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News Archive
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May 22, 2015
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Researchers raise privacy concerns about Bluetooth Low Energy devices
Researchers have raised privacy concerns about a growing number of devices using Bluetooth Low Energy technology
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May 21, 2015
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Canonical's Mark Shuttleworth talks about space, drones and smartphones
Mark Shuttleworth, founder of Canonical, strives towards the vision of a converged handheld device
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May 21, 2015
21
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CIO interview: Myron Hrycyk, CIO, Severn Trent Water
Severn Trent water company is working on technology initiatives to lower bills and improve customer service
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May 21, 2015
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CIO interview: Austerity drives joined-up council IT with Force.com
Peterborough has become a big user of software-as-a-service for council services. We speak to its IT head
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May 21, 2015
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G.fast ultrafast broadband test lab opens in Swansea
BT kicks off trials of G.fast broadband technology in Swansea and opens a new test lab for startups
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May 20, 2015
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IT system related to subpostmaster prosecutions under review by CCRC
The Criminal Cases Review Commission receives 20 applications from subpostmasters related to prosecutions for account shortfalls
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May 20, 2015
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BT Openreach turns to Crimestoppers to catch cable thieves
Openreach extends its partnership with crime-fighting charity Crimestoppers to tackle cable theft
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May 20, 2015
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Government cloud adoption hit by ongoing legacy tech investments
IT supplier Eduserv wants government departments banned from investing in legacy tech to drive up cloud adoption
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May 20, 2015
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BT and BDUK failed to make costs transparent, says report
A major report on BDUK commissioned by DCMS identifies a number of failures around the transparency of the scheme’s costs
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May 19, 2015
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GDS will not scale locally with continued bespoke approach
If the Government Digital Service (GDS) continues to develop bespoke digital services, the progress it has made to date will not scale at a local level, Eddie Copeland, head of technology at the Policy Exchange, has warned
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May 19, 2015
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Vodafone returns to quarterly revenue growth
A minute rise in quarterly sales gives mobile network operator Vodafone hope that its financial situation is now stabilising
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May 19, 2015
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Reflect Digital founder shares road to success
Founder of Kent-based digital agency shares her journey from a £3k business to £500k
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May 19, 2015
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Google slashes public cloud prices to undercut rivals
Google cuts cost of its public cloud services to pass on hardware savings in line with Moore's Law
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May 19, 2015
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St Louis Federal Reserve Bank not target of DNS hack, say experts
The hacking of a domain name server (DNS) for the Federal Reserve Bank of St Louis is more likely to be aimed at customers than the bank itself, say security experts
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May 19, 2015
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Canonical offers SaaS pricing for on-site VMs and storage
Open source supplier Canonical has introduced software as a service pricing for on-premise storage in a move that could change the way traditional software is licensed
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May 18, 2015
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Executive interview: Google's big data journey
A programming concept developed in 1958 inspired the seminal Google whitepaper that introduced the world to MapReduce
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May 18, 2015
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Socitm to launch women in IT network
Society of Information Technology Management on the hunt for partners to help launch women in IT network
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May 18, 2015
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Wi-Fi Global Congress: Hotspot 2.0 standard addresses wireless security holes
At Wi-Fi Global Congress, Ruckus Wireless announces it will be first to market with the second release of Hotspot 2.0
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May 18, 2015
18
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Barclays adds extra security through domain name switch
Barclays Bank and Barclaycard are moving away from using .com and .co.uk domain names in a move that will add extra security for customers
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May 18, 2015
18
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Whitehall technology chiefs vetoed new Windows XP support deal
Government technology chiefs vetoed a new deal with Microsoft to continue Windows XP support to force laggards to move off the OS
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May 15, 2015
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Joanna Shields appointed junior minister
Former Tech City CEO Joanna Shields appointed parliamentary under secretary of state at the Department for Culture, Media and Sport
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May 15, 2015
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Fire services to keep Airwave Tetra radios until 2020
The Department for Communities and Local Government approves a major extension of the fire services' Firelink Tetra network to the end of 2019
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May 15, 2015
15
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Rentokil opens up core IT systems to business
The IT department at Rentokil Initial has delivered coding interfaces to its back-end ERP system to enable the business to create new applications
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May 14, 2015
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Digital age a turning point for policing, says commissioner Leppard
Policing in the digital age will face a turning point in the next two years, according to City of London Police commissioner Adrian Leppard
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May 14, 2015
14
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Vodafone bemoans 4G business laggards
A survey of 4G take-up in business by Vodafone has revealed many businesses are struggling to understand how it can help them
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May 13, 2015
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Retailers still not delivering omni-channel experience, says Accenture
Research by Accenture finds customers think retailers could provide a more unified approach across all platforms
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May 12, 2015
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Former nurse’s career blighted after blowing whistle on IT problems
Southwark's continuing care database included names of patients who had been dead for several years, a tribunal is told
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May 12, 2015
12
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Global banking IT group completes standardised IT architecture
The Banking Industry Architecture Network (Bian) has announced its standardised global IT architecture for banks
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May 11, 2015
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CA Technologies rallies workforce to support younger generation
CA Technologies launches Europe-wide programme to get workforce behind closing the Stem skills gap
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May 11, 2015
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Santander launches 'Boris bike' app
Santander has released an app that allows people to book a 'Boris bike' via their mobile phone
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May 11, 2015
11
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PSNGB rebrands to drive information sharing across PSN
PSNGB, the trade association set up to promote the Public Services Network, rebrands itself as Innopsis and says its work is far from over
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May 11, 2015
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Wearable technology to transform laggards in insurance industry
Wearable and other smart technologies set to transform the insurance industry in the next three to five years
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May 08, 2015
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Selling tech as a lifestyle will attract more females says HDS
Dev Patel of HDS says we need to sell the lifestyle of the tech industry to appeal to more women
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May 08, 2015
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The IoT industry needs to do more to secure data, says Beecham Research
There are key areas where the industry supporting the internet of things (IoT) needs to provide better security, according to Beecham Research
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May 08, 2015
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Use of Halifax mobile banking app doubles
Halifax customers logged into their bank accounts 40 million times in March 2015, double the amount in the same month in 2014
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May 08, 2015
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Temp and permanent IT staff still in demand, reveals KPMG report
KPMG report shows IT sector has third-strongest demand for staff out of nine industries
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May 08, 2015
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EMC predicts return to double-digit sales growth
Storage giant's EMEA chief claims downbeat first quarter results are as bad as things will get for EMC, and that normal service will soon resume
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May 07, 2015
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Manila breaks India top six in outsourcing index
The Philippines challenges India as a destination for outsourcing in Tholons Top 100 report
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May 07, 2015
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Huawei opens European Research Institute
Huawei opens doors of European Research Institute in Leuven, Belgium
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May 07, 2015
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Businesses should prepare for black swans, says resiliency consultant
While black swan events are random and unexpected, businesses can still prepare for them, according to a resiliency consultant
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May 07, 2015
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Future IAM will need to be broader, says Martin Kuppinger
Identity and access management systems need to look at all forms of identity, not just employees or users, says KuppingerCole analyst
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May 06, 2015
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EU revamp of payment services draws nearer
The EU cannot afford to continue with costly payment services if it wants to be globally competitive, says MEP
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May 06, 2015
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CIO interview: Darrell Stein, vice-president of information systems at Reckitt Benckiser
Seven months after taking charge of IT at Reckitt Benckiser, Darrell Stein is pushing ahead with a strategy to increase digital revenues
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May 05, 2015
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Sapphire 2015: McDermott declares SAP natively digital
SAP CEO Bill McDermott declares the company “digital” at Sapphire 2015 and made “empathy” the watchword of his keynote
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May 05, 2015
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VCE takes wraps off "hyper-converged" VxRacks to fast-track users to the cloud
EMC-owned converged infrastructure specialist expands portfolio of cloud-enabling platforms
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May 05, 2015
05
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IT staff on the rise despite slow business volume growth rate
New business volumes rise at slowest rate since mid-2013 but hiring predictions for technology staff are on the up
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May 01, 2015
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Home Retail Group grows profits 15% with mobile and online channels
Mobile and online initiatives at Home Retail Group – parent company of Argos and Homebase – drove a 15% growth in its yearly operating profit
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April 30, 2015
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IoT benefits and privacy not mutually exclusive, says industry expert
It is possible to mitigate the privacy and security risks of the internet of things (IoT) without losing its benefits, according to an industry expert
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April 30, 2015
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Windows 10: Why you should work around PC price hike
IT departments planning a PC refresh to tie in with Windows 10 can expect to pay more due to the strong US dollar
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April 30, 2015
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Ryanair remains tight-lipped over £3.3m hacker theft
Ryanair provided no details of how hackers took £3.3m from one of its bank accounts, as industry pundits call for greater collaboration