February 2013 News
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HMRC doubles in-house software development team
HM Revenue & Customs (HMRC) is doubling its software development team to 600 to reduce reliance on large outsourcers, says CIO Mark Hall06 Feb 2013
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Interview: Rob Orr, UK managing director, BlackBerry
UK managing director of BlackBerry Rob Orr talks about the launch of the BlackBerry 10 operating system (OS) and Z10 handset06 Feb 2013
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Liberty Global buys Virgin Media for £15bn
Cable company Liberty Global acquires Virgin Media to speed its move into the European telecoms market06 Feb 2013
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Twitter strengthens login security after hacker attack
Days after a hacking attack, it has emerged that Twitter plans to strengthen its login security with two-factor authentication06 Feb 2013
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Raspberry Pi Model A computer goes on sale for £16
The latest version of the small single-board Raspberry Pi computer – Model A – has gone on sale in Europe at just £1606 Feb 2013
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Snooping bill needs more work, say MPs
The government’s proposed Communications Data Bill needs more work, says a report from the cross-party intelligence and security committee06 Feb 2013
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HMRC to roll out 7,000 mobile devices including iPads
HMRC is to roll-out 7,000 consumer devices, including MacBooks and iPads, as part of a move toward mobile working.06 Feb 2013
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The year of Application Performance Management (APM)
Bob Tarzey and Clive Longbottom explain why IT executives are prioritising Application Performance Management to address demands for better performance and to meet business goals.06 Feb 2013
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Survey: Cloud-Connected Backup & Recovery
650 IT decision makers give their views on Disaster Recover, Cloud Services, and Bring Your Own Device policies.06 Feb 2013
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CW Buyers Guide: Software as a Service
Computer Weekly looks at how a CIO can best integrate Saas with existing on-premise software, the restrictions behind Saas and why consulting expert service providers is a good idea.06 Feb 2013
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Modelling the Insurance Enterprise
This report from the Open Group is aimed at managers, architects, and designers that serve the insurance industry or have an interest in integrating the TOGAF and ArchiMate standards.06 Feb 2013
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Sap business suite now available on Sap Hana
This analyst report from Nucleus Research assess the impact of SAPs decision to power SAP Business Suite by its SAP HANA in memory database technology.06 Feb 2013
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Interview: John Harris, vice-president of global enterprise architecture, Aimia
Aimia, the organisation behind retail loyalty programme Nectar, is overhauling its IT to make the most of customer data05 Feb 2013
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Recruitment firm enables BYOD through service management software
Recruitment company SThree set up a bring-your-own-device scheme by provisioning software through service management software from Hornbill05 Feb 2013
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Dell goes private helped by $2bn loan from Microsoft
Michael Dell has succeeded in raising $24bn to buy back the company he founded in 1984, thanks in part to a $2bn loan from Microsoft05 Feb 2013
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Endpoint backup scales past 100,000 with Druva inSync
Endpoint backup and BYOD data protection specialist Druva re-architects its inSync product to scale past 100,000 users05 Feb 2013
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Totaljobs hires public cloud services for agility, better performance
Totaljobs Group, the recruiter that runs Totaljobs.com, adopts AWS public cloud to improve IT performance and have an agile infrastructure05 Feb 2013
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BlackBerry entices developers with 10.1 SDK update
Developers will get a limited edition red Z10 and early access to an alpha version of a physical keyboard handset running BlackBerry 1005 Feb 2013
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Businesses invest in technology to position for economic recovery
Organisations invest in technology and services to ensure they are ready when the economy improves and demand increases05 Feb 2013
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Euro crisis could get worse without Sepa compliance
The Eurozone could lose up to €20bn due to data errors that will slow payments made using European payments standard05 Feb 2013
