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• July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11

  Businesses should prepare for Web 3.0, says Booz&Co

  The next generation of web technology will transform the way businesses work within five to ten years, research by management consulting firm Booz&Co predicts.

• July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11

  Automated web application attacks are the top security threat, study reveals

  Websites are attacked about 27 times an hour or once every two minutes on average, peaking at 25,000 attacks a minute or seven a second, according to research...

• July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11

  IT industry salaries rise 7.5% in 2011

  Salaries for IT professionals have risen by 7.5% to reach an average wage of over £46,000 in 2011...

• July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11

  UK confirms international cyber rules conference

  UK foreign secretary William Hague has confirmed that the government is to host an international conference on cyberspace in London on 1 and 2 November 2011.

• July 25, 2011 25 Jul'11

  US court gives Oracle another chance to put its patent case against Google

  A US judge has rejected Oracle's claim for $2.6bn in damages from Google for infringing Java patents, but has given Oracle the chance to come up with a more reasonable claim...

• July 22, 2011 22 Jul'11

  DWP asks system integrators to list SME contractors to open up public sector deals

  The Department for Work and Pensions is asking its systems integrators to list the number of SMEs in their supply chains, in a move designed to open up more public sector contracts to small businesses.

• July 22, 2011 22 Jul'11

  Vodafone increases UK enterprise sales, driven by greater data traffic

  Vodafone's latest results reflect increased use of smartphones and data consumption within the workplace.

• July 22, 2011 22 Jul'11

  British Computer Society – the case for change

  A year on from the BCS extraordinary general meeting (EGM), Amit Bhagwat looks at how BCS has evolved, why the EGM came about and gave the results that it did, what has followed since and, how BCS might consider its future from here.

• July 21, 2011 21 Jul'11

  Securitytube.net releases WLAN security megaprimer

  The Hacker News (THN) has reported that the latest SecurityTube.net release includes a 4.2Gb DVD containing over 40+ HD quality videos of their WLAN Security Megaprimer.

• July 21, 2011 21 Jul'11

  Trend Micro aims to secure consumer mobile devices for enterprises

  Security firm Trend Micro has announced an enterprise mobile management product to help organisations integrate consumer devices into an enterprise environment in a secure way.

• July 21, 2011 21 Jul'11

  IDC blames decline in European PC market on weak consumer demand and high inventories

  The west European PC market declined 8.9% compared with the same quarter the year before. A shift in interest and budget towards other products contributed to weak consumer demand and slow stock depletion across Western Europe, according to analyst ...

• July 21, 2011 21 Jul'11

  Nokia reports £429m loss as smartphone revenues drop 32% in first half of 2011

  Nokia has reported operating losses of €487m (£429m) in the first half of 2011, fuelled by a decline in smartphone sales.

• July 21, 2011 21 Jul'11

  Hacking group Anonymous claims to have hacked into NATO servers and stolen data

  Hacking group Anonymous has claimed to have hacked into NATO servers, according to the Blottr.com news service.

• July 20, 2011 20 Jul'11

  Forrester: Seven trends to shape the future of enterprise applications and ERP

  Over the next five years, technology changes will disrupt our long-held beliefs about the ownership and value of core enterprise application, writes Paul D. Hamerman, vice-president and principal analyst at Forrester Research.

• July 20, 2011 20 Jul'11

  (ISC)² publishes official guide to CSSLP

  Information security body (ISC)² has published the only official guide to the Certified Secure Software Lifecycle Professional (CSSLP) certification.

• July 20, 2011 20 Jul'11

  Data breach at York University highlights urgency of security checks, says ICO

  The University of York's accidental breach of thousands of students' personal data points to a need for improved security checks, according to the Information Commissioner's Office.

• July 19, 2011 19 Jul'11

  Microsoft offers bounty in hunt for Rustock spambot operators

  A $250,000 reward is being offered to anyone who provides new information that results in the identification, arrest and criminal conviction of the cybercriminals behind the Rustock botnet.

• July 19, 2011 19 Jul'11

  Carphone Warehouse uses business process management to increase customer satisfaction

  Retailer Carphone Warehouse is claiming a 25% jump in its customer satisfaction ratings after investing in BPM software to help staff deal with sales, queries and complaints.

• July 18, 2011 18 Jul'11

  E-commerce services launched by Union Bank of India

  Union Bank of India has introduced e-commerce services in collaboration with ECS. Know how the new services can bolster the bank’s e-commerce portfolio and customer base.

• July 18, 2011 18 Jul'11

  Sainsbury’s debuts mobile shopping site

  Retailer Sainsbury's has launched a mobile version of its website to extend its commerce platform to additional channels. The optimised mobile site is built using a mobile platform provided by Usablenet. The platform provides access to over 15,000 ...

• July 18, 2011 18 Jul'11

  Public-funded bodies must open data, transparency chief tells Demos

  All bodies in receipt of public sector funding should be made to open up their data, said Tim Kelsey, the government's adviser on transparency and open data.

• July 18, 2011 18 Jul'11

  Government shelves Co-ordinated Online Record of Electors database to save £11m

  The government has shelved plans to create a database of electoral information, in a move estimated to save £11m.

• July 18, 2011 18 Jul'11

  Cloud network design: Your apps are ready, but is your infrastructure?

  Cloud network design means creating a flat infrastructure for horizontal virtual machine traffic flow along with distributed applications for bandwidth optimisation.

• July 14, 2011 14 Jul'11

  CIO interview: Phil Pavitt, HM Revenue & Customs

  HM Revenue & Customs CIO Phil Pavitt talks to Computer Weekly about the biggest and most challenging tasks in public sector IT. Pavitt discusses his overhaul of the department's IT; tackling spending cuts; public sector IT strategy and the role of ...

• July 14, 2011 14 Jul'11

  Gartner urges IT departments to support end-user application development

  Business IT users are increasingly looking outside the IT department for application development and in many cases are building applications themselves,...

• July 13, 2011 13 Jul'11

  Managing iPads in enterprise networks

  These days users expect to be able to use their iPads inside the business and as thousands of software vendors release applications for the iOS platform which provide data mobility and usability benefits to employees, the prospect of the iPad as a ...

• July 13, 2011 13 Jul'11

  Vendor evaluation criteria: Is your ERP vendor good with BI?

  If your business is big on ERP, you may want to consider these vendor evaluation criteria when adopting a business intelligence solution.

• July 13, 2011 13 Jul'11

  Central government staff lack skills in IT

  A significant proportion of civil servants lack skills in areas such as IT, a National Audit Office report has found.

• July 13, 2011 13 Jul'11

  HMRC saves £21m with first centralised government procurement contract

  The government has awarded its first centrally managed contract for print services at HMRC with outsourcing company Williams Lea. The deal is expected to save £21m, replacing 140 contracts with one.

• July 12, 2011 12 Jul'11

  Cisco to axe 10,000 jobs

  Cisco Systems may cut as many as 10,000 jobs, roughly 14% of its workforce, to combat weak profit growth, according to Bloomberg.

• July 12, 2011 12 Jul'11

  Disaster recovery management: Kale Consultants’ ten-year journey

  Kale Consultants’ disaster recovery management and business continuity planning journey makes for interesting reading in this comprehensive case study.

• July 12, 2011 12 Jul'11

  Cyber terrorism set to increase after al-Qaeda calls for more cyber attacks, says government

  Cyber terrorism will become an increasing problem as the tools and techniques needed for cyber attacks become more widely available, according to a report on the government's new counter-terrorism strategy.

• July 12, 2011 12 Jul'11

  Twitter uses Acquia to provide Drupal-based development community site

  Twitter has launched a new developer community site using open source content management system (CMS) Drupal, provided by Acquia.

• July 12, 2011 12 Jul'11

  Infosys changes name and splits into four vertical sector divisions

  Infosys has split itself vertically to enable it to do more work in specific business sectors, while a change of name reflects its broader remit.

• July 11, 2011 11 Jul'11

  EMC’s caveman creed, HP says FAST is its idea, Pillar crumbles

  The storage blogosphere has thrown up a fascinating EMC video explaining how cave painting is like social media. Seriously. Also HP says EMC’s FAST is its idea.

• July 11, 2011 11 Jul'11

  IT professionals get multiple job offers and double-digit pay increases as demand surges

  Demand for IT skills has increased as businesses begin to re-invest in IT and professionals with particular IT skills are receiving multiple job offers and double-digit pay increases if they switch employers.

• July 11, 2011 11 Jul'11

  Microsoft packs a lot into July’s four Patch Tuesday security updates

  Microsoft is to release only four security updates in this month's Patch Tuesday security update, but these will cover 22 vulnerabilities in Windows and Office.

• July 11, 2011 11 Jul'11

  Law firm uses RES Software to manage desktop transfer in office move

  UK-based international law firm Stephenson Harwood used RES Software to retain and manage user desktop settings as well as upgrade desktop software during an office move.

• July 08, 2011 08 Jul'11

  Communications minister Ed Vaizey says US ISP piracy deal could pave way for UK

  The top five US internet service providers (ISPs) have agreed with film and music producers to issue warnings to customers suspected of online piracy and to take action against repeat offenders.

• July 08, 2011 08 Jul'11

  Businesses understand social media risks but fail to take precautions, says survey

  Businesses are using social media without taking adequate measures to monitor staff activity, which could open them up to security attacks and create compliance risks.

• July 07, 2011 07 Jul'11

  Business analyst skills shortage continues as IT job market grows

  Business analysts are the IT staff most in demand for permanent and contract roles, according to KPMG.

• July 07, 2011 07 Jul'11

  FireControl project failed because of inadequate EADS contract, MPs told

  The failure of the canned £469m FireControl project was due to an inadequate IT contract, MPs were told at a Public Accounts Committee (PAC).

• July 07, 2011 07 Jul'11

  ICO calls on UK businesses to open their doors to audits and reduce data breaches

  Private enterprises make up a third of data security breach claims, but despite this, many continue to resist the offer of an audit by the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO), according to the privacy watchdog's latest annual report.

• July 07, 2011 07 Jul'11

  Oracle releases iPad app for virtual desktop client

  Oracle has released a virtual desktop client app for the Apple iPad to provide mobile access to server-hosted desktops and enterprise applications.

• July 07, 2011 07 Jul'11

  Kognitio ships data analysis tool Pablo

  Data analytics company Kognitio is now shipping Pablo, a product that allows users to build and query virtual OLAP (online analytical processing) cubes without data warehouse specialists.

• July 06, 2011 06 Jul'11

  Business intelligence tool to be deployed at Tata AIG Life

  One of India’s largest private sector insurers, Tata AIG Life plan to deploy a business intelligence tool. Learn what it wants from the new BI tool.

• July 06, 2011 06 Jul'11

  5 cloud BI considerations for a successful rollout

  Migrating an end-to-end business intelligence (BI) solution to the cloud can be complicated. Consider these five points for successful cloud BI migration.

• July 06, 2011 06 Jul'11

  Predictive analytics, data visualisation, player tracking at play at Wimbledon

  IBM provided predictive analytics, player tracking and data visualisation at Wimbledon.

• July 06, 2011 06 Jul'11

  Ofcom UK broadband speed map shows wide areas of internet underinvestment

  An interactive map of broadband speeds has revealed large sections of the UK need investment in internet connectivity.

• July 06, 2011 06 Jul'11

  Network security case study: College’s NAC virtual appliance makes grade

  Wellington College’s network security case study explains how a NAC virtualization appliance blocks malware and provides increased capacity on demand.