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October 05, 2012 05 Oct'12
Cisco acquires vCider

Cisco has acquired vCider, a provider of virtual network overlay technology to boost its cloud strategy and SDN capabilities
October 05, 2012 05 Oct'12
Payment errors could undermine Sepa advantages

European firms might lose billions of Euros through payment errors when the Single European Payments Area comes into force in 2014
October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12
Edinburgh Airport outsources IT infrastructure

Edinburgh Airport’s new owner plans to grow the business, with a multi-million pound IT outsourcing deal the first of many investments
October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12
Meg Whitman unveils HP turnaround plan

HP CEO Meg Whitman has unveiled a five-year plan for the troubled enterprise, admitting the turnaround would take longer than expected
October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12
Big data advice from big names, Coca-Cola and Lastminute.com

Coca-Cola's chief privacy officer and Lastminute.com's innovation head offer advice on data privacy at Big Data Europe
October 04, 2012 04 Oct'12
Skype launches customer Wi-Fi service

The video calling company teams with Wicoms to offer a service for businesses wanting to provide free Wi-Fi to their customers
October 03, 2012 03 Oct'12
Case study: How WorldPay built its IT from scratch after RBS split

Former RBS payment processing division WorldPay will reach a major IT milestone this month on its journey to stand on its own since it was sold in 2010
October 03, 2012 03 Oct'12
4G victory was technical, not political

Speedy execution of the digital television switchover and clearing of spectrum improved the 4G timetable, not negotiations by central government

October 03, 2012 03 Oct'12
UKtech50 2012: Who are the most influential people in UK IT?

Computer Weekly is this week launching the third UKtech50, our annual definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT
October 02, 2012 02 Oct'12
Rolls-Royce signs outsourcing deal with HP

Rolls-Royce has awarded a five-year contract to HP to host its applications, as part of the company’s multi-vendor IT strategy.
October 02, 2012 02 Oct'12
HMRC deploys Becrypt off-the-shelf encryption

HMRC will use Becrypt Disk protect, which has recently been certified under the government’s Commercial Product Assurance (CPA) Scheme.
October 02, 2012 02 Oct'12
Toyota uses Microsoft for global communications

Toyota Motor Corporation is globally deploying Microsoft software through a mix of cloud and on-premise software for its 200,000 staff
October 02, 2012 02 Oct'12
Hackers target White House military network

Hackers using computers in China have infiltrated an “unclassified” network in the US White House, believed to be used for issuing nuclear commands.
October 01, 2012 01 Oct'12
We need European datacentres to 'be successful' says Box CEO

Computer Weekly speaks to founder and CEO of cloud storage firm Box about why enterprises are embracing this type of technology and what his firm has to do to keep them happy

October 01, 2012 01 Oct'12
London gets another finance technology hub

Canary Wharf Group is opening a centre for start-ups to work on financial services technology and services early next year
September 28, 2012 28 Sep'12
Google opens €75m energy-efficient datacentre facility in Dublin

Google’s new €75m Dublin datacentre facility that that uses air-cooling for energy efficency is now operational
September 27, 2012 27 Sep'12
EC sets out strategy for EU cloud data and standards

The European Commission (EC) has unveiled a strategy for standards and a legal framework for cloud computing in European Union (EU) states
September 27, 2012 27 Sep'12
Izz ad-Din al-Qassam hackers launch cyber attack on US bank Wells Fargo

A hacker group connected to Hamas says it attacked US bank Wells Fargo in reaction to the video 'Innocence of Muslims' posted on YouTube
September 26, 2012 26 Sep'12
HMRC becomes first major department to use G-Cloud

HMRC is the first major government department to procure through the G-Cloud in a deal with Skyscape for centralised data storage.
September 26, 2012 26 Sep'12
Need for increased network bandwidth is IT's biggest datacentre pain-point

A majority of IT executives have said that a growing demand for increased network bandwidth is one of the most critical issues facing their datacentres
September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12
How agile is Universal Credit?

The DWP claims the IT for its flagship Universal Credit project is developed using agile principles. But how agile is a seven-year £2.2bn project?
September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12
BYOD: IT must tackle printer security

With more staff bringing their own devices to work, IT needs to rethink its printing and scanning policies
September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12
Security concerns hold back mobile banking adoption

More than two-thirds of smartphone owners have not yet adopted mobile banking apps because of security concerns, a survey has revealed
September 25, 2012 25 Sep'12
Gartner: Businesses need to prepare now for HTML5

Businesses have been urged to prepare for the arrival of HTML5, the technology that underpins the next generation of the web
September 21, 2012 21 Sep'12
Facebook engineer builds heatmap tool for datacentre troubleshooting

A Facebook engineer has built a server-monitoring tool using heatmaps to assess the status of cache systems and fix datacentre problems
September 21, 2012 21 Sep'12
UK faces BlackBerry outage again

People in the UK, Middle East and Europe are again facing disruption to the BlackBerry email messaging service
September 21, 2012 21 Sep'12
Suffolk County Council rolls out app design tool in schools

Suffolk County Council is to roll out an app development tool that will enable students across the region to design their own smartphone apps
September 21, 2012 21 Sep'12
Microsoft wins third German patent victory over Google Motorola technology

Microsoft has won a third victory in Germany over Google's Motorola unit in the ongoing patent wars between the two companies
September 20, 2012 20 Sep'12
Dell SecureWorks uncovers cyber espionage targeting energy firms

Dell SecureWorks researchers have discovered a cyber espionage campaign targeting several companies, including two in the energy sector
September 20, 2012 20 Sep'12
Ten cities receive £114m for 100Mbps broadband infrastructure

Ten cities in the UK are to receive £114m government funding for broadband infrastructure of 80-100Mbps and wireless internet access
September 19, 2012 19 Sep'12
Activision uses Salesforce to serve gaming community

The Call of Duty designers use the Service Cloud and Chatter Communities to solve customer queries
September 19, 2012 19 Sep'12
Science grade goalposts altered mid-year as Gove unveils plans for GCSE overhaul

Science students had different grade boundaries in January to those in June an exam board reveals, a day after Gove announces GCSEs will be abolished
September 19, 2012 19 Sep'12
Government spends £638m on universal credit IT, says minister Mark Hoban

Government has spent £638m on universal credit IT, with £441m going on design and development, employment minister Mark Hoban reveals
September 18, 2012 18 Sep'12
EDF app enables smartphones to snap meter readings

Energy supplier EDF has released an app that enables customers to submit meter readings by using the camera on a smartphone
September 18, 2012 18 Sep'12
Government plans for 200 digital managers

Government may appoint 200 digital managers to work across Whitehall departments as part of its transition to transactional digital services
September 18, 2012 18 Sep'12
Microsoft investigates IE zero-day flaw

Microsoft says it is investigating reports of a vulnerability in Internet Explorer 6, 7, 8, and 9
September 17, 2012 17 Sep'12
Fujitsu blacklisting part of tighter government policy

Government policy flags up suppliers that perform poorly but, with so few, how far can government practically address failed outsourcing contracts?
September 17, 2012 17 Sep'12
Android devices vulnerable to security breaches

More than 50% of devices running Google's Android OS have unpatched vulnerabilities, opening them up to malicious apps and other attacks
September 17, 2012 17 Sep'12
E.ON outsources applications to Capgemini

Utility giant E.ON has outsourced application services to Capgemini as part of a five-year restructure of its IT services in a deal worth about €50m
September 17, 2012 17 Sep'12
DWP hits back at criticism over Universal Credit IT systems

The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) has hit back at calls to delay its flagship Universal Credit scheme because of IT concerns
September 17, 2012 17 Sep'12
IT security awareness needs to be company-wide, says (ISC)²

Information security awareness needs to be more robust, started as early as possible, continually reinforced and organisation-wide, says Julie Peeler, director, (ISC)² Foundation
September 14, 2012 14 Sep'12
Microsoft disrupts Nitol botnet, outs hidden PC malware

The Nitol botnet controlled more than 500 strains of embedded malware that Microsoft says has been plaguing the PC supply chain.
September 14, 2012 14 Sep'12
IPv4 address pool almost dry

The five Internet Registries now have just 16.8 millions IPv4 addresses left
September 14, 2012 14 Sep'12
GOV.UK to replace Directgov in October

Government information services website Directgov is to be replaced by GOV.UK from 17 October
September 13, 2012 13 Sep'12
Government launches £3.8m cyber security institute

The government has ramped up moves to tackle growing cyber security threats by launching a £3.8m research institute.
September 13, 2012 13 Sep'12
Citrix acquires Beetil to expand cloud capabilities

Citrix has bought cloud-based service desk technology provider Beetil to expand its capabilities of its GoToAssist support product line
September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12
Apple launches iPhone 5 with updated iOS 6

Apple debuts the iPhone 5 and upgraded iOS 6 as rebranded mobile operator Everything Everywhere – now EE – snags the UK 4G exclusive
September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12
Tesco signs £65m datacentre deal to drive online expansion

Tesco expects to cut several millions each year from its IT bill following a 15-year £65m datacentre deal with Sentrum
September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12
IT leaders reveal biggest challenges and most useful technologies

Virtualisation is the technology that is having the most positive effect on businesses as IT heads meet the challenge of doing the same for less
September 12, 2012 12 Sep'12
Salford City Council offers cloud service to local businesses

Salford City Council is to offer private cloud service to local businesses through a partnership with ANS Group