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Many global firms unaware of online risk, finds KPMG

Many global organisations could do a lot more to protect their private data and reduce exposure to attacks by hackers, according to KPMG Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Security researchers join forces to bring down Grum botnet

Security researchers have collaborated to take down Grum, the world’s third-largest botnet of hijacked computers Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Government-sponsored hackers target commercial secrets

Government-sponsored organisations are increasingly turning to hacking techniques to steal commercial secrets from businesses, KPMG has warned Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

First look: Microsoft Office 2013

Steve Ballmer unveiled the new Office on July 16 2012 in San Francisco, describing it at the “biggest, most ambitious release in our history.” Continue Reading

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• Tim Anderson

Intel warns of slowdown amid falling PC sales

Chip maker Intel warned of a slowdown over the next quarter as it announced its sales and profit for its latest three-month period. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Microsoft faces substantial EC fine over browser rules breach

Microsoft faces a large fine for failing to offer Windows users a choice of web browser despite apologising to the European Commission (EC) Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

CSC wins deal to transform datacentres for engineer firm Alstom

Engineering company Alstom has outsourced the transformation of its datacentres to systems integrator CSC in a five-year contract Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Sophos combines endpoint security and UTM

Security firm Sophos combines endpoint protection and unified threat management (UTM) products into a single physical or virtual appliance Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Olympics media centre set to become datacentre

The Olympics media centre looks set to become a datacentre after the London 2012 Games, with technology company iCITY one of two remaining bidders Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Best practice in outsourcing security

The issues CIOs must consider in balancing security needs and budgetary constraints Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Women in Technology 2012

Women technology experts find their careers just as rewarding as men, but image problems are deterring new female recruits, this exclusive research from Computer Weekly and Mortimer Spinks reveals. Continue Reading

The history of the next-generation firewall

Security expert Rik Ferguson explains how next-generation firewalls were developed and what protection they provide businesses. Continue Reading

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• Rik Ferguson

Microsoft confirms Windows 8 OS release in October

Microsoft's latest operating system (OS), Windows 8, will be released to manufacturing in August, with full release due three months later Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Tackling the challenges of the next-generation firewall

Security expert Brian Honan shares top tips on installing and maintaining a next-generation firewall Continue Reading

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• Brian Honan

Google Android OS Trojan virus hits 100K devices in China

Trojan malware has hit 100,000 devices using the Google Android operating system (OS) in China, say security researchers Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Apple pays $60m to settle iPad trademark dispute in China

Apple is to pay $60m to Chinese electronics firm Proview Technology to settle a long-running dispute over rights to the "iPad" name Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Microsoft ramps up Windows 8 security for IT consumerisation

Microsoft is building antivirus and secure, role-based authentication into Windows 8 to make the OS enterprise-ready Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

White House cyber security coordinator Howard Schmidt joins Qualys

Former White House cyber security coordinator Howard Schmidt is to join the board of security and compliance company Qualys Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Network security: Is new technology bypassing traditional controls?

Network security practices are among the most mature, but can businesses be sure network traffic is not sneaking past traditional controls? Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

FTC sues Wyndham Worldwide hotel group over data breaches

The US Federal Trade Commission (FTC) is suing hotel group Wyndham Worldwide over claims it failed to secure customer data Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Six arrested in the UK in worldwide FBI-led credit card data sting

Six people in the UK and 12 in the US arrested in an FBI-led sting operation that netted a total of 24 credit card cyber fraudsters in 13 countries Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Cambridge University turns to computer games to unlock secrets of the universe

Cambridge University is turning to technology developed for computer gaming to help it solve some of the fundamental problems of science Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

How technology is changing BPO

Karl Flinders discovers how IT has become central to the provision of outsourced business processes Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

The 100th anniversary of the birth of Alan Turing

Alan Turning (1912-1954) was the genius mathematician who cracked the German World War 2 Enigma Code. He is also the father of computing. Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

The future of Autonomy – one year on

Recent moves to subsume Autonomy into HP have lent increasing irony to the name. Nearly a year after the £7.1bn acquisition, we examine Autonomy's future Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Banks break with in-house software in move to commercial systems

Increased regulation, reduced profits and customer demands are driving banks to replace home-grown software with off-the-shelf alternatives Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Interview: GDS head Mike Bracken on Estonia's digital services

UK government IT could learn much from Estonia’s open source model, says head of Government Digital Services (GDS), Mike Bracken Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Q&A: Why do we need exascale computers ?

Europe, the US, Japan and China are racing to develop the next generation of supercomputer – exascale machines - capable of a million trillion calculations a second. Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

Oracle reports strong profit growth

Oracle reported an 8% increase in profits on a 1% increase in sales for the fourth quarter of its 2012 financial year Continue Reading

Asian scientists call for government action on supercomputers

Scientists in India, China, Japan, Korea and India have called on their governments to collaborate on supercomputer technology Continue Reading

BT launches One Voice app to cut roaming costs

The mobile app allows business travellers to cut costs on international calling by routing calls through their corporate VPN Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

ICANN reveals bidders for top level domain names

The internet organisation names the companies bidding for 1,930 new domains for websites Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Deloitte opts for IT service management in the cloud

Business consultancy Deloitte is using cloud-based IT service management to support 13,000 employees in the UK and Switzerland Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Cisco UCS blade servers integrate Fusion-io PCIe flash cards

Cisco UCS signs an OEM deal with Fusion-io to incorporate PCIe flash cards directly into Cisco servers Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

2012: Will this be the year TPM finally comes of age?

Will 2012 be the year that TPM finally delivers on its potential to provide a hardware-based "root of trust" for enterprise information security? Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Flame malware gets kill command

The controllers of Flame, the most powerful cyber weapon discovered to date, have recently sent a kill command that removes the malware from some infected computers Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Bugs steeply delay Eveready Industries’ Oracle E-Business upgrade

Eveready Industries’ upgrade of Oracle E-Business suite is stuck due to the vendor’s inability to fix bugs for last one year. Here are the details. Continue Reading

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• Mitchelle R. Jansen, TechTarget

eHarmony, Last.fm join LinkedIn with password leaks

Online dating site eHarmony and Last.fm have joined LinkedIn with password leaks, as hackers focus on social networks Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Apple faces £1.43m fine in Australian 4G iPad case

Apple has agreed to pay a £1.43m fine for misleading Australians about the 4G capacity of its latest iPad in a case brought by the national consumer watchdog Continue Reading

Top 10 tips for IPv6 security

Many organisations are being misled about the complexities surrounding IPv6 security, according to security firm Stonesoft Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Majority of UK websites fail to comply with cookie law

Most UK websites are not yet compliant with the newly enforced cookie law, a study has revealed Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Court cases that stormed the technology universe in 2012

Know about the top high profile court cases that dominated tech landscape in 2012. These court cases will influence the way technology is used and sold. Continue Reading

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• Staff Writer, SearchCIO.IN

Intel's first smartphone - Orange San Diego

Intel enters the smartphone market with an Orange-branded handset, named the San Diego Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Security researchers discover powerful cyber espionage weapon 'Flame'

Security researchers have discovered a cyber espionage weapon, dubbed 'Flame', with a functionality greater than any other known threat Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

UK regulator PhonepayPlus shuts down Angry Birds smartphone scam

UK users of Android smartphones have been targeted by premium-rate phone scams masquerading as popular apps such as Angry Birds Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Video: ICO publishes new guidance on cookie law

The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has published new guidance on cookie law and revealed the organisations it has approached on the issue Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Huddle gets $24m second-round funding as CIOs wake up to cloud collaboration

UK software firm Huddle has received $24m second-round funding to support its global expansion as CIOs wake up to cloud collaboration Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Overrun in big IT projects leads to one in three failures

One-third of big IT projects are likely to get derailed after they have been running for two years, according to research. Continue Reading

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• Kathleen Hall, TechTarget

Dell's quarterly profits take a dive

Dell saw its profits dive 33% in its first financial quarter of 2013 as consumer and large enterprise sales fell 12% and 3% respectively Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Vblocks revenues on track to hit $3bn in 2013

The tie-up between Cisco, EMC and VMware is ramping up revenues from its datacentre-in-a-box product Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Tucci: FusionIO ‘darn right foolish’ for Flash attitude

EMC’s CEO hits back at FusionIO as the war of words continues between the two companies Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Global software piracy increasing rapidly, study shows

Global software piracy is increasing rapidly in the absence of any effective deterrence, a survey has revealed. Continue Reading

Mobile threats demand focus on data protection, says Websense

Business needs to focus on data protection as cyber criminals turn to mobile malware, says Websense. Continue Reading

HyperCITY's retail management system at a glance

Know the benefits that HyperCITY, one of India's largest hypermarket chains, derives from Oracle retail management system. Continue Reading

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• SearchCIO.IN Staff Writer

The Pirate Bay is latest site to be hit by DDoS attack

The Pirate Bay has become the latest high-profile website to be hit by a distributed denial-of-service (DDoS) attack Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

London 2012 Olympic Games IT enters final test

The Atos team controlling the IT for the London 2012 Olympic Games are recreating the environment for a final test before systems go live Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Can mobile operators take on 'over-the-top' service providers?

With Telefonica launching a rival to Skype, can mobile operators claw back revenues lost to internet start-ups? Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

Cyber attackers increasingly targeting applications, research shows

Web and mobile applications are the new frontiers in the war against cyber attack, according to an HP cyber security risks report Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

HP shows the way forward for its PC division

HP invited 500 bloggers and journalists to Shanghai to see the future of its PC business Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Government snooping plans unveiled

The Queen's Speech has revealed that the government still plans to make it easier for security and police services to spy on e-mails, phone calls and internet activity Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Indian IT services firm Infosys opens UK apprenticeship scheme

Indian IT services firm Infosys is to offer UK apprenticeship places with the National Apprenticeship Scheme (NAS) over the next five years Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

HP and F5 team up for virtual application delivery

HP has announced a partnership with F5 to speed up deployment of applications within virtualisation technology. Continue Reading

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• Jennifer Scott, TechTarget

UK to expand cyber info-sharing hub after initial success

A public/private cyber security initiative exposed a campaign of malicious emails targeting UK defence companies, Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude has revealed. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Why the public sector is turning to multi-sourcing

Sarah Burnett explains why the public sector is moving from single sourcing to multi-sourcing, in an age of austerity. Continue Reading

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• Sarah Burnett, NelsonHall

European copyright ruling good for IT innovation, say lawyers

The top European court's ruling on copyright is good news for innovation, say lawyers Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

A 4G tour in London

Trefor Davies, chief technology officer at Timico, is on O2's 4G trial in London. How fast is 4G really? Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Open Data Center Alliance focuses on big data collaboration

The Open Data Center Alliance, a group of 12 major IT users, is collaborating with industry on big data architectures Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

InfoSecurity Europe: Odd Bugs

A selection of photos showing how far exhibitors will go to get people to their stands at InfoSecurity Europe 2012... Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Half of UK networks vulnerable to APTs

Many UK corporate networks are vulnerable to advanced persistent threats (APTs), a survey has revealed. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Amazon results demonstrate commitment to cloud

Amazon's AWS cloud business made $500m in sales in the first quarter of 2012, comprising 3.79% of Amazon's Q1 business Continue Reading

Infosec 2012: Unscrubbed hard drives a threat to business, says ICO

Unscrubbed hard drives on computers that are decommissioned and sold on represent a significant risk to business Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Infosec 2012: Internet security body to tackle SSL problems

The Trustworthy Internet Movement (TIM) is to tackle implementation and governance internet communication protocol (SSL) as its first project. Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

SAP reports double-digit growth

SAP has continued where it left off last year with an 11% increase in sales in the first three months of 2012. Continue Reading

Apple overtakes IBM and HP in sales

Apple has posted another remarkable set of financial results, overtaking IT giants IBM and HP in sales during its latest financial quarter. Continue Reading

Infosecurity Europe

With 300 exhibitors and hundreds of delegates, security is still hot on the IT agenda. Cliff Saran presents the highlights of infosecurity Europe Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

UK firms see competitors as greater cyber attack risk than criminals

More than half of UK firms expect a cyber attack in the next six months, but see competitors as a greater risk than criminals Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Outsourcing in the UK slows down in early 2012

Outsourcing in the UK has slowed considerably in the first three months of 2012 with the value of contracts signed falling well below last year. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

IT staff lack understanding to succeed with big data

IT professionals lack the skills to truly understand the big data opportunity for business and government Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Supercomputers will reach 'exascale' speeds within decade

Supercomputers will be powerful enough to simulate the human brain within seven years, says founder of Top500 list. Continue Reading

Staff at IT services firm CSC protest redundancy policy

Workers at IT services giant CSC in the UK are holding a lunchtime protest today (19 April) to protest at the company’s redundancy policy Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Test drive: SQL Server 2012

Tim Anderson looks at the enterprise features in Microsoft's latest relational database management server. Continue Reading

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• Tim Anderson

HP losing grip of EDS’s Ministry of Defence contract

HP’s grip on a flagship Ministry of Defence contract could be weakening after CSC took over a key outsourcing deal. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Special Report on IBM

This special nine-page report from Computer Weekly analyses the challenges facing IBM, its financial performance, and the services it offers. Continue Reading

Microsoft improves virtual desktops but drops inventory software

Microsoft is expanding its desktop virtualisation product family with software that retains user preferences as they switch between devices Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Facebook counter sues Yahoo in escalating patent war

Facebook is counter suing Yahoo in an escalating patent battle between the rival social networking firms Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

How the cloud found Mitchells & Butlers

The cloud was found to be a good fit for hospitality company Mitchells & Butlers after it approached IT providers with a set of outcomes Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

UK business fears impact of new EU data protection framework

More than half of senior UK IT managers in large enterprises believe the proposed new EU data protection framework will cost their business more money, a survey has revealed Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Department for Work and Pensions outsources IT for universal credit welfare to India

The government is outsourcing IT development for the universal credit welfare programme to India despite promises to keep data projects in the UK Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

O2 automation cuts offshore dependence and saves millions

O2 is automating business processes to reduce the cost of back office operations and cut its reliance on offshore recruitment Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

Eight of the best cloud computing tools

Cloud computing is a growing part of many IT strategies. Computer Weekly has found eight of the best tools available for your company. Continue Reading

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• Faisal Alani, UK at eBay

Cisco buys UK video company NDS for $5bn

Cisco is paying $5bn for NDS, a UK company which specialises in securing subscription TV services Continue Reading

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• Cliff Saran, Managing Editor

Gartner: Rethink organisation structure to boost business

Businesses must radically rethink how they organise staff and collaborate if they want to make big improvements, according to analyst Gartner Continue Reading

How to make your network green

Make sure your network and datacentre run efficiently as part of a green networking strategy Continue Reading

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• Antony Savvas

Cloud and big data to drive BPO benefits

Cloud computing and business analytics are set to inject new life into the business process outsourcing (BPO) sector. Continue Reading

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• Karl Flinders, Chief reporter and senior editor EMEA

FBI informer Hector Xavier Monsegur aids in arrest of LulzSec hackers

Authorities in the US, UK and Republic of Ireland have arrested seven suspected members of hacktivist group LulzSec, including Hector Xavier Monsegur, who helped investigators Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

Yahoo plans another round of job cuts

Yahoo is planning another round of redundancies as it continues to struggle with competition from rivals Google and Facebook Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

CW500: Getting to grips with big data

Experts from Standard Life, Deloitte and Intelligent Business Strategies share some useful tips for CIOs on understanding big data Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly

A first look: Windows 8 consumer preview

Windows 8 is not just an upgrade. It is a complete rework of the Windows OS. Speaking at the launch of the beta last week in Barcelona, Windows chief Steven Sinofsky called it a "generational change" Continue Reading

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• Tim Anderson

RSA 2012: IT security experts urge enterprises to ban smartphone BYOD schemes

Enterprises should ban employees from using their own smartphones for work, a panel of IT security practitioners told the RSA Conference 2012 Continue Reading

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• Warwick Ashford, Senior analyst

IT departments risk losing responsibility for IT security

IT security professionals can no longer take it for granted that IT security will continue as part of the IT function Continue Reading

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• Bill Goodwin, Computer Weekly