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August 11, 2011
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IT firm grows business five-fold after hiring apprentices
Computer repair company D&J Henry says its business has grown five-fold after hiring apprentices.
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August 11, 2011
11
Aug'11
Government moves Alpha.gov.uk one-stop website to beta phase for public testing
The government has moved an alpha version of a pilot website - which could replace all .gov.uk URLs - to beta.
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August 10, 2011
10
Aug'11
RDBMS now a low focus area for BI pros
Traditional RDBMS technology is incapable of handling the demands of unstructured, big data. BI pros are now going beyond RDBMS and exploring new options.
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August 10, 2011
10
Aug'11
Adobe issues security updates for Flash, Shockwave, Photoshop and RoboHelp
Adobe has issued fixes for vulnerabilities in Flash, Shockwave, Photoshop, RoboHelp and Flash Media Server in the latest security update.
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August 09, 2011
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Aug'11
Ten-year-old hacker exposes exploitable flaws in Apple and Android games
A 10-year-old Californian hacker has exposed a new type of security vulnerability in many mobile games at a hacker conference in Las Vegas.
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August 09, 2011
09
Aug'11
Twitter acquires social network site Bagcheck
Social network site Bagcheck has been bought by Twitter for an undisclosed sum.
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August 09, 2011
09
Aug'11
Windows 7 deployments delayed by economic uncertainties, says Gartner
Economic uncertainty may cause a slowdown in Windows 7 operating system (OS) deployments in Western Europe, according to research firm Gartner.
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August 09, 2011
09
Aug'11
Blackberry to co-operate with police after youths used BBM to organise riots
Research in Motion has said that it will co-operate with the police after it was revealed that London rioters used Blackberry Messenger rather than Twitter to organise looting sprees across the capital, with violence later spreading to Birmingham, ...
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August 08, 2011
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Customer data privacy program poised to roll out at Airtel
Airtel’s customer data privacy program will roll out in phases. With the pilot almost completed, Airtel is confident of meeting data privacy regulations.
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August 08, 2011
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Aug'11
Royal Pharmaceutical Society outsources to cope with restructure
The Royal Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain has outsourced the management of e-mail and storage to support a major restructure.
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August 08, 2011
08
Aug'11
US standards body issues warning to energy suppliers over cyber attacks
A US energy industry standards body has warned suppliers to improve their defences against cyber attacks.
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August 08, 2011
08
Aug'11
Toxic National Programme for IT contracts to be housed under one body
Billions of pounds of toxic IT contract exposures at the Department for Health could be housed under one central unit, according to reports.
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August 08, 2011
08
Aug'11
Who needs MPLS? A dark fibre network saves York Council
The City of York Council set out to rethink its Internet and voice network services and ended up building a dark fibre network that will support city-wide free wireless.
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August 07, 2011
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Aug'11
Maritime museum backs up with HP LeftHand, Microsoft
The Australian National Maritime Museum has revamped its storage infrastructure, selecting HP LeftHand and Microsoft.
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August 05, 2011
05
Aug'11
Is your BI safe in the hands of ERP vendors?
ERP vendors are pitching integration as supreme for BI. But can these ERP vendors hit the ball out of the park?
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August 05, 2011
05
Aug'11
Microsoft slots 22 patches for August Patch Tuesday
Windows, IE, Visio, .Net, Visual Studio and Report Viewer to get security updates; updated version of Windows Malicious Software Removal Tool on charts.
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August 05, 2011
05
Aug'11
Case Study: Data encryption at the Salvation Army
The Salvation Army in the UK supports flexible working from home using laptops owned by the charity, but says finding a good way of protecting data was a challenge.
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August 05, 2011
05
Aug'11
US names former Microsoft executive as new Federal CIO
The US has appointed former Microsoft executive Steven VanRoekel as its new government chief information officer.
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August 05, 2011
05
Aug'11
Energy giant outsources smart meter services to Logica
Scottish and Southern Energy has outsourced some of its smart metering processes to Logica to help support the UK national roll-out.
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August 04, 2011
04
Aug'11
Missing USB drive, found in pub, contained unencrypted data
The ICO says two housing groups must improve data security after a contractor’s missing USB drive, containing unencrypted data, was found in a pub.
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August 03, 2011
03
Aug'11
Hotmail makes sign-in changes, can't please everyone
The Hotmail sign-in page is in the news this week, with subtle changes to browser auto-complete behaviour to provide wider browser compatibility.
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August 03, 2011
03
Aug'11
Sunderland City Council signs multimillion-pound 10-year network deal with BT
BT will deliver a corporate network connecting 188 sites.
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August 03, 2011
03
Aug'11
eBay boosts virtual servers with 100 terabytes of flash memory
Online auction site eBay has deployed more than 100 terabytes of flash memory to power its VMware virtual server infrastructure. The S-class flash storage from solid state disk provider Nimbus is believed to be among the world's largest consolidated...
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August 03, 2011
03
Aug'11
Round table: the value of big data
Learn what our round table of experts thinks of the value and significance of “big data.”
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August 02, 2011
02
Aug'11
NHS trust forced to adopt National Programme patient records system or face £8.8m fine
An NHS trust was forced to buy care records software through the National Programme for IT or face the threat of an £8.8m fine - even though it had a longstanding supplier in place.
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August 02, 2011
02
Aug'11
Tesco signs eight-year deal to use Microsoft products and services
Tesco has signed a software licensing and services deal with Microsoft aimed at helping improve the retail giant's global productivity and international growth.
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August 02, 2011
02
Aug'11
Amazon closes Android appstore submissions in Germany after Apple lawsuit
Amazon has closed submissions for its Android app store in Germany following a lawsuit from Apple.
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August 01, 2011
01
Aug'11
Bad sectors – Storage news from Dell, Zerowait and Waikato District Health Board
Dell plans to bring its vStart pre-packaged infrastructure stacks to Australia later this year, while ZeroWait has scored an Australian customer for its SimplStor product.
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August 01, 2011
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Aug'11
CSC closes acquisition of iSoft ahead of NHS IT contract renegotiations
Outsourcing provider CSC has closed the acquisition of beleaguered healthcare application provider iSoft for $189m (£115m).
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August 01, 2011
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Aug'11
CIO interview: Michael Foster, European vice-president of IT, FedEx Express
What role should IT play in business? This is the question Michael Foster, vice-president of IT at Fedex Europe, tackles at the global courier. Cliff Saran reports.
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August 01, 2011
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Aug'11
Former government CIO John Suffolk joins Huawei as head of cybersecurity
Former government CIO John Suffolk has joined China-based IT company Huawei as global head of cybersecurity.
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July 29, 2011
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Jul'11
Why the High Court ruling in the Newzbin2 case is such a big deal
The creative industries have welcomed the UK High Court ruling that BT must block access to pirated content aggregator site Newzbin2, but why is the ruling seen as such a game changer?
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July 29, 2011
29
Jul'11
Government axes 376 more websites
The government has axed nearly half of its websites since June last year, following recommendations that all digital public services should be under one URL.
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July 29, 2011
29
Jul'11
Apple and Samsung overtake Nokia as worldwide smartphone shipments grow 76%
Nokia's woes continue as Apple and Samsung overtake the Finnish giant to become the largest global smartphone manufacturers, according to analyst figures.
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July 29, 2011
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Jul'11
BSkyB wins 174,000 new broadband subscribers
BSkyB has reported a surge in its broadband business in yearly results, taking its subscriber base to 711,000.
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July 28, 2011
28
Jul'11
Starting from scratch - the SMB CIO
The role of CIO is usually associated with large companies with lots of technology and several IT staff. But that's not always the case.
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July 28, 2011
28
Jul'11
Highlights from 'A recipe for rip-offs' - the Select Committee report on government IT
The Public Administration Select Committee has published a scathingly critical report on government's use of IT. We've chosen a selection of the highlights from the report.
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July 28, 2011
28
Jul'11
Managed services spending by SMBs to witness 23% growth: AMI Partners
Indian SMBs are aggressively adopting managed services. Explore how this market segment will shape up in the near future.
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July 28, 2011
28
Jul'11
ElasticStack delivers cloud with SAN-resilient storage on commodity hardware
Cloud platform provider ElasticStack has refined its software to deliver a cloud platform with resilient storage using low-cost commodity hardware...
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July 28, 2011
28
Jul'11
NetApp trials University alliance to tackle skills shortage
NetApp will try to introduce certifications in its products to the curricula of nine Australian universities, to address a shortage of people skilled in operating its products.
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July 28, 2011
28
Jul'11
KLM deploys RightNow natural language search for mobile website
KLM Royal Dutch Airlines has rolled out software-as-a-service provider RightNow's CX Intent Guide on its mobile website.
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July 27, 2011
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Jul'11
Metasploit Pro 4.0 adds support for cloud, SIEM systems
Rapid7 releases Metasploit Pro version 4 with improved automation features and new SIEM and cloud-based pen-testing support.
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July 27, 2011
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Security software market remains fragmented: Gartner
Top five vendors command no more than 44% of security software market.
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July 27, 2011
27
Jul'11
Computer glitch halts Post Office card transactions
Customers have been unable to complete card transactions at the Post Office after a computer glitch across all branches...
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July 27, 2011
27
Jul'11
Virgin Media sees small drop in business sales, and loses 18,000 broadband users
Cable telecoms supplier Virgin Media has reported a small drop in business revenue for its second quarter, while the firm also revealed it has lost 18,000 broadband users...
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July 26, 2011
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Jul'11
Tate museum group chooses Drupal and cloud hosting for new website
The Tate museum group is scrapping the use of HTML code in favour of open source content management platform Drupal...
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July 26, 2011
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Jul'11
UK fails to make world’s top 10 high-speed broadband countries - but Ireland scrapes in
The UK has failed to make it into the top 10 countries with the highest average broadband speed, but neighbouring Ireland scrapes in...
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July 25, 2011
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Jul'11
How to improve storage resources utilisation
Storage hardware vendors’ upgrade offers are leading many mainframe users to buy storage they don’t need, which sends operational expenses through the roof because storage resources’ utilisation rates are low, says an expert.
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July 25, 2011
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Jul'11
Virgin Media trials 1.5Gbps broadband at London's Silicon Roundabout
Virgin Media has rolled out broadband speeds of up to 1.5Gbps as part of a trial for businesses in the "Silicon Roundabout" area of London...
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July 25, 2011
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Jul'11
US House of Representatives committee approves cybersecurity standards bill
The US House of Representatives has passed a bill designed to increase education, research and development to counteract cyberthreats.