February 2013 News
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UK teams up with Estonia to develop digital public services
The UK government has signed an agreement with Estonia to work together on developing digital public services28 Feb 2013
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European Commission funded project CoolEmAll to develop datacentre toolkit
EC's green IT project CoolEmAll is developing the first prototype of the Simulation, Visualisation and Decision-Support (SVD) toolkit28 Feb 2013
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Consumers demand easier way of switching banks
As banks strive to meet a regulation to make it easier for consumers to switch accounts, research shows there is an appetite for it in Europe28 Feb 2013
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Big data is adding tremendous strain to datacentres, says IDC
Big data is causing a lot of strain to datacentre facilities and spiking datacentre workloads creating serious security concerns28 Feb 2013
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Serco opts for Quantum DXi data deduplication and saves £1.3m
As part of a £20m technology refresh to its private cloud services, Serco chooses Quantum data deduplication hardware to make £1.3m storage savings28 Feb 2013
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Local government IT departments must plan for digital skills shortage
IT managers in local government face a shortage in digital skills as workers demand the ability to use consumer IT in the workplace, says Socitm28 Feb 2013
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BYOD to force mobile operators into services
O2’s former European president claims mobile operators will lose enterprise contracts if they don’t focus on services28 Feb 2013
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Nominet scraps proposals for secure .uk domains
Nominet has decided to scrap its plans to go forward with a new service offering a “secure” .uk domain28 Feb 2013
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RSA 2013: China not the only cyber espionage country, says Mandiant
China is not the only country carrying out large-scale cyber espionage, says US cyber security firm Mandiant.28 Feb 2013
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RSA 2013: Hacking back is illegal, says legal advisor
Active defence against cyber attacks is illegal if it is tantamount to hacking back or vigilantism, says security startup CrowdStrike.28 Feb 2013
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RSA 2013: Suppliers need to prepare for new security vulnerability handling standards
Software makers and online service providers need to prepare for two ISO standards on vulnerability handling processes due by the end of 201328 Feb 2013
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350,000 different types of spam SMS messages were targeted at mobile users in 2012
350,000 different variants of unsolicited spam SMS messages were accounted for in 2012, with 53,000 variants logged for December alone27 Feb 2013
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Microsoft releases Office 365 updates
Microsoft has released an update for its cloud-based Office 365 packages aimed at businesses27 Feb 2013
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Rackspace enters DBaaS market with ObjectRocket acquisition
Open cloud company Rackspace has acquired ObjectRocket, a MongoDB database as a service company27 Feb 2013
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Health records should be protected like bank details, says BCS
The BCS and NHS say people should protect their online medical records in the same way they look after their bank details27 Feb 2013
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Frequent hardware upgrades help optimise datacentre cooling and efficiency
UK organisations must refresh their datatcentre hardware every three years to make systems more power efficient27 Feb 2013
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M-commerce sales hit £7.5bn in 2012
Sales through mobile devices reached £7.5bn in 2012, equating to 12% of total e-retail sales27 Feb 2013
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Booking.com embraces mobile apps
Head of mobile marketing for Booking.com talks about mobile strategy and accumulating more than 10 million downloads in less than two years27 Feb 2013
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Big Issue invests in digital ideas
Big Issue Invest is challenging early stage companies that have used digital technology for social good to compete for funding and mentoring27 Feb 2013
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ISPs in the US join forces to serve “six strikes” to illegal downloaders
Internet Service Providers (ISPs) in the US are leading a campaign to target piracy using a “six strike” warning system27 Feb 2013
