January 2013 News
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Malware hits US power plants
Malware infected two US power plants via corrupted USB sticks in recent months, the US Cyber Emergency Readiness Team (CERT) has revealed17 Jan 2013
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Betting site YouWin speeds response times with MongoDB database
Bookmaker WinUnited has deployed a MongoDB open source non-relational database from 10gen to help it better update betting odds in real time17 Jan 2013
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Brighton hospital bucks trend by moving from shared services to in-house IT
Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust moves to an in-house, converged infrastructure for agility and cost savings17 Jan 2013
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United Airlines brings Wi-Fi to long haul flights
United Airline becomes the first from the US to offer wireless connectivity using Ku-band satellite technology on long haul flights16 Jan 2013
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Post Office wants to get to bottom of IT system allegations
A system that set out to modernise the Post Office in 1996 is under the spotlight after claims that Horizon accounting system is error prone16 Jan 2013
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Poor connectivity is biggest barrier to NHS mobile working
Poor connectivity has been outlined as the biggest barrier to mobile working in the NHS, according to a study from the Department of Health16 Jan 2013
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Cloud security key to BYOD, (ISC)2 study shows
(ISC)2 says businesses welcome bring your own device (BYOD) policies for cost savings and user experience, but need the right security skills16 Jan 2013
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Cambridgeshire County Council rolls out BYOD for 4,500 users
Cambridgeshire County Council is to roll out a mobile phone 'bring your own device’ (BYOD) scheme for its 4,500 users16 Jan 2013
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CIOs must hunt and harvest digital opportunities
It is time for CIOs to focus on the outside world instead of internal IT, according to Gartner16 Jan 2013
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Oracle adds on-premise IaaS to its private cloud portfolio
Oracle IaaS allows customers to use cloud features such as capacity on demand within the security and control of its in-house datacentre16 Jan 2013
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Juniper Networks outlines SDN strategy
Juniper Networks wants to split networking functionalities across virtual machines to give administrators more control and the ability to innovate16 Jan 2013
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Hunt wants paperless NHS by 2018
The NHS plans to go paperless by 2018, health secretary Jeremy Hunt will announce16 Jan 2013
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FusionIO launches hyperscale computing server flash card
FusionIO launches PCIe card-based server flash ioScale for hyperscale users who want to dispense with HDDs in commodity-based servers16 Jan 2013
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Huge botnet infecting smartphones in China
Security researchers say a huge botnet is running on the smartphones of more than a million mobiles in China16 Jan 2013
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Gartner predicts the demise of the desktop PC refresh cycle
Data from market analyst Gartner paints a bleak picture of the PC industry, suggesting the era of desktop replacement cycles has ended16 Jan 2013
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Facebook launches Graph Search and partners with Bing for backup answers
Facebook has announced the launch of a social search functionality which will be embedded in the social network16 Jan 2013
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Campaigners oppose Nominet plans for secure .uk domain
Digital rights campaigners have criticised Nominet's plans to create a secure .uk domain, saying it will create a monopoly of trust in UK domains16 Jan 2013
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SAP reports 14% revenue increase, operating profitability softens
SAP’s preliminary full year results show an operating profit of €4.06bn on €16.22bn revenue in 2012, a margin of 25%15 Jan 2013
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Plusnet tests sharing IPv4 addresses
ISP Plusnet looks for a solution to the dwindling number of IPv4 addresses left by asking customers to share15 Jan 2013
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Islip puts up cash for fibre broadband
The Oxfordshire village of Islip gives BT £11,000 to enable a local cabinet and bring broadband speeds of over 30Mbps to the residents15 Jan 2013
