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• April 11, 2011 11 Apr'11

  Copyright holders formulate ISP piracy website blocking scheme

  Copyright holders are urging UK internet service providers to block illegal file-sharing sites.

• April 08, 2011 08 Apr'11

  CIOs need IT governance rethink

  CIOs will need to rethink their IT governance policies as employees turn to social media tools to collaborate at work, according to research from analyst group Gartner.

• April 08, 2011 08 Apr'11

  Motivated, information security policye-aware employees are the best defence

  Keeping employees motivated is the best way to ensure you have satisfied customers, and if it is an employee's responsibility to keep the customers happy,...

• April 08, 2011 08 Apr'11

  Admins face huge April Patch Tuesday security update from Microsoft

  Microsoft has announced that it will release 17 security bulletins to address 64 vulnerabilities

• April 08, 2011 08 Apr'11

  Facebook has launched a project to ‘open source’ its datacentre

  In the spirit of open source software, Facebook says it wants to share the innovations in one of its datacentres with the rest of the industry in its

• April 08, 2011 08 Apr'11

  After breach at RSA, two-factor authentication options abound

  Companies specialising in two-factor authentication hope to boost business following the breach of RSA's SecurID, and many plan to capitalise with new products at Infosecurity Europe.

• April 07, 2011 07 Apr'11

  Sophisticated cyber thieves behind Epsilon data breach, says parent company

  US marketing firm Epsilon was hit by one of the biggest data thefts to date, the work of highly sophisticated cyber thieves, says parent company Alliance...

• April 07, 2011 07 Apr'11

  Dell set to unveil cloud plans

  Dell is due to make a global announcement later today, where it is expected to unveil its plans for cloud computing.

• April 07, 2011 07 Apr'11

  Copper-based 10 Gigabit Ethernet is arriving, but not on 10GBase-T

  Forget the predictions that copper-based 10 Gigabit Ethernet would run on 10Gbase-T. Copper-based Ethernet is here, but SFP Direct Attach maybe the cabling of choice.

• April 06, 2011 06 Apr'11

  Indian BI technology market to grow by 16% in 2011: Gartner

  The Indian BI technology market in 2011 will see a 16% growth over 2010. Read more about the latest BI technology market trends in this Gartner forecast.

• April 05, 2011 05 Apr'11

  Sex offence technology helps business avoid legal liability

  Technology that cross references image hash codes against child sexual abuse material will help businesses avoid legal liability.

• April 05, 2011 05 Apr'11

  City of York falls foul of data protection act following printer mix-up

  The City of York Council has fallen foul of the Data Protection Act after having accidentally disclosed personal data following a printer mix-up.

• April 05, 2011 05 Apr'11

  Immigration cap will not stem flow of IT workers to UK on ICT visas

  The immigration cap, which comes into force on 6 April 2011, will have little effect on the number of economic migrants entering the UK because businesses can continue to use the uncapped Intra Company Transfer (ICT) scheme to access skills, ...

• April 05, 2011 05 Apr'11

  PizzaExpress parent turns to customer data analytics to target diners

  The Gondola Group of restaurants, which includes PizzaExpress, Ask, Zizzi, Byron and Kettner's, has gone digital with targeted promotions to casual diners over the past 18 months.

• April 04, 2011 04 Apr'11

  RSA discloses phishing-attack data breach details

  RSA, the security division of EMC, has revealed the firm's data breach in mid March was the result of a spear phishing attack. The spear phishing attack exploited an Adobe Flash vulnerability that was unpatched at the time.

• April 01, 2011 01 Apr'11

  CSC to acquire troubled NHS supplier iSoft

  IT services giant CSC has agreed to acquire troubled healthcare software firm iSoft after the latter suspended shares and put itself up for sale last week.

• April 01, 2011 01 Apr'11

  Community networks to be part of Devon and Somerset broadband projects

  Devon and Somerset county council has issued requests for tenders worth...

• April 01, 2011 01 Apr'11

  Sex discrimination rife in IT, says report

  Gender discrimination against women is rife in the IT sector, a report says.

• April 01, 2011 01 Apr'11

  Samsung and Visa team up for mobile NFC payments

  Samsung and Visa have formed a partnership to provide mobile payments in time for the 2012 London Olympic games.

• April 01, 2011 01 Apr'11

  Exclusive interview: Deputy government CIO Bill McCluggage on the new government IT strategy

  Bill McCluggage, deputy government CIO, talks exclusively to Computer Weekly about the changes in the government's new IT strategy.

• March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11

  Microsoft publishes report on its Security Development Lifecycle

  Microsoft has published a new report that outlines nine years of progress in developing, improving and sharing the Security Development Lifecycle (SDL) process.

• March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11

  SMB IT spending seeing significant growth

  Small and medium businesses (SMBs) are increasing IT budgets and recruiting more IT skills

• March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11

  Communication skills more important than technical know-how for IT jobs, say IT graduates

  Most IT graduates think technical skills are the least important for IT jobs, according to a survey.

• March 31, 2011 31 Mar'11

  Troops in danger as outdated systems at the MoD reach meltdown

  Outdated IT systems at the The Ministry of Defence (MoD) are reaching meltdown, with the risk of seriously affecting troops' ability to carry out operations, a National Audit Office report has found.

• March 30, 2011 30 Mar'11

  All for one fibre, one fibre for all, says ECTA

  Countries should separate the provision of new fibre networks from their operation, executives from telcos struggling to enter new national markets told the European Commission and major banks on Tuesday.

• March 30, 2011 30 Mar'11

  Two-factor authentication alternatives

  Worried by the breach at RSA? Here are some two-factor authentication alternatives to consider.

• March 29, 2011 29 Mar'11

  Government puts open source at the heart of its new IT strategy

  The government has launched its much-anticipated new IT strategy, highlighting open source and a promise that the coalition will do things better.

• March 29, 2011 29 Mar'11

  Marks & Spencer extends Cognizant outsourcing deal

  UK retailer Marks & Spencer (M&S) has expanded its outsourcing relationship with offshore IT service provider Cognizant, which extends a deal signed in 2009.

• March 29, 2011 29 Mar'11

  Open Group launches guide to boost ISO 27005 efforts

  A new guide from the Open Group is designed to help organisations meet ISO 27005 standards, but some risk management professionals feel it may not be so effective.

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  Spotify hit by malicious ads

  Spotify, the popular streaming music service, has been displaying malicious advertisements to users of its Free version.

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  MoJ signs £22m shared services deal with Accenture

  The Ministry of Justice (MoJ) has signed a £22m contract with Accenture to implement shared services across its human resources, payroll, finance and procurement operations for the next five years.

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  Businesses spend over £600k a week on data security abroad

  Companies are spending up to £624,000 a week to secure their most sensitive business data abroad, a study has revealed.

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  ITC agrees to review patent ruling against Eastman Kodak

  The International Trade Commission (ITC) has announced that it will review an earlier ruling in a patent dispute between Kodak Eastman and mobile handset makers Apple and Research in Motion (RIM).

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  Facebook Studio woos advertisers with campaign comparison tool

  Facebook is to launch a site to enable advertisers to view and comment on advertising campaigns on the social networking site.

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  European Commission clears Atos bid for Siemens IT

  The European Commission has cleared the proposed €850m acquisition of Siemens' IT Solutions and Service (SIS) by French IT service provider Atos Origin.

• March 28, 2011 28 Mar'11

  Storage is key to getting the most from virtualisation

  A Forrester survey shows that the benefits of server virtualisation aren’t fully realised unless the proper storage technology is in place; plus more news in brief.

• March 27, 2011 27 Mar'11

  HDS, NetApp and EMC all agree on big data

  HDS, EMC and NetApp have all picked up on the same ‘Big Data” theme in recent blogs, but is NetApp struggling to ship enough FAS 3200 units to meet demand?

• March 25, 2011 25 Mar'11

  Police switch to Sprint ii for IT procurement

  Police forces in England and Wales are having to switch IT procurement from the Buying Solutions' CITHS framework to the SPRINT ii agreement.

• March 25, 2011 25 Mar'11

  Announcing the CW500 Club online community

  Computer Weekly is pleased to announce the launch of the CW500 Club online community

• March 25, 2011 25 Mar'11

  Hackers steal member email details from TripAdvisor site

  A number of TripAdvisor members may receive spam after hackers stole email details from the travel website.

• March 25, 2011 25 Mar'11

  UK wireless technology trends: Enterprise tablets take hold

  What's next in wireless technology trends? IMS Research analysts predict enterprise tablet adoption, as well as growth in Near Field Communication, Wi-Fi Direct and M2M communication for businesses.

• March 23, 2011 23 Mar'11

  SAP combines GRC and BI in new platform

  SAP has launched a new governance, risk and compliance platform that combines and integrates existing GRC and business intelligence technologies.

• March 23, 2011 23 Mar'11

  Budget 2011: UK public worried spending cuts will impact data security

  A large proportion of the UK public is worried that government spending cuts will have a negative effect on data security, a survey has revealed.

• March 22, 2011 22 Mar'11

  What is the cost of developing apps for mobile marketplaces?

  Targeting consumers through smartphone apps is proving to be a good business bet. Jenny Williams reports on the costs of creating apps for different mobile marketplaces.

• March 22, 2011 22 Mar'11

  Dundee BI masters programme takes BI practitioners to next level

  Dundee University’s business intelligence masters programme is training practitioners to take a step back, focus on user requirements and think about wider applications to science.

• March 22, 2011 22 Mar'11

  High performance networking: How NYSE Euronext trimmed latency

  In financial trading even a microsecond of latency can lose a deal, so NYSE Euronext worked with Force10 Networks to build high-performance networking with collapsed tiers and super-speed Ethernet to avoid any loss.

• March 22, 2011 22 Mar'11

  What is OpenID? How to use OpenID SSO in your organisation

  An OpenID SSO system allows organisations to simplify website user authentication management. But is OpenID security an issue? Expert Michael Cobb explains.

• March 21, 2011 21 Mar'11

  When data goes bad: how data quality analysis can fix problems

  How can data quality be improved for business benefit? Data quality is complex, and thrown into relief by the pressing requirement for analysis. Learn how to clean it up through data quality analysis.

• March 18, 2011 18 Mar'11

  Tim Berners-Lee to help protect net neutrality in UK

  Web inventor Tim Berners-Lee is to work with the Broadband Stakeholders Group to ensure the UK works towards a more open internet.

• March 18, 2011 18 Mar'11

  RSA hit by advanced persistent threat attacks

  RSA, the security division of EMC, has revealed that attackers have stolen information from the company's IT systems