February 2013

• February 24, 2013 24 Feb'13

  Lenovo K900 let out of its case

  Lenovo has been toying with us gadget geeks for the past month, having announced its new sizeable smartphone - the Lenovo K900 - back at CES but not letting anyone get their paws on it. Instead it ...  Continue Reading

• February 24, 2013 24 Feb'13

  By targeting women you also get more productive men

  A core finding from that campaign was that when employers changed their recruitment messages to emphasise the use of IT to benefit users and society they not only got more women applying, they also ...  Continue Reading

• February 24, 2013 24 Feb'13

  Universal Credit has the hallmarks of another IT failure

  Charities, housing associations and consultancies have warned that the Department for Work and Pensions’ £2.2bn Universal Credit programme has all the hallmarks of another public sector IT disaster.  Continue Reading

• February 23, 2013 23 Feb'13

  Number and cost of data breaches linked to cyber skills shortage

  The shortage of skilled cyber security professionals is leading to more frequent and costly data breaches, the (ISC)2 Global information Security Workforce Study (GISWS) has revealed.  Continue Reading

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  IT's a man's world: We're not complaining

  I've spoken to a few women this week who agreed with me when I asked if some people can get the wrong impression when they see the words "women in technology." To those that are not involved in any ...  Continue Reading

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  How Somerset strangled Southwest One

  "Southwest One is failing", Somerset's then Council leader Ken Maddock said a year ago last Friday."It is failing to deliver promised savings," he told the full council when it met to vote on his ...  Continue Reading

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  How do you grab the attention of Indian CIOs?

  India-based CIOs must plan for the adoption of technologies such as business intelligence, cloud computing and mobile to help the business benefit from India’s economic growth.  Continue Reading

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  Facebook to build cold storage facility at Prineville datacentre for old photos

  Facebook is planning a ‘cold storage’ facility at its Prineville datacentre facility in Oregon to archive users’ old photographs  Continue Reading

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  Computer Weekly European User Awards for Networking: Winners

  The winners are in for the Computer Weekly European User Awards for Networking. See who made the top spots.  Continue Reading

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  What will happen to the multi-billion Aspire IT contract in 2017?

  One of my colleagues interviewed the new HMRC CIO this week. Mark Hall took over from the previous CIO Phil Pavitt late last year.One of the interesting things he said is that the Aspire contract. ...  Continue Reading

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  Most security threats in just 10 apps, says Palo Alto

  Some 97% of all security threats sent across business networks are found within just 10 applications, says Palo Alto Networks  Continue Reading

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  Vodafone chief appointed Alcatel Lucent CEO

  Struggling telecoms firm, Alcatel Lucent names its new chief executive officer (CEO) as Michel Combes, to take over from 1 April 2013  Continue Reading

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  Financial attacks migrate to other sectors, McAfee finds

  Cyber attacks originally crafted to target the financial services industry are migrating to other sectors, says security firm McAfee.  Continue Reading

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  Superfast Wales project gets underway

  The first state-sponsored fibre cabinet is installed in Bangor as part of the Superfast Cymru project to bring faster broadband speeds to Wales  Continue Reading

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  Do we need an open source GPS alternative?

  Although occasionally infuriating around roundabouts and new developments, we have placed an inordinate amount of faith in Global Positioning System (GPS) satellites as the exist for in-car and/or ...  Continue Reading

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  "I'm just Instagraming my Starbucks cup" - brands will be able to track logos

  A service called gazeMetrix is allowing companies to track how often their brands' logos turn up on social media sites. This image recognition will let companies make sense of the thousands of ...  Continue Reading

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  News International to collapse six datacentres as part of its cloud strategy

  News International will close down two datacentres each in the UK, the US and Australia as it looks to use more cloud services  Continue Reading

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  CIO interview: Mark Hall, HMRC CIO

  Mark Hall took the reins from HMRC’s larger-than-life former CIO Phil Pavitt at the end of last year. He talks about plans to be fully digital  Continue Reading

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  A quarter of 2013 DDoS attacks will be app-based, says Gartner

  A quarter of distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks in 2013 will be application-based, according to a report by research firm Gartner.  Continue Reading

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  Businesses not embracing remote working

  Whilst employers claim to be keen on flexible working, employees still have their doubts around company policy  Continue Reading