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• August 19, 2013 19 Aug'13

  Hempsons Solicitors cuts costs with Enterasys network

  Legal health specialist Hempsons Solicitors rips out its existing Cisco infrastructure for increased functionality and cost savings

• August 19, 2013 19 Aug'13

  EU data breach disclosures to be enforced soon

  The new European Union regulation requiring mandatory personal data breach disclosures by telcos and ISPs comes into force on 25 August 2013

• August 19, 2013 19 Aug'13

  Cyber attack could be next shock to UK banks, warns KPMG

  Cyber attack or disruption could cause the next systemic shock to the UK banking industry, warns KPMG

• August 19, 2013 19 Aug'13

  Georgia Tech researchers sneak malicious app past Apple checks

  Researchers claim to have found a way of hiding malicious code in apps from Apple’s app review and code-signing mechanisms

• August 19, 2013 19 Aug'13

  Google claims it is not subject to UK privacy laws

  Google claims it is not subject to UK law in an attempt to quash legal action by UK iPhone users, angry over privacy breaches

• August 16, 2013 16 Aug'13

  Dell struggles as founder prepares for vote on going private

  Dell has reported second quarter revenue of $14.5bn, flat year over year, with a big decline in PC sales

• August 15, 2013 15 Aug'13

  Cisco cuts 4,000 staff

  Despite announcing record results, the networking giant Cisco says 4,000 jobs will go

• August 14, 2013 14 Aug'13

  Windows 8.1 to arrive on October 18, minus Start button

  Microsoft will release Windows 8.1 on October 18, almost a year since the company introduced Windows 8, its first tablet-optimised OS

• August 14, 2013 14 Aug'13

  Brocade profits rise despite stifled sales

  Increased profits offset a drop in revenues at Brocade due to recovery in the storage market and cost reductions elsewhere

• August 13, 2013 13 Aug'13

  SMEs struggling to win G-Cloud contracts due to accreditation complexities

  Despite government’s aspiration to put half of all new IT spending through small IT suppliers, SMEs have received only 10% of the G-Cloud contracts

• August 12, 2013 12 Aug'13

  BlackBerry looks for a buyer to focus on BES and BB10

  The board of directors at BlackBerry are considering the sale of the troubled smartphone company, in a bid to focus on BlackBerry 10

• August 07, 2013 07 Aug'13

  Google, IBM and Nvidia form datacentre consortium OpenPOWER

  Big enterprise technology stakeholders including Google, IBM and Nvidia are forming a datacentre alliance called OpenPOWER

• August 07, 2013 07 Aug'13

  UK PC market struggles as buyers wait for next Intel processors

  People in the UK bought 13% fewer PCs in Q2 2013 than in Q2 2012, according to the latest market data from Gartner

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  Ken Brill, datacentre visionary and founder of Uptime Institute passes away

  Kenneth Brill, the datacentre innovator and founder of Uptime Institute has passed away at the age of 68

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  Attackers are in the network, now what?

  If attackers are inside the network, can disguise themselves and get close to sensitive corporate data, how can data be defended?

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  Android takes a 14% bite out Apple's pie

  Shipments of Apple iPads have declined 14% compared with Q2 2012 according to the latest market share data from analyst Canalys

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  Cloud service providers often not set up for incident response

  Cloud data storage and disparate privacy laws could be hampering companies fighting cyber attacks, warns security investigator

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  UK graduates arrive in India for Wipro internships

  UK engineering graduates have arrived in India to start a nine-month internship with IT services giant Wipro

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  Facebook's datacentre carbon footprint and greenhouse gas emissions rise

  Despite its focus on energy efficiency and use of renewable energy resources, Facebook’s datacentre carbon footprint increased 52% in 2012

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  Pressure mounts on Soca to name hacker companies

  Serious Organised Crime Agency (Soca) comes under pressure to reveal UK firms that employed hackers to gather information

• August 02, 2013 02 Aug'13

  UK and US collaborating on cyber weapons, says Snowden

  The US and UK intelligence agencies are collaborating on cyber weapons, according to documents released by Edward Snowden

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  CSC tells redundant staff to train their replacements

  IT services firm CSC has been slammed by union Unite for making redundant staff train the offshore workers who will replace them

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  TCS and Computacenter most satisfying IT services firms in UK

  Research has revealed that 85% of UK businesses are satisfied with their IT services agreements

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  Security services vital to support cloud, say 59% of IT managers

  Over half of UK IT managers say security as a service is necessary to support the roll out and management of cloud technologies, survey shows

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  SEC investigates IBM’s cloud computing revenues

  US Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting an investigation into how IBM reports cloud revenue

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  Cloud contracts poor on security, says Gartner

  Buyers of commercial cloud services are finding security provisions inadequate, says analyst organisation Gartner

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  Microsoft concedes to BSkyB over SkyDrive trademark

  The tech giant admits defeat and will be forced to rename its cloud storage service after losing a court battle in the UK

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  iOS 7 to protect against charger-based hacks of Apple devices

  Apple's latest iOS 7 beta release includes a security update to protect its mobile devices from hacks using a modified phone charger or battery

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  Facebook shares climb back to flotation level

  Facebook shares have briefly broken through the $38 flotation level for the first time since the company’s disastrous initial public offering

• July 31, 2013 31 Jul'13

  Surface blasts $900m hole in Microsoft empire

  Microsoft’s latest 10Q filing with the SEC, has shown it took a $900m hit associated with the Surface tablet and paid an EU fine of $733m

• July 31, 2013 31 Jul'13

  New threat portal pegs DDoS attacks at 2,570 a day

  More than 2,500 distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks take place every day worldwide, according to Arbor Networks’ Atlas Threat Portal

• July 31, 2013 31 Jul'13

  Office 365 now available on Android

  Following the release of Office Mobile for iPhone, Microsoft has launched Office Mobile for Android

• July 31, 2013 31 Jul'13

  Case study: Nexor dumps ageing proprietary operating system for open source OS

  IT services company Nexor is migrating to the open source Red Hat Enterprise Linux operating system for efficiency

• July 31, 2013 31 Jul'13

  Pinewood Studios slashes backup and recovery times

  Pinewood Studios Group has slashed its backup and recovery times and achieved robust data protection through server virtualisation

• July 31, 2013 31 Jul'13

  HTC warns of first-ever operating loss

  Taiwan-based smartphone maker HTC warns in its second quarter financial results that first-ever operating loss is likely in the third quarter

• July 31, 2013 31 Jul'13

  MPs call for hacker users to be exposed

  MPs are calling for the publication of a list of companies that used private investigators suspected of using hacking methods to gather information

• July 30, 2013 30 Jul'13

  Syrian hacktivists target Thompson Reuters

  Thompson Reuters has confirmed it is the latest media organisation to have its Twitter account hacked by the Syrian Electronic Army (SEA)

• July 30, 2013 30 Jul'13

  Windows XP migration: Reassess your desktop IT strategy

  The cost of PCs has remained pretty stable over the past year, but people are expected to pay a big premium for hybrid devices. Is it time to rethink desktop IT?

• July 30, 2013 30 Jul'13

  DDoS attacks up in size, speed and complexity, study finds

  DDoS attacks continue to be a global threat with a clear increase in attack size, speed and complexity, a study shows

• July 30, 2013 30 Jul'13

  ICO to investigate sale of online dating profiles

  The UK’s data protection watchdog is to investigate the sale of 10,000 online dating profiles to the BBC’s Panorama programme

• July 30, 2013 30 Jul'13

  UK invests £850m in tackling cyber threats

  The UK government is to invest more than £850m to develop and maintain cutting-edge capabilities to tackle cyber threats

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Google datacentres awarded ISO 50001 certification

  Google has obtained ISO 50001 certification for its energy management systems in six datacentre facilities across the US

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Continual vigilance key to security, says Damballa

  UK businesses must update their approach to cyber security to look for signs of compromise continually

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Cisco reseller arrested for fraud

  Head of Network Genesis is accused of buying fake Cisco equipment and selling it on as the real thing to make a profit

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Smart meters: Good for consumers but infrastructure unresolved

  Energy and Climate Change Select Committee report highlights infrastructure risks and spiralling costs in UK smart meter roll-out

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Google Play still riddled with malicious apps, says Symantec

  The Google Play app store for Android remains riddled with malicious apps despite efforts to clean it up, says Symantec

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  Microsoft launches UK child porn warning

  Microsoft introduces pop-up warnings for people in the UK who use its Bing search engine to look for images of child sex abuse

• July 29, 2013 29 Jul'13

  High Court gags UK scientist who cracked car security codes

  The High Court has banned UK scientist Flavio Garcia from publishing a paper on how he cracked car security codes

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  FireEye partners with Phishme for multi-layered security

  Security technology developer FireEye has partnered with phishing awareness training firm PhishMe to offer a multi-layered approach to securing information networks

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  Symantec Web Gateway flaw enables hacker surveillance

  Security flaws in Symantec’s Web Gateway appliance expose users to surveillance of all internet activities, says SEC Consult

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  Business support security spending set to rise, survey shows

  Information security spending in support of the business is expected to rise, according to a survey from GDS International

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  Five hackers charged with $300m card fraud

  US prosecutors have charged five men with hacking and credit card fraud that cost companies at least $300m

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  Warwickshire County Council reaps benefits of IT service management software

  Warwickshire council has cut costs in its IT operation with ITSM software as part of its strategy to be ITIL-compliant

• July 26, 2013 26 Jul'13

  Amazon declares $7m loss due to operating costs

  Online retailer Amazon has reported a second quarter loss of $7m, despite a 22% rise in sales to $15.7bn

• July 25, 2013 25 Jul'13

  MI5 and GCHQ call for FTSE 350 cyber health check

  Intelligence agencies MI5 and GCHQ call on UK’s top listed companies to take part in a cyber governance health check

• July 25, 2013 25 Jul'13

  Microsoft makes Java server available on Azure

  Microsoft has partnered with Azul Systems to deliver the Java server environment on the Azure cloud.

• July 25, 2013 25 Jul'13

  Targeted cyber attacks cost up to £1.6m

  Targeted cyber attacks could cost enterprises up to £1.6m, a survey has revealed

• July 25, 2013 25 Jul'13

  Germany calls for new global online privacy charter

  German government officials are calling for a new global charter to safeguard privacy online in the wake of revelations about the US Prism surveillance programme

• July 25, 2013 25 Jul'13

  Facebook earnings and mobile ad revue boosts shares 20%

  Facebook has reported second-quarter revenue of $1.81bn, up 53% compared with the same period a year ago and above analysts’ estimates

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  Retailers fail to face up to online fraud, survey shows

  One in five retailers is not taking online fraud seriously enough, the latest Retail Fraud Survey from Martec International shows

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  Juniper Networks bids farewell to CEO as profits rocket

  Kevin Johnson announces his retirement on the same day the networking firm records a rise in profits of 70%

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  UK CIOs admit they cannot support software

  CIOs admit their IT teams cannot support large parts of their application estates and operating systems, according to research

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  DataStax helps enterprises offload Oracle

  DataStax Enterprise is offering large enterprises a way to offload Oracle workloads onto the Cassandra NoSQL database

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  Lakeland warns customers of potential data breach

  Lakeland is warning of a potential data breach after a “sophisticated and sustained attack” exploited a recently-identified Java flaw

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  Capita IT staff strike over pay as profits rise 10%

  IT workers at Capita will strike on Friday 26 July 2013 in protest at a below-inflation pay rise as the supplier's profits increase 10%

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  Syrian hacktvists hit second mobile app in a week

  A Syrian hacktivist group has hacked into systems behind the Viber mobile app in the second such attack in a week

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  Mimecast enables 2GB Outlook attachments

  Mimecast has introduced Large File Send for Outlook, a service to enable users to send large attachments

• July 24, 2013 24 Jul'13

  Lax FTSE 350 cyber security puts UK at risk, says KPMG

  Cyber leaks at FTSE 350 firms are putting the UK’s economic growth and national security at risk, says business consultancy firm KPMG

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  Cisco buys cyber security company Sourcefire for $2.7bn

  Networking giant Cisco has reached an agreement to buy cyber security business Sourcefire in a $2.7bn deal

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  European outsourcing plummets despite strong BPO sales

  The total amount spent on outsourcing in EMEA in the second quarter of 2013 was 23% lower than in the same period of 2012

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  Atos told to improve disability benefits tests

  The accuracy of tests to determine whether people are able to claim disability benefits has been questioned following a report

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  Survey reveals true global cost of cyber attacks

  Cyber crime and espionage costs between $300bn and $1tn in annual global losses, a study has revealed

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  Millions of mobiles vulnerable to Sim security flaw

  A newly discovered vulnerability in mobile Sim cards could allow hackers to access text messages, voicemail and location data

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  Ubuntu crowd sources funding for PC smartphone hybrid

  Ubuntu has invited early adopters to join crowd-funding ventures to launch Ubuntu Edge, a hybrid PC and mobile phone platform

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  Facebook app gives millions internet access through low-end phones

  Facebook app enables internet access for more than 100 million people in developing countries using low-end phones

• July 23, 2013 23 Jul'13

  Web app attacks demand automated defences, study finds

  Automation is the most effective way to tackle multiple prolonged cyber attacks on web applications, a study has confirmed

• July 22, 2013 22 Jul'13

  Insider threat: Balancing security with privacy

  How can organisations increase security without affecting productivity or encroaching on employees’ right to privacy?

• July 22, 2013 22 Jul'13

  Apple overhauls developer systems after hack

  Apple is overhauling its developer systems and its developer website is still down after hackers tried to steal developer personal details

• July 22, 2013 22 Jul'13

  Hack exposes details of nearly two million Ubuntu Forum users

  The Ubuntu Forum website has been taken down after attackers defaced the homepage and accessed the details of 1,820,000 users

• July 22, 2013 22 Jul'13

  SAP co-CEO Jim Hagemann Snabe to step down

  Jim Hagemann Snabe is stepping down as co-CEO of SAP, to spend more time with his family

• July 22, 2013 22 Jul'13

  UK to block online porn by default

  The UK is to block online pornography by default to all new internet users, David Cameron is to announce

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  Technology firms appeal to Obama over Prism scandal

  A technology industry alliance has appealed to President Obama for greater transparency to reduce the harm of links to Prism

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  Facebook to acquire UK startup Monoidics

  Facebook is to acquire UK startup Monoidics, which makes code verification and analysis tools and specialises in detecting coding errors

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  Google fails to meet estimates under mobile pressure

  Google reported $14.11bn revenues for the quarter ended 30 June 2013, a 19% increase on 2012 but below $14.4bn estimates

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  Remote access a priority for latest Oracle patch update

  The vulnerabilities that allow for remote unauthenticated access should be a priority for administrators applying the latest Oracle Critical Patch Update

• July 19, 2013 19 Jul'13

  Microsoft takes $900m hit on Surface RT

  Microsoft has reported net income of $4.97bn on revenues of $19.9bn for the quarter ending 30 June 2013

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  How will SAP's cloud and in-memory drive affect existing customers?

  As SAP expands its cloud and in-memory computing businesses, Computer Weekly looks at how it is adapting its strategy to market forces

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  Government agrees to review Huawei’s Cyber Security Evaluation Centre

  The UK government is to conduct a review of Huawei’s Cyber Security Evaluation Centre to ensure the right measures to protect UK telecommunications

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  Google competition proposals not good enough, says EC

  Competition commissioner Joaquin Almunia wants Google to readdress fears that it is abusing its market domination for its own gain

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  Intel Q2 profits down, but in line with expectations

  Chip maker Intel reported a second quarter profit of $2bn, down 29% from a year ago, roughly in line with analysts’ estimates

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  Colt deploys a petabyte of SolidFire all-flash arrays

  European telecoms provider Colt rolls out more than a petabyte of SolidFire all-flash array storage to support cloud services

• July 18, 2013 18 Jul'13

  IBM misses revenue expectations again

  IBM has reported second quarter revenues of $24.9bn, missing market estimates of $25.39bn

• July 17, 2013 17 Jul'13

  Budgets and lower cost service affect European outsourcing market

  Gartner expects a slight upturn in custom application outsourcing and infrastructure utility services, but Europe is being squeezed

• July 17, 2013 17 Jul'13

  GCHQ’s use of Prism not illegal, MPs find

  Allegations that GCHQ circumvented UK law by using the US Prism programme are unfounded, says intelligence and security committee

• July 17, 2013 17 Jul'13

  Tech firms target piracy profiting websites

  Tech firms including Google, Yahoo and Microsoft join an initiative targeting websites that profit from piracy by cutting off advert revenue

• July 17, 2013 17 Jul'13

  Egnyte synchronises Google Drive with enterprise storage

  Hybrid cloud and on-premises provider Egnyte has integrated its product with Google Drive

• July 17, 2013 17 Jul'13

  Tumblr issues security update for iPhone and iPad app

  Tumblr has released a security update to the iOS version of its app to fix a flaw that allowed passwords to be compromised

• July 17, 2013 17 Jul'13

  Yahoo wins legal fight on Prism documents

  Yahoo has won the fight to have papers from a key 2008 court case declassified and published in a bid for greater transparency about the US Prism internet surveillance programme

• July 16, 2013 16 Jul'13

  G-Cloud key to government SME spending target

  G-Cloud is key to channeling 25% of central government spending through SMEs by 2015, says Mark Smitham, principal cyber security advisor

• July 16, 2013 16 Jul'13

  Emulex shakes up leadership with Q4 still unclear

  Current Emulex CEO James McCluney becomes chairman of the board as COO Jeffrey Benck takes his place