News
IT for government and public sector
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June 12, 2013
12
Jun'13
Senior judge hears Barnet Council outsourcing challenge
The second most senior judge in England and Wales will hear a legal challenge against Barnet Council’s outsourcing programme
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June 11, 2013
11
Jun'13
Frimley Park NHS deploys VDI for efficiency and BYOD
When the NHS trust came under pressure to make its IT budget go further, it opted to deploy VDI in its A&E department
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June 11, 2013
11
Jun'13
UK links to US internet surveillance remain unclear
The government insists that UK spy agencies operate within the law, but questions remain
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June 07, 2013
07
Jun'13
NHS numbers to be mandated by 2014
NHS providers must use an NHS number to identify all patient data, Tim Kelsey, director for patients and information at NHS England announces
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June 07, 2013
07
Jun'13
PM urged to criminalise internet rape porn
Campaigners are calling for the criminalisation of possessing internet pornography depicting rape
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June 07, 2013
07
Jun'13
ICO fines Glasgow City Council for loss of unencrypted laptops
Glasgow City Council has been fined £150,000 for losing two laptops which held personal details of more than 20,000 people
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June 06, 2013
06
Jun'13
Costs of NPfIT significantly greater than benefits, says Department of Health
The defunct NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) realised £3.7bn of benefits but cost £7.3bn, says the Department of Health
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June 05, 2013
05
Jun'13
Human error causes most data breaches, Ponemon study finds
Human errors and system problems caused two-thirds of data breaches in 2012, according to a study from Symantec and the Ponemon Institute
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June 04, 2013
04
Jun'13
Whitehall should use Twitter to engage public in open policy-making, say MPs
Government should use Twitter for an ‘open policy’ approach, says the Public Administration Select Committee (PASC)
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June 03, 2013
03
Jun'13
Universal Credit will cost taxpayers £12.8bn
The government’s review of major projects revealed the flagship Universal Credit programme will cost nearly six times more than previously billed
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May 29, 2013
29
May'13
CERN uses ITIL to rethink facilities management
CERN, the particle physics laboratory, is using IT service management to support operations outside the IT function
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May 29, 2013
29
May'13
Stratfor hacker pleads guilty
US hacktivist Jeremy Hammond pleads guilty to accessing computers of law enforcement agencies and government contractors illegally
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May 29, 2013
29
May'13
Syrian hackers deface Sky Android apps
Syrian hackers have defaced several of Sky’s Android apps, forcing the broadcaster to remove them temporarily from the Google Play store
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May 24, 2013
24
May'13
Bolton and Wigan get PSN in £47m outsourcing deal
Bolton and Wigan councils have signed a seven-year £47m outsourcing contract, which will deliver a ‘PSN ready’ network to the region.
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May 24, 2013
24
May'13
BT and Intel invest in lab to research into future cities and telecoms technologies
A research laboratory has been launched by BT and Intel to develop networking technologies and smart city capabilities.
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May 23, 2013
23
May'13
Interview: Government CTO Liam Maxwell
Government CTO Liam Maxwell has driven Whitehall’s IT agenda for years, previously as deputy government CIO and director of ICT futures
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May 23, 2013
23
May'13
UCL turns to private cloud to solve its data storage woes
University College London is building a storage infrastructure in the cloud that will scale up to 100PB
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May 22, 2013
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May'13
UK ISPs block access to pirate sites
UK internet service providers have begun blocking access to two sites accused of breaking copyright laws
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May 21, 2013
21
May'13
Microsoft and Janet deal brings cloud to millions of academics
Microsoft and the UK’s research and education network deal gives academic institutions access to Office 365 and millions of students fast and secure access to Windows Azure cloud
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May 21, 2013
21
May'13
Privileged accounts key to most APT attacks, says Cyber-Ark
The theft, misuse and exploitation of privileged accounts is becoming an increasingly key tactic in advanced persistent threat attacks
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May 16, 2013
16
May'13
Most IT environments immature, Microsoft reveals
Most business IT environments are immature, analysis of data from Microsoft’s Cloud Security Readiness Tool has revealed
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May 15, 2013
15
May'13
Microsoft declares conformance with ISO 27034-1
Microsoft has declared conformance with ISO 27034-1, the first part of an international standard for secure software development
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May 13, 2013
13
May'13
Cyber criminals hack Washington court system
Hackers gain access to the personal data of 160,000 US citizens after compromising Washington State court service servers
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May 10, 2013
10
May'13
Case Study: Brent Council cuts costs with mobile tech
Brent Council implements mobile technology to cut costs and involve more staff in the future running of the organisation
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May 08, 2013
08
May'13
Adobe moves to cloud-based subscription model
Adobe has announced that it is to introduce a cloud-based subscription model for popular applications, including Photoshop
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May 07, 2013
07
May'13
Symantec helps NHS trust cut security costs by a quarter
The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust cut security costs by 25% in its partnership with security supplier Symantec
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May 07, 2013
07
May'13
SME Arcus brings AWS IaaS and PaaS to public sector with G-Cloud
UK SME Arcus Global has become the first certified Amazon Web Services reseller on the government’s third G-Cloud framework
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May 07, 2013
07
May'13
Windows 8 passes 100 million in sales
Microsoft says Windows 8 OS has sold more than 100 million copies, roughly matching Windows 7 in the six months after launch
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May 03, 2013
03
May'13
95% of local councils share services
Hundreds of local councils are sharing services as government cuts force them to fund new ways of providing services
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May 03, 2013
03
May'13
Netherlands considers hacking powers for police
The Netherlands government considers legislation to give police powers to hack into computers, install spyware and read emails
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May 02, 2013
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May'13
Report into Post Office Horizon system expected in July
The findings of an independent investigation into the Post Office's Horizon accounting system are expected to be published in July
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May 01, 2013
01
May'13
What’s to be done about data breach discovery?
The time from first contact by cyber attackers to the victim learning of it is still measured in months and years, not hours and days
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April 30, 2013
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Apr'13
Case study: The DANTE link for Euro academics
The best technology innovation winners of Computer Weekly’s European User Awards for Networking on how DANTE brings together researchers from far and wide with Infinera solutions
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April 30, 2013
30
Apr'13
Case study: How SAP runs Cape Town
For the past 10 years, SAP has been running the city of Cape Town, South Africa
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April 25, 2013
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Apr'13
Infosec 2013: Cyber crime challenges law enforcement
Cyber crime is forcing police and law enforcement agencies to re-think basic skills needed, according to experts at Infosecurity Europe 2013
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April 25, 2013
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Apr'13
Lib Dems will block Snoopers’ Charter, says Nick Clegg
The draft Communications Data Bill will not go ahead while the Lib Dems are in government, says deputy prime minister Nick Clegg
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April 22, 2013
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Apr'13
Infosec 2013: University research challenges reliability of IPS
Research shows intrusion prevention systems (IPS) are not as effective at detecting malicious activity as some might think
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April 22, 2013
22
Apr'13
Security spend misaligned with threats, says security veteran
Security budget allocations have remained the same for the past 15 years, but threats have changed, says Shlomo Kramer, chief executive at security firm Imperva
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April 22, 2013
22
Apr'13
US jails LulzSec hacker Cody Kretsinger
The US has jailed a member of hacktivist group LulzSec for a year for his role in breaching computer systems at Sony Pictures Entertainment in 2011
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April 19, 2013
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Apr'13
Conficker makes way for web-based attacks, says Microsoft
Web attacks emerge as top threat as businesses finally begin to win the battle against Conficker and other worms, says Microsoft
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April 19, 2013
19
Apr'13
Open data leaders slam government over postcode privatisation
The Open Data Institute has hit out at Whitehall plans to allow details of UK postcodes to continue to be sold for profit
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April 19, 2013
19
Apr'13
Microsoft reports strong quarterly results for all divisions
Microsoft reported profit of $6bn for the past quarter, up 17% from a year ago, despite a mixed response to Windows 8 and a decline in PC sales
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April 18, 2013
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Apr'13
World’s fastest supercomputer gets 40PB of DDN storage
The US Oak Ridge lab builds home-grown HPC NAS for 40PB DataDirect Networks with 1TBps of throughput as a SAN to back-end Spider II file system on Titan supercomputer
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April 15, 2013
15
Apr'13
Case study: London's Olympic network from BT
After receiving an honourable mention in the European user awards for networking, Computer Weekly looks at the challenge of rolling out the network for the London Olympic Games in 2012
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April 15, 2013
15
Apr'13
Anonymous hacks North Korean websites for a second time
Members of the Anonymous hacktivist collective claim to have again hacked several prominent North Korean websites
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April 15, 2013
15
Apr'13
Google reaches deal with EU competition authorities
Google has reportedly reached a deal with European Union (EU) competition authorities over concerns about its business practices
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April 12, 2013
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Apr'13
Google has another go at allaying EU competition concerns
Google has submitted a fresh set of proposals to address European concerns about its business practices and avoid punitive action
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April 11, 2013
11
Apr'13
Bots and web apps among top threats to data security, says Check Point
Bots, viruses, breaches and attacks are a constant and real threat to the information security of organisations
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April 11, 2013
11
Apr'13
Porn websites pose malware risk, says researcher
Browsing popular pornography internet sites pose a growing risk of malware infection, according to a security researcher
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April 11, 2013
11
Apr'13
South Korea accuses North Korea of launching cyber attacks
South Korea blames North Korea for the cyber attacks that shut down thousands of computers at broadcasters and banks two weeks ago