December 2013

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Server revenue in Europe is on a downwards spiral

  Server revenue is at its lowest level in 15 years, Gartner’s worldwide server shipments market share report  Continue Reading

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  VillageBroadband brings superfast Wi-Fi to rural Northamptonshire

  The community project turned company serves up 10-15Mbps Wi-Fi to 3,500 residents in rural parts of the East Midlands county  Continue Reading

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Up to 1,100 jobs to go in the UK as HP Europe faces the squeeze

  HP is set to axe 1100 jobs as part of its plans to lower operations costs, in a bid to improve profits.  Continue Reading

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Proof-of-concept malware jumps air gap with sound card

  Researchers demonstrate proof-of-concept malware exfiltrating data using high-frequency transmissions inaudible to humans  Continue Reading

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  University tiers HPC cloud with HDS, Spectra Logic and QStar

  Oslo University builds academic cloud for research data scalable to exabytes with HDS disk, Spectra Logic tape and QStar archive  Continue Reading

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Microsoft changes its licensing terms

  Microsoft is offering a single Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA) to simplify its volume licensing agreements. But what does it mean to SAM?  Continue Reading

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  EE connects 10 more locations to 4G

  A further 10 towns and cities will go live today, with the mobile operator promising 19 more will get the faster mobile connectivity by Christmas  Continue Reading

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  How endemic is IT underinvestment in UK retail banking?

  The Royal Bank of Scotland has failed to invest properly in its IT system, but it is not alone  Continue Reading

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Councils threatened with disconnection from PSN in escalating security row

  A London council was hours away from being disconnected from the public sector network, in an row between central and local government over security compliance  Continue Reading

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Dell launches startup competition

  Dell has launched a competition offering two UK startup entrepreneurs free office space, technology solutions, mentorship and networking opportunities  Continue Reading

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Lessons from electronic medical records programme at Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital

  Cardiologist Johan Waktare talks about the Liverpool Heart and Chest Hospital NHS Foundation Trust's EMR scheme  Continue Reading

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  The Guardian denies Snowden stories damaged national security

  Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger defends decision to publish stories on documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden  Continue Reading

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Insurance firms invest £25bn in UK infrastructure

  UK’s biggest insurance firms will invest £25bn into infrastructure projects including broadband roll-out and railway networks  Continue Reading

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Tesco reports another drop in sales

  The UK’s number one retailer Tesco has seen a further decline in its sales figures, blaming the economic climate  Continue Reading

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  C’mon guys – don’t bottle up the Public Services Network; release it

  There is a stark choice between a PSN that has a customer-centric approach to security or one with a locked-down security framework  Continue Reading

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Cyberattack: Top ten tips for working with the business and getting the glory

  Businesses are starting to realise that cyberattacks can pose a potential threat to everything they do  Continue Reading

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  SAP: UK, US companies hit automation barrier with predictive analytics

  Companies are hitting a wall in the use of predictive analytics, with lack of time and resource cited as their biggest problem  Continue Reading

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  UK proposes formal talks on cyber security with China

  Prime minister David Cameron has called on China to be more open about cyber security  Continue Reading

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  The "infinitely" scalable InfiniSQL database

  InfiniSQL is aiming to be the best of both worlds i.e. a database that is capable of supporting SQL querying, but with the scalability of a NoSQL database.  Continue Reading

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Tech spend to increase in 2014 as executives explore big data

  Over three-quarters of chief financial officers plan to increase technology investments in 2014  Continue Reading