• Olympic software engineers enter final leg of marathon IT development project
• IBM acquires Algorithmics for $387m to prepare banks for tighter risk regulations
• Pakistan bans VPNs to prevent users accessing banned websites
• Google changes App Engine pricing and support to attract business users
• IBM to acquire UK crimefighting software firm i2
• European Commission blocks scrutiny of wasteful €500m IT spend
• Nick Jones appointed interim head of digital for Number 10 and Cabinet Office
• Extreme data recovery
• Royal College prescribes NetApp for VMware storage
• Server appliances simplify deployment
• Linux reaches datacentre maturity but still lacks enterprise desktop credibility
• HP to manufacture one last run of Touchpad tablets before winding down WebOS division
• Akamai employee pleads guilty to trying to sell secrets to Israel
• World's thinnest material offers huge advances in high-speed internet
• Symantec security survey shows cyber attacks remain top risk for businesses
• Oracle countersues HP over Itanium partnership
• Colossus rebuilder and National Museum of Computing founder Tony Sale dies aged 80
• Women in IT are paid more than men at junior level for the first time
• Sage uses Amazon for SalesLogix CRM private cloud
• Salesforce.com to debut HTML5 mobile website at Dreamforce 2011 conference
• Government seeks single supplier for £240m smart meter programme contract
• A sneak peek at Avamar vCloud Protector
• Gartner Hype Cycle defines business impact technologies for India
• Orange restores broadband customers' e-mail account access but loses data
• Facebook pays security bug bounty hunters $40,000 in three weeks
• Dutch bank ABN Amro cuts IT jobs in bid to streamline costs before privatisation
• Cisco buys collaboration software firm Versly
• Government smart metering takes major step forward
• The business architect role is vital to business process transformation
• Three to give away mobile broadband to rural communities
• VMworld: Dell offers infrastructure-as-a-service on VMware
• VMworld: Brocade offers subscription-based pricing on network ports
• Wikileaks error discloses identities of anonymous whistleblowers
• Small suppliers dominate social CRM market
• Tesco signs CA Technologies to manage global IT infrastructure
• Microsoft warns of fraudulent digital certificate issued by DigiNotar
• VMworld: The end of Windows desktop?
• Cloud computing and the public sector: What IT managers need from suppliers
• VMware CEO Paul Maritz on the role of storage in the virtual world
• How ASIC stops I/O storms hurting its SANs
• Global server revenue grows by 19.5%: Report
• Bad Sectors – Dell, HP refresh storage ranges
• Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 adds RingCube features: News in brief
• VMware set to roll out 4 new offerings at VMworld 2011
• Will Steve Jobs departure be good for business?
• Raytheon sues UK government for terminating Border Agency IT contract
• Lack of soft skills training is curbing IT career progression
• Organisations failing to implement hypervisor security, says cloud supplier
• HP UK chief reassures customers over uncertain PC and Touchpad future
• RBS breach of email security policy exposes staff pay rates
• Apache DOS vulnerability exploited by attack tool, warns developer
• Case study: Server hardware strategies at Fedbank
• Can apprenticeships remedy fall in IT GCSE and A-level student numbers?
• All-party MP group on outsourcing calls preliminary meeting to formulate proposals
• IBM offers hybrid cloud
• Home secretary Theresa May meets social media companies to discuss role in rioting
• Tata Steel moves to Microsoft Office 365
• Steve Jobs resigns as Apple CEO, names Tim Cook as successor
• Best of VMworld Europe 2011: Nomination form
• London boroughs seek integrator to support Oracle ERP software-sharing project
• Nokia launches three smartphones running Symbian Belle operating system
• Eleven-year-old twins pass ICT A-level
• FSA adds Cognizant to supplier roster to support major IT work during split
• Finnish city's Red Hat virtualisation roll-out illustrates open source in local government
• HP addresses customer support concerns over future PC business uncertainty
• Big data: large problems or huge opportunities?
• Take part in CW survey on long hours, salaries and skills of IT professionals
• CompTIA+ provides young IT pro with career boost
• Durham University upgrades communications infrastructure and adopts IP telephony
• RBS pay leak reveals the contractors paid £2,000 a day
• Travis Perkins replaces paper with real-time technology to speed up customer deliveries
• Scholarships aim to encourage women to pursue cybersecurity careers
• Google Chrome updated; stable released, fixing 11 bugs
• SEBI implements fraud investigation solution by SAS
• Case study: Land Securities enables access to corporate data via employee-owned mobiles
• BT services division takes 15 school leavers for IT apprenticeships in recruitment drive
• Salesforce.com posts $4.3m Q2 loss despite record-setting 6,300 customer gains
• Surrey Police delivers open data app for iPhone users
• One third of employees willing to change employer for flexible working arrangements
• Research in Motion releases Curve smartphones running Blackberry 7 OS
• Amazon offers in-memory caching to speed-up web applications
• Why major IT projects are more likely to fail than any others
• Unified network management: Wired and wireless together for good?
• Bad Sectors - Amazon warns on S3 security, UXC and CommVault cuddle
• NHS invites software developers to create healthcare apps
• Digital diagnosis: GPs to conduct virtual patient consultations over video link
• Logica calls for system integrators to join SMEs in effort to stimulate UK innovation
• Failed IT projects demolish big businesses and executive careers, say researchers
• Alcatel-Lucent offers low-cost finance for converged network asset management
• The obstacles facing SME suppliers in government IT procurement
• Microsoft offers webOS developers free tools and phone to migrate to Windows Phone 7
• Kent and Sussex lead UK’s worst broadband blackspot top 20, say researchers
• Scotland seeks PC and mobile suppliers for £100m government deals
• Search engine optimisation and PPC professionals get 70% pay increase
• Gartner figures show BPO contracts on the rise with Asia Pacific suppliers in the lead
• Technology retailers slash Touchpad tablet prices in bid to empty HP inventory
• ICO approves policy changes after Google Street View privacy issues
• Informatica readies India business strategy
• Botnet security alert: Malicious spam surge marks bot reconstruction
• Indian PC market grows marginally in Q2-2011: Gartner
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