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• 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  Troops in danger as outdated systems at the MoD reach meltdown

  Outdated IT systems at the The Ministry of Defence (MoD) are reaching meltdown, with the risk of seriously affecting troops' ability to carry out operations, a National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.

• 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.