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• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  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

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  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

• December 08, 2015 08 Dec'15

  Indian IT services supplier Infosys creates jobs in Ireland

  Indian IT services supplier Infosys is creating 250 jobs in Ireland to support customers and innovate around financial services IT

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Low-cost Nordics expect datacentre growth

  The Nordics offers advantages as a datacentre location, with each of its five countries offering something different

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Global operation targets Dorkbot botnet

  The latest international operation against cyber criminals included seizing domains to disrupt the Dorkbot operators’ capacity to control their victims’ computers

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Cyber attacks an increasing concern for Asean countries

  Organisations in the Association of Southeast Asian Nations are increasingly the targets for cyber criminals, according to a report focused on the region

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Obama hints at tougher stance on encryption

  The White House has begun raising concerns with tech firms over terrorists' use of encryption and social media as president Obama signals he plans to urge tech firms to help

• December 07, 2015 07 Dec'15

  Australia launches plan to reduce reliance on natural resources

  The Australian government has announced plans to reduce its dependency on industries that rely on natural resources and increase its activities in areas such as IT

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  EFF sets up software vulnerability disclosure programme

  The EFF’s vulnerability disclosure programme includes a set of guidelines on how to report bugs in software the group develops and uses, offering several non-cash rewards

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  Internet of things will be one of the Asean IT highlights in 2016

  IoT investments will be one of the major trends in Asean economies throughout 2016, according to predictions from Frost & Sullivan.

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  Samsung agrees to pay $548m to settle dispute with Apple

  Samsung is expected to pay the outstanding damages to Apple by 14 December 2015, but it has reserved the right to collect reimbursement

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  India’s HCL opens Estonian operation to support Nordic customers

  HCL Technologies opens an Estonian delivery centre which will support customers across Europe, including those in the Nordic region

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  Europe's CIOs must raise their game in testing software quality

  CIOs across Europe have more work to do to ensure the structural quality of software is sound as IT becomes more important to organisations across different sectors

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  UK citizen challenges police and ICO over Prism

  A UK citizen challenging two police forces and the ICO hopes to achieve a landmark ruling similar to that obtained by Austrian privacy campaigner Max Schrems, who scuttled the Safe Harbour agreement

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  CGI to provide electronic health records to MoD

  The MoD has extended an outsourcing agreement with CGI to build on existing work the IT services firm does with its global medical operations

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Veracode finds most web apps fail Owasp security check list

  The findings of a report on critical vulnerabilities in most web applications is raising concerns over potential security vulnerabilities in millions of websites

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  VMware research shines light on volume of UK enterprise data stored overseas

  A poll of UK IT decision makers suggests just 37% know exactly where their enterprise data is located

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Workday ringfences support in Europe after Safe Harbour ruled unsafe

  US cloud HR and financial services provider reponds to Safe Harbour failure by ringfencing European data

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  UKtech50 2015 - The most influential people in UK IT

  Computer Weekly has announced the sixth annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK IT sector

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  Cyber insurance likely to drive better security, says Raytheon-Websense

  Security improvements driven by cyber insurance requirements is one of the top predictions in a Raytheon-Websense report on security trends in 2016

• December 02, 2015 02 Dec'15

  Singapore’s Yale-NUS deploys hybrid cloud

  Singapore college uses a hybrid cloud infrastructure to increase flexibility and reduce costs across its operation

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  IISS urges world policy makers to consider cyber domain more seriously

  The cyber domain needs to be better understood and the subject of greater strategic focus, according to a report by the Interanational Institute for Strategic Studies

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  Gartner hails datacentre cost savings of halting virtual machine sprawl

  Gartner claims CIOs could be missing out on datacentre cost savings by considering server virtualisation a done job

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  Infinity SDC sells Slough datacentre assets to rival Virtus

  Virtus expands greater London datacentre portfolio by purchasing rival's colocation facility in Slough

• December 01, 2015 01 Dec'15

  Financial loss still not a priority for UK IT decision makers

  UK chief information officers are more concerned with the loss of sensitive data in the face of increased cyber threats than financial loss, a survey has revealed

• November 30, 2015 30 Nov'15

  Five key checks to ensure a business is ready for cyber attacks

  Top of any company’s cyber security checklist should be ensuring that the cyber security strategy is taking all changes in the operating environment into account, says BAE Systems

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  Breach notification the biggest impact of EU data law overhaul, says law firm

  The EU data notification law will mean most UK organisations will have to change their approach to data breaches, according to legal firm Olswang

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  Digital drives business consultancy in IT outsourcing renewals

  As IT outsourcing contracts come up for renewal, CIOs might consider more business expertise to help them negotiate contracts that support inevitable digital expansion

• November 27, 2015 27 Nov'15

  Microsoft security tools remove risky Dell certificates

  Microsoft has updated its security tools to remove vulnerable certificates intalled on some Dell computers from the certificate root store, as well as the affected binaries that might reinstall the vulnerable certificate

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  Slush 2015 breaks records as Finland's startup scene flourishes

  Finland's Slush startup event is one of the biggest in the world and this year was its biggest ever

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  BAE Systems identifies three key security strategies

  Threat intelligence, network segmentation and comprehensive systems monitoring are key ways of increasing the odds in favour of cyber defenders, according to BAE Systems

• November 26, 2015 26 Nov'15

  Orange enhances internet of things strategy with additional services

  Orange has beefed up its internet of things strategy and announced the deployment of a long-range network to support IoT projects in 17 urban areas in France

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Government explores altnet fund and finds cash for mobile broadband

  In the spending review, the government announced the possibility of setting up a new fund to invest in altnets and found £550m to support more spectrum for mobile broadband

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  NetSuite grant revolutionises workflow for Philippine non-profit organisations

  Non-profit organisations in the Philippines are benefiting from cloud-based software following the award of software grants from NetSuite

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  Dell security flaws reignite debate on pre-installed software

  News that some Dell laptops are shipping with at least one, and possibly two, rogue root certificates represents a potential security breakdown in production processes, say security experts

• November 25, 2015 25 Nov'15

  QLabs gives hope to Australia’s data security shortcomings

  Australia might be ranked low for its computer security preparedness today, but there is enough innovation in the country to point to a more secure future

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  G-Cloud suppliers hit out at government IT pricing deal with Huddle

  Whitehall procurement chiefs respond to claims preferential pricing deal with Huddle goes against G-Cloud ethos

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  Equinix rolls out AWS Direct Connect in Slough datacentre

  Datacentre provider launches private internet connection to Amazon Web Services to help customers build hybrid clouds

• November 24, 2015 24 Nov'15

  UK police make two arrests over cyber crime services site

  A joint investigation by the NCA and information security firm Trend Micro has led to two arrests in connection with a crypting website

• November 23, 2015 23 Nov'15

  RSA aiming for usability through innovation, says CTO

  The challenge facing RSA as a technology company is making products that are easy to use, but allow some flexibility at the same time, says chief technology officer Zulfikar Ramzan

• November 23, 2015 23 Nov'15

  NHS England on the hunt for 'next-generation IT systems'

  NHS England wants to create an authoritative source of information for clinicians at the point of care, using next-generation IT systems

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Five key strategies for IoT success

  Companies need to be agile because in some IoT systems, it will be a question of the winner taking it all, according to Kent Eriksson, IoT business consultant at PTC

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Cyber Security Challenge UK terror final kicks off in London

  Would-be cyber warriors are defending Church House at Westminster Abbey from a simulated biological cyber terror attack in a battle to take top honours in the 2015 Cyber Security Challenge UK final

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Citrix cuts jobs and spins off GoTo business to drive profits

  Virtualisation giant Citrix will rationalise its operations after a large-scale business review that focuses on its core desktop virtualisation products

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Coalition of top tech firms opposes weakened encryption

  Weakening security with the aim of advancing security simply does not make sense, a coalition of top tech firms tells US president Barack Obama

• November 20, 2015 20 Nov'15

  Password-killing Fido Alliance submits tech specs to W3C

  The Fido Alliance has taken another step closer to defining a standard web-based API as industry support for its password-killing standards gains momentum

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  The Green Grid warns datacentre operators not to ignore local effect of their activities

  Given the growing amount of space and resources datacentres are eating up, The Green Grid has urged operators to consider the impact of their actions

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  RAC signs up to Microsoft Azure following IT outsourcing deal

  Roadside rescue service RAC will use Microsoft’s Azure cloud after striking an outsourcing agreement with IT services supplier Getronics

• November 19, 2015 19 Nov'15

  US district attorney calls for access to encrypted smartphone data

  A report from US district attorney Cyrus Vance claims the encryption of data on mobile operating systems has had severe consequences for public safety

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Whitehall IT chiefs open up about challenges of going cloud-first in central government

  Whitehall IT chiefs talk about the progress they have made with abiding by the central government cloud-first mandate

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Traditional datacentres ill-equipped to cope with IoT demands, warn technology experts

  BBC data scientist and Coca Cola CTO question if the datacentre is the right place to store, process and analyse IoT data

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Security key to digital transformation

  In the future, we will go to systems of systems, which means we will need a secure and trusted ecosystem from the sensor to the user, says security firm Exceet

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  Security and privacy need to be core to IoT design, say industry leaders

  The best way of tackling security and privacy concerns around the internet of things is to focus on both from the design phase, say industry leaders

• November 18, 2015 18 Nov'15

  IoT value even greater than the hype, says McKinsey

  Any business that fails to invest heavily in the internet of things in the next 10 years is unlikely to be able to remain competitive, according to McKinsey researcher Dan Aharon

• November 17, 2015 17 Nov'15

  Fujitsu announces MetaArc cloud platform, acquires UShareSoft

  At Fujitsu Forum 2015 in Germany, Fujitsu announces a cloud platform called MetaArc and acquires French software business UShareSoft

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  Passwords still a top issue the tech industry has to deal with, says panel

  In the face of several failed attempts by individual companies to eliminate passwords, a growing number of large companies are joining the Fido Alliance, ISSE 2015 conference in Berlin told

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  Security forces drive hacking idustrialisation, says SensePost

  The buyers of cyber attacks are military and police organisations who are willing to pay to enable taskforces to get into devices, says SensePost

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  Framework agreement boosts public-sector digitisation in Sweden

  Swedish public sector procurement organisation creates a framework to make it easier for organisations to offer digital services

• November 13, 2015 13 Nov'15

  UK firms look to threat intelligence to focus security efforts

  Performance, skills and costs remain biggest hurdles to true data-driven security, reveals an IDC study

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  TCS to give internships to 1,000 UK graduates

  IT services firm TCS is offering a thousand British youngsters the opportunity to work at some of its technology centres in India

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  The British Museum uses Google Street View to boost online access to exhibits

  The Google Cultural Institute has partnered with The British Museum to help make its collections accessible to people around the world

• November 12, 2015 12 Nov'15

  Facebook report shows governments asking for more user data

  While the US tops Facebook's list with 26,579 requests for user data, the UK is in second place, followed by India

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Tech Nordic Advocates will help Nordic and Baltic startups reach the next level

  A UK network that supports the IT startup community is attempting to emulate its activities in the Nordic and Baltic regions

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  NCA and Cert-UK call on more firms to share cyber-threat data

  As statistics suggest 30,000 attacks may have been thwarted by a cyber threat data-sharing scheme, operators NCA and Cert-UK call for more to get involved

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Atos embarks on datacentre refurbishment project push with ICTroom in Europe

  Atos has formed an alliance with ICTroom to help speed up the time it takes for enterprises to complete datacentre consolidation and refurbishment projects

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Germany is finalising legislation to shore up CNI cyber security

  Germany is working to ensure digital sovereignty through IT security legislation and negotiations on IT security regulations and transatlantic trade at a European Union level

• November 11, 2015 11 Nov'15

  Cyber security industry urged to engage with SMEs

  Engagement by the information security industry is necessary to help SMEs overcome the common barriers to becoming cyber secure, says IASME chief Emma Philpott

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Government CTO Liam Maxwell outlines GDS spending review priorities

  Government CTO Liam Maxwell talks about the impending outcome of the comprehensive spending review, as well as Whitehall's improved relationship with Microsoft

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Government launches cyber security research project

  The government has launched a programme to get businesses more involved in cyber security research

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Microsoft UK datacentre plans win backing of government CTO Liam Maxwell

  Government CTO Liam Maxwell speaks out about the role Whitehall's played in convincing Microsoft and others to open UK datacentres

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  EU data protection official optimistic on successor to Safe Harbour

  An EU data protection official says he is optimistic that an alternative to the Safe Harbour agreement will be found, but it will take work from both the US and the EU

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Crown Commercial Service backs Huddle's public sector-wide preferential pricing scheme

  Cloud-based collaboration platform provider hopes enterprise pricing scheme will make it easier and less costly for public sector to adopt its technology

• November 09, 2015 09 Nov'15

  IT and business process outsourcing surges after general election

  Business confidence following the general election is explained as the main reason for a massive hike in spending on IT and business process outsourcing by UK organisations

• November 09, 2015 09 Nov'15

  Cloud providers forging partnerships and alliances in Asean region

  Asean organisations must understand the ecosystem of channel partners that cloud providers are using if they are to get the best-fitting service

• November 09, 2015 09 Nov'15

  Risk of crippling cyber war yet to be addressed, says former US official

  Governments need to do more with defensive cyber security because offensive capability will not restore critical services after an attack, says a former US official

• November 09, 2015 09 Nov'15

  GCHQ and NCA join forces to police dark web

  GCHQ and the National Crime Agency are to track down paedophiles and serious online criminals by using the techniques and expertise used to find terrorists

• November 06, 2015 06 Nov'15

  Malaysia Budget 2016 favours ICT for citizens but offers less for enterprise ICT

  Although broadly welcomed, the latest Malaysian budget is better news for citizens using IT than for businesses

• November 06, 2015 06 Nov'15

  TalkTalk data breach hit 155,000 customers

  Broadband provider TalkTalk confirms fewer customers than originally feared – some 155,000 – were affected by the data breach in October 2015

• November 06, 2015 06 Nov'15

  RSA undergoing aggressive transformation, says Amit Yoran

  RSA has made a series of “difficult decisions” as a business to focus on key markets and security challenges, says company president Amit Yoran

• November 05, 2015 05 Nov'15

  Rethink security by focusing on resilience, says Raytheon-Websense

  Businesses need to take learned behaviours and use them to reliably contain and neutralise emerging threats, says Raytheon-Websense

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  Atos co-ordinates IT suppliers for Metropolitan Police

  The Metropolitan Police Service has awarded Atos a service integration and management contract as part of its technology transformation

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  How IoT will impact the Asean cloud landscape

  IoT deployments are in their early stages in the Asean region, but experts predict as take-up of IoT apps increases it will have a big impact on IT infrastructures in the region

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  Accenture builds data scientist base in Australian city Perth

  The data strategy of Australian energy giant Woodside has encouraged the IT industry to invest in the development of data science skills

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  IBM acquires software broker Gravitant to bolster hybrid cloud play

  IBM is continuing to build out its hybrid cloud proposition by splashing the cash on US-based IT services broker Gravitant

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  Companies need to change the way they think about security, says RSA president

  The security mindset needs to change because the dirty little secret in the security industry is that all the supplier claims in the world cannot keep firms safe from breaches

• November 04, 2015 04 Nov'15

  TechUK issues six-point plan to help the government work better with SMEs

  Technology association applauds government's efforts to engage with SMEs, but says more must be done to make it easier for smaller firms to do business with the public sector

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  000Webhost blames PHP exploit for breach of 13.5 million records

  Unencrypted passwords for a free web hosting firm were on sale for five months before customers were notified their records had been leaked, according to a security researcher

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  Australia's outsourced datacentre market rising on back of cloud computing

  Datacentre investment in Australia is growing fast as corporates use data-intensive applications delivered via the cloud

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  Startup support network Tech London Advocates expands into Nordics

  Startup support network Tech London Advocates is launching a sister organisation covering the Nordic and Baltic countries

• November 02, 2015 02 Nov'15

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise: think of us as a startup

  As Hewlett Packard Enterprise and HP Inc finally part ways, UK managing director Andy Isherwood shares some insight on what the future holds for the newly minted enterprise business

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  EU told to protect Snowden as privacy fears continue

  MEPs have called for EU states to protect Edward Snowden and on the EC to do more to protect the fundamental rights of citizens

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Law enforcement cracks down on DroidJack Android snooping malware users

  A joint EU/US operation on the DroidJack malware is the latest example of international collaboration between law enforcement officers directed at cyber crime

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  Software developer insolvencies grow as competition tightens

  Insolvencies for ICT companies fall overall but more software developers struggle as competition intensifies

• October 30, 2015 30 Oct'15

  UK surveillance bill to give police access to web history

  Proposed UK surveillance legislation is expected to allow the police to seize details of websites and access specific web addresses visited by anyone under investigation

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Met Office's new supercomputer to deliver £2bn of socio-economic benefits

  The Met Office aims to realise a range of socio-economic benefits to UK industries thanks to improved forecasting with its new Cray supercomputer

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Fitness club goes digital to recruit new staff quickly

  Equinox turns to digital technology from SmartRecruiters to speed up hiring employees

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  IT entrepreneurs call for easing of immigration rules

  The IT entrepreneur community is asking for the rules on skilled workers entering the UK to be relaxed because of the difficulty faced by startups in finding the right staff

• October 29, 2015 29 Oct'15

  Tech will turn HR into a ‘productivity department’

  HR technologies are moving away from managing staff in favour of helping them become more productive

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Mobile attacks more vicious, insidious and malicious, says Blue Coat

  An increase in insidious and malicious attack types should sound an alarm to strengthen defences, according to a mobile malware report

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Volvo Group sells Swedish external IT to Indian supplier HCL Technologies

  Vehicle manufacturer Volvo Group is selling some of its IT operation in Sweden to Indian supplier HCL