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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
May 15, 2012 15 May'12
SAP pushes mobile enterprise apps at Sapphire

New apps from SAP include travel expenses, CRM, safety investigation and healthcare
May 15, 2012 15 May'12
Intel expands Xeon server processor family

Intel targets micro server market with new Xeon family. New chips balance cost with performance.
May 14, 2012 14 May'12
Enterprises putting HR in the cloud

Global businesses are moving the management of workforce relations into the cloud to eliminate siloed working through a single HR system across regions.
May 14, 2012 14 May'12
BYOD not popular with US CIOs

Most CIOs are not yet allowing employees to access company networks using personal computing devices, a US national survey has revealed.
May 14, 2012 14 May'12
SAP tech support needs to improve, say BusinessObjects users

SAP technical support needs to improve, according to 40% of BusinessObjects users in 96 organisations polled by the UK & Ireland SAP User Group
May 11, 2012 11 May'12
Hackers compromise Amnesty International UK website

Hackers compromised Amnesty International's UK website using remote administration tool Gh0st RAT, according to Websense Security Labs
May 11, 2012 11 May'12
Can mobile operators take on 'over-the-top' service providers?

With Telefonica launching a rival to Skype, can mobile operators claw back revenues lost to internet start-ups?
May 11, 2012 11 May'12
Adobe Muse offers websites without code

The software helps users build websites without them having to know HTML
May 11, 2012 11 May'12
Logica UK outsourcing orders plummet 80%

Logica saw orders in the UK plummet by 80% to £101m compared to last year, the outsourcing company reported in first quarter results
May 11, 2012 11 May'12
Facebook announces app store, but issues revenue warning

Facebook has announced its own app store, but also warned investors that the rapid growth of its mobile apps threatens its long-term financial prospects
May 10, 2012 10 May'12
Capgemini reports growth of 4.3%

Capgemini saw sales of €2.5bn (£2bn) in the first three months of its financial year, up 4.3% compared to the previous period last year.
May 10, 2012 10 May'12
Cyber attackers increasingly targeting applications, research shows

Web and mobile applications are the new frontiers in the war against cyber attack, according to an HP cyber security risks report
May 10, 2012 10 May'12
IP theft drives demand for security analytics, says HP

While traditional cyber threats remain, businesses are being hit increasingly by intellectual property theft, says HP
May 10, 2012 10 May'12
Apple software update includes security improvements

Apple has released software updates that fix bugs and security vulnerabilties
May 10, 2012 10 May'12
HP CEO Meg Whitman pushes hardware R&D strategy

HP CEO Meg Whitman has announced a three-year R&D programme in a bid to re-cast the company as a hardware business
May 09, 2012 09 May'12
Government snooping plans unveiled

The Queen's Speech has revealed that the government still plans to make it easier for security and police services to spy on e-mails, phone calls and internet activity
May 09, 2012 09 May'12
Interview: RSA executive chairman Art Coviello

A year after RSA's data breach, Art Coviello discusses the company's vision of intelligence-led security.
May 09, 2012 09 May'12
Department for Work and Pensions spent £24m with Atos in 2011

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) spent nearly £24m with outsourcing company Atos in 2011
May 09, 2012 09 May'12
European firms have holes in risk strategies, survey shows

Security professionals in Europe have significant gaps in their enterprise risk strategies, despite thinking that they are on track, a survey has revealed
May 09, 2012 09 May'12
Indian IT services firm Infosys opens UK apprenticeship scheme

Indian IT services firm Infosys is to offer UK apprenticeship places with the National Apprenticeship Scheme (NAS) over the next five years
May 09, 2012 09 May'12
IT managers in ‘true denial’ of BYOD

Juniper Network’s trusted mobility index shows 65% of UK IT managers don’t think employees are using unsupported devices
May 09, 2012 09 May'12
'Sons of Duqu' targeted in Microsoft May security patches

Microsoft releases seven bulletins – three critical and four important – for 23 vulnerabilities in its May Patch Tuesday monthly security update
May 09, 2012 09 May'12
Nevada gives Google's driverless car the green light

Google's driverless car has passed its driving test in Nevada, where licences for autonomous vehicles came into effect on 1 March 2012
May 09, 2012 09 May'12
HP bolsters PC business at Global Influencer Summit in Shanghai

HP launches a range of business and consumer laptops, thin clients and other devices at its Global Influencer Summit in Shanghai
May 09, 2012 09 May'12
Technology can add value to beat competitors

Six technology trends will help businesses open up new revenue streams, says Andrew Poppleton, managing director of Accenture's UK and Ireland Technology Group.
May 08, 2012 08 May'12
HP and F5 team up for virtual application delivery

HP has announced a partnership with F5 to speed up deployment of applications within virtualisation technology.
May 08, 2012 08 May'12
HP CEO Meg Whitman bets on cloud, security and big data

HP's strategy is focused on cloud computing, information security and information optimisation, says Meg Whitman, president and CEO at HP
May 08, 2012 08 May'12
Google breached Oracle's Java copyright, finds jury

Google breached Oracle’s Java programming language copyright, a jury has found in the Google Android patent hearing
May 04, 2012 04 May'12
Court case reveals ‘big loss’ for Google Android

The world’s most popular mobile operating system led to huge losses for Google in 2010
May 04, 2012 04 May'12
Acta effectively dead, admits EU digital agenda commissioner

The controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement (Acta), is effectively dead, the European Commissioner for the Digital Agenda has admitted.
May 04, 2012 04 May'12
Case study: Council IP telephony switch about more than just money

When Portsmouth City Council achieved a cut-price deal for an IP telephony infrastructure it quickly realised the technology offered more than just cost savings.
May 04, 2012 04 May'12
UK to expand cyber info-sharing hub after initial success

A public/private cyber security initiative exposed a campaign of malicious emails targeting UK defence companies, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has revealed.
May 04, 2012 04 May'12
Cisco snaps up analytics firm Truviso

Cisco has acquired real time data analytics firm Truviso for an undisclosed amount.
May 04, 2012 04 May'12
Yahoo board to review revelations about CEO's qualifications

The Yahoo board is to review revelations that new chief executive Scott Thompson does not have a computer science degree as claimed in his official biography.
May 03, 2012 03 May'12
Second DDoS attack on SOCA highlights need to be proactive

The UK's Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) has confirmed that its website has suffered another distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack.
May 03, 2012 03 May'12
Microsoft hikes volume licensing prices by up to 33%

UK organisations buying Microsoft volume licensing will see up to 33.5% price hikes from July as the firm attempts to harmonise European prices.
May 03, 2012 03 May'12
UK prepared for Olympic cyber attack, says minister

The 2012 Olympics in London will not be immune to cyber attacks, but the UK is prepared, says Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude.
May 03, 2012 03 May'12
VMware: Mobiles make ‘better desktops for post-PC era’

VMware has updated its View software as it focuses on mobile device management.
May 03, 2012 03 May'12
Hackers deploy new attack method targeting Android

Compromised websites are serving a new Trojan targeting Android devices, warns security firm Lookout.
May 03, 2012 03 May'12
Motorola Mobility wins injunction against Microsoft in Germany

Motorola Mobility has been granted an injunction against the distribution of key Microsoft products in Germany
May 03, 2012 03 May'12
European copyright ruling good for IT innovation, say lawyers

The top European court's ruling on copyright is good news for innovation, say lawyers
May 02, 2012 02 May'12
Oracle zero-day patch should be applied with caution, warns Qualys

Oracle has released an out-of-band patch for a zero-day vulnerability, but security firm Qualys warns against rushing to apply it
May 02, 2012 02 May'12
Samsung to unveil Galaxy S III handset

Samsung is preparing for the launch of the Galaxy S III handset on Thursday 3 May 2012