October 2015

• October 31, 2015 31 Oct'15

  Digital customer experience - where do mobile apps fit?

  ...the first thing all mobile apps need to do is sell themselves, otherwise all that development effort runs the risk of being abandoned very quickly  Continue Reading

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Genomics big data compels IT to rediscover efficiency techniques

  Genomics is generating big data at such a scale that research institutes such as the Sanger in Cambridge are having to rediscover storage techniques from the past  Continue Reading

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  High-risk courts reform to give 25m people records access

  Constantly on red alert since work began in 2012, the government's high-risk reform of the courts has come up against mistrust.  Continue Reading

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  All-flash storage vs hybrid flash in Russia: Price and performance key

  Russian organisations are adopting all-flash and hybrid flash storage systems, with price and performance the key considerations when deciding between the two  Continue Reading

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Google set to merge ChromeOS with Android

  Google's experiment to establish its second operating system – ChromeOS – is expected to merge into a future Android release  Continue Reading

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  EU told to protect Snowden as privacy fears continue

  MEPs have called for EU states to protect Edward Snowden and on the EC to do more to protect the fundamental rights of citizens  Continue Reading

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Law enforcement cracks down on DroidJack Android snooping malware users

  A joint EU/US operation on the DroidJack malware is the latest example of international collaboration between law enforcement officers directed at cyber crime  Continue Reading

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Alcatel-Lucent transformation cuts HR costs by 30% with cloud platform

  Alcatel-Lucent expects to have its cloud human resources (HR) platform used in 62 countries by the end of the year, replacing aging on-premise HR IT systems  Continue Reading

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Social exclusion, IoT and data privacy the biggest issues facing digital economy

  At the 2015 Parliament and Internet conference in Westminster, a series of panels explored some of the key issues affecting the UK’s digital economy  Continue Reading

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Goodbye old HP, hello new HPs - but for how long?

  On Monday 2nd November, HP as we know it ceases to exist. The IT supplier that once was too big to fail, becomes two companies that, if recent history is anything to go by, will be individually ...  Continue Reading

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Software developer insolvencies grow as competition tightens

  Insolvencies for ICT companies fall overall but more software developers struggle as competition intensifies  Continue Reading

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Police arrest second teenager over TalkTalk hack

  Metropolitan Police announce the arrest of a second teenager in connection with the attack on TalkTalk that exposed the details of four million customers  Continue Reading

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  UK surveillance bill to give police access to web history

  Proposed UK surveillance legislation is expected to allow the police to seize details of websites and access specific web addresses visited by anyone under investigation  Continue Reading

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Met Office's new supercomputer to deliver £2bn of socio-economic benefits

  The Met Office aims to realise a range of socio-economic benefits to UK industries thanks to improved forecasting with its new Cray supercomputer  Continue Reading

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  M&S data breach forces retailer to temporarily suspend service

  A glitch that allowed online customers to see each others' details forced retailer Mark & Spencer to take its website offline while it resolved the issue  Continue Reading

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  NHS 24’s computer system crashes on launch

  NHS 24’s IT system crashed the day it went live following two years of delays and a 55% increase in costs  Continue Reading

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Fitness club goes digital to recruit new staff quickly

  Equinox turns to digital technology from SmartRecruiters to speed up hiring employees  Continue Reading

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  When '15 minutes of fame' meets Uber - here come the Uber Kittens

  Downtime regulars may already know that in future, we won't own or buy stuff anymore, we'll all share with everyone else in a big, cuddly, let's-all-have-a-spliff-around-the-campfire, tree-hugging ...  Continue Reading

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Retailers will never have pure play, says Watchfinder founder

  Founder of luxury second-hand watch reseller Watchfinder explains that retailers will never have an entirely online or offline business  Continue Reading

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  New European rules to help tackle cyber and other crime

  The EU parliament has approved an update of European police college rules to help Cepol keep pace with security threats such as cyber crime  Continue Reading