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• December 06, 2013 06 Dec'13

  Microsoft leads major disruption of ZeroAccess botnet

  Microsoft, the FBI and Europol's European Cybercrime Centre (EC3) have disrupted ZeroAccess, one of the world’s largest botnets

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  Government begins selection of open standards for documents

  The government has begun the process to select open standards for documents

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  Automation key to balancing agility and security, says AlgoSec

  Automated critical business application management enables a more agile business and enhances security, says security policy management firm AlgoSec

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  Google robotics project sparks speculation

  Google has revealed it has acquired seven robotics companies in the past six months, sparking speculation about what it plans to develop

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  UK citizen sues Microsoft over Prism private data leak to NSA

  A court action brought in the UK will test Microsoft's legal right to disclose private data on UK citizens to US intelligence services

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  Hackers post millions of stolen passwords online

  Security researchers have discovered more than two million stolen passwords for Facebook, Twitter, Google, Yahoo, LinkedIn and other online services

• December 05, 2013 05 Dec'13

  NSA tracks 5 billion phone records daily, Snowden docs show

  The NSA tracks nearly 5 billion mobile phone records a day, according to the latest documents revealed by whistleblower Edward Snowden

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Server revenue in Europe is on a downwards spiral

  Server revenue is at its lowest level in 15 years, Gartner’s worldwide server shipments market share report

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Up to 1,100 jobs to go in the UK as HP Europe faces the squeeze

  HP is set to axe 1100 jobs as part of its plans to lower operations costs, in a bid to improve profits.

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Proof-of-concept malware jumps air gap with sound card

  Researchers demonstrate proof-of-concept malware exfiltrating data using high-frequency transmissions inaudible to humans

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Microsoft changes its licensing terms

  Microsoft is offering a single Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA) to simplify its volume licensing agreements. But what does it mean to SAM?

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  Dell launches startup competition

  Dell has launched a competition offering two UK startup entrepreneurs free office space, technology solutions, mentorship and networking opportunities

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  The Guardian denies Snowden stories damaged national security

  Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger defends decision to publish stories on documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden

• December 04, 2013 04 Dec'13

  UK proposes formal talks on cyber security with China

  Prime minister David Cameron has called on China to be more open about cyber security

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Microsoft invests in Ireland datacentre

  Microsoft is expanding its Dublin datacentre with a €170m investment

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Telematics firm builds datacentres on Compellent hybrid flash

  Pan-European telematics firm Masternaut builds active-active datacentres on hybrid flash arrays with automated tiered storage from Dell Compellent to cope with a 5x growth in data

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Indian IT services more business expertise than low cost, says Nasscom

  Indian IT services firms are no longer simply vehicles for Western businesses to make massive cuts in IT costs, says Nasscom

• December 03, 2013 03 Dec'13

  Where is Satyam now? Well, it’s not Satyam for a start

  Satyam, which was rescued from collapse in 2009, has plans for restoring its position as a top-tier Indian IT services provider

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  Ipswich Building Society forced to change IT services supplier

  Ipswich Building Society was part of a group of companies that had to find new IT service provider following a decision by the incumbent supplier to exit the business

• December 02, 2013 02 Dec'13

  Interview: Steve Furber on UK chip innovation

  ARM chip designers Stephen Furber and Sophie Wilson will be honoured at the Economist Innovation awards on 3 December 2013

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  Security is network professionals’ top priority for 2014

  New research from TechTarget and Computer Weekly shows networking professionals see security as the biggest priority for 2014, whilst they claim the vendors’ favourite – software defined networking – is just not ready yet

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  FSA split involved more than 100 IT projects

  A Fujitsu project to support the FSA's split in to two separate organisations involved 100 IT projects and the migration of 1,300 users

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  IT services firm acquires UBS system in outsourcing deal

  UBS has sold a reference data management system to Tech Mahindra which will now be run by the Indian service provider as a service and offered to other customers

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  IT budgets to rise by 3% in 2014 as companies step up spending on mobile

  IT spending will increase by 3% in 2014, up from 1.8% last year. But shadow IT spending will add another 40% to technology budgets

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  Study shows IT department losing control of technology innovation

  With innovative technology increasingly developed outside the IT department, CIOs need to start working with other departments

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  Google could face Dutch fine over privacy policy

  Google could face a fine after Dutch authorities find the firm’s 2012 privacy policy violates local data protection law

• November 29, 2013 29 Nov'13

  US admits pirating military software

  The US government has agreed to pay a $50m copyright infringement settlement to a logistics software firm

• November 28, 2013 28 Nov'13

  Global real estate firm gets edge with cloud and mobile upgrade

  Real estate firm Cushman & Wakefield has achieved competitive advatage by embracing cloud and mobility

• November 28, 2013 28 Nov'13

  Npower outsourcing means thousands of job cuts and transfers to suppliers

  Electricity supplier npower is outsourcing customer services and offshoring back-office work to Capita and TCS, affecting about 2000 jobs

• November 28, 2013 28 Nov'13

  EU calls on US to rebuild trust in post-Snowden era

  The EC has called on the US to provide guarantees to restore trust in the wake of spying revelations

• November 28, 2013 28 Nov'13

  NSA planned to discredit Islamist radicals with porn web history

  US authorities considered exposing details of visits to online porn sites to discredit prominent Islamist radicals, according to latest Snowden document

• November 28, 2013 28 Nov'13

  UK set to announce plans to tackle extremism online

  The government plans to order broadband providers to block extremist websites identified by a specialist unit set

• November 27, 2013 27 Nov'13

  Many enterprises not getting value of consumerisation, says IDC

  There is still a wide variety of approaches to mobility and consumerisation within the enterprise, says IDC

• November 27, 2013 27 Nov'13

  HP shareholders win out as revenue declines by $8bn

  HP shareholders are set to receive an early Christmas present in spite of the company making $8bn less in 2013 compared to 2012

• November 27, 2013 27 Nov'13

  Years of IT staff cuts drives outsourcing resurgence

  The IT outsourcing sector in the UK is going through resurgence as businesses realise they no longer have the staff to harness the latest technologies

• November 27, 2013 27 Nov'13

  Microsoft admits RT mistake

  Microsoft has admitted that its RT operating system may have confused people, who expected full blown Windows.

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  NCA changed UK cyber crime fighting, says NCCU head

  The NCA has changed the UK law enforcement landscape, says Andy Archibald, head of the NCA’s National Cyber Crime Unit

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  Government lays out 2014 cyber security agenda

  The UK government has reiterated its commitment to addressing cyber security and laid out some plans for 2014 at the Cyber Security Summit 2013

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  IT suppliers relaxed about contract visibility

  IT and BPO suppliers Atos and Capita say they are relaxed about being more open about the often obscured details of large government contracts, as outsourcing giants are put under pressure by MPs to open up to public scrutiny

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  The state of agile software development in the UK

  Lately it is more surprising to hear that businesses are developing using a methodology other than agile, such is its widespread use

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  Spanish health authority cuts costs with Xbox consultations

  Accenture has been working with the health authorities in Spain’s Basque Country to reduce healthcare costs through technology

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  White hat Wi-Fi hacking shows vulnerability of business data

  Whitehat hackers have shown that senstitive data can be sniffed easily from public Wi-Fi hotspots

• November 26, 2013 26 Nov'13

  FTSE 350 firms complete cyber risk assessment

  Most FTSE 350 companies put cyber risk on the board agenda, but many need to improve how they manage that risk

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  Facebook authentication - Like?

  As Cisco teams up with Facebook to offer authentication for public Wi-Fi, is this option safe for businesses?

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  Twitter increases protection from government snooping

  Twitter has announced moves to protect users' data from snooping by government intelligence agencies

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  SAP user group sees closer collaboration with SAP

  The SAP UK and Ireland user group conference is seeing an improved SAP relationship, says user group chairman Philip Adams

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  Racing Post warns users of website breach

  The Racing Post is advising users of its website to change their passwords for other sites if they use the same one in case hackers break the encryption

• November 25, 2013 25 Nov'13

  Apple acquires Kinect developer PrimeSense

  Apple has confirmed the acquisition of Israeli motion-sensing firm PrimeSense

• November 22, 2013 22 Nov'13

  UK CERT moves to next phase with director Chris Gibson

  Chris Gibson has been confirmed at the director of the UK’s new national computer emergency response team

• November 22, 2013 22 Nov'13

  Banks and governments targeted by invisible hijacking attacks

  Net monitoring firm Renesys says it has uncovered evidence of mass hijackings of network traffic

• November 22, 2013 22 Nov'13

  Samsung gets $160m off patent damages to Apple

  A California court has ordered Samsung to pay a further $290m to Apple for infringing payments, taking the total in damages to $840m

• November 22, 2013 22 Nov'13

  Tim Berners-Lee calls for protection of basic rights online

  Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has called for bold steps to protect basic human rights online

• November 21, 2013 21 Nov'13

  CSA appoints Microsoft’s Adrienne Hall to board

  The CSA has appointed Adrienne Hall, from Trustworthy Computing at Microsoft, to its board of directors

• November 21, 2013 21 Nov'13

  McAfee finds code-validation dodging Android malware

  Cyber attackers are using malware to circumvent digital signature app validation on Android and PCs, says McAfee

• November 21, 2013 21 Nov'13

  ICO investigates claims of data breach by LG smart TVs

  The ICO is investigating claims that some LG TVs are reporting viewing habits even if privacy settings are activated

• November 21, 2013 21 Nov'13

  Pegasystems CEO Alan Trefler plans his next move for the $500m software company

  Alan Trefler discusses his plans for Pegasystems, the BPM and CRM specialist that has grown into a $500m a year company

• November 21, 2013 21 Nov'13

  NSA analysed UK data in secret deal, says Snowden

  The NSA analysed phone, internet and email records of UK citizens under a secret deal with UK counterparts, according to documents leaked by Edward Snowden

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  Report highlights poor UK attitudes to mobile security

  Businesses should note that many UK mobile users do not take security precautions and do not know how to guard against data theft

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  Huddle: The UK cloud software firm that grows by over 100% a year

  Cloud collaboration software supplier Huddle is on the verge of expanding into Australia

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  Businesses plan support for remote devices

  Businesses will increasingly provide remote support for tablets and smartphones, but security fears are still an obstacle

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  IT help desks adopt self-service strategy as staff cuts hit

  Almost all service desks will use self-service tools to help cope amid job cuts which have left IT help desks with a huge drop in staff

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  Swift IT platform predicts UK economy will grow by 2.6% in Q1 2014

  The UK economy is set to grow at a higher rate into next year, outstripping US and European growth

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  SMEs failing to prioritise cyber security, study shows

  Senior managers at SMEs are failing to prioritise cyber security, a study reveals

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  US mobile carriers accused of choosing profit over security

  US mobile phone carriers have been accused of choosing profits over security by rejecting Samsung’s offer of a kill switch to disable lost or stolen devices

• November 20, 2013 20 Nov'13

  Yahoo to encrypt user data

  Yahoo is to encrypt all user data that moves between its datacentres by April 2014 in a bid to regain trust

• November 19, 2013 19 Nov'13

  Salesforce offers dedicated infrastructure with HP

  Salesforce.com has announced a partnership with HP that will offer its services on dedicated infrastructure within its multi-tenant platform

• November 19, 2013 19 Nov'13

  Avoid BYOD pitfalls to ensure business benefit, says Amtel

  As companies embrace BYOD plans, the same mistakes continue to be made, says PJ Gupta, CEO of Amtel

• November 19, 2013 19 Nov'13

  Executive interview: BMC CEO discusses self-provisioning IT

  BMC CEO Bob Beauchamp believes the only way IT can support business is by enabling self service IT

• November 19, 2013 19 Nov'13

  Campaigners angry over Microsoft, Skype privacy ruling

  Campaign group Europe v Facebook has criticised the decision by Luxembourg’s data protection authorities to clear Microsoft and its Skype division of privacy violations

• November 19, 2013 19 Nov'13

  PM says dark web can be policed

  David Cameron says UK and US intelligence agencies will help fight child abuse images on the dark web

• November 19, 2013 19 Nov'13

  Twitter introduces “life-saving” alert service

  Twitter has introduced an alert service for emergency services and government agencies in the UK and Ireland

• November 19, 2013 19 Nov'13

  Google reaches $17m multi-state settlement over Safari snooping

  Google has reached a $17m settlement agreement with 10 US states for bypassing Apple Safari privacy settings

• November 18, 2013 18 Nov'13

  Salesforce promises $5bn revenue for 2014

  Cloud company Salesforce.com claims it will reach revenues of $5bn for the full fiscal year, despite third quarter results showing a sequential drop

• November 18, 2013 18 Nov'13

  APIs key to security of internet of things, says Axway

  The internet of things has raised security and privacy concerns, but there is a way to take control, says data management firm Axway.

• November 18, 2013 18 Nov'13

  UK police warn of malware campaign targeting mainly SMEs

  UK police warn of a mass email-borne malware campaign aimed mainly at SMEs

• November 18, 2013 18 Nov'13

  Google and Microsoft to block searches for child porn

  Google and Microsoft have announced measures to make it more difficult to find child abuse images online

• November 15, 2013 15 Nov'13

  First UK Certified Incident Response firms named

  Five consultancies have been named in the government's Certified Incident Response scheme

• November 15, 2013 15 Nov'13

  Cyber collateral damage a concern for all, says Lancope

  All organisations could be affected by cyber attack collateral damage, says network security firm Lancope

• November 15, 2013 15 Nov'13

  Tablet sales in India more than double

  More than 1.1 million tablets were sold in India during the second quarter of 2013 – 107.4% more than the same period last year

• November 15, 2013 15 Nov'13

  Google book scanning plan gets green light

  Google's controversial plan to scan millions of books and sell them online has finally been given the green light by a New York court

• November 15, 2013 15 Nov'13

  Microsoft unveils state-of-the-art Cybercrime Center

  Microsoft has opened a Cybercrime Center that combines legal and technical expertise, tools and technology, with cross-industry expertise

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Mobile malware infections relatively low, study shows

  Malware targeting Google’s Android operating system is not yet as big a problem as some security suppliers claim, study reveals

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Cisco forecasts revenue declines

  Networking giant Cisco expects revenues to fall by up to 10% this quarter as it fails to build momentum in emerging markets

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Shell delivers global SAP upgrade

  Shell has simplified and standardised business processes in its business focused on refining and marketing activities for oil products and chemicals, through a global SAP upgrade

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Europe to follow US clearance of mobile devices on flights

  The European aviation regulator is to follow the US lead in easing restrictions on the use of mobile electronic devices during flights

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  US teen hacker pleads guilty to webcam blackmail

  A US teenager pleads guilty to hacking computer webcams to take photos of women in the US and Ireland to blackmail them

• November 14, 2013 14 Nov'13

  Facebook adds security test for Adobe hacking victims

  Facebook identifies users compromised by the theft of Adobe credentials with security questions before granting them access

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  Gartner: CIOs need to address procurement to buy IT from startups

  Companies must reassess IT procurement to enable them do business with smaller firms, if they wish to ride the innovation curve.

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  Disruption key to data protection, says HP

  Enterprise information security needs to go beyond traditional ways of thinking, according to Hewlett Packard

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  More than half top bank websites hacked, study shows

  More than half of the world’s 50 biggest bank websites have been hit by security incidents, a study has revealed

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  English patients want electronic access to their records

  English patients are willing to change doctors to access to Electronic Medical Records (EMR), but only 16% of them currently have access, according to Accenture

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  Microsoft IE zero-days top November’s security priorities

  Microsoft has published eight security bulletins for the November 2013 Patch Tuesday monthly security update, addressing 19 vulnerabilities

• November 13, 2013 13 Nov'13

  MacRumors fears user database was hacked

  Subscribers to MacRumors user forums have been advised to change passwords because of a suspected data breach after site was hacked

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  Operation Waking Shark 2 is good, but is it enough?

  The information security industry has widely welcomed Operation Waking Shark 2, but some have also raised some concerns

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  CIOs put jobs on the line by outsourcing software testing and development

  Some 31% of CIOs are putting their jobs at risk by outsourcing software testing and development because a quarter of projects fail to deliver their objectives.

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  National Audit Office reports concerns over government supplier dominance

  The National Audit Office (NAO) reports the public sector spent £6.6bn on four outsourced service providers, including IT service providers

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  Mass surveillance a bad idea, says Information Commissioner Christopher Graham

  Information Commissioner Christopher Graham says issues of national security must not overshadow concerns of legitimate public interest

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  Web surveillance not a good idea, says Info Commissioner

  Information Commissioner Christopher Graham says issues of national security cannot be allowed to overshadow concerns of legitimate public interest

• November 11, 2013 11 Nov'13

  Midcounties Co-op increases return on service desk investment

  The Midcounties Co-operative has increased the uses for its IT service management software since initially buying a system back in 2004

• November 11, 2013 11 Nov'13

  Superfast broadband is 'Cornwall’s HS2'

  A total of 82% of premises in Cornwall can now access superfast broadband as Superfast Cornwall aims to connect 95% by the end of 2014