July 2014

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  Paddy Power hit by data breach in 2010

  Gambling firm Paddy Power owns up to 2010 data breach after recovering a compromised dataset in Canada  Continue Reading

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  NHS trust cuts backups with Spectra Logic disk backup and tape

  Morecambe Bay NHS trust slashes backup window from 24 hours to less than six in a move to Spectra Logic disk-based backup  Continue Reading

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  How to tame the new IT beast called DevOps

  Making your company cloud and 'software-defined' ready requires you to embrace DevOps - but make sure your DevOps strategy isn't undermined  Continue Reading

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  West Herts NHS Trust partners signs £25.5m IT contract with CGI

  West Hertfordshire Hospitals NHS Trust has chosen CGI to upgrade and manage its IT to improve patient care and employee working  Continue Reading

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  BlackLine promises to end financial closing spreadsheet nightmare

  Financial closing is a monthly headache for many, the “last mile of finance”. BlackLine Systems’ SaaS promises agility beyond spreadsheets, and is a part of SAP’s ecosystem  Continue Reading

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  Homophobe? Know, Knot me

  Tim Torkildson, a social media specialist, was taken by surprise when he was fired last week for blogging about homophones  Continue Reading

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  Key storage performance metrics for virtual environments

  We run the rule over storage performance metrics – latency, throughput and IOPS – that are key to optimising virtual machines  Continue Reading

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  Smart meters, digital channels and CRM are top priorities for British Gas

  Smart meters, digital channels and reducing customer complaints by implanting a new CRM system are top of the agenda for British Gas over the coming year.  Continue Reading

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  Object storage specialist suppliers: Market round-up

  Object storage from specialist vendors aims at cloud, archiving, HPC and big data with products that vary by features and between hardware and software-only products  Continue Reading

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  UK government meets tech firms to take action against gender imbalance

  Education minister Nick Gibb called a summit with UK tech firms to take action against gender imbalance in IT industry  Continue Reading

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  Personal skills for professional success: influencing

  Mastering influencing skills opens doors for your career by improving not just the ways in which you interact with important groups of people, but also by increasing your self-confidence in your ability to communicate persuasively. The more ...  Continue Reading

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  Optimising your OmniPayments: Consumers, payments and the future

  Catering to the consumers of today means helping them pay how they want to. Yet with the plethora of options available in the market, it is vital for businesses to find the optimum time to implement new payment options. Developing a wider ...  Continue Reading

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  Watch out: Oracle plants $23,000 licensing booby trap in 12c upgrade

  Oracle will charge $23,000 per processor if you inadvertently switch on the in-memory database option  Continue Reading

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  IT needs to improve network infrastructure for future of retail

  IT departments need to up their game and improve networks for the retail sector which is on the brink of massive technology change  Continue Reading

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  In-memory database technology puts Mitie and Wooga in the fast lane

  Mitie uses IBM Cognos running on a DB2 Blu in-memory database taking data from Oracle. And gaming firm Wooga is using Exasol to speed up design  Continue Reading

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  Chivas Brothers distillery upgrades SAN data storage for 100% data recovery

  Distillery company Chivas Brothers upgraded its storage area network (SAN) to ensure it can recover 100% of its data in the event of a disaster  Continue Reading

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  How to make IT governance work

  Governance is undoubtedly an important subject for any organisation, but what does it really involve?  Continue Reading

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  Key legal and commercial issues with data centre services

  This briefing from law-firm DLA Piper looks at the main types of data centre services that are available on the market, common pitfalls to avoid when purchasing data centre services and some of the key legal and commercial issues to consider.  Continue Reading

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  Printing: a false sense of security?

  Few events can damage a company’s reputation and consumer trust more than the misuse or loss of sensitive personal data. As well as brand damage, data breach incidents can lead to substantial financial costs, including legal penalties. As more ...  Continue Reading

• July 31, 2014 31 Jul'14

  BT forges on with fibre roll-out but customer uptake weak

  BT rolls out fibre optic broadband across the UK at a steady pace but only 15% of fibre-ready premises sign up for the superfast internet service  Continue Reading