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October 18, 2011 18 Oct'11
Password chaos linked to network breaches, survey finds

A fundamental lack of IT security awareness in enterprises is potentially paving the way for a further wave of data breaches in 2011, a survey of 300 international IT professionals has shown.
October 18, 2011 18 Oct'11
IBM shares fall after slow revenue growth in third quarter

IBM shares fell almost 4% after its third quarter results were announced as investors worried about cancelled IT projects and slower spending on technology.
October 17, 2011 17 Oct'11
European Commission proposes €9.2bn investment for high-speed broadband

As part of the proposals, the European Commission (EC) will outline targets to improve broadband speeds and prioritise rural areas.
October 17, 2011 17 Oct'11
Larry English calls for an information quality revolution

Larry English, in an interview, calls for an information quality revolution that will put the customer first. New rules are necessary for the “information age 3.0”.
October 17, 2011 17 Oct'11
Technology is top of the chops in RBS savings memo

The Royal Bank of Scotland's investment banking business is making cuts to its technology budgets and forcing contractors to take holidays as it identifies areas where savings can be made.
October 17, 2011 17 Oct'11
CESG approves first encrypted USB flash drive for 'top secret' data classification

The UK government's technical security advisor CESG has approved the Eclypt 600 Enhanced Nano encrypted USB memory stick to be used for data classified as "secret" and "top secret."
October 14, 2011 14 Oct'11
RSA: Tim Berners-Lee calls for a new breed of information security systems

World Wide Web inventor Sir Tim Berners-Lee has called on the IT security industry to develop a new breed of systems that make it easier to manage the use of personal data.
October 14, 2011 14 Oct'11
What does Oracle's release of Fusion Applications mean for its customers?

After what seemed an interminable development period, Oracle has finally released its Fusion Applications and a public cloud.

October 14, 2011 14 Oct'11
Unix co-creator and father of C, Dennis Ritchie dies age 70

US computer scientist Dennis Ritchie - one of the co-inventors of the Unix operating system and the C programming language - has died at 70 after a long illness.
October 14, 2011 14 Oct'11
IT spending on cloud services to exceed 20% of IT budget in ‘12: KPMG

IT spending on cloud services will soar in 2012, predicts KPMG. Find out the reasons for this surge in IT spending on cloud services in this news report.
October 14, 2011 14 Oct'11
BBC evolves digital asset management with Life

The BBC’s Life series marked an ongoing shift from film to digital media that is making the need for rigorous metadata and digital asset management in broadcast media more pressing.
October 14, 2011 14 Oct'11
CIO interview: Gerry Pennell, CIO, London 2012 Olympics

With less than 10 months to go, London 2012 CIO Gerry Pennell is fully focused on the task of delivering a project that simply cannot miss its deadline.
October 13, 2011 13 Oct'11
Gartner: IT staff need new skills to manage big data

Enterprises will need to reskill their IT department if they are to successfully manage the explosive growth of data within their organisation, claims analyst group Gartner.
October 13, 2011 13 Oct'11
Best of VMworld Europe 2010 winner adopts Cisco UCS

An Italian bank expands its virtual infrastructure to meet growing needs after winning the “Best virtualisation and server consolidation project” award at VMworld Europe 2010.

October 12, 2011 12 Oct'11
New batch of IDS, IPS evasion techniques are hitting their targets

Stonesoft has discovered 163 new advanced evasion techniques (AET), claiming these AETs can pass below the radar of some IDS, IPS products.
October 11, 2011 11 Oct'11
Aviva reduces costs by 30% with cloud-based HR system

Aviva claims to have saved over £1m a year in reduced software licence fees after completing the first stage of a project to replace its Oracle-based HR systems with a cloud-based service.
October 11, 2011 11 Oct'11
CIO interview: Adam Gerrard, chief technology officer, LateRooms

The new IT chief at travel firm LateRooms talks about his plans for IT transformation to support a period of intense international business growth.
October 11, 2011 11 Oct'11
Moving from in-house IT to third-party hosting services: Case study

A supplier of civil engineering and building materials moved its IT infrastructure to a third-party data centre to resolve its in-house IT problems, including cooling and flooding issues.
October 10, 2011 10 Oct'11
CW500: Martin Taylor, head of infrastructure and service delivery, Mitchells & Butlers

In this CW500 Club video, Martin Taylor talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick to share his practical advice on how to move to the cloud.
October 10, 2011 10 Oct'11
BI software migration to give IndusInd Bank a leg up

IndusInd is undertaking BI software migration to consolidate data and make most of customer information. Read more about the software migration project.
October 10, 2011 10 Oct'11
Google previews new Dart web programming language

Google has introduced a new programming language, Dart , for building web applications.
October 10, 2011 10 Oct'11
London 2012 Olympics opens Technology Operations Centre

The IT powering the London 2012 Olympics and Paralympics has passed a major milestone with the formal opening of the Technology Operations Centre.
October 10, 2011 10 Oct'11
Symantec uses visual maps to identify e-mail-based targeted attacks

Symantec has developed a way of detecting targeted attacks through mapping e-mail patterns to identify single gang activity.
October 07, 2011 07 Oct'11
High Court finds for Halliburton drill-bit software design patent claim

The High Court has overturned a decision of the UK Intellectual Property Office (IPO), explicitly confirming that technical design methods are patentable. The ruling has a direct bearing on the IP standing of software algorithms.
October 07, 2011 07 Oct'11
Bristol Council gets open source go-ahead after CESG discussions

Bristol City Council has been cleared to build an IT infrastructure using open source software after a visit from CESG, the cyber security arm of the UK intelligence services.
October 07, 2011 07 Oct'11
Computer Weekly wins prestigious journalism award

Computer Weekly has won a prestigious award for its journalism. Freelance contributor and Computer Weekly blogger Mark Ballard won the Best Cybercrime Feature of the Year prize at this year's BT Information Security Journalism Awards. ...
October 07, 2011 07 Oct'11
85 sub-postmasters seek legal support in claims against Post Office computer system

Over 80 sub-postmasters are interested in taking legal action against the Post Office in relation to an allegedly faulty computer system.
October 06, 2011 06 Oct'11
Video is future of communication, claims Cisco CEO John Chambers

Video will be the future for all forms of communication, claims John Chambers, CEO of networking company Cisco.
October 06, 2011 06 Oct'11
UBS systems detected $2bn rogue trader fraud, admits CEO Sergio Ermotti

UBS interim CEO Sergio Ermotti has admitted systems in the banks IT infrastructure detected the unauthorised trading of the rogue trader who cost UBS over $2bn, but nothing was done about the warning signals.
October 06, 2011 06 Oct'11
Salesforce chief Marc Benioff compares Larry Ellison to 'oppressive dictator'

Marc Benioff, head of Salesforce.com, has given his swan song speech at Oracle Open World, comparing Larry Ellison to an oppressive dictator. He expressed disappointment at Ellison's decision to reschedule Benioff's talk for after the conference ...
October 06, 2011 06 Oct'11
Oracle announces public cloud to host long-awaited Fusion applications

Oracle's Fusion applications comprise around 100 products from Oracle's JD Edwards, E-Business Suite, PeopleSoft and Siebel systems, with business intelligence embedded into them.
October 06, 2011 06 Oct'11
Technology industry figures pay tribute to Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs

Apple's co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs has died, aged 56. Jobs battled with pancreatic cancer, and had liver transplant surgery in 2009. He stepped down as Apple CEO in August 2011 after his second bout of medical leave since the start of the ...
October 06, 2011 06 Oct'11
UBS systems detected $2bn rogue trader fraud, admits CEO Sergio Ermotti

UBS interim CEO Sergio Ermotti has admitted systems in the banks IT infrastructure detected the unauthorised trading of the rogue trader who cost UBS over $2bn, but nothing was done about the warning signals.
October 06, 2011 06 Oct'11
Technology industry figures pay tribute to Apple co-founder and CEO Steve Jobs

Apple's co-founder and former CEO Steve Jobs has died, aged 56. Jobs battled with pancreatic cancer, and had liver transplant surgery in 2009. He stepped down as Apple CEO in August 2011 after his second bout of medical leave since the start of the ...
October 05, 2011 05 Oct'11
Apple unveils iPhone 4S, iOS 5 and iCloud

Apple has launched its latest smartphone device, iPhone 4S, an updated version of its operating system (OS), iOS 5 and the new iCloud service.
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
CW500: Andy Beale, technology director, Guardian News & Media

In this CW500 Club video, Andy Beale talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick to share his practical advice on how to move to the cloud.
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
Jerry Yang in talks with equity investors about taking Yahoo private

Yahoo co-founder and former chief executive Jerry Yang is talking to private equity firms about taking the internet company private. Talks have so far been informal, but Yahoo's advisors are expected to send financial information this week to ...
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
Halliburton appeal boosts industry lobby for CAD patents and erodes IPO 'mental' stance

Halliburton has won an appeal hearing on software patentability. The decision is further evidence that the industry lobby - opposed to the stance taken by the UK Intellectual Property Office on software patentability - is beginning to win.
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
IT companies dominate global brand index as Apple leads top 100 companies' growth

According to Interbrand's Top 100 Best Global Brands report, Apple saw the biggest rise in brand value while HTC became the one to watch. Interbrand's index places over 20 IT companies in the top 100 index, six of which are in the top 10.
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
GPU cracks six-character password in four seconds

A £30 nVidia GeForce GT220 graphics card is capable of cracking strong passwords in a matter of hours.
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
Warwick University enters final phase of three-step IT transformation programme

Warwick University has started the last phase of its three-year IT transformation, introducing small, user-driven IT projects to transform its IT operation into one that offers services users need, rather than merely supporting technology.
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
IT supplier CSC repays £170m as NHS complains of Lorenzo record progress

IT supplier CSC has repaid £170m after the NHS said it was unhappy with the progress of CSC's Lorenzo patient care records contract. The NHS paid a £200m advanced payment to CSC for the 2011 project costs when a memorandum of understanding was ...
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
Back-up datacentre challenge - to build or to host?

The Royal College of General Practitioners has built its own back-up datacentre using a private cloud architecture, rather than use an external provider.
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
Kindle Fire could send tablet prices into nose dive, says market researcher YouGov

Tablet devices must drop in price to £250 to remain viable in the UK according to market research firm YouGov, which said the Amazon Kindle Fire could undercut rivals to create a two-horse race between Amazon and Apple.
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
Callcentre workers steal £400k from TUI Travel

Four callcentre workers stole over £400,000 from their employer TUI Travel by paying customer refunds to themselves when processing claims.
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
Oracle CEO Larry Ellison debuts flagship analytics system of 'parallel architecture'

Oracle CEO Larry Ellison has showcased an in-memory database engine for big data applications and a processor to rival IBM, combined in a strategy of engineering hardware and software together under a "parallel architecture" approach, similar to ...
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
HP completes £7.1bn Autonomy acquisition

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has completed its acquisition of software company Autonomy for £7.1bn. HP said the acquisition positioned it as a leader in the large and growing enterprise information management space.
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
Cisco patches IOS in major rollout, releases 10 security advisories

19 bugs and 10 security advisories released to address flaws in Cisco’s IOS network OS, Unified Communication Manager and Series 10000 routers.
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
HP completes £7.1bn Autonomy acquisition

Hewlett-Packard (HP) has completed its acquisition of software company Autonomy for £7.1bn. HP said the acquisition positioned it as a leader in the large and growing enterprise information management space.
October 04, 2011 04 Oct'11
Callcentre workers steal £400k from TUI Travel

Four callcentre workers stole over £400,000 from their employer TUI Travel by paying customer refunds to themselves when processing claims.