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News Archive
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May 03, 2011
03
May'11
Cloud computing: How to avoid a network bottleneck
Cloud computing can put a huge load on a business's network. Organisations need to ensure network access from the user's browser on the local area network (LAN), to a cloud-based datacentre across on the public internet are fit for purpose.
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April 29, 2011
29
Apr'11
Store dealing with dishonest employees uses internal theft prevention software
A London-based sushi chain expects to save almost £1 million this year with the help of new fraud-detection software.
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April 28, 2011
28
Apr'11
IT professionals willing to sacrifice cash for more time off
IT professionals are increasingly attracted to the prospect of a shorter working week and are prepared to sacrifice thousands of pounds to get it.
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April 27, 2011
27
Apr'11
Millions apply for Olympic tickets despite site crash
Around 20 million last-minute ticket applications were made for the London 2012 Olympics despite a surge in demand causing the website to crash.
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April 27, 2011
27
Apr'11
MoD spends £6.6m on mobile phones
The Ministry of Defence spent £6.6m on mobile phones and contract charges for ministers, members of the armed forces and civil servants last year.
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April 27, 2011
27
Apr'11
HSBC Insurance works with IBM to solve Solvency II
HSBC Insurance in the UK is using IBM Global Services to support its European Solvency...
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April 26, 2011
26
Apr'11
Technology boosts savings at WHSmith
Retailer WHSmith says it has delivered savings thanks to IT improvements and tight cost management.
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April 26, 2011
26
Apr'11
Global cloud market to reach $240bn by 2020
The global cloud market is set to explode in the next 10 years, growing from $40.7bn in 2011 to more than $241bn in 2020, according to Forrester Research.
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April 26, 2011
26
Apr'11
Hybrid cloud model saves university money on a data centre upgrade
Loughborough University implemented a hybrid cloud model and saved money on upgrading its data centre infrastructure, networks and collaborative applications.
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April 24, 2011
24
Apr'11
How Google runs its storage and more from the storage blogs
Google has posted a paper that outlines its storage architecture, and that’s the choicest morsel in a month when the usual blogosphere protagonists have gone easy on each other.
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April 21, 2011
21
Apr'11
National Archives scoops Queen’s Award for Enterprise
The National Archives has been awarded the Queen's Award for Enterprise - the first public sector body to receive the gong in more than ten years.
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April 21, 2011
21
Apr'11
Volkswagen creates common data services in pursuit of car industry pole position
Volkswagen’s common data services approach is crucial to the IT-enabled transformation of its five businesses.
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April 20, 2011
20
Apr'11
UK IT staff increasingly seeking work abroad
The majority of UK IT professionals would consider migrating abroad to pursue higher quality work and salaries, a recruitment firm warns.
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April 20, 2011
20
Apr'11
Infosec 2011: APT attacks a real threat to business, says security panel
Advanced Persistent Threats are a reality and cannot be dismissed as a myth or media hype, according to a panel of experts debating the top threats at Infosecurity Europe 2011 in London.
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April 20, 2011
20
Apr'11
Infosec 2011: Policy is only way to deal with social media, say security professionals
The best and only way organisations can deal with the use of social media is through robust policies and user aware campaigns
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April 20, 2011
20
Apr'11
Shutting down a botnet, US Government disables Coreflood
Coreflood, a botnet almost ten years old, has been taken down by the FBI and US Department of Justice by obtaining permission to hijack the command and control servers and send a 'stop' command to infected PCs. Is this overstepping the privacy line?
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April 19, 2011
19
Apr'11
Infosec 2011: Cisco announces new tools for securing the mobile enterprise
Cisco has introduced new security products to its Borderless Networks portfolio to help IT departments manage mobile devices, changing workforce habits and the impact of video on the network.
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April 18, 2011
18
Apr'11
Growth of NFC to drive overhaul of Chip and PIN equipment
The growth of near-field communication (NFC) in the UK will drive the replacement of retailers' Chip and PIN point of sale (PoS) equipment, according to an analyst.
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April 15, 2011
15
Apr'11
Computer Weekly marks the end of an era as a new one begins
The first issue of Computer Weekly magazine in 1966 marked the start of an era in the UK IT industry - the first ever weekly technology publication. This is the story of how it all began.
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April 14, 2011
14
Apr'11
Declining PC market threatened by tablet popularity
The PC market has continued to decline after delays in refresh cycles and increased purchases of tablet devices, according to research.
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April 14, 2011
14
Apr'11
Forrester Research: Marketing is an IT spending blackhole
Analyst Forrester Research is holding a roundtable meeting to bring together chief marketing officers and chief information officers, in a bid to bridge the divide between IT and marketing departments.
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April 13, 2011
13
Apr'11
Building an Olympics network
Preparation is clearly the key to Olympic success, as players on 27 July 2012 will see years of finely honed practice condensed into one gruelling fortnight
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April 13, 2011
13
Apr'11
Infosec 2011: Charity sector shows the way to balance budget and security
Tackling security project by project is an effective way of securing data on a limited budget, says Matt Holland, head of information security at children's charity NSPCC.
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April 13, 2011
13
Apr'11
Microsoft launches UK mapping service to rival Google Streetview
Starting in London, Microsoft has begun taking photographs of the UK for its street-level mapping service, Streetside.
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April 13, 2011
13
Apr'11
Developer renews court battle to claim 50% of Facebook
A New York developer has renewed his court battle in claiming at least a 50% share of Facebook almost a year after his first attempt stalled.
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April 12, 2011
12
Apr'11
Tesco uses customer data to stride ahead of competition
Fresh insights from customer data allowed Tesco to meet consumers' needs faster and more accurately, growing Tesco's market capitalisation 10-fold in eight years while its chief competitors' market value fell, the retailer's former CEO Sir Terry ...
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April 12, 2011
12
Apr'11
ICO slams Cabinet Office and MoD for slow FOI responses
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has criticised the Cabinet Office and the Ministry of Defence for failing to reduce the time they take to respond to Freedom of Information (FOI) requests.
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April 12, 2011
12
Apr'11
Infosec 2011: Compliance the biggest security juggernaut, says security expert
The biggest security compliance juggernaut for businesses is concentrating on achieving compliance rather than changing they way they work, says Des Ward, president of the Cloud Security Alliance UK and Ireland chapter.
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April 12, 2011
12
Apr'11
Teradata data warehouse joins SSD technology to HDDs, virtual storage
At Teradata Universe in Barcelona, the company announced the Active EDW 6680, a data warehouse system that mixes SSD technology, hard disks and storage virtualization software.
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April 11, 2011
11
Apr'11
Intel unveils Oak Trail Atom processor chipset for tablet market
Intel is introducing a next generation Atom processors, previously codenamed "Oak Trail", aimed at the tablet market.
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April 11, 2011
11
Apr'11
Manageability issues impede adoption of virtualisation
Virtual infrastructure management challenges are hindering the adoption of virtualisation within businesses, according to research.
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April 11, 2011
11
Apr'11
Copyright holders formulate ISP piracy website blocking scheme
Copyright holders are urging UK internet service providers to block illegal file-sharing sites.
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April 08, 2011
08
Apr'11
CIOs need IT governance rethink
CIOs will need to rethink their IT governance policies as employees turn to social media tools to collaborate at work, according to research from analyst group Gartner.
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April 08, 2011
08
Apr'11
Motivated, information security policye-aware employees are the best defence
Keeping employees motivated is the best way to ensure you have satisfied customers, and if it is an employee's responsibility to keep the customers happy,...
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April 08, 2011
08
Apr'11
Admins face huge April Patch Tuesday security update from Microsoft
Microsoft has announced that it will release 17 security bulletins to address 64 vulnerabilities
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April 08, 2011
08
Apr'11
Facebook has launched a project to ‘open source’ its datacentre
In the spirit of open source software, Facebook says it wants to share the innovations in one of its datacentres with the rest of the industry in its
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April 08, 2011
08
Apr'11
After breach at RSA, two-factor authentication options abound
Companies specialising in two-factor authentication hope to boost business following the breach of RSA's SecurID, and many plan to capitalise with new products at Infosecurity Europe.
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April 07, 2011
07
Apr'11
Sophisticated cyber thieves behind Epsilon data breach, says parent company
US marketing firm Epsilon was hit by one of the biggest data thefts to date, the work of highly sophisticated cyber thieves, says parent company Alliance...
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April 07, 2011
07
Apr'11
Dell set to unveil cloud plans
Dell is due to make a global announcement later today, where it is expected to unveil its plans for cloud computing.
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April 07, 2011
07
Apr'11
Copper-based 10 Gigabit Ethernet is arriving, but not on 10GBase-T
Forget the predictions that copper-based 10 Gigabit Ethernet would run on 10Gbase-T. Copper-based Ethernet is here, but SFP Direct Attach maybe the cabling of choice.
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April 06, 2011
06
Apr'11
Indian BI technology market to grow by 16% in 2011: Gartner
The Indian BI technology market in 2011 will see a 16% growth over 2010. Read more about the latest BI technology market trends in this Gartner forecast.
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April 05, 2011
05
Apr'11
Sex offence technology helps business avoid legal liability
Technology that cross references image hash codes against child sexual abuse material will help businesses avoid legal liability.
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April 05, 2011
05
Apr'11
City of York falls foul of data protection act following printer mix-up
The City of York Council has fallen foul of the Data Protection Act after having accidentally disclosed personal data following a printer mix-up.
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April 05, 2011
05
Apr'11
Immigration cap will not stem flow of IT workers to UK on ICT visas
The immigration cap, which comes into force on 6 April 2011, will have little effect on the number of economic migrants entering the UK because businesses can continue to use the uncapped Intra Company Transfer (ICT) scheme to access skills, ...
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April 05, 2011
05
Apr'11
PizzaExpress parent turns to customer data analytics to target diners
The Gondola Group of restaurants, which includes PizzaExpress, Ask, Zizzi, Byron and Kettner's, has gone digital with targeted promotions to casual diners over the past 18 months.
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April 04, 2011
04
Apr'11
RSA discloses phishing-attack data breach details
RSA, the security division of EMC, has revealed the firm's data breach in mid March was the result of a spear phishing attack. The spear phishing attack exploited an Adobe Flash vulnerability that was unpatched at the time.
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April 01, 2011
01
Apr'11
CSC to acquire troubled NHS supplier iSoft
IT services giant CSC has agreed to acquire troubled healthcare software firm iSoft after the latter suspended shares and put itself up for sale last week.
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April 01, 2011
01
Apr'11
Community networks to be part of Devon and Somerset broadband projects
Devon and Somerset county council has issued requests for tenders worth...
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April 01, 2011
01
Apr'11
Sex discrimination rife in IT, says report
Gender discrimination against women is rife in the IT sector, a report says.
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April 01, 2011
01
Apr'11
Samsung and Visa team up for mobile NFC payments
Samsung and Visa have formed a partnership to provide mobile payments in time for the 2012 London Olympic games.