October 2011 News
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Government earmarks £10m for Identity Assurance
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has earmarked £10m for implementation of the government's Identity Assurance (IDA) programme, with the cash coming from its £650m cyber defence fund - with the...31 Oct 2011
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More than a third of large UK firms use irresponsible IT disposal methods, study shows
More than a third of large UK companies do not wipe data from decommissioned PCs, a study of IT disposal practices has revealed.31 Oct 2011
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Are network performance monitoring tools ready to meet new challenges?
Network performance monitoring tools must adapt to handle virtual infrastructure, new applications and hybrid cloud environments. Are they ready?31 Oct 2011
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Japan may be facing sustained cyber attack
Japan's mapping agency is the latest in a series of government agencies to be targeted by hackers, raising fears that the breaches are part of a series of sustained attacks.31 Oct 2011
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Critical infrastructure providers are less engaged with government cyber protection despite growing
Fewer providers of critical national infrastructure (CNI) are currently engaged with government security programmes than last year, according to research.31 Oct 2011
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UK cyber attacks at a 'disturbing' level, says GCHQ chief
Cyber attacks on the UK have reached "disturbing" levels, according to Ian Lobban, director of communications intelligence agency GCHQ.31 Oct 2011
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Barclays customers unable to log into online bank accounts
Barclays has confirmed some customers are unable to log into online bank accounts and are experiencing slow response times31 Oct 2011
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Samsung overtakes Apple in global smartphone shipments
Samsung has overtaken Apple in worldwide smartphone shipments after Apple suffered its lowest levels of shipments in two years31 Oct 2011
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Civil service pension mutual expects private bids
The Cabinet Office is expecting the final bids from four companies hoping to run the administration for 1.5 million public sector pensions.31 Oct 2011
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Facebook admits to 600,000 cyber attacks a day
Facebook has revealed that every 24 hours it receives around 600,000 logins to the social networking website from impostors attempting to access users' messages, photos and other personal information.31 Oct 2011
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BT to speed up fibre broadband roll-out
BT is to accelerate its roll out of superfast broadband, bringing its target forward by a year to the end of 2014.31 Oct 2011
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Is the offshore contact centre honeymoon over?
Western businesses are shying away from investing in offshore contact centres due to social and business pressures.31 Oct 2011
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UKtech50: We launch the search for the most influential people in UK IT
Computer Weekly has launched the second annual UKtech50, the definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the leaders driving the creation of a high-tech economy.31 Oct 2011
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Private sector struggles to fill growing IT vacancies but public sector jobs disappear
Demand for permanent and freelance IT staff is still increasing despite a sizeable drop in IT positions advertised by public sector organisations.31 Oct 2011
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VMware unveils new DevOps strategy and cloud infrastructure suite
VMware announces DevOps strategy and cloud suite to audience at VMworld Europe 2011.31 Oct 2011
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Android now top mobile malware platform
Google's Android platform is now the most popular for malicious mobile programs, overtaking other platforms as well as 'generic' Java malware.31 Oct 2011
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Computer Weekly and Financial Times video debates – IT leadership and the CEO
In a series of monthly video debates, Computer Weekly and the Financial Times invite a panel of experts to discuss business and IT issues.28 Oct 2011
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Recruitment firm gets cloud backup
Storage roundup: Jobs firm gets cloud backup; Eden Project grows for NetApp; Law firm’s WAN optimisation; German space centre gets Atempo, and more news.28 Oct 2011
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UK security strategy draws on growing expertise across Whitehall
The UK's soon-to-be-released cyber security strategy includes input from policy makers across government, says Nigel Harrison of the Office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance (OCSIA).28 Oct 2011
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SAP to embrace mobile desktop, big data and consumerisation in 2012
SAP plans to tap into three global trends in the coming year across its offerings for ERP, mobile, in-memory computing and cloud services and software, says Jim Hagemann Snabe, co-chief executive o...28 Oct 2011
