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• July 31, 2015 31 Jul'15

  IaaS mega-framework tender raises hopes of Europe-wide G-cloud launch

  Géant publishes contract notice seeking providers for IaaS frameworks, which will serve 50 million across Europe

• July 20, 2015 20 Jul'15

  HP Cloud 28+ on course to go live in December 2015 with 200 members

  HP's push to create a one-stop-shop for European Union cloud users is on course, claims Europe, Middle-East and Africa vice-president

• July 16, 2015 16 Jul'15

  UK tech sector called to contribute to EC Digital Single Market consultations

  Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) says UK must feed back to the European Commission (EC) to inform the delivery of its Digital Single Market vision

• June 26, 2015 26 Jun'15

  Computer Weekly European User Awards 2015 winners revealed

  The winners have been announced for the Computer Weekly European User Awards 2015. See who made the top spots

• June 02, 2015 02 Jun'15

  Vodafone adds Caribbean 4G roaming for summer holidays

  Vodafone extends its 4G services to a number of destinations – including Caribbean holiday hotspots – for UK customers travelling abroad

• May 12, 2015 12 May'15

  European education network launches search for IaaS providers

  Pan-European education network is on the hunt for IaaS specialists to populate its Cloud Catalogue

• May 06, 2015 06 May'15

  European Commission launches 16 steps to put single digital market in motion

  The European Commission has outlined 16 initiatives to get the ball rolling on its plans for a single digital market in the European Union

• April 08, 2015 08 Apr'15

  Attraction World takes managed cloud route to website stability

  Online ticket broker explains why it moved to a dedicated, managed cloud platform to safeguard its growth

• March 26, 2015 26 Mar'15

  Photo editing app firm BeFunky transforms into female-weighted team

  Photo editing app company BeFunky set out to recruit the best talent it could find and unintentionally landed a team largely comprising women

• February 18, 2015 18 Feb'15

  Researchers uncover Arabic-speaking international cyber mercenary group

  A cyber espionage group is targeting thousands of high-profile organisations and individuals in the Middle East and around the globe

• February 11, 2015 11 Feb'15

  Twitter reports 40% increase in government data requests with US in the lead

  Twitter’s latest transparency report shows governments' requests for customers’ information have increased 40% in the past six months

• December 08, 2014 08 Dec'14

  M&S turns to predictive analytics to keep shelves stocked over Christmas

  Marks & Spencer is using predictive analytics to keep shelves stocked with mince pies and turkeys over Christmas.

• December 02, 2014 02 Dec'14

  Danske Bank latest to take offshore IT in-house

  Danske Bank is the latest company to transform its offshore IT strategy by setting up a captive centre in India next year

• November 24, 2014 24 Nov'14

  Code Club goes global with launch of Code Club World

  Code Club World seeks international partners to continue kids coding movement globally

• October 31, 2014 31 Oct'14

  UK-led cyber crime taskforce proving its worth, says top EU cyber cop

  One month into a six-month pilot, a UK-led international cyber crime taskforce looks set to become permanent

• October 28, 2014 28 Oct'14

  British fashion retailer AllSaints picks Google tools for innovation

  Fashion brand AllSaints has refreshed its technology strategy with Google technologies to improve collaboration

• October 17, 2014 17 Oct'14

  Pernod Ricard toasts centralised data backup and cloud disaster recovery

  Drinks company Pernod Ricard turned to the cloud for backup and disaster recovery for its IT systems in Europe

• October 16, 2014 16 Oct'14

  PayPal and Braintree announce UK hack challenge winner

  PayPal and Braintree have crowned Hello the winners of the 24-hour development marathon BattleHack

• October 16, 2014 16 Oct'14

  UK is prime target for cyber attacks, says FireEye

  The UK has been greatest target of advanced cyber attacks in Europe, the Middle East or Africa in the first half of 2014, report shows

• October 08, 2014 08 Oct'14

  Volkswagen to open Indian IT development centre

  VW is opening a development centre in India to keep IT knowledge in-house while benefiting from the offshore model

• 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 22, 2014 22 Sep'14

  IBM opens cloud datacentre for business continuity

  IBM has opened a cloud resiliency centre in North Carolina to provide business continuity capabilities in the cloud

• September 18, 2014 18 Sep'14

  Big data security analytics still immature, say security experts

  The big data security analytics concept and the tools are still immature, according to a panel of security experts

• August 14, 2014 14 Aug'14

  How wearable tech, big data analytics and cloud help in Parkinson’s disease research

  Parkinson’s disease charity MJFF is seeking to improve research with wearable devices, big data analytics and public cloud

• 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 25, 2014 25 Jun'14

  Iraqis use Firechat app to bypass internet block

  Iraqis are using mesh messaging app Firechat to circumvent a government block on net access

• June 25, 2014 25 Jun'14

  Cyber thieves tap over €500,000 from European bank

  Cyber thieves drained more than €500,000 from customers at a European bank in one week, researchers have discovered

• June 23, 2014 23 Jun'14

  Jihadists in Iraq hijack World Cup hashtags

  The militant Islamic group ISIS is hijacking Twitter hashtags for the 2014 World Cup to spread its message

• June 17, 2014 17 Jun'14

  Iraqi government blocks social media

  The government in Iraq is reportedly blocking access to social media sites amid growing armed conflict in the country

• June 06, 2014 06 Jun'14

  Vodafone blows lid on government spy networks

  Vodafone reveals secret mobile phone-tapping network and joins Microsoft and Cisco in calling for debate on electronic surveillance

• June 04, 2014 04 Jun'14

  Turkey finally restores access to YouTube

  Turkey has restored access to YouTube, two months after banning the site and attempting to block access to it

• May 30, 2014 30 May'14

  Turkey’s constitutional court rules against YouTube block

  Turkey’s constitutional court has ruled that a government block on YouTube violates laws on freedom of expression

• April 07, 2014 07 Apr'14

  The problem with regional clouds

  The clamour to keep clouds closer to home could lead to internet restrictions, fragmentation and a slowdown in the movement of data

• April 04, 2014 04 Apr'14

  Turkey lifts Twitter ban

  Turkey has lifted a ban on Twitter after the constitutional court ruled that the block breached freedom of expression

• April 01, 2014 01 Apr'14

  Turkey adopts new tactic to block social media

  Turkey has reportedly started hijacking net addresses in an attempt to step up blocks on social media

• March 28, 2014 28 Mar'14

  Turkey now targeting YouTube

  Turkey appears to be attempting to block YouTube a day after a court ordered an end to the ban on Twitter

• March 27, 2014 27 Mar'14

  Twitter expects Turkey to lift ban after court ruling

  Twitter expects the ban on its service to be lifted in Turkey after a local court issued a stay of execution on last week’s banning order

• March 24, 2014 24 Mar'14

  Turkey attempts to increase block on Twitter

  Turkey has increased its efforts to block access to Twitter after many user found ways around a government-imposed ban

• March 21, 2014 21 Mar'14

  Turkey blocks access to Twitter

  Turkey is blocking access to Twitter after users posted allegations of government corruption

• 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

• March 03, 2014 03 Mar'14

  BASF sells IT services arm to Tech Mahindra

  European chemicals giant BASF has sold its IT services business to Tech Mahindra, with 60 employees to transfer to the Indian services firm

• February 18, 2014 18 Feb'14

  AstraZeneca to bring IT in-house but remain offshore

  Pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca plans to cut back on IT outsourcing but will retain offshore delivery through a captive centre in India

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Poor European performance hits Vodafone revenues

  Vodafone's service revenues across Europe fell by almost 10% in the mobile operator’s third quarter

• February 07, 2014 07 Feb'14

  Turkey seeks tighter internet control

  Turkey moves closer to even tighter government control of the internet after pushing new internet regulations through parliament

• January 15, 2014 15 Jan'14

  Facebook shares user data with Russian search engine Yandex

  Facebook has announced it intends to share public data from its users with Russian search engine Yandex

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  BlackBerry reveals new UK managing director

  After the surprise departure of Rob Orr this summer, the mobile manufacturer has appointed Alexandra Zagury as Orr's successor

• November 12, 2013 12 Nov'13

  BlackBerry reveals new UK MD

  After the surprise departure of Rob Orr this summer, the mobile manufacturer has appointed Alexandra Zagury as his successor

• 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

• July 05, 2013 05 Jul'13

  Apple phishing attacks up, warns Kaspersky Lab

  Spam emails with links to fraudulent websites are increasing as the theft of Apple IDs and credit card information escalates

• June 11, 2013 11 Jun'13

  Daimler moving IT in-house

  Daimler is planning to make savings of €150m a year by bringing IT services in-house and expanding its IT operations in India and Turkey

• June 05, 2013 05 Jun'13

  Turkish protesters make innovative use of technology

  Turkish anti-government protesters are making innovative use of technology to stay ahead of the authorities

• April 19, 2013 19 Apr'13

  SAP Q1 results: UK and northern Europe show growth

  SAP’s priority areas of in-memory database technology, mobile and cloud showing growth in the UK, says EMEA president, Franck Cohen

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  NoSQL database firms step up attack on relational in UK and Europe

  NoSQL suppliers DataStax, CouchBase and 10Gen seek to expand on European territory, sensing a weakening of the relational model

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  UK law enforcement requests most data from Skype

  Microsoft reveals UK law enforcement is one of the main requesters of data about citizens from services such as Hotmail, Outlook and Skype

• February 07, 2013 07 Feb'13

  Southern European markets hit Vodafone revenues

  Issues in Vodafone’s southern European deployments continue to drag down revenues, despite a strong performance in emerging markets

• January 31, 2013 31 Jan'13

  Blending work and personal life increasing security risks, warns global report

  Cisco finds next generations of mobile workers increase the security challenges facing CIOs because they mix work and private lives

• January 17, 2013 17 Jan'13

  Betting site YouWin speeds response times with MongoDB database

  Bookmaker WinUnited has deployed a MongoDB open source non-relational database from 10gen to help it better update betting odds in real time

• November 02, 2012 02 Nov'12

  O2 ramps up roaming charges for outside EU

  After being forced to cut rates for users in Europe, the mobile operator increases roaming charges for outside the EU

• 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 29, 2012 29 Aug'12

  Google takedown requests double

  Google says the number of requests by copyright holders to have content removed has doubled in the past month to 1.5 million a week

• July 30, 2012 30 Jul'12

  Vodafone appoints new CEO of Cable & Wireless Worldwide

  Following the acquisition of C&WW, Vodafone has transferred its head of global enterprise to run the new venture

• June 28, 2012 28 Jun'12

  Vodafone grabs T-Mobile US boss Philipp Humm to run Europe

  Just 24 hours after leaving his role as CEO of T-Mobile USA, Philipp Humm is named head of Central and Northern Europe for Vodafone

• January 11, 2012 11 Jan'12

  Robots play football to test wireless network load capabilities

  Far from the days of remote control battles on national TV, engineers now use soccer-playing robots to test wireless network loads across varying frequencies.

• September 07, 2011 07 Sep'11

  UK datacentre investment is 2nd highest in the world - but expansion rate is 2nd slowest

  The UK is expected to invest $3.35bn in datacentres - the second highest spending of any country. But a slow expansion rate ranks UK datacentre growth at 21st out of 22 countries, according to the DatacenterDynamics Global Industry Census 2011.

• July 27, 2011 27 Jul'11

  UK second on SpyEye banking Trojan hit list, study shows

  The UK is second only to the US on the hit list of cyber criminals targeting financial institutions with the personal and banking information-stealing Trojan

• July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11

  Anonymous and Lulzsec hackers hit Italian cyber crime unit

  Hacker group Anonymous and offshoot Lulzsec have started releasing secret information they claim to have stolen from servers of the Italian cyber crime unit...

• July 19, 2011 19 Jul'11

  Microsoft offers $250k reward for information on cyber criminals behind the Rustock botnet

  Microsoft is offering a $250,000 reward for new information resulting in the identification, arrest and criminal conviction of those behind the notorious Rustock botnet.

• July 07, 2011 07 Jul'11

  Anonymous attacks Turkish government websites in Antisec campaign protest

  Hacker group Anonymous has hacked and defaced Turkish government websites in protest against internet filtering rules to be introduced in Turkey in August.

• June 15, 2011 15 Jun'11

  Malaysian government prepares to resist Anonymous cyber attack over web blockade

  Malaysian authorities are preparing to resist a planned attack by cyber activist group Anonymous on the government's official website.

• June 14, 2011 14 Jun'11

  Turkish authorities detain 32 suspected Anonymous members over cyber attacks

  Turkish authorities have detained 32 people, including eight minors, said to be involved in attacks by cyber activist group Anonymous.

• May 19, 2011 19 May'11

  Is the NHS National Programme for IT terminally ill?

  A damning report from the National Audit Office (NAO) has revealed the woeful state of the NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT), nine years after the hugely ambitious project was launched.

• March 04, 2011 04 Mar'11

  Blogspot shut down in Turkey following football broadcast spat

  A court in Turkey has pulled the plug on Google's Blogspot following illegal broadcasts of football matches on some of its sites.

• 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...

• November 12, 2010 12 Nov'10

  Facebook-hosted MBA gets thousands of fans

  An MBA being hosted on Facebook has already had 30,000 people show an interest, with those in Egypt showing the highest initial interest.

• October 11, 2010 11 Oct'10

  China and Middle East biggest internet users

  Internet users in the Middle East and China are the busiest and most enthusiastic, a study has revealed.

• August 25, 2010 25 Aug'10

  Africa safer than UK for web browsing

  The UK ranked 30th in the most dangerous places to surf the web across the globe, according to research by internet security firm AVG.

• August 20, 2010 20 Aug'10

  How the future of mobile payments is shaping up

  Banks and mobile network operators are working towards a time when people will purchase pints of milk, Sunday newspapers and even train tickets with a 'wave' of a mobile phone.

• June 14, 2010 14 Jun'10

  Newcastle Banking Society debuts smart display cards

  The UK's Newcastle Building Society will follow BNP Paribas subsidiary TEB, a Turkish bank, to introduce a Mastercard-issued smart card with integrated displays to authenticate clients and provide them with access to their account information.

• June 08, 2010 08 Jun'10

  Tesco’s group IT director gets promoted to CEO

  Tesco's director of group IT Philip Clarke is taking over as chief executive after Sir Terry Leahy decided to step down after 14 years. Leahy is retiring at the age of 55 and will be replaced by Clarke in March 2011. Clarke currently has ...

• March 01, 2010 01 Mar'10

  DarkMarket credit card fraudster jailed for five years

  The man who set up DarkMarket, an online supermarket for credit card fraudsters, has been jailed for almost five years.

• February 19, 2010 19 Feb'10

  35 countries could be monitored for piracy

  Copyright holders in the US have called for 35 countries to be put on a watch list for piracy and counterfeit activities.

• January 22, 2010 22 Jan'10

  Corporate IT needs to change stance on spam, says security researcher

  Spam is expected to continue to be a major problem for businesses in 2010 unless corporate IT departments change strategy.

• August 18, 2009 18 Aug'09

  Tesco chooses Fortinet for threat management

  Tesco's Hindustan Service Centre (HSC), the Global Services division for supermarket Tesco, has deployed a unified threat management appliance from Fortinet...

• August 10, 2009 10 Aug'09

  Video: Twitter attackers covered their tracks well, say investigators

  Security experts have yet to identify who is behind the distributed denial of service (DDoS) attacks that hit Twitter last week.

• May 15, 2009 15 May'09

  Soca recovers millions from cyber criminals

  The Serious Organised Crime Agency (SOCA) thwarted a number of major cyber crimes throughout 2008/09, resulting in scores of arrests and millions of pounds...

• April 16, 2009 16 Apr'09

  Eyeballs in the Sky Turn Table on Big Brother

  An Orwellian nightmare it may be to many of us, but CCTV is a boat full of holes to the organisations that pay for it.

• March 26, 2009 26 Mar'09

  Lenovo restructures business

  Lenovo has changed its structure, creating two business units to focus on mature and emerging markets.

• February 12, 2009 12 Feb'09

  Lenovo targets emerging markets to boost revenues

  Chinese PC maker Lenovo is to switch its attention to selling low-cost computers to developing countries to boost flagging revenues.

  In January, Lenovo...

• January 08, 2009 08 Jan'09

  TJ Maxx hacker jailed for 30 years in Turkey

  A Turkish court has sentenced a hacker to 30 years in prison for his role in the theft of 45 million identities from credit card transactions by nine US retailers including TJX.

• January 07, 2009 07 Jan'09

  Businesses warned of Middle East-related cyber attacks

  Businesses with MiddleEast connections have been warned to be on guard against cyber-attack as the conflict between Israel and Hamas in the Gaza strip escalates.

• December 29, 2008 29 Dec'08

  ComputerWeekly Chrimbo quiz to get your grey matter working

  It's Christmas time, so its time to put your feet up and switch off from work. But don't let your brain go to mush with all that turkey and Christmas pud, take part in our quiz that is guaranteed to get the grey matter working.

• December 16, 2008 16 Dec'08

  Gartner reveals top 30 outsourcing locations

  This year has seen more credible alternatives to established IT outsourcing locations such India emerge,says analyst firm Gartner.

• October 24, 2008 24 Oct'08

  DarkMarket had Anglo-Russian ancestors, says Soca

  DarkMarket , ...

• October 17, 2008 17 Oct'08

  DarkMarket offered credit card clones for £5K

  The DarkMarket website, which sparked a series of police raids in the UK today, allowed criminals to set up as fully-equipped credit card cloners for less than £5,000, Computer Weekly has learned.

• October 17, 2008 17 Oct'08

  Police raid UK homes after DarkMarket fraud website exposed as FBI honey trap

  UK police are raiding homes belonging to alleged members of the DarkMarket identity fraud website. DarkMarket had been exposed...

• August 20, 2008 20 Aug'08

  IBM opens cloud computing disaster recovery centres

  IBM is investing $300m (£150m) on customer disaster recovery centres that use cloud computing technology.

• July 15, 2008 15 Jul'08

  Monster.com users targeted by CV phishers

  Monster.com users targeted by CV phishers McAfee has discovered a new phishing scam targeting users of jobs site Monster.com.