October 2011

October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
Government earmarks £10m for Identity Assurance

Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has earmarked £10m for implementation of the government's Identity Assurance (IDA) programme, with the cash coming from its £650m cyber defence fund - with the potential for more near £1bn of savings if the ... Continue Reading
October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
More than a third of large UK firms use irresponsible IT disposal methods, study shows

More than a third of large UK companies do not wipe data from decommissioned PCs, a study of IT disposal practices has revealed. Continue Reading
October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
Are network performance monitoring tools ready to meet new challenges?

Network performance monitoring tools must adapt to handle virtual infrastructure, new applications and hybrid cloud environments. Are they ready? Continue Reading

October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
Ways to align ITIL processes with your disaster recovery plan

Aligning ITIL processes to your DR plan leads to more efficient and effective use of IT infrastructure. Learn more about ITIL processes and DR in this tip. Continue Reading
October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
Japan may be facing sustained cyber attack

Japan's mapping agency is the latest in a series of government agencies to be targeted by hackers, raising fears that the breaches are part of a series of sustained attacks. Continue Reading
October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
Critical infrastructure providers are less engaged with government cyber protection despite growing

Fewer providers of critical national infrastructure (CNI) are currently engaged with government security programmes than last year, according to research. Continue Reading
October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
UK cyber attacks at a 'disturbing' level, says GCHQ chief

Cyber attacks on the UK have reached "disturbing" levels, according to Ian Lobban, director of communications intelligence agency GCHQ. Continue Reading
October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
Barclays customers unable to log into online bank accounts

Barclays has confirmed some customers are unable to log into online bank accounts and are experiencing slow response times Continue Reading
October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
Samsung overtakes Apple in global smartphone shipments

Samsung has overtaken Apple in worldwide smartphone shipments after Apple suffered its lowest levels of shipments in two years Continue Reading
October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
Civil service pension mutual expects private bids

The Cabinet Office is expecting the final bids from four companies hoping to run the administration for 1.5 million public sector pensions. Continue Reading

October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
Facebook admits to 600,000 cyber attacks a day

Facebook has revealed that every 24 hours it receives around 600,000 logins to the social networking website from impostors attempting to access users' messages, photos and other personal information. Continue Reading
October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
BT to speed up fibre broadband roll-out

BT is to accelerate its roll out of superfast broadband, bringing its target forward by a year to the end of 2014. Continue Reading
October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
Is the offshore contact centre honeymoon over?

Western businesses are shying away from investing in offshore contact centres due to social and business pressures. Continue Reading
October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
Storage protocols battle it out for the data centre switching crown

Storage protocols battle it out for the data centre switching crown. The key vendors -- Cisco, Brocade and QLogic -- embrace convergence, but they differ in emphasis over Fibre Channel. Continue Reading
October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
UKtech50: We launch the search for the most influential people in UK IT

Computer Weekly has launched the second annual UKtech50, the definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the leaders driving the creation of a high-tech economy. Continue Reading
October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
Private sector struggles to fill growing IT vacancies but public sector jobs disappear

Demand for permanent and freelance IT staff is still increasing despite a sizeable drop in IT positions advertised by public sector organisations. Continue Reading
October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
VMware unveils new DevOps strategy and cloud infrastructure suite

VMware announces DevOps strategy and cloud suite to audience at VMworld Europe 2011. Continue Reading
October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
Android now top mobile malware platform

Google's Android platform is now the most popular for malicious mobile programs, overtaking other platforms as well as 'generic' Java malware. Continue Reading
October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
Toowoomba Regional Council gets smart on consolidation

Making eight fit into one created a huge challenge following the amalgamation of regional governments in Queensland Continue Reading
October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11
What can a CIO learn from Steve Jobs?

Steve Jobs might have been a product and marketing wonder kid but there are lots of lessons CIOs can learn from his method. Continue Reading