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UK takes cyber threats to infrastructure seriously

The UK is taking seriously potential cyber threats to critical national infrastructure, according to GCHQ head Iain Lobban Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Tougher EU penalties for cyber crime not enough, say security experts

The European Parliament has adopted a draft directive to toughen up EU penalties for cyber crime, but security experts say this is not enough on its own Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Security Think Tank: Prism unlikely to change much

Does the data collected by Prism put the US Government at risk from other state or non-state sponsored activists? Continue Reading

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• Petra Wenham

UK joins EU demands for Google to rewrite privacy policy

The UK’s privacy watchdog has joined data protection authorities in France, Spain, Germany and Italy in demanding changes to Google’s privacy policy Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

NSA Prism scandal could hit US cloud providers, says EC vice-president

EC vice-president Neelie Kroes says US cloud services providers could lose business because of fears over US Prism surveillance programme Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

From chess to ping pong: How Pegasystems is capturing the Fortune 500

Pegasystems is winning business from the world's leading companies as business process management technology enters the mainstream Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Azure powers Eurozone network to combat counterfeit drugs

Microsoft Azure will be used to power a cloud platform designment to combat counterfeit pharmaceutical product in the EU Continue Reading

DCMS to force BT’s hand on rural broadband gaps

Maria Miller sets up a meeting to answer calls from local broadband providers and try to make BT identify where they will be needed to connect the final 10% of the UK to superfast fibre Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

FBI warns of increased spear phishing attacks

The FBI has issued a warning about an increase in spear-phishing attacks targeting multiple industry sectors Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

CIO interview: Pete Marsden, CIO, Asos.com

As online fashion retailer Asos.com continues to expand, its IT strategy is focused on new international locations and keeping up with web retail Continue Reading

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• Angelica Mari

EE confirms July date for doubling 4G speeds

Mobile operator EE will double the speeds of its 4G network in 12 UK cities from 4 July 2013, giving customers bandwidth of up to 150Mbps Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

NHS IT to embrace open source

A new report from NHS England promises open source will be at the heart of the plans to digitise the health service Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Security Think Tank: Prism – Sitting duck or elaborate honeypot?

Does the data collected by Prism put the US Government at risk from other state or non-state sponsored activists? Continue Reading

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• Robert Newby

Senior MPs flout EU cookie law

Two years after the EU cookie regulation and UK law came into force, not all UK websites are compliant, including the sites of 13 senior MPs Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Stuxnet leak investigation leads to project originator

The US government investigation into Stuxnet leak of classified information leads to retired general in the Marines, James Cartwright Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Scottish police outsource system to Accenture

Scottish Police Authority and Police Scotland have chosen Accenture to maintain its i6 administration system after two-year tendering process Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Tools for talent management

An increasing number of human resources management systems are coming to market.. What are the benefits? Continue Reading

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• Paul Hamerman

The Washington Post reveals more details of NSA Prism programme

The Washington Post has published new slides detailing processes in the US Prism online surveillance system Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

CIO interview: Paul Clarke, director of technology, Ocado

Paul Clarke is responsible for the technology strategy at online grocer Ocado, where IT is used in every aspect of the business Continue Reading

How BP made its IT future-ready with a hybrid cloud infrastructure

BP bridged its cloud gap with a cautious and calculated approach using a mix of private cloud, public cloud and in-house IT infrastructure Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Biffa uses software-as-a-service for self-service and automation

Waste management firm Biffa deploys IT service management software-as-a-service (SaaS) to increase user self-service and automation Continue Reading

Data quality more important than fixating over big data, says Shell VP

Johan Krebbers, vice-president of architecture at Shell, says it is more important to get data quality right than to find a ‘big data silver bullet’ Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Encrypting enterprises miss out on cloud benefits

Enterprises sending encrypted data to the cloud are missing out on some of the greatest benefits of cloud computing, says Thales e-Security Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

BES extends MDM to Android and iPhones

Aiming to rekindle interest in the Blackberry Enterprise Server (BES), Blackberry has extended the platform to support Android and iOS Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Oracle offers enterprise software on Azure and Hyper-V

Microsoft and Oracle form an alliance to enable Oracle software to run on Hyper-V and Windows Azure infrastructure Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Identity management key to browser-based IT strategy

A cloud-based identity management system is key to enabling a browser-based IT strategy at online recruitment firm Reed.co.uk Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Most firms underestimate volume of malware, study shows

Most companies greatly underestimate the number of malicious programs appearing daily, a global survey of more than 2,000 IT professionals has revealed Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

UK businesses failing to secure virtual environments, study finds

Most UK businesses are failing to secure data in virtual environments, a survey of IT decision makers has revealed Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

A tour of the Aston Martin factory

Luxury car maker Aston Martin combines high tech and traditional craftsmanship to design and manufacture its hand made cars Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Government launches cyber awareness campaign

UK government debuts the first stage of a £4m cyber awareness campaign as part of the National Cyber Security Programme Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Camden Council goes BYOD with Accellion

Camden adopts a bring your own device (BYOD) strategy to save money, improve security and bring their IT systems into the modern era Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

HR technology booming as businesses turn to the cloud

Over the next 18 months, 60% of companies plan to roll out HR technology solutions, says analyst group Bersin by Deloitte. Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Met Police needs significant tech investment to overhaul creaking legacy systems

The Metropolitan Police needs significant capital investment in technology if it is to overhaul its legacy IT infrastructure Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

BBC's DMI project failure is a warning to all organisations

The decision to cancel the BBC’s Digital Media Initiative (DMI) with nothing to show for the almost £100m spent on it should be a warning to other organisations about the risks involved in large-scale IT projects Continue Reading

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• Elizabeth Daniel & John Ward

Investigation into Post Office accounting system to drill down on strongest cases

The investigation into the Post Office’s allegedly faulty accounting system will focus on a select few of the 47 claims Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The challenges of information governance in our increasingly litigious age

Formulating the right enterprise-wide information governance policies is essential in heading off potential legal and compliance costs Continue Reading

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• Doug Miles

IT departments to shrink dramatically within five years as cloud takes over

IT professionals will need to rethink their careers as corporate IT departments undergo a radical restructuring over the next five years Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Denise McDonagh awarded CBE for services to IT

Former G-Cloud head Denise McDonagh has been awarded a CBE for services to IT in the Queen’s birthday honours list 2013 Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Microsoft puts Office Mobile on iPhone

iPhone users can now use Microsoft’s Office Mobile product which is available as a free download from the AppStore Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Serco outsources IT infrastructure and transformation

Business service provider Serco contracts SunGard for its UK IT infrastructure that will help Serco increase its cloud services Continue Reading

NPfIT legacy: NHS yet to spend £600m on CSC Lorenzo patient records

The NHS has still to spend £600m on CSC's Lorenzo patient record system as a legacy of the defunct National Programme for IT (NPfIT) Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Senior judge hears Barnet Council outsourcing challenge

The second most senior judge in England and Wales will hear a legal challenge against Barnet Council’s outsourcing programme Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Frimley Park NHS deploys VDI for efficiency and BYOD

When the NHS trust came under pressure to make its IT budget go further, it opted to deploy VDI in its A&E department Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

UK links to US internet surveillance remain unclear

The government insists that UK spy agencies operate within the law, but questions remain Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Telefonica Digital forms security group Eleven Paths

The business division of mobile operator Telefonica launches Eleven Paths, an independent company working on security issues in the workplace Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Google buys Israeli navigation app start-up Waze

Google is set to acquire Israeli crowd-sourced navigation app start-up Waze for $1bn after talks with Facebook fall through Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Manage identity and access to improve business processes

Streamlining identity and access management is essential to exploiting your organisation’s assets and employees’ productivity. Continue Reading

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• Andras Cser

NHS numbers to be mandated by 2014

NHS providers must use an NHS number to identify all patient data, Tim Kelsey, director for patients and information at NHS England announces Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Review: HP Pavilion Chromebook

At £249, the HP Pavilion Chromebook is the cheapest laptop from HP. We test it out in a corporate environment. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

PM urged to criminalise internet rape porn

Campaigners are calling for the criminalisation of possessing internet pornography depicting rape Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

ICO fines Glasgow City Council for loss of unencrypted laptops

Glasgow City Council has been fined £150,000 for losing two laptops which held personal details of more than 20,000 people Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

European hotspots rip off Wi-Fi users

Almost all mobile workers have had personal experience of costly Wi-Fi, a survey has found Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Worldwide mobile payment value to jump 44% but NFC plunges

The value of mobile payments made globally in 2013 will be 44% higher than last year, at $235.4bn, but near-field communications (NFC) transactions value dropped 40% after disappointing adoption Continue Reading

Costs of NPfIT significantly greater than benefits, says Department of Health

The defunct NHS National Programme for IT (NPfIT) realised £3.7bn of benefits but cost £7.3bn, says the Department of Health Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Bet365's move to HTML5 is more than a gamble

Online gaming site Bet365 has starting using HTML5 to build a rich user experience on its website Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Human error causes most data breaches, Ponemon study finds

Human errors and system problems caused two-thirds of data breaches in 2012, according to a study from Symantec and the Ponemon Institute Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Whitehall should use Twitter to engage public in open policy-making, say MPs

Government should use Twitter for an ‘open policy’ approach, says the Public Administration Select Committee (PASC) Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Windows Server 2012 R2: a first look

Microsoft has announced Windows Server 2012 R2, which brings Azure technology to private clouds Continue Reading

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• Tim Anderson

CIO interview: Steve Monaghan, IT & e-commerce director, Waterstones

After a year of turmoil caused by migration away from HMV, the IT team at Waterstones is finally finding room to think about strategy Continue Reading

Universal Credit will cost taxpayers £12.8bn

The government’s review of major projects revealed the flagship Universal Credit programme will cost nearly six times more than previously billed Continue Reading

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• Mark Ballard

Fair exchange protocols with anonymity and non-repudiation for payments

This article in our Royal Holloway Information Security series looks in detail at two key principles necessary for secure payments: fair exchange and non-repudiation. Continue Reading

CW500: Back to the Future: Big Data at Channel 4

Bob Harris, Chief Technology Officer of Channel 4 Television, explains the broadcaster's approach to big data in this presentation for Computer Weekly's 500 Club. Continue Reading

Wireless charging: The story so far...

Rupert Goodwins looks into the technology behind wireless charging and whether it is good enough yet for wider adoption Continue Reading

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• Rupert Goodwins

Review of LiveCode 6.0 cross platform software development

Scottish cross-platform programming specialist RunRev released its LiveCode 6.0 software recently, with a promise of drag and drop programming. Continue Reading

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• Adrian Bridgwater

ARI uses HANA to power self-service BI for fleet management

ARI, the leasing and fleet management business, has used SAP HANA to boost business intelligence (BI) and predictive analytics Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

CERN uses ITIL to rethink facilities management

CERN, the particle physics laboratory, is using IT service management to support operations outside the IT function Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

France Telecom changes name to Orange

The mobile operator will embrace the Orange branding globally, despite dropping it in the UK after merger with T-Mobile Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Stratfor hacker pleads guilty

US hacktivist Jeremy Hammond pleads guilty to accessing computers of law enforcement agencies and government contractors illegally Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Syrian hackers deface Sky Android apps

Syrian hackers have defaced several of Sky’s Android apps, forcing the broadcaster to remove them temporarily from the Google Play store Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Bolton and Wigan get PSN in £47m outsourcing deal

Bolton and Wigan councils have signed a seven-year £47m outsourcing contract, which will deliver a ‘PSN ready’ network to the region. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

BT and Intel invest in lab to research into future cities and telecoms technologies

A research laboratory has been launched by BT and Intel to develop networking technologies and smart city capabilities. Continue Reading

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• Caroline Baldwin, Freelance editor and journalist

Eurovision Song Contest app built and delivered via Google's cloud platform

Service providers Scalr and Grandcentrix used Google Compute Engine to build the app for the second largest television event Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor

Interview: Government CTO Liam Maxwell

Government CTO Liam Maxwell has driven Whitehall’s IT agenda for years, previously as deputy government CIO and director of ICT futures Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

UCL turns to private cloud to solve its data storage woes

University College London is building a storage infrastructure in the cloud that will scale up to 100PB Continue Reading

Tesco uses big data to cut cooling costs by up to €20m

Tesco is aiming to save over €20m a year by using sophisticated analytical technology to ensure its chillers work at optimum temperature Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

O2 questions CWU redundancy claims as union threatens action

Mobile operator O2 questions Communication Workers Union (CWU) claim of 600 redundancies in outsourcing deal with Capita Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UK ISPs block access to pirate sites

UK internet service providers have begun blocking access to two sites accused of breaking copyright laws Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

O2 selects Capita for 10-year customer service outsource

Mobile operator O2 is outsourcing management of its customer services centres to Capita in a 10-year deal expected to be worth about £1.2bn Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Gartner: Big data will transform customer relationship management technology

CIOs need to start thinking how to integrate big data into their customer relationship management (CRM) systems, says technology analyst Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Contactless payments exceed five million in March

Some 5.3 million contactless transactions totalling over £39m were made in March 2013 using Visa contactless cards Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Microsoft and Janet deal brings cloud to millions of academics

Microsoft and the UK’s research and education network deal gives academic institutions access to Office 365 and millions of students fast and secure access to Windows Azure cloud Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Privileged accounts key to most APT attacks, says Cyber-Ark

The theft, misuse and exploitation of privileged accounts is becoming an increasingly key tactic in advanced persistent threat attacks Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Oops! The risks of using social media at work

Recent tribunal cases show the risks that employers and employees run when using social media services Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Most IT environments immature, Microsoft reveals

Most business IT environments are immature, analysis of data from Microsoft’s Cloud Security Readiness Tool has revealed Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Microsoft brings Surface Pro tablet to the UK

Following the launch of Windows 8 and the Windows RT-powered Surface tablet, Microsoft is introducing a full-blown tablet for Windows 8 Professional Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

HSBC axes 14,000 jobs

HSBC is to lay off up to 14,000 global staff in a cost-cutting move likely to include redundancies among the bank's back-office IT employees Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Microsoft declares conformance with ISO 27034-1

Microsoft has declared conformance with ISO 27034-1, the first part of an international standard for secure software development Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Cyber criminals hack Washington court system

Hackers gain access to the personal data of 160,000 US citizens after compromising Washington State court service servers Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Workplace IT services in flux: wherever, whenever, whatever

Enterprise computing is in upheaval as the emphasis shifts towards automation and user-device provision. Continue Reading

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• Bill Martorelli and Wolfgang Benkel

Case Study: Brent Council cuts costs with mobile tech

Brent Council implements mobile technology to cut costs and involve more staff in the future running of the organisation Continue Reading

CIO Interview: Graeme Hackland, CIO, Lotus F1 Team

Graeme Hackland, CIO of Lotus F1, has worked for the race car team for 16 years. He has seen major changes in IT both on and off the track Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

BT profits rise in Q4

Profits for BT reached £1.67bn in the fourth quarter of its 2013 fiscal year, a 4% rise from the same period the year before Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Case study: TKAB adopts mobile for Swedish railways

The winners of cloud innovation of the year in Computer Weekly’s European user awards for networking tell us how they have used the Appear IQ mobile platform to boost efficiency and its transport service Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Virgin Media tentatively names new CEO

Liberty Global – the US firm buying out Virgin Media – has named Tom Mockridge as CEO, if the merger is approved by shareholders Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

SAP readies the Hana-powered enterprise cloud

SAP is making its Hana in-memory database available as a hosted service to power enterprise applications Continue Reading

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• Brian McKenna and Cliff Saran

Adobe moves to cloud-based subscription model

Adobe has announced that it is to introduce a cloud-based subscription model for popular applications, including Photoshop Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Microsoft to bring back the Start button in Windows 8?

Amid lacklustre take-up of Windows 8 and a declining PC industry, Microsoft may be set to reintroduce the much-loved Start button in Windows 8 Continue Reading

Procter & Gamble could follow General Motors’ move in-house

US manufacturing giant Procter & Gamble is reportedly considering moving outsourced work in-house Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Symantec helps NHS trust cut security costs by a quarter

The Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen University Hospitals NHS Trust cut security costs by 25% in its partnership with security supplier Symantec Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

SME Arcus brings AWS IaaS and PaaS to public sector with G-Cloud

UK SME Arcus Global has become the first certified Amazon Web Services reseller on the government’s third G-Cloud framework Continue Reading

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• Archana Venkatraman, Datacentre Editor