May 2014
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May 07, 2014
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May'14
Most UK firms ill-equipped for DDoS attacks, survey finds
Most UK firms are ill-equipped to deal with costly DDoS attacks, a survey from analysis firm Neustar has revealed Continue Reading
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May 07, 2014
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May'14
UK helping US military build intelligence software for drone targeting
The UK has been helping the US military build software to share intelligence for weapons such as drones for the past 14 years Continue Reading
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May 07, 2014
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May'14
CERT-In taking 'no chance' from Heartbleed Bug
A cyber security mission led by Indian Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT-In) is underway to safeguard vital IT infrastructure of the public sector from the Heartbleed bug. Continue Reading
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May 07, 2014
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May'14
Is it 'wear your cloud to work' day, yet?
Sensors and wearables are about to have a huge impact upon the human race... Continue Reading
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May 07, 2014
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May'14
HP pumps in $1bn in open source and hybrid cloud services
HP will invest $1bn over the next two years on cloud-related products including an investment in OpenStack and is launching HP Helion too Continue Reading
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May 07, 2014
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May'14
India third country in world most vulnerable to cyber attack
The Internet Security Threat Report from Symantec shows India in third global place for threats and data breaches from malicious cyber activities Continue Reading
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May 07, 2014
07
May'14
Dropbox finally fixes security vulnerability
Cloud-based file syncing and sharing service Dropbox has taken steps to fix a security vulnerability, but only after media attention to the issue Continue Reading
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May 07, 2014
07
May'14
CA bundles ArcServe products into single UDP backup app
CA brings together all data protection and backup software in Unified Data Protection product with workflow-style management Continue Reading
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May 07, 2014
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May'14
China’s Alibaba plans US IPO
Chinese internet firm Alibaba has filed plans to sell shares in the US Continue Reading
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May 06, 2014
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May'14
Indian mobile business intelligence surge bucks global trend
India is set to experience a surge in mobile business intelligence (BI) adoption despite slow global take-up Continue Reading
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May 06, 2014
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May'14
Department of Health selects SME online collaboration via G-Cloud
The Department of Health has signed a shared service with Inovem, an SME provider of online collaboration software Continue Reading
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May 06, 2014
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May'14
Cloud is one of the 'most disruptive forces' in business in past 20 years: KPMG
A KPMG research report on the future of investment banking has concluded that cloud is one of the “most disruptive forces in business in the past 20 years” Continue Reading
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May 06, 2014
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May'14
Most Influential Women in UK IT 2014: Nominations open
Computer Weekly’s Most Influential Women in UK IT 2014 awards are now open for nominations. Continue Reading
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May 06, 2014
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May'14
Ukraine IT industry isolated from political tension and ready to fuel economic growth
I had an interesting meeting with Torben Majgaard, CEO at Ukraine based IT services firm Ciklum. He is a central figure in a movement within the Ukrainian IT that wants the IT sector to support ... Continue Reading
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May 06, 2014
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May'14
Collaboration: Building Yammer into a SharePoint world
With market penetration of well over 100 million seats, SharePoint is a strategic investment for many organisations. Where does Yammer fit? Continue Reading
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May 06, 2014
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May'14
EMC World 2014: what is a data lake?
EMC says that the so-called "data lake" is the foundation for the next generation of our data warehouses, which (again according to EMC) will be specified by software that will create a software ... Continue Reading
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May 06, 2014
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May'14
SAP’s innovation champion Sikka departs
Vishal Sikka, the SAP executive most closely associated with the supplier’s innovation drive with the in-memory database Hana, has resigned Continue Reading
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May 06, 2014
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May'14
HTC vows to double sales as quarterly losses bite
After posting a large quarterly net loss, HTC is pinning its hopes on new handsets and a stronger portfolio Continue Reading
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May 06, 2014
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May'14
The problems of legacy IT in banking
In this week’s Computer Weekly, as problems caused by legacy IT in banks become increasingly critical, we assess the difficulties in updating banking systems. After the Windows XP support issues – we look at a similar problem facing Oracle users. ... Continue Reading
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May 06, 2014
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May'14
Our datacentres are energy efficient and green too, says AWS
Amazon Web Services says it runs its facilities with energy efficiency in mind despite Greenpeace criticisms Continue Reading