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• 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 18, 2011 18 Mar'11

  Tim Berners-Lee to help protect net neutrality in UK

  Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee is to work with the Broadband Stakeholders Group to ensure the UK works towards a more open internet.

• March 18, 2011 18 Mar'11

  RSA hit by advanced persistent threat attacks

  RSA, the security division of EMC, has revealed that attackers have stolen information from the company's IT systems

• March 17, 2011 17 Mar'11

  Government Digital Service launched to oversee Whitehall websites

  Whitehall has set up a new organisation to oversee moves to improve the digital delivery of public services.

• March 17, 2011 17 Mar'11

  DWP cancelled £300m Fujitsu deal over transition deadline failures

  The decision by the Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) to cancel a £300m desktop support deal with Fujitsu before it even began will lead many in the public sector to question some IT suppliers' ability to deliver on their sales pitch.

• March 17, 2011 17 Mar'11

  Ban threat looms for Blackberry services as India demand corporate data access

  India could block Research in Motion (RIM) from 31 March 2011 after government officials expressed dissatisfaction with access to Blackberry services.

• March 16, 2011 16 Mar'11

  Trusteer debuts no-software malware protection

  Secure web access firm Trusteer has announced a web login and transaction monitoring service to detect malware without installing software.

• March 16, 2011 16 Mar'11

  RIM urges Blackberry users to disable Javascript after web browsing vulnerability revealed

  Research in Motion (RIM) is advising Blackberry smartphone users to disable Javascript to protect against a security vulnerability in its web browser.

• 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

  CIO interview: Marcus East, Comic Relief

  In the run-up to Comic Relief's Red Nose Day on Friday 18 March, head of future media and technology Marcus East is having a frantic week - but we managed to take a few minutes of his time to get an update on IT preparations for the event.

• March 15, 2011 15 Mar'11

  Department for Work and Pensions cancels £300m Fujitsu contract

  The DWP cancelled its desktop support contract with Fujitsu before it passed to the supplier from incumbent HP.

• 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 14, 2011 14 Mar'11

  US presses punitive copyright deal on trade partners

  The US is continuing its secret efforts to secure tougher copyright laws, even though its Hollywood-sponsored anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (Acta) has still to be validated, a leaked document has revealed.

• March 14, 2011 14 Mar'11

  Sky to recruit 100 IT staff in Scotland

  Sky is to create 100 permanent IT roles in Scotland as part of an expansion of its customer business systems team.

• March 14, 2011 14 Mar'11

  Analysts warn over chip supply chain delays after Japan quake

  The earthquake in northern Japan last week, could damage the semiconductor industry and chip supply chain.

• March 10, 2011 10 Mar'11

  IBM targets Oracle customers with free big data training

  IBM plans to train 10,000 Oracle database professionals in IBM software analytics and information management throughout 2011 via free bootcamp training sessions.

• March 10, 2011 10 Mar'11

  Most organisations approach IAM in the wrong way, says Gartner

  Most organisations are approaching identity and access management (IAM) in the wrong way, by planning deployments around technologies, says Gartner.

• March 10, 2011 10 Mar'11

  Advanced persistent threats - are businesses prepared?

  Businesses usually attain adequate levels of IT defences at the point that it becomes more cost effective for cyber criminals to target someone else.

• March 09, 2011 09 Mar'11

  Mobile ticketing users to treble by 2015

  The number of people redeeming travel and entertainment tickets via their mobile phones is set to treble by 2015, according to a report by Juniper Research.

• March 09, 2011 09 Mar'11

  Avis CIO hands in the keys after three years at the wheel

  Adam Gerrard is to leave the post of chief information officer of Avis after three and a half years

• 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

  Apple and Google top most admired list

  IT companies are considered some of the most admired companies in the world with Apple and Google leading the pack.

• March 09, 2011 09 Mar'11

  Industry calls on employers to say what security skills are needed

  The National Skills Academy for IT is calling on employers to address the cyber security skills gap by sharing views on the most useful courses and qualifications.

• 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 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.

• March 03, 2011 03 Mar'11

  Government increases pay rates for offshore workers in the UK

  The government has increased the salaries oversees workers must be paid if they are to come to the UK.

• March 02, 2011 02 Mar'11

  Government publishes first contract in transparency drive

  The first contract to be published under the government's new transparency drive has been posted on BusinessLink's Contract Finder website.

• March 02, 2011 02 Mar'11

  Government losing billions by not moving to the cloud

  The public sector could be making unnecessary redundancies due to a reluctance to innovate in IT and shift to the cloud, says former CIO John Suffolk

• March 02, 2011 02 Mar'11

  Government needs radical approach to IT, says Institute for Government

  The government needs to implement a radical new approach to IT projects, according to the recommendations of a report by independent thinktank the Institute for Government.

• March 01, 2011 01 Mar'11

  Intel finalises £5bn acquisition of McAfee

  Intel has confirmed the completion of its $7.7bn (£5bn) acquisition of security software giant McAfee.

• March 01, 2011 01 Mar'11

  Government spends £9.4bn on top 10 most expensive ICT contracts

  The government's top 10 most expensive IT contracts are worth a combined value of £9.44bn, Computer Weekly has found.

• February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11

  IT freelancers turn recruiters to cope with SME demand

  Freelance IT workers in the digital services sector are being forced to recruit other freelancers to help them keep up with large volumes of work. IT...

• February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11

  Juniper aims to wrap Cisco with QFabric datacentre management

  Datacentre operators and cloud computing suppliers could slash their power and space requirements while running up to 10 times faster

• February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11

  ISC releases security fix for Bind DoS vulnerability

  The Internet Systems Consortium has published an advisory and an update for the Bind domain name system software versions 9.7.1 to 9.7.2-P3.

• February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11

  Exxon, Shell, BP hacked in Night Dragon attacks

  Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell and BP were among the oil companies targeted by hackers working through internet servers in China, say US reports.

• February 24, 2011 24 Feb'11

  Government pushes for open standards

  Open standards should be sought in all government IT procurement specifications, says the Cabinet Office

• February 22, 2011 22 Feb'11

  The CIO guide to being headhunted

  Senior technology executives need to be aware of the pitfalls and best practices when dealing with recruitment agents and headhunters to find the best opportunity.

• February 22, 2011 22 Feb'11

  Middle East governments stepping up internet control, study shows

  The internet has proved to be a powerful tool for rallying social and political change, but Middle East governments have also recognised their capability to disrupt communications

• February 21, 2011 21 Feb'11

  RSA 2011: Microsoft promotes co-ordinated vulnerability disclosure

  Software producers remain largely unresponsive to input from security researchers, according to Aaron Portnoy, manager of the security research team HP TippingPoint.

• February 17, 2011 17 Feb'11

  Government makes changes to immigration scheme

  The government has announced the details of changes it will make to the Intra Company Transfer (ICT) scheme, which has been criticised for being open to...

• February 17, 2011 17 Feb'11

  RSA 2011: RSA, EMC and VMWare advise on defending against advanced persistent threats

  Security leaders have outlined ways organisations can better defend against advanced persistent threats (APTs) in a paper published by RSA, the security division of EMC.

• February 16, 2011 16 Feb'11

  Overhaul A-levels and improve teaching to boost science and tech student uptake, says Royal Society

  An overhaul of A-levels and better teaching are needed to boost the numbers of young people progressing to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects in higher education, according to an influential new study.

• February 16, 2011 16 Feb'11

  Atos Origin boosts profit despite fall in sales

  IT services company Atos Origin has announced full-year profits of €337m (£283m), a 6.7% year-on-year increase. However, overall sales fell by 3.5%...

• February 15, 2011 15 Feb'11

  Barclays Bank boosts IT staff and project spending

  Barclays has boosted its technology staff and budget, according to the bank's full-year results released today.

• February 15, 2011 15 Feb'11

  RSA 2011: Cybersecurity leads conference with cloud security keynote

  Cybersecurity is one of the key topics at the RSA Conference 2011 taking place this week in San Francisco.

• February 14, 2011 14 Feb'11

  Intellect presses government to promote IT in UK economic growth

  The government has agreed to promote the role of technology in leading the UK's economic growth, following a meeting with IT industry body Intellect.

• February 14, 2011 14 Feb'11

  Business Software Alliance fines company £24,000 for unlicensed Microsoft software

  Label company System Labelling has been fined £24,800 for using unlicensed Microsoft software.

• February 14, 2011 14 Feb'11

  Dell rolls out services for enterprise mobility

  Dell has introduced a portfolio of services to help businesses manage mobile devices and an increasingly mobile workforce.