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December 04, 2013 04Dec2013 News

Three begins 4G roll-out

The last of the UK’s major mobile operators to join the race, Three confirms it has started to roll-out its 4G network and will cover 98% of the population by the end of 2015 Continue Reading

December 04, 2013 04Dec2013 News

Proof-of-concept malware jumps air gap with sound card

Researchers demonstrate proof-of-concept malware exfiltrating data using high-frequency transmissions inaudible to humans Continue Reading

December 04, 2013 04Dec2013 News

Microsoft changes its licensing terms

Microsoft is offering a single Microsoft Products and Services Agreement (MPSA) to simplify its volume licensing agreements. But what does it mean to SAM? Continue Reading

December 04, 2013 04Dec2013 News

EE connects 10 more locations to 4G

A further 10 towns and cities will go live today, with the mobile operator promising 19 more will get the faster mobile connectivity by Christmas Continue Reading

December 04, 2013 04Dec2013 News

Councils threatened with disconnection from PSN in escalating security row

A London council was hours away from being disconnected from the public sector network, in an row between central and local government over security compliance Continue Reading

December 04, 2013 04Dec2013 News

The Guardian denies Snowden stories damaged national security

Guardian editor Alan Rusbridger defends decision to publish stories on documents leaked by whistleblower Edward Snowden Continue Reading

December 04, 2013 04Dec2013 News

UK proposes formal talks on cyber security with China

Prime minister David Cameron has called on China to be more open about cyber security Continue Reading

December 03, 2013 03Dec2013 News

Tech spend to increase in 2014 as executives explore big data

Over three-quarters of chief financial officers plan to increase technology investments in 2014 Continue Reading

December 03, 2013 03Dec2013 News

BlackBerry CEO promises to ‘go back to enterprise roots’

As the mobile firm releases a BlackBerry Enterprise Service update, CEO John Chen promises to return to a corporate focus Continue Reading

December 03, 2013 03Dec2013 News

Microsoft invests in Ireland datacentre

Microsoft is expanding its Dublin datacentre with a €170m investment Continue Reading

December 03, 2013 03Dec2013 News

Virtualisation continues to drive European server purchases

TechTarget survey finds 97.3% of large organisations plan to expand their deployments in 2014, with consolidation the main driver Continue Reading

December 03, 2013 03Dec2013 News

Scabal moves to the cloud for storage flexibility

Clothing manufacturer Scabal is moving its entire IT infrastructure to Interoute’s cloud for flexibie storage Continue Reading

December 03, 2013 03Dec2013 News

Where is Satyam now? Well, it’s not Satyam for a start

Satyam, which was rescued from collapse in 2009, has plans for restoring its position as a top-tier Indian IT services provider Continue Reading

December 02, 2013 02Dec2013 Opinion

Intel x86 and IBM Power CPUs: Which, when, why?

There are only three processors left in the market for mission-critical applications. Which should you chose ? Continue Reading

December 02, 2013 02Dec2013 E-Zine

The future of local government IT

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at how visionary IT leaders in local government plan to transform the delivery of digital public services using the cloud. Our latest buyer’s guide looks at the technology challenges of implementing the ... Continue Reading

November 29, 2013 29Nov2013 News

Mobile business intelligence adoption slows, BARC BI survey finds

Mobile BI adoption is slowing and much vaunted social media analytics are little deployed, according to the latest BARC BI global survey Continue Reading

November 29, 2013 29Nov2013 News

IT budgets to rise by 3% in 2014 as companies step up spending on mobile

IT spending will increase by 3% in 2014, up from 1.8% last year. But shadow IT spending will add another 40% to technology budgets Continue Reading

November 28, 2013 28Nov2013 News

Securing company data biggest concern for Indian CIOs considering external cloud suppliers

Protecting company data is the biggest concern that Indian CIOs have when using an external supplier to provide cloud services, according to Techtarget research Continue Reading

November 28, 2013 28Nov2013 News

EU calls on US to rebuild trust in post-Snowden era

The EC has called on the US to provide guarantees to restore trust in the wake of spying revelations Continue Reading

November 28, 2013 28Nov2013 In Depth

SMB 3.0 brings enterprise-class storage to Hyper-V deployments

SMB 3.0 is Microsoft’s replacement for the “chatty” CIFS file access storage protocol that offers enterprise-class storage to Hyper-V deployments Continue Reading

November 27, 2013 27Nov2013 News

Banks must engage effectively with customers via Twitter

Retail banks must take advantage of social media to engage with customers, said digital banking experts. Continue Reading

November 27, 2013 27Nov2013 News

European Parliament closes Wi-Fi after man-in-the-middle attack

A number of mailboxes have been compromised and users’ smartphones could be at risk following a man-in-the-middle attack on the European Parliament’s public Wi-Fi Continue Reading

November 27, 2013 27Nov2013 News

Microsoft admits RT mistake

Microsoft has admitted that its RT operating system may have confused people, who expected full blown Windows. Continue Reading

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 News

Argos brings O2 Wi-Fi to 735 stores

The retail giant is rolling out Wi-Fi to all its stores in time for the Christmas rush Continue Reading

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 News

NCA changed UK cyber crime fighting, says NCCU head

The NCA has changed the UK law enforcement landscape, says Andy Archibald, head of the NCA’s National Cyber Crime Unit Continue Reading

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 Photo Story

Old Street digital concept store

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 Photo Story

iPads replace catalogues

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 Photo Story

New point of sale format

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 Photo Story

Fast track – get your goods in less than 60 seconds

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 Photo Story

But catalogues can still be found

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 Photo Story

Digital signage

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 Photo Story

Argos: a digital retailer

Argos has unveiled its first digital concept store, as part of the retailer’s aim to become a digital retailer over the next four and half years. Continue Reading

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 News

Janet6 ‘offers the future’ for research networking needs

Jisc takes back the network from a managed service provider to light up its own fibre and offer a future proofed service to researchers, universities, colleges and schools across the UK Continue Reading

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 News

Government lays out 2014 cyber security agenda

The UK government has reiterated its commitment to addressing cyber security and laid out some plans for 2014 at the Cyber Security Summit 2013 Continue Reading

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 News

IT suppliers relaxed about contract visibility

IT and BPO suppliers Atos and Capita say they are relaxed about being more open about the often obscured details of large government contracts, as outsourcing giants are put under pressure by MPs to open up to public scrutiny Continue Reading

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 News

The state of agile software development in the UK

Lately it is more surprising to hear that businesses are developing using a methodology other than agile, such is its widespread use Continue Reading

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 Photo Story

Harnessing team knowledge for faster issue resolution

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 Photo Story

Review Summary

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 Photo Story

Visual Collaboration with ITinvolve

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 Photo Story

Aligning Knowledge to IT Services with ITinvolve

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 Photo Story

Curating knowledge from conversations with ITinvolve

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 Photo Story

ITinvolve: Knowledge when you need it

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 Photo Story

Review of ITinvolve for Knowledge Management

Managing the knowledge of IT support teams is vital to reduce issue resolution times. The ITSM Review takes a look at the collaboration features in ITinvolve. Continue Reading

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 News

How web giants are making datacentres lean and green

Facebook and eBay infrastructure chiefs outline their efficiency strategies at DatacenterDynamics Converged conference in London Continue Reading

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 News

White hat Wi-Fi hacking shows vulnerability of business data

Whitehat hackers have shown that senstitive data can be sniffed easily from public Wi-Fi hotspots Continue Reading

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 News

FTSE 350 firms complete cyber risk assessment

Most FTSE 350 companies put cyber risk on the board agenda, but many need to improve how they manage that risk Continue Reading

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 News

Executing your strategy 3: Vision

This is the third of a six part guide explains the key steps of the Strategic Execution Framework, developed to help organisations stay focused on innovation, increase performance, manage change and scale the business. Continue Reading

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 News

Gartner: What CIOs should know about cloud‑based customer service

IT leaders and managers of customer support need to understand the limits of cloud-based CRM customer service and support software solutions, writes Michael Maoz, vice-president and distinguished analyst at Gartner. Continue Reading

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 News

CW500:Future Gazing 2020 (I)

Andrew Drazin, founding partner of c-level recruitment specialist,Theron LLP, gives his take on the future of the IT department in 2020. Continue Reading

November 26, 2013 26Nov2013 News

CW500:Future Gazing 2020 (II)

Professor Victor Newman, author, advisory board member and mentor at Social Innovation Lab Kent (Silk), gives his take on the future of the IT department in 2020. Continue Reading

November 25, 2013 25Nov2013 E-Zine

Embracing wearable technology

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we talk to the London researchers developing multi-sensory communications via wearable mobile devices and find out about the real-life business applications of the technology. We report from the Gartner Symposium on ... Continue Reading

November 25, 2013 25Nov2013 News

Banks clamp down on traders in chat rooms

Traders at several banks have been banned from chat rooms in the wake of scandals including the manipulation of the Libor interbank lending rate Continue Reading

November 25, 2013 25Nov2013 News

Facebook authentication - Like?

As Cisco teams up with Facebook to offer authentication for public Wi-Fi, is this option safe for businesses? Continue Reading

November 25, 2013 25Nov2013 News

150 subpostmasters file claims over 'faulty' Horizon accounting system

About 150 subpostmasters have filed claims to the investigation into the allegedly faulty Post Office accounting system used by thousands of subpostmaters Continue Reading

November 25, 2013 25Nov2013 In Depth

Optimising performance and security of web-based software

On-demand applications are often talked about in terms of how suppliers should be adapting the way their software is provisioned to customers. Continue Reading

November 22, 2013 22Nov2013 News

Jaguar Land Rover builds data sharing infrastructure

Jaguar Landrover (JLR) has used a proposed data sharing standard to improve car development within its product lifecycle management (PLM) system. Continue Reading

November 21, 2013 21Nov2013 News

CSA appoints Microsoft’s Adrienne Hall to board

The CSA has appointed Adrienne Hall, from Trustworthy Computing at Microsoft, to its board of directors Continue Reading

November 21, 2013 21Nov2013 News

Pegasystems CEO Alan Trefler plans his next move for the $500m software company

Alan Trefler discusses his plans for Pegasystems, the BPM and CRM specialist that has grown into a $500m a year company Continue Reading

November 20, 2013 20Nov2013 News

Case study: McGraw-Hill Education mobilises with Salesforce

The educational resources provider utilises Salesforce to develop a mobile app and get its sales reps selling more on campus Continue Reading

November 20, 2013 20Nov2013 News

Report highlights poor UK attitudes to mobile security

Businesses should note that many UK mobile users do not take security precautions and do not know how to guard against data theft Continue Reading

November 20, 2013 20Nov2013 News

M&S uses instore IT to train staff in multi-channel retail

Marks & Spencer is using in-store iPads and kiosks to train staff to support its multichannel retail strategy Continue Reading

November 19, 2013 19Nov2013 News

Investec CISO warns that legacy tapes will fail on new hardware

Many organisations may find that years of irreplaceable tape backups are inaccessible because modern machines cannot handle legacy format Continue Reading

November 19, 2013 19Nov2013 Opinion

Technology, society and morality: the implications for technology leaders

Technology is evolving at a pace and scale that has never been experienced. Society is struggling to keep up with the social and moral implications Continue Reading

November 19, 2013 19Nov2013 News

Google reaches $17m multi-state settlement over Safari snooping

Google has reached a $17m settlement agreement with 10 US states for bypassing Apple Safari privacy settings Continue Reading

November 19, 2013 19Nov2013 News

Human Capital Management

Computer Weekly looks at the steps companies have taken to improve talent management; bridging the gap between the cost savings promised by cloud technologies and the value they deliver. Continue Reading

November 18, 2013 18Nov2013 In Depth

Procter & Gamble uses Teradata cloud analytics for global marketing

Procter & Gamble has 15,000 websites, but sells almost exclusively through retailers. This makes gathering intelligence on customers tough Continue Reading

November 18, 2013 18Nov2013 E-Zine

Software defined networking explodes

In this week’s Computer Weekly, we look at how startups are stimulating the networking market and how the public sector is facing up to BYOD hurdles. Experience contributor Adrian Bridgwater also brings you our Buyer’s Guide to testing and code ... Continue Reading

November 18, 2013 18Nov2013 In Depth

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