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2015 Stories
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April 07, 2015
07Apr2015
News
Over-the-top services worth $14bn to carriers by 2020
A study conducted by Juniper Research suggests that content paid for by carrier billing will be a lucrative money-spinner for communications providers Continue Reading
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April 07, 2015
07Apr2015
Photo Story
Microsoft Office 2016 Preview: Excel 2016 offers BI integration
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April 07, 2015
07Apr2015
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Microsoft Office 2016 Preview: A first look
We dive into Microsoft’s latest Office, now in public preview for enterprise Office 365 accounts Continue Reading
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April 07, 2015
07Apr2015
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Microsoft Office 2016 Preview: Our verdict
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April 07, 2015
07Apr2015
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Microsoft Office 2016 Preview: Office 2016 and the competition
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April 07, 2015
07Apr2015
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Microsoft Office 2016 Preview: Word 2016
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April 07, 2015
07Apr2015
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Microsoft Office 2016 Preview: Lync becomes Skype for Business
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April 07, 2015
07Apr2015
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Microsoft Office 2016 Preview: More colour and more control
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April 07, 2015
07Apr2015
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Microsoft Office 2016 Preview: OneNote collaboration
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April 07, 2015
07Apr2015
News
UBS innovation lab moves into Level39
Level39 will host the UBS innovation lab to support fintech startups Continue Reading
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April 02, 2015
02Apr2015
News
Foods manufacturer ConAgra expects to save $5m a year with data analytics
Food manufacturer ConAgra Foods is using data analytics technology to improve how it makes decisions about hiring and deploying its workforce Continue Reading
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April 01, 2015
01Apr2015
In Depth
Mobile device management (MDM) vs backup
MDM tackles the challenge of mobile devices flooding the enterprise, but it doesn’t mean you can stop worrying about mobile data protection Continue Reading
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April 01, 2015
01Apr2015
News
Martha Lane Fox unveils Dot Everyone
Lane Fox uses Dimbleby Lecture to reveal national institution idea putting women at the heart of the technology sector Continue Reading
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April 01, 2015
01Apr2015
News
'Bored' RBS investment chairman Rory Cullinan resigns after daughter's Snapchat message goes public
Royal Bank of Scotland’s investment bank chairman Rory Cullinan leaves after a Snapchat message to his daughter appeared in Instagram Continue Reading
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March 31, 2015
31Mar2015
News
Brecon Beacons National Park soups up staff comms with Unify
Brecon Beacons National Park Authority deploys Unify’s OpenScape voice technology to keep remote staff and home workers in touch Continue Reading
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March 31, 2015
31Mar2015
News
Interoute bags private equity funding to support datacentre growth
Cloud services giant plans to use private equity funding to support its M&A activity and push ahead with its datacentre growth plans Continue Reading
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March 31, 2015
31Mar2015
Blog Post
To make Britain digital we need leaders who are part of the network, not apart from it
It's great to see so much debate taking place on social media - and hopefully in the real world - following Martha Lane Fox's Dimbleby Lecture broadcast on BBC1 last night. Regardless of what ... Continue Reading
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March 31, 2015
31Mar2015
News
Microsoft adds ODF 1.2 to Office 365 to adhere to government demands
Microsoft will roll out the ability export documents in open document format (ODF) in Office 365, regardless of original file format, to adhere to government policy Continue Reading
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March 31, 2015
31Mar2015
News
AWS gets EU approval for data replication outside of Europe
The European Union Data Protection Authorities has approved Amazon Web Services’ Data Processing Agreement Continue Reading
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March 31, 2015
31Mar2015
News
Vodafone adds banking capability to mobile wallet
Mobile operator Vodafone is enabling its customers to add banking functionality to their Vodafone Wallets Continue Reading
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March 31, 2015
31Mar2015
News
IT is more important than marketing for banks
IT spending will grow at the expense of other areas such as marketing as optimism in financial services increases Continue Reading
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March 31, 2015
31Mar2015
News
DDoS losses potentially £100k an hour, survey shows
DDoS attacks could expose 40% of businesses to losses of £100,000 or more an hour at peak times, a survey shows Continue Reading
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March 30, 2015
30Mar2015
News
Rural payments service failed GDS assessment but still went live
The troubled rural payments digital service failed its most recent assessment by the Government Digital Service, but was still launched to farmers Continue Reading
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March 30, 2015
30Mar2015
News
Sky Italia looks to the cloud for better customer experience
Sky Italia “remakes” its customer acquisition, customer service and change order management processes using cloud Continue Reading
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March 30, 2015
30Mar2015
E-Zine
What went wrong with the IT for farmers' rural payments?
In this week's Computer Weekly, we examine the real reasons behind the failure of the government's rural payments digital service. We look at how Windows 10 Universal Apps will change the way IT teams manage PCs. And we hear from IT leaders about ... Continue Reading
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March 30, 2015
30Mar2015
News
KPMG teams up with Microsoft to boost enterprise cloud adoption
Advisory firm to draw on Microsoft technologies to deliver cloud-based data analytics, and business transformation services to clients Continue Reading
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March 30, 2015
30Mar2015
News
British Airways rewards scheme hack highlights password problem
The hacking of British Airways’ executive club frequent flyer accounts shows the importance of using strong, unique passwords for all online accounts Continue Reading
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March 29, 2015
29Mar2015
Photo Story
Jermain Jackman sings at the FDM everywoman in technology awards 2015
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March 29, 2015
29Mar2015
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FDM everywoman in technology awards 2015 finalists
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March 29, 2015
29Mar2015
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FDM everywoman in technology international leader of the year 2015
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March 29, 2015
29Mar2015
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FDM everywoman in technology entrepreneur of the year 2015
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March 29, 2015
29Mar2015
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Pollyanna Woodward presents FDM everywoman in technology awards 2015
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March 29, 2015
29Mar2015
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FDM everywoman in technology awards winners 2015
Find out the winners of the FDM everywoman in technology awards 2015 Continue Reading
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March 29, 2015
29Mar2015
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FDM everywoman in technology inspiration of the year 2015
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March 29, 2015
29Mar2015
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FDM everywoman in technology one to watch 2015
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March 29, 2015
29Mar2015
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FDM everywoman in technology innovator of the year 2015
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March 29, 2015
29Mar2015
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FDM everywoman in technology leader if the year 2015
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March 29, 2015
29Mar2015
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FDM everywoman in technology woman of the year 2015
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March 29, 2015
29Mar2015
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FDM everywoman in technology rising star 2015
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March 29, 2015
29Mar2015
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FDM everywoman in technology start-up founder of the year 2015
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March 29, 2015
29Mar2015
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FDM everywoman in technology team leader of the year 2015
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March 29, 2015
29Mar2015
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FDM everywoman in technology awards 2015 winners
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March 27, 2015
27Mar2015
News
NHS announces £78m technology fund for health and social care providers
The NHS will give £78m integrated digital care funding to health and social care providers in 2015 to help them invest in technology Continue Reading
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March 27, 2015
27Mar2015
News
National Police ICT Company operational after four years of wrangling
The national Police ICT Company is operational and aims to save £465m a year – nearly four years after Theresa May proposed its creation Continue Reading
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March 27, 2015
27Mar2015
News
UK government pays £150m to Raytheon to settle e-Borders dispute
UK government agrees to pay Raytheon £150m to settle dispute over the cancellation of e-Borders contract Continue Reading
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March 27, 2015
27Mar2015
News
Talk Talk moves HR systems to cloud
Managers now have accurate information on their workforce numbers, salary and overtime costs Continue Reading
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March 27, 2015
27Mar2015
News
Nordics' Glenna research cloud project underway
Researchers in the Nordics will soon enjoy a new cloud infrastructure from which to share systems and resources Continue Reading
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March 27, 2015
27Mar2015
News
Retiring MP aims to uncover truth of alleged Post Office computer system problems
Retiring MP James Arbuthnot is determined to get to the bottom of problems with the Post Office system that led to subpostmasters being blamed for account shortfalls Continue Reading
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March 27, 2015
27Mar2015
News
MPs slam Defra for making rural payments 'digital by default'
MPs have slammed the government’s decision to make rural payment claims from farmers a 'digital by default' service Continue Reading
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March 26, 2015
26Mar2015
News
More than a fifth of world’s billionaires studied engineering at university
Approved Index analysis finds 22% of Forbes’ 100 rich list studied engineering at university Continue Reading
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March 26, 2015
26Mar2015
News
Samsung targets business with Microsoft tools integration
Samsung has pre-installed Microsoft OneNote, OneDrive, and Skype on the new Galaxy S6 and Galaxy S6 edge, as it expands into business Continue Reading
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March 26, 2015
26Mar2015
News
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 Continue Reading
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March 26, 2015
26Mar2015
News
UK attacks on crypto keys and digital certificates endemic
All UK security professionals polled in a global survey have responded to attacks on keys and certificates in past two years Continue Reading
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March 25, 2015
25Mar2015
News
UK government adds five authentication providers to Gov.uk Verify identity management system
The Government Digital Service (GDS) adds five authentication providers to the Gov.uk Verify identity and access management scheme Continue Reading
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March 25, 2015
25Mar2015
News
Santander launches ISA mobile app
Spanish banking giant Santander launches a mobile app to help consumers navigate the ISA market Continue Reading
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March 25, 2015
25Mar2015
News
Identity fraud still top UK fraud threat
Identity fraud continues to be the single biggest fraud threat, according to the latest report by UK fraud prevention service Cifas Continue Reading
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March 25, 2015
25Mar2015
News
Monitise no longer up for sale
Mobile banking software company Monitise to continue as an independent company rather than seek to be taken over Continue Reading
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March 25, 2015
25Mar2015
News
Atomic Weapons Establishment to build supercomputer for Trident simulations
The Atomic Weapons Establishment (AWE) builds HPC cluster based on SGI ICE XA system to support Trident programme Continue Reading
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March 24, 2015
24Mar2015
News
HP Helion Rack looks to speed up enterprise private cloud adoption
HP wants to take the heavy lifting out of moving to the private cloud by offering enterprises pre-configured and tested infrastructure packages Continue Reading
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March 24, 2015
24Mar2015
News
Dutch bank ING puts HR services in the cloud
Finance company ING is using cloud-based software from ServiceNow to deliver HR services to its 25,000 staff in the Netherlands Continue Reading
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March 24, 2015
24Mar2015
News
Talon upgrades MobileFast for web and Windows file sync and share
Enterprise file sync and share provider Talon Storage adds web browser and Windows workstation access to MobileFast Continue Reading
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March 24, 2015
24Mar2015
News
Google warns of fake digital certificates
Google has warned of unauthorised digital certificates issued for several of its domains that could be used to intercept data traffic Continue Reading
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March 24, 2015
24Mar2015
News
Swarovski opts for cloud HR to move function to strategic level
Swarovski’s move to cloud HR system demonstrates its desire to move HR from an operational function to a strategic level Continue Reading
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March 24, 2015
24Mar2015
News
MPs seek reassurance over Post Office mediation scheme
Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) select committee seeks reassurances over the Post Office mediation scheme Continue Reading
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March 23, 2015
23Mar2015
E-Zine
Government backs tech in 2015 Budget
In this week's Computer Weekly, chancellor George Osborne's 2015 Budget was the most technology friendly ever – we examine the key policy announcements. Sainsbury's CIO talks about the challenges of going digital. And we look at how virtual reality ... Continue Reading
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March 23, 2015
23Mar2015
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IT priorities 2015 – IT budgets on the rise as economy recovers
Almost three-quarters of IT managers in the UK expect their IT budgets to increase or stay the same in 2015 Continue Reading
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March 23, 2015
23Mar2015
News
Microsoft's Nano Server: What to expect from this leaner, meaner Windows Server
With Microsoft reportedly set to announce a stripped-back version of Windows Server, what can IT leaders expect to see? Continue Reading
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March 23, 2015
23Mar2015
News
Women have a big part to play in the future of the fintech industry
International Women’s Day sparks debate around the lack of females holding board-level positions in the fintech sector and elsewhere Continue Reading
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March 23, 2015
23Mar2015
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IT priorities 2015: How will IT decision makers spend this year's budget?
The 2015 Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT priorities survey has examined the investment plans of IT managers in the UK and Europe in 2015 Continue Reading
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March 23, 2015
23Mar2015
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IT Priorities 2015: What projects are running this year?
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March 23, 2015
23Mar2015
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IT Priorities 2015: IAM tops security initiative in UK and Europe
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March 23, 2015
23Mar2015
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IT Priorities 2015: Disaster recover is still a top priority
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March 23, 2015
23Mar2015
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IT Priorities 2015: Main IT projects for 2015
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March 23, 2015
23Mar2015
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IT Priorities 2015: big data analytics gains ground in Europe
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March 23, 2015
23Mar2015
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IT Priorities 2015: Desktop applications move to the cloud
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March 23, 2015
23Mar2015
Photo Story
SDN held back by lack of understanding
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March 23, 2015
23Mar2015
Photo Story
VM backup increasingly dealt with while DR still top priority
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March 23, 2015
23Mar2015
News
Sabadell to migrate TSB IT to proprietary banking platform with £450m sweetener
Spanish bank Sabadell will move TSB IT systems to its own in-house core banking platform Continue Reading
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March 20, 2015
20Mar2015
News
What went wrong with Defra's rural payments system?
A £154m system to process payments to farmers has been forced to resort to paper forms. What went wrong – and is this a digital disaster? Continue Reading
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March 20, 2015
20Mar2015
News
Home devices threaten enterprise data security, warn researchers
Poor or lacking security on ADSL routers and other devices used by teleworkers a threat to global enterprise information security Continue Reading
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March 20, 2015
20Mar2015
News
Information Commissioner's Office calls for transparent public sector outsourcing
For greater transparency, public sector buyers and suppliers should be open about their dealings before signing contracts, says ICO Continue Reading
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March 20, 2015
20Mar2015
News
Mobile devices better suited for digitally excluded
Digitally excluded find tablets and smartphones easier to use and more intuitive, according to Tinder Foundation and Vodafone UK report Continue Reading
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March 19, 2015
19Mar2015
News
BIS sets out to assist development of digital sharing economy
The government has set out a number of proposals to assist in the development of the £9bn trade body Sharing Economy UK Continue Reading
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March 19, 2015
19Mar2015
News
Holland & Barrett outsources data handling to ITC Infotech
IT services firm ITC Infotech manages customer data for health food business to help it glean business value from the information Continue Reading
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March 19, 2015
19Mar2015
News
Ofcom finalises BT wholesale broadband pricing rules
Ofcom finalises plans to introduce wholesale broadband pricing rules to promote competition and investment in superfast broadband Continue Reading
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March 19, 2015
19Mar2015
News
Government creates Crown Hosting venture with Ark Data Centres
Cabinet Office signs seven-year joint venture agreement with Ark Data Centres to create Crown Hosting Service Continue Reading
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March 19, 2015
19Mar2015
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Target agrees to $10m breach compensation
US retailer Target has agreed to a $10m compensation package for victims of its 2013 data breach Continue Reading
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March 19, 2015
19Mar2015
News
Current account comparison from Gocompare announced in Budget 2015
The government used the Budget to announce changes in the banking sector that will increase consumer and business choice Continue Reading
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March 18, 2015
18Mar2015
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Internet of things and 5G network research priority in 2015 Budget
Research into the internet of things and the 5G networks to support it figured highly in chancellor George Osborne’s 2015 Budget Continue Reading
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March 18, 2015
18Mar2015
News
Ford drives connected car journey with Microsoft Azure
The Microsoft Azure cloud will be used to power Ford's new software delivery and vehicle monitoring service Continue Reading
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March 18, 2015
18Mar2015
News
Red Nose Day 2015: How Comic Relief used cloud to bank a record £78m
Comic Relief CTO Zenon Hannick explains how the charity used cloud to process a record number of donations during Red Nose Day 2015 Continue Reading
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March 18, 2015
18Mar2015
News
Satya Nadella: Every business will be a software business
Digitisation may the buzzword business leaders are trying to grasp, but Microsoft has begun its journey to build a digitisation product portfolio Continue Reading
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March 18, 2015
18Mar2015
News
Premera hack exposes 11 million financial and medical records
US health insurance firm Premera Blue Cross reveals an IT systems breach, exposing financial and medical records of 11 million customers Continue Reading
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March 17, 2015
17Mar2015
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Flash storage interest flattens off, but still healthy
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March 17, 2015
17Mar2015
Photo Story
VM backup down as a priority while disaster recovery still tops to-do lists
Our survey finds VM backup increasingly “job done”, while disaster recovery, cloud storage, flash storage and mobility remain high priorities; but where is mobile backup? Continue Reading
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March 17, 2015
17Mar2015
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VM backup: Probably just easier to achieve than disaster recovery
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March 17, 2015
17Mar2015
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(Hybrid) cloud storage momentum continues
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March 17, 2015
17Mar2015
Photo Story
Mobility top priority, but mobile backup absent
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March 17, 2015
17Mar2015
In Depth
Businesses need to equip staff with the tools to do the job
Workforces will become frustrated if they do not have the technology they need to deliver what their organisation wants Continue Reading
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March 17, 2015
17Mar2015
News
Microsoft warns of fake SSL certificate for Windows Live
Microsoft has warned that a fake security certificate has been issued for the Windows Live domain that could be abused by attackers Continue Reading