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• April 12, 2013 12 Apr'13

  Google has another go at allaying EU competition concerns

  Google has submitted a fresh set of proposals to address European concerns about its business practices and avoid punitive action

• April 02, 2013 02 Apr'13

  Google closer to action from European privacy regulators

  Google is another step closer to action by privacy regulators across Europe for failing to change the way it manages user data

• 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

• December 10, 2012 10 Dec'12

  UK CIOs see EU regulation as key

  A third of UK CIOs are more concerned with EU regulation, such as the data protection directive, than their own local laws, a study has revealed.

• October 05, 2012 05 Oct'12

  Storage briefs: Tape library just the ticket for car park firm

  Tape library for car park firm; IT departments fail on email compliance; Record HDD shipment after Thai floods; Veeam supports Hyper-V

• August 30, 2012 30 Aug'12

  Amazon Appstore opens Android to attack

  Amazon is urging users to switch off a safety feature in Android which prevents rogue apps from being downloaded, to install its Appstore software

• July 19, 2012 19 Jul'12

  Many global firms unaware of online risk, finds KPMG

  Many global organisations could do a lot more to protect their private data and reduce exposure to attacks by hackers, according to KPMG

• May 25, 2012 25 May'12

  SAS: High-performance analytics frees data scientists to model faster

  High-performance analytics on "big data" could aid European companies as they struggle to make headway in the recession, say senior SAS executives. All sectors are turning to big data, they claim.

• May 14, 2012 14 May'12

  Huawei wins managed services contract for O2 network

  Chinese telecoms firm Huawei is hired by O2 parent Telefónica to plan and maintain its mobile network in the UK

• April 23, 2012 23 Apr'12

  UK firms see competitors as greater cyber attack risk than criminals

  More than half of UK firms expect a cyber attack in the next six months, but see competitors as a greater risk than criminals

• February 23, 2012 23 Feb'12

  OSSIM update enables cyber threat intelligence sharing

  The latest update to the Open Source Security Information Management (OSSIM) base system includes a mechanism for sharing cyber threat intelligence.

• January 23, 2012 23 Jan'12

  Gartner identifies trends in CIO spending in 2012

  Chief information officers are facing an austere 2012. Spending on IT will rise on average by just 0.5% worldwide, but IT budgets in the UK, Europe and North America are declining.

• 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.

• 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.