July 2014

July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14
ICO slaps online travel firm with £150,000 penalty

The ICO has issued a monetary penalty of £150,000 to an online travel firm for failing to protect customer data Continue Reading
July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14
Congratulations to GDS on open document formats - but will Microsoft resort to litigation?

Back in February, when the UK government's consultation on the use of open document formats closed, I described the decision to be made by the Cabinet Office as the acid test of its commitment to ... Continue Reading
July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14
Gartner: Businesses set to standardise supply chain systems

Businesses are expected to standardise on integrated supply chain systems to improve the visibility of their business processes Continue Reading

July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14
Citrix SaaS revenue rises 12% while overall revenue grows 7% YoY

Citrix has reported a 7% revenue increase in its second quarter of fiscal year 2014 . But it reported double-digit revenue growth in SaaS Continue Reading
July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14
Facebook reports 138% jump in second quarter profits

Facebook has reported second quarter profits of $791m, up 138% compared with the same period a year ago Continue Reading
July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14
CIO interview: Rorie Devine, CTO, Hailo

A technology overhaul is taking place behind the scenes at cab-hailing smartphone app Hailo as the company extends its international reach Continue Reading
July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14
Six cyber criminals charged in $1m Stubhub fraud

The US has charged six members of an international cyber crime gang that defrauded Stubhub of $1m Continue Reading
July 24, 2014 24 Jul'14
Yorkshire councils upgrade networks for Tour de France

IP telephony and Wi-Fi upgrades help North Yorkshire and Leeds City Councils meet the demands of the Tour de France Continue Reading
July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14
London’s Orchard and Fig join Docker

San Francisco firm Docker has acquired London-based Orchard Labs and its orchestration tool Fig Continue Reading
July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14
Isles of Scilly tap into seabed fibre cables to get superfast broadband

Superfast Cornwall initiative resorts to novel method to bring fibre broadband to offshore islands Continue Reading

July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14
Skills shortages identified as key risk to government digital strategy

Government Digital Service says skills shortage is one of the biggest risks to delivering more than £1.4bn of annual savings in Whitehall Continue Reading
July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14
Open Information Security Management Maturity Model (O-ISM3)

Organizations in different business sectors and countries have different business requirements and risk tolerances. The O-ISM3 framework helps information Security Managers to evaluate their own operating environment and to plan their security ... Continue Reading
July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14
Vince Cable welcomes £135m datacentre investment in Docklands

Telehouse, London's colo and datacentre provider, to build a mission-critical datacentre in Docklands with £135m from parent firm KDDI Continue Reading
July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14
VMware Q2 revenue up 17% as investor pushes for spin-off from EMC

VMware has reported a 17% year-on-year revenue growth to $1.46bn for the second quarter of 2014 Continue Reading
July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14
Italy gives Google 18-month privacy compliance deadline

The Italian data protection watchdog has given Google 18 months to comply with EU privacy laws Continue Reading
July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14
Interview: Working with software providers to improve licensing Ts&Cs

Managing director Mark Flynn aims to turn Campaign for Clear Licensing into a membership and lobby group for IT users Continue Reading
July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14
PayPal offers working capital to UK small businesses

Payments giant PayPal has announced that it will be providing online cash advances to small businesses in the UK Continue Reading
July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14
Scotland plans to issue £100m IT services tender

The Scottish government plans to create a new IT managed services framework Continue Reading
July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14
Alpharooms drives mobile conversion with responsive design

Holiday booking site Alpharooms has adopted a responsive website in order to increase purchases driven by mobile website visits Continue Reading
July 23, 2014 23 Jul'14
Microsoft attacks UK government decision to adopt ODF for document formats

Microsoft has questioned the merits of the UK government’s decision to adopt ODF - but meeting minutes show OOXML was given due consideration Continue Reading