August 2011 News
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Royal College prescribes NetApp for VMware storage
Storage roundup: Royal College prescribes NetApp for VMware storage; university goes solid-state for VDI; waste firm gets Dot Hill SANs; Coraid’s VMware integration; and more news.31 Aug 2011
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Government seeks single supplier for £240m smart meter programme contract
The Department of Energy and Climate Change is looking for a single supplier to provide IT services to support its GB Smart Metering Implementation Programme (SMIP) with a contract worth up to £240m.31 Aug 2011
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Linux reaches datacentre maturity but still lacks enterprise desktop credibility
With Linux now 20 years old, the free, open source operating system appears to be going from strength to strength.31 Aug 2011
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Akamai employee pleads guilty to trying to sell secrets to Israel
A 43-year-old former finance department employee of web optimisation firm Akamai has pleaded guilty to espionage charges in the US.31 Aug 2011
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Colossus rebuilder and National Museum of Computing founder Tony Sale dies aged 80
Tony Sale, co-founder of the National Museum of Computing and visionary who led the team that rebuilt Colossus, the world's first modern computer, has died at the age of 80.31 Aug 2011
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HP to manufacture one last run of Touchpad tablets before winding down WebOS division
HP is to manufacture one last run of its Touchpad tablet, following HP's decision to wind down its WebOS hardware and concentrate on an enterprise software strategy.31 Aug 2011
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Oracle countersues HP over Itanium partnership
Oracle has responded to a lawsuit by Hewlett-Packard over servers based on the Itanium chip with a suit of its own.31 Aug 2011
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Salesforce.com to debut HTML5 mobile website at Dreamforce 2011 conference
Salesforce.com will unveil an HTML5-based mobile website to allow customers to access applications via touch-screen tablet and mobile devices at its annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco th...31 Aug 2011
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Sage uses Amazon for SalesLogix CRM private cloud
Sage has introduced a cloud-based customer relationship management system on the Amazon EC2 cloud.31 Aug 2011
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Symantec security survey shows cyber attacks remain top risk for businesses
Cyber security is the top risk for businesses for the second year running, ahead of traditional crime, natural disasters and terrorism, according to Symantec's 2011 State of Security survey.31 Aug 2011
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World's thinnest material offers huge advances in high-speed internet
Graphene, the thinnest material in the world, has the potential to bring about huge advances in high-speed internet and other optical communications, according to scientific research.31 Aug 2011
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Women in IT are paid more than men at junior level for the first time
Women in junior roles in the IT sector are being paid more than men in the same job for the first time, according to research.31 Aug 2011
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Microsoft warns of fraudulent digital certificate issued by DigiNotar
Microsoft has issued a security advisory warning of at least one fraudulent digital certificate issued by root certificate authority (CA) DigiNotar.30 Aug 2011
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Cisco buys collaboration software firm Versly
Cisco Systems has announced plans to acquire Versly, which integrates collaboration capabilities via a plug-in into Microsoft Office applications.30 Aug 2011
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Dutch bank ABN Amro cuts IT jobs in bid to streamline costs before privatisation
Dutch banking giant ABN Amro is cutting IT jobs to cut costs before the nationalised bank returns to private ownership.30 Aug 2011
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Cloud computing and the public sector: What IT managers need from suppliers
IT departments and suppliers have a long way to go before they understand each other on cloud computing – that was the conclusion when IT practitioners and suppliers met at London law firm DLA Pipe...30 Aug 2011
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Facebook pays security bug bounty hunters $40,000 in three weeks
Facebook has revealed its security bug bounty initiative has paid out more than $40,000 in just three weeks – but has not revealed how many security vulnerabilities have been reported or how many h...30 Aug 2011
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Government smart metering takes major step forward
The Department of Energy and Climate Change (DECC) has called on IT suppliers to build the data and communications infrastructure that will enable data to be sent between smart meters in homes and ...30 Aug 2011
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Orange restores broadband customers' e-mail account access but loses data
A problem with Orange e-mail – which locked out broadband customers – has been partly fixed as access to the accounts is restored, but weeks of e-mails may be lost.30 Aug 2011
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Small suppliers dominate social CRM market
Spending on social software for marketing, customer service and sales increased by 40% in 2010, but social CRM remained less than 5% of the total CRM application market, according to analyst Gartner.30 Aug 2011
