January 2013 News
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Computer science to be part of English Baccalaureate
Computer science will be included in the new English Baccalaureate as one of the options for science study30 Jan 2013
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Bett Show: Bring together technology and educators to drive innovation, says Cable
Vince Cable opens the Bett Show at the Excel Centre this week, with message of collaboration between technology, educators and business30 Jan 2013
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Online success wedded to in-store IT, says John Lewis
John Lewis’ success in 2013 will be underpinned by IT investments both online and in-store, CIO Paul Coby has told Computer Weekly30 Jan 2013
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Three police forces backtrack on IT outsourcing plans
Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire police have changed their minds and decided not to outsource services, including HR, to G4S30 Jan 2013
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Quantum aims at Data Domain and claims 4x throughput advantage
Quantum launches new disk-based backup data deduplication hardware that offers faster throughput30 Jan 2013
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Amazon sales soar in 2012
Amazon sales rose 27% to $61bn (£39bn) in its 2012 results and 22% in its 2012 fourth quarter revenues to $21.27bn, compared with 201130 Jan 2013
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Diabetes BI tool delivers commissioning spend data to GPs
Diabetes Practice Profiles (DPP) – an online diabetes data dashboard – is a BI tool combining diabetes prescribing and ‘activity’ data30 Jan 2013
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First tech start-ups chosen for financial services innovation lab
Seven financial technology companies have been selected to take part in a mentoring programme in London30 Jan 2013
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Barnet Council outsourcing plan faces prospect of judicial review
Resident Maria Nash challenges Barnet Council’s plan to outsource services – One Barnet – which could now face a judicial review30 Jan 2013
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IT departments at the ready as FATCA becomes latest banking regulation
IT departments must be prepared for the latest regulation to hit finance firms, known as the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (FATCA)29 Jan 2013
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Google funds 15,000 Raspberry Pi computers to schools
Google is to fund 15,000 Raspberry Pi microcomputers to school children around the UK29 Jan 2013
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University of Staffordshire teams up with HP
University of Staffordshire teams up with HP to provide IT students with business-ready skills29 Jan 2013
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Cisco 'cannot wait' for open standards
The networking giant edges towards a more open philosophy but still sees its technology as the best29 Jan 2013
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Cisco Unified Access connects University of Wales Hospital
New Catalyst switch, combining wireless and wired access into one product used by University of Wales hospital to benefit patients and staff29 Jan 2013
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Office 365 marks the demise of Office package
Microsoft updates Office 365 and Office 2013, as it continues its transition from a software provider to a services and hardware company29 Jan 2013
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Government risks missing benefits of big data with focus on storage
Government risks missing the opportunities of big data by getting bogged down in storage technologies rather than analytics, according to IDC29 Jan 2013
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Windsor and Maidenhead council migrates services to cloud
Windsor and Maidenhead borough council will migrate critical services such as childcare, benefits and transport services to the cloud by 201429 Jan 2013
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VMware cuts jobs as sales increase but profits disappoint
Virtualisation software supplier VMware has announced 900 job cuts despite increasing its sales by 22% in the past year29 Jan 2013
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Brighton and East Sussex councils sign £20m PSN deal
Brighton and East Sussex councils have signed a £20m deal for a public services network expected to save £2m over seven years29 Jan 2013
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Social efforts will fail to deliver for 80% of businesses
Enterprise social strategies will fail to provide the benefits they intended because of poor leadership and undue focus on technology, says Gartner29 Jan 2013
