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June 14, 2012 14 Jun'12
BT launches One Voice app to cut roaming costs

The mobile app allows business travellers to cut costs on international calling by routing calls through their corporate VPN
June 14, 2012 14 Jun'12
Microsoft pushes Azure as cloud infrastructure on demand

Microsoft is now offering Azure as on-demand cloud infrastructure, supporting both Windows and Linux workloads
June 14, 2012 14 Jun'12
Nokia slashes 10,000 jobs

The Finnish phone manufacturer makes another round of job cuts, bringing the total in Stephen Elop’s reign to 40,000
June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12
ICANN reveals bidders for top level domain names

The internet organisation names the companies bidding for 1,930 new domains for websites

June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12
SMEs struggling in the face of BYOD and new cyber threats

SMEs are struggling to keep IT infrastructure up to date with cyber threats and new ways of working, a survey shows.
June 13, 2012 13 Jun'12
Deloitte opts for IT service management in the cloud

Business consultancy Deloitte is using cloud-based IT service management to support 13,000 employees in the UK and Switzerland
June 12, 2012 12 Jun'12
Big business at risk from byzantine privacy laws

Privacy laws introduced in Asia, China and Latin America are creating new headaches for multinational companies
June 12, 2012 12 Jun'12
IT must use cloud to improve business processes

The cloud will grow exponentially in business and CIOs must use it to enable business processes and make companies more agile
June 12, 2012 12 Jun'12
Privileged accounts are hacker sweet spot

Businesses are largely failing to block hackers from exploiting privileged IT accounts to access sensitive commercial data, a survey has revealed
June 12, 2012 12 Jun'12
Cisco UCS blade servers integrate Fusion-io PCIe flash cards

Cisco UCS signs an OEM deal with Fusion-io to incorporate PCIe flash cards directly into Cisco servers

June 12, 2012 12 Jun'12
University of Warwick students on competition success and a future in IT

A team of IT undergraduates from the University of Warwick tell Computer Weekly about an energy-saving mobile app they developed
June 12, 2012 12 Jun'12
2012: Will this be the year TPM finally comes of age?

Will 2012 be the year that TPM finally delivers on its potential to provide a hardware-based "root of trust" for enterprise information security?
June 11, 2012 11 Jun'12
Local authorities vie for £24m grant for cities of tomorrow

Government is asking UK cities and urban areas to demonstrate how they could become the city of tomorrow with a £24m grant at stake
June 11, 2012 11 Jun'12
Gartner: Client server returns for mobile apps

Gartner expects CIOs to shift software development towards mobile development by 2015, with an emphasis on HTML 5.0
June 11, 2012 11 Jun'12
Flame malware gets kill command

The controllers of Flame, the most powerful cyber weapon discovered to date, have recently sent a kill command that removes the malware from some infected computers
June 11, 2012 11 Jun'12
UK cyber fraud gang jailed for selling identity theft kits online

Six members of a UK cyber fraud ring have been jailed for selling identity theft kits online after pleading guilty at Southwark crown court
June 11, 2012 11 Jun'12
Vote now: The most influential women in UK IT

Computer Weekly has launched a programme to recognise the most influential women in UK IT – and we want your help in selecting the winners.
June 08, 2012 08 Jun'12
Bugs steeply delay Eveready Industries’ Oracle E-Business upgrade

Eveready Industries’ upgrade of Oracle E-Business suite is stuck due to the vendor’s inability to fix bugs for last one year. Here are the details.
June 08, 2012 08 Jun'12
SMEs up in arms over cookie law

Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) in the UK are up in arms about the last-minute changes made to policy on the newly-enforced cookie law.
June 08, 2012 08 Jun'12
O2 is latest ISP to block The Pirate Bay

O2 is the latest UK internet service provider to block access to file-sharing site The Pirate Bay in line with a High Court order issued at the beginning of May
June 08, 2012 08 Jun'12
eHarmony, Last.fm join LinkedIn with password leaks

Online dating site eHarmony and Last.fm have joined LinkedIn with password leaks, as hackers focus on social networks
June 08, 2012 08 Jun'12
IDC: Linux drives datacentre server shipments

Linux is growing its share of datacentre servers, according to IDC, although Windows is still the dominant platform
June 08, 2012 08 Jun'12
MobileIron ramps up mobile device management

MobileIron is providing a suite of tools to secure and provision Android and iOS devices in the enterprise
June 08, 2012 08 Jun'12
Apple faces £1.43m fine in Australian 4G iPad case

Apple has agreed to pay a £1.43m fine for misleading Australians about the 4G capacity of its latest iPad in a case brought by the national consumer watchdog
June 07, 2012 07 Jun'12
London increases share of UK IT workforce

London has accounted for over 40% of new UK IT jobs created so far this year taking the capital city’s contribution to new roles above pre-credit crunch levels.
June 07, 2012 07 Jun'12
Microsoft makes Azure open source friendly

Microsoft has taken steps to make its Azure cloud service more like infrastructure as a service, with support for Linux tools
June 07, 2012 07 Jun'12
University black box cuts student visa processing time

Lancaster University is automating record keeping and information cross checking for oversees students that register at the organisation.
June 06, 2012 06 Jun'12
CSC refuses to play ball over NHS Lorenzo deal

Troubled IT supplier CSC is continuing to drag its feet over a proposed deal by the Department of Health to free trusts from contractual obligations to use its Lorenzo software .
June 06, 2012 06 Jun'12
Top 10 tips for IPv6 security

Many organisations are being misled about the complexities surrounding IPv6 security, according to security firm Stonesoft
June 06, 2012 06 Jun'12
UK falling behind in cloud adoption, study shows

In spite of all the hype in the industry around cloud computing, UK IT decision-makers are not prepared to put applications in the cloud
June 06, 2012 06 Jun'12
Flame modules hijack Windows update

Microsoft has released a security update for its Windows operating system to block three fraudulent certificates used by Flame
June 06, 2012 06 Jun'12
Forrester report reveals true cost of cloud

Cloud computing is not as cheap as many think and analyst Forrester warns that some cloud applications may increase costs
June 06, 2012 06 Jun'12
Department of Health forges on with PACS

The continuing take-up of the Picture Archiving and Communications System (PACS) proves a success story for NHS IT
June 06, 2012 06 Jun'12
Google to warn users of state-sponsored attacks

Google has announced that it will alert users if they are being targeted by suspected state-sponsored attacks.
June 06, 2012 06 Jun'12
Majority of UK websites fail to comply with cookie law

Most UK websites are not yet compliant with the newly enforced cookie law, a study has revealed
June 06, 2012 06 Jun'12
IPv6 launch day raises awareness for web protocol

Numerous technology giants dub 6 June IPv6 launch day and switch to the internet protocol
June 05, 2012 05 Jun'12
Google buys QuickOffice and Meebo

Google boosts its intellectual property holding with the acquisition of QuickOffice and Meebo
June 01, 2012 01 Jun'12
ICO hits NHS Trust with biggest penalty to date

The ICO has fined Brighton and Sussex University Hospitals NHS Trust £325,000 for breaching the Data Protection Act
June 01, 2012 01 Jun'12
Microsoft pushes out Windows 8 Release Preview

Businesses and consumers can now download Windows 8 Release Preview from the Microsoft site
May 31, 2012 31 May'12
London Internet Exchange hit by suspected DDoS attack

The internet exchange for the majority of the UK’s ISPs has suffered an outage, which customers report to be down to a distributed denial of service attack
May 31, 2012 31 May'12
Intel makes 'long-term commitment' to smartphones

The first smartphone with Intel inside – the San Diego – was launched today with Orange branding
May 31, 2012 31 May'12
Key EU parliamentary committees vote on Acta

Three European Parliamentary committees are to vote this week on the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta)
May 31, 2012 31 May'12
HP suffers from Oracle Itanium snub

Gartner's latest market share data shows the server market declined, with HP hit by Oracle's decision to drop support for its Itanium servers
May 31, 2012 31 May'12
CGI makes £1.7bn offer for Logica

Canadian IT and business process service provider CGI has offered £1.7bn in cash to acquire Anglo Dutch IT services giant Logica in a sign of continued consolidation
May 30, 2012 30 May'12
Flame: What are the immediate implications for business?

Security researchers discovered the most powerful cyber weapon to date, but what does the latest threat, dubbed Flame, mean for IT security?
May 30, 2012 30 May'12
IT is overrated and underdelivers

Research from Forrester shows that IT and the business still face major cultural differences.
May 30, 2012 30 May'12
NFC contactless payments going mainstream

Juniper Research director Windsor Holden explains why there will be strong growth for the contactless payment sector in the UK and Europe
May 30, 2012 30 May'12
Google puts Windows on Chromebooks

Google makes Windows run on Chromebooks and offers $150 one-off management fee
May 30, 2012 30 May'12
Zurich East datacentre switches on direct current power

The Zurich-West datacentre, built by operator Green, is using direct current (DC) to power HP servers
May 29, 2012 29 May'12
Home Affairs Committee slams police IT plans

The Home Affairs Committee has expressed serious concerns over the privatisation of police IT procurement
May 29, 2012 29 May'12
IT security linked to saving lives, survey reveals

More than a quarter of companies believe that if their websites go down or they suffer a major security breach it could potentially cost lives, a survey has revealed.
May 29, 2012 29 May'12
Fujitsu UK CEO positive about the road ahead

Fujitsu CEO Duncan Tait took the helm at the height of the economic slowdown and all the upheaval it triggered, but revenues and orders are on the rise again
May 29, 2012 29 May'12
UK lottery operator keeps eye on cyber threats

UK National Lottery operator Camelot has bolstered its cyber defences in response to an increase in targeted attacks on high-profile organisations
May 28, 2012 28 May'12
Security researchers discover powerful cyber espionage weapon 'Flame'

Security researchers have discovered a cyber espionage weapon, dubbed 'Flame', with a functionality greater than any other known threat
May 28, 2012 28 May'12
Google Apps for Business wins ISO 27001 certification

Google Apps for Business has earned ISO 27001 certification, a move welcomed by analysts and the UK cloud computing industry
May 28, 2012 28 May'12
EC website fails to comply with EU data privacy cookie law

As the UK starts enforcing EU rules on cookies, it emerges that the EC's own website does not comply with the data privacy legislation
May 28, 2012 28 May'12
BlackBerry maker RIM to slash thousands of jobs

Research in Motion (RIM) is planning to cut its workforce by at least 2,000 as the troubled maker of the BlackBerry smartphone embarks on a global restructure
May 28, 2012 28 May'12
Universal Credit systems go live early in Manchester

Universal Credit systems are to go live in the Greater Manchester and Cheshire region in April 2013, six months before the national roll-out
May 28, 2012 28 May'12
Cisco kills off Cius tablet

Despite its belief in the BYOD market, Cisco is stopping development of its own tablet device
May 28, 2012 28 May'12
UK regulator PhonepayPlus shuts down Angry Birds smartphone scam

UK users of Android smartphones have been targeted by premium-rate phone scams masquerading as popular apps such as Angry Birds
May 28, 2012 28 May'12
ICO criticised for last-minute changes to cookie law

The ICO has come under fire for updating its policy on the newly-enforced cookie law at the last minute
May 25, 2012 25 May'12
UK takes slice of $40m Intel university research investment

Intel is to invest more than $40m in a network of university research centres in the UK, Germany and Israel over the next five years
May 25, 2012 25 May'12
Video: ICO publishes new guidance on cookie law

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published new guidance on cookie law and revealed the organisations it has approached on the issue
May 25, 2012 25 May'12
Last working day before cookie law enforcement

The deadline for compliance with UK cookie law expires this weekend, but there is no need to panic, says data protection lawyer Stewart Room
May 25, 2012 25 May'12
Why utility is the new ROI for IT projects

Businesses should measure utility, not return on investment, to choose the best IT projects for their money, says advisory group
May 24, 2012 24 May'12
Interview: EMC chief strategy officer Barry Burke

EMC’s head of strategy Barry Burke talks about storage trends and how his company is embracing them
May 24, 2012 24 May'12
Huddle gets $24m second-round funding as CIOs wake up to cloud collaboration

UK software firm Huddle has received $24m second-round funding to support its global expansion as CIOs wake up to cloud collaboration
May 24, 2012 24 May'12
Analysts attack HP’s decision to axe Lynch

Analysts have attacked HP’s decision to axe Mike Lynch from heading up Autonomy within the company, as part of its restructuring programme which will see 27,000 jobs get canned by 2014.
May 24, 2012 24 May'12
Unions will work together to fight HP job cuts

Union Unite said up to 1,600 UK jobs at HP are at risk following the IT giant’s announcement of an 8% reduction in its global workforce
May 24, 2012 24 May'12
Collaboration: Working smarter, not harder

Collaboration technology can help you work more effectively. Andrew Buss, director of Freeform Dynamics, guides you through the options
May 24, 2012 24 May'12
Google Android does not breach Oracle patents, court finds

A US court has found that Google's Android mobile platform does not infringe Oracle's Java patents
May 23, 2012 23 May'12
XtremIO: Costly mistake or genius deal for EMC?

Was spending $430m on XtremIO – a Flash start-up that hasn’t even launched a full beta product – a big risk for EMC or a clever move?
May 23, 2012 23 May'12
Overrun in big IT projects leads to one in three failures

One-third of big IT projects are likely to get derailed after they have been running for two years, according to research.
May 23, 2012 23 May'12
What are the challenges for the NHS IT strategy?

As the NHS publishes its Information Strategy Computer Weekly examines the challenges and the relevance of a central IT agenda now the structure is devolved to local commissioning groups
May 23, 2012 23 May'12
SAP to expand cloud offerings with acquisition of Ariba

SAP strikes $4.3bn deal to acquire cloud-based business commerce network, Ariba
May 23, 2012 23 May'12
Dell's quarterly profits take a dive

Dell saw its profits dive 33% in its first financial quarter of 2013 as consumer and large enterprise sales fell 12% and 3% respectively
May 23, 2012 23 May'12
Google closes Motorola Mobility acquisition

Google has announced the completion of the acquisition of Motorola Mobility following approval of the deal by regulatory authorities in China
May 23, 2012 23 May'12
Virgin Media criticises UK rural broadband subsidy policy

Virgin Media has criticised government broadband subsidy policy, claiming that it favours BT
May 23, 2012 23 May'12
EMC gives conference XtremIO teaser

In a future-gazing keynote, EMC gave snippets of information about the all flash-based storage array, codenamed Project X
May 23, 2012 23 May'12
Vblocks revenues on track to hit $3bn in 2013

The tie-up between Cisco, EMC and VMware is ramping up revenues from its datacentre-in-a-box product
May 23, 2012 23 May'12
IT spending by India Inc. to be Rs 2.67 lakh crore by 2016: Gartner

Get a glimpse of how the Indian enterprise IT market will grow over the next five years and the sectors that will drive the growth. A Gartner report.
May 22, 2012 22 May'12
EMC buys Syncplicity

Storage giant EMC confirms the deal for cloud file management firm Syncplicity but keeps the figures behind closed doors
May 22, 2012 22 May'12
EMC bags 20PB storage deal with Facebook

A source close to the situation tells Computer Weekly the deal involves scale-out storage technologies
May 22, 2012 22 May'12
Salesforce.com has no ERP offering in the pipeline

Cloud provider Salesforce.com claims to have no current plans to move into the enterprise resource planning space currently occupied by incumbents SAP and Oracle
May 22, 2012 22 May'12
Tucci: FusionIO ‘darn right foolish’ for Flash attitude

EMC’s CEO hits back at FusionIO as the war of words continues between the two companies
May 22, 2012 22 May'12
EMC claims cloud not ready for enterprise back-up

As EMC launches a number of back-up products, the division’s president says cloud back-up faces a lot of challenges.
May 21, 2012 21 May'12
EMC pushes for multiple Flash locations in datacentre hardware

EMC’s head of unified storage Rich Napolitano says Flash should reside in multiple locations in datacentre hardware, digging at smaller rivals
May 21, 2012 21 May'12
Global software piracy increasing rapidly, study shows

Global software piracy is increasing rapidly in the absence of any effective deterrence, a survey has revealed.
May 21, 2012 21 May'12
Google gets Motorola approval from China

Chinese regulators have approved Google's $12.5bn deal to acquire phone maker Motorola Mobility, but under certain conditions.
May 21, 2012 21 May'12
HP battles to make its services business work

HP is planning major job cuts and consolidating datacentres in a bid to commoditise enterprise IT services
May 21, 2012 21 May'12
Yahoo reaches $7.1bn sell-back deal with Alibaba

Yahoo has reached an agreement with Alibaba Group for a phased sell off of its stake in China's biggest internet group
May 18, 2012 18 May'12
Mobile threats demand focus on data protection, says Websense

Business needs to focus on data protection as cyber criminals turn to mobile malware, says Websense.
May 18, 2012 18 May'12
Businesses at risk from 'unfair' cloud contracts

Businesses are unwittingly signing cloud computing contracts that could leave them liable for failures by their supplier.
May 17, 2012 17 May'12
UK leaps up hacking league table, finds NCC Group

The UK is in the top ten sources of cyber attacks for the first time this year, according to the latest Origin of Hacks report from NCC Group
May 17, 2012 17 May'12
The Pirate Bay is latest site to be hit by DDoS attack

The Pirate Bay has become the latest high-profile website to be hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack
May 17, 2012 17 May'12
UK government websites miss cookie law deadline

Most UK government websites will fail to comply with the "cookie law" to be enforced from 26 May 2012
May 16, 2012 16 May'12
London 2012 Olympic Games IT enters final test

The Atos team controlling the IT for the London 2012 Olympic Games are recreating the environment for a final test before systems go live
May 16, 2012 16 May'12
UK business braces for more cyber attacks, survey shows

85% of UK businesses expect cyber attacks to increase in the coming years, a survey shows
May 16, 2012 16 May'12
Samsung overtakes Nokia as top mobile phone maker

Samsung sold more mobile phones than Nokia last year, and is larger than Apple in the smartphone market
May 15, 2012 15 May'12
Emulex targets HPC with Ethernet partnership

Networking firm Emulex teams with Myricom to boost Ethernet performance for high-performance computing and cloud environments