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June 29, 2011 29 Jun'11
Update software to reduce risk of cyber attack, top suppliers tell business

Businesses are unnecessarily exposing themselves to cyber attack simply by failing to update to the latest versions of the software they are running, according to Microsoft and Adobe.
June 23, 2011 23 Jun'11
Interactive crime maps allow victims to track cases

The government will extend its interactive crime maps site to enable victims to track their cases online, according to Nick Herbert, minister of state for policing and criminal justice.
June 22, 2011 22 Jun'11
European Commission gives green light to CSC acquisition of beleaguered iSoft

The European Commission (EC) has approved CSC's acquisition of healthcare software maker iSoft.
June 22, 2011 22 Jun'11
Police National Database launched containing details of 15 million UK citizens

A national database to allow police forces to share locally held information across the country has been launched by the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA).

June 22, 2011 22 Jun'11
Mozilla releases final version of Firefox 5 for download

Mozilla has released a fifth version of its web browser, Firefox, available to download for Windows, Mac, Linux and Android.
June 17, 2011 17 Jun'11
Chinese software flaw makes infrastructure vulnerable, warns report

China's public infrastructure is vulnerable to cyber attack because of vulnerabilities in software used to run weapons systems, utilities and chemical plants, according to Reuters.
June 09, 2011 09 Jun'11
Plan International moves global systems to SAP

International child welfare charity Plan International is rolling out SAP globally and in doing so is embarking on its first ever major application outsourcing project.
June 02, 2011 02 Jun'11
E-mail accounts of senior US officials targeted in Chinese hack attack

Chinese hackers have accessed the accounts of hundreds of Gmail users, including senior US officials, Chinese political activists, military personnel, journalists and officials in several Asian countries, Google has said.
May 31, 2011 31 May'11
Case study: Invensys saves £546,000 with SMS tokens for 150,000 users

Engineering firm Invensys is embarking on a global roll-out of software-based tokens from SecurEnvoy to replace physical token-based authentication.
May 31, 2011 31 May'11
Google Chrome OS keeps focus on notebooks despite tablet explosion

Google will keep the focus of its Chrome operating system on notebooks rather than tablets for now, according to a senior executive at the search company.

May 27, 2011 27 May'11
DWP prepares alternative to identity cards for Universal Credit

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is grooming a British tech start-up to play a key role in its £2bn Universal Credit benefits system.
May 26, 2011 26 May'11
Data warehouse and business intelligence projects fail to meet companies' requirements

Over half of businesses gave their business intelligence and data warehouse projects a rating of "average" when asked how well they met business objectives.
May 26, 2011 26 May'11
Twinfield offers mileage accounting on iPhone

Online accounting services provider Twinfield has created an iPhone application that will enable users to automatically record time and mileage. Available as a free download from the Apple AppStore, the app uses global positioning to track mileage.
May 23, 2011 23 May'11
SharePoint BI tool deployment underway at Lowe Lintas

For Lowe Lintas, BI module of Microsoft SharePoint has been a pleasant discovery. With SharePoint BI, Lowe hopes to maximize profits and save costs. Find out more.
May 20, 2011 20 May'11
Salesforce.com gains 5,400 customers but profit slumps by 97%

Salesforce.com posted a 97% profit slump since last year despite its subscription-based CRM software growing to be used by over 97,000 companies.
May 19, 2011 19 May'11
Microsoft attempts to cement Azure values at TechEd Atlanta

"Cloud Power Delivered" is the subtitle of this year's Microsoft TechEd conference, held in Atlanta and attended by around 10,000 IT professionals and developers. Tim Anderson reports from the event.
May 19, 2011 19 May'11
Open source business intelligence: The next big thing?

Open source business intelligence gains credence as more companies adopt BI and large vendors partner with open source players in an evolving BI ecosystem.
May 17, 2011 17 May'11
Government vigilance steps up after George Osborne reveals extent of cyber attacks

Security experts have called for UK government departments to be vigilant after chancellor George Osborne revealed that 20,000 e-mails are sent by hostile intelligence agencies to the UK government each month.
May 17, 2011 17 May'11
IBM qualification courses rolled out in Scottish universities

IBM has introduced qualification courses for its Power systems and System z mainframes throughout Scottish universities and colleges.
May 13, 2011 13 May'11
Government website pilot points to future public sector software development

Alpha.gov.uk is a pilot for a website that could put all UK government digital services and websites on one URL
May 12, 2011 12 May'11
Analysis: Will Android dominance increase IT security threats for business?

The Android Market is forecast to become the world's biggest mobile content platform by August 2011, according to research by mobile application research firm Distimo.
April 21, 2011 21 Apr'11
National Archives scoops Queen’s Award for Enterprise

The National Archives has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise - the first public sector body to receive the gong in more than ten years.
April 18, 2011 18 Apr'11
Growth of NFC to drive overhaul of Chip and PIN equipment

The growth of near-field communication (NFC) in the UK will drive the replacement of retailers' Chip and PIN point of sale (PoS) equipment, according to an analyst.
April 15, 2011 15 Apr'11
Computer Weekly marks the end of an era as a new one begins

The first issue of Computer Weekly magazine in 1966 marked the start of an era in the UK IT industry - the first ever weekly technology publication. This is the story of how it all began.
April 13, 2011 13 Apr'11
Microsoft launches UK mapping service to rival Google Streetview

Starting in London, Microsoft has begun taking photographs of the UK for its street-level mapping service, Streetside.
April 11, 2011 11 Apr'11
Manageability issues impede adoption of virtualisation

Virtual infrastructure management challenges are hindering the adoption of virtualisation within businesses, according to research.
April 08, 2011 08 Apr'11
Admins face huge April Patch Tuesday security update from Microsoft

Microsoft has announced that it will release 17 security bulletins to address 64 vulnerabilities
April 08, 2011 08 Apr'11
Facebook has launched a project to ‘open source’ its datacentre

In the spirit of open source software, Facebook says it wants to share the innovations in one of its datacentres with the rest of the industry in its
April 06, 2011 06 Apr'11
Indian BI technology market to grow by 16% in 2011: Gartner

The Indian BI technology market in 2011 will see a 16% growth over 2010. Read more about the latest BI technology market trends in this Gartner forecast.
March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11
SMB IT spending seeing significant growth

Small and medium businesses (SMBs) are increasing IT budgets and recruiting more IT skills
March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11
Troops in danger as outdated systems at the MoD reach meltdown

Outdated IT systems at the The Ministry of Defence (MoD) are reaching meltdown, with the risk of seriously affecting troops' ability to carry out operations, a National Audit Office report has found.
March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11
Spotify hit by malicious ads

Spotify, the popular streaming music service, has been displaying malicious advertisements to users of its Free version.
March 23, 2011 23 Mar'11
SAP combines GRC and BI in new platform

SAP has launched a new governance, risk and compliance platform that combines and integrates existing GRC and business intelligence technologies.
March 22, 2011 22 Mar'11
What is the cost of developing apps for mobile marketplaces?

Targeting consumers through smartphone apps is proving to be a good business bet. Jenny Williams reports on the costs of creating apps for different mobile marketplaces.
March 17, 2011 17 Mar'11
Tests show Android is 50% faster than Apple iOS for web browsing

The latest version of Google's Android operating system (OS) is 50% faster at loading web pages than Apple's iOS, according to research.
March 17, 2011 17 Mar'11
Twitter increases security with HTTPS encrypted tweets setting

Twitter has added a new profile setting to increase the level of security when accessing the mobile blogging site over an unsecured Wi-Fi connections.
March 16, 2011 16 Mar'11
Deutsche Bank uses social CRM to fine-tune corporate banking

Social media is driving product development at Deutsche Bank. The banking giant is using web 2.0 technologies to engage with 1,000 of its corporate customers, to find out how it can make corporate banking run more smoothly.
March 15, 2011 15 Mar'11
Highlands and Islands Enterprise moves to shared services

The Scottish government's Highlands and Islands Enterprise (HIE) economic and community development agency has signed a deal with Atos Origin to move to a shared services model.
March 15, 2011 15 Mar'11
IT failures blamed for immigration system faults

IT failures have been blamed for failures of the points based immigration system in a National Audit Office (NAO) report.
March 15, 2011 15 Mar'11
Adobe warns of zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash

Adobe has published a security advisory for a critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash that can be used to take control of an attacked machine.
March 11, 2011 11 Mar'11
Private cloud takes Harris schools higher

Academy school body the Harris Federation has deployed cloud technology to link its member schools together and provide an IT platform that can scale up as membership grows.
March 09, 2011 09 Mar'11
DHL launches real-time information to improve supply chain

DHL Supply Chain has launched a live order tracking system (Lots) to deliver real-time information to its customers.
March 09, 2011 09 Mar'11
IT fails to curb anti-social behaviour

Information technology failures are a key reason why efforts to stamp out anti-social behaviour have failed for at least a decade....
March 09, 2011 09 Mar'11
Four risk areas CIOs must consider when contracting cloud services

CIOs should be aware of four main risks when contracting for cloud services, says analyst firm Gartner.
March 08, 2011 08 Mar'11
Google buys price comparison website for £37.7m

Google is to acquire UK price comparison website BeatThatQuote.com for £37.7m.
March 08, 2011 08 Mar'11
Exclusive: Free software guru Richard Stallman on government IT and why he hates the cloud

The founding father of the free software movement tells Computer Weekly why government just doesn't "get it"
March 08, 2011 08 Mar'11
Facebook enlists Samaritans to counsel suicidal users

The Samaritans has teamed up with Facebook to enable users to report friends contemplating suicide.
March 08, 2011 08 Mar'11
Adobe extends Flash to Apple devices with free HTML5 conversion tool

Adobe has released for free download an experimental Flash-to-HTML5 converter to the development community through beta technology site, Adobe Labs.
March 07, 2011 07 Mar'11
France's G20 files target of cyber attack

France's files on the G20 meetings were the target of a cyber attack, the country's finance minister has confirmed.
March 07, 2011 07 Mar'11
HSBC uses token to secure smartphone banking

HSBC is sending four million online banking customers a security token which will enable them to log in to their online bank account wherever they are, without using a card reader.