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August 26, 2011 26 Aug'11
Lack of soft skills training is curbing IT career progression

Employers are failing to provide IT professionals with the business...
August 24, 2011 24 Aug'11
London boroughs seek integrator to support Oracle ERP software-sharing project

Four London boroughs are looking for a systems integrator to support their plan to share a single instance of Oracle's latest ERP software.
August 24, 2011 24 Aug'11
Nokia launches three smartphones running Symbian Belle operating system

Nokia has unveiled three smartphone devices running its new operating system, Symbian Belle.
August 24, 2011 24 Aug'11
CompTIA+ provides young IT pro with career boost

Dujon Walsham is a 23 year old IT consultant who has worked on high-profile projects such as the IT infrastructure to capture programmes for ITV Player. His current job involves helping companies like eBay and British Airways adopt cloud computing ...
August 24, 2011 24 Aug'11
Durham University upgrades communications infrastructure and adopts IP telephony

Durham University is to upgrade its communications infrastructure after signing a deal with Siemens Enterprise Communications (SEC) which will see the university adopt IP telephony.
August 24, 2011 24 Aug'11
RBS pay leak reveals the contractors paid £2,000 a day

A blunder by recruitment company Hays has revealed contractors at Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) earn £2,000 per day.
August 23, 2011 23 Aug'11
Scholarships aim to encourage women to pursue cybersecurity careers

To boost the percentage of women in IT security careers, (ISC)2 has instituted two new scholarships, each totalling up to $40,000 per year.
August 23, 2011 23 Aug'11
BT services division takes 15 school leavers for IT apprenticeships in recruitment drive

BT Engage has taken on 15 school leavers to embark on three-year IT apprenticeships.

August 23, 2011 23 Aug'11
Why major IT projects are more likely to fail than any others

Major IT projects are 20 times more likely to fail than other business initiatives because project managers are ignoring unpredictable events, says a major research study by Oxford University.
August 23, 2011 23 Aug'11
One third of employees willing to change employer for flexible working arrangements

A third of employees will seek employment elsewhere if employers fail to support flexible working via mobile devices.
August 22, 2011 22 Aug'11
Unified network management: Wired and wireless together for good?

With an integrated network management vision, two organizations improved security and reliability, and have made steps towards a fully integrated network. But will we get there?
August 22, 2011 22 Aug'11
Failed IT projects demolish big businesses and executive careers, say researchers

IT projects spinning out of control in the public and private sector are ending the careers of senior executives and causing entire businesses to collapse.
August 22, 2011 22 Aug'11
Technology retailers slash Touchpad tablet prices in bid to empty HP inventory

Best Buy in the US is reportedly selling the HP Touchpad for just $99 as the retailer gets rid of its inventory of the soon-to-be-defunct tablet.
August 19, 2011 19 Aug'11
What does HP's Autonomy acquisition mean for the UK tech sector?

HP's bombshell announcement that it is to acquire Autonomy has left many questioning where this leaves the UK software industry. Computer Weekly asks the experts what the deal means for UK home-grown tech talent and what HP is likely to achieve with...

August 19, 2011 19 Aug'11
Customers may think twice about HP as PC business looks uncertain

As HP announces a major shake-up of its product range and services, analysts warn customers could think twice about HP contracts as a result of uncertainty surrounding its PC business.
August 18, 2011 18 Aug'11
Citrix buys RingCube for desktop personalisation: News in brief

Citrix has acquired RingCube, a desktop personalisation software provider, for an undisclosed sum. Citrix will add RingCube’s capabilities to its XenDesktop platform.
August 18, 2011 18 Aug'11
NHS trusts already planning a way out of National Programme contracts

NHS trusts in the National Programme for IT's beleaguered southern region have already begun drafting specifications for systems that may replace those supplied under the controversial project.
August 17, 2011 17 Aug'11
Cisco hardening guides for IOS, IOS-XR and NX-OS devices

Patching routing and switching infrastructure in any organisation is often delayed, sometimes due to the potential impact on production systems and sometimes because the IT resources are simply too busy fighting fires.
August 17, 2011 17 Aug'11
APEJ’s content management software sales grow by 11% in H2-2010:IDC

Content management software sales in APEJ region grew by 11% in second half of 2010. Know the latest trends in content management software space.
August 17, 2011 17 Aug'11
UK business should educate internally to get the right IT security skills at lower cost

UK businesses should look to internal training to meet future IT security needs rather than paying high prices by competing to recruit scarce skills externally, warn experts.
August 17, 2011 17 Aug'11
Atos employees to be investigated over Facebook remarks about disability benefit applicants

Two Atos Healthcare employees are being investigated over allegations they made inappropriate remarks on Facebook about the people they assess for sickness benefit.
August 16, 2011 16 Aug'11
Information Commissioner calls for more privacy improvements at Google

The Information Commissioner's Office says an audit at Google's London office shows the company has taken reasonable steps to improve its privacy policies, but could do more.
August 16, 2011 16 Aug'11
Microsoft to discontinue support for its e-book reader application

Microsoft is to halt support for its e-book reader application in a year's time, with no new content to be released after November this year.
August 15, 2011 15 Aug'11
Veeam brings virtual server backup for NHS trust

Storage roundup: Hospital cuts restoration times to minutes using Veeam Backup & Recovery; Buffalo launches Windows NAS family; Coraid partners with The Blueprint IT; Dot Hill appointments; and more.
August 15, 2011 15 Aug'11
Government must change the way it stores citizens' personal data, calls the EHRC

The government must bring in changes to better protect personal information, calls the Equality and Human Rights Commission.
August 12, 2011 12 Aug'11
Data quality improvement impeded by lack of automation

Data quality improvement has boosted revenue at 12% of a sample of UK companies. Progress impeded by poor automation, says research from QAS: 42% use Excel spreadsheets to detect data quality issues.
August 12, 2011 12 Aug'11
Parliamentary group of MPs to discuss outsourcing and shared services

A parliamentary group of MPs that will look at how the public sector can get more out of outsourcing and shared services will begin work when it has its first meeting this month.
August 12, 2011 12 Aug'11
Gist uses IBM cloud to improve supply chain messaging

Gist, a logistics company specialising in the distribution of chilled, frozen and ambient foods, has implemented IBM Sterling B2B Integration Services.
August 11, 2011 11 Aug'11
US woman sues Google over Gmail scanning

A woman has filed a class action suit against Google for scanning all e-mail sent to Gmail account holders to use for targeted advertising campaigns.
August 11, 2011 11 Aug'11
IT firm grows business five-fold after hiring apprentices

Computer repair company D&J Henry says its business has grown five-fold after hiring apprentices.
August 11, 2011 11 Aug'11
Government moves Alpha.gov.uk one-stop website to beta phase for public testing

The government has moved an alpha version of a pilot website - which could replace all .gov.uk URLs - to beta.
August 10, 2011 10 Aug'11
RDBMS now a low focus area for BI pros

Traditional RDBMS technology is incapable of handling the demands of unstructured, big data. BI pros are now going beyond RDBMS and exploring new options.
August 10, 2011 10 Aug'11
Adobe issues security updates for Flash, Shockwave, Photoshop and RoboHelp

Adobe has issued fixes for vulnerabilities in Flash, Shockwave, Photoshop, RoboHelp and Flash Media Server in the latest security update.
August 09, 2011 09 Aug'11
Ten-year-old hacker exposes exploitable flaws in Apple and Android games

A 10-year-old Californian hacker has exposed a new type of security vulnerability in many mobile games at a hacker conference in Las Vegas.
August 09, 2011 09 Aug'11
Twitter acquires social network site Bagcheck

Social network site Bagcheck has been bought by Twitter for an undisclosed sum.
August 09, 2011 09 Aug'11
Windows 7 deployments delayed by economic uncertainties, says Gartner

Economic uncertainty may cause a slowdown in Windows 7 operating system (OS) deployments in Western Europe, according to research firm Gartner.
August 09, 2011 09 Aug'11
Blackberry to co-operate with police after youths used BBM to organise riots

Research in Motion has said that it will co-operate with the police after it was revealed that London rioters used Blackberry Messenger rather than Twitter to organise looting sprees across the capital, with violence later spreading to Birmingham, ...
August 08, 2011 08 Aug'11
Customer data privacy program poised to roll out at Airtel

Airtel’s customer data privacy program will roll out in phases. With the pilot almost completed, Airtel is confident of meeting data privacy regulations.
August 08, 2011 08 Aug'11
Royal Pharmaceutical Society outsources to cope with restructure

The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain has outsourced the management of e-mail and storage to support a major restructure.
August 08, 2011 08 Aug'11
US standards body issues warning to energy suppliers over cyber attacks

A US energy industry standards body has warned suppliers to improve their defences against cyber attacks.
August 08, 2011 08 Aug'11
Toxic National Programme for IT contracts to be housed under one body

Billions of pounds of toxic IT contract exposures at the Department for Health could be housed under one central unit, according to reports.
August 08, 2011 08 Aug'11
Who needs MPLS? A dark fibre network saves York Council

The City of York Council set out to rethink its Internet and voice network services and ended up building a dark fibre network that will support city-wide free wireless.
August 07, 2011 07 Aug'11
Maritime museum backs up with HP LeftHand, Microsoft

The Australian National Maritime Museum has revamped its storage infrastructure, selecting HP LeftHand and Microsoft.
August 05, 2011 05 Aug'11
Is your BI safe in the hands of ERP vendors?

ERP vendors are pitching integration as supreme for BI. But can these ERP vendors hit the ball out of the park?
August 05, 2011 05 Aug'11
Microsoft slots 22 patches for August Patch Tuesday

Windows, IE, Visio, .Net, Visual Studio and Report Viewer to get security updates; updated version of Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on charts.
August 05, 2011 05 Aug'11
Case Study: Data encryption at the Salvation Army

The Salvation Army in the UK supports flexible working from home using laptops owned by the charity, but says finding a good way of protecting data was a challenge.
August 05, 2011 05 Aug'11
US names former Microsoft executive as new Federal CIO

The US has appointed former Microsoft executive Steven VanRoekel as its new government chief information officer.
August 05, 2011 05 Aug'11
Energy giant outsources smart meter services to Logica

Scottish and Southern Energy has outsourced some of its smart metering processes to Logica to help support the UK national roll-out.
August 04, 2011 04 Aug'11
Missing USB drive, found in pub, contained unencrypted data

The ICO says two housing groups must improve data security after a contractor’s missing USB drive, containing unencrypted data, was found in a pub.
August 03, 2011 03 Aug'11
Hotmail makes sign-in changes, can't please everyone

The Hotmail sign-in page is in the news this week, with subtle changes to browser auto-complete behaviour to provide wider browser compatibility.