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• April 03, 2013 03 Apr'13

  US Army practises poor data security on mobile devices

  Pentagon inspector general finds smartphones and tablets the US Army buys are not configured to protect sensitive data and allow remote wipe

• April 02, 2013 02 Apr'13

  Google closer to action from European privacy regulators

  Google is another step closer to action by privacy regulators across Europe for failing to change the way it manages user data

• April 02, 2013 02 Apr'13

  Scottish IT and digital businesses look elsewhere due to skills shortage

  Scottish IT and digital businesses are struggling to fill job vacancies with over half recruiting from outside Scotland, according to ScotlandIS

• March 28, 2013 28 Mar'13

  Strategic investments drive modest growth in IT spending

  The relatively stable economic climate has resulted in modest IT investment, according to Gartner’s latest quarterly spending forecast

• March 27, 2013 27 Mar'13

  UK government sets up cyber security fusion cell

  A cyber security “fusion cell” for cross-sector threat data sharing aims to put government, industry and information security analysts side-by-side

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Southern Water contracts TCS for transformation

  Southern Water is transforming customer service and revenue management through IT services from Tata Consultancy Services

• March 26, 2013 26 Mar'13

  Employees ignore security rules, say infosec pros

  Most information security professionals believe corporate employees wilfully ignore security rules, survey at RSA Conference 2013 reveals

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Apple buys WifiSLAM for $20m

  Apple buys indoor mapping start-up WifiSLAM for $20m to boost its location technology and compete with Google’s indoor capabilities

• March 25, 2013 25 Mar'13

  Malware in counterfeit software to cost business $114bn in 2013

  Dealing with malware in counterfeit software will cost global enterprises an estimated $114bn in 2013, says research firm IDC

• March 22, 2013 22 Mar'13

  Six security issues to tackle before encrypting cloud data

  Concern about security and privacy is likely to drive adoption of cloud encryption, but there are six security issues businesses should tackle

• March 21, 2013 21 Mar'13

  Hampshire signs broadband contract with BT

  Funding from the council, BDUK and BT will provide over £13m to bring superfast broadband to at least 90% of the county by 2015

• March 21, 2013 21 Mar'13

  Farewell to Logica brand as CGI completes UK integration

  The Logica brand will disappear next week as buyer CGI migrates the services supplier's UK IT to CGI's own global system

• March 20, 2013 20 Mar'13

  Case study: Hamilton Fraser embraces BYOD with MobileIron

  How insurance firm Hamilton Fraser is using MobileIron to enable employees to bring their own devices while following company policy

• March 19, 2013 19 Mar'13

  ARM CEO Warren East steps down

  Warren East, CEO of semiconductor firm ARM, is retiring from the company after almost 12 years in the leadership role

• March 15, 2013 15 Mar'13

  AstraZeneca appoints new CIO David Smoley

  Pharmaceuticals giant AstraZeneca has appointment David Smoley as chief information officer

• March 15, 2013 15 Mar'13

  Accenture delivers rapid reporting for Six Nations

  In sponsoring the Six Nations Rugby tournament, Accenture has shown how rapid prototyping can be applied to building enterprise reports

• March 15, 2013 15 Mar'13

  Samsung launches Galaxy S4 with improved software and Knox security

  Samsung's latest smartphone, the Galaxy S4 – which was released in New York – aims to boost software and Android OS security

• March 13, 2013 13 Mar'13

  US authorities investigate hack of Michelle Obama and other high-profile people

  US authorities are investigating hackers who allegedly stole financial information belonging to US first lady Michelle Obama

• March 12, 2013 12 Mar'13

  Warwickshire Council adopts Gmail

  Warwickshire County Council is to complete a full Gmail roll-out across its 4,500 users next month, in a move that will deliver £250,000 in savings

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Phishing emails sent in pairs to lend authenticity, says training company

  Phishing emails are now being deployed in pairs to create the illusion of authenticity, says security awareness training company PhishMe

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Microsoft releases four critical security updates

  Microsoft is to release four “critical” patches in its monthly Patch Tuesday security update, according to the advance notice.

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  Hilary Reynolds latest universal credit programme director to move

  Universal credit programme director Hilary Reynolds has moved off after just four months, the latest senior figure to leave the programme

• March 11, 2013 11 Mar'13

  AstraZeneca opts for co-operation after IBM falls out

  AstraZeneca has changed its approach to outsourcing to encourage co-operation with suppliers after its deal with IBM failed to deliver

• March 06, 2013 06 Mar'13

  What is RSA's build, buy, partner strategy?

  Computer Weekly takes a closer look at RSA's build, buy, partner strategy

• March 05, 2013 05 Mar'13

  Businesses must fundamentally change or 'die'

  Firms need to embrace technological change or face being left behind, according to executives from Amazon and Salesforce

• March 04, 2013 04 Mar'13

  Logicalis saves 2e2's UK managed services arm

  Logicalis has taken over the European business of defunct IT services supplier 2e2, which went bust in January 2013, owing millions to creditors

• February 28, 2013 28 Feb'13

  RSA 2013: Suppliers need to prepare for new security vulnerability handling standards

  Software makers and online service providers need to prepare for two ISO standards on vulnerability handling processes due by the end of 2013

• February 26, 2013 26 Feb'13

  Fifth of all IT services firms could disappear by 2014, says Gartner

  Up to 20 of the world’s top 100 IT service providers could disappear by 2014 because of the tough economic conditions, says Gartner

• February 26, 2013 26 Feb'13

  RSA 2013: Obama cyber order will have significant effect, says DoHS

  President Barack Obama’s executive order on cybersecurity is a “very big deal” says Mark Weatherford, deputy under-secretary for cybersecurity at the US Department of Homeland Security (DoHS).

• February 24, 2013 24 Feb'13

  Mozilla announces handsets for Firefox OS

  Alcatel, LG and ZTE will be the first mobile manufacturers to bring Firefox OS handsets to the market

• February 22, 2013 22 Feb'13

  Music companies critical of Google’s anti-piracy efforts

  Music companies have accused Google of failing to fulfil a pledge not to give prominent rankings in search results to websites offering illegal music downloads.

• February 15, 2013 15 Feb'13

  Bad outsourcing decisions cause 63% of data breaches

  Bad outsourcing decisions nearly two-thirds of data breaches investigated by security firm Trustwave in the past year

• February 15, 2013 15 Feb'13

  IT budgets to grow in 2013 as economy bumps along

  UK IT departments are planning to spend more on IT in 2013 despite the downturn, a worldwide survey of IT managers has revealed

• February 14, 2013 14 Feb'13

  Google battles BT in patent row

  Google has launched legal action against BT, accusing the British firm of four counts of patent infringement

• February 14, 2013 14 Feb'13

  Grant Thornton uses Huddle for business support programme

  Grant Thornton is using Huddle to share information and content as part of the £200m government-backed GrowthAccelerator

• February 11, 2013 11 Feb'13

  IT expert in Microsoft monopoly case faces £2.5m legal fight

  A computer expert who advised the European Commission in its investigation into anti-competitive behaviour by Microsoft faces £2.5bn legal battle

• February 07, 2013 07 Feb'13

  Interview: Phil Smith, CEO of Cisco UK & Ireland

  Cisco's UK CEO talks about innovation, wireless vs wired and software defined networking at the company’s annual Cisco Live event in London

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  EU cyber strategy aimed at boosting preparedness and cooperation

  The European cyber security strategy addresses insufficient national preparedness and boosting co-operation in the region, says the EC

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  Business avoids cloud over fear of government snooping

  Almost half of IT professionals are deterred from keeping sensitive data in the cloud because of fear of government intervention and possible legal action, a survey has revealed

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  Twitter strengthens login security after hacker attack

  Days after a hacking attack, it has emerged that Twitter plans to strengthen its login security with two-factor authentication

• February 06, 2013 06 Feb'13

  Raspberry Pi Model A computer goes on sale for £16

  The latest version of the small single-board Raspberry Pi computer – Model A – has gone on sale in Europe at just £16

• January 30, 2013 30 Jan'13

  Amazon sales soar in 2012

  Amazon sales rose 27% to $61bn (£39bn) in its 2012 results and 22% in its 2012 fourth quarter revenues to $21.27bn, compared with 2011

• January 28, 2013 28 Jan'13

  Why has NAC, like DLP, failed to take off?

  Why are organisations not investing in systems that are designed to keep malicious actors out of their networks?

• January 25, 2013 25 Jan'13

  Encryption is safe bet, says SafeNet

  Encryption is the only thing that can give peace of mind to CIOs and CISOs, says Dave Hansen, president and CEO of security firm SafeNet

• January 24, 2013 24 Jan'13

  ICO hits Sony with £250,000 data breach penalty

  The Information Commissioner’s office (ICO) has fined Sony Computer Entertainment Europe £250,000 for breaching the Data Protection Act

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  Defra plans £80m agile CAP system

  The Department for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is planning a single integrated £80m Common Agricultural Policy system

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  BYOD: People pay for devices to use for work

  Over half of employees buy their own devices for work use, according to new report from mobile device management specialist Good Technology

• January 22, 2013 22 Jan'13

  Why has DLP never taken off?

  Why is data loss prevention (DLP) technology not being adopted if it provides the very protection most businesses need?

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  GDS must not become an outlier, warns Martha Lane Fox

  The Government Digital Service (GDS) must not remain an outlier to the way the public sector delivers online services, says Martha Lane Fox

• January 21, 2013 21 Jan'13

  UK citizens unwilling to embrace big data

  The public sector could improve services by imitating the private sector’s use of big data, but citizens are overwhelmingly against the idea