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IT failures blamed for immigration system faults

IT failures have been blamed for failures of the points based immigration system in a National Audit Office (NAO) report. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Adobe warns of zero-day vulnerability in Adobe Flash

Adobe has published a security advisory for a critical vulnerability in Adobe Flash that can be used to take control of an attacked machine. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

US presses punitive copyright deal on trade partners

The US is continuing its secret efforts to secure tougher copyright laws, even though its Hollywood-sponsored anti-counterfeiting trade agreement (Acta) has still to be validated, a leaked document has revealed. Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Sky to recruit 100 IT staff in Scotland

Sky is to create 100 permanent IT roles in Scotland as part of an expansion of its customer business systems team. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Analysts warn over chip supply chain delays after Japan quake

The earthquake in northern Japan last week, could damage the semiconductor industry and chip supply chain. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

IBM targets Oracle customers with free big data training

IBM plans to train 10,000 Oracle database professionals in IBM software analytics and information management throughout 2011 via free bootcamp training sessions. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Most organisations approach IAM in the wrong way, says Gartner

Most organisations are approaching identity and access management (IAM) in the wrong way, by planning deployments around technologies, says Gartner. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Advanced persistent threats - are businesses prepared?

Businesses usually attain adequate levels of IT defences at the point that it becomes more cost effective for cyber criminals to target someone else. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Mobile ticketing users to treble by 2015

The number of people redeeming travel and entertainment tickets via their mobile phones is set to treble by 2015, according to a report by Juniper Research. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Avis CIO hands in the keys after three years at the wheel

Adam Gerrard is to leave the post of chief information officer of Avis after three and a half years Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

IT fails to curb anti-social behaviour

Information technology failures are a key reason why efforts to stamp out anti-social behaviour have failed for at least a decade.... Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Apple and Google top most admired list

IT companies are considered some of the most admired companies in the world with Apple and Google leading the pack. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Industry calls on employers to say what security skills are needed

The National Skills Academy for IT is calling on employers to address the cyber security skills gap by sharing views on the most useful courses and qualifications. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Exclusive: Free software guru Richard Stallman on government IT and why he hates the cloud

The founding father of the free software movement tells Computer Weekly why government just doesn't "get it" Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

France's G20 files target of cyber attack

France's files on the G20 meetings were the target of a cyber attack, the country's finance minister has confirmed. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

HSBC uses token to secure smartphone banking

HSBC is sending four million online banking customers a security token which will enable them to log in to their online bank account wherever they are, without using a card reader. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Rugby Football Union joins software driven buying group

The Rugby Football Union (RFU) has joined an online buying group and is using software to cut an estimated £300,000 of the procurement bill every year. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Government increases pay rates for offshore workers in the UK

The government has increased the salaries oversees workers must be paid if they are to come to the UK. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

When is the new government IT strategy due?

There's plenty of rumour and speculation doing the rounds over the timing and contents of the imminent government IT strategy, due to be released anytime soon by the Cabinet Office. I've been told ... Continue Reading

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• Bryan Glick, Editor in chief

Government publishes first contract in transparency drive

The first contract to be published under the government's new transparency drive has been posted on BusinessLink's Contract Finder website. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Government losing billions by not moving to the cloud

The public sector could be making unnecessary redundancies due to a reluctance to innovate in IT and shift to the cloud, says former CIO John Suffolk Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Government needs radical approach to IT, says Institute for Government

The government needs to implement a radical new approach to IT projects, according to the recommendations of a report by independent thinktank the Institute for Government. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Intel finalises £5bn acquisition of McAfee

Intel has confirmed the completion of its $7.7bn (£5bn) acquisition of security software giant McAfee. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Government spends £9.4bn on top 10 most expensive ICT contracts

The government's top 10 most expensive IT contracts are worth a combined value of £9.44bn, Computer Weekly has found. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

IT freelancers turn recruiters to cope with SME demand

Freelance IT workers in the digital services sector are being forced to recruit other freelancers to help them keep up with large volumes of work. IT... Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Juniper aims to wrap Cisco with QFabric datacentre management

Datacentre operators and cloud computing suppliers could slash their power and space requirements while running up to 10 times faster Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

ISC releases security fix for Bind DoS vulnerability

The Internet Systems Consortium has published an advisory and an update for the Bind domain name system software versions 9.7.1 to 9.7.2-P3. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Exxon, Shell, BP hacked in Night Dragon attacks

Exxon Mobil, Royal Dutch Shell and BP were among the oil companies targeted by hackers working through internet servers in China, say US reports. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Government pushes for open standards

Open standards should be sought in all government IT procurement specifications, says the Cabinet Office Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

The CIO guide to being headhunted

Senior technology executives need to be aware of the pitfalls and best practices when dealing with recruitment agents and headhunters to find the best opportunity. Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Middle East governments stepping up internet control, study shows

The internet has proved to be a powerful tool for rallying social and political change, but Middle East governments have also recognised their capability to disrupt communications Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

RSA 2011: Microsoft promotes co-ordinated vulnerability disclosure

Software producers remain largely unresponsive to input from security researchers, according to Aaron Portnoy, manager of the security research team HP TippingPoint. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Government makes changes to immigration scheme

The government has announced the details of changes it will make to the Intra Company Transfer (ICT) scheme, which has been criticised for being open to... Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

RSA 2011: RSA, EMC and VMWare advise on defending against advanced persistent threats

Security leaders have outlined ways organisations can better defend against advanced persistent threats (APTs) in a paper published by RSA, the security division of EMC. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

IFRS implementation in India: Steps to follow

After analyzing the impact on IT, IFRS implementation in India involves three key stages. This tip details the three steps to enable a smooth IFRS implementation process. Continue Reading

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• Mandar Joshi

Overhaul A-levels and improve teaching to boost science and tech student uptake, says Royal Society

An overhaul of A-levels and better teaching are needed to boost the numbers of young people progressing to science, technology, engineering and mathematics (STEM) subjects in higher education, according to an influential new study. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Atos Origin boosts profit despite fall in sales

IT services company Atos Origin has announced full-year profits of €337m (£283m), a 6.7% year-on-year increase. However, overall sales fell by 3.5%... Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Barclays Bank boosts IT staff and project spending

Barclays has boosted its technology staff and budget, according to the bank's full-year results released today. Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

RSA 2011: Cybersecurity leads conference with cloud security keynote

Cybersecurity is one of the key topics at the RSA Conference 2011 taking place this week in San Francisco. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Intellect presses government to promote IT in UK economic growth

The government has agreed to promote the role of technology in leading the UK's economic growth, following a meeting with IT industry body Intellect. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Business Software Alliance fines company £24,000 for unlicensed Microsoft software

Label company System Labelling has been fined £24,800 for using unlicensed Microsoft software. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Dell rolls out services for enterprise mobility

Dell has introduced a portfolio of services to help businesses manage mobile devices and an increasingly mobile workforce. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Ten safest places to offshore your IT

Here are the ten safest cities to offshore your IT in 2011 Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Case study: Salvatore Ferragamo steps into the future with SAP

Italian shoe and other luxury goods maker Salvatore Ferragamo is standardising on SAP ... Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

BMW's Aida project on song with DS's V6 PLM system

BMW has selected Dassault Systèmes' V6 product lifecycle management (PLM) software for its cars' future electrical, electronics, and embedded software (E/E)... Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

Mobile hacker attacks will damage business in 2011

Businesses cannot afford to ignore mobile hacking attacks as they are proving extremely lucrative over shorter periods, a study of mobile threats has found. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

ID card database is destroyed

The National Identity Register (NIR), which was built to hold the fingerprints and personal details of millions of ID card holders, has been publicly destroyed. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

IT departments are unable to support employee devices

Security concerns are holding companies back from allowing staff to use their own technology at work. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Mobile workers practise lax security

More than half of Europeans practise unsafe networking when they work away from the office, according to research by German remote access experts NCP Engineering. Continue Reading

Review: Internet Explorer 9 - in pictures

Microsoft has released the latest version of its popular web browser Continue Reading

Microsoft's February Patch Tuesday outlines five critical vulnerabilities

Microsoft has released 12 security bulletins addressing 22 vulnerabilities in its monthly security update for February Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Post Office faces legal action over alleged accounting system failures

More than 50 postmasters are planning legal action against the Post Office to reclaim money they paid to the Post Office after being accused of theft and false accounting. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

AXA in £150m settlement for software glitch

Financial services giant AXA will be forced to pay millions of pounds to clients after it emerged that errors in trading software were hidden by three of its subsidiaries, prompting bad performance in investment portfolios. Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

Businesses must learn how to defend against cyberattack, says McAfee

Cybercrime has thrived over the past decade according to recent reports from security firm McAfee, but business can expect even more dramatic change in the next ten years, researchers say. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Ten most dangerous places to offshore your IT

A report published by the Brown-Wilson Group details which locations are the most risky places to outsource. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

IT services contracts spiked in final quarter of 2010

The total value of worldwide IT services contracts signed in the final three months of 2010 was 66% higher than the previous three months, according to research from Ovum. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Barclays offshores back-office and call centre jobs to India

Barclays is cutting almost three hundred UK back-office jobs and sending the roles to India. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

OFT to investigate e-book pricing

The Office of Fair Trading (OFT) is launching an investigation into e-book pricing. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

O2 to apply for e-money licence to support NFC payments

O2 will apply for an e-money licence this year, signalling its commitment to support contactless payments in the UK in the near future. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

EC plans could open up ICT procurement for SMEs

Technology start-ups and SMEs could benefit from European Commission (EC) plans to improve SME procurement. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Yahoo blames Microsoft implementation for Windows Phone 7 data charges

Yahoo has spoken out after being blamed for excessive data charges experienced by some Microsoft Windows Phone 7 (WP7) users. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

BBC criticised over £133m digital project

The early stages of £133m BBC technology project with Siemens have been criticised for not offering value for money. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Staffordshire Council rolls out £23m public sector network

Staffordshire County Council is to implement one of the country's first Public Sector Networks (PSN) in a £23m contract with communications provider Kcom. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Public sector outsourcing grows in the UK as commercial deals fall again

Public sector contracts accounted for 77% of the total outsourcing spending in the UK in 2010, according to the latest report from consultancy TPI. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Vodafone restores services to Egypt after mobile shutdown

Mobile operator, Vodafone, has restored mobile phone services in Egypt after a 24-hour shutdown. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

SMEs still lack data backup

Many small business lack data recovery plans, despite a recent uptake in cloud adoption, according to a survey. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

LinkedIn reveals plans for an IPO

Professional networking site LinkedIn has revealed plans to raise up to $175m (£110m) in an initial public offering (IPO). Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Zuckerberg's Facebook page hacked

The personal page of Facebook founder Mark Zuckerberg was hacked and an unauthorised update was placed on it Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Can Lenovo become the top UK corporate PC manufacturer?

Can Lenovo continue to grow to take on HP and Dell in the corporate arena? Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Software as a service can breed dependency so choose suppliers with care

SaaS is not utility computing: it matters who delivers it and how Continue Reading

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• Dale Vile, Freeform Dynamics

Cybercriminals target data in transit

Cybercriminals are shifting away from basic "smash and grab" attacks targeting stored data to more complex methods of data harvesting in transit, security research reveals. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Virgin supplies London schools with 10Mbps fibre optic broadband

Virgin Media's business division is to supply a managed fibre optic network to London's Grid for Learning that will replace a broadband network supplied by Symmetrix, a Capita company. Continue Reading

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• Ian Grant

SAP reports 25% increase in sales

Sales of SAP software and related services grew 35% and 25% respectively during Q4 2010, compared to the same period in 2009. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Gartner outlines six money-making CIO profiles

A new generation of CIOs with skills to make the business money will replace traditional CIOs by the middle of the decade, says Gartner vice-president and researcher Ken McGee. Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Spam level dips

The recent decline in global spam was the result of a halt in the spam-sending activities of three botnets and unrest among pharmaceutical spam-sending gangs, Symantec's latest MessageLabs Intelligence Report has revealed. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Smart meter and smart grids: security risk or opportunity?

A smart meter in every home in the UK by 2017 is the government plan as a first step towards a smart grid, but how can we ensure the benefits will outweigh the security risks? Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

HP to offer enterprise cloud on demand

HP has unveiled its enterprise cloud service compute strategy, which will offer UK users computing on demand from its Wynyard datacentre. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Bala retires from CIO role

S R Balasubramanian has retired from the role of CIO at Godfrey Phillips, but continues his professional activities through consultancy Continue Reading

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• Anuradha Ramamirtham, Principal Correspondent

Tight budgets will hit IT departments in 2011

Budget constraints will be the biggest challenge for IT managers in 2011 as UK companies are forced to cut costs Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Gartner: CIOs fail on staff career development

CIOs are getting better at reinvesting savings into new projects, but investment in skills and career development is still poor. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Parliament to debate cost-sharing element of Digital Economy Act

Secondary legislation on sharing the costs of the Digital Economy Act's measures to tackle online copyright infringement has been laid in Parliament. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Eli Lilly signs Cognizant deal

Pharmaceutical company Eli Lilly has signed a multiyear deal with Cognizant to provide a range of business services Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

EU Law needs to be tougher to tackle online piracy

The European Commission believes ISPs need to take urgent steps to combat online intellectual property theft. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Iran gets access to Google Earth, Picasa and Chrome

Google has announced that Iranians are to be able to download Google Earth, Picasa and Chrome, available for the first time following the easing of US export controls. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Carlsberg agrees probably its best outsourcing deal

Carlsberg has signed a five-year contract with Accenture for application services for its European brewery operations. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Indemnities in IT Contracts - What is the "standard" position?

Imagine the scene in one of the deals I was doing recently. It was a long negotiation on an IT deal which was nearing its conclusion and I was acting for the IT customer. One of the last issues to ... Continue Reading

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• Jimmy Desai

Government seeks £3bn traffic management technology agreement

The government is putting in place a framework agreement for traffic management technology worth up to £3bn. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Aurora Fashions CIO John Bovill quits following IT outsourcing deal

Aurora Fashions chief information officer (CIO) John Bovill has announced his decision to leave the women's fashion firm days after Aurora Fashions announced its move to outsource all its IT. Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

‘Pupils need better IT teaching, not more technology,’ say industry experts

Industry bodies have hit out against an outdated IT curriculum and unenthusiastic teaching staff Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

FDM seek 1000 graduates for training scheme

IT services provider FDM is recruiting 1000 graduates for its training scheme in 2011. Continue Reading

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• Jenny Williams, University of Gloucestershire

Exit clause in SLAs: 7 key pointers

An exit clause is a useful tool to close a deal when any agreed and important terms of a service contract are dishonored. Here are seven points to include in an exit clause. Continue Reading

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• S Shivashankar

Retail banks' IT spending to rocket over five years

Retail banks in all regions are increasing their IT spending by an average of 24% over the next five years but European banks will increase spending the least. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Microsoft January Patch Tuesday misses open security issues

Microsoft's January 2011 Patch Tuesday security update contains only two bulletins, but misses several open security issues. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Government departments criticised over data sharing mistake

Three government agencies have been criticised over a data sharing mistake that led to the wrongful disclosure of a woman's personal and financial information. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Security Zone: The ISO/IEC 38500 IT Governance Standard

IT governance means different things to different folks, yet it is generally understood to require alignment with best practice standards and methodologies. However, it can be really hard to see the wood for the trees due to the multiple frameworks, all of which can be applicable for organisations to demonstrate good governance. Continue Reading

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• Chris Power, Mazars UK

iGate acquires outsourcer Patni in deal worth $1.22bn

American IT services firm iGate has acquired Indian outsource company Patni in a deal worth $1.22 billion.

iGate said it would pay $921m to buy a 63%...

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Poor communication to blame for business intelligence failure, says Gartner

Between 70% to 80% of corporate business intelligence projects fail, according to research by analyst firm Gartner. Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

US government issues Twitter subpoena over Wikileaks founder Julian Assange

Twitter has been issued with a subpoena by the US government to release the personal details of people connected to Wikileaks, including founder Julian Assange. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

LinkedIn could beat Facebook to an IPO

LinkedIn could be the first social network company to be floated on the stock market, according to reports. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Collaboration in the Cloud: everything to everyone, or too good to be true?

IT decision-makers are already looking to the cloud to support new IT delivery models - such as software-as-a-service (SaaS), platform-as-a-service (PaaS) and infrastructure-as-a-service (IaaS). Continue Reading