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News Archive
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November 17, 2011
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Nov'11
IT security not always part of cloud decision, says IDC
Cloud adoption is outstripping security concerns, says Eric Domage, programme manager for IDC in Europe.
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November 17, 2011
17
Nov'11
Biffa ups virtualisation in infrastructure refresh
Biffa Waste Services is reducing the number of physical servers it uses from over 150 to about 25 as it accelerates its existing virtualisation strategy.
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November 16, 2011
16
Nov'11
Computer Weekly wins digital publishing award
Computer Weekly has won a prestigious publishing industry award for the product development of the year.
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November 16, 2011
16
Nov'11
RBS takes SAP off-the-shelf
The Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) is replacing an in-house legacy core banking system with an off-the-shelf system from SAP.
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November 16, 2011
16
Nov'11
Thai floods could impact revenues and prices, says Dell
Computer maker Dell says flooding in Thailand is causing a worldwide shortage of PC hard drives that will last into the first quarter of 2012 and could impact the company’s revenues.
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November 15, 2011
15
Nov'11
TfL seeks BI worth £750,000
Transport for London (TfL) is setting up a framework agreement for a business intelligence tool worth up to £750,000 million to help reduce its number of head office locations.
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November 14, 2011
14
Nov'11
DDN HPC storage calculates risk
Storage roundup: DDN HPC storage calculates risk; BBC Wales gets Object Matrix NAS; Arkivium to use IBM tape; CommVault expands global support from Reading; and more news.
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November 14, 2011
14
Nov'11
CIO Interview: IT should drive company innovation, says SAP's Oliver Bussmann
Driving innovation has become one of the key roles of the chief information officer, says Oliver Bussmann, CIO at business software maker SAP.
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November 11, 2011
11
Nov'11
Social media is more than a number of "likes"
The number of “likes” on Facebook, is not a measure of success according to Anthony Bradley, co-author of The Social Organisation.
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November 11, 2011
11
Nov'11
New deputy CIO must possess change management skills, says Bill McCluggage
The new government deputy CIO will need a fresh set of skills to manage public sector ICT transformation, Bill McCluggage the current deputy CIO told Computer Weekly.
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November 11, 2011
11
Nov'11
EDF fined £1.3m for hacking into Greenpeace computers
A Paris court has fined French energy firm EDF £1.3m for hacking into Greenpeace computers to find out about the environmental group’s plans to block four planned nuclear power plants in the UK.
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November 10, 2011
10
Nov'11
Royal Mail delivers enterprise master data management
The Royal Mail has delivered a master data management programme stemming from a new electronic data warehouse and BI initiative. Project team leaders claim a people-plus-technology synthesis.
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November 10, 2011
10
Nov'11
Welcome to the new-look ComputerWeekly.com
Computer Weekly has launched its brand new website - the most important online development in the brand’s 45-year history.
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November 10, 2011
10
Nov'11
TCS bags rare megadeal and 1,900 more UK workers
Tata Consultancy Services (TCS) business process outsourcing (BPO) subsidiary, Diligenta, has won a deal with life insurer Friends Life worth £1.37bn.
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November 09, 2011
09
Nov'11
Adobe to change mobile Flash player strategy and axe European jobs
Adobe plans to abandon its Flash player for mobile browsers and cut 750 jobs across North America and Europe as part of a reorganisation.
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November 07, 2011
07
Nov'11
Analysis: Intelligence key to security business case
Information security is becoming an increasingly important part of any business as the value of information assets continually grow, as do the threats from cyber crime and espionage.
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November 07, 2011
07
Nov'11
Shell HR gains from structured information quality programme
Oil giant Shell’s human resources function has been on an information quality journey since 2002, integrating historically decentralized businesses into one assured talent pool.
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November 07, 2011
07
Nov'11
RBS and Natwest online banking down after maintenance glitch
Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) and Natwest customers were unable to access online or telephone banking over the weekend after maintenance issues.
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November 07, 2011
07
Nov'11
Everything Everywhere to reinvest £450m windfall
Mobile phone operator Everything Everywhere is to reinvest profits made from the upcoming sale of its 1,800MHz spectrum in the UK's mobile network, following criticism that the sale of a public asset would be diverted to German and French ...
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November 07, 2011
07
Nov'11
City University London unveils scholarship for information leadership course
City University London has launched its IBM Enterprise Computing scholarship to award a place on its Masters of Information Leadership (MIL) course.
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November 04, 2011
04
Nov'11
The Best of vForum 2011 awards: A roundup
Instituted by SearchDataCenter.in and supported by VMware, The Best of vForum 2011 awards saw the best of India Inc battling it out for the honors.
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November 03, 2011
03
Nov'11
US and EU hold first joint cybersecurity exercise
The US and EU are holding their first joint cybersecurity exercise in Brussels on 3 November 2011, involving more than 20 EU member states and supported by the EU's cybersecurity agency Enisa and the US Department of Homeland Security.
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November 03, 2011
03
Nov'11
SAP on track to achieve 2011 greenhouse gas emissions target
Enterprise software maker SAP decreased greenhouse gas emissions by 2% per employee in the quarter ended 30 September, compared with the same period in 2010, according to the company's quarterly sustainability report.
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November 03, 2011
03
Nov'11
BT second quarter sales fall 2% despite 166,000 new broadband customers
BT sales fell 2% in its fiscal Q2 despite the addition of 166,000 broadband customers and continued growth in its Openreach and Global Services businesses.
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November 03, 2011
03
Nov'11
Amazon launches lending library for Kindle e-reader users
Amazon has launched a lending library service to allow Kindle e-reader users to borrow e-books.
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November 03, 2011
03
Nov'11
HP puts ARM at the heart of energy-efficient datacentres
Hewlett-Packard has introduced a line of servers using the Calxeda EnergyCore ARM Cortex low-energy processors which it claims will enable datacentres to host 2,800 servers in a single rack.
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November 02, 2011
02
Nov'11
GB Group buys Capscan for £11.2m
Identity management technology company GB Group has acquired address management company Capscan for £11.2m.
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November 01, 2011
01
Nov'11
MoD calls on academics, industry and inventors to pitch cyber security ideas
The Ministry of Defence is calling for innovative solutions from academia and industry to protect and secure UK interests in cyberspace.
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November 01, 2011
01
Nov'11
Government trials voice recognition for Universal Credit benefit claims
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) is testing a voice recognition system to authenticate claimants of its flagship Universal Credits system, as part of the department's work on identity assurance (IDA).
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November 01, 2011
01
Nov'11
Hague calls for collaboration to realise full potential of cyberspace
It is increasingly clear that countries with weak cyber defences and capabilities will find themselves at a serious strategic disadvantage given the rise of state-sponsored cyber attacks, according to foreign secretary William Hague.
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November 01, 2011
01
Nov'11
Migration committee calls for opinions on minimum salary for IT staff on ICT visas
The Migration Advisory Committee (MAC) is calling for opinions on whether the minimum pay of £40,000 is set at the right level for overseas employees brought to the UK on Intra Company Transfer visas (ICT)
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October 31, 2011
31
Oct'11
Government earmarks £10m for Identity Assurance
Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has earmarked £10m for implementation of the government's Identity Assurance (IDA) programme, with the cash coming from its £650m cyber defence fund - with the potential for more near £1bn of savings if the ...
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October 31, 2011
31
Oct'11
Are network performance monitoring tools ready to meet new challenges?
Network performance monitoring tools must adapt to handle virtual infrastructure, new applications and hybrid cloud environments. Are they ready?
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October 31, 2011
31
Oct'11
Japan may be facing sustained cyber attack
Japan's mapping agency is the latest in a series of government agencies to be targeted by hackers, raising fears that the breaches are part of a series of sustained attacks.
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October 31, 2011
31
Oct'11
Barclays customers unable to log into online bank accounts
Barclays has confirmed some customers are unable to log into online bank accounts and are experiencing slow response times
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October 31, 2011
31
Oct'11
Samsung overtakes Apple in global smartphone shipments
Samsung has overtaken Apple in worldwide smartphone shipments after Apple suffered its lowest levels of shipments in two years
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October 31, 2011
31
Oct'11
Facebook admits to 600,000 cyber attacks a day
Facebook has revealed that every 24 hours it receives around 600,000 logins to the social networking website from impostors attempting to access users' messages, photos and other personal information.
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October 31, 2011
31
Oct'11
UKtech50: We launch the search for the most influential people in UK IT
Computer Weekly has launched the second annual UKtech50, the definitive list of the real movers and shakers in UK IT - the leaders driving the creation of a high-tech economy.
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October 31, 2011
31
Oct'11
What can a CIO learn from Steve Jobs?
Steve Jobs might have been a product and marketing wonder kid but there are lots of lessons CIOs can learn from his method.
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October 30, 2011
30
Oct'11
Cloud storage boom as users rush to outsourcers
The Spring 2011 edition of IDC’s Storage User Demand Survey says 40%of enterprise storage users plan to outsource some of their storage needs in the next twelve months, with “an average of over 250TB will be acquired” by each user.
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October 28, 2011
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UK security strategy draws on growing expertise across Whitehall
The UK's soon-to-be-released cyber security strategy includes input from policy makers across government, says Nigel Harrison of the Office of Cyber Security and Information Assurance (OCSIA).
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October 28, 2011
28
Oct'11
Open University expands computer-aided teaching portal for educators worlwide
The Open University has completed the second stage of a £2.5m Department of Education funded initiative to deliver computer-aided teaching to the classroom.
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October 28, 2011
28
Oct'11
Survey finds UK IT jobs concentrated in London and south-east England
With software houses and the financial services sector creating by far the most permanent IT jobs, career opportunities are being condensed into south-east England.
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October 28, 2011
28
Oct'11
Software skills survey reveals SQL highest in demand followed by C programmers
The latest survey from Salary Services Limited (SSL) has revealed the software skills most in demand in the latest quarter of 2011.
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October 28, 2011
28
Oct'11
US Tennis Association cuts costs running Citrix XenApp in Amazon cloud
The US Tennis Association (USTA) is reducing disaster recovery, hosting, helpdesk and licencing costs after choosing to run its Citrix XenApp environment in Amazon's Web Services (AWS) cloud.
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October 28, 2011
28
Oct'11
HP announces U-turn to keep PC division after Whitman completes internal review
HP has reversed its decision to spin-off the company's PC division following an internal review by CEO Meg Whitman, who replaced form head Leo Apotheker in September.
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October 27, 2011
27
Oct'11
Analysis: What is the secret sauce in SAP's success?
SAP notched up the seventh consecutive quarter of double-digit growth in software and software-related services, but with the last major upgrade to SAP's core enterprise resource planning (ERP) product way back in 2005, how is the company achieving ...
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October 27, 2011
27
Oct'11
IP network critical to video technology at FA’s St George's Park development
The Football Association (FA) is implementing the latest networking and video technology at its coaching and education centre. The St George's Park centre will be the FA's second major centre alongside Wembley, where operations are currently centred.
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October 27, 2011
27
Oct'11
Case Study: How RBS built a business case for virtual desktops to cut costs
With an annual technology spend of £1.5bn, the Royal Bank of Scotland (RBS) wanted to move 55,000 of its users to a virtual desktop platform to change the way its employees work and cut costs. Mark Diamond, CIO at RBS, shares his lessons learnt in ...
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October 27, 2011
27
Oct'11
Analysis: What is the secret sauce in SAP's success?
The last major upgrade to SAP's core enterprise resource planning (ERP) product was released in 2005, so how is the company achieving record growth? Warwick Ashford reports