January 2014

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  WIll open source save the datacentre industry?

  IT rivals stand cheek-by-jowl to praise Facebook’s Open Compute Project, but is the love-in a Damascene conversion or just damage limitation?  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  It isn't easy being agile, as Universal Credit and BBC DMI have learned

  It is becoming a truism that if you want to be a digital business, you need to adopt agile software development. It's certainly true that most pure-play e-commerce companies are built around agile ...  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  Microsoft Windows 8.1 update to offer native desktop boot

  Screenshots of a beta of the next update to Windows 8.1, have been leaked, which suggest Microsoft will allow users to boot directly into desktop mode.  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  Vodafone avoids fine for missing 3G targets

  Ofcom confirms Vodafone has now met its requirement for 3G coverage across the UK and will not be fined for its late completion  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  BT Wholesale loses revenues as Post Office customers leave

  After losing its Post Office contract for broadband and phone in 2011, BT Wholesale revenues drop 9% as customers go to TalkTalk  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  Hackers access Yahoo Mail with stolen passwords

  Yahoo has revealed that hackers have tried to access some Yahoo Mail accounts with stolen passwords  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  UK online banking lags behind US

  UK bank websites only just meet the minimum expected standards of functionality and lag behind their North American counterparts  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  Interview: Dame Wendy Hall on Global Commission on Internet Governance

  We speak to UK IT's representative on the new Global Commission on Internet Governance and ask what she hopes it will achieve  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  GDS intends to drop G-Cloud brand

  The Government Digital Service (GDS) is planning to rebrand the G-Cloud framework to simplify purchasing for users  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  Huddle for Office - A new integrated experience

  It has been a busy year for Huddle, with its launch of the Huddle Note app for collaborative file sharing and its partnership with Tibbr for file sharing in the cloud. Now, Huddle has announced ...  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  Amazon shares fall despite strong Q4 results

  Amazon reported record revenues of $25.6bn in the fourth quarter of 2013, up 20% on the previous year, but below analyst expectations  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  Google Q4 revenues and profits up 17%

  Google reported fourth quarter revenues of $16.86 and profits of $3.38bn, both up 17% compared with the same period in 2012  Continue Reading

• January 31, 2014 31 Jan'14

  Is Cisco’s ‘SDN plus’ the best software-defined networking?

  The networking giant has been accused of not embracing software-defined networking, but Cisco claims it offers better SDN than its competitors.  Continue Reading

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Integrating optical networking in to the data centre

  Being able to integrate existing and new networking technology is worthwhile, but it can be costly and complicated, Vello Systems claims to make it simple.  Continue Reading

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Time to Master IT Skills

  The disconnect between the skills employers expect from graduate hires and the IT education that students receive at school has reached a critical level. A recent report from McKinsey underscores ...  Continue Reading

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Data security is not their responsibility, say 23% of employees

  Almost a quarter of employees believe that data security is not their responsibility, according to a survey by security management firm Absolute Software  Continue Reading

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Computer science applications rise after 2012 dip

  UCAS figures reveal a spike in computer science university applications and acceptances for 2013 cycle  Continue Reading

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  HSCIC appoints Andy Williams as chief executive

  The Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC) has named ex-outsourcer governance expert Andy Williams as its CEO  Continue Reading

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Information security salaries set to rise in 2014

  Salaries for information security professionals are set to rise across the board in 2014 as demand increases  Continue Reading

• January 30, 2014 30 Jan'14

  Old Macdonald had a drone...

  Armed Predator drone firing Hellfire missile (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Drones have a mixed reputation to say the least. From debates on whether they can be trusted for use in Middle East war zones ...  Continue Reading