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• 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 14, 2011 14 Apr'11

  Declining PC market threatened by tablet popularity

  The PC market has continued to decline after delays in refresh cycles and increased purchases of tablet devices, according to research.

• April 14, 2011 14 Apr'11

  Forrester Research: Marketing is an IT spending blackhole

  Analyst Forrester Research is holding a roundtable meeting to bring together chief marketing officers and chief information officers, in a bid to bridge the divide between IT and marketing departments.

• April 13, 2011 13 Apr'11

  Building an Olympics network

  Preparation is clearly the key to Olympic success, as players on 27 July 2012 will see years of finely honed practice condensed into one gruelling fortnight

• April 13, 2011 13 Apr'11

  Infosec 2011: Charity sector shows the way to balance budget and security

  Tackling security project by project is an effective way of securing data on a limited budget, says Matt Holland, head of information security at children's charity NSPCC.

• April 13, 2011 13 Apr'11

  Developer renews court battle to claim 50% of Facebook

  A New York developer has renewed his court battle in claiming at least a 50% share of Facebook almost a year after his first attempt stalled.

• April 12, 2011 12 Apr'11

  Tesco uses customer data to stride ahead of competition

  Fresh insights from customer data allowed Tesco to meet consumers' needs faster and more accurately, growing Tesco's market capitalisation 10-fold in eight years while its chief competitors' market value fell, the retailer's former CEO Sir Terry ...

• April 12, 2011 12 Apr'11

  ICO slams Cabinet Office and MoD for slow FOI responses

  The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has criticised the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Defence for failing to reduce the time they take to respond to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.

• April 12, 2011 12 Apr'11

  Infosec 2011: Compliance the biggest security juggernaut, says security expert

  The biggest security compliance juggernaut for businesses is concentrating on achieving compliance rather than changing they way they work, says Des Ward, president of the Cloud Security Alliance UK and Ireland chapter.

• 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 11, 2011 11 Apr'11

  Copyright holders formulate ISP piracy website blocking scheme

  Copyright holders are urging UK internet service providers to block illegal file-sharing sites.

• April 08, 2011 08 Apr'11

  CIOs need IT governance rethink

  CIOs will need to rethink their IT governance policies as employees turn to social media tools to collaborate at work, according to research from analyst group Gartner.

• April 08, 2011 08 Apr'11

  Motivated, information security policye-aware employees are the best defence

  Keeping employees motivated is the best way to ensure you have satisfied customers, and if it is an employee's responsibility to keep the customers happy,...

• April 07, 2011 07 Apr'11

  Sophisticated cyber thieves behind Epsilon data breach, says parent company

  US marketing firm Epsilon was hit by one of the biggest data thefts to date, the work of highly sophisticated cyber thieves, says parent company Alliance...

• April 07, 2011 07 Apr'11

  Dell set to unveil cloud plans

  Dell is due to make a global announcement later today, where it is expected to unveil its plans for cloud computing.

• April 05, 2011 05 Apr'11

  Sex offence technology helps business avoid legal liability

  Technology that cross references image hash codes against child sexual abuse material will help businesses avoid legal liability.

• April 05, 2011 05 Apr'11

  City of York falls foul of data protection act following printer mix-up

  The City of York Council has fallen foul of the Data Protection Act after having accidentally disclosed personal data following a printer mix-up.

• April 05, 2011 05 Apr'11

  Immigration cap will not stem flow of IT workers to UK on ICT visas

  The immigration cap, which comes into force on 6 April 2011, will have little effect on the number of economic migrants entering the UK because businesses can continue to use the uncapped Intra Company Transfer (ICT) scheme to access skills, ...

• April 04, 2011 04 Apr'11

  RSA discloses phishing-attack data breach details

  RSA, the security division of EMC, has revealed the firm's data breach in mid March was the result of a spear phishing attack. The spear phishing attack exploited an Adobe Flash vulnerability that was unpatched at the time.

• April 01, 2011 01 Apr'11

  CSC to acquire troubled NHS supplier iSoft

  IT services giant CSC has agreed to acquire troubled healthcare software firm iSoft after the latter suspended shares and put itself up for sale last week.

• April 01, 2011 01 Apr'11

  Sex discrimination rife in IT, says report

  Gender discrimination against women is rife in the IT sector, a report says.

• April 01, 2011 01 Apr'11

  Exclusive interview: Deputy government CIO Bill McCluggage on the new government IT strategy

  Bill McCluggage, deputy government CIO, talks exclusively to Computer Weekly about the changes in the government's new IT strategy.

• March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11

  Microsoft publishes report on its Security Development Lifecycle

  Microsoft has published a new report that outlines nine years of progress in developing, improving and sharing the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) process.

• 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

  Communication skills more important than technical know-how for IT jobs, say IT graduates

  Most IT graduates think technical skills are the least important for IT jobs, according to a survey.

• 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 29, 2011 29 Mar'11

  Government puts open source at the heart of its new IT strategy

  The government has launched its much-anticipated new IT strategy, highlighting open source and a promise that the coalition will do things better.

• March 29, 2011 29 Mar'11

  Marks & Spencer extends Cognizant outsourcing deal

  UK retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has expanded its outsourcing relationship with offshore IT service provider Cognizant, which extends a deal signed in 2009.

• 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 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  MoJ signs £22m shared services deal with Accenture

  The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has signed a £22m contract with Accenture to implement shared services across its human resources, payroll, finance and procurement operations for the next five years.

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  Businesses spend over £600k a week on data security abroad

  Companies are spending up to £624,000 a week to secure their most sensitive business data abroad, a study has revealed.

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  ITC agrees to review patent ruling against Eastman Kodak

  The International Trade Commission (ITC) has announced that it will review an earlier ruling in a patent dispute between Kodak Eastman and mobile handset makers Apple and Research in Motion (RIM).

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  Facebook Studio woos advertisers with campaign comparison tool

  Facebook is to launch a site to enable advertisers to view and comment on advertising campaigns on the social networking site.

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  European Commission clears Atos bid for Siemens IT

  The European Commission has cleared the proposed €850m acquisition of Siemens' IT Solutions and Service (SIS) by French IT service provider Atos Origin.

• March 25, 2011 25 Mar'11

  Police switch to Sprint ii for IT procurement

  Police forces in England and Wales are having to switch IT procurement from the Buying Solutions' CITHS framework to the SPRINT ii agreement.

• March 25, 2011 25 Mar'11

  Announcing the CW500 Club online community

  Computer Weekly is pleased to announce the launch of the CW500 Club online community

• March 25, 2011 25 Mar'11

  Hackers steal member email details from TripAdvisor site

  A number of TripAdvisor members may receive spam after hackers stole email details from the travel website.

• 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 23, 2011 23 Mar'11

  Budget 2011: UK public worried spending cuts will impact data security

  A large proportion of the UK public is worried that government spending cuts will have a negative effect on data security, a survey has revealed.

• 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.