March 2015

March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15
HSBC seeks new investment banking CIO as Sumeet Chabria leaves

HSBC is looking for a new IT head in its investment banking arm after Sumeet Chabria decided to leave after 21 years at the bank Continue Reading
March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15
All-flash and hybrid flash storage build momentum in Poland

Hybrid flash and all-flash storage gain popularity in Poland, hybrid flash going mainstream and all-flash used for high performance Continue Reading
March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15
VM backup drops off as DR motors on: what’s behind the survey figures?

We look behind the storage and backup headlines in the ComputerWeekly.com IT spending priorities survey Continue Reading

March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15
China and US cross swords over software backdoors

Barack Obama criticises Chinese plans to force tech firms trading in China to share encryption keys and put backdoors in software Continue Reading
March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15
Tinder cuts app crashes with Rackspace cloud database

Tinder matchmaking app turns to managed cloud provider for IT and database support Continue Reading
March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15
Skills minister visits school's TechFuture Girls club

Nick Boles visits Tech Partnership girls club as report reveals that only 17% of workers in the technology industry are female Continue Reading
March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15
NatWest bank tests mobile apps to help people run their lives

NatWest bank is running closed beta tests of banking apps designed to help people navigate major events in their lives Continue Reading
March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15
Case study: How National Grid uses analytics to keeps the lights on

National Grid has started a project to supplement its existing asset maintenance system with predictive analytics Continue Reading
March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15
IBM confirms Q2 release date for OpenPower servers in Softlayer

IBM Softlayer users will soon have access to OpenPower-based bare-metal servers for data-heavy workloads Continue Reading
March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15
Girl Geeks Campus secures support from Accenture

Accenture signs up to support Girl Geeks Campus to support girls interested in Stem careers Continue Reading

March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15
Has IBM found its place in the digital world?

Late last year, amid poor financial results and doubts over its direction, IBM announced $3.6bn worth of IT infrastructure outsourcing deals Continue Reading
March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15
How can we attract more females to the IT Industry? Inspire them!

For many years now, we've all been acutely aware of the small percentage of females being attracted to and working in our industry. Continue Reading
March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15
Williams Martini Racing signs multi-year BT network services deal

Williams F1 teams forms long-term strategic partnership with BT for fixed and mobile communications and network services Continue Reading
March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15
Accountancy firm Baker Tilly uses Huddle for global collaboration

Baker Tilly International, a large international network of accounting firms, has deployed Huddle across its member organisations Continue Reading
March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15
A HIP way of securing a wide range of endpoints

The host identity protocol is emerging as an alternative way to secure a range of physical endpoints beyond laptops and smartphones Continue Reading
March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15
IAM tops security initiatives for UK and European firms in 2015

Identity and access management (IAM) is to be the top security initiative by UK and European firms in 2015, according to survey Continue Reading
March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15
Drones in UK skies: an increasingly crowded regulatory airspace

With drones becoming commonplace in the UK, the law has been required to evolve and play catch-up Continue Reading
March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15
Avoiding the potholes on the way to cost effective MDM

This is a guest blog by Mark Balkenende, a manager atTalend Master data management is one of those practices that everyone in business applauds. But anyone who has been exposed to the process ... Continue Reading
March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15
Women in IT: A word of advice

Dame Stephanie Shirley and other inspirational females share advice on being a woman in tech at We Are The City event Continue Reading
March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15
UK officials reject second complaint over BT link to US drone network

UK officials have rejected a second complaint about BT’s part in a US military network allegedly used to direct controversial drone strikes Continue Reading

How edge computing differs from decentralized computing

Edge computing isn't about sticking servers and storage in a branch location. Learn the critical differences between edge and ...

Facebook's Libra project -- why enterprises should prepare

Facebook's foray into cryptocurrency is setting off alarm bells in government and finance circles. The question is how could the ...

Ransomware attacks: How to get the upper hand

Ransomware attacks are on the rise. Can organizations play like Radiohead and refuse to pay? The answer from security experts is ...

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5 best practices to choose the right email security software

Examine the five best practices and most important criteria for evaluating email security software products and deploying them in...

BlueKeep blues: More than 800,000 systems still unpatched

Despite alerts from Microsoft and the U.S. government, more than 800,000 online systems have yet to patch the Windows RDP ...

Claroty extends platform to include IoT device security

Claroty has upgraded Continuous Threat Detection to include support for IoT device security, keeping pace with the proliferation ...

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Datadog network monitoring tool provides visibility to containers

Datadog Network Performance Monitoring intends to ease the workload of engineering teams by automating network monitoring and ...

Why streaming telemetry tops SNMP in tracking network performance

SNMP isn't going away anytime soon, but streaming telemetry is a much more effective way to generate critical alerts and measure ...

Top 5G use cases for business include fixed wireless, healthcare

While 5G is not fully baked yet, early business use cases are intriguing. Connections between branch offices and headquarters, ...

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3 ways to benefit from open source infrastructure

Using open source infrastructure can reduce operating costs and streamline upgrades, but it's important to weigh the pros and ...

IBM mainframes face competitive pressures inside and out

IBM's mainframe business continues to be under pressure from cloud-based competitors, and perhaps even its own Power server. ...

Linux features beyond server management

Due to its open source nature, Linux is constantly gaining new capabilities. Here's a look at some common use cases and features.

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Snowflake product VP expounds on data warehouse for the cloud

In this Q&A, Christian Kleinerman, vice president of product development at cloud data warehouse vendor Snowflake, talks about ...

RavenDB Cloud automates database management

RavenDB's managed cloud database service, RavenDB Cloud, intends to automate security processes, reduce overhead and cater to ...

Big data containers gain wider appeal in system deployments

This handbook examines the use of Docker containers in Kubernetes clusters to run big data systems and offers insight on ...