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• 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

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Twitter share price down after disappointing forecast and growth

  Twitter shares fell by 14% to $27.38 in extended trading in response to a disappointing forecast and continued slow user growth

• October 28, 2015 28 Oct'15

  Apple reports record quarterly profit and annual sales

  Apple reports record sales of $234bn and net profit of $53.4bn for the 2015 financial year, up by 35% from $39.5bn in 2014

• October 27, 2015 27 Oct'15

  RBS announces partnership with Facebook At Work

  RBS has described the partnership with Facebook At Work as “ground-breaking”, but analysts have questioned this as the app simply helps companies build a private social network

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Malaysia’s AmBank Group increases digital banking spend

  AmBank Group is using middleware to integrate its core banking platforms with its legacy infrastructure

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Security Serious Week kicks off in London

  Some 70 organisations and more than 50 cyber crime and security experts are supporting Security Serious Week to help others become more security savvy and cyber aware

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Yakult uses data analytics to boost growth in the Netherlands by 20%

  Probiotics maker Yakult is using analytics and data visualisation tools to boost its sales in the Netherlands

• October 26, 2015 26 Oct'15

  Apple faces $5m lawsuit over Wi-Fi assist data charges

  While Apple's Wi-Fi Assist feature ensures the best speed and reliability, it also means that users could incur unexpected cellular data costs

• October 23, 2015 23 Oct'15

  Alphabet stock up on strong Google Q3 earnings

  Alphabet’s quarterly revenue was $15.1bn, above analysts’ average estimate of $15bn, while profit was $7.35 a share, beating predictions of $7.20

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  New tech and collaboration key to future security, says expert panel

  Just as emerging cloud and mobile technologies bring new security challenges, cloud and big data analysis are key to bolstering cyber security capability, according to an expert panel

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  Is G.fast the answer to the UK’s fibre vs copper debate?

  At Broadband World Forum in London there was much talk of G.fast technology – but is it really the broadband panacea operators such as BT make it out to be?

• October 22, 2015 22 Oct'15

  Police and industry to tackle cyber crime together, says TechUK

  A TechUK report calls for collaboration between police and industry to raise standards of reporting, recording and responding to cyber crime

• October 21, 2015 21 Oct'15

  Nationwide Building Society outsources IT infrastructure

  Nationwide has outsourced its IT infrastructure to Capgemini for the next five years to bring it up to date for the digital age

• October 20, 2015 20 Oct'15

  IBM reports continued sales decline in Q3 results

  IBM reports sales and profits down again in its Q3 results, as the company continues its transformation across the business to fight off competition

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  David Cameron faces personal headache over Safe Harbour

  The UK “intervened strongly” in the legal challenge brought by Austrian law student Max Schrems that ruled Safe Harbour invalid, jeopardising data sharing between Europe and the US

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  Turning data into action still tricky for Australia's data scientists

  Australian businesses need to change their attitudes towards data scientists if they are to unshackle the benefits of data

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  BT Openreach division expands services deal with Infosys to improve support for engineers

  BT Openreach is using a software platform from Infosys that draws data from several sources to improve support for its engineers and customers

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  Norwegian mobile payments provider strikes deal with SpareBank 1

  Norwegian banking group has agreed a deal that will see it take over the systems and customers of payments service provider mCash in Norway

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  Opera chooses Workday over Oracle as it moves HR to cloud

  Browser company Opera opts for slick internal IT as it competes with Apple and Google for skilled technologists

• October 19, 2015 19 Oct'15

  China hacked US firms despite cyber pact, says CrowdStrike

  Hackers linked to the Chinese government have attempted to hack into at least five US technology and two pharmaceutical firms, according to security researchers

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  Yahoo announces password-killing Account Key

  Yahoo Account Key uses push notifications to provide a fast and secure way to access Yahoo accounts from a mobile device

• October 16, 2015 16 Oct'15

  Uninstall Adobe Flash, experts advise as zero-day hits

  A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Flash Player 19.0.0.207 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and Linux

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Technologies to consider when renewing an IT services contract

  Technology changes quickly, so organisations should ensure flexibility is built into IT services contracts to avoid missing out on the benefits of the latest advances

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Intel revises down growth forecast for datacentre business division

  Chipmaker Intel blames the weakening macroeconomic situation – with continued delays in hardware refresh cycles – in its datacentre business forecast revision

• October 15, 2015 15 Oct'15

  Former MI5 director optimistic about cyber security

  Cyber security is well on its way to maturing into a recognised threat internationally, with established ways of managing it, says former MI5 director

• October 14, 2015 14 Oct'15

  BlackBerry aims to own mobile security and privacy

  BlackBerry views its transformation process as largely being about getting its “mojo” back around its “rightful place” in security and privacy

• October 14, 2015 14 Oct'15

  Snowden showed need for new laws, says former MI5 director

  There is a lot of work to be done in building trust and accountability in the wake of the Snowden revelations, says former MI5 director

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  Somerset MP brands council incompetent over BDUK fiasco

  MPs whose constituencies have been affected by Connecting Devon and Somerset’s decision to throw out its Phase 2 BDUK contract have hit out over council mismanagement

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  VMware reacts to the cloud and containerisation

  At VMworld Europe, VMware restates products and roadmap visions that see it react to the perceived inevitability of the cloud, while also getting a grip on containers

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  Australia expands communication data retention programme

  Australia has introduced a communications data retention law along the same lines proposed for UK legislation, despite opposition from citizens

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  MPs weigh in over future of Openreach during superfast broadband debate

  MPs have their say on the future of Openreach, with many agreeing it would benefit broadband competition and investment if it were split from the BT group

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  Cyber London launches second security accelerator programme

  Applications are open to startups and growth-stage companies from across Europe for CyLon's second incubator programme due to start in early December 2015

• October 13, 2015 13 Oct'15

  Corporate boardroom technology scales down to non-profit sector

  Housing association Viridian uses the same technology as large corporations to ensure the board receives all the information it needs, securely and cost-effectively

• October 12, 2015 12 Oct'15

  Encryption is a double-edged sword, says Blue Coat

  Seven more security suppliers join Blue Coat encrypted traffic management programme amid fresh warnings of attackers using encryption to hide malicious activity

• October 12, 2015 12 Oct'15

  Half of telco operators plan on deploying carrier Wi-Fi

  Smart cities, converged services and the internet of things are all driving demand for next generation Wi-Fi, says the Wireless Broadband Alliance

• October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15

  Australia's tech sector weighs opportunities of Trans-Pacific Partnership

  Australian IT businesses are evaluating the impact of a trade deal between 11 Pacific Rim countries

• October 09, 2015 09 Oct'15

  Apple removes more iOS apps over security concerns

  Apple has blocked more apps over security concerns just weeks after ridding the App Store of XcodeGhost malware

• October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15

  Samsung Pay isolated from LoopPay attack

  Hackers who compromised LoopPay’s computer systems had no access to Samsung Pay’s user data or other core information, says Samsung

• October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15

  Cisco praised for quick response to cyber attack

  Cisco has issued a security update for its networking equipment to block redirects to the Angler exploit kit’s proxy servers and has published guidance for users

• October 08, 2015 08 Oct'15

  Mitula aims to become a giant of the classified vertical search market

  Specialist Spanish classified search site Mitula is expanding across the globe using in-house-developed software which works the same way in any country

• October 07, 2015 07 Oct'15

  More businesses put ERP in the cloud

  Businesses are increasingly moving enterprise resource planning to the cloud to make expansion easier

• October 07, 2015 07 Oct'15

  Interview: Nils Knutsson, senior advisor public sector, Tieto

  Tieto executive Nils Knutsson is an expert in Swedish public sector IT. In this interview he tells Computer Weekly about the IT challenges and opportunities for Sweden's public sector

• October 07, 2015 07 Oct'15

  Hackers target Australian health sector, selling records for A$1,000

  Healthcare records in Australia are a major target for hackers – with fully populated medical records sold to fraudsters for up to A$1,000 each

• October 06, 2015 06 Oct'15

  Amsterdam aims to become a top European startup hub

  Amsterdam is selling itself to the startup community as a nice place to live with a high standard of living, and one that opens doors to the continent

• October 06, 2015 06 Oct'15

  CGI contracted to build and run English water industry system

  The organisation that will run the non-domestic water supply market in England has outsourced the development and operation of its main system

• October 06, 2015 06 Oct'15

  Hundreds of Evry staff in the Nordics to move to IBM in billion-dollar IT outsourcing deal

  Around 600 Evry staff in the Nordics are to move to IBM in $1bn IT outsourcing deal that sees the firm hand over its IT infrastructure for the next 10 years

• October 06, 2015 06 Oct'15

  Max Schrems welcomes ECJ ruling that Safe Harbour is invalid

  The European Court of Justice declares the Safe Harbour framework invalid as a mechanism to legitimise transfers of personal data from the EU to the US