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August 01, 2012 01 Aug'12
Big data analytics can reduce cyber risks, says ISF

Big data analytics has the potential to reduce the growing number of cyber security risks and increase business agility, says the ISF.
August 01, 2012 01 Aug'12
Unsafe password practices cause Dropbox spam scare

Dropbox has confirmed that usernames and passwords stolen from other websites were used to sign in to a small number of Dropbox accounts.
August 01, 2012 01 Aug'12
Gartner: Online retailers need to exploit search technology

Online retailers are losing business because they are failing to exploit the full potential of search technology, says Gartner
July 31, 2012 31 Jul'12
Companies urged to align marketing and IT departments

IT and marketing departments must work together to maximise the impact of campaigns, especially those involving social media.

July 31, 2012 31 Jul'12
Newham spends £400,000 on ChildView software

The London Borough of Newham has spent £400,000 on case management software to help join up its disparate children’s services databases.
July 31, 2012 31 Jul'12
Businesses have 'once in a decade opportunity' to launch innovative apps

Businesses have a short window to distance themselves from competitors by introducing innovative phone apps, says analyst group Gartner
July 31, 2012 31 Jul'12
Isolate games PCs warns researcher after Ubisoft flaw comes to light

A researcher who discovered a security flaw in Ubisoft's Uplay gaming application says PCs used for gaming should be isolated from business and other networks
July 31, 2012 31 Jul'12
Interview: Denise McDonagh, government G-cloud director

Denise McDonagh talks about the challenges of the G-cloud programme and how the government is reducing dependence on large outsourcers.
July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12
Apple acquires AuthenTec for $356m

Apple is to acquire finger print sensor technology company AuthenTec for $356m in a move to enter the mobile payments space
July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12
Analysis: Security not the only thing cloud adopters overlook

Security is not the only thing that is being overlooked by eager adopters of cloud-based services, it seems, with incident response also being neglected

July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12
Oracle acquires Xsigo

Silicon Valley giant Oracle buys into software-defined networking with the purchase of Xsigo
July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12
The impact of private cloud on IT service delivery

Freeform Dynamics analyst Tony Lock writes about the impact private cloud has on budgets, reporting and IT delivery models
July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12
UK public sector sales drive Steria growth

French outsourcer Steria has posted steady growth in the UK for its second quarter, driven by an improvement in public sector sales.
July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12
Hackers steal personal details of 8.7 million mobile subscribers

Hackers have accessed the personal details of 8.7 million mobile phone subscribers to South Korea's second largest telecommunications company
July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12
European network professionals focus on server virtualisation

The latest results from Computer Weekly and TechTarget’s purchasing intentions study shows server virtualisation is becoming part and parcel of the networking professional’s job
July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12
CGI sees profits fall 30% amid Logica takeover

CGI, the Canadian IT firm that is acquiring UK outsourcer Logica, has announced a fall in net income of 30% following the takeover announcement.
July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12
US cyber chief calls on hackers to make internet secure

The head of the US Cyber Command has called on hackers to help make the internet more secure
July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12
US jury to consider Apple, Samsung patent battle

The patent battle between Samsung and Apple moves to a federal court in California
July 27, 2012 27 Jul'12
Twitter users targeted by Blackhole malware

Twitter users are being targeted by tweets containing malicious links that claim recipients are pictured in an online photo
July 27, 2012 27 Jul'12
Atos profits grow 2% in first half of 2012 to €102m

Olympics partner Atos saw profits grow 2% in the first half of 2012 to €102m (£80m) compared to the first half of 2011
July 27, 2012 27 Jul'12
Networking the least understood element of IT, says HP's Nick Watson

HP’s European networking chief Nick Watson blames complexity for lack of understanding of networking in cloud computing
July 26, 2012 26 Jul'12
Windows Azure 'availability issues' hit users in Europe

Users of Microsoft’s cloud-based Azure compute platform have been affected by an availability issue in Europe
July 26, 2012 26 Jul'12
Alcatel-Lucent slashes 5,000 jobs amid huge profit loss

Telecoms kit maker Alcatel-Lucent is to cut 5,000 jobs as part of a move to save €750m (£588m) amid results which saw the company haemorrhaging profits in the second quarter
July 26, 2012 26 Jul'12
Windows on tablets fuels growth for Citrix

The Apple effect is rubbing off on Citrix, with the desktop virtualisation specialist posting 16% year-over-year growth for Q2 2012
July 26, 2012 26 Jul'12
BlackHat 2012: UK firm MWR InfoSecurity reveals chip and PIN vulnerability

Security firm MWR InfoSecurity shows how retail chip and PIN devices can be attacked easily at the 2012 Black Hat conference in Las Vegas
July 26, 2012 26 Jul'12
Juniper and Riverbed enter technology partnership

Juniper and Riverbed combine network and application capabilitites for wide area network (WAN) optimisation, application delivery and mobility
July 26, 2012 26 Jul'12
Capgemini posts flat profits for first half of 2012

Capgemini has announced flat profits for its first half of 2012 at £153m, with sales up 2.3% to €5.15bn compared with the same period in 2011
July 26, 2012 26 Jul'12
Facebook to expand rewards for hackers

Facebook is to expand its reward scheme for hackers who uncover vulnerabilities in its products to include network vulnerabilities
July 26, 2012 26 Jul'12
Australian telco AAPT confirms Anonymous data breach

Australian telecoms firm AAPT confirms business customer data was breached by hacktivist group Anonymous at an external service provider
July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12
Strong growth at HCL reflects European IT spend

HCL said its European sales have increased as a result of businesses focusing on efficiency while attempting to reduce the number of suppliers they use for specific service lines
July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12
Symantec sacks CEO Enrique Salem as Q1 profits drop 10%

Security specialist Symantec has sacked its CEO, Enrique Salem, as first quarter profits plummet 10%
July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12
Cheap consumer hardware cracks complex passwords in seconds

A dream tool for hackers capable of cracking nine billion passwords a second can be bought for as little as £400, warns hosting firm UKFast
July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12
Broadcom touts ‘5G Wi-Fi’ mobile chip

Semiconductor manufacturer Broadcom announces the first mobile chip based on the 802.11ac Wi-Fi standard, set to launch in early 2013
July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12
ARM expects profit growth of 23%

UK chip maker ARM expects sales growth of 15% to £268m in its second quarter results, with profits up 23% to £66.5m, compared with the same quarter last year
July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12
Windows migration curbs enterprise PC upgrade plans

Upgrading Windows is having little impact on IT departments' PC refresh plans
July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12
Businesses make 70% savings on applications hosted on Amazon

Businesses using Amazon Web Services over the past five years have made considerable savings, an IDC study has found
July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12
iPhone and iPad bolster Apple sales and profit

Apple made sales worth $35bn and profit of $8.8bn boosted by a huge rise in iPad sales and strong growth in iPhone sales
July 25, 2012 25 Jul'12
Three top ISPs refuse to sign UK internet code of practice

Three top internet service providers (ISPs) refuse to sign up to a code of conduct aimed at guaranteeing full and open access to the internet
July 24, 2012 24 Jul'12
SuccessFactors boosts SAP's cloud performance

SAP’s cloud business is growing, thanks to the acquisition of SuccessFactors, according to the company’s latest financial results.
July 24, 2012 24 Jul'12
Forrester: Huawei must focus on growing enterprise business

Analyst Forrester says Huawei must focus on its enterprise business, even if at a loss, as carrier network revenues are no longer growing
July 24, 2012 24 Jul'12
Stonesoft releases AET defence system and free test tool

Security firm Stonesoft has released an Advanced Evasion Technique (AET) defence system and testing tool in quick succession
July 24, 2012 24 Jul'12
VMware looks to SDN with $1.05bn Nicira acquisition

Software-defined networking (SDN) specialist Nicira vows commitment to open standards as VMware proposes $1.05bn acquisition
July 24, 2012 24 Jul'12
Philips outsources business transformation to Cognizant

Royal Philips Electronics has outsourced business transformation to IT services supplier Cognizant in a deal to move its IT to a managed service
July 24, 2012 24 Jul'12
Cisco loses 1,300 jobs in another round of cost-cutting

Cisco Systems is to cut around 1,300 jobs – or 2% of its workforce – in continued efforts to cut costs and streamline decision making
July 23, 2012 23 Jul'12
CIO interview: Sally Howes, National Audit Office

Sally Howes, CIO at the National Audit Office, talks about how the NAO hopes to perform more IT health checks and fewer project post mortems
July 23, 2012 23 Jul'12
Amazon to open London development centre

Amazon today announced a new hub in central London to focus on the development of digital media products
July 23, 2012 23 Jul'12
Heads of business bank on IT to boost business

Top-level business managers regard IT as a competitive advantage, according to Gartner
July 20, 2012 20 Jul'12
Eurozone crisis hits IT outsourcing

IT outsourcing contract values hit their lowest in five years as fears over the stability of the Euro restrain European business spending
July 20, 2012 20 Jul'12
Google results: $774m spent on IT, with more to come

Google has reported a 10% increase in net income in the second quarter of 2012 and is continuing its datacentre expansion.
July 20, 2012 20 Jul'12
Microsoft reports first loss since 1986

The software giant recorded an operating loss of $492m in the fourth quarter of its 2012 fiscal year
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
Will Microsoft turn things around for Nokia?

With more disappointing results, Nokia is pinning its hopes on Microsoft’s upcoming Windows 8 launch, but can the Redmond giant save the day?
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
Electrical power grids prime targets for cyber attack, says McAfee

Legacy electrical power grids are a prime target for cyber attack and security needs to be built into these critical systems, a study has found
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
Imperial College London moves ITSM to the cloud

Imperial College London is moving IT service management (ITSM) into the cloud after it grew out of its eight-year-old system
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
Lack of IT investment could prolong recession

Research suggests the UK economy could continue to suffer economically as businesses fail to invest in technology and innovation
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
IBM experiences cloud growth, but traditional business areas suffer

IBM's second-quarter revenues remained relatively flat, although the company reported strong growth in its cloud, analytics and Smarter Planet initiatives
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
Many global firms unaware of online risk, finds KPMG

Many global organisations could do a lot more to protect their private data and reduce exposure to attacks by hackers, according to KPMG
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
Cisco secures virtual machines with Virtuata buy

Details of the deal remain scarce but Cisco is keen to build up its cloud offerings by bringing Virtuata on board
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
BP rolls out first global cloud for workforce

BP is putting its global messaging infrastructure into a private cloud to benefit from pay-per-use functionality and scalability
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
Europol leads initiative to pool cyber crime intelligence

Europol is to lead an initiative pooling cyber crime intelligence from business, government, law enforcement and security agencies
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
Amazon offers cloud-based SSDs for low-latency applications

Amazon Web Services is offering SSDs in the cloud to support low-latency applications
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
Security researchers join forces to bring down Grum botnet

Security researchers have collaborated to take down Grum, the world’s third-largest botnet of hijacked computers
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
Apple ordered to run 'Samsung did not copy iPad' ads

A UK judge has ordered Apple to publish adverts that say Samsung did not copy the design of its iPad
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
Government-sponsored hackers target commercial secrets

Government-sponsored organisations are increasingly turning to hacking techniques to steal commercial secrets from businesses, KPMG has warned
July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12
Microsoft reveals 26 October launch for Windows 8

Microsoft has updated announcements that Windows 8 will be available in October, by revealing an exact launch date
July 18, 2012 18 Jul'12
UK Cyber Security Challenge zeroes in on software developers

The UK national Cyber Security Challenge has launched another competition aimed at finding software developers to defend critical national infrastructure.
July 18, 2012 18 Jul'12
Intel warns of slowdown amid falling PC sales

Chip maker Intel warned of a slowdown over the next quarter as it announced its sales and profit for its latest three-month period.
July 18, 2012 18 Jul'12
CEO Paul Maritz hands VMware reins to EMC COO Pat Gelsinger

VMware CEO Paul Maritz takes a job at parent company EMC as EMC COO Pat Gelsinger moves over to head up the virtualisation firm
July 18, 2012 18 Jul'12
Microsoft faces substantial EC fine over browser rules breach

Microsoft faces a large fine for failing to offer Windows users a choice of web browser despite apologising to the European Commission (EC)
July 17, 2012 17 Jul'12
UK cyber protection should be more aggressive, say MPs

The UK should declare cyber war on states and cyber criminals who target the country, say MPs
July 17, 2012 17 Jul'12
CSC wins deal to transform datacentres for engineer firm Alstom

Engineering company Alstom has outsourced the transformation of its datacentres to systems integrator CSC in a five-year contract
July 17, 2012 17 Jul'12
Google revises proposals to EC competition authorities

Google has submitted a revised set of proposals to address the concerns of European Commission (EC) competition authorities
July 17, 2012 17 Jul'12
Yahoo lands Google's Marissa Mayer as CEO

Yahoo has appointed leading Google executive Marissa Mayer as CEO, ending months of speculation
July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12
DCLG sticks with same old system integrators for IT refresh

The Department for Communities and Local Government (DCLG) will contract a single outsourcing giant for its desktop management services
July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12
Polycom releases open APIs for RealPresence

The telecoms firm boosts mobile capabilities for its video as a service platform, with new developer kits and further compatibility with tablets
July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12
Sophos combines endpoint security and UTM

Security firm Sophos combines endpoint protection and unified threat management (UTM) products into a single physical or virtual appliance
July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12
CIO interview: Antoine Shagoury, London Stock Exchange

London Stock Exchange CIO Antoine Shagoury – who recently added COO to his job title – talks about his balancing act at the LSE
July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12
Olympics media centre set to become datacentre

The Olympics media centre looks set to become a datacentre after the London 2012 Games, with technology company iCITY one of two remaining bidders
July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12
Hacker gets eight years for role in $3m hacking spree

A trio of US cybercriminals has been given stiff sentences in a case that netted $3m and has important lessons for businesses
July 16, 2012 16 Jul'12
Court orders RIM to pay $147m to Mformation in software patent dispute

A court has ordered Research in Motion (RIM) to pay $147.2m damages to Mformation Technologies for server software patent infringement
July 13, 2012 13 Jul'12
SAP expects strong second quarter

Software provider SAP expects a strong second quarter, with revenues up 18% on last year to €3.9bn (£3bn).
July 13, 2012 13 Jul'12
Yahoo Voices breach highlights basic security failings

The data breach of the details of more than 450,000 Yahoo account holders highlights common enterprise security failings, say experts
July 12, 2012 12 Jul'12
SME uses cloud to meet FSA regulations

When the Financial Services Authority (FSA) introduces new rules, companies under its jurisdiction often have to invest in IT to adhere to new rules.
July 12, 2012 12 Jul'12
£1m competition opens to find tech start-up with the X factor

A global competition with a £1m prize has opened with the aim of finding and funding an entrepreneur with a good idea for a start-up business in London
July 11, 2012 11 Jul'12
IT cost-cutting slashes legacy budget

Almost 60% of IT executives have a plan in place to retire applications, according to a UK study by Accenture
July 11, 2012 11 Jul'12
Global enterprises utilising Malaysia infrastructure

Businesses are increasingly taking advantage of the economic and political benefits of setting up operations in Malaysia
July 11, 2012 11 Jul'12
Websense launches cyber security intelligence services

Security firm Websense is to launch cyber security intelligence services to enable businesses to tap into the resources of its research teams
July 10, 2012 10 Jul'12
Websense takes aim at modern hacker attack methods

Defenders need to know themselves as well as their enemy and this can be applied to defending information security, says security firm Websense
July 10, 2012 10 Jul'12
Strong leadership essential to shared services strategy, warns PAC

The Cabinet Office must show strong leadership if it is to make shared services work, the Public Accounts Committee (PAC) has warned
July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12
Microsoft confirms Windows 8 OS release in October

Microsoft's latest operating system (OS), Windows 8, will be released to manufacturing in August, with full release due three months later
July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12
Businesses rein in spending on hardware and software

Businesses are reining in spending on hardware and software amid continued uncertainty in the global economy, according to analyst Gartner
July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12
Riba saves £100,000 with move to IaaS

The Royal Institute of British Architects (Riba) hopes to save £100,000 with an infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS) platform
July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12
Orange Business Services touts internet offload service

Orange Business Services (OBS) claims business applications can excel on VPNs by pushing non-critical applications onto local ISP networks
July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12
Cloud mobile device management key to BYOD, says Lambeth IT head

Cloud mobile device management will be key to enabling bring your own device (BYOD) policies, says Lambeth council IT chief Rob Miller
July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12
Atos staff could walk out during Olympics

Over 1,500 workers in Atos’s IT services and healthcare units could go on strike during the Olympics after a below-inflation pay rise was offered
July 09, 2012 09 Jul'12
Google Android OS Trojan virus hits 100K devices in China

Trojan malware has hit 100,000 devices using the Google Android operating system (OS) in China, say security researchers
July 06, 2012 06 Jul'12
Ultrabook sales suffer as consumers feel the squeeze

Ultrabooks are failing to take off in western Europe because consumers are not prepared to spend a premium on expensive devices
July 06, 2012 06 Jul'12
Kaspersky Lab finds first malware on Apple's App Store

An app known as “Find and Call” has been targeting users of the Apple iPhone App Store and Google’s Play market, says Kaspersky Lab
July 05, 2012 05 Jul'12
HTC wins victory over Apple in patent battle

HTC claimed a patent victory over Apple in the latest legal battle in the ongoing smartphone patent turf war
July 05, 2012 05 Jul'12
Insurance giant Aegon selects Serco for BPO

Serco’s fledgling global BPO business has landed a 10-year business process outsourcing contract with insurance giant Aegon’s UK business
July 05, 2012 05 Jul'12
Bank network group Bian calls for SOA for move to commercial software

Bank network group Bian calls for service-oriented architecture (SOA) across banks to support the industry shift toward off-the-shelf software