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September 13, 2013
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Businesses hit digital roadblock due to paper processes
A survey of business and IT leaders has found that paper-based processes are creating inefficiencies
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September 12, 2013
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Sep'13
TSB’s reliance on Lloyds IT could impair new bank's competitiveness
New high street bank TSB might struggle to compete as a result of its reliance on the IT systems of Lloyds Banking Group, says OFT
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September 12, 2013
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Sep'13
Quantum upgrades big data storage to StorNext 5
Quantum’s StorNext big data tiered architecture operating software gets a boost to five billion files and a claimed 10x performance jump via multi-threaded CPU ops
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September 11, 2013
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£200m of Universal Credit IT could be scrapped, MPs told
£200m of IT work on the troubled Universal Credit programme could be written off, says government project management chief Norma Wood
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September 11, 2013
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Sep'13
£480bn of government revenue depends on "risky" legacy IT
Almost £480bn of the UK government’s revenues are dependent on legacy IT systems that “could present a very significant risk”
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September 10, 2013
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Sep'13
Barclays reception IT system falls over globally
Barclays' reception administration system has been down for almost two days, with no sign of when it is set to get fixed
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September 10, 2013
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Sep'13
Vodafone confirms five Midlands cities for 4G
Birmingham, Coventry, Leicester, Nottingham and Sheffield will all get Vodafone’s 4G services from the end of September
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September 09, 2013
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Sep'13
Most websites could be targeted through PHP, warns Imperva
Hackers are focusing on vulnerabilities in PHP web application development platform, threatening most websites, warns Imperva
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September 09, 2013
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Sep'13
Boris Johnson calls for ‘London Visa’ to attract tech experts from around the world
The mayor of London submits a plan to the Home Office proposing a “London Visa” to attract businesses to the capital.
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September 09, 2013
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Lloyds website continuity hit as TSB launches
Lloyds Banking Group websites, including the new standalone TSB, have been hit by problems on TSB launch day
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September 09, 2013
09
Sep'13
Executive interview: Andrew Brem, Connected Homes, British Gas
British Gas is digitising energy. Andrew Brem speaks to Computer Weekly about the internet connected home
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September 06, 2013
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Sep'13
Chuggers drive up direct debit failure and charity costs
Pedestrians approached by street fundraisers are deliberately giving incorrect direct debit details, costing charities up to £50 each time
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September 06, 2013
06
Sep'13
NSA and GCHQ unlock online privacy encryption
UK and US intelligence agencies have unlocked the technology used to encrypt online services, including email, online banking and medical records.
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September 05, 2013
05
Sep'13
Direct debit failures costly to businesses
Businesses risk losing money and customers due to mistakes made when setting up direct debit and credit payments
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September 04, 2013
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Sep'13
Diageo to change how it manages APIs to support digital strategy
Diageo is contemplating introducing a lightweight middleware layer to better manage the APIs that govern the software services it uses
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September 04, 2013
04
Sep'13
Check software use and transfer rights to avoid licence misuse
Software licences can easily trip up organisations, putting them at risk of compliance action
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September 03, 2013
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Sep'13
IT budgets in India are fastest growing in Asia Pacific
Indian organizations are increasing their IT budgets more than any other country in the Asia Pacific region with 19% increasing IT spending by more than 10% in 2013, according to Forrester research.
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September 03, 2013
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Sep'13
How the sale of Nokia’s mobile phone business will affect Microsoft
Microsoft forges ahead with Steve Ballmer's vision to focus on hardware, software and services, with the $7.2bn acquisition of Nokia
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September 03, 2013
03
Sep'13
Disinfecting PCs false security, says security expert
Many companies proud of their ability to identify and clean malware infected machines are missing a trick, says veteran security expert
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September 03, 2013
03
Sep'13
Android-based mobile malware rises – but what is the risk to Indian businesses?
Mobile-dependent Indian businesses must secure networks against viruses as McAfee reports a large jump in Android-based malware
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August 30, 2013
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Aug'13
How networks and data win Formula One races for Mercedes AMG Petronas
Tata Communications joins the Mercedes AMG Petronas Formula One team to bring speedy connectivity worthy of its cars
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August 30, 2013
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Aug'13
Three promises unlimited 4G in December
The smaller of the UK’s mobile operators claims its 4G offerings will be worth the wait
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August 28, 2013
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Aug'13
VMware announces first Nicira-based SDN product
VMware takes its first steps into the networking market following its acquisition of the software defined networking firm Nicira.
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August 28, 2013
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Aug'13
Bet365 improves latency and peering by updating network infrastructure
Online gambling site Bet365 upgraded its network and improved its latency to deliver a fast, smooth and reliable experience to its customers
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August 28, 2013
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Aug'13
eHarmony finds MongoDB the perfect match for data store
Online dating site eHarmony has used open source NoSQL database MongoDB for its data store, to speed up delivery of matches between users
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August 27, 2013
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BT to shut down dial-up in September
BT tempts its customers over to broadband services, although also offers PlusNet narrowband alternative for those outside of its footprint
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August 23, 2013
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Aug'13
The end of the Ballmer era for Microsoft
Microsoft’s eccentric CEO will step down from his role with12 months, so what does that mean for the future of the firm?
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August 23, 2013
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Aug'13
Box.com forges new cloud security model
Service providers and consumers need to move to a security model better suited to the cloud computing, says Box.com
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August 23, 2013
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Aug'13
SAP user groups welcome 'partial termination' licensing changes
SAP customers can now partially terminate licenses and will not be required to pay maintenance on unused licenses
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August 22, 2013
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Aug'13
Charlie McMurdie joins PwC’s cyber practice
Charlie McMurdie, former head of the Metro Police central e-crime unit, is joining business consultancy firm PwC as its senior crime adviser
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August 21, 2013
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Aug'13
Case study: Keeping it private at Beth Israel Deaconess after the Boston Marathon Attacks
Doctor and healthcare CIO shares his lessons learned from the Boston Marathon attacks and how to protect patient data
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August 21, 2013
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Aug'13
Internet of things to power classroom education
Businesses and academics have joined forces in an £800,000 project to extend the internet of things into the classroom
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August 20, 2013
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Aug'13
How DWP and Universal Credit failed to work with SME suppliers
Less than 1% of DWP IT spending on the Universal Credit programme has gone to SMEs – how are big suppliers continuing their dominance?
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August 19, 2013
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Aug'13
Interview: Martin Russell, head of IT services, Just Eat
Just Eat's head of IT services, Martin Russell speaks to Computer Weekly about his experiences of switching to Google
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August 16, 2013
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Aug'13
UCAS adopts public cloud to process university admissions
Ten days before the A-level results, UCAS adopted a public cloud infrastructure to scale up its IT and to make admission process efficient
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August 16, 2013
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Aug'13
Online retailing means the industrialisation of analytics
Figleaves founder and eCommera chief scientist Michael Ross argues that online retailing requires a new type of action-oriented business intelligence
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August 16, 2013
16
Aug'13
Multimillion-pound broadband project axed in Yorkshire
Despite millions of taxpayer’s pounds sunk into the Digital Region project in South Yorkshire, the councils involved decide to drop it to save £12.5m
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August 16, 2013
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Aug'13
Less than 1% of Universal Credit IT spend goes to SMEs
Despite a 25% target, less than 1% of IT spending for government’s flagship Universal Credit programme has gone to small businesses
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August 12, 2013
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Aug'13
ICO to investigate London bins that track smartphones
Information Commissioner's Office is making enquiries into bins in London that track passing smartphones to target advertising to owners
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August 12, 2013
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Aug'13
Case study: How Premier Inn uses mobile analytics
Premier Inn's mobile app has been downloaded more than two million times and 77% of room bookings are made via the app
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August 09, 2013
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Aug'13
Government to put 50% of all new IT spend through SMEs
The government wants to put half of all new IT spending through small IT suppliers – doubling the previous target
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August 09, 2013
09
Aug'13
Enterprises spend more on third-party datacentres than in-house ones: Uptime survey
Uptime Institute’s annual datacentre industry survey reveals shift in IT spend away from enterprise-owned datacentres to outsourced options
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August 08, 2013
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Aug'13
Government opens fourth iteration of cloud framework G-Cloud 4 for business
Cabinet Office has opened the fourth iteration of UK government cloud – G-Cloud 4 to accept tenders from new cloud suppliers and existing ones
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August 08, 2013
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Aug'13
Bloomberg signs up to Ubuntu Edge hybrid
Financial analytics service Bloomberg has bought into Mark Shuttleworth’s Ubuntu One vision for a hybrid PC/mobile device.
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August 07, 2013
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Aug'13
Vodafone announces 4G launch date
Vodafone becomes the third mobile operator to confirm the launch of its 4G network, which will go live on the same day as O2
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August 07, 2013
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Aug'13
Foreign direct investment to underpin Indian cloud computing
Will the 100% FDI allowance in the telecoms sector help cloud computing reach Indian companies reliant on mobile connectivity?
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August 06, 2013
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Aug'13
Datacentres are a key focus for government’s Green ICT Delivery Unit
With the growing use of online services for government transactions, datacentres are a key focus of the government’s green IT strategy
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August 06, 2013
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Aug'13
Capita and Barnet deal to be completed after campaigner’s court appeal fails
Outsourcing contracts worth over £470m will be signed off by Barnet Council after a Court of Appeal ruled that the deal was lawful
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August 05, 2013
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Aug'13
Websites hacked to show child abuse images
More than 25 business websites worldwide have been hacked to show illegal images of child sex abuse
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August 02, 2013
02
Aug'13
Taylor Wimpey builds cloud forecasting process with Anaplan
Homebuilder Taylor Wimpy teams up with Anaplan to ditch its old Excel suite and head for the cloud