January 2013 News
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NATS says BI key to five-year investment plan
The UK’s air traffic control business NATS will make business intelligence (BI) a priority investment over the next five years11 Jan 2013
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BlackBerry services down for Vodafone users
Both companies are keeping quiet about whose technology is at fault while BlackBerry users across Europe suffer the outage11 Jan 2013
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Infosys surprises market with solid results
IT services firm Infosys has surprised with better-than-expected results with a continued focus of consultancy and PaaS paying off11 Jan 2013
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SAP puts Business Suite on HANA, joins transactional to analytical
SAP has announced that its Business Suite software now runs on the HANA in-memory database11 Jan 2013
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Microsoft opens Azure cloud to Linux apps and VMs
Microsoft Open Technologies has released VM Depot to allow users to deploy and share Linux apps and virtual machines on the Azure cloud11 Jan 2013
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Windows 8 fails to stem PC decline
Worldwide PC spending dropped 6.4% with Windows 8 adding confusion rather than driving adoption according to analyst IDC11 Jan 2013
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Whiptail tops the class with flash array plus SAN two-tier strategy
School slashes virtual desktop login times with two-tier Whiptail flash array plus budget Huawei SAN11 Jan 2013
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Disable Java to protect from latest zero-day
Security researchers are warning of a zero-day vulnerability in all versions of Java, including the latest Java 7 update 1011 Jan 2013
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OCR unveils entry level qualification in computing
Education body OCR teams with Raspberry Pi and Computing at School to produce course material for KS3 and KS4 students11 Jan 2013
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Google faces tough EU stance, says Joaquin Almunia
Google faces a tougher stance on market position abuse in Europe than in the US, says EU competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia11 Jan 2013
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News International presses ahead on the cloud with AWS
News International has reaped public cloud benefits such as scalability, quick time-to-market and cheaper capital expenditure with AWS cloud10 Jan 2013
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Government extends employer £1,500 apprenticeship grant for further 12 months
Government and National Apprenticeship Service extend AGE 16-24 grant for further 12 months10 Jan 2013
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Nokia doubles Lumia sales in fourth quarter
Smartphone manufacturer Nokia releases preliminary results, showing it has shipped 4.4 million Lumia handsets in the three-month period for Q410 Jan 2013
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Ruby on Rails flaws expose thousands of websites to attack
More than 240,000 websites that use Ruby on Rails web applications are at risk of being exploited by attackers10 Jan 2013
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Fashion Retail Academy boosts Wi-Fi with Networks First
The Fashion Retail Academy (FRA) has worked with Networks First to bring improved Wi-Fi connectivity to its staff and students10 Jan 2013
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Tesco rolls out Microsoft Office 365
Tesco has signed a deal to roll-out Microsoft Office 365 across its Europe and Asian operations10 Jan 2013
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Software piracy international in scope, says Fast
The scale of software piracy is both international in scope and military in its execution, says the Federation Against Software Theft (Fast)10 Jan 2013
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Flash storage widely used, with 60% running an SSD tier
Flash use in storage is now common, with 60% using an SSD tier, but where to put that flash – server, array or appliance – is still a dilemma10 Jan 2013
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Software development key reason for £468m MoD overspend, says NAO
Software development problems have been cited as a key reason for forecast overspend of £468m at the Ministry of Defence over the past year10 Jan 2013
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Drive-by and XXS attacks will increase in 2013 – but why?
Drive-by download and cross-site scripting attacks (XSS) will remain top hacking methods in 2013. But what is their enduring appeal for hackers?10 Jan 2013
