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Information technology (IT) in Turkey

• February 08, 2016 08 Feb'16

  Bulk data collection unnecessary for surveillance, says cyber expert

  Opting for bulk data collection and other intrusive surveillance overlooks other means available that do not involve collateral damage to businesses and innocent people, says cyber expert

• February 04, 2016 04 Feb'16

  Insurance giant RSA outsources to Wipro

  Insurance group takes on infrastructure as a service from Indian supplier Wipro in a bid to consolidate its European IT

• January 28, 2016 28 Jan'16

  Business urged to take action on data privacy

  Security professionals use Data Protection Day to encourage businesses to do more to protect personal data

• January 20, 2016 20 Jan'16

  PwC acquires Polish cloud consultancy for European operation

  PwC is buying Poland-based IT services firm Outbox to build its cloud skills and resources across Europe

• January 13, 2016 13 Jan'16

  Firms can monitor employees’ online chats, EU court rules

  Human rights court says it is not unreasonable for employers to want to verify that staff are completing their professional tasks during working hours

• January 07, 2016 07 Jan'16

  Mixed prospects for IT spending in Europe

  Europe’s economies have varying expectations for IT spending over the next couple of years as the global market sees moderate growth

• December 11, 2015 11 Dec'15

  Eight startups selected for Cyber London security accelerator programme

  Cyber London has selected startups from the UK, Finland, Hungary, Israel, Brazil and South Africa for its second cyber security accelerator programme

• December 10, 2015 10 Dec'15

  HPE goes live with Europe-wide cloud service catalogue

  HPE’s Cloud 28+ service catalogue is open for business and hopes to encourage wider take-up of off-premises services across the continent

• December 04, 2015 04 Dec'15

  India’s HCL opens Estonian operation to support Nordic customers

  HCL Technologies opens an Estonian delivery centre which will support customers across Europe, including those in the Nordic region

• December 03, 2015 03 Dec'15

  Workday ringfences support in Europe after Safe Harbour ruled unsafe

  US cloud HR and financial services provider reponds to Safe Harbour failure by ringfencing European data

• November 10, 2015 10 Nov'15

  Suppliers lay the groundwork for IoT in Czech Republic

  ICT suppliers are putting in place the technology infrastructure that will enable towns and cities in the Czech Republic to harness the internet of things

• September 30, 2015 30 Sep'15

  Accenture spends €25m on European centre in Dublin

  Accenture will open a European technology hub in Dublin that will recruit 200 people and focus on modern technologies

• September 29, 2015 29 Sep'15

  US diplomats warn of economic dangers of scrapping Safe Harbour Agreement

  European Court of Justice confirms judgement on the future of the US Safe Harbour Agreement will be made public on 6 October

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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.