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• September 03, 2010 03 Sep'10

  Scammers and spammers attack Apple’s new Ping social network

  Scammers and spammers are flooding Apple's newly-launched Ping music-related social network with fraudulent messages, says security firm Sophos.

• September 03, 2010 03 Sep'10

  Onapsis SAP tool traps security holes

  Onapsis, a provider of enterprise resource planning (ERP) security software has released a product to assess security risks on production SAP systems.

• September 02, 2010 02 Sep'10

  SAS A2010 conference: Move data out of the back office

  Algorithms need to be enhanced to make information more accessible by moving data out of the back office, according to SAS.

• September 01, 2010 01 Sep'10

  Stonesoft launches secure mobile authentication for Apple and Android

  Network security supplier Stonesoft has made its MobileID authentication software token available for five new mobile platforms to allow access to mission-critical...

• August 31, 2010 31 Aug'10

  VMworld: Colt offers vCloud hybrid datacentres for UK and Europe

  IT managed services provider Colt will be the first company to offer VMware's hybrid service to UK and European businesses.

• August 27, 2010 27 Aug'10

  3Par bidding war hots up as HP offers $2bn

  The bidding war for storage specialist 3Par became even more ferocious today as HP twice upped its offer price in an attempt to prevent Dell winning the acquisition.

• August 27, 2010 27 Aug'10

  Vodafone app helps keep the beer flowing

  Brewer Molson Coors has deployed Vodafone UK's field management business application to help 170 field service engineers

• August 27, 2010 27 Aug'10

  HP trumps Dell again in bidding war for 3Par

  HP has increased its proposal to acquire all of the outstanding shares of 3Par to $27 per share in cash, valuing the storage virtualisation company at $1.8bn.

• August 27, 2010 27 Aug'10

  Novell posts fall in sales and profit

  Open source and Linux specialist Novell has announced a drop in sales and profits in the third quarter of its fiscal year, ending 31 July.

  Compared...

• August 27, 2010 27 Aug'10

  Whistleblower costs AutoTrader $400k for unlicensed software

  AutoTrader, the online marketplace for motor vehicles, has paid $400,000 to settle claims of using unlicensed copies of Adobe, Autodesk, Corel and Quest software installed on its computers.

• August 26, 2010 26 Aug'10

  Dell beats HP to win $1.6bn 3Par acquisition

  Dell has rebuffed HP's attempt to hijack its acquisition of 3Par, after the storage specialist accepted an increased bid of $24.30 per share in cash, valuing the firm at $1.6bn.

• August 26, 2010 26 Aug'10

  Infected USB drive 'significantly compromised' Pentagon computers

  US defence officials have admitted for the first time that malware on a USB stick "significantly compromised" classified Pentagon computers in 2008.

• August 26, 2010 26 Aug'10

  Late movers will pay a premium for Windows 7 migration skills, warns Gartner

  Organisations delaying migration to Microsoft Windows 7 face a skills shortage and may pay a premium for migration experts, research firm Gartner has warned.

• August 25, 2010 25 Aug'10

  Tory council's open source plans stymied as government considers policy

  A leading Tory council has hit a brick wall in its attempt to replace Microsoft with open source software because the government has not fulfilled an election pledge to introduce open standards.

• August 24, 2010 24 Aug'10

  Teach cybercrime at GCSE, says Symantec

  As GCSE results out today showed a decline in the number of students taking ICT courses, security firm Symantec believes GCSE students should be taught more about information security to make lessons more engaging.

• August 24, 2010 24 Aug'10

  How to succeed at ERP projects

  Many of the billions of dollars invested in enterprise resource planning systems have been wasted, according to researchers writing in the Sloan Management Review.

• August 23, 2010 23 Aug'10

  Changebase AOK’s plug-ins ease migration to Office 2010

  Application compatibility firm Changebase AOK has created a series of plug-ins to solve incompatible app issues in Microsoft Office 2010.

• August 23, 2010 23 Aug'10

  Oracle unveils virtualisation strategy for enterprise apps

  Oracle has unveiled its desktop to server virtualisation strategy which it has positioned as a more rounded suite compared with the market leading VMWare.

• August 20, 2010 20 Aug'10

  Salesforce.com profit falls in second quarter

  Cloud computing provider Salesforce.com has announced a drop in profit while sales rose in its fiscal second quarter.

• August 20, 2010 20 Aug'10

  Adobe releases emergency security patches for Acrobat and Reader

  Adobe has released an out-of-band security update for its Reader and Acrobat products for Windows, Mac OS and Unix.

• August 19, 2010 19 Aug'10

  Forrester and Gartner: Why did Intel do it?

  Forrester Research analyst Andrew Jaquith has questioned the sanity of Intel's McAfee acquisition.

• August 19, 2010 19 Aug'10

  Intel CEO Paul Otellini: Software alone cannot solve net security

  Security cannot be solved by software alone, warned Intel president and CEO Paul Otellini in a conference call discussing the firm's $7.7bn acquisition of security firm McAfee.

• August 19, 2010 19 Aug'10

  Intel boosts mobile security, but what will happen to McAfee's enterprise portfolio?

  Intel's $7.7bn acquisition of McAfee reflects the importance of security to the chipmaker, which is preparing to address the security impact...

• August 19, 2010 19 Aug'10

  Intel pays a premium to get into online security

  "Security is now a fundamental component of online computing," said Intel, as it explained the thinking behind its $7.7bn acquisition of security software supplier McAfee.

• August 19, 2010 19 Aug'10

  Intel buys McAfee for $7.7bn

  Intel claims aquisition of security software giant McAfee will mean better protection for consumers and businesses using cloud-based services.

• August 18, 2010 18 Aug'10

  Charity boosts productivity with online collaboration tool

  Volunteers at the National Autistic Society have cut the time they spend on admin tasks with a web-based collaboration platform.

  The system, supplied...

• August 18, 2010 18 Aug'10

  How happy are we? There's an app for that too

  Researchers from the London School of Economics (LSE) have launched an iPhone app to track happiness levels across the UK.

  The project will help researchers...

• August 17, 2010 17 Aug'10

  Sainsbury's joins e-commerce fray with iPhone apps

  Sainsbury's has moved into mobile e-commerce with the announcement of two new iPhone apps.

• August 16, 2010 16 Aug'10

  MoD plans “major data cleansing” for JPA payroll system

  The Ministry of Defence (MoD) plans to conduct a "major data cleansing exercise" to improve its payroll software.

• August 16, 2010 16 Aug'10

  Google could use Paypal for Android payments

  Google is reported to be in talks with Paypal about integrating the eBay-owned payment service with the search giant's Android smartphone software.

  Google...

• August 16, 2010 16 Aug'10

  Security software market shrugs off recession with 11.3% growth

  Worldwide security software sales are forecast to surpass $16.5bn in 2010, an 11.3% increase from $14.8bn in 2009, according to Gartner.

• August 16, 2010 16 Aug'10

  India could get workaround to view encrypted Blackberry data

  Research in Motion and the Indian government are believed to be developing a workaround to allow security agencies to read encrypted Blackberry data....

• August 13, 2010 13 Aug'10

  Many antivirus products fail Vista security test

  One-third of anti-malware products fail to secure Microsoft's Windows Vista Business Edition, according to security research company Virus Bulletin.

• August 13, 2010 13 Aug'10

  IBM adds marketing automation firm to its middleware portfolio

  IBM has expanded its IT transformation services with the acquisition of Unica, a company specialising in cross-channel marketing automation.

• August 13, 2010 13 Aug'10

  RIM updates free Blackberry Enterprise Server Express software

  Research in Motion (RIM) has released the latest version of its free Blackberry server software for enterprises and small businesses, allowing wireless synchronisation between Blackberry smartphones and corporate systems.

• August 13, 2010 13 Aug'10

  RIM reassures Blackberry users as governments demand encryption key

  Blackberry maker Research in Motion says it will not make country-specific deals as it attempts to work with governments threatening to block its services.

• August 13, 2010 13 Aug'10

  Oracle sues Google for using Java in Android

  Oracle is suing Google over its Android mobile operating system software because it uses Java technology acquired by Oracle when it bought Sun Microsystems.

• August 12, 2010 12 Aug'10

  Linux Foundation releases open source compliance tests

  An open compliance programme has been launched by the Linux Foundation to help people using open source software comply with licensing.

• August 11, 2010 11 Aug'10

  SME deal a move in the right direction for SAP

  Small toy business Jellycat has implemented an SAP application to integrate its business functions.

• August 11, 2010 11 Aug'10

  London Fire Brigade tracks fire risk with SAS

  London Fire Brigade is using SAS business intelligence software to help it prevent fires and evaluate risks.

• August 10, 2010 10 Aug'10

  Browser privacy settings are not so private, research reveals

  Privacy settings in Firefox, Internet Explorer and other web browsers can expose more details than users expect, security researchers have found.

  Researchers...

• August 09, 2010 09 Aug'10

  Symantec completes $1.28bn VeriSign acquisition

  Symantec has completed its $1.28bn cash acquisition of VeriSign's identity and authentication business, announced in May.

• August 09, 2010 09 Aug'10

  Microsoft plans bumper Patch Tuesday security update

  Microsoft is to patch 34 vulnerabilities in 14 security bulletins to be issued in its August Patch Tuesday security update according to an advance notice.

• August 09, 2010 09 Aug'10

  Coventry crowdsources opinion on public service reform

  Coventry has become the first UK city to hold a web-based public crowdsourcing event, inviting ideas from residents on reform of council services.

• August 06, 2010 06 Aug'10

  Laptop repair fraudster jailed for nine months

  A Polish laptop repair engineer who tried to hack in to an undercover reporter's bank account after stealing details from her computer has been jailed for nine months.

• August 06, 2010 06 Aug'10

  Contactpoint to be disconnected today and deleted in eight weeks

  The Contactpoint database of UK children is being turned off today, 10 years after the idea was introduced by the Labour government.

  The database was...

• August 06, 2010 06 Aug'10

  Windows 7 proves a hit with developers

  Microsoft's Windows 7 operating system is attracting developers to build new applications with its multi-gesture, touch-based features.

• August 05, 2010 05 Aug'10

  Google pulls plug on Google Wave

  Google has suspended development of Wave, its much anticipated next-generation e-mail platform, according to reports across the internet.

  Wave was...

• August 05, 2010 05 Aug'10

  SAP works with user groups to enhance enterprise support

  Enterprise software maker SAP has set up a searchable, online repository of customer benefit cases and best practices.

  The repository of self-service...

• August 05, 2010 05 Aug'10

  Investment in open source software set to rise, says survey

  More organisations are committing to open source software development over the next year, a survey by Accenture has revealed.

  "What we are seeing...

• August 05, 2010 05 Aug'10

  Google pulls the plug on Google Wave

  Google has pulled the plug on its Google Wave collaboration tool because of disappointing uptake since it was first introduced in 2009.

• August 04, 2010 04 Aug'10

  Open Group publishes enterprise architecture model for mining industry

  The world's first enterprise architecture reference model for mining and other extractive industries has been published by the Open Group to make it easier for investors, miners and services providers to share information about the business.

• August 04, 2010 04 Aug'10

  Google enables single browser sign-on for multiple accounts

  Google is rolling out functionality that will enable users to sign in to multiple Google accounts simultaneously from the same browser.

  This means...

• August 04, 2010 04 Aug'10

  Businesses pay the price for poor information management

  Most enterprises are not following their own advice when it comes to information management, according to Symantec's 2010 Information Management Health Check Survey.

• August 03, 2010 03 Aug'10

  Should IT departments take the tablet?

  As major technology providers plan to introduce tablet devices in the UK over the coming months, how will tablets impact IT departments?

• August 03, 2010 03 Aug'10

  Half of UK employees ignore security policies on using interactive websites

  Web 2.0 applications such as social networking sites have significantly lowered the security of 82% of organisations, a survey of more than 2,000 IT security professionals has revealed.

• August 03, 2010 03 Aug'10

  CIOs drive app development to understand customers

  Developing business applications is a top priority for CIOs for 2010. Forty six per cent of CIOs surveyed said they were actively developing their CRM applications. In the survey of 200 CIOs by Vodafone, data collection was the second highest ...

• August 03, 2010 03 Aug'10

  Routine encryption and policing could prevent most data losses, says security report

  Most data losses in the past six months could have been avoided, according to the mid-year security threat report from Sophos.

• August 03, 2010 03 Aug'10

  CIA and Google invest in high-tech crystal ball technology

  The CIA and Google have joined forces to fund a start-up company that claims to have the technology to predict the future using information collected from the internet.

• August 02, 2010 02 Aug'10

  Integrated IT system will improve claims and payments, says DWP

  The Department for Work and Pensions is to reform its IT system to improve the provision of state benefits…

• July 30, 2010 30 Jul'10

  Microsoft licenses security technology from Cryptography Research

  Microsoft has entered a licence agreement to use security technology from Cryptography Research to protect against differential power analysis (DPA) attacks.

• July 30, 2010 30 Jul'10

  HSBC saves $1m in energy costs by turning off computers

  HSBC has saved more than $1m in energy costs after rolling out technology that shuts down 300,000 PCs during evenings and weekends.

• July 30, 2010 30 Jul'10

  Rimini Street expands UK operations

  UK businesses are increasingly joining their North American peers in switching to third-party technical support to cut costs of owning big-ticket enterprise software.

• July 30, 2010 30 Jul'10

  UK is largest spender on utilities industry IT

  The UK spends more on utilities IT than any other Western European country, according to research by IDC Energy Insight.

  The report, covering market...

• July 30, 2010 30 Jul'10

  Oracle clears the air on OpenSolaris, but Sparc future looks dim

  Oracle has finally made its plans for the OpenSolaris Unix operating system known after months of keeping users in the dark.

• July 30, 2010 30 Jul'10

  Oracle accused of defrauding US federal government

  The US Department of Justice has filed a civil suit in a federal court against Oracle, accusing the company of defrauding the federal government by overcharging for software.

• July 30, 2010 30 Jul'10

  Facebook list highlights need for education and responsibility, say security experts

  Privacy groups are up in arms about the publication of a list of more than 100 million Facebook users, containing their names, unique IDs and links to their Facebook profiles.

• July 29, 2010 29 Jul'10

  Apple iPhone jailbreaking is 'okay under EU law'

  Jailbreaking Apple iPhones to bypass code aimed at limiting the applications and carriers owners can use is unlikely to violate EU copyright laws, say legal experts.

• July 29, 2010 29 Jul'10

  PeerIndex launches as authority ranking platform

  The first platform for recognising authority on the web, PeerIndex has launched, attempting to rank web users according to their authority on different subjects rather than the number of contacts they have.

• July 29, 2010 29 Jul'10

  Metro Bank launches today running off-the-shelf software

  Metro Bank starts operations today, underpinned by an off-the-shelf banking platform chosen to keep IT costs down while enabling scalability and resilience.

• July 29, 2010 29 Jul'10

  Adobe to acquire web software maker for $240m

  Adobe Systems has agreed to buy Switzerland-based Day Software Holding in a deal worth $240m.

• July 28, 2010 28 Jul'10

  Cranfield University donates PCs to Computer Aid International

  Cranfield University has donated more than 1,200 PCs to specialist charity Computer Aid International.

  The IT charity professionally refurbishes unwanted...

• July 28, 2010 28 Jul'10

  Microsoft promises 'biggest launch of the year' for Windows Phone 7

  Microsoft is gearing up to take on the might of iPhone and Android devices with the next incarnation of the Windows smartphone operating system.

• July 28, 2010 28 Jul'10

  SAP shares dip on disappointing business outlook

  SAP shares dipped over 2% despite reporting software and related service revenues of €2.3bn (£1.9bn) in preliminary financial results for the second quarter of 2010, up 16% compared with a year ago.

• July 27, 2010 27 Jul'10

  CIO interview: Greater London Authority ramps up IT while cutting costs

  The GLA is in a unique position for a public sector body - taking on more responsibilities, a potentially higher budget, and employing more staff as it absorbs the work of other organisations that are likely to be closed.

• July 27, 2010 27 Jul'10

  Betfair seeks IT recruits with global ambitions

  Online gambling firm Betfair is looking to hire nearly 100 technology employees and graduates across different areas of expertise. The company is now looking to recruit 80 to 90 people with expertise in areas including C#, C++, SQL Server and Java, ...

• July 27, 2010 27 Jul'10

  Bayer signs five-year deal for global SAP system

  Pharmaceuticals company Bayer has signed a five-year global enterprise agreement with SAP to support the company's IT strategy to standardise globally on...

• July 27, 2010 27 Jul'10

  BMW slashes security management costs

  BMW has reduced the complexity and cost of security with an identity and access management service from Logica.

  The Identity and Access Management...

• July 27, 2010 27 Jul'10

  SAP reports strong second quarter growth

  SAP has reported software and related service revenues of €2.3bn in preliminary financial results for the second quarter of 2010, up 16% compared with a year ago.

• July 27, 2010 27 Jul'10

  iPhone jailbreaking not illegal, says US government

  The US government has given iPhone users the go-ahead to bypass electronic protection on Apple's iPhones to enable them to use any wireless service provider.

• July 26, 2010 26 Jul'10

  UK launches Cyber Security Challenge

  The UK has officially launched its Cyber Security Challenge to find and attract new talent to the IT security industry.

• July 26, 2010 26 Jul'10

  Microsoft deal boosts Arm shares

  Shares in Cambridge-based UK chip designer ARM rose more than 11% after the announcement on Friday of a licensing agreement with Microsoft.

• July 24, 2010 24 Jul'10

  Webinar Registration: Using Windows 7 to transform IT Systems Management

  Thank you for registering for the Kaseya Webinar "Using Windows 7 to transform IT Systems Management" on Thursday 12th August at 2:30pm (BST).

• July 22, 2010 22 Jul'10

  Facebook aims for $1bn sales with Salesforce.com

  Social network site Facebook has chosen fellow web phenomenon Salesforce.com to manage its growing sales team in a bid to improve its efficiency.

• July 22, 2010 22 Jul'10

  Yorkshire and Clydesdale human error exacerbated by computer

  Thousands of customers of the Yorkshire and Clydesdale banks face having to pay more for their mortgages after a "rounding error" was made when a system was upgraded.

• July 22, 2010 22 Jul'10

  IBM delivers meanest mainframe

  IBM has launched its most important server product a so-called cloud-in-a-box, that combines mainframe processors, Power 7 blades and x86 in a single system...

• July 21, 2010 21 Jul'10

  Yahoo shares dip on disappointing financial results

  Yahoo shares fell more than 6% after second-quarter sales came in at $1.13bn (£7.39bn), failing to reach analyst expectations of $1.16bn.

• July 20, 2010 20 Jul'10

  Spar rolls out contactless payments

  The convenience store chain Spar has introduced contactless payment technology to speed up service and benefit from lower transaction costs. By using...

• July 20, 2010 20 Jul'10

  Thetrainline.com pays £15m to extend Capgemini deal

  Online ticket provider Thetrainline.com has extended its infrastructure services contract with Capgemini for £15m.

• July 19, 2010 19 Jul'10

  BT hitches onto Arqiva wagon for utility smart meter ride

  Signal distribution company Arqiva has attracted BT and security specialist Detica as partners to address communications for the UK's £10bn smart meter roll-out programme.

• July 19, 2010 19 Jul'10

  Farnborough Air Show: Supply chain software cuts air freight costs for component supplier

  High-tech component supplier JAE Europe expects to save £500,000 a year by rolling out demand planning software

• July 16, 2010 16 Jul'10

  RNLI taps into user community to get more value from SAP investments

  Sea rescue charity the RNLI has unlocked more value out of its SAP systems with the help of the SAP UK & Ireland User Group.

• July 16, 2010 16 Jul'10

  IT services and outsourcing firm TCS reports second quarter growth

  Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) has reported revenues of $1,794m (£1,164m)for the second quarter, up 6.4% on the first quarter and 21.2% up on the same period a year ago.

• July 15, 2010 15 Jul'10

  Thin clients take second place as enterprise refreshes legacy XP PCs

  In spite of industry noise concerning the merits of deploying virtual desktop infrastructures (VDIs), businesses appear to be in the midst of a PC revamp.

• July 15, 2010 15 Jul'10

  Tibco puts free BI into the cloud

  Tibco Software has launched a business intelligence tool which will give users free access to cloud-based reporting and analytics for the first year of use.

• July 14, 2010 14 Jul'10

  Internet security takes a leap forward

  Internet security takes a giant leap forward today with the global roll-out of technology aimed at making the public network safer for all users without affecting performance.

• July 14, 2010 14 Jul'10

  Government scraps £80m Microsoft licensing deal with NHS

  The government has scrapped the long-running NHS Connecting for Health (CfH) enterprise agreement (EA) software licensing deal with Microsoft after deciding there was no business case or budget to renew it.

• July 13, 2010 13 Jul'10

  Microsoft builds Dynamics Marketplace

  Microsoft has unveiled Dynamics Marketplace for its latest Dynamics CRM product at its worldwide partner conference in Washington. The company said the new online catalogue, which is due to be available in September 2010, would provide a way for ...

• July 12, 2010 12 Jul'10

  Microsoft debuts Azure platform appliance

  Microsoft has introduced the Windows Azure platform appliance, which it says will enable service providers and larger businesses to provide on-demand IT...

• July 12, 2010 12 Jul'10

  Software piracy has long-term effects on UK economy

  Tough economic times are driving software piracy in the UK as some small computer shops look to boost sales and cut costs. But what is good for some is not good for all.