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Information technology (IT) in Poland

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  AstraZeneca takes in-house transformation offshore

  The opening of an IT service centre in Chennai last week launched Astrazeneca’s bold insourcing strategy

• September 23, 2014 23 Sep'14

  Energy IT pros confident on breach detection, survey shows

  Two-thirds of energy sector IT professionals claim they could detect a breach within a week, a survey shows

• September 19, 2014 19 Sep'14

  Asia dominates as outsourcing location and India remains unrivalled

  India is still the best place for businesses to outsource services and is unrivalled in its scale and availability of skills

• September 09, 2014 09 Sep'14

  Capgemini and VMware collaborate for enterprise mobility

  Capgemini is teaming up with VMware to bundle its consulting and mobile services with VMware’s MDM capabilities

• September 02, 2014 02 Sep'14

  Why bare metal cloud is in vogue

  Bare metal services have been around since 2009 but cloud is witnessing renewed interest in it thanks to new offerings

• August 22, 2014 22 Aug'14

  EE extends 4G roaming across 13 more countries

  Mobile network operator adds 13 new countries to its 4G roaming plans

• July 10, 2014 10 Jul'14

  UK leads international partnership to fight financial malware

  The UK National Crime Agency is leading international collaboration between law enforcement and the private sector to fight bank theft malware

• July 02, 2014 02 Jul'14

  Symantec exposes hackers targeting power grids

  More than 1,000 energy companies have been compromised by an Eastern European hacking collective, says Symantec

• June 16, 2014 16 Jun'14

  Just Eat builds in-house IT workforce in Ukraine

  Online takeaway service Just Eat has built a team of software development and project managers in the Ukranian capital Kiev

• May 13, 2014 13 May'14

  Quarter of Europe’s small businesses interested in mobile point of sale

  Over a quarter of small businesses are interested in introducing mobile devices as a point of sale technology within six months as attitudes towards mobile point of sale (mPOS) change in Europe

• March 13, 2014 13 Mar'14

  Visa racks up 94 million UK contactless payments in 2013

  The UK is the second highest adopter of Visa contactless payments in Europe

• March 12, 2014 12 Mar'14

  MEPs call for immediate halt to NSA surveillance

  The European Parliament's consent to the EU-US trade deal "could be endangered" if mass surveillance by the NSA does not stop, say MEPs

• March 04, 2014 04 Mar'14

  Team Cymru exposes SOHO router compromise

  Team Cymru has discovered a widespread compromise of consumer-grade small office/home office (SOHO) routers

• February 13, 2014 13 Feb'14

  EU should use US trade talks to win data privacy, say MEPs

  MEPs have approved an inquiry report that calls for a new EU-US trade deal to be blocked unless the US fully respects EU citizens’ data privacy

• January 16, 2014 16 Jan'14

  Schneider backs British liquid cooling startup

  Support from the datacentre giant could help Iceotope spread its innovative immersion cooling system around the globe

• January 07, 2014 07 Jan'14

  UK ambitious to win global education race says Truss

  Education and Childcare Minister believes computing curriculum part of ambitious plans for UK to become world-leader in education.

• October 18, 2013 18 Oct'13

  Technology and innovation in European banks

  Innovations in online and mobile, in video banking, social integration and CRM, are taking precedence to connect with banking customers

• October 02, 2013 02 Oct'13

  EntrepreneurCountry aims to take over the world with global launch

  Entrepreneur network spreads its wings into 13 new regions across Europe, Middle East and Africa

• August 01, 2013 01 Aug'13

  SEC investigates IBM’s cloud computing revenues

  US Securities and Exchange Commission is conducting an investigation into how IBM reports cloud revenue

• May 21, 2013 21 May'13

  Contactless payments exceed five million in March

  Some 5.3 million contactless transactions totalling over £39m were made in March 2013 using Visa contactless cards

• April 25, 2013 25 Apr'13

  £2 million funding granted to skill up computer science teachers

  Government funding to help BCS train 400 teachers in preparation for new computer science curriculum

• April 22, 2013 22 Apr'13

  Infosec 2013: Tech firms among top cyber targets, report shows

  Technology organisations are among the most frequent targets of cyber attacks, according to a report from security firm FireEye

• February 24, 2013 24 Feb'13

  Mozilla announces handsets for Firefox OS

  Alcatel, LG and ZTE will be the first mobile manufacturers to bring Firefox OS handsets to the market

• July 04, 2012 04 Jul'12

  European Parliament votes on fate of Acta

  The European Parliament is scheduled to vote today to decide the fate of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta)

• June 21, 2012 21 Jun'12

  International Trade Committee votes against Acta

  The European parliamentary International Trade Committee rejects the Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta) by 19 votes to 12

• June 18, 2012 18 Jun'12

  Google reports rise in government requests to remove political content

  Google has reported an increase in the number of requests by governments to remove political content from the internet

• June 01, 2012 01 Jun'12

  Key EU parliamentary committees vote against Acta

  Three key European parliamentary committees have voted against the adoption of the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Trade Agreement (Acta)

• 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

• April 30, 2012 30 Apr'12

  CIO interview: Tesco CIO Mike McNamara on the retailer's digital future

  Tesco CIO Mike McNamara discusses the retail giant’s £150m plan to aggressively pursue online sales over building new stores.

• March 28, 2012 28 Mar'12

  Collaborative strike takes down second Hlux/Kelihos botnet

  A security industry collaborative strike has taken down the second Hlux or Kelihos botnet

• March 19, 2012 19 Mar'12

  Capgemini takes on Rolls Royce service integration role

  Rolls Royce has awarded Capgemini a contract to manage its new multi-sourced strategy as it moves away from sourcing everything from HP.

• February 14, 2012 14 Feb'12

  President of European Parliament critical of Acta

  After a weekend of public protests against the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement (Acta), the president of the European Parliament has added his voice to those of critcs.

• February 13, 2012 13 Feb'12

  Thousands of Europeans protest against Acta

  Thousands of people have taken part in co-ordinated marches across Europe in protest against the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement (Acta)

• February 07, 2012 07 Feb'12

  UK to take part in weekend protests against Acta

  Protests against the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement (Acta) have been organised across Europe, with most set to take place on 11 February.

• January 31, 2012 31 Jan'12

  Global cyber security study reveals mixed preparedness

  Cybersecurity exercises are not receiving strong participation from industry and some countries are falling behind in preparedness.

• January 30, 2012 30 Jan'12

  MEP quits as thousands protest ACTA signing

  A European MP has resigned after thousands of people in Poland protested against the international anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA)

• January 24, 2012 24 Jan'12

  Anti-ACTA hacktivists attack Polish government sites

  Hactivists have attacked Polish government websites in protest against its plans to sign the international anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA)

• January 06, 2012 06 Jan'12

  UK IT professionals face nearshore competition

  IT graduates face tougher competition for work as a result of thousands of overseas workers arriving from parts of Eastern Europe.

• December 09, 2011 09 Dec'11

  100G optical networking extended by Alcatel-Lucent: SNUK news in brief

  SearchNetworkingUK briefs provide a summary of the week’s new products, services and appointment announcements. This week includes optical networking and much more.

• December 08, 2011 08 Dec'11

  Euro 2012’s communications infrastructure to boost football technology

  Orange and TP must deliver a communications infrastructure to ensure Euro 2012 is broadcast worldwide without glitches. SearchNetworkingUK discusses the challenges.

• June 21, 2011 21 Jun'11

  Enterprise software market on course to pass $267bn in 2011 as global economy recovers

  Worldwide enterprise software revenue is on pace to surpass $267 billion in 2011. The enterprise software market is projected for continued growth in 2012, with revenue forecast to reach $288 billion, according to analyst Gartner.

• May 12, 2011 12 May'11

  SME technology trends in 2011: Analysys Mason talks cloud and mobility

  European SME technology trends in 2011 will see the rise of cloud-based services and mobility applications, predicts Steve Hilton, principal analyst for Analysys Mason.

• April 26, 2011 26 Apr'11

  UK SMEs lag behind European counterparts in cloud adoption

  UK SMEs are lagging behind their continental counterparts in their adoption of cloud computing, according to research.

• April 11, 2011 11 Apr'11

  Big data boosts Teradata growth

  New customers in new markets, growing data volumes at existing customers, and a growing appreciation of how business analytics can hone a company's competitive edge should help data warehousing specialist Teradata meet its ambitious growth targets.

• April 04, 2011 04 Apr'11

  Vodafone sells SFR to Vivendi for £6.8bn cash

  Vodafone has announced it will sell its entire 44% shareholding in French mobile network SFR to Vivendi for £6.8bn in cash.

• March 24, 2011 24 Mar'11

  US-Cert warns of SQL holes in Scada control systems

  The US Cyber Emergency Readiness Team has issued a warning that industrial control systems widely used in the UK and US are at risk from SQL Injection attacks.

• February 10, 2011 10 Feb'11

  Tube Lines awards Capgemini £10.5m outsourcing contract

  London Underground firm Tube Lines has signed a three-year, £10.5m IT outsourcing deal with Capgemini.

• December 20, 2010 20 Dec'10

  The 30 top IT offshoring locations

  India is still king and China is its main competitor as a destination for offshore IT services, but five destinations have made their first appearance in...

• December 10, 2010 10 Dec'10

  Pro-Wikileaks hacker group’s DDoS tool downloads top 40,000

  The tool released by the Anonymous Hacker Group for would-be Wikileaks protesters has been downloaded over 40,000 times

• December 03, 2010 03 Dec'10

  Sage gets new UK CEO in restructuring

  UK software giant Sage has announced who will replace its current UK head when he moves to a newly created European role at the company.