May 2014
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May 20, 2014
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Vodafone profits drop after £6.6bn impairment charges
Vodafone books multi-billion pound impairment charges in a number of markets and says its earnings will not improve in 2015 Continue Reading
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May 20, 2014
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May'14
US charges Chinese military officers with cyber espionage
The US has charged five Chinese military officers with hacking into US companies to steal trade secrets Continue Reading
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May 20, 2014
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May'14
Will IoT Expo make embedded sexy?
OK fine, the Internet of Things (IoT) is not strictly confined to or synonymous with embedded computing, but from intelligent cars to computer-enabled fridges and toasters, it kind of is. Continue Reading
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May 20, 2014
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May'14
Web-scale IT shows what technology can achieve
English: A Netflix envelope picture taken by BlueMint. (Photo credit: Wikipedia)Looking at web companies such as Amazon, eBay, Facebook or NetFlix, it is hard not to be impressed by the scale of ... Continue Reading
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May 19, 2014
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IT contractors confident they can plug the skills gap
A survey by Parasol reveals IT contractors are in it for the long term, with confidence in career prospects Continue Reading
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May 19, 2014
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May'14
BT creates 1,600 engineering Openreach roles for fibre roll-out
Telecoms giant creates 1,600 engineering roles as part of fibre broadband plan Continue Reading
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May 19, 2014
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May'14
AWS revenues exceed $1bn per quarter, but Microsoft growing faster
Total AWS revenues are now well in excess of $1bn per quarter, almost a third of the total cloud revenues for the quarter estimated at $3.5bn Continue Reading
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May 19, 2014
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May'14
Public sector dominates UK outsourcing so far this year
Public-sector outsourcing accounted for three-quarters of spending in the first three months of this year, according to analyst NelsonHall Continue Reading
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May 19, 2014
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May'14
BT supports Invictus Games
BT has announced it will support the upcoming Invictus Games for wounded, injured and sick members of the armed forces Continue Reading
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May 19, 2014
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May'14
Zayo buys UK dark fibre provider Geo Networks
American bandwidth infrastructure newcomer Zayo adds more than 1,800 miles of national fibre across the UK following its acquisition of local player Geo Networks Continue Reading
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May 19, 2014
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May'14
UK operation nets 17 suspected Blackshades cyber attackers
A UK-wide cyber crime operation has netted 17 suspected users of Blackshades data-stealing malware Continue Reading
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May 19, 2014
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May'14
Salvation Army scales IT through outsourcing
The Salvation Army is using a project-based outsourcing model to support its highly specialised but thinly spread IT department to ensure it keeps pace with IT developments Continue Reading
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May 19, 2014
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May'14
SAP certifies core business apps to run on Microsoft Azure
From June, users of SAP Business Suite software, Business All-In-One solution, SAP Mobile Platform, SAP Adaptive Server Enterprise and Hana platform will be able to run them on Azure Continue Reading
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May 19, 2014
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May'14
Retail easy pickings for hackers, says Verizon
Retailers are making it relatively easy for hackers to steal lucrative financial data, says Verizon Continue Reading
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May 19, 2014
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May'14
How government and the IT industry need to work together better
The recent OFT study has given government and industry the requirement to work together to improve the procurement and use of IT across the public sector Continue Reading
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May 19, 2014
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May'14
Cloud SME Skyscape receives £4m funding to tap UK public sector market
Business Growth Fund (BGF) is investing £4m in Hampshire-based cloud firm Skyscape to help it capture the growing public sector cloud market Continue Reading
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May 19, 2014
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May'14
The future of networks
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look how IT and networking departments are addressing demand for apps, bandwidth and services. Virtualisation technology is being used to consolidate multiple network equipment types onto industry-standard ... Continue Reading
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May 19, 2014
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May'14
Connecting Tech City unveiled for East London’s young people
Connecting Tech City launched to forge deeper connection between East London businesses and young people Continue Reading
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May 19, 2014
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May'14
Half of UK public unaware of IT roles in British Army
One in two people do not know IT and communication roles are available as careers in the army Continue Reading
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May 19, 2014
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May'14
More speed and bandwidth: the road ahead for networks
IT and networking departments are evolving new strategies and technologies to address demand for apps, bandwidth and services Continue Reading