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• April 25, 2012 25 Apr'12

  Infosec 2012: Cloud enables security expertise for SME

  Small and medium enterprises (SMEs) typically face the same threats as bigger organisations, but lack the same level of expertise and other security resources.

• April 20, 2012 20 Apr'12

  BBC wants to build a cultural API

  With over 80 years of cultural information in its archive, the BBC is looking at making programme metadata available

• April 19, 2012 19 Apr'12

  IT staff lack understanding to succeed with big data

  IT professionals lack the skills to truly understand the big data opportunity for business and government

• April 17, 2012 17 Apr'12

  FCC fines Google $25k for hampering Street View Wi-Fi data harvesting probe

  Federal Communications Commission fines Google $25k for obstructing investigation into harvesting Wi-Fi data for Google Maps' Street View

• April 04, 2012 04 Apr'12

  Facebook counter sues Yahoo in escalating patent war

  Facebook is counter suing Yahoo in an escalating patent battle between the rival social networking firms

• April 03, 2012 03 Apr'12

  How the cloud found Mitchells & Butlers

  The cloud was found to be a good fit for hospitality company Mitchells & Butlers after it approached IT providers with a set of outcomes

• March 26, 2012 26 Mar'12

  Yahoo investors still unhappy despite board appointments

  Yahoo has appointed three directors to its board in a bid to turn the struggling internet company around and increase shareholder value

• March 23, 2012 23 Mar'12

  Google Chrome more popular than Microsoft Internet Explorer

  Google Chrome use overtook Microsoft Internet Explorer last weekend, according to figures from web analytics company StatCounter

• March 13, 2012 13 Mar'12

  GlaxoSmithKline adopts digital service in the cloud

  Pharmaceutical giant GlaxoSmithKline (GSK) is standardising how it engages online with consumers and healthcare professionals through a cloud-based platform.

• March 06, 2012 06 Mar'12

  Yahoo plans another round of job cuts

  Yahoo is planning another round of redundancies as it continues to struggle with competition from rivals Google and Facebook

• February 28, 2012 28 Feb'12

  Social media to support business continuity

  Three-quarters of organisations will use social media as part of their business continuity management (BCM) strategies by 2015 with communication during crises a key component of its role.

• February 27, 2012 27 Feb'12

  WAN optimisation: improving the performance of business applications

  How can WAN optimisation support IT consumerisation and cloud computing?

• February 21, 2012 21 Feb'12

  Social media users demand more meaningful interactivity

  British people want more from the social media platforms they use as demand for more meaningful user experiences increases.

• February 21, 2012 21 Feb'12

  Google bypassed IE too, says Microsoft

  Microsoft has accused Google of bypassing the privacy settings of Internet Explorer users after Safari faux pas

• February 19, 2012 19 Feb'12

  Government launches CloudStore and names G-Cloud suppliers

  The government has launched its CloudStore, a catalogue of 1,700 cloud-based, pre-approved IT services now available for the public sector to buy.

• February 13, 2012 13 Feb'12

  IT professionals prioritise Windows 7 upgrade, but cloud takes a back seat

  Windows 7 upgrade will drive virtualisation but businesses are slow to take up cloud computing

• February 10, 2012 10 Feb'12

  LinkedIn Q4 revenue more than doubles

  Social networking site LinkedIn has reported 2011 fourth quarter revenue of $167.7m, up 105% from Q4 2010; and net income of $6.9m, an increase of 30%

• January 31, 2012 31 Jan'12

  Website launched to monitor cloud computing suppliers

  A website has been launched that will monitor the performance of specialist cloud computing suppliers and compare them against traditional IT suppliers.

• January 27, 2012 27 Jan'12

  Nokia smartphones bomb as sales drop 27%

  Nokia’s latest results for Q4 2011 show just how far the company that was once the standard choice for almost every corporate mobile user has fallen.

• January 23, 2012 23 Jan'12

  Advocacy group La Quadrature du Net rallies opposition to ACTA

  As controversial anti-piracy legislation stalls in the US, a European group of free internet supporters, La Quadrature du Net, calls for a halt to similar legislation in the European Union.

• January 16, 2012 16 Jan'12

  Rupert Murdoch attacks Barack Obama over online piracy legislation

  News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch has accused Barack Obama's administration of siding with "Silicon Valley paymasters" as two anti-piracy bills go through US Congress.

• January 11, 2012 11 Jan'12

  Cloud solves IT innovation and maintenance imbalance

  CIOs can rebalance the scenario of spending 80% of their budget on maintenance and 20% on innovation if they harness cloud computing.

• January 10, 2012 10 Jan'12

  Almost a third of BI projects fail to deliver on business objectives

  Fewer than 30% of business intelligence projects meet the objectives of the business, according to research from analyst Gartner.

• January 09, 2012 09 Jan'12

  Tim Berners-Lee supports campaign against US PIPA and SOPA

  Father of the web Berner-Lee, latest to support senator Ron Wyden's initiative against PIPA and SOPA.

• January 09, 2012 09 Jan'12

  Olympics resale site still offline after two days

  The Olympics tickets resale site has been offline for more than two days, after tens of thousands of people clamoured online buy unwanted tickets on 6 January.

• January 06, 2012 06 Jan'12

  Ramnit worm steals 45,000 Facebook passwords

  A computer worm has begun targeting Facebook accounts and has stolen at least 45,000 login credentials from users, say security researchers.

• December 13, 2011 13 Dec'11

  CIOs believe cloud, SaaS, consumerisation and mobility increase risk

  Business models such as cloud computing and trends such as the consumerisation of IT, social media and mobility are exposing performance blind spots in IT management, a CIO survey has revealed.

• December 12, 2011 12 Dec'11

  Cloud leaves many firewalls wanting – but could automation prove the silver bullet?

  Most companies rely on firewalls, but the IT landscape is changing and so must approaches to security. Is there a silver bullet?

• December 09, 2011 09 Dec'11

  Martha Lane Fox launches Government Digital Service

  The launch of the Government Digital Service will “fundamentally transform the lives of millions,” says digital champion Martha Lane Fox.

• December 06, 2011 06 Dec'11

  Google chairman Eric Schmidt meets EC competition chief ahead of charges

  Google executive chairman Eric Schmidt has met Europe's competition commissioner amid reports the European Commission (EC) is preparing a 400-page document outlining Google's alleged anti-competitive practices.

• December 05, 2011 05 Dec'11

  SAP buys SaaS firm SuccessFactors in $3.4bn deal

  Enterprise software company SAP announces a $3.4bn deal to acquire software-as-a-service (SaaS) provider SuccessFactors.

• November 17, 2011 17 Nov'11

  IT security not always part of cloud decision, says IDC

  Cloud adoption is outstripping security concerns, says Eric Domage, programme manager for IDC in Europe.

• November 16, 2011 16 Nov'11

  Computer Weekly wins digital publishing award

  Computer Weekly has won a prestigious publishing industry award for the product development of the year.

• November 10, 2011 10 Nov'11

  Welcome to the new-look ComputerWeekly.com

  Computer Weekly has launched its brand new website - the most important online development in the brand’s 45-year history.

• November 03, 2011 03 Nov'11

  US and EU hold first joint cybersecurity exercise

  The US and EU are holding their first joint cybersecurity exercise in Brussels on 3 November 2011, involving more than 20 EU member states and supported by the EU's cybersecurity agency Enisa and the US Department of Homeland Security.

• November 01, 2011 01 Nov'11

  MoD calls on academics, industry and inventors to pitch cyber security ideas

  The Ministry of Defence is calling for innovative solutions from academia and industry to protect and secure UK interests in cyberspace.

• October 31, 2011 31 Oct'11

  Barclays customers unable to log into online bank accounts

  Barclays has confirmed some customers are unable to log into online bank accounts and are experiencing slow response times

• October 28, 2011 28 Oct'11

  US Tennis Association cuts costs running Citrix XenApp in Amazon cloud

  The US Tennis Association (USTA) is reducing disaster recovery, hosting, helpdesk and licencing costs after choosing to run its Citrix XenApp environment in Amazon's Web Services (AWS) cloud.

• October 26, 2011 26 Oct'11

  Amazon sees profits plummet 73% as company eyes iPad’s market share

  Amazon's profits plunged 73% to $63m in Q3, as it invested to take on the iPad with its e-readers and Kindle Fire tablet computer. Sales grew 44% to $10.88bn, boosted by pre-orders for the Amazon Kindle Fire.

• October 25, 2011 25 Oct'11

  Virgin Media Business sees sales increase by 1.2 per cent

  Virgin Business Media saw its sales increase by 1.2% to £154m compared to the same period last year, as the company saw an increase in public sector business.

• October 10, 2011 10 Oct'11

  Google previews new Dart web programming language

  Google has introduced a new programming language, Dart , for building web applications.

• October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11

  CW500: Andy Beale, technology director, Guardian News & Media

  In this CW500 Club video, Andy Beale talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick to share his practical advice on how to move to the cloud.

• September 26, 2011 26 Sep'11

  Boots launches mobile site to expand multichannel offering

  Retailer Boots has launched a mobile version of its website to expand its multichannel portfolio.

• September 21, 2011 21 Sep'11

  Gartner: Best defence against social media threats is monitoring and education

  Blocking social media in the enterprise encourages bad behaviour by employees but does not prevent access, warns Gartner.

• September 21, 2011 21 Sep'11

  RightMove renders property maps with Google

  RightMove is the UK's biggest user of Google Maps and one of the largest users of the mapping software in the world.

• September 19, 2011 19 Sep'11

  New Look increases sales by 45% after mobile site launch

  Fashion retailer New Look has increased sales by 45% three months after the launch of its mobile commerce site.

• September 15, 2011 15 Sep'11

  Groupon to float as Facebook puts off IPO until late 2012

  Online discount site Groupon is reported to be planning a flotation, while Facebook is rumoured to be delaying its IPO until the end of 2012.

• September 13, 2011 13 Sep'11

  Retailer Aurora gives iPads to shopfloor sales staff to check stock and shorten queue times

  Fashion retailer Aurora is providing iPads to sales staff at London branches of Coast, Oasis, Warehouse and Karen Millen.

• September 13, 2011 13 Sep'11

  Sabre develops apps marketplace for travel industry

  Sabre, the global distribution system for reserving hotels, airlines, cruise ships, rail tickets and car hire, has taken the concept of the app store and applied in to its own travel market.

• September 09, 2011 09 Sep'11

  Twitter plans to expand advertising business as investment raises value to $8bn

  Twitter has outlined plans to increase advertising revenue and avoid an initial public offering (IPO) after reaching more than 100 million active users.