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Information technology (IT) in Germany
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October 15, 2014
15
Oct'14
CIOs fear poor cloud investment is making businesses uncompetitive
CIOs and CFOs fear their enterprises are missing revenue opportunities due to poor cloud strategies
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October 13, 2014
13
Oct'14
UK ranks third in right to be forgotten requests to Google
The UK has made the third-highest number of requests for links to be removed from Google's search results
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October 01, 2014
01
Oct'14
European firms far from ready for new data rules, study shows
As European authorities aim to ratify revised data protection rules by 2015, many firms have a lot to do to comply
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September 30, 2014
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Sep'14
Oracle OpenWorld 2014: Toms expands global e-commerce
Footwear retailer Toms relaunches e-commerce websites with Oracle platform to grow and improve customer experience
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September 23, 2014
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Sep'14
Google to build giant '40-football pitch' datacentre in the Netherlands
Google will invest €600m to build a giant, 120-megawatt datacentre in the Netherlands
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September 19, 2014
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Sep'14
SAP acquires Concur to build cloud-based expense management
SAP has agreed to acquire online travel and expense management SaaS provider Concur Technologies for $8bn
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September 15, 2014
15
Sep'14
WikiLeaks reveals Australian police are using surveillance software
Australia's New South Wales police are using spyware that has been linked to repressive states, according to leaked documents
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September 11, 2014
11
Sep'14
Boots to roll out real-time stock visibility in coming weeks
Health and beauty retailer, Alliance Boots, is about to roll out real-time stock visibility to its stores and customers using SAP Hana
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September 10, 2014
10
Sep'14
Accenture: 48% of UK survey respondents fail to find big data talent
An Accenture survey has found that nearly half of UK respondents are struggling to find enough skilled data management professional
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September 02, 2014
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Sep'14
Online fashion retailer Asos seeks CIO
Asos.com is looking to appoint a CIO following the departure of Pete Marsdon after two years in the role
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August 26, 2014
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Aug'14
Datacentre operator Telecity’s CEO Michael Tobin resigns
Telecity’s CEO Michael Tobin will step down from the helm at the FTSE 250 datacentre provider on 31 October, after 10 years in the role
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August 19, 2014
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Aug'14
Bayern Munich teams up with SAP to hit sporting and commercial goals
FC Bayern Munich and SAP today cemented a sports analytics and enterprise software partnership at the club’s Allianz Arena
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August 14, 2014
14
Aug'14
CIO interview: Dave Ubachs, CIO, Staples Europe
Staples is undertaking major IT projects in Europe that will see e-commerce improvements and back-end consolidation in 16 countries
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August 01, 2014
01
Aug'14
Fingerprint scanners most popular alternative to banking passwords
Fingerprint scanning technology is the most favoured biometric security alternative to passwords for UK bank customers
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July 31, 2014
31
Jul'14
Bitcoin mining firm CoinTerra signs multi-megawatt datacentre deal
CoinTerra, the firm that provides the hardware and software that power the bitcoin blockchain ecosystem, signs a multi-megawatt datacentre deal
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July 25, 2014
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Jul'14
AWS feels the pressure of cloud competition
AWS became the gold standard of public cloud. But are price wars, hybrid cloud and increased competition denting its growth?
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July 25, 2014
25
Jul'14
Search firms meet EU regulators over right to be forgotten
Google, Microsoft and Yahoo have met EU data protection authorities to discuss the implications of the right to be forgotten ruling
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July 24, 2014
24
Jul'14
Six cyber criminals charged in $1m Stubhub fraud
The US has charged six members of an international cyber crime gang that defrauded Stubhub of $1m
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July 23, 2014
23
Jul'14
Italy gives Google 18-month privacy compliance deadline
The Italian data protection watchdog has given Google 18 months to comply with EU privacy laws
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July 14, 2014
14
Jul'14
SAP helps Germany lift the World Cup
Germany-based software company SAP played its part in the national football team's victory over Argentina in the World Cup final in Brazil
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July 10, 2014
10
Jul'14
UK leads international partnership to fight financial malware
The UK National Crime Agency is leading international collaboration between law enforcement and the private sector to fight bank theft malware
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July 08, 2014
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Jul'14
Airbus deploys modular datacentre strategy to boost HPC capacity
The aircraft manufacturer has deployed HP's performance optimised datacentres (PODs) to increase its high performance compute capabilities for its engineers
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July 02, 2014
02
Jul'14
ISPs take legal action against GCHQ over mass network infrastructure surveillance
Six global internet service providers (ISPs) have filed a legal complaint calling for a halt to GCHQ’s use of network infrastructure for surveillance
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July 01, 2014
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Jul'14
Most people keen to share biometric data for smoother travel
A study has revealed that 89% of citizens agree with the use of biometric identification to aid travel
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June 11, 2014
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Jun'14
Datacentre spending shifts to Europe as buyers focus on low-cost servers
Server manufacturers made 20% less in sales in the first quarter of 2014, compared with the fourth quarter of 2013
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June 09, 2014
09
Jun'14
Turing Test 2014 marks historic milestone in artificial intelligence
A computer program has made history by passing the artificial intelligence test set by computer science pioneer Alan Turing
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May 22, 2014
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May'14
Cisco continues its push towards SaaS-based security services
Chief information security officers (CISOs) should move away from product-based security solutions to a security-as-a-service (SaaS) model, according to Cisco
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April 29, 2014
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Apr'14
UK and Ireland cyber attacks up 300% in 2013, says FireEye
UK and Ireland enterprises were hit by an average of more than 70 new infections a day in 2013, a report shows
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April 16, 2014
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Apr'14
Q&A: SAP's Mike Ettling discusses SuccessFactors cloud HR strategy
Computer Weekly talks to Mike Ettling, global head of cloud and on-premise HR at SAP, about the company’s strategy for its SuccessFactors cloud HR technology
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April 09, 2014
09
Apr'14
Data set to grow 10-fold by 2020 as internet of things takes off
IDC’s Digital Universe study predicts the world's data will amount to 44 zettabytes by 2020, 10% of it from the internet of things
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March 31, 2014
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Mar'14
Government failed at promoting competition over BDUK, say MPs
The government has consistently failed to promote competition during the roll-out of rural broadband across the UK, according to the PAC.
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March 28, 2014
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Mar'14
Google says government data requests are up 120% since 2009
Government requests for information about Google customers, have increased by 120% since 2009