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News Archive
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April 09, 2015
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Apr'15
CIO interview: Fernando Birman, head of the digital office, Solvay
After years of IT work to support major M&A activity, global chemicals company Solvay is focusing on innovation to drive internal efficiency
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April 09, 2015
09
Apr'15
Indian outsourcing is booming in the Nordic countries
Headlines about Indian IT service providers securing high-profile outsourcing deals in the Nordics have become commonplace
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April 09, 2015
09
Apr'15
InfoVista buys Ipanema to boost application performance offer
Network management supplier InfoVista buys application and network performance firm Ipanema to realise software-defined WAN ambitions
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April 09, 2015
09
Apr'15
Strong dollar may shift server upgrades off-premise
The strong US dollar will influence how CIOs spend their 2015 IT budgets. Server price hikes may drive spending to the cloud
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April 08, 2015
08
Apr'15
Exit checks system for UK borders finally goes live
The Home Office launches a system for making exit checks of travellers at UK borders, following the scrapped e-Borders programme
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April 08, 2015
08
Apr'15
Juniper Networks goes after finance market with switch-integrated compute
Juniper launches a compact compute-integrated network switch to boost performance of sensitive applications for financial institutions
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April 08, 2015
08
Apr'15
Alleged White House hack highlights typical security failings, say experts
The alleged penetration of sensitive White House computer networks highlights typical security failings, say information security experts
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April 08, 2015
08
Apr'15
CIO interview: Bruna Pellicci, global head of IT, Ashurst
Global law firm Ashurst is rolling out a new IT strategy based on single platforms worldwide for its core business areas
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April 07, 2015
07
Apr'15
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
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April 07, 2015
07
Apr'15
UBS innovation lab moves into Level39
Level39 will host the UBS innovation lab to support fintech startups
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April 02, 2015
02
Apr'15
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
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April 01, 2015
01
Apr'15
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
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April 01, 2015
01
Apr'15
'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
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March 31, 2015
31
Mar'15
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
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March 31, 2015
31
Mar'15
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
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March 31, 2015
31
Mar'15
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
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March 31, 2015
31
Mar'15
AWS gets EU approval for data replication outside of Europe
The European Union Data Protection Authorities has approved Amazon Web Services’ Data Processing Agreement
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March 31, 2015
31
Mar'15
Vodafone adds banking capability to mobile wallet
Mobile operator Vodafone is enabling its customers to add banking functionality to their Vodafone Wallets
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March 31, 2015
31
Mar'15
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
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March 31, 2015
31
Mar'15
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
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March 30, 2015
30
Mar'15
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
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March 30, 2015
30
Mar'15
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
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March 30, 2015
30
Mar'15
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
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March 30, 2015
30
Mar'15
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
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March 27, 2015
27
Mar'15
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
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March 27, 2015
27
Mar'15
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
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March 27, 2015
27
Mar'15
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
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March 27, 2015
27
Mar'15
Talk Talk moves HR systems to cloud
Managers now have accurate information on their workforce numbers, salary and overtime costs
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March 27, 2015
27
Mar'15
Nordics' Glenna research cloud project underway
Researchers in the Nordics will soon enjoy a new cloud infrastructure from which to share systems and resources
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March 27, 2015
27
Mar'15
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
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March 27, 2015
27
Mar'15
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
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March 26, 2015
26
Mar'15
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
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March 26, 2015
26
Mar'15
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
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March 26, 2015
26
Mar'15
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
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March 26, 2015
26
Mar'15
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
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March 25, 2015
25
Mar'15
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
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March 25, 2015
25
Mar'15
Santander launches ISA mobile app
Spanish banking giant Santander launches a mobile app to help consumers navigate the ISA market
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March 25, 2015
25
Mar'15
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
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March 25, 2015
25
Mar'15
Monitise no longer up for sale
Mobile banking software company Monitise to continue as an independent company rather than seek to be taken over
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March 25, 2015
25
Mar'15
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
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March 24, 2015
24
Mar'15
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
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March 24, 2015
24
Mar'15
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
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March 24, 2015
24
Mar'15
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
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March 24, 2015
24
Mar'15
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
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March 24, 2015
24
Mar'15
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
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March 24, 2015
24
Mar'15
MPs seek reassurance over Post Office mediation scheme
Business Innovation and Skills (BIS) select committee seeks reassurances over the Post Office mediation scheme
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March 23, 2015
23
Mar'15
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
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March 23, 2015
23
Mar'15
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?
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March 23, 2015
23
Mar'15
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
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March 23, 2015
23
Mar'15
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