February 2013

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  Azure "openness & interoperability" wins open ratification

  The Open Data Center Alliance (ODCA) has confirmed that Microsoft has joined the organisation as a contributor member.  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  Can mobile networks learn to share?

  Mobile operators are not renowned for playing nicely with one another, but sharing networks and backhaul may be the only option for survival  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  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 services  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  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) toolkit  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  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 Europe  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  SpaceTop 3D transparent computer unveiled at TED 2013

  At TED 2013 in LA, a transparent computer has been revealed which could shake up the way we create and design. A user sits in front of what looks like a traditional PC monitor, and place their ...  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  Press cover on the result of the .UK consultation conceals more than it reveals

  All of the business and consumer groups and the registrants whose businesses are based in the UK believe that .UK (whether long or short) should mean the organisation is based in the UK and ...  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  Tele-shirking or Thought(less) leadership?

  Does it really matter any more where people work? Isn't it something you do rather than somewhere you go? Perhaps not.  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  CW500: Shared services present challenges and opportunities for CIOs

  Shared IT services can help organisations cut back-office costs by as much as half, but CIOs face political battles to make them work  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  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 concerns  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  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 savings  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  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 Socitm  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  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 services  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  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 domain  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  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.  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  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.  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  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 2013  Continue Reading

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  SAP mobility apps dial electronic coke & Formula1

  For a 'non-telecoms' company, SAP made what Ovum analysts called a "confident show with its telecoms portfolio" at this year's GSMA Mobile World Congress  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2013 27 Feb'13

  IT & Telecom Spend - Motor Manufacturers

  Motor manufacturers' IT & telecom spend as a proportion of turnover is half that for all UK organisations. However, for large enterprises with 1000+ employees, it is less than a third. Whilst ...  Continue Reading

• February 27, 2013 27 Feb'13

  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 alone  Continue Reading