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• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  Demos urges police to gather intelligence from social media

  Think tank Demos urges UK police forces to appoint a senior officer to take charge of gathering intelligence from social media

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  UK government launches cyber threat data-sharing partnership

  The UK government has announced a partnership with industry to share information and intelligence on cyber security threats

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  UK government sets up cyber security fusion cell

  A cyber security “fusion cell” for cross-sector threat data sharing aims to put government, industry and information security analysts side-by-side

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Watch out for hidden Wi-Fi costs

  IT departments must keep track of Wi-Fi roaming costs, study warns

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Regulatory changes will boost investment banks' IT budgets, says Ovum

  Financial services will spend more on IT in 2013 due to a raft of impending regulations and weak market growth, according to Ovum

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Southern Water contracts TCS for transformation

  Southern Water is transforming customer service and revenue management through IT services from Tata Consultancy Services

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Fujitsu HQ shows confidence in UK operation

  Fujitsu Japan has revealed its confidence in its UK operation with an £800m investment which will plug a pensions gap and free up capital to invest in the UK business.

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Employees ignore security rules, say infosec pros

  Most information security professionals believe corporate employees wilfully ignore security rules, survey at RSA Conference 2013 reveals

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Icahn may join forces with Blackstone to win Dell from its founder

  US billionaire investor Carl Icahn may join forces with private-equity group Blackstone to outbid Michael Dell for the company he founded

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Cloud security still top concern for UK CIOs, survey shows

  Data security in the cloud is still a top concern for UK companies, a survey of 250 IT decision makers has revealed

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Web and FTP top malware risks, study finds

  Study finds traditional antivirus solutions not identifying the majority of malware infecting networks via real-time applications such as browsing

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  UK banks are storing up additional costs for the future

  Financial services IT departments are creating higher costs in the long run by implementing short-term fixes to meet regulations

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Apple buys WifiSLAM for $20m

  Apple buys indoor mapping start-up WifiSLAM for $20m to boost its location technology and compete with Google’s indoor capabilities

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Hackers used stolen credentials to attack South Korea, say researchers

  Cyber attacks that shut down computers at banks and broadcasters in South Korea used stolen user IDs and passwords, say researchers

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Malware in counterfeit software to cost business $114bn in 2013

  Dealing with malware in counterfeit software will cost global enterprises an estimated $114bn in 2013, says research firm IDC

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Carl Icahn and Blackstone fight Michael Dell for Dell PC company

  US billionaire investor Carl Icahn and private-equity group Blackstone will fight Michael Dell in a bidding war for the computer company he founded

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  Six security issues to tackle before encrypting cloud data

  Concern about security and privacy is likely to drive adoption of cloud encryption, but there are six security issues businesses should tackle

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  Barnet outsourcing: High Court decision expected after Easter

  The verdict on the case that disabled resident Maria Nash brought against Barnet Council for a judicial review of its outsourcing will come after Easter

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  Millions of vulnerable devices on the internet, researcher reveals

  A scan of the internet by an anonymous security researcher has revealed millions of IP-enabled devices protected only by default passwords.

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  UK law enforcement requests most data from Skype

  Microsoft reveals UK law enforcement is one of the main requesters of data about citizens from services such as Hotmail, Outlook and Skype

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  BBC Twitter feeds breached

  The BBC is the latest high-profile organisation to have its Twitter feed breached

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  Apple debuts two-factor authentication to protect against hackers

  Apple is introducing two-factor authentication (2FA) for iCloud and other services to protect users from hackers trying to access their accounts

• March 21, 2013 21 Mar'13

  Google mines data to identify the best managers

  What makes a good manager? Google has turned to data analytics technology to find out

• March 21, 2013 21 Mar'13

  Hampshire signs broadband contract with BT

  Funding from the council, BDUK and BT will provide over £13m to bring superfast broadband to at least 90% of the county by 2015

• March 21, 2013 21 Mar'13

  Farewell to Logica brand as CGI completes UK integration

  The Logica brand will disappear next week as buyer CGI migrates the services supplier's UK IT to CGI's own global system

• March 21, 2013 21 Mar'13

  ICO calls for action on future funding

  Sorting out an acceptable system for funding the UK’s privacy watchdog needs to be tackled now, says UK information commissioner

• March 21, 2013 21 Mar'13

  CIO interview: Chris Shaw, IT director, Intel

  Intel faces the same IT challenges as many large enterprises. IT director Chris Shaw discusses how the chipmaker's IT department approached virtualisation

• March 21, 2013 21 Mar'13

  South Korea says cyber attack came from IP address in China

  South Korea says a cyber attack that shut down thousands of computers at several major broadcasters and banks came from an IP address China

• March 21, 2013 21 Mar'13

  HP shareholders challenge directors

  HP shareholders have challenged the board with a strong protest vote against the re-election of five directors at its annual meeting

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  Cloud, big data and social media transforming HR

  Business professionals that combine an understanding of HR and IT are helping to transform the way companies manage their workforce

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  QLogic launches FabricCache for shared server flash

  QLogic merges PCIe server flash and cache management in FabricCache QLE10000 to share flash cache between servers for clustered applications

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  Case study: Hamilton Fraser embraces BYOD with MobileIron

  How insurance firm Hamilton Fraser is using MobileIron to enable employees to bring their own devices while following company policy

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  Case study: CSR boosts WAN with SilverPeak

  How WAN optimisation from SilverPeak has helped the international operations of CSR, the private sector winner of Computer Weekly’s European User Awards for Networking

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  IT security professionals break USB stick virus rules

  Most IT security professionals polled at RSA Conference 2013 admitted to picking up and plugging in USB flash drives they found lying around

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  High court hears evidence against legality of Barnet outsourcing

  Barnet council faces potential judicial review as resident's case alleges the public was not properly consulted on a £320m outsourcing deal

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  EC funds researchers in Pursuit of new internet model

  The European Commission (EC) invests $6.7m in the Pursuit project to speed up internet access and cut security threats for European citizens

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  IDL activates ‘cat-signal’ to protest against Cispa

  Activists use an internet signalling system to co-ordinate protests against the proposed US Cyber Intelligence Sharing and Protection Act (Cispa)

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  CESG says BlackBerry’s new BB10 software not secure enough

  The government's technical security advisor CESG says BlackBerry's new BB10 software is not secure enough for essential work

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  ARM will remain independent, says incoming CEO Simon Segars

  ARM president Simon Segars has vowed to maintain the chip designer’s independence when he takes over from outgoing CEO Warren East

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  Infosys boosts European footprint in BMW deal

  Infosys is opening a services delivery center in Munich, Germany, as part of an applications management deal with manufacturing giant BMW

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  Cyber attacks must avoid civilian targets, says Nato manual

  State-sponsored cyber attacks must avoid sensitive civilian targets such as hospitals, dams and nuclear power stations, according to an advisory manual on cyber warfare compiled for Nato

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  ARM CEO Warren East steps down

  Warren East, CEO of semiconductor firm ARM, is retiring from the company after almost 12 years in the leadership role

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  Easynet opts for HP compute/storage with SSD tier for Agile Platform

  Managed services provider Easynet shuns point solutions for HP compute and storage with SSD tier for Agile Platform end-to-end services

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  Poor Q4 makes 2012 a year to forget for IT services

  The number and total value of IT services contracts signed in 2012 was the lowest since 2002, according to Ovum research

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  Government develops single registration system to attract SME suppliers

  Government Procurement Service develops Single Supplier Registration – so suppliers need only register once – to attract more SMEs

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  US hacker jailed for 3.5 years over AT&T breach

  US hacker Andrew Auernheimer has been imprisoned for obtaining the email addresses of iPad users from AT&T's website

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  Norway’s Telenor hit by cyber espionage campaign

  Attackers stole files and emails from unnamed executives at Norwegian telecoms provider Telenor

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  John Riccitiello steps down as Electronic Arts chief

  Games developer Electronic Arts (EA) is looking for a new CEO after John Riccitiello announced he will step down at the end of March 2013

• March 18, 2013 18 Mar'13

  Nominet to join new government cyber crime reduction partnership

  Nominet, which runs the .uk registry is to join the government’s recently announced Cyber Crime Reduction Partnership.

• March 18, 2013 18 Mar'13

  ID7 buy takes Fusion-io deeper into software-defined storage

  Server flash pioneer Fusion-io buys ID7 for its Linux SCSI stack storage expertise and will offer products for hyperscale storage later in 2013

• March 18, 2013 18 Mar'13

  Reuters journalist charged with Anonymous hacking professes innocence

  A Reuters journalist charged with helping Anonymous hack the LA Times website maintains he is innocent

• March 18, 2013 18 Mar'13

  Court rules FBI access to private data unconstitutional

  A US court has ruled that “national security letters” to obtain citizens’ private data are a breach of the constitution’s first amendment

• March 15, 2013 15 Mar'13

  AstraZeneca appoints new CIO David Smoley

  Pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca has appointment David Smoley as chief information officer

• March 15, 2013 15 Mar'13

  Accenture delivers rapid reporting for Six Nations

  In sponsoring the Six Nations Rugby tournament, Accenture has shown how rapid prototyping can be applied to building enterprise reports

• March 15, 2013 15 Mar'13

  Terror groups lack cyber skills to disrupt critical services, says academic

  Terror groups do not currently have the expertise required to disrupt key public services such as water and electricity, an academic has told MPs

• March 15, 2013 15 Mar'13

  UK government announces Cyber Crime Reduction Partnership

  Government announces another initiative of the national cyber security strategy, to co-ordinate the efforts of police, experts and academics

• March 15, 2013 15 Mar'13

  Samsung launches Galaxy S4 with improved software and Knox security

  Samsung's latest smartphone, the Galaxy S4 – which was released in New York – aims to boost software and Android OS security

• March 14, 2013 14 Mar'13

  Sega uses Huddle to enable transatlantic collaboration

  Games maker Sega is using cloud-based collaboration software from Huddle to enable staff in its digital business to work together on projects

• March 14, 2013 14 Mar'13

  Google removes ad-blockers from Google Play

  Google has removed ad-blockers from its online app store – including AdBlock Plus, Adfree Android and Adaway – for violating terms of service

• March 14, 2013 14 Mar'13

  eBay study highlights big problem for search advertising

  A study by online auction company eBay has revealed that paying for keywords to boost rankings by search engines has little effect on sales

• March 13, 2013 13 Mar'13

  PayPal CISO Michael Barrett bullish on password alternative standard

  An alliance of technology firms, including PayPal and Lenovo, says it can provide alternatives to passwords to authenticate users for online services.

• March 13, 2013 13 Mar'13

  Cisco and Multiven lock horns over legal battle

  Cisco and Multiven enter a public feud, accusing one another of software and data theft

• March 13, 2013 13 Mar'13

  UK start-ups lack government support, say MPs

  The government is failing to secure financial funding for UK start-up companies, warns the Science and Technology Select Committee

• March 13, 2013 13 Mar'13

  Google Android OS tablet sales will overtake iPads in 2013, says IDC

  Sales of Google Android operating system (OS) tablets will overtake Apple iPad sales for the first time in 2013, says research company IDC

• March 13, 2013 13 Mar'13

  US authorities investigate hack of Michelle Obama and other high-profile people

  US authorities are investigating hackers who allegedly stole financial information belonging to US first lady Michelle Obama

• March 13, 2013 13 Mar'13

  Google to pay $7m fine for harvesting wireless data in the US

  Google has agreed to pay a $7m fine in the US for intercepting private Wi-Fi data without authoritsation using its Street View vehicles.

• March 12, 2013 12 Mar'13

  Security company Tripwire buys risk management business nCircle

  Security firm Tripwire announces its intention to buy nCircle, a provider of information risk and security performance management systems

• March 12, 2013 12 Mar'13

  UK’s million missing laptops a data time bomb, says report

  The million laptops that have gone missing in past year are a business data time bomb, says Sony’s VAIO Digital Business report 2013

• March 12, 2013 12 Mar'13

  Warwickshire Council adopts Gmail

  Warwickshire County Council is to complete a full Gmail roll-out across its 4,500 users next month, in a move that will deliver £250,000 in savings

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  UK businesses still ignoring flexible working

  Almost a quarter of UK companies lack a flexible working policy, while 36% fear reducing the number of desks would not be beneficial

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Phishing emails sent in pairs to lend authenticity, says training company

  Phishing emails are now being deployed in pairs to create the illusion of authenticity, says security awareness training company PhishMe

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Microsoft releases four critical security updates

  Microsoft is to release four “critical” patches in its monthly Patch Tuesday security update, according to the advance notice.

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Bank fraud claims over four million victims in UK

  Nearly 4.6 million people in the UK have had their personal details stolen and their bank accounts used to buy goods or services

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Hilary Reynolds latest universal credit programme director to move

  Universal credit programme director Hilary Reynolds has moved off after just four months, the latest senior figure to leave the programme

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  UK consumers want better personal data security, survey shows

  Banks top the list of organisations people trust least with their personal data, according to a survey of 2,000 UK consumers

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  AstraZeneca opts for co-operation after IBM falls out

  AstraZeneca has changed its approach to outsourcing to encourage co-operation with suppliers after its deal with IBM failed to deliver

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Reserve Bank of Australia admits targeted attack

  Staff at the Reserve Bank of Australia (RBA) were targeted by emails linking to a malicious payload in November 2011, the bank has admitted

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Pharma chemist crowned 2013 UK cyber security champion

  A 28-year-old pharmaceutical chemist has won the 2013 UK Cyber Security Challenge

• March 08, 2013 08 Mar'13

  Half of all companies lose devices with important data

  Recent survey shows half of all firms have lost devices with important data, with security implications for more than 20% of those businesses

• March 08, 2013 08 Mar'13

  RSA reports security shift toward monitoring and response capabilities

  A big shift in security spending has begun with increasing investment in monitoring and response capabilities, says RSA's Tom Heiser

• March 08, 2013 08 Mar'13

  Aspirant UK cyber security champions prepare for battle in Bristol

  The final of the current UK national Cyber Security Challenge takes place in Bristol this weekend

• March 08, 2013 08 Mar'13

  Samsung loses UK patent battle with Apple

  Samsung has lost its UK patent battle with Apple, days after announcing it would seek further cuts to the damages awarded to Apple in the US

• March 08, 2013 08 Mar'13

  Billionaire investor Carl Icahn enters fray over Dell’s sale

  Billionaire investor Carl Icahn has entered the fray over the proposed sale of PC maker Dell to the company’s founder

• March 08, 2013 08 Mar'13

  Google’s Motorola Mobility to cut 10% of workforce

  Google’s Motorola Mobility is to cut 1,200 jobs – 10% of its global workforce.

• March 07, 2013 07 Mar'13

  IT services in India driven by cloud, social and mobile

  The organisation representing Indian IT services firms expects the Indian market for IT services to grow faster than exports.

• March 07, 2013 07 Mar'13

  CIOs offering tablets over laptops

  Half of the CIOs in mid-sized business across the UK are considering giving employees tablets rather than laptops

• March 07, 2013 07 Mar'13

  EU states likely to force changes to proposed data protection rules

  A group of EU member states is likely to force the European Commission to soften proposals for tough new data protection regulations

• March 07, 2013 07 Mar'13

  UK laxity on BYOD raises data loss risk, says ICO

  YouGov survey reveals many UK employers are not providing guidance on the usage of own devices at work, putting personal information at risk

• March 07, 2013 07 Mar'13

  Apple iPhone growth outstrips Android OS smartphones in the US

  Apple's iPhone has overtaken Google Android operating system (OS) mobiles, which had a second slow month in a row in December 2012

• March 07, 2013 07 Mar'13

  Dell board seeks alternative to founder’s $24bn offer

  The board of manufacturer Dell is looking for rival bids for the company amid shareholder anger over founder Michael Dell's $24bn offer

• March 06, 2013 06 Mar'13

  EC fines Microsoft £485m for breaching browser choice ruling

  The European Commission (EC) has fined Microsoft £485m for breaching a competition ruling to give Windows users a choice of browser

• March 06, 2013 06 Mar'13

  What is RSA's build, buy, partner strategy?

  Computer Weekly takes a closer look at RSA's build, buy, partner strategy

• March 06, 2013 06 Mar'13

  Traditional security fails against targeted attacks, says Trend Micro

  Context is the most important element to defending corporate data in the face of increasingly targeted attacks, says security company Trend Micro

• March 06, 2013 06 Mar'13

  Cornwall Council votes for scaled-down BT joint venture

  Cornwall Council’s cabinet has voted in favour of a scaled-down joint venture with BT that will see the supplier run services including IT support

• March 06, 2013 06 Mar'13

  Google ousts Apple as investors' technology favourite

  Google has ousted Apple as a favourite among investors because of growing confidence in Google’s ability to capture advertising revenues

• March 05, 2013 05 Mar'13

  Businesses must fundamentally change or 'die'

  Firms need to embrace technological change or face being left behind, according to executives from Amazon and Salesforce

• March 05, 2013 05 Mar'13

  ICO highlights funding challenges as it launches new three-year plan

  The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) highlights funding challenges as it launches its new three-year corporate plan

• March 05, 2013 05 Mar'13

  Lack of killer apps curbs PC refresh

  CIOs used to refresh PCs because they wanted to run the latest software. Now, software is not compelling enough to justify a PC upgrade

• March 05, 2013 05 Mar'13

  Oracle and Apple release Java security updates

  Oracle and Apple have released emergency Java patches to address the latest in-the-wild exploits

• March 05, 2013 05 Mar'13

  Indiegogo joins Adyen for local currency payments

  Crowdfunding website Indiegogo has joined global payments company Adyen to let users give and receive contributions in local currencies