November 2012 News
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Cornwall outsourcing backers accused of 'undemocratic' tactics
Cornwall County councillors are concerned that backers of a controversial BT outsourcing deal have been using "undemocratic" tactics16 Nov 2012
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Nasa to encrypt data after latest breach
Nasa is to encrypt all its mobile computers after the loss of a laptop containing personal information about more than 10,000 staff16 Nov 2012
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Atos launches 2013 IT Challenge
Atos has partnered with Renault for a 'Connected Car' theme in its annual IT Challenge application competition for students15 Nov 2012
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Vast majority of GPs use electronic medical records
Some 97% of GPs in the UK claim to use electronic medical records, according to the 2012 Commonwealth International Health Policy survey15 Nov 2012
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Global taskforce for datacentre energy efficiency pick three new metrics
In addition to PUE, datacentre operators have three new metrics – Green Energy Coefficient (GEC), Energy Reuse Factor (ERF) and Carbon Usage Effectiveness (CUE)15 Nov 2012
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Cisco buys Cloupia for $125m
Networking giant Cisco continues to add to its arsenal with the acquisition of datacentre software company Cloupia15 Nov 2012
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Dell OS upgrade nudges Compellent arrays into enterprise SAN market
Dell announces “game changer” Compellent OS and controller upgrade that pushes at enterprise SAN market15 Nov 2012
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How Bloomberg built its latest mobile app
Bloomberg has spent a lot of time and effort finding out what subscribers want from a mobile service. The result is its latest iPad app.15 Nov 2012
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One in four wish they had taken the tech career route
Over a quarter of adults regret not pursuing a career in technology, survey finds15 Nov 2012
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Business Intelligence, enterprise search: marriage in prospect, still no ring
Business intelligence and enterprise search are converging slowly but competing technology legacies are causing frustration15 Nov 2012
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Only economic catastrophe will quash IT spending growth in private sector
The global private sector will increase IT spending in 2013, but government IT spending will continue to fall15 Nov 2012
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Texas Instruments to cut 1,700 jobs
Texas Instruments moves away from the mobile business, blaming suppliers developing their own chipsets for its declining business15 Nov 2012
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Cyber security will change ideas of the nation state, says Stonesoft
The lack of cyber security is a major threat to the civilised world and will change how people see the nation state, says security firm Stonesoft15 Nov 2012
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First departmental sites move to Gov.uk
Two government departments have migrated onto the Gov.uk site, as part of the first moves to bring all departmental information under a single domain.15 Nov 2012
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Dublin Airport Authority turns to virtualisation for CCTV data storage
Dublin Airport Authority (DAA) is planning to use virtualised servers to store CCTV data for easy retrieval and improved management15 Nov 2012
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Interview: Accenture's in-memory data guru, Alexander Zeier
Alexander Zeier, co-designer of SAP's HANA appliance, speaks to Computer Weekly about the evolution of in-memory analytics14 Nov 2012
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IT professionals too trusting of Generation Y
While most IT managers think employees stick to policy, most 18- to 30-year-olds play by their own rules, using personal devices at work14 Nov 2012
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NetApp pushes clustered NAS ONTAP but customers drag feet
NetApp pushes clustered NAS capability of Data ONTAP at its Dublin Insight event but very few customers have switched over14 Nov 2012
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NetApp has no plans for all-flash array, says CTO Jay Kidd
CTO Jay Kidd explains why NetApp won’t follow the industry trend for all-flash array products – the market’s too small and it’s not a good idea14 Nov 2012
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Operation High Roller fraud puts US finance companies on red alert
Fraud ring Operation High Roller has spread from Europe to countries including the US in recent months, says McAfee’s latest threat report14 Nov 2012
