October 2012 News
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‘VM-aware’ viruses on the rise
Viruses targeting virtual machines (VM) are growing in numbers and will soon be the dominant force in the world of cyber crime, says Kaspersky31 Oct 2012
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Southwark Council outsources IT transformation
Southwark Council is upgrading all the IT that supports the delivery of council services, through a deal with Capita31 Oct 2012
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Government dips toe in water for single ERP
The government is to test the feasibility of moving to a single enterprise resource planning (ERP) platform across Whitehall31 Oct 2012
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Irish construction company reduces SQL Server storage with AvePoint
Walls Construction has saved €31,000 by moving stale content from SQL Server to cheaper storage, using software from AvePoint31 Oct 2012
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Government freezes all new IT frameworks
The government has put all new IT frameworks on hold, as part of its review into the efficacy of framework agreements for SMEs.31 Oct 2012
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Apple squashes BlackBerry as Brent Borough deploys iPads
Brent Borough Council replaces BlackBerry and deploys MobileIron to securely manage almost 3,000 iPads and iPhones31 Oct 2012
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Top cyber threats underline need for security awareness
Top threats in latest Microsoft Security Intelligence Report linked to social engineering, underlining need for security awareness31 Oct 2012
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Capgemini doubles 2012 apprenticeships after surge in applications
Capgemini raises 2012 apprentice intake as more school leavers look for alternatives to university31 Oct 2012
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'Digital skills as crucial to UK as superfast broadband,' says Vaizey
UK digital skills must improve to make most of the economic benefits of superfast broadband, said communications minister Ed Vaizey31 Oct 2012
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Free mobile apps a threat to privacy, study finds
Free mobile apps pose a serious threat to privacy because of their ability to capture large amounts of user information31 Oct 2012
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SDN scares big network suppliers
Cisco, Juniper and Brocade have had to embrace software defined networking or risk their hold on the market, says Emulex’s Sean Walsh31 Oct 2012
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Security data exchange: if McAfee builds it, will they come?
McAfee has announced its Security Connected Plaform for security data exchange, but will other suppliers come to the party?31 Oct 2012
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Kickstarter crowdfunding website expands to the UK
Crowdsourced funding website Kickstarter, which lists projects that are seeking financial backing, has expanded to cover the UK.31 Oct 2012
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Amazon faces competition as cloud technology goes mainstream
Cloud is becoming a marketplace technology as enterprises look beyond AWS to Openstack-based cloud and Azure, says 451 Research31 Oct 2012
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Most UK citizens do not support draft Data Communications Bill, survey shows
Only 6% of UK citizens think government has made a clear and compelling argument for the Draft Data Communications Bill31 Oct 2012
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Virtual Instruments adds AIX, Hyper-V, SVC and VPLEX SAN testing
SAN testing supplier Virtual Instruments plans to add AIX and Hyper-V virtual server environments to its capabilities31 Oct 2012
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Huawei admits to being monitored by GCHQ
Huawei has admitted to working closely with government security arm GCHQ as part of review into security practices31 Oct 2012
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Cloud backup provider McCloud chooses object storage over clustered NAS
McCloud chooses Amplidata object storage with 15 nines data protection for scalability instead of HP Ibrix and NetApp clustered NAS30 Oct 2012
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BCS unveils first draft of ICT curriculum for review
The BCS and RAEng have made available a draft of a new ICT curriculum for key stages one to four30 Oct 2012
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TalkTalk CEO calls for regulatory intervention on superfast broadband
Dido Harding, the CEO of TalkTalk, has called for regulatory intervention into the superfast broadband market to encourage greater competition30 Oct 2012
