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January 28, 2016
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Jan'16
Construction of £150m biomass-powered datacentre starts in Scotland
The developers behind Scottish green datacentre project confirm the campus is finally under construction
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January 27, 2016
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Security is crucial to IoT market success
Growth of the internet of things will be slowed or stunted if the industry fails to be proactive about data security, according to IoT Security Foundation
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January 27, 2016
27
Jan'16
Police spending too much on outdated IT systems, Theresa May says
Police ICT reform is “gritty and unglamorous” but necessary to tackle crime, according to home secretary Theresa May
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January 27, 2016
27
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VMware to cut 800 jobs in cloud-focused company restructure
Virtualisation company VMware confident adoption of software-defined datacentres will offset softening demand for older products
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January 27, 2016
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New government plan to support cyber security startups
Government has announced a £250,000 programme to increase the rate of cyber security startup development in the UK
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January 27, 2016
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Apple warns of dip as it posts record quarter
Apple's share price dips in response to forecast fall in iPhone sales despite record quarterly revenues and profits
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January 27, 2016
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Government may consider state-owned broadband provider
A public sector-owned broadband infrastructure provider is one option on the table as DCMS consults on the future of the £1.7bn BDUK scheme
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January 27, 2016
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Average DDoS attacks fatal to most businesses, report reveals
Criminal activity is top motivation for DDoS attacks as average attacks become strong enough to down most businesses, Arbor Networks report reveals
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January 27, 2016
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AGS Airports outsources IT after Heathrow split
AGS Airports signs Getronics to provide IT support services after splitting IT from its former owner
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January 26, 2016
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Low oil prices to fuel datacentre expansions in 2016, claims Canalys
Canalys claims access to cheaper energy will make it easier for datacentre operators to respond to growing demand for cloud
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January 26, 2016
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Wal-Mart to make huge data and analytics investment in India
Retail giant Wal-Mart is investing heavily in its IT development centre in Bangalore, turning the city into its most important centre outside the US
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January 25, 2016
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Industry leaders call on next London Mayor to prioritise technology
Ahead of the mayoral election, Tech London Advocates, techUK and Centre for London produce a manifesto lobbying for “a truly digital city”
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January 25, 2016
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Facebook to start building second European datacentre in Ireland
Facebook to construct second datacentre facility in Ireland after overcoming resident opposition in planning application appeal
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January 25, 2016
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Google pays HMRC £130m in tax deal
Google is to pay more UK tax in line with new rules – £130m, said to cover the last 10 years – but denies any wrongdoing in the past
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January 22, 2016
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Riverbed buys software-defined WAN specialist Ocedo
Supplier says acquisition will accelerate its Project Tiger strategy around next-generation software-defined networking services
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January 22, 2016
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Crunch time for Australian CIOs as analytics platforms drive strategy in 2016
CIOs in Australia and elsewhere will be expected to deploy technologies that promise to help them get more from the information they own
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January 21, 2016
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Broadgroup: Colocation providers must act on competitive threat posed by AWS
Datacentre analyst house uses annual finance forum to coach colocation sector on how to respond to AWS and its public cloud
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January 21, 2016
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Norfolk County Council embarks on £20m network and mobile upgrade
Norfolk County Council has awarded Capita-owned public services network supplier Updata a £20m framework agreement to upgrade its network infrastructure
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January 21, 2016
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Candy Crush maker King secures mobile access through cloud
Candy Crush maker King.com uses cloud-based Duo Security authentication for access to cloud services, customised apps and remote VPNs
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January 21, 2016
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Revamped Dridex Trojan continues to plunder UK banks
Cyber criminals operating the revamped Dridex malware are targeting business accounts at UK banks
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January 20, 2016
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IBM beats estimates with growth in strategic areas
IBM claims its transformation efforts are working, but share prices dropped on news of a fall in revenue for the 15th consecutive quarter
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January 20, 2016
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Bournemouth Council considers bringing IT back in-house
Bournemouth Council could bring IT and other services back in-house to gain more control over its budget and meet tough cost-cutting targets
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January 20, 2016
20
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Anchor tenants sought for £150m cross-border Irish datacentre
The development team behind a £150m dual-site datacentre that straddles the Northern Ireland border say it could generate thousands of jobs in the years to come
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January 20, 2016
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NHS 24 admits ‘systematic failure’ of £117m IT project
NHS 24 has admitted that a “systematic failure around project governance” was the cause of its major IT transformation project disaster
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January 20, 2016
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PwC acquires Polish cloud consultancy for European operation
PwC is buying Poland-based IT services firm Outbox to build its cloud skills and resources across Europe
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January 20, 2016
20
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Mobile services helping banks retain customers and add revenue
Investments in mobile banking services are helping banks increase revenue and retain customers
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January 20, 2016
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Microsoft to donate $1bn worth of cloud computing resources
Microsoft's $1bn cloud computing donation is aimed at helping NGOs, academic research and developing countries
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January 19, 2016
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Digital Single Market must be adopted without delay, says EU parliament
MEPs pass resolution urging the EU to adopt Digital Single Market proposals and enact new protections for consumers as soon as possible
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January 19, 2016
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UK IT and business process outsourcing plummeted in 2015, show ISG figures
The amount of money UK organisations spent on IT and business process outsourcing fell sharply in 2015, compared to the previous year
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January 19, 2016
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Migration recommendations could hike the cost of Indian IT services
Government recommendations to tighten up the rules around overseas workers in the UK could increase IT costs for businesses
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January 19, 2016
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Only half of businesses ready to defend against cyber attack
Lack of confidence in cyber security is driven by businesses' struggle to keep pace with the agility, resilience and persistence of attackers, says Cisco report
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January 19, 2016
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BT names global IT architect Howard Watson as CIO
BT chief architect and managing director of global IT platforms, Howard Watson, is to replace Clive Selley as the telecoms firm's CIO
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January 19, 2016
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Automated bots drive cyber attack innovation
Persistent cyber attacks will feature highly in 2016 as automation takes over, according to cyber security organisation Radware
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January 19, 2016
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Sigfox brings the internet of things to Antarctica
Connectivity provider teams up with GPS supplier Sensolus and Belgian government to use the IoT to support climate change researchers
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January 19, 2016
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Cloud host dumps hybrid for all-flash software-defined storage
Cloud firm Togglebox tried Linux software-defined storage and Nimble hybrid flash, but customers hit it too hard so it opted for all-flash with storage software from StorPool
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January 18, 2016
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Irish Tax Institute accelerates tax database search with MarkLogic
The Irish Tax Institute has opted for MarkLogic for its TaxFind database service, with a system that pools a range of data types
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January 18, 2016
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Data standards ‘should be led by market, not European Commission’, says UK government
In its response to the EU consultation on a single digital market, UK government highlights the need for healthy competition and transparency
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January 15, 2016
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Intel share price drops despite strong results
Despite growth in Intel's key datacentre and IoT businesses, investors remain concerned by falls in its core PC chip business amid market declines
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January 15, 2016
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Countries underestimate risk of cyber attack, says WEF
Cyber attacks are one of the most serious risks facing global economies, according to the World Economic Forum's 2016 risk report
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January 14, 2016
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Forcepoint combines Raytheon, Websense and Stonesoft
Raytheon-Websense acquires Stonesoft and Sidewinder technologies, relaunching as Forcepoint
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January 14, 2016
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Gigaclear gets European funding boost for further expansion
Rural broadband provider secures £18m loan from the European Investment Bank
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January 14, 2016
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One-fifth of consumers will trust tech firms for all financial products by 2025
Research suggests fintech companies will progress rapidly from niche products and services suppliers to join the financial mainstream
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January 14, 2016
14
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TalkTalk users report vanishing dial tone
TalkTalk users say they have been unable to place calls from landline telephone lines and the dial tone has disappeared
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January 14, 2016
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Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent celebrate honeymoon
Nokia and Alcatel-Lucent officially complete their merger and celebrate their first day of combined operations
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January 13, 2016
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Hybrid flash not good enough, says Kaminario customer
Cloud software provider Clarizen re-tools storage with all-flash arrays from Kaminario and forecasts the end for hybrid flash products that don't deliver on performance promises
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January 13, 2016
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Scottish Power picks Vodafone to manage smart electricity grid
Four-year contract will see mobile operator manage performance monitoring and fault identification systems as energy supplier transitions to smart grid technologies
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January 13, 2016
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Watchdog urges US nuclear agency to close cyber security gaps
An audit report has called on the US nuclear agency to revise its IT contracts to ensure better cyber security
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January 12, 2016
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More endpoints managed is security concern, say IT services firms
The rising number of devices connected to corporate networks is a security challenge for the IT services firms managing these endpoints
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January 12, 2016
12
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Ofcom outsources IT management to Indian services supplier NIIT
UK communications regulator Ofcom outsources its help desk, datacentre and application management services to IT services provider NIIT
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January 12, 2016
12
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European Commission awards cloud contracts worth €24m to BT
BT secures deals that will see it provide public and private cloud services to 52 European Commission agencies and bodies
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January 12, 2016
12
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TrendMicro releases emergency fix
TrendMicro has issued an emergency update for its antivirus product, but problems remain, according to the security researcher who reported critical vulnerabilities in the software
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January 11, 2016
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EU data protection rules affect everyone, say legal experts
The EU's new data protection rules will impact every entity that holds or uses European personal data both inside and outside of Europe, according to legal experts
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January 11, 2016
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Interxion confirms customer contact details compromised by hackers
Colocation provider confirms that hackers gained unauthorised access to its CRM system in December
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January 11, 2016
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Jeremy Corbyn’s team quickly regains control of hacked Twitter account
A hacker gained control of Jeremy Corbyn' s Twitter account, but managed to publish only four posts before control was taken back and the posts deleted
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January 11, 2016
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Top priorities for Nordic CIOs in 2016
What are the main priorities for CIOs in the Nordic region this year? Computer Weekly asks some of the region’s experts
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January 08, 2016
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Verizon’s rumoured datacentre sell-off: Why telcos are turning their backs on colocation
Reports suggest US comms provider Verizon will become the latest telco to sell off its colocation assets, but what is driving this trend?
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January 08, 2016
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Blackpool becomes third NHS trust to get open-source EPR
Open-source electronic patient records continue to gain traction in the NHS as Blackpool Teaching Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust signs up
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January 08, 2016
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US officials to meet tech firms about countering Islamic State
Discussions will cover ways of making it more difficult for extremist groups to use online services to further their aims
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January 08, 2016
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Tech firms critical of UK draft Investigatory Powers Bill
Facebook, Google, Microsoft, Twitter and Yahoo say they are particularly concerned about six key aspects of the UK's draft Investigatory Powers Bill
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January 07, 2016
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Yahoo plans to cut workforce by 10%
News of workforce reduction comes a day after activist investor Starboard Value called for significant changes in a letter to Yahoo board
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January 06, 2016
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The Office Group responds to flexible working boom with Microsoft cloud deployment
Flexible workspace provider rolls out Office 365 after business growth caused email storage capacity crunch
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January 06, 2016
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Italy wakes up to new IoT opportunities
Organisations in Italy are investing in internet-connected technologies, with infrastructure providers building the underpinning networks
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January 06, 2016
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EU privacy watchdog to set up ethics advisory group
The EU data protection supervisor plans to encourage a discussion on the ethics of future technologies to prevent individuals being reduced to mere data subjects
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January 06, 2016
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Upgrade to Internet Explorer 11 to reduce risk
Failure to update to the latest version of Internet Explorer by 12 January 2016 could put users at risk, Microsoft warns
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January 05, 2016
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Security experts support Dutch stance on encryption
Security experts have come out in support of a Dutch government statement against weakening encryption for the purposes of law enforcement and intelligence agencies
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January 05, 2016
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Seven standout Nordic enterprise startups on the rise
The Nordic region is a hotbed for IT startups and, while it is better known for consumer-targeted creations such as Angry Birds, there are more and more startups targeting businesses
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January 05, 2016
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Fears of software skills shortage in Germany and the Netherlands
Organisations in Germany and the Netherlands are struggling to fill positions for software developers as they digitise
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January 05, 2016
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Free public communications network rolls out in New York City
Communication hubs will provide free public Wi-Fi, voice and video calls, device charging and tablets for internet browsing, access to city services, maps and directions
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January 05, 2016
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Surveillance tribunal refers child privacy claim to information commissioner
The Investigatory Powers Tribunal has referred a complaint to the UK information commissioner that the US National Security Agency is intercepting children's internet activities
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January 05, 2016
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Intel acquires German drone maker Ascending Technologies
Intel adds to previous strategic investments in drone technology to bolster its competitive position in the drone chip market
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January 04, 2016
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IT security predictions for Australian organisations in 2016
What IT security challenges should Australian organisations expect in the new year?
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January 04, 2016
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Facebook CEO Mark Zuckerberg sets personal AI challenge for 2016
Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg plans to code a Jarvis-like AI assistant to help around the house and with his work in 2016
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December 23, 2015
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Top 10 APAC IT stories of 2015
The top 10 Computer Weekly articles about enterprise IT in the Asean and ANZ regions
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December 22, 2015
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Dorset County Council rejects outsourcing
Council decides against outsourcing back-office services, including IT, due to a lack of flexibility
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December 21, 2015
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Top 10 HR technology stories in 2015
2015 saw businesses replacing their on-premise HR systems with cloud services at an accelerating rate. More companies are turning to virtual reality, analytics and other disruptive technologies to help recruit and retain talented staff
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December 18, 2015
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Cisco to create 200 new cloud computing jobs in UK
Networking giant outlines plans to treble the size of the Cisco Meraki team by 2017
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December 17, 2015
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Australian corporate counsel under cyber attack but no plans to increase security spend
Australia’s corporate counsel are suffering a high rate of data breaches compared to many regions, but do not plan to spend more on preventative security
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December 17, 2015
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SThree to rein in IT budget by moving to cloud
Recruitment group plans to expand by 10% a year, but moving to the cloud will allow it to do more with the same IT budget
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December 16, 2015
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Deal on EU data protection is close
A deal to standardise data protection rules across the EU could be imminent after compromises were made
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December 15, 2015
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VMware backs out of Virtustream hybrid cloud venture with EMC
Virtualisation giant confirms exit from hybrid cloud joint venture with parent company
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December 15, 2015
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Will more business mean more IT adoption in post-election Myanmar?
Myanmar is set for huge economic, social and cultural changes after the recent general election and IT has a key role to play
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December 11, 2015
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For data analytics leaders in Asia Pacific, success comes from willingness to fail
Adopting data analytics technologies is something business and IT professionals in the APAC region will have to master if IDC predictions are right
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December 11, 2015
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Case study: Airbus sets out challenges of changing IT supplier
Aircraft manufacturer sets out what it learned from switching IT provider after 12 years of working together
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December 11, 2015
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Eight startups selected for Cyber London security accelerator programme
Cyber London has selected startups from the UK, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Brazil and South Africa for its second cyber security accelerator programme
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December 10, 2015
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Cyber criminals not to blame for all DDoS attacks, study shows
There is a real concern that many companies are being affected by the DDoS attacks commissioned by competitors, according to Kaspersky Lab
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December 10, 2015
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Datacentre operators must "open up" to close industry skills gap, claims IO
IO business development director Andrew Roughan said more must be done to encourage a wider range and higher number people into the datacentre industry
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December 10, 2015
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Experian chooses UK authentication startup for Gov.UK Verify
To ensure that UK citizens using Gov.UK Verify have secure access to their online accounts, Experian is using distributed cryptography technology from MIRACL
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December 10, 2015
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Cyber criminals switch tactics to cut costs
Cyber criminals have realised they can get the same results as malware with other attack methods, but at a lower cost
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December 10, 2015
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HPE goes live with Europe-wide cloud service catalogue
HPE’s Cloud 28+ service catalogue is open for business and hopes to encourage wider take-up of off-premises services across the continent
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December 10, 2015
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100Gbps network powers petabyte research cloud at Australia’s Monash University
Australian university implements powerful network to support data hungry research cloud.
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December 10, 2015
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100Gbps network powers petabyte research cloud at Australia’s Monash University
Australian university implements powerful network to support data hungry research cloud.
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December 10, 2015
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European Commission proposes rules for digital content and online sales
The EC has published proposals aimed at promoting access to digital content and online sales across the European Union and include an overhaul of copyright laws
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December 10, 2015
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Rural payments digital service like watching a Greek tragedy unfold, say MPs
Serious culture clash and dysfunctional leadership were at the core of the rural payments digital service problems, the Public Accounts Committee heard
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December 09, 2015
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Russian big data in early stages
The use of big data technologies in Russia is still embryonic and the economic slowdown is stalling developments
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December 09, 2015
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100Gbps network powers petabyte research cloud at Australia’s Monash University
Australian university implements powerful network to support data-hungry research cloud
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December 09, 2015
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The FCA is open to cloud – but what of the firms it regulates?
The Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) says cloud computing – even in its public form – is acceptable for finance organisations
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December 09, 2015
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Nordic startups take on the enterprise mobile app market
Nordic startups are targeting the mobile market with software to help customers create apps as demand from businesses in their home region and beyond grows
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December 08, 2015
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Australian university launches cyber security master's degree
The University of New South Wales in Canberra has launched a master's course in cyber security, strategy and diplomacy
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December 08, 2015
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Google’s Eric Schmidt calls for social media controls
Google chairman Eric Schmidt has called for tech firms to develop “spellcheckers” for hate and harassment as alternatives to censorship
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December 08, 2015
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Trust in IT outsourcing outweighs lower cost for HW Fisher
The value of a trusted relationship with an IT service provider is hard to measure, but HW Fisher IT head Tony Blonk says it outweighs price cuts