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• August 03, 2011 03 Aug'11

  Sunderland City Council signs multimillion-pound 10-year network deal with BT

  BT will deliver a corporate network connecting 188 sites.

• August 03, 2011 03 Aug'11

  eBay boosts virtual servers with 100 terabytes of flash memory

  Online auction site eBay has deployed more than 100 terabytes of flash memory to power its VMware virtual server infrastructure. The S-class flash storage from solid state disk provider Nimbus is believed to be among the world's largest consolidated...

• August 03, 2011 03 Aug'11

  Round table: the value of big data

  Learn what our round table of experts thinks of the value and significance of “big data.”

• August 02, 2011 02 Aug'11

  NHS trust forced to adopt National Programme patient records system or face £8.8m fine

  An NHS trust was forced to buy care records software through the National Programme for IT or face the threat of an £8.8m fine - even though it had a longstanding supplier in place.

• August 02, 2011 02 Aug'11

  Tesco signs eight-year deal to use Microsoft products and services

  Tesco has signed a software licensing and services deal with Microsoft aimed at helping improve the retail giant's global productivity and international growth.

• August 02, 2011 02 Aug'11

  Amazon closes Android appstore submissions in Germany after Apple lawsuit

  Amazon has closed submissions for its Android app store in Germany following a lawsuit from Apple.

• August 01, 2011 01 Aug'11

  Bad sectors – Storage news from Dell, Zerowait and Waikato District Health Board

  Dell plans to bring its vStart pre-packaged infrastructure stacks to Australia later this year, while ZeroWait has scored an Australian customer for its SimplStor product.

• August 01, 2011 01 Aug'11

  CSC closes acquisition of iSoft ahead of NHS IT contract renegotiations

  Outsourcing provider CSC has closed the acquisition of beleaguered healthcare application provider iSoft for $189m (£115m).

• August 01, 2011 01 Aug'11

  CIO interview: Michael Foster, European vice-president of IT, FedEx Express

  What role should IT play in business? This is the question Michael Foster, vice-president of IT at Fedex Europe, tackles at the global courier. Cliff Saran reports.

• August 01, 2011 01 Aug'11

  Former government CIO John Suffolk joins Huawei as head of cybersecurity

  Former government CIO John Suffolk has joined China-based IT company Huawei as global head of cybersecurity.

• July 29, 2011 29 Jul'11

  Why the High Court ruling in the Newzbin2 case is such a big deal

  The creative industries have welcomed the UK High Court ruling that BT must block access to pirated content aggregator site Newzbin2, but why is the ruling seen as such a game changer?

• July 29, 2011 29 Jul'11

  Government axes 376 more websites

  The government has axed nearly half of its websites since June last year, following recommendations that all digital public services should be under one URL.

• July 29, 2011 29 Jul'11

  Apple and Samsung overtake Nokia as worldwide smartphone shipments grow 76%

  Nokia's woes continue as Apple and Samsung overtake the Finnish giant to become the largest global smartphone manufacturers, according to analyst figures.

• July 29, 2011 29 Jul'11

  BSkyB wins 174,000 new broadband subscribers

  BSkyB has reported a surge in its broadband business in yearly results, taking its subscriber base to 711,000.

• July 28, 2011 28 Jul'11

  Starting from scratch - the SMB CIO

  The role of CIO is usually associated with large companies with lots of technology and several IT staff. But that's not always the case.

• July 28, 2011 28 Jul'11

  Highlights from 'A recipe for rip-offs' - the Select Committee report on government IT

  The Public Administration Select Committee has published a scathingly critical report on government's use of IT. We've chosen a selection of the highlights from the report.

• July 28, 2011 28 Jul'11

  Managed services spending by SMBs to witness 23% growth: AMI Partners

  Indian SMBs are aggressively adopting managed services. Explore how this market segment will shape up in the near future.

• July 28, 2011 28 Jul'11

  ElasticStack delivers cloud with SAN-resilient storage on commodity hardware

  Cloud platform provider ElasticStack has refined its software to deliver a cloud platform with resilient storage using low-cost commodity hardware...

• July 28, 2011 28 Jul'11

  NetApp trials University alliance to tackle skills shortage

  NetApp will try to introduce certifications in its products to the curricula of nine Australian universities, to address a shortage of people skilled in operating its products.

• July 28, 2011 28 Jul'11

  KLM deploys RightNow natural language search for mobile website

  KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has rolled out software-as-a-service provider RightNow's CX Intent Guide on its mobile website.

• July 27, 2011 27 Jul'11

  Metasploit Pro 4.0 adds support for cloud, SIEM systems

  Rapid7 releases Metasploit Pro version 4 with improved automation features and new SIEM and cloud-based pen-testing support.

• July 27, 2011 27 Jul'11

  Security software market remains fragmented: Gartner

  Top five vendors command no more than 44% of security software market.

• July 27, 2011 27 Jul'11

  Computer glitch halts Post Office card transactions

  Customers have been unable to complete card transactions at the Post Office after a computer glitch across all branches...

• July 27, 2011 27 Jul'11

  Virgin Media sees small drop in business sales, and loses 18,000 broadband users

  Cable telecoms supplier Virgin Media has reported a small drop in business revenue for its second quarter, while the firm also revealed it has lost 18,000 broadband users...

• July 26, 2011 26 Jul'11

  Tate museum group chooses Drupal and cloud hosting for new website

  The Tate museum group is scrapping the use of HTML code in favour of open source content management platform Drupal...

• July 26, 2011 26 Jul'11

  UK fails to make world’s top 10 high-speed broadband countries - but Ireland scrapes in

  The UK has failed to make it into the top 10 countries with the highest average broadband speed, but neighbouring Ireland scrapes in...

• July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11

  How to improve storage resources utilisation

  Storage hardware vendors’ upgrade offers are leading many mainframe users to buy storage they don’t need, which sends operational expenses through the roof because storage resources’ utilisation rates are low, says an expert.

• July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11

  Virgin Media trials 1.5Gbps broadband at London's Silicon Roundabout

  Virgin Media has rolled out broadband speeds of up to 1.5Gbps as part of a trial for businesses in the "Silicon Roundabout" area of London...

• July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11

  US House of Representatives committee approves cybersecurity standards bill

  The US House of Representatives has passed a bill designed to increase education, research and development to counteract cyberthreats.

• July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11

  Businesses should prepare for Web 3.0, says Booz&Co

  The next generation of web technology will transform the way businesses work within five to ten years, research by management consulting firm Booz&Co predicts.

• July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11

  Automated web application attacks are the top security threat, study reveals

  Websites are attacked about 27 times an hour or once every two minutes on average, peaking at 25,000 attacks a minute or seven a second, according to research...

• July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11

  IT industry salaries rise 7.5% in 2011

  Salaries for IT professionals have risen by 7.5% to reach an average wage of over £46,000 in 2011...

• July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11

  UK confirms international cyber rules conference

  UK foreign secretary William Hague has confirmed that the government is to host an international conference on cyberspace in London on 1 and 2 November 2011.

• July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11

  US court gives Oracle another chance to put its patent case against Google

  A US judge has rejected Oracle's claim for $2.6bn in damages from Google for infringing Java patents, but has given Oracle the chance to come up with a more reasonable claim...

• July 22, 2011 22 Jul'11

  DWP asks system integrators to list SME contractors to open up public sector deals

  The Department for Work and Pensions is asking its systems integrators to list the number of SMEs in their supply chains, in a move designed to open up more public sector contracts to small businesses.

• July 22, 2011 22 Jul'11

  Vodafone increases UK enterprise sales, driven by greater data traffic

  Vodafone's latest results reflect increased use of smartphones and data consumption within the workplace.

• July 22, 2011 22 Jul'11

  British Computer Society – the case for change

  A year on from the BCS extraordinary general meeting (EGM), Amit Bhagwat looks at how BCS has evolved, why the EGM came about and gave the results that it did, what has followed since and, how BCS might consider its future from here.

• July 21, 2011 21 Jul'11

  Securitytube.net releases WLAN security megaprimer

  The Hacker News (THN) has reported that the latest SecurityTube.net release includes a 4.2Gb DVD containing over 40+ HD quality videos of their WLAN Security Megaprimer.

• July 21, 2011 21 Jul'11

  Trend Micro aims to secure consumer mobile devices for enterprises

  Security firm Trend Micro has announced an enterprise mobile management product to help organisations integrate consumer devices into an enterprise environment in a secure way.

• July 21, 2011 21 Jul'11

  IDC blames decline in European PC market on weak consumer demand and high inventories

  The west European PC market declined 8.9% compared with the same quarter the year before. A shift in interest and budget towards other products contributed to weak consumer demand and slow stock depletion across Western Europe, according to analyst ...

• July 21, 2011 21 Jul'11

  Nokia reports £429m loss as smartphone revenues drop 32% in first half of 2011

  Nokia has reported operating losses of €487m (£429m) in the first half of 2011, fuelled by a decline in smartphone sales.

• July 21, 2011 21 Jul'11

  Hacking group Anonymous claims to have hacked into NATO servers and stolen data

  Hacking group Anonymous has claimed to have hacked into NATO servers, according to the Blottr.com news service.

• July 20, 2011 20 Jul'11

  Forrester: Seven trends to shape the future of enterprise applications and ERP

  Over the next five years, technology changes will disrupt our long-held beliefs about the ownership and value of core enterprise application, writes Paul D. Hamerman, vice-president and principal analyst at Forrester Research.

• July 20, 2011 20 Jul'11

  (ISC)² publishes official guide to CSSLP

  Information security body (ISC)² has published the only official guide to the Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP) certification.

• July 20, 2011 20 Jul'11

  Data breach at York University highlights urgency of security checks, says ICO

  The University of York's accidental breach of thousands of students' personal data points to a need for improved security checks, according to the Information Commissioner's Office.

• July 19, 2011 19 Jul'11

  Microsoft offers bounty in hunt for Rustock spambot operators

  A $250,000 reward is being offered to anyone who provides new information that results in the identification, arrest and criminal conviction of the cybercriminals behind the Rustock botnet.

• July 19, 2011 19 Jul'11

  Carphone Warehouse uses business process management to increase customer satisfaction

  Retailer Carphone Warehouse is claiming a 25% jump in its customer satisfaction ratings after investing in BPM software to help staff deal with sales, queries and complaints.

• July 18, 2011 18 Jul'11

  E-commerce services launched by Union Bank of India

  Union Bank of India has introduced e-commerce services in collaboration with ECS. Know how the new services can bolster the bank’s e-commerce portfolio and customer base.

• July 18, 2011 18 Jul'11

  Sainsbury’s debuts mobile shopping site

  Retailer Sainsbury's has launched a mobile version of its website to extend its commerce platform to additional channels. The optimised mobile site is built using a mobile platform provided by Usablenet. The platform provides access to over 15,000 ...

• July 18, 2011 18 Jul'11

  Public-funded bodies must open data, transparency chief tells Demos

  All bodies in receipt of public sector funding should be made to open up their data, said Tim Kelsey, the government's adviser on transparency and open data.