Wednesday 27 April 2016
Business failing to learn lessons of past cyber attacks, report shows
Organisations are still failing to address basic security issues and well-known attack methods, Verizon’s latest Data Breach Investigations Report reveals
OpenStack: "Cloud success determined by business culture, not technology"
The OpenStack Foundation and its supporters claim companies that prioritise technology over business culture are doomed to fail in the cloud
CityFibre rolls out gigabit services in Leeds and Bradford
Fibre backhaul supplier CityFibre enlists local ISPs Diva Networks and Exa Telecom to launch gigabit broadband services in Leeds and Bradford
Vodafone and Huawei open narrowband IoT lab
Mobile operator Vodafone supplies connectivity to an internet of things (IoT) joint venture development centre with Huawei in Newbury
DDoS attacks hit three-quarters of global brands in 2015
DDoS attack tactics evolve from single, large attacks, intended to take a website offline, to multi-vector barrages – but organisations are fighting back
Interview: John Hazen, senior vice-president of direct to customer, True Religion
True Religion’s senior vice-president of direct to customer, John Hazen, discusses the US clothing retailer’s plans for loyalty, simplicity and the pursuit of a single customer record
EE open sources rural network coverage problem
Mobile operator EE enlists Lime Micro and Ubuntu founder Canonical to help develop open source network capabilities and services for rural areas
CIO interview: Simon Kerry, Charles Tyrwhitt
CIO of men's clothing retailer Charles Tyrwhitt talks omni-channel and discusses the firm’s move away from a bespoke e-commerce system to the Demandware platform
Action for Children mobilises staff on Claranet’s managed network
Action for Children, the charity behind Byte Night, moves onto Claranet’s MPLS core network to support the wholesale revitalisation of its ICT
Young would-be cyber warriors battle it out at Bletchley Park
Would-be cyber warriors battled it out at historic Bletchley Park in the CyberCenturion final, with the team from Gibraltar being crowned the top young cyber defenders
Mobility tops 2016 priority list for Middle East IT leaders
Mobility projects will be the most common IT initiative among Middle East organisations this year, according to research from Computer Weekly
HDS G series arrays get native NAS and cloud as a storage tier
VSP G series enterprise hybrid flash arrays see addition of native NAS functionality on a controller card plus cloud as a storage tier via Hitachi Content Platform
GE launches Predix-power application for the industrial internet
GE’s digital division is now a fully fledged software business with the introduction of an asset performance management system
OpenStack Foundation calls for greater enterprise input in open source initiatives
OpenStack Foundation claims enterprises are increasingly realising that their future depends on being actively involved with open source
Volvo tests self-driving cars in London
Swedish auto manufacturer Volvo is to begin trials of autonomous driving on the streets of London in 2017, using 100 family vehicles in real-life situations
Apple CEO looks to services as device revenues fall
Apple's services division has emerged as its second biggest earner after iPhone sales, as quarterly revenues declined 13%, in line with forecasts
Singapore is second most cloud ready country in Asia-Pacific
Broadband quality, data privacy and pro-business regime makes Singapore the second most cloud ready country in the Apac region
Sunday 24 April 2016
IBM financials squeezed but cloud, mobile, security and analytics show growth
Cloud, security, mobility and analytics are the future for IBM as revenue drops for 16th quarter
SAP's financials point to boom in cloud and Hana
SAP is steadily growing its cloud business, but on-premise software licensing and support remain the cash cows
DevOps advocates bust myths around use of agile software development in enterprise
Continuous software delivery experts set out why enterprises could be missing out by shunning DevOps
Friday 22 April 2016
Graduation of apprentices is coming of age for Accenture’s Newcastle hub
The first group of IT graduates emerging from Accenture’s apprenticeship scheme in north-east England will walk straight into jobs, debt-free
BBC micro:bit Model Rocket Car Competition sparks creative interest in Stem
Microsoft and the Bloodhound Project explain how focusing on the creative side of tech helps drive children’s interest in science, technology, engineering and maths careers
Spectra Logic claims biggest and fastest TFinity tape library
Spectra Logic claims multi-petabyte capacities and speedier tape robot cycle times with TFinity Exascale Edition, a product aimed at tape’s new niche in archive and cold storage
UK economy faces digital divide, CBI warns
A report from the Confederation of British Industry and tech giant IBM paints a bleak picture of UK businesses' adoption (or not) of digital technologies
Nationwide streamlines e-commerce checks with CA Technologies
The building society has deployed CA Technology’s risk analytics to detect abnormal payment activities
Rackspace embarks on renewed push to ease enterprise adoption of AWS and Azure clouds
Managed cloud provider Rackspace outlines how teaming up with IT consultancy Cloud Technology Partners will help enterprises struggling with the move off-premise
France takes the lead in the global open data race
The appointment of a chief data officer (CDO) has already seen the nation create five different types of economic and social value
UK information commissioner weighs in on Privacy Shield
It would be “very sensible” if both the EU and the US answered the questions European data protection authorities are asking about the Privacy Shield pact, according to the UK information commissioner
New Zealand wants UK and other overseas ICT professionals to fill skills gap
New Zealand needs ICT professionals from overseas to fill a growing skills gap
Business needs education in cloud value and security, study shows
Improved trust and security are critical to encouraging continued adoption of the cloud, an Intel Security report shows
CW@50: The changing face of the datacentre over the past 50 years
As Computer Weekly prepares to celebrate its 50th anniversary, we take a look back at how the design and role of the datacentre has changed over the past five decades
Ticketmaster tech chief claims software engineers should consider sales training
Ticketmaster tech chief says undergoing sales training could help software engineers become more persistent in tracking down bugs
Social media could be used to identify refugees, says fintech founder
A panel at the Innovate Finance Summit 2016 discussed ways refugees could access funds, including digital identities, smartphones and peer-to-peer applications
IBM and Oracle fortunes hit by rapid growth of PaaS, Gartner claims
Gartner’s application infrastructure market tracker reveals how PaaS growth is shaking up the supplier landscape
Thursday 21 April 2016
UK institute seeking better cyber defences for ICS, says director
The UK needs to develop awareness of the vulnerability of industrial control systems to cyber attack and technology-specific security systems, says researcher
Yahoo! CEO Marissa Mayer remains silent on strategy review
Yahoo! considers its options for the future, but CEO Marissa Mayer gave away no details when announcing the company's Q1 financial results
Halfords CIO jumps ship to move to Morrisons
Halfords CIO Anna Barsby will be moving to head up technology at supermarket chain Morrisons
Singapore online grocer RedMart uses cloud ERP to drive growth
Online retailer RedMart turned to cloud-based enterprise resource planning (ERP) when its existing system struggled to keep up with business growth
Business needs to take GDPR seriously, says UK privacy chief
The GDPR is about enabling organisations to realise the benefits of the digital era, but it is serious about enforcement for those that not play within the rules, says UK information commissioner
Intel to cut workforce despite strong Q1 results
Intel says strong first quarter results show that its business transformation is working, but it also means cutting 11% of the global workforce
European Commission ready to splash €50bn on transformational digitisation plan
A cloud initiative for scientists and technologists among the developments as digital single market moves intensify
Israeli volunteers ready their cyber defences as Anonymous affiliates attack
Every April, Israel braces itself for an onslaught from pro-Palestinian hackers, but the occupants of a small conference room in Tel Aviv stand in their way
RBS to close NatWest branches and cut 600 jobs as customers go online
The Royal Bank of Scotland is set to close branches and cut jobs due to the rapid take up of digital banking services
Government surveillance under fire across Europe
UK and US government surveillance programmes are facing criticism from the courts, MPs and data protection regulators
Mixed response to call for more work on Privacy Shield
The Article 29 Working Group’s call for revisions of the Privacy Shield for trans-Atlantic data transfers is welcomed by those keen for a stronger framework and criticised by those keen to avoid delay
Wednesday 20 April 2016
Research identifies organised cyber threat to Australia
Researchers have identified the profiles of cyber criminals and identified the one that is the biggest threat to Australian organisations
La Poste delivers internet of services
The French postal system is taking existing services and adding a digital dimension to support a new business model
Organisations still fail to understand IAM, says KuppingerCole analyst
IAM is seen as being part of IT and not business, and investments tend to be aimed at mitigating one-off incidents, says KuppingerCole analyst Matthias Reinwarth
Mobile operators are overstating 4G coverage, claims Which?
UK mobile phone users can access 4G services just over half of the time on average, says Which? publisher and charity, The Consumers' Association
European Commission to create €6.7bn continent-wide cloud for scientists
The European Commission hopes initiative will pave the way for greater collaboration between European research teams
Sainsbury’s creates 150 digital jobs in Manchester to boost innovation
Supermarket retailer Sainsbury’s has created 150 digital jobs in Manchester as part of its innovation drive
PC market pauses while enterprises prepare for Windows 10
Windows 10 is set to drive sales of high-end PCs, but businesses are not ready yet, says analyst house Gartner
Three-quarters of Brits unaware of IP Bill, one-third don’t care
Millions of UK citizens remain in the dark about the reach and scope of the Investigatory Powers Bill, or the so-called Snoopers’ Charter, says Broadband Genie
Digital education in the UK is “patchy”, says Capgemini executive
The level of digital skills taught in schools varies across the UK, claims Capgemini’s chairman
Zadara adds object storage, bigger flash and 16Gbps Fibre Channel
Latest version of Zadara Storage features object storage, Fibre Channel and bigger cache options to software-defined cloud storage product that can run on-premise, off-premise and as a hybrid
Balancing privacy and security a key challenge, says NCA
Striking a balance between security and privacy is a major challenge for law enforcement, says NCCU operations head Mike Hulett
T-Systems embarks on enterprise-focused cloud push with colocation provider Virtus
IT services arm of Deutsche Telekom shares five-year plan to close private datacentre in Feltham, after signing colocation deal with Virtus Data Centres
Raspberry Pi competition sparks interest in Stem careers
A competition run by PA Consulting encourages schoolchildren to use Raspberry Pis to create projects that solve real-world problems
GDPR will require 28,000 DPOs in Europe, study shows
The staffing impact of the GDPR will be huge, with 28,000 data protection officers (DPOs) in Europe alone, says the International Association of Privacy Professionals
European Commission formally objects to Google’s Android dominance
Pre-installing Google Search and Play on devices is anti-competitive and limits consumer choice, claims EC
Friday 15 April 2016
Australian universities increase IT spending well above global average
Australian universities are increasing their IT spending as they improve learning and operational efficiency
Stockholm’s public sector boosts productivity with a move towards mobility
The city has a mobile strategy that’s been embraced by staff and citizens
BBC turns micro:bit computers into IoT devices
The BBC and Nominet demonstrate a new use case for the micro:bit computer and hope to turn Britain’s schoolchildren into internet of things pioneers
Microsoft steps up campaign against government surveillance
Microsoft is the latest technology firm to push back against the secrecy of US government data access requests, which it claims are rapidly increasing in number
Security Think Tank: Five tips for creating a patch management strategy
What strategies can companies adopt to help keep up with and deal with the huge volume of software updates they are facing?
Mitel and Polycom merge to form $2.5bn cloud unified communications firm
Communications and collaboration suppliers Mitel and Polycom pool their resources to form a $2.5bn unified communications (UC) powerhouse
Lack of career progression pushes IT workers to shop around for jobs
Research from EMC finds that a lack of career progression in their current organisation is the top reason IT people choose to move jobs
E-commerce struggles for growth in Asean countries
Online retail market growth in the Asean nations remains slow but nonetheless significant, according to a survey of consumer habits in the region
Wednesday 13 April 2016
World’s biggest companies lack maturity in security, says IBM Security
Many big organisations are still grappling with the challenge of establishing a more cohesive and collective security strategy, says IBM Security
Google urges enterprises to abandon data capacity planning in the face of IoT
Director of Google cloud platforms claims enterprises are wasting time trying to predict how their data needs will change over the next five years
Singapore’s Jurong Health Services: Transforming healthcare through data technologies
Ng Teng Fong General Hospital (NTFGH) is being recognised for its high standards of data use
BT seeks security recruits
BT is to recruit 900 people to its security business in the next 12 months as part of a push against cyber crime
UK would need its own Privacy Shield deal with EU if it votes for Brexit
If the UK voted to leave the EU, it could face a difficult negotiation to conform to new data protection regulations, say experts
NCA attempts 'back door' access to obtain activist Lauri Love’s passwords
Court told that use of civil proceedings to force disclosure of alleged hacker Lauri Love's passwords is disproportionate and would breach human rights law
OpenStack accelerates into production environments
People are no longer just dabbling in the OpenStack private cloud – the OpenStack Foundation has found that many users are starting to undertake production work
GDS appoints Public Services Network head
Government Digital Service (GDS) elevates Mark Smith to head of the Public Services Network (PSN)
Apple Pay struggles in Australia as banks profit from a fee-phobic market
Despite Australia being iPhone crazy its banks aren’t exactly rushing to enable the payment process
European Parliament set to approve EU data protection law
The General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is ready for its final rubber stamp this week, with EU countries expected to pass it into law in two years
Enterprises that shun cloud comprise a business threat, says 451 Research
Hosted IT reaches a tipping point as analyst house 451 Research claims that enterprises shunning cloud technology constitute a risky proposition
European Court of Justice ruling on Snoopers' Charter delayed until July 2016
The European Court of Justice (ECJ) will not rule on the legality of the so-called Snoopers’ Charter legislation until after the UK’s June 2016 EU referendum
Windows PowerShell tied to more than a third of cyber attacks
Security firm Carbon Black confirms widespread abuse of Windows PowerShell by attackers flying under the radar in line with the trend of exploiting operating systems
Security Think Tank: Allocate maintenance processes to each piece of key software
What strategies can companies adopt to help keep up with and deal with the huge volume of software updates they are facing?
Ofcom to present Openreach network access plan by summer of 2016
Ofcom’s Sharon White tells MPs she hopes to present detailed proposals on how BT’s rivals can access the Openreach network by the summer of 2016
UK poised to lead global fintech sector, says Tech City chair Eileen Burbidge
Tech City chair and venture capital expert says the UK is in a position to become a world leader in financial services and sheds light on how cloud can provide failing firms with a stay of execution
Collaboration vital to reduce economic impact of CNI cyber attack
The interconnected nature of critical national infrastructure (CNI) means the impact of the risk and the cost of a cyber attack grows exponentially every day
Tuesday 12 April 2016
Superfast network build brings broadband to Somerset village
Specialist ISP Satellite Internet has connected the third and final village in its BDUK market test pilot project in Somerset in just seven weeks
Network Rail announces Could IT Be You 2016 competition winner
UK rail network manager Network Rail announces the winner of the 2016 cohort of its IT talent competition
UK cyber crime growing exponentially
UK ranks highly in phishing, social media and ransomware attacks as cyber criminals professionalise and take advantage of unpatched websites, Symantec’s latest threat report reveals
Security Think Tank: Using vulnerability management to support the patching process
What strategies can companies adopt to deal with the huge volume of software updates they are facing?
BAE Systems warns about shape-shifting strain of Qbot malware
Qbot malware will become a potent threat, facilitated by exploit kits for initial infection and automated to gain maximum victim count, warns BAE Systems
DWP knew of Universal Credit problems in mid-2012 despite insisting all was well
Documents released after a four-year legal battle show that DWP officials knew of problems with Universal Credit in 2012 despite insisting it was on time and budget
Ed Vaizey MP hails role of UK datacentres in solving enterprise data sovereignty issues
Digital economy minister Ed Vaizey talks up the government's role in supporting the growth of the UK datacentre sector and wider technology industry
Singapore releases cloud outage guidelines
The Singapore government releases a set of tiered guidelines for organisations to follow if they have a cloud outage
Monday 11 April 2016
Openreach passes 25 million premises with fibre backhaul
BT Openreach marks another milestone in its national fibre broadband network roll-out
UK’s Daily Mail publisher eyes Yahoo’s assets
The Daily Mail parent company is putting together a bid for Yahoo’s news properties that would increase its US presence significantly
Hyperoptic launches FTTP services in Brighton
Hyperoptic rolls out its fibre-to-the-premises (FTTP) broadband service to housing developments in Brighton
Competition and Markets Authority urges EC to kill Three's O2 merger
The Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) urges the European Commission (EC) to rule against CK Hutchison's proposed acquisition of mobile network O2
Smith & Williamson starts legacy renewal with WhereScape Red
Financial services company Smith & Williamson migrates Cobol data into SQL Server data warehouse in a bid to recreate and cleanse legacy data
Sunday 10 April 2016
SSE Enterprise Telecoms connects customers over CityFibre network
SSE Enterprise Telecoms becomes the first customer on CityFibre’s recently acquired long-haul national fibre network
Saturday 9 April 2016
Panama Papers revealed by graph database visualisation software
The 11.5 million files leaked from Panama-based law firm Mossack Fonseca are being interrogated by journalists using a combination of Neo4j’s graph database and data visualisation software Linkurious
Friday 8 April 2016
National Childbirth Trust breach shows all data needs to be safeguarded
Breach of more than 15,000 login credentials and email addresses at the National Childbirth Trust underlines that every sector must take cyber security seriously, say security pundits
CW@50: Storage – From punched cards to flash and the cloud
Since the launch of Computer Weekly in 1966, we have moved from a world of punched cards and paper tape to one where flash and the cloud have revolutionised data storage
CIO Interview: Phil Pavitt, global CIO, Specsavers – Online not the only way
Specsavers CIO explains why the personal touch is as important as digital services for customers of health-related products
CIOs lack faith in IT’s ability to meet digital demands of business
VCE research suggests IT departments lack confidence in their ability to meet the digital demands of their organisation
UK has hit 90% ‘superfast’ target, say broadband analysts
Statistics from broadband comparison site Thinkbroadband seem to suggest the government has hit its target of making superfast broadband available to 90% of UK premises
IT job seekers want to make bigger career moves
LinkedIn, which now has more than 20 million members in the UK, recently looked at how IT professionals’ jobs have changed over the past year
Security Think Tank: Tackle vital patching challenge with risk-based approach
What strategies can companies adopt to help keep up with and deal with the huge volume of software updates they are facing?
British innovation targets file manipulation malware
Innovative British security software firm Glasswall Solutions is tackling the growing threat of malware that tampers with files and exploits structural weaknesses in popular business document formats
Thursday 7 April 2016
Security Think Tank: Five strategies for dealing with software security updates
What strategies can companies adopt to keep up with, and deal with, the huge volume of software updates they face?
Large global companies still manage supply chain with phone, fax and email
Digital supply chain management is still five years off for almost half of the west’s global firms
Time to cut IT costs again, predicts Gartner
IT spending has increased slightly, but not enough to fuel major digital transformations, says Gartner
How an IT department in a portacabin supports UK’s biggest critical infrastructure project
The man in charge of the IT supporting the UK's largest critical infrastructure project – the redevelopment of London Bridge station – tells Computer Weekly about life in a portacabin
Nokia slashes jobs after Alcatel-Lucent acquisition
Nokia embarks on a round of job cuts as part of its post-merger restructuring
Maynooth University modernises network to meet growth challenges
Maynooth University in Ireland has installed a Juniper-based campus network to support its future growth plans
CIO interview: Jean-Christophe Lalanne, CIO, Air France-KLM, on why WANs win business
Operating at locations around the world, the WAN is key to business success for airline Air France-KLM, says its global CIO, Jean-Christophe Lalanne
Samsung aims for 10% profit bounce in Q1
Korean mobile giant Samsung forecasts a turnaround in its financial performance during the first quarter of 2016
FBI briefs senators drafting anti-encryption bill on iPhone hack
US senators drafting a bill aimed at limiting encryption on consumer devices are being briefed on how the FBI hacked into the San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone
Brexit debate: Why IT pros should vote to leave
IT consultant Peter Chadha gives five reasons why the UK would be better off leaving the European Union
Cargotec saves €2m by moving HR systems to the cloud
Cargo handling equipment manufacturer Cargotech reduces the cost of managing its 11,000 employees by moving HR systems to the cloud
Gateshead NHS Trust uses data visualisation to boost performance
Trust is using the Medway BI system provided by System C to enhance clinical, operational and financial performance
Executive interview: Harriet Green, IBM’s internet of things chief
Former Thomas Cook CEO is leading IBM's charge into the IoT, and is pushing its Watson AI technology as a unique differentiator
Security Think Tank: Six alternative strategies to centralised security patching
What strategies can companies adopt to help keep up with and deal with the huge volume of software updates they are facing?
Three makes new attempt to ‘sell’ O2 acquisition
Three parent CK Hutchison is understood to have made a number of further concessions to curry favour with European regulators
Rackspace debuts private cloud packages to drive up enterprise adoption of OpenStack
Rackspace claims pre-configured hardware, software and services stack will smooth enterprise path to OpenStack-based clouds
Wednesday 6 April 2016
Panasonic launches at-seat mobile payments for airlines
In-flight entertainment and connectivity specialist Panasonic Avionics unveils near-field communications system to let airline passengers use mobile payments in the air
SimpliVity adds Hyper-V support to hyper-converged products
Hyper-converged appliance maker adds Hyper-V support to VMware ESXi capabilities and upgrades OmniStack software to support workload optimisation on SimpliVity clusters
Two-thirds of farmers didn’t need to use ‘digital by default’ rural payments system
Internal review produced by Defra reveals full catalogue of errors that led to the withdrawal of the digital farm subsidy system in 2015
UK and European firms invest in data protection ahead of GDPR
European firms are set to invest in data protection in 2016, with enforcement of the EU General Data Protection Regulation just two years away, Computer Weekly’s IT priorities survey shows
Barclays bank succumbs to Apple Pay
Barclays Bank brings Apple Pay to its customers nine months after its main competitors, with the announcement of its support of the app
Capgemini strengthens its Indian backbone
With half of its global staff now based in India, Capgemini expands its operations there by opening a facility for a further 30,000 staff
Panama Papers stolen by hackers, says Mossack Fonseca
Breach underlines need to focus cyber security on key data, say experts, after law firm’s founder insists the company was breached by an outside hacker
BBC to publish details of £560m enterprise ICT and hosting tender
Broadcaster seeks single supplier for IT provisioning, cloud management and hosting services, as Atos outsourcing deal nears end
The Met Office deploys Weather Cloud on AWS
Amazon Web Services will help the Met Office’s servers weather the storm of data requests as demand increases for location-based forecasts
IoT will shake up world of data analytics, says report
A report produced for US network operator Verizon says data analytics will become a core competency as the internet of things becomes more widely adopted by businesses
Atom banking app goes live
Digital-only bank makes app available to iPhone and iPad users, with Android version to follow soon
CW@50: From ICL to ITIL
Standardisation helps industries to grow. Here in the UK, a number of highly influential standards emerged that have become building blocks for the modern computer industry
Finnish contest looks for real-world 5G applications
Finnish city Oulu is running a competition to unearth apps that can utilise 5G networks
Volkswagen Group selects Mirantis OpenStack for private cloud build
Volkswagen outlines plans to use open source cloud platform, as it moves to embrace connected devices and agile software development techniques
Security industry welcomes WhatsApp encryption
The more encryption becomes ‘the norm’, the less resistance there will be to adopting it in businesses, say information security pundits
Tuesday 5 April 2016
John Lewis launches 2016 round of accelerator programme Jlab
Retailer John Lewis launches the 2016 round of Jlab, a programme designed to bring innovation and disruption to the retail industry with technology startups
More than half of teens think school curriculum sets them up for digital
UK teenagers believe the ICT and computing courses in schools teach them the skills they need for a digital job
Security Think Tank: Software patching needs executive sponsorship
What strategies can companies adopt to keep up with, and deal with, the huge volume of software updates they face?
Gender bias in tech could ‘die out over time’, says UCL senior network architect
Senior network architect at University College London Emma Cardinal-Richards discusses her career as a woman in IT and a dissolving of the “old guard”
Air France-KLM updates WAN to improve connectivity in emerging markets
Wide area network upgrade promises to help airline improve customer service and boost business
Highways England to test driverless cars on UK motorways
Agency sets out strategy for connected vehicles and promises to test fully-autonomous cars on motorway network in 2017
Digital Single Market: European Commission warned not to over-regulate online platforms
Ministers from 11 EU member states warn European Commission off over-regulating use of online platforms during the creation of the Digital Single Market
EU cyber security agency urges action to avoid crisis
EU countries lack a harmonised framework to respond to the challenges of a large-scale cyber incident, according to a report by security agency Enisa
Monday 4 April 2016
EY invests heavily in Singapore IT expertise
New centres of excellence will offer business transformation strategy, cyber security, analytics and manufacturing capabilities across the Asia-Pacific region
Dropbox gears up for new EU data protection rules
Certification on ISO27018 and planned European-based infrastructure put cloud file storage provider in good position for new EU rules
How operational analytics can help utility companies
Capgemini finds operation analytics has a low adoption rate among UK businesses despite many having data warehouses
Middle East enterprises warm to wearable technology
Organisations in the region are increasingly investing in wearable technology, but there are hurdles to overcome before there is broad take-up in the enterprise sector
Enterprise IT conference comes to the Nordics
IP Expo is holding an event focused on the Nordic region for the first time as countries such as Sweden and Finland become leaders in enterprise IT
Security Think Tank: Ignoring software patching spells trouble
What strategies can companies adopt to help keep up with and deal with the huge volume of software updates they are facing?
IBM plans ‘cognitive storage’ to cut costs for big data and enterprises
Big Blue’s Zurich research labs announce project in which storage systems learn to put value to data so it can be assigned the most cost-effective media and lifecycle policies
UK campaign launched against location data security risks
UK consumers are unwittingly signing up to be location tracked and this data is being used and sold on for commercial benefit, warns privacy campaign
Intel-backed Collaborative Cancer Cloud expands to include two more universities
Joe Gray from the Oregon Health and Science University explains how its cloud-based cancer research project with Intel is progressing
Brocade buys Ruckus Wireless to target 5G and IoT business
Supplier plans to enhance its play in emerging networking segments such as 5G and the internet of things
Saturday 2 April 2016
Barclays Bank closes US technology hub
Barclays Bank's investment banking arm will close its technology centre in McKinney, Texas, and move about 200 jobs
European Union GDPR data rules prompt cyber security review
Isolated legacy security systems are a big cyber security risk – but the EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) could change that, says Palo Alto Networks
Microsoft sets out to woo iOS, Android and Linux developers
Build is not just for Windows developers – Microsoft is keen to attract iOS, Android and Linux coders too
Aeroflot puts IBM analytics on board to personalise customer targeting
Russian airline Aeroflot has turned to IBM analytics technologies, including BigInsights and SPSS, to improve customer targeting
Friday 1 April 2016
Intel offers enterprises helping hand in making private clouds work for them
Chip manufacturer Intel sets out plans to help the enterprise deploy tens of thousands of cloud environments
Intel expands Xeon processor family to help enterprises build software-defined clouds
Chip manufacturer Intel unveils products and customer use cases in support of its software-defined infrastructure push
Brits feel lack of digital skills holds firms back
Almost half of employers think UK firms would be more productive if there was a higher level of digital skills
IT services firm creates 500 jobs in Welsh local authority
IT services firm CGI creates 500 jobs in south Wales following a £3.2m investment from the Welsh government
US and Canada issue joint alert on ransomware
Organisations urged to backup data because paying ransom does not guarantee files encrypted by ransomware will be released, warns an awareness-raising alert issued by the US and Canada
Singapore smart city chief delivers vision to the world
The Singapore government minister running the city state's smart nation project tells the world about the country’s smart nation vision
Financial services regulator reveals backlog approving peer-to-peer lenders
There is a backlog of firms waiting for FCA approval to become authorised peer-to-peer lending platforms
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