July 2015
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July 31, 2015
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3 ways data lakes are transforming analytics
This is a guest blogpost by Suresh Sathyamurthy, senior director, emerging technologies, EMC Data lakes have arrived, greeted by the tech world with a mix of scepticism and enthusiasm. In the ... Continue Reading
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July 31, 2015
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Interview: CCS director Sarah Hurrell on improving government technology purchasing
The government's procurement agency has plenty of critics, but its technology lead insists that IT and digital purchasing is improving fast Continue Reading
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July 31, 2015
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British Gas to invest £500m in connected homes business
Energy provider aims to build on success of its Hive smart thermostat and roll-out of smartmeters Continue Reading
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July 31, 2015
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Jul'15
Commercial software more secure than open source, finds report
A study has found that commercial code is more compliant than open source code with security compliance standards, such as the Owasp top 10 and the CWE top 25 Continue Reading
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July 31, 2015
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CW Buyer's Guide: DevOps
Computer Weekly looks at how combining development and operations teams can cut time and raise quality; how DevOps done well can lead to a continuous loop where teams plan, code, build, test, release, deploy, operate and monitor – then repeat; and ... Continue Reading
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July 31, 2015
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Jul'15
Obama orders superfast computer for 2025
The US is aiming to build a supercomputer that is able to process one exaflop or a billion billion operations a second to process big data Continue Reading
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July 31, 2015
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Jul'15
IaaS mega-framework tender raises hopes of Europe-wide G-cloud launch
Géant publishes contract notice seeking providers for IaaS frameworks, which will serve 50 million across Europe Continue Reading
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July 31, 2015
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European regulation shakes up online payments security
Payment service providers and merchants should lose no time in assessing the affect of proposed European security regulations Continue Reading
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July 31, 2015
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Jul'15
Ark Data Centres to underpin delivery of BT's managed cloud services
BT signs multi-year deal with datacentre provider to support its push into the cloud integrator market Continue Reading
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July 31, 2015
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Jul'15
Facebook to boost Internet.org with UK drone
Facebook is ready to test a UK-developed drone that is designed to fly in a circle with a radius of about 1.8 miles and provide internet coverage for an area with a radius of 30 miles Continue Reading
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July 31, 2015
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Confidence in data security part 1 - Room for improvement
Improving user knowledge, deploying advanced technology and co-ordinating incident response and policy all make a big difference in the level of confidence organisation have about data security Continue Reading
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July 31, 2015
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With Windows 10, Microsoft has built a fine sail, but has the ship already left harbour?
With Windows 10, Microsoft has built a fine sail, but has the ship already left harbour?If anything encapsulates the change in the technology world in the last 20 years, it's the relative reactions ... Continue Reading
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July 31, 2015
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Consultancies hit amid rise in IT company insolvencies
Rising insolvencies among IT companies contrasts with a fall in the rate of company failures in the wider economy Continue Reading
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July 31, 2015
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Jul'15
Sony posts best quarterly results in eight years
Sony posts its strongest June quarter since 2007 with profits driven mainly by Sony’s PlayStation 4 software and its camera sensors Continue Reading
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July 31, 2015
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Jul'15
UK fintech sector targets 100,000 new jobs and $8bn investment by 2020
Trade body Innovate Finance unveils manifesto for growth in financial technology market Continue Reading
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July 30, 2015
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Jul'15
HMRC launches paid digital apprenticeship with bonus of funded degree
HMRC tells Computer Weekly about its first 15 apprenticeships available under the government-led Tech Industry Gold Apprenticeship scheme Continue Reading
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July 30, 2015
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Jul'15
Ghost cars plague Uber app users, claim researchers
In Downtime's experience, Uber users tend to be a smug bunch, who love boring on about how much cheaper their cab journeys home have become since downloading the taxi-booking app. No longer do they ... Continue Reading
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July 30, 2015
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Jul'15
IPv6 Leakage and DNS Hijacking in Commercial VPN clients
Services used by hundreds of thousands of people to protect their identity on the web are vulnerable to leaks, according to this report researchers at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) and others. Continue Reading
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July 30, 2015
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Jul'15
JavaScript – 20 Lessons to Successful Web Development
Robin Nixon gives a practical guide to JavaScript coding in this extract from his book, JavaScript – 20 Lessons to Successful Web Development. Continue Reading
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July 30, 2015
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Jul'15
Google pledges security training for 10,000 UK internet users
Google will host free workshops in five UK cities and 30 schools on safeguarding passwords, updating account settings, finding stolen devices and checking where data is being shared Continue Reading