July 2014
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July 24, 2014
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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
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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
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July 24, 2014
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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
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July 24, 2014
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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
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July 24, 2014
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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
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July 24, 2014
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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
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July 24, 2014
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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July 23, 2014
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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
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July 23, 2014
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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
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July 23, 2014
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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July 23, 2014
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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
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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