October 2013

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  BT and Whitehall tell council to keep BDUK postcodes quiet

  BT and the Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS) told Cumbria County Council to keep BDUK roll-out locations secret  Continue Reading

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Help for Heroes picks hybrid cloud to optimise databases and website

  Help for Heroes is building a hybrid cloud to optimise performance and resilience of the charity’s websites and databases  Continue Reading

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  HP and Diageo take different paths to cloud-based HR

  HP and Diageo took very different approaches when they deployed cloud-based human resources (HR) software from Workday  Continue Reading

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Sharing files - is the cloud secure enough?

  Sharing files in the cloud is now pretty much an accepted practice - even though organisations still worry about the security of doing so. One company is trying to help...  Continue Reading

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Twitter sets share range to value firm at $11bn.

  Twitter has set a range of $17 to $20 for shares in its IPO in November, valuing the microblogging firm at $11bn  Continue Reading

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Samsung reports record Q3 profits of £4.8bn

  Samsung has reported record third quarter profits of £4.8bn driven mainly by revenues from memory chips  Continue Reading

• October 25, 2013 25 Oct'13

  Microsoft shares up on strong Q3 results

  Microsoft shares rose 6% on third quarter earnings of $5.2bn, a 17% increase compared with the same period the year before  Continue Reading

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  Is this SAP's most serious play yet in mobile?

  SAP says it is looking to deliver on a promise of secure programming for mobile apps based upon open standards (both on premise and in the cloud) with its latest mobile software application ...  Continue Reading

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  Adobe frees Snap.svg to GitHub

  Adobe has released a free open source JavaScript library called Snap.svg on GitHub for web designers and developers working with Scalable Vector Graphics (SVG).  Continue Reading

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  Legacy IT preventing councils from delivering better digital services

  Local authorities are being held back by their legacy IT systems from delivering improved and cost-effective digital services  Continue Reading

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  Is virtualisation the next big market to be ripe for disruption?

  People often ask, what makes Computer Weekly different among the ever-growing variety of technology news websites?One of the main things is our focus on the often-boring topics that are central to ...  Continue Reading

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  NTT Europe saves time with Sepaton data deduplication VTL deployment

  NTT Europe was sick of tape libraries “shoeshining” so went for a $2.5m deployment of Sepaton data deduplication virtual tape libraries to slash backup and restore times  Continue Reading

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  Teachers unprepared for 2014 computing curriculum

  Teacher say they are not ready for the new computing curriculum with 54% believing students know more than them about ICT  Continue Reading

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  European Central Bank warns against last-minute Sepa migrations

  The European Central Bank warns firms that have left migration to the Single European Payments Area (Sepa) they could face problems  Continue Reading

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  Government IT Oligopoly should not be broken up but should be more transparent

  The government is desperate to use more SMEs as suppliers. In IT this is particularly important for competition because a small group of large IT suppliers, known as the Oligopoly, dominate ...  Continue Reading

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  Five reasons to teach kids to code: Infographic

  I just received this infographic from NowSourcing on five reasons to teach kids to code. It's an interesting graphic, that I thought the IT Works community might appreciate  Continue Reading

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  Firms using cloud for competitive advantage double revenue, claims IBM study

  Firms using cloud platforms robustly for analytics, collaboration and CRM are reporting nearly double the revenues of those that are more cautious  Continue Reading

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  Shedding some light on Shenzhen

  English: Huawei Technology in Shenzhen, China (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Rather than the noisy streets of London's West End or the kitten covered cozy office of mine in Nottingham, I am bringing you ...  Continue Reading

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  Recruitment firm Adecco outsources for cloud-based IT

  Adecco is moving to cloud-based IT services with pay as you go pricing through a five-year outsourcing agreement with BT Business  Continue Reading

• October 24, 2013 24 Oct'13

  Thales launches critical infrastructure cyber security lab

  Thales has set up a cyber security lab dedicated to help improve the security of critical national infrastructure, government and business  Continue Reading