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February 02, 2012
02
Feb'12
Ofcom reports UK improvement in broadband
Boris Johnson says people should go to the pub to avoid massive rush-hour delays during the Olympics, but perhaps teleworking would be better for business
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February 02, 2012
02
Feb'12
Cisco unveils product consolidation plan
Cisco has unveiled details of the product line consolidation it hopes will turn around the company after its struggles with poor financial performance.
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February 01, 2012
01
Feb'12
Fewer than a third of UK organisations plan mobile security projects
Despite the media hype around the adoption of mobile technologies and the need to secure them, relatively few UK organisations are planning mobile security projects, a survey has revealed
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January 31, 2012
31
Jan'12
Website launched to monitor cloud computing suppliers
A website has been launched that will monitor the performance of specialist cloud computing suppliers and compare them against traditional IT suppliers.
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January 30, 2012
30
Jan'12
Microsoft puts Blackberry service on Office365
Businesses running Microsoft Office 365 can now access Exchange Online on their BlackBerry smartphones.
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January 30, 2012
30
Jan'12
Oracle and SAP worst for government ERP cost differences
Oracle and SAP have been singled out as having the most inconsistent prices for ERP systems across government departments.
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January 30, 2012
30
Jan'12
ICO fines Midlothian Council £140K for data breaches
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has imposed its highest penalty yet of £140,000 on Midlothian Council for breaching personal data
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January 30, 2012
30
Jan'12
MEP quits as thousands protest ACTA signing
A European MP has resigned after thousands of people in Poland protested against the international anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (ACTA)
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January 27, 2012
27
Jan'12
Selfridges IT chief moves on to British Car Auctions
Duncan Gray, formerly the group IT director at luxury retailer Selfridges, has been appointed as the new chief information officer at British Car Auctions (BCA).
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January 27, 2012
27
Jan'12
Nokia smartphones bomb as sales drop 27%
Nokia’s latest results for Q4 2011 show just how far the company that was once the standard choice for almost every corporate mobile user has fallen.
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January 26, 2012
26
Jan'12
Honda deploys hybrid cloud for car launches
Honda UK is using hybrid cloud computing within its IT infrastructure to support the growth of the company's websites.
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January 25, 2012
25
Jan'12
UK IT budgets under pressure in 2012
UK IT budgets will remain flat in 2012, a worldwide survey of more than 2,500 IT professionals has revealed.
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January 25, 2012
25
Jan'12
EC publishes proposed data protection reforms
European Justice Commissioner, Viviane Reding, has unveiled the new European data privacy framework that includes new regulation.
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January 25, 2012
25
Jan'12
CIOs can’t stop staff using unapproved devices
Businesses are allowing unapproved devices to be used within their business as workers increasingly want to use their own computers at work before companies draw up policies.
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January 23, 2012
23
Jan'12
Gartner identifies trends in CIO spending in 2012
Chief information officers are facing an austere 2012. Spending on IT will rise on average by just 0.5% worldwide, but IT budgets in the UK, Europe and North America are declining.
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January 23, 2012
23
Jan'12
Advocacy group La Quadrature du Net rallies opposition to ACTA
As controversial anti-piracy legislation stalls in the US, a European group of free internet supporters, La Quadrature du Net, calls for a halt to similar legislation in the European Union.
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January 23, 2012
23
Jan'12
Deloitte spots analytics trends, ethics and open data
Deloitte identifies four analytics trends: an increased focus on ethics, the rise of open data, new business models and a refusal to do analytics for its own sake.
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January 19, 2012
19
Jan'12
Construction firm extends IT outsourcing
Taylor Wimpey has extended an IT outsourcing agreement with Logica as it embarks on a major change programme.
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January 18, 2012
18
Jan'12
UK networkers look to wireless networks and IP telephony for 2012
Wireless networks and IP telephony are set to be the most common networking initiatives implemented by UK users in 2012, according to TechTarget’s 2012 IT Priorities Survey
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January 18, 2012
18
Jan'12
Gartner: CIOs must do more to add business value
With no increase in IT budgets for 2012, CIOs will have to balance multiple priorities, according to analyst Gartner.
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January 17, 2012
17
Jan'12
Indian outsourcers TCS and HCL see profits boom
Indian outsourcing companies Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) and HCL both saw profits grow by more than 20% in their quarterly results.
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January 17, 2012
17
Jan'12
Oracle integrates data management with Sun servers
Oracle is tackling the challenge of data management by providing pre-integrated systems based on Sun hardware.
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January 16, 2012
16
Jan'12
Google mortified after staff access competitor's database
Google said it is mortified after people working on a project in Kenya were found to have stolen the details of a competitor’s customers and used them to sell its own products.
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January 16, 2012
16
Jan'12
NHS Trust saves £1m a year with text reminder service
Barts Hospital and the London Hospital NHS Trust have saved nearly £1m a year with an automatic appointment reminder text service.
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January 16, 2012
16
Jan'12
Apple aims to improve working conditions for technology workforce
Apple has published a list of all suppliers for the first time and says it will allow independent observers into its facilities around the world to monitor working conditions.
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January 16, 2012
16
Jan'12
Rupert Murdoch attacks Barack Obama over online piracy legislation
News Corp chief Rupert Murdoch has accused Barack Obama's administration of siding with "Silicon Valley paymasters" as two anti-piracy bills go through US Congress.
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January 13, 2012
13
Jan'12
NHS Trust to appeal £375k data loss penalty
An NHS Trust is to appeal against a proposed monetary penalty of £375,000 after after patient records were stolen from a hospital and sold on eBay.
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January 12, 2012
12
Jan'12
Oracle study shows data demands drive new data centre installations
Research from Oracle across 10 regions has found that an organisation's growth in data is becoming a boardroom issue.
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January 11, 2012
11
Jan'12
ICT curriculum for GCSE is scrapped
The government is to scrap the teaching of GCSE ICT in schools this September, with plans to replace the subject with the “rigorous” teaching of computer science and programming subjects.
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January 11, 2012
11
Jan'12
European river managers delve into new knowledge management system
The UK’s Environment Agency has procured a semantic wiki based knowledge management (KM) system to aid river restoration across Europe.
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January 11, 2012
11
Jan'12
Cloud solves IT innovation and maintenance imbalance
CIOs can rebalance the scenario of spending 80% of their budget on maintenance and 20% on innovation if they harness cloud computing.
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January 11, 2012
11
Jan'12
BI reporting tools set to aid decision making at Elder Pharmaceuticals
BI reporting tools are known to buttress quick decision making. In this regard, Elder Pharmaceuticals plans to deploy BI tools for data mobility.
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January 10, 2012
10
Jan'12
How the NHBC uses cloud-based technology for VPN authentication
The National House-Building Council is using cloud-based technology to offer almost 70% of its workforce authenticated remote access to its VPN using SMS and hard tokens.
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January 10, 2012
10
Jan'12
Almost a third of BI projects fail to deliver on business objectives
Fewer than 30% of business intelligence projects meet the objectives of the business, according to research from analyst Gartner.
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January 10, 2012
10
Jan'12
Healthcare IT is a beneficial force, say doctors
IT in the NHS has had a bad press in recent years as a result of the problems associated with the now defunct £12bn NHS National Programme for IT, but most doctors in England believe IT improves patient care.
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January 10, 2012
10
Jan'12
Accenture bolsters public sector skills
Services giant Accenture has recruited two former civil servants to its ranks to boost its UK and global public sector services capabilities.
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January 10, 2012
10
Jan'12
CES 2012: Intel demos Windows 8 touchscreen ultrabooks
Intel used its keynote presentation at this year's Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas to demonstrate the merits of ultrabooks from Acer, Toshiba, Asus and LG.
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January 09, 2012
09
Jan'12
Tim Berners-Lee supports campaign against US PIPA and SOPA
Father of the web Berner-Lee, latest to support senator Ron Wyden's initiative against PIPA and SOPA.
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January 09, 2012
09
Jan'12
Olympics resale site still offline after two days
The Olympics tickets resale site has been offline for more than two days, after tens of thousands of people clamoured online buy unwanted tickets on 6 January.
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January 06, 2012
06
Jan'12
Why CIOs must get a handle on their data woes
Businesses are only making use of 5% of the data they collect, according to Forrester Research.
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January 06, 2012
06
Jan'12
Ramnit worm steals 45,000 Facebook passwords
A computer worm has begun targeting Facebook accounts and has stolen at least 45,000 login credentials from users, say security researchers.
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January 05, 2012
05
Jan'12
Surrey County Council's data centre efficiency project: Case study
The council will replace its existing primary IT facility this spring with a new energy efficient data centre facility which will help it save around £160,000 every year.
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January 05, 2012
05
Jan'12
IBM buys Green Hat for cloud-based agile testing
IBM is acquiring cloud-based software testing company Green Hat to bolster its Rational product family.
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January 05, 2012
05
Jan'12
Gartner: Enterprise software spending to rise by 6.4% in 2012
For 2012, Gartner expects telecommunications equipment and enterprise software to see the biggest growth in spite of the looming recession.
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January 04, 2012
04
Jan'12
Shell moves SAP maintenance to Accenture
Oil giant Shell has transferred the management of its HR and payroll applications to Accenture as part of a multi-year SAP managed service.
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January 04, 2012
04
Jan'12
RIM shareholders support plan to appoint a new chairman
Shares in Blackberry maker Research In Motion gained 7% on Tuesday in response to news that the company plans to separate the roles of chairman and chief executive.
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January 03, 2012
03
Jan'12
British Waterways Scotland signs £2.3m ICT deal
British Waterways Scotland has signed a £2.3m deal with business technology company Amor Group to develop its ICT systems.
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January 03, 2012
03
Jan'12
Hacktivists plan to use satellites to by-pass internet censorship
Hacker activists plan to launch communication satellites to overcome the threat of internet censorship.
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December 29, 2011
29
Dec'11
Is it the end of the line for antivirus signatures?
Traditional antimalware can't keep up with the threat landscape. Are antivirus signatures destined for the rubbish bin?
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December 29, 2011
29
Dec'11
Emerging 2012 security trends demand information security policy changes
2012 security trends involving cookies, fines, devices and threats will demand more skills -- and a little finesse -- from security professionals.