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• October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15

  UK companies still not on top of cyber attacks, says PwC report

  Nearly 10% of UK firms do not know how many cyber attacks they had in the past year and 14% do not know how they happened, says PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)

• October 07, 2015 07 Oct'15

  Internet of things is next step along Infiniti Red Bull’s F1 journey

  Formula 1 team Infiniti Red Bull Racing is beginning to explore the potential of the IoT as it makes ongoing improvements to its networking infrastructure with support from AT&T

• October 06, 2015 06 Oct'15

  Researchers find credential-stealing webmail server APT attack

  Security researchers have discovered a new and unique advanced persistent threat (APT) technique that involves a malicious module loaded onto a webmail server

• October 05, 2015 05 Oct'15

  Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2015: Shortlist announced

  Find out who made the shortlist for this year's Best of VMworld Europe User Awards, which is set to take place on Tuesday 13 October at VMworld, Barcelona

• October 03, 2015 03 Oct'15

  What to consider when IT outsourcing contracts come up for renewal

  Outsourcing contracts worth billions of pounds come up for renewal over the next few years – but unprecedented industry change complicates the CIO's decision

• October 01, 2015 01 Oct'15

  Education, energy and finance top UK cyber attack targets

  The UK remains in the top five most targeted countries in Europe, the Middle East and Africa but has dropped from number one in 2014 to fifth place for the first half of 2015, a FireEye report reveals

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  Medical devices must be secure by design, say industry experts

  The information security industry is calling for medical device manufacturers to design and build cyber security into all internet-enabled devices after thousands are found to be hackable

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  Risk to internet roots of trust having impact on businesses, study shows

  Some 61% of UK firms have lost customers due to failure to secure the online trust established by digital certificates and cryptographic keys, a Ponemon Institute study shows

• September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15

  Two thirds of UK businesses never meet important customers

  British businesses don't always meet their best customers or the people they do most business with, because of trends in modern technology

• September 25, 2015 25 Sep'15

  CIO interview: Antti Koskelin at Finland’s Kone

  Antti Koskelin joined Kone with the immediate task of finishing off a major IT infrastructure project that had already started, but has looked forward ever since

• September 22, 2015 22 Sep'15

  Industry is 12 months out from mass IoT adoption, says IDC

  An IDC survey of global IT decision-makers reveals that almost three-quarters have either deployed or plan to deploy internet of things systems in the coming year

• September 17, 2015 17 Sep'15

  Singapore general election reveals growing importance of social media

  Organisations in all sectors in Association of Southeast Asian Nations (Asean) countries are recognising the influence of social networking

• August 26, 2015 26 Aug'15

  Many firms not getting to grips with third-party data security risk

  Supply chain data security risk is pervasive, but being unable to deal with it is down to basic failings, says a cyber risk expert

• August 26, 2015 26 Aug'15

  Strong US dollar hits European server shipments as CIOs protect IT budgets

  Gartner server shipment figures highlight the impact of a strong US dollar on European IT buying habits as the global economy braces for another period of uncertainty

• August 18, 2015 18 Aug'15

  Australian Cyber Security Centre sets baseline for businesses

  The ACSC wants more organisations to take responsibility for protecting their information resources and computer systems

• August 13, 2015 13 Aug'15

  Rapid7 seeks greater security collaboration with technology firms

  Rapid7 is working to promote better relations between the security community and the rapidly increasing number of de facto technology companies

• August 11, 2015 11 Aug'15

  DEF CON 23: Two major roadblocks to cyber diplomacy, says former US diplomat

  The problem of attribution and the disclosure dilemma continue to hamper cyber diplomacy, but the US might just have cracked the former, according to David An

• August 07, 2015 07 Aug'15

  Many firms still failing to test and secure web applications, says Rapid7

  Web application security is not getting the focus and attention it needs because of a lack of awareness of the risks by security professionals and developers alike, says Rapid7

• August 05, 2015 05 Aug'15

  BlackHat 2015: 2FA key to defence against cyber espionage groups

  Abuse of credentials and watering-hole attacks are main tactics used by cyber espionage group TG-3390 or Emissary Panda, research reveals

• August 05, 2015 05 Aug'15

  BlackHat 2015: Firms must switch focus to data security, says Imperva

  Without using any exploits, hackers can turn synchronisation services such as Dropbox, GoogleDrive and Box into a devastating attack tool, warns Imperva

• August 03, 2015 03 Aug'15

  Why the time is ripe for security behaviour analytics

  Recent months have seen an uptick in announcements by security suppliers around behavioural analytics, but what is driving this trend?

• July 31, 2015 31 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

• July 27, 2015 27 Jul'15

  Fiat Chrysler recall highlights importance of security by design

  Fiat Chrysler's vehicle recall – to fix cyber security vulnerabilities – highlights the cost and reputation damage of failing to ensure systems are secure by design

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  Software project will save Ford tens of millions a year in car repair bills

  Car maker Ford is rolling out sophisticated warranty software to 12,000 dealers worldwide in a project that is expected to bring rapid financial returns

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  Qualcomm to cut staff and costs as quarterly profits falls by 47%

  Although Qualcomm's profit of $1.2bn for the past quarter is up by 12% on the previous quarter, the figure is down by 47% compared with the same period in 2014

• July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15

  Jeep hack raises questions about responsibility for security

  The hack of a Jeep raises the question whether users or car manufacturers should be responsible for protecting against cyber attackers

• July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15

  Worldwide public cloud spend tipped to hit $70bn in 2015

  Latest IDC cloud spending data highlights growing appetite for public cloud services across several vertical markets

• July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15

  Investment in the internet of things boosts revenue for manufacturers

  A TCS report reveals executives plan to increase spending on IoT initiatives to boost business

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Information security governance maturing, says Gartner

  Increasing awareness of the impact of digital business risks, coupled with high levels of publicity regarding cyber security incidents, is making IT risk a board-level issue, says Gartner

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  False malware alerts cost European firms £500,000 a year, study shows

  Organisations are dealing with nearly 10,000 malware alerts a week, but only 22% are considered reliable and only 3.5% are deemed worthy of further investigation, a study shows

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  Nordic region has most connected 'things' per person

  Study shows Nordic countries are leading the way in the internet of things, but are yet to use it for business transformation

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  Land Rover praised for recall over software security bug

  BT Security head Mark Hughes says Land Rover's recall of vehicles to fix a software security flaw is a sensible step to address evolving criminal threats

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  Symantec bets on simplicity, cloud and mobile

  Symantec is not trying to be all things to all people, but is instead focusing on threats and protecting information in the mobile and cloud environments

• July 13, 2015 13 Jul'15

  Seagate embarks on renewed HPC push through partnerships with HP and IBM

  Storage supplier hopes to increase the total addressable market for its ClusterStor appliance by joining forces with HP and IBM

• July 13, 2015 13 Jul'15

  Balabit bets big on Blindspotter

  At first glance behavioural analytics may seem a strange direction for security company Balabit – but it makes sense on closer inspection

• July 13, 2015 13 Jul'15

  GE predictive analytics optimises Irish Power electricity production

  Irish Power is an early adopter of GE's predictive analytics tool suite Reliability Excellence from GE, built on the company’s Predix platform

• July 10, 2015 10 Jul'15

  IBM squeezes more out of chip technology with 7nm breakthrough

  IBM has worked with Samsung and silicon chip researchers in an attempt to push the limits of chip technology

• July 10, 2015 10 Jul'15

  Lotus Formula 1 gears up for racing with Microsoft Dynamics

  Microsoft Dynamics tools drive the Lotus F1 team's data analytics in ratcheting the performance of its cars, engineers – and business

• July 09, 2015 09 Jul'15

  Grexit threatens to cut Greek IT spending by $3.7bn

  Greek IT spending set to fall steeply if the country leaves the Euro, following the "no" vote in the referendum

• July 09, 2015 09 Jul'15

  Balabit releases Blindspotter real-time user monitoring tool

  Balabit's Blindspotter real-time user behaviour analytics monitoring tool for identifying malicious activity throughout IT systems has been released to market

• July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15

  From cars to cranes, Nordic industry is embracing the industrial internet of things

  Nordic industry is beginning to use industrial internet of things (IIoT) technologies such as machine learning, big data and the internet of things (IoT)

• July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15

  Symantec uncovers Morpho cyber espionage operation

  A cyber espionage group has targeted high-profile technology, internet, commodities and pharmaceutical companies in the US, Europe and Canada, reports Symantec

• July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15

  Successful IoT projects beget further innovation, says Vodafone

  Vodafone’s M2M Barometer report says that, once organisations extract value from an internet of things (IoT) project, they quickly find further applications

• July 07, 2015 07 Jul'15

  Samsung lowers second quarter earnings forecast

  Samsung expects second quarter sales to total 48tn won, 8% down on the same period the year before and 5tn won below Samsung’s previous estimate

• July 01, 2015 01 Jul'15

  Cyber security a business issue, CBI conference told

  Like any other serious threat to your company, cyber security should be firmly on the board's agenda, speakers told delegates at a CBI security conference

• June 29, 2015 29 Jun'15

  Cisco launches IoT System for enterprise and smart cities

  Cisco unveils 15 products to address the growing complexity of internet of things deployments

• June 29, 2015 29 Jun'15

  Is the UK government serious about tackling IT suppliers' abuse of intra company transfers?

  The UK government is making noises about reducing the number of non-EU workers in the UK – and the IT industry could be the focal point for this

• June 23, 2015 23 Jun'15

  Pharmaceutical companies use BPM to cut cost of clinical trial drugs

  Pharmaceutical companies have developed an IT system to secure the supply of medicines they need for clinical studies, saving hundreds of thousands on their drugs bill in the process

• June 19, 2015 19 Jun'15

  Californian state officials reveal driverless car crash numbers for first time

  The Californian Department for Motor Vehicles bows to pressure from The Associated Press to reveal details of self-driving car crashes

• June 19, 2015 19 Jun'15

  Nordic companies drive the future of the smartcar industry

  Nordic companies are pioneering the smartcar industry as businesses and consumers turn to software to improve efficiency and safety

• June 17, 2015 17 Jun'15

  Enterprises will take up wearables for the internet of things, say researchers

  Enterprise information security may need re-evaluating as researchers predict wearables could become an interface to the industrial internet of things (IoT)

• June 12, 2015 12 Jun'15

  Nearly all UK corporations have been hacked, a survey shows

  While 96% of UK firms have been hacked, 9.1% have not acted to protect themselves from hacking, a survey has revealed

• June 08, 2015 08 Jun'15

  Renault latest to offer UK financial services through online account

  Renault is offering a UK savings account, with more financial products set to follow

• June 05, 2015 05 Jun'15

  EasyJet uses drone to inspect aircraft

  Airline easyJet has trialled the use of drones to carry out automated testing on aircraft

• June 04, 2015 04 Jun'15

  Peugeot Citroën prepares for in-car apps with Sierra Wireless

  French car manufacturer PSA Peugeot Citroën plans to deploy device-to-cloud technology to support its connected car strategy

• June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15

  Sourcing must adapt to digital business goals, says Gartner

  Businesses need to change their sourcing strategies if they are to keep pace with the digital revolution, says analyst organisation Gartner

• June 03, 2015 03 Jun'15

  Digital signage and manufacturing are fastest-growing IoT sectors

  The worldwide market for internet of things systems will grow to a total value of $1.7tn in 2020, according to analyst house IDC

• June 01, 2015 01 Jun'15

  Dell forms IoT unit and launches gateway products

  Dell has cut the ribbon on a new product division focused on creating internet of things systems

• May 29, 2015 29 May'15

  Top six enterprise IT priorities in the Nordics

  The future of enterprise IT looks bright in the Nordic region, with growing focus on datacentre investments, national cloud and automatisation

• May 26, 2015 26 May'15

  Vodafone reveals six mobile services to help developing world farmers

  Connected Farming report concludes simple mobile services could boost farm gate incomes by billions of dollars around the world

• May 22, 2015 22 May'15

  Nordics well prepared for Industrial Internet of Things

  In the race to reap the rewards of the industrial internet of things, Nordic countries are among the leading nations

• May 08, 2015 08 May'15

  CIO interview: Mikael Ludvigsen, DLG Group

  It is not an easy job to be the CIO of DLG Group, the ninth largest company in Denmark and the second largest agricultural firm in Europe

• May 08, 2015 08 May'15

  The IoT industry needs to do more to secure data, says Beecham Research

  There are key areas where the industry supporting the internet of things (IoT) needs to provide better security, according to Beecham Research

• May 07, 2015 07 May'15

  Businesses should prepare for black swans, says resiliency consultant

  While black swan events are random and unexpected, businesses can still prepare for them, according to a resiliency consultant

• May 07, 2015 07 May'15

  Future IAM will need to be broader, says Martin Kuppinger

  Identity and access management systems need to look at all forms of identity, not just employees or users, says KuppingerCole analyst

• May 06, 2015 06 May'15

  CIO interview: Darrell Stein, vice-president of information systems at Reckitt Benckiser

  Seven months after taking charge of IT at Reckitt Benckiser, Darrell Stein is pushing ahead with a strategy to increase digital revenues

• May 06, 2015 06 May'15

  Security pros must look out for IoT threats, says GE CISO

  Security threats from the IoT have yet to reach wide public perception, says Hanns Proenen, chief information security officer at GE Europe

• May 06, 2015 06 May'15

  Digital transformation affects every business, says Martin Kuppinger

  Digital transformation is unstoppable and affects every industry and business, according to KuppingerCole principal analyst Martin Kuppinger

• May 05, 2015 05 May'15

  Alcatel-Lucent to target enterprise UC market

  Alcatel-Lucent signs collaboration agreement with OTT unified comms firm Counterpath to target enterprise and operator customers

• May 01, 2015 01 May'15

  Use data to fight industrialised cyber crime, says RSA fraud head

  Fighting cyber criminals is all about collecting and using data, according to RSA head of anti-fraud services Daniel Cohen

• April 27, 2015 27 Apr'15

  Manufacturing industry lags behind as 32% of mid-tier companies hold back on digital

  Mid-tier organisations are holding back on digital development until they can be more certain the technology is worth investing in.

• April 21, 2015 21 Apr'15

  BT sets out ambition to become enterprise's cloud integrator of choice

  BT outlines its 'Cloud of Clouds' vision to allow users to access cloud apps and services, regardless of where their systems are hosted

• April 16, 2015 16 Apr'15

  Retailers should think of consumers as “omni-customers”, says OVS Spa

  Retailers should refocus their strategy to treat consumers as “omni-customers”, according to the director of e-commerce for Italian brand OVS Spa

• April 15, 2015 15 Apr'15

  Infosec taking the strain as threats evolve and skills gap widens

  Organisations are increasingly struggling to manage threats, according to (ISC)2 Global Information Security Workforce Study

• April 09, 2015 09 Apr'15

  CIO interview: Fernando Birman, head of the digital office, Solvay

  After years of IT work to support major M&A activity, global chemicals company Solvay is focusing on innovation to drive internal efficiency

• April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15

  Advanced threats are the new baseline, says Websense

  Enterprises must recognise that more cyber criminals are able to launch attacks due to the emergence of the malware-as-a-service business model

• April 02, 2015 02 Apr'15

  Foods manufacturer ConAgra expects to save $5m a year with data analytics

  Food manufacturer ConAgra Foods is using data analytics technology to improve how it makes decisions about hiring and deploying its workforce

• March 27, 2015 27 Mar'15

  Supply chain an important part of information security, say experts

  Business is increasingly recognising the importance of information security, but security within supply chains is still widely overlooked

• March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15

  Ovum urges service providers to get serious about cloud security

  Analyst Ovum's report into enterprise cloud adoption warns service providers to stop treating customers' security as an afterthought

• March 18, 2015 18 Mar'15

  Public sector slow to pick up on the internet of things, says Gartner

  A Gartner report predicts smart city deployments will be heavily skewed towards the private sector, leaving the public sector trailing

• March 17, 2015 17 Mar'15

  Brave firms see the benefits from people-centric security, says Gartner

  Brave firms with the right security culture and executive support are benefiting from a people-centric approach to security, says Gartner

• March 05, 2015 05 Mar'15

  Mobile World Congress 2015: Evolution but no revolution

  Mobile World Congress 2015 reflected less the handset innovation of recent years, and more the evolution of mobility

• March 04, 2015 04 Mar'15

  CIO interview: Connected cars set CIO agenda at Volvo

  IT has always tried to align with the business, but for Klas Bendrik, group CIO at Volvo Cars, it seems business has aligned with IT

• March 02, 2015 02 Mar'15

  Volvo develops car-to-car social networking for road safety

  Volvo has begun a pilot involving 1,000 vehicles for car-to-car communications to warn drivers of dangerous road conditions

• February 10, 2015 10 Feb'15

  Engineering firm Smiths Group to embark on landmark SDN project

  Engineering and technology firm Smiths Group renews AT&T contract ahead of major network refresh, and plans to put SDN at the heart of its project

• February 06, 2015 06 Feb'15

  Kellogg's outsources digital marketing to Indian supplier

  Food giant Kellogg's outsources the management of its digital marketing platform to Indian IT services firm Mindtree

• February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15

  Heinz puts SAP HANA in the cloud to boost global efficiency

  Food producer Heinz deploys SAP HANA on Virtustream’s xStream platform-as-a-service (PaaS) infrastructure to boost efficiency

• February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15

  IoT could be key to farming, says Beecham Research

  The internet of things could be key to the farming industry meeting the challenge of increasing food production by 70% by 2050, says report

• February 04, 2015 04 Feb'15

  Sony says cyber attack will cost $15m

  Sony expects the investigation and remediation costs of the November 2014 cyber attack on its movie subsidiary will amount to $15m

• February 02, 2015 02 Feb'15

  Darknet technologies have legitimate security uses, says researcher

  Darket technologies have legitimate security applications for business, says security investigator

• February 02, 2015 02 Feb'15

  Ford Lincoln announces remote-control car app as BMW issues security patch

  Ford Motor Company’s Lincoln brand announces an app enabling users to control their cars remotely as BMW issues a security patch

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  A lot of nonsense touted about IoT, says analyst

  There is a lot of nonsense being touted about the internet of things, says Ovum analyst

• January 27, 2015 27 Jan'15

  AstraZeneca consolidates on-site IT to sole service provider Computacenter

  AstraZeneca has outsourced its on-site IT services to Computacenter in a three-year agreement

• January 15, 2015 15 Jan'15

  Supplier relationship management lessons from the car industry

  IT can learn a lot from the car industry, which has transformed supplier relationship management

• January 08, 2015 08 Jan'15

  CES 2015: Car companies showcase automotive digitisation

  Autonomous automotive technology has stolen the limelight from the usual fodder of gadgets at CES in Las Vegas

• January 07, 2015 07 Jan'15

  GIW Industries uses Pernixdata to avoid SAN upgrade

  GIW Industries has used PernixData to improve the performance of XenDesktop desktop virtualisation

• December 30, 2014 30 Dec'14

  Defra: Broadband opens countryside up to cultivate startups

  Defra has said economic productivity could grow faster in the countryside than in urban areas over the next decade because of faster broadband

• December 22, 2014 22 Dec'14

  Top 10 CIO interviews of 2014

  The top technology chiefs in the UK shared their opinions and experiences of modern IT leadership

• December 19, 2014 19 Dec'14

  Government chief scientific adviser: 'Don’t trivialise the internet of things'

  Government chief scientific adviser publishes report on the internet of things, making several policy recommendations

• December 11, 2014 11 Dec'14

  CIO interview: Sarah Leslie, CIO, Iglo Foods Group

  Sarah Leslie, CIO at Birds Eye manufacturer Iglo Foods Group, is focused on delivering simplified and standardised IT systems