn Riley, CIO, Aviva

  It's been a tough time for Aviva with CEO Andrew Moss forced to step down in a shareholder revolt. But for CIO Cathryn Riley, it’s business as usual.16 May 2012

• UK business braces for more cyber attacks, survey shows

  85% of UK businesses expect cyber attacks to increase in the coming years, a survey shows16 May 2012

• Leeds Teaching Hospitals consolidates IT

  NHS trust Leeds Teaching Hospitals simplifies its applications platform in £37m IT investment plan to enable clinicians to access data more easily16 May 2012

• Samsung overtakes Nokia as top mobile phone maker

  Samsung sold more mobile phones than Nokia last year, and is larger than Apple in the smartphone market16 May 2012

• Mobile network operators block political websites

  A report from the LSE and the Open Rights Group shows default filtering on mobile devices blocks political websites without users' knowledge16 May 2012

• Facebook set for $100bn IPO valuation

  Facebook has increased the price range for its initial public offering (IPO) to $34-38 per share, which could value the company at up to $104bn16 May 2012

• Tackle cyber security with ad campaign, says Labour defence spokesman Jim Murphy

  Labour shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy says government should address cyber security with a mix of regulation and education16 May 2012

• Public has struck ‘Faustian bargain’ in disclosure of data

  People have struck a ‘Faustian bargain’ in the way they have become comfortable giving away so much personal information, says Aviva's CIO.16 May 2012

• Cisco hosts London TeenTech event to promote careers in technology

  Cisco joined TeenTech to encourage schoolchildren to consider careers in technology and highlight the importance of STEM subjects15 May 2012

• Emulex targets HPC with Ethernet partnership

  Networking firm Emulex teams with Myricom to boost Ethernet performance for high-performance computing and cloud environments15 May 2012

• ICO website down, DDoS attack suspected

  The website of the Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has been hit by a suspected distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack15 May 2012

• SAP pushes mobile enterprise apps at Sapphire

  New apps from SAP include travel expenses, CRM, safety investigation and healthcare15 May 2012

• UK cloud adoption continues to grow

  UK is lagging behind the US in cloud adoption, according to a study by the UK-based Cloud Industry Forum.15 May 2012

• BT Openreach reveals 330Mbps fibre for wholesale

  The division announces the network for communications providers will launch on 11 June15 May 2012

• Intel expands Xeon server processor family

  Intel targets micro server market with new Xeon family. New chips balance cost with performance.15 May 2012

• BT and TalkTalk fail Ofcom broadband test

  The ISPs fail to provide speed estimates for their broadband services to Ofcom’s mystery shoppers15 May 2012

• AMD promises 12-hours of battery life with “Trinity” chip

  AMD has launched its 2nd-Generation A-Series Accelerated Processing Units (APUs) codenamed “Trinity” for ultrathin notebooks15 May 2012

• DWP appoints ex-BAA IT chief Philip Langsdale as new CIO

  The Department for Work and Pensions has appointment former BAA CIO Philip Langsdale as its new chief information officer.14 May 2012

• Legislators need to get a grip on ISP speed

  It is time for the rules to get tough on ISPs and their broadband speed advertising14 May 2012

• Enterprises putting HR in the cloud

  Global businesses are moving the management of workforce relations into the cloud to eliminate siloed working through a single HR system across regions.14 May 2012