MIT's Media Lab celebrated its 30th anniversary with tech visionaries including Marvin Minsky, Alan Kay and Danny Hillis.
Friday, 30 October 2015
Genomics big data compels IT to rediscover efficiency techniques
Genomics is generating big data at such a scale that research institutes such as the Sanger in Cambridge are having to rediscover storage techniques from the past
Google set to merge ChromeOS with Android
Google's experiment to establish its second operating system – ChromeOS – is expected to merge into a future Android release
EU told to protect Snowden as privacy fears continue
MEPs have called for EU states to protect Edward Snowden and on the EC to do more to protect the fundamental rights of citizens
Law enforcement cracks down on DroidJack Android snooping malware users
A joint EU/US operation on the DroidJack malware is the latest example of international collaboration between law enforcement officers directed at cyber crime
Alcatel-Lucent transformation cuts HR costs by 30% with cloud platform
Alcatel-Lucent expects to have its cloud human resources (HR) platform used in 62 countries by the end of the year, replacing aging on-premise HR IT systems
Social exclusion, IoT and data privacy the biggest issues facing digital economy
At the 2015 Parliament and Internet conference in Westminster, a series of panels explored some of the key issues affecting the UK’s digital economy
Software developer insolvencies grow as competition tightens
Insolvencies for ICT companies fall overall but more software developers struggle as competition intensifies
Police arrest second teenager over TalkTalk hack
Metropolitan Police announce the arrest of a second teenager in connection with the attack on TalkTalk that exposed the details of four million customers
UK surveillance bill to give police access to web history
Proposed UK surveillance legislation is expected to allow the police to seize details of websites and access specific web addresses visited by anyone under investigation
Thursday, 29 October 2015
Fly to the edge of space on a balloon with a bar
World View hopes to have commercial flights ready for 2017.
M&S data breach forces retailer to temporarily suspend service
A glitch that allowed online customers to see each others' details forced retailer Mark & Spencer to take its website offline while it resolved the issue
Retailers will never have pure play, says Watchfinder founder
Founder of luxury second-hand watch reseller Watchfinder explains that retailers will never have an entirely online or offline business
New European rules to help tackle cyber and other crime
The EU parliament has approved an update of European police college rules to help Cepol keep pace with security threats such as cyber crime
Students who don’t pick Stem are “cutting themselves off”
Students who drop Stem subjects are cutting themselves off from a future tech career and widening the skills gap
IT entrepreneurs call for easing of immigration rules
The IT entrepreneur community is asking for the rules on skilled workers entering the UK to be relaxed because of the difficulty faced by startups in finding the right staff
CIO interview: Mette Jæpelt, Egmont Group
Egmont CIO Mette Jæpelt is a supplier and colleague to the company's business groups, which makes her current role different from any other in her 35-year career
CW500 Video: Christopher Livermore, head of operations, British Gas Connected Homes
In this CW500 video, Christopher Livermore, head of operations at British Gas Connected Homes talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about DevOps and delivering IT services in the digital age.
CW500 Video: How DevOps and agile methods help improve IT services for a digital age
In this CW500 video, CW500 attendees discuss DevOps and delivering IT.
Project Loon, Oracle security, Samsung profits - The Wrap
Project Loon takes off in Indonesia, Oracle touts new security measures embedded in silicon and a balloon will take you to the edge of space for a price.
Morrisons’ staff data breach lawsuit underlines insider threat
Thousands of Morrisons' employees are to sue the supermarket giant in what is believed to be the UK’s biggest ever claim in relation to a breach of data security
Tech will turn HR into a ‘productivity department’
HR technologies are moving away from managing staff in favour of helping them become more productive
Using open data to solve social challenges
The Open Data Institute has spent the past two years funding startups to build applications that could solve socio-economic problems
BT revenue up 2% on broadband and BT Sport Europe
BT reports rising demand for broadband services and BT Sport Europe, which has helped add a record number of BT TV customers in the past quarter
Digital transformations will spur software quality measurement
Ever more customer-touching systems will force organisations to ensure their underlying software is robust enough to prevent IT problems becoming public and causing brand damage
British Gas warns customers of security leak but denies breach
British Gas has warned customers that account logins may have been leaked, but says its systems have not been breached and that no payment data has been exposed
CW500 video: John Fredrickson, online DevOps and cloud manager, Sky
In this CW500 video John Fredrickson, online DevOps and cloud manager at Sky talks to Computer Weekly editor in chief Bryan Glick about DevOps and delivering IT services in the digital age.
Case study: Dutch firm Fugro moves to the cloud
Geodata company Fugro is moving its IT infrastructure to the cloud in a project led by CIO Gerko Baarslag
Wednesday, 28 October 2015
Lack of data classification very costly to firms, says survey
Most data retained by organisations is not identified or classified and gobbles budget spent on storage, as well as being potentially non-compliant, reveals Veritas-sponsored survey
British American Tobacco saves £1.4m after automating candidate selection
British American Tobacco uses custom profiling software to cut the number of applications managers have to screen by half, as part of a major re-organisation of its recruitment processes
Rail firm Alstom picks BT to supply network and Microsoft cloud service
Alstom Transport will deploy an end-to-end network service from the BT Connect portfolio across 300 sites around the world
Housing, health and blue light customers targets for advanced 4G connectivity
As EE announces a line of products and services for public sector and business users, Computer Weekly went to explore some of the possible applications
Tableau users highlight their best dashboard designs
Modern data visualization tools offer no shortage of data dashboard design options, but Tableau users said that knowing how to use them effectively is key to dashboard adoption.
Ellison: Oracle has fixed security
Oracle Chairman Larry Ellison has put better security at the heart of his pitch for the company's new products.
Ministry of Defence hoarding £38.5m worth of unused IPv4 addresses
A Freedom of Information request by network control specialist Infoblox has revealed that the MoD is hoarding millions of pounds worth of unused IPv4 addresses, while the UK government remains woefully unprepared for IPv6
Mobile attacks more vicious, insidious and malicious, says Blue Coat
An increase in insidious and malicious attack types should sound an alarm to strengthen defences, according to a mobile malware report
Volvo Group sells Swedish external IT to Indian supplier HCL Technologies
Vehicle manufacturer Volvo Group is selling some of its IT operation in Sweden to Indian supplier HCL
Twitter share price down after disappointing forecast and growth
Twitter shares fell by 14% to $27.38 in extended trading in response to a disappointing forecast and continued slow user growth
Competition watchdog provisionally clears BT EE deal
The Competition and Markets Authority gives provisional clearance to the multi-billion pound tie-up between BT and mobile operator EE
Apple reports record quarterly profit and annual sales
Apple reports record sales of $234bn and net profit of $53.4bn for the 2015 financial year, up by 35% from $39.5bn in 2014
SK Telecom shows 5G software-defined network management
5G networking promises significantly more mobile bandwidth than 4G today
Tuesday, 27 October 2015
Why IT is making companies less productive
Research finds that although organisations are introducing innovative technology they are failing to match this with innovation across the rest of the business
More than 70% of teachers still think students are better at using tech
Teachers are still struggling to adapt to the new curriculum, and more than 70% believe their students are more technology-savvy than they are
The post-merger world: What the future holds for EMC and its federation
A look at the integration challenges Dell faces in trying to merge EMC’s various business units with its own
Information security maturing as a profession, says (ISC)2
Today's information security professionals understand security is a blend of social, people and technology, and to be successful, they have to be capable across all of them, says (ISC)2's managing director for Europe
Online extortion set to increase in 2016, says Trend Micro
2016 will see continued growth in cyber extortion, hacktivism and mobile malware, alongside a shift to an offensive cyber security posture for governments and corporations, say researchers
European Union passes watered-down net neutrality laws
The European Parliament rejects proposed amendments to the net neutrality regulations that would have closed a number of loopholes
Ford adds social media controls to Sync system
Ford is to give drivers the ability to access their social media accounts using voice controls while on the road
Why the cloud provider community needs to get on board with ISO 27018
Despite being published more than a year ago, cloud providers are only really just starting to take notice of ISO 27018. We explore what it is and why it matters to the enterprise
HP Inc lays the foundations for a digital future
Following HP’s split on 1 November 2015, how will the printer and PC components of the business define the future of HP Inc?
RBS announces partnership with Facebook At Work
RBS has described the partnership with Facebook At Work as “ground-breaking”, but analysts have questioned this as the app simply helps companies build a private social network
Flash alternatives graphene and memristor make progress
Scientists announce tests using atom-thick graphene and 5nm-thick memristors to provide media with many times the storage density of Nand flash and possible fuzzy logic computing
Is OpenStack ready for mass adoption?
The OpenStack community is working on a number of fronts to make it easier to deploy private clouds, including a a training programme due in 2016
Women in tech should take their career into their own hands, say everywoman speakers
Women in technology should be taking more responsibility for advancing their career, advised speakers at the 2015 everywoman in Technology Leadership Academy
Police arrest teenager over TalkTalk hack
Police are interviewing and searching the home of a 15-year-old boy in Northern Ireland in connection with a hack attack on TalkTalk that was feared to have exposed personal details of four million customers
Data visualisation service 'more modern than Tableau', says Oracle
At Oracle OpenWorld 2015 the supplier launches a data visualisation service it says is “more modern than Tableau”
Monday, 26 October 2015
Microsoft's flagship New York retail store opens on Surface Book's launch day
Microsoft's new flagship store on 5th Avenue in New York opened Monday.
Post Office looking for IT head as CIO quits
Post Office CIO Lesley Sewell will leave the organisation in November 2015, with an interim IT chief appointed until a permanent replacement is recruited
Malaysia’s AmBank Group increases digital banking spend
AmBank Group is using middleware to integrate its core banking platforms with its legacy infrastructure
Net neutrality laws have dangerous loopholes, says Tim Berners-Lee
As the European Parliament prepares for a key vote on net neutrality, web inventor Tim Berners-Lee has warned that stronger amendments are needed to close a number of worrying loopholes
Security Serious Week kicks off in London
Some 70 organisations and more than 50 cyber crime and security experts are supporting Security Serious Week to help others become more security savvy and cyber aware
Companies should do more to promote Stem studies says CA executive
More companies should band together and collaborate to promote careers in science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem), says CA executive Ritu Mahandru
Oracle OpenWorld 2015: Larry Ellison vaunts Oracle’s cloud services over rivals
Larry Ellison promoted his company’s cloud services and berated rivals in his opening keynote at Oracle OpenWorld 2015
Transforming Singapore Post through modern technology
When Singapore Post realised it had to change its business model to survive, it appointed its first CIO to front the technology transformation
Colt’s SDN-based datacentre service to disrupt telco business models
Colt is to offer an SDN-based datacentre networking service to customers across 150 of its European sites
TalkTalk could face huge data breach compensation cost
Some commentators have suggested that the future of TalkTalk could be in jeopardy, with lawyers looking at potential compensation claims of £1,000 by thousands of customers
Cyber criminals target Singapore with banking Trojans
Singapore is a top target for hackers and, in the second quarter of 2015, it was the country most targeted by cyber criminals using Trojans
Café chain Le Pain Quotidien deploys epos terminals with Aures
Worldwide bakery café Le Pain Quotidien has launched its electronic point of sale (epos) system with Aures. Here its IT director, Robert Brown, explains why
Questions raised over Australian cabinet using Slack messaging
Reports that Australian cabinet members could use messaging platform Slack to communicate has raised security questions
MoD spectrum auction to go ahead in early 2016
Ofcom announces details of the upcoming auction of high-capacity spectrum owned by the Ministry of Defence
Outsourcing renewals: Where do I source services?
With thousands of IT services contracts coming up for renewal, CIOs should take a careful look at where they source services from
UKtech50 2015 - Vote for the most influential person in UK IT
Tell us who you think should be selected as the most influential person in the UK tech scene for 2015 - submit your vote now
Barclays hit by 'network problems' at the weekend
Barclays service disruptions raise cyber security concerns, but the bank says the problem was purely internal
Sunday, 25 October 2015
Next‑generation CIOs: The changing role of IT leaders
The position of CIO is changing and there are more people in the role from less technical backgrounds than in the past
Friday, 23 October 2015
UK retailers could use data analytics more to cash in on Black Friday
Research by data visualisation supplier Tableau suggests British retailers could do better with analytics as Black Friday looms
IoT not necessarily a security disaster, says Maersk CISO
A growing focus on the internet of things means there is hope that it will not be a security threat, says Maersk CISO
CIO interview: Christina Scott, CIO, Financial Times
As a leading global media firm, the FT is at the forefront of digital change – not to mention a new owner that means bringing IT back from its former parent
Security needs to shift to resilience, says consultant
Resilience means accepting that defences will be broken and preparing to reduce the impact on the business, says security expert Martin Stemplinger
Hydro66 opens world’s first 100% hydroelectric datacentre in Sweden
Hydro66 claims its facility’s location and source of power should help enterprises cut their co-location costs
Ex-government digital chief Mike Bracken brings GDS colleagues to Co-operative Group
Mike Bracken, former government digital chief, has outlined his plans for digital transformation in his role at the Co-operative Group
Azure Active Directory creates an earnings virtuous circle for Microsoft
Microsoft is set to grow its cloud business to $20bn thanks to the growth of platform as a service and, in particular, Azure Active Directory
Amazon turns surprise Q3 profit as AWS cloud growth soars
Amazon Web Services continues to go from strength to strength as it banks income similar to its parent company's entire North American e-commerce business
German rail and transport group turns to virtual reality in war for talent
Deutsche Bahn claims to be the first company in Germany to use virtual reality as a recruitment tool
TalkTalk warns customers about personal data breach
TalkTalk has warned customers their personal data may have been compromised in the second cyber attack on the firm in 2015, with some data left unencrypted
Alphabet stock up on strong Google Q3 earnings
Alphabet’s quarterly revenue was $15.1bn, above analysts’ average estimate of $15bn, while profit was $7.35 a share, beating predictions of $7.20
Thursday, 22 October 2015
Speech technology matures but mainstream adoption is elusive
Apple, Google and Microsoft have given people a way to talk to devices but, although the technology is available, widescale adoption is still not guaranteed
How the Cabinet Office is using open data to tackle youth unemployment
The Cabinet Office invited IT professionals and young people to a Job Hack event with the aim of using open government datasets to help more young people into work
New tech and collaboration key to future security, says expert panel
Just as emerging cloud and mobile technologies bring new security challenges, cloud and big data analysis are key to bolstering cyber security capability, according to an expert panel
Newcastle City Council puts free Wi-Fi in 69 public buildings
Newcastle City Council enables 69 public buildings across the city as part of the government-supported Go Digital Newcastle programme
HP to retreat from public cloud market, six months after denying exit plans
Hewlett-Packard announces further revision to its cloud strategy that will see it throw its weight behind its private and hybrid product portfolio
Android security improving, but enterprises should proceed with caution
Enterprises need to think about the risks as well as the benefits of the Android operating system, cautions a forensics expert
Commvault drops Simpana brand and adds features
Commvault will drop the Simpana name from the end of 2015 as it opens up to third-party data and attempts to bridge the gap between backup and replication
New Zealand beauty firm moves business onto Netsuite
New Zealand based beauty product supplier The Beauty Collective talks to Computer Weekly about its transformation to business software in the cloud
Is G.fast the answer to the UK’s fibre vs copper debate?
At Broadband World Forum in London there was much talk of G.fast technology – but is it really the broadband panacea operators such as BT make it out to be?
Sony $8m breach settlement underlines need to secure personal data
Sony will pay up to $10,000 to each claimant for identity theft losses and up to $1,000 each to cover the cost of credit-fraud protection services in connection with a cyber attack on the firm in 2014
Police and industry to tackle cyber crime together, says TechUK
A TechUK report calls for collaboration between police and industry to raise standards of reporting, recording and responding to cyber crime
CIO interview: Frans Westerlund, Fiskars
Fiskars CIO Frans Westerlund tells Computer Weekly about the challenges faced by IT when a business instigates a major strategic transformation
Wednesday, 21 October 2015
Mobile accounts for a quarter of Argos sales, but overall sales decline for Home Retail Group
Mobile sales grew to account for a quarter of Argos's total sales, according to parent company Home Retail Group’s half-year results
Silicon Valley companies fill out big data technologies as they mature
Companies based in Silicon Valley discuss the issues created by big data technologies as they mature
MySQL 5.7 aims at deeper convergence with Oracle tech and NoSQL
MySQL 5.7 has been released with next-generation hardware in mind, offering greater interoperability with Oracle and NoSQL database technologies
James Arbuthnot takes Post Office IT fight to House of Lords
James Arbuthnot takes his seat in the House of Lords and continues campaign for subpostmasters who claim to have been wronged by faulty Horizon IT system
Stuxnet: A wake-up call for nuclear cyber security
There is no way for nuclear operators to manage threats such as Stuxnet beyond normal risk analysis, according to industry expert Andrea Cavina
Lufthansa picks Inmarsat GX for 10-year in-flight broadband deal
German flag carrier Lufthansa will offer Inmarsat’s Global Xpress satellite broadband service on 150 of its aircraft
Nationwide Building Society outsources IT infrastructure
Nationwide has outsourced its IT infrastructure to Capgemini for the next five years to bring it up to date for the digital age
EMC and VMware launch managed hybrid cloud joint venture using Virtustream brand
EMC-owned Virtustream set to become outlet for storage and virtualisation firm's hybrid cloud managed services
Marketing firm shuns NetApp for VMware VSAN and HGST server flash
Grass Roots was struggling with capacity and performance on its NetApp SAN so it deployed VMware VSAN on servers with HGST PCIe server flash and helium HDDs
EU net neutrality laws a threat to UK Open Internet Code, says BSG
The Broadband Stakeholder Group’s Richard Hooper says that the EU’s Connected Continent Regulation could damage the UK’s Open Internet Code
Infosec pros should start preparing for the future, say experts
Information security professionals need to grow their skills, engage with the business, increase security awareness, set business goals and tailor their messages, says a panel of experts
Consumer take-up of Gigaclear fibre broadband exceeds BDUK rates
Ultrafast altnet Gigaclear marks a major milestone in its network roll-out and claims a higher take-up rate for its FTTP product than BT is seeing on the Openreach FTTC network
5 Best Features Of Nexus 6P
It's the perfect marriage of Android Marshmallow and high-end hardware. Jon Phillips explains why the Nexus 6P moves him like no other Nexus phone before.
Tuesday, 20 October 2015
CIOs collaborate on managing the business of IT
An Open Group reference architecture aims to target infighting among suppliers to deliver interoperable IT
Women in computing speak up -- and out -- at Grace Hopper 2015
Energy was high and ideas were flying at the recent 2015 Grace Hopper Celebration of Women in Computing, with Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg and US CTO Megan Smith leading the charge.
Hands-on with the HTC One A9
It looks like an iPhone, but it's really a mid-range Android phone in a pretty package.
CSO salaries expected to skyrocket
By many accounts, 2015 was the year of the big data professional, with data scientists even being hailed as the “sexiest job of the year” in one study. But 2016 may emerge as the year of the chief security officer, as another new study reveals that pay for CSOs is rising faster than most every other IT job.
According to the 2016 Technology Salary Survey released this month by Robert Half Technology, top CSOs can now expect to earn just under a quarter million dollars in base pay. To be more specific, salaries for CSOs will range from $140,250 to $222,500 next year. This represents an average pay increase of 7.0 percent, the fourth highest in the entire salary study. Only wireless network engineers (at 9.7 percent), big data engineers (at 7.5 percent) and data security analysts (at 7.1 percent) will see larger pay hikes.
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(Insider Story)SHA-1 could be undermined before the year’s out
Low-cost graphics processing in the cloud could enable hackers to create fake security certificates to exploit e-commerce sites
Security industry broken, says security researcher
Information security professionals need to start really caring about security and ensuring the suppliers and businesses do the same, according to a security researcher
CityFibre fills broadband connection voucher gap
CityFibre offers businesses free connections to replace government’s connection voucher scheme
The problem of smart cities and connectivity in the UK
Only once leaders develop a framework for local economic and societal development can the “smart city” buzz can evolve into “intelligent communities”
CIO interview: Steve Watt, University of St Andrews
CIOs at universities have very demanding clients in the form of tech-savvy students, but this is only part of the story, explains University of St Andrews CIO Steve Watts
Veeam to add virtualised storage as backup target
Veeam's Unlimited Scale-out Backup Repository feature in version 9 of its Availability Suite will allow customers to create virtual storage nodes from heterogenous media as targets for backup data
IBM reports continued sales decline in Q3 results
IBM reports sales and profits down again in its Q3 results, as the company continues its transformation across the business to fight off competition
Google offers free cloud apps to encourage Office 365 users to ditch Microsoft
Google ups ante in ongoing war to dethrone Microsoft as the enterprise's preferred provider of cloud-based productivity tools
Philips uses AWS and IoT to deliver healthcare in the home
Philips plans to make it easier for patients to self-monitor their health using Amazon web services (AWS) cloud and the internet of things (IoT) technologies
Mobile commerce catching traditional e-commerce in Asean
Consumers in the Asean region are increasingly using their mobile devices to make online purchases, according to a study by Visa
The true cost of a cyber security breach in Australia
The costs associated with a security breach can mount up and it is difficult to put a number on it, but organisations are increasingly trying to do this as attacks increase
Monday, 19 October 2015
Avanade to help upskill one billion female charity workers by 2020
Technology services provider Avanade launches a mentoring scheme to connect volunteers with women who want to know more about leadership, management and technology roles
EU data protection regulators set 31 January 2016 deadline for replacing Safe Harbour
Article 29 Working Party gives EU and US authorities until the end of January to establish an alternative data-sharing agreement
David Cameron faces personal headache over Safe Harbour
The UK “intervened strongly” in the legal challenge brought by Austrian law student Max Schrems that ruled Safe Harbour invalid, jeopardising data sharing between Europe and the US
Quarter of Europeans are active mobile banking users
The use of mobile banking services is increasing in Europe despite security fears
HMRC VAT rules cut cloud costs by 20% for NHS and government departments
An HMRC ruling on reclaiming tax on cloud services could drive up the use of off-premise technologies in the public sector
Turning data into action still tricky for Australia's data scientists
Australian businesses need to change their attitudes towards data scientists if they are to unshackle the benefits of data
BT Openreach division expands services deal with Infosys to improve support for engineers
BT Openreach is using a software platform from Infosys that draws data from several sources to improve support for its engineers and customers
How CIOs can raise their 'IT clock speed' as pressure to innovate grows
CIOs are facing pressure from the board to roll out IT projects increasingly quickly. How can they do that without running unacceptable risks? This article, based on cutting-edge research among leading businesses, offers some answers
Dow Jones denies it was target of insider trading hack
Dow Jones says there is no information to support reports that it was the target of hackers seeking information for insider trading
Amazon sues sellers using paid-for product reviews
Amazon’s brand is being damaged by "false, misleading and inauthentic" reviews – paid for by sellers – to lure buyers, the organisation says in a lawsuit
FTTP roll-out almost justifiable in economic terms, say analysts
The operational savings of deploying FTTP broadband are soon to overtake the capex costs associated with deployment, says Point Topic
Norwegian mobile payments provider strikes deal with SpareBank 1
Norwegian banking group has agreed a deal that will see it take over the systems and customers of payments service provider mCash in Norway
Opera chooses Workday over Oracle as it moves HR to cloud
Browser company Opera opts for slick internal IT as it competes with Apple and Google for skilled technologists
China hacked US firms despite cyber pact, says CrowdStrike
Hackers linked to the Chinese government have attempted to hack into at least five US technology and two pharmaceutical firms, according to security researchers
Sunday, 18 October 2015
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ServiceNow powers Royal Mail multi-sourcing
As part of its £500m IT transformation, Royal Mail has deployed ServiceNow to manage new suppliers
CIO interview: Olivier Smith, head of IT at Sweden's Hi3G Access
The IT department at Swedish telco Hi3G is on a mission to a utopian planet, with Olivier Smith at the controls
The state of enterprise cloud adoption in 2015
Consulting partners at the AWS re:Invent show talk with Network World about the rise of enterprise interest in cloud services, plus the most common and evolving use cases for the cloud.
Social media the main cyber terror threat facing the UK, says former MI6 officer
Social media is the most powerful cyber tool terror groups use, counter-terrorist expert Richard Barret tells the London First Global Resilience Summit 2015
CIO interview: Martin Thell, Scandic Hotels
The CIO of major Nordic hotel chain Scandic Hotels wants to learn more about customers through technology, without being overbearing
ONS cyber crime stats 'tip of iceberg', say experts
Adding the traditional and cyber crime estimates together gives a total of 14.5 million for the past year, which is below the 1995 peak of 19 million, but well above last year’s estimate
Tech City UK visa scheme helps startups get the right skills
British government makes it easier for highly skilled IT professionals from outside the European Union to get visas to work for UK technology startups
Retailers miss vital data about customers' website experience
Mark Felix from John Lewis says retailers should do more to use the data they collect about how customers use websites to hone their online experience
Yahoo announces password-killing Account Key
Yahoo Account Key uses push notifications to provide a fast and secure way to access Yahoo accounts from a mobile device
How SmugMug grew up in the cloud
Photo sharing site SmugMug was not born in the cloud, but it grew up there. Don MacAskill, founder and CEO talks about the company's extensive use of Amazon Web Service's cloud.
Uninstall Adobe Flash, experts advise as zero-day hits
A critical vulnerability has been identified in Adobe Flash Player 19.0.0.207 and earlier versions for Windows, Macintosh and Linux
NHS Education for Scotland deploys ServiceNow to power digital transformation
Driving a digital strategy requires top-down executive support, says NES interim director of digital transformation Chris Wroath
Thursday, 15 October 2015
Dell buys EMC, Twitter cuts staff, 4K video in space - The Wrap
Dell buys EMC in one of the biggest tech aquisitions ever, Apple's A7 chip infringes on a patent and astronauts shoot 4K video in space.
Malaysia and Singapore are global leaders in instant messaging use
Citizens in Singapore, Malaysia and Thailand are among the biggest users of instant messaging in the world
Hands-on: Valve's Steam Machines, Steam Link, and Steam controller bring PC gaming to your living room
Steam Machines are finally here, buoyed by Valve's Steam Link and Controller. Here's our impressions of all three.
Enterprise IT buyers swap traditional servers for converged infrastructure, research shows
A survey from 451 Research suggests enterprises will increase their use of converged infrastructure stacks to swap out traditional server estates
Technologies to consider when renewing an IT services contract
Technology changes quickly, so organisations should ensure flexibility is built into IT services contracts to avoid missing out on the benefits of the latest advances
Intel revises down growth forecast for datacentre business division
Chipmaker Intel blames the weakening macroeconomic situation – with continued delays in hardware refresh cycles – in its datacentre business forecast revision
Why is Akamai moving its entire IT infrastructure to the cloud?
Akamai Technologies is a content delivery network and cloud services provider, so you might think Akamai is totally cloud-based. But, of course, it has the same legacy systems -- HR, sales, marketing, databases – as any company founded in 1998.
But senior vice president and CIO Kumud Kalia is determined to change that. Kalia’s ambitious goal is to move all of Akamai’s IT infrastructure to the public cloud.
Speaking at the Gartner ITExpo in Orlando, Fla. last week, Kalia said that people throw out lots of reasons for going to the cloud and he ticked off which ones were valid and which ones weren’t, based on his experience of having successfully moved around half of Akamai’s IT infrastructure to the cloud.
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(Insider Story)Ofcom to regulate Amazon Instant Video and Netflix
Video-on-demand services are to be regulated in the same way as broadcast television content under a new regulatory regime
Former MI5 director optimistic about cyber security
Cyber security is well on its way to maturing into a recognised threat internationally, with established ways of managing it, says former MI5 director
Why blockchain heralds a rethink of the entire banking industry
Blockchain, the distributed ledger technology behind bitcoin, is both a threat and an opportunity for financial services – and the banks are taking it very seriously
Wednesday, 14 October 2015
BlackBerry aims to own mobile security and privacy
BlackBerry views its transformation process as largely being about getting its “mojo” back around its “rightful place” in security and privacy
Snowden showed need for new laws, says former MI5 director
There is a lot of work to be done in building trust and accountability in the wake of the Snowden revelations, says former MI5 director
A drop of water in space is mesmerizing
Astronauts aboard the ISS used a 4K video camera to record a drop of water in zero gravity.
Lexalytics sentiment analysis learns Nordic languages
Lexalytics has added language support for Danish, Norwegian and Swedish to its sentiment analysis software
Sainsbury’s and Vodafone kill off MVNO joint venture
Mobile by Sainsbury’s MVNO will shut down in 2016, says the supermarket giant
VMware CEO credits Edward Snowden with transforming enterprise cloud attitudes
VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger spoke out at the VMworld Europe conference about how the "professional era" of cloud has been shaped by Edward Snowden's NSA revelations
Best of VMworld Europe User Awards 2015: The winners
Find out who won what, including the best of show prize, at the 2015 VMworld Europe User Awards in Barcelona
More than two billion mobile phones to ship in 2015
The much-noted Chinese slowdown is having a minimal effect on mobile device shipments, says CCS Insight
Customers don’t know what they want from retail omni-channels, says Sainsbury's
Head of online operations development at Sainsbury’s, Dave Crellin, says retail channels are growing so fast customers don’t know what they want
Low-power WANs overlooked for IoT connectivity, says Beecham
Beecham Research says machine-to-machine comms and the internet of things (IoT) will turn to low-power wide area networks (WANs) over mobile grids
Staff have IT skills but there aren’t enough of us, say public sector workers
Public sector IT leaders say the people they have are appropriately skilled, but there is not enough staff in public sector organisations to get things done
NCA warns UK of serious cyber attack on financial companies
Hackers target global financial institutions and payment systems with Dridex malware, with UK losses estimated at £20m, warns the National Crime agency (NCA)
Tuesday, 13 October 2015
Retail sector will be London’s next big tech drive, says Tech London Advocates
Retail technology industry predicted to follow in the footsteps of the financial technology sector by producing London’s next generation of industry-changing startups
Cyber security innovation is crucial, says security evangelist
Visibility and automation are key areas of cyber security innovation, but firms should concentrate first on the basics and not overlook the human element of security
Somerset MP brands council incompetent over BDUK fiasco
MPs whose constituencies have been affected by Connecting Devon and Somerset’s decision to throw out its Phase 2 BDUK contract have hit out over council mismanagement
How the cloud is changing IT culture
Attendees and officials at the AWS re:Invent show chat with Computerworld about how technologies and cloud development is changing the traditional IT culture at many companies.
Too many healthcare employees complacent about security
Non-technical health care employees are too complacent about the possibility of a data breach, and few are aware that it has happened to their organizations, according to a survey released today of employees at large and mid-sized health care organizations.
"There's a typical 'it can't happen to me' phenomenon," said Steve Kelley, at Chicago-based Trustwave Holdings, Inc., which sponsored the survey.
This is a huge vulnerability gap for health care organizations, he said, considering the large number of data breaches hitting health care organizations in recent years.
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(Insider Story)Advertising network takes on malvertisers
In the war between malvertisers and legitimate advertising networks, the bad guys seems to be winning. Attackers use real-time bidding platforms to place malicious ads on otherwise reputable sites, infect target users and disappear -- often before anyone has even noticed that there's a problem, according to a new report by Fairvax, Vir.-based security firm Invincea, Inc..
Attackers can use the targeting features offered by advertising networks to zero in on victims based on which operating systems and browsers they use, based on their interests, based on their geographic locations, and even based on specific corporate IP ranges.
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(Insider Story)Application attacks against clouds up 45%
Application attacks against clouds jumped 45 percent last year, according to a new report from Houston-based cloud security firm Alert Logic, Inc.
The report was based on an analysis of one billion security events in the IT environments of more than 3,000 enterprise customers, and showed that 78 percent saw incidents of application attacks last year, up from just 48 percent the year before.
"The increase doesn't surprise us because more and more companies are moving to the cloud," said Rahul Bakshi, Alert Logic's senior director of product management.
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(Insider Story)Broadband Connection Voucher scheme runs out of money
The government has closed its SME broadband Connection Voucher scheme to new applicants after exhausting the available funding
How EasyJet uses digital to drive competitive advantage
The CIO and head of digital at EasyJet tell Computer Weekly price is not the only way to gain competitive advantage in the airline industry
VMware reacts to the cloud and containerisation
At VMworld Europe, VMware restates products and roadmap visions that see it react to the perceived inevitability of the cloud, while also getting a grip on containers
Australia expands communication data retention programme
Australia has introduced a communications data retention law along the same lines proposed for UK legislation, despite opposition from citizens
Enterprise software contracts stifle digital business initiatives
Two software licensing groups have joined forces to put pressure on the European Commission to investigate leading software companies
MPs weigh in over future of Openreach during superfast broadband debate
MPs have their say on the future of Openreach, with many agreeing it would benefit broadband competition and investment if it were split from the BT group
Cyber London launches second security accelerator programme
Applications are open to startups and growth-stage companies from across Europe for CyLon's second incubator programme due to start in early December 2015
Corporate boardroom technology scales down to non-profit sector
Housing association Viridian uses the same technology as large corporations to ensure the board receives all the information it needs, securely and cost-effectively
Hybrid clouds to dominate the IT landscape in Australia
Organisations in Australia are increasingly opting for hybrid cloud services that enable them to buy some processing power upfront and rent more when needed
RBS to pilot product based on blockchain technology in 2016
Royal Bank of Scotland is among the early adopters of distributed ledger technology that could shake up the banking industry
Monday, 12 October 2015
Encryption is a double-edged sword, says Blue Coat
Seven more security suppliers join Blue Coat encrypted traffic management programme amid fresh warnings of attackers using encryption to hide malicious activity
Dell buys storage company EMC
Two years after his audacious bid to re-invent the company he founded by reprivatising it, Michael Dell is set to bid for storage giant EMC
Singapore strives to counter rising surge of cyber attacks
Organisations in Singapore are raising their game to increase cyber security resources and education in a bid to counter the rising tide of cyber attacks
Half of telco operators plan on deploying carrier Wi-Fi
Smart cities, converged services and the internet of things are all driving demand for next generation Wi-Fi, says the Wireless Broadband Alliance
Government sets up £4m fund to spur video games industry
The Department for Culture, Media and Sport announces grants of up to £25,000 from the Video Games Prototype fund to help new UK games developers get off the ground
The missing ingredient for effective problem management
Problem management implementations often fail or have limited success because they lack managers who are trained to lead problem investigations using structured methods
Microsoft wins the PC argument for Windows 10
Microsoft stands a good chance of gaining wide acceptance for the operating system on enterprise PCs in cutting admin with automated updates
Data breach hits Dow Jones
Hackers may have accessed the payment card details of up to 3,500 customers, warns finance publisher Dow Jones
Sunday, 11 October 2015
Middlesex University embarks on mass datacentre migration with Exponential-e
Middlesex University has had enough of owning and running its own hardware, and looks to Exponential-e to help shift its datacentre assets
Friday, 9 October 2015
Hands on with Asus' water-cooled GX700 gaming laptop
Want your gaming laptop to be cooler than your friend's? How about being water cooler?
Lack of trust for banks causes NHS rethink over Verify online identity scheme
NHS trials of the Verify ID assurance system found patients concerned over using banks to allow access to medical data
Silicon Valley startups pitch to solve next-generation business IT problems
We visit Silicon Valley to meet some of the emerging tech companies focusing on enterprise IT
CW500: Are you human or are you machine?
As more things become internet-connected, systems designed to authenticate people now need to deal with machine-to-machine authentication
PCs still the right choice for business, despite decline in sales, says Gartner
Android or iOS devices with keyboards are unlikely to replace Windows-based laptops and hybrids, according to analyst firm Gartner
Three technologies to drive business
Emerging technologies such as 3D printers, the internet of things and APIs will deliver new business opportunities, and CIOs are in a position to drive forward these business strategies
Security Think Tank: Threat intelligence feeds not for everyone
What is the best practice for collecting and using threat indicators from security incidents to improve defences against future cyber attacks?
A quick look at Amazon Quicksight
Matt Wood, GM of Product Strategy for Amazon Web Services, chats with Network World about the company's QuickSight offering. The new offering gives AWS users business analytics from cloud-based services. Please confirm spelling and title for Matt as well so we have the lower-third correct as well.
EU Data Protection Regulation: What the EC legislation means for cloud providers
With the European Commission's data protection rules set to drop before 2016, take a look at what the changes mean for the cloud and datacentre community
Sussex college dumps EMC for hyper-converged Scale Computing HC3
St Richard’s Catholic College deploys Scale Computing hyper-converged HC3 clusters to get log-in times down from more than two minutes to 30 seconds, saving £200,000 in the process
The security dangers of home networks
Most companies take reasonable steps to protect their networks from virus attacks, but one area of vulnerability that is often overlooked is infection from employees’ home networks
Computer Weekly European User Awards 2015: Best Networking Project winner
Construction company Osborne needs reliable connectivity on its building sites, which are often remote. This year's Networking Project of the Year goes to Osborne for the way it overcame the challenges of achieving this
California adopts landmark law protecting digital privacy
New California state legislation aims to ensure digital data has the same kinds of protection applied to non-digital communications
How to ensure strong passwords and better authentication
Five steps to ensure stronger passwords and better authentication to reduce the threat of business data theft
Australia's tech sector weighs opportunities of Trans-Pacific Partnership
Australian IT businesses are evaluating the impact of a trade deal between 11 Pacific Rim countries
Finnair selects IBM for cloud transformation
Finnish airline outsources IT transformation to IBM as it moves to introduce digital services to customers
BT warns it will cut Openreach investment if split goes ahead
In its submission to Ofcom’s Digital Communications Review, BT argues for Openreach to remain part of the BT Group and warns that a split will damage broadband investment
Challenges of developing with the cloud
Donnie Berkholz, research director at 451 Research, chats with Computerworld at the Amazon Re:Invent show about how developers are interacting with cloud services.
Amazon targets developers with new IOT and mobile features
At the Amazon Web Services' Re:Invent show in Las Vegas, the company announced new services aimed at making it easier for developers to build apps for the cloud.
Why containers are important for enterprise IT
At the AWS Re:Invent show in Las Vegas, Network World chats with Deepak Singh, GM of Amazon's Container Service, about the importance of containers in a cloud environment.
Cloud veterans offer advice
IT pros offer advice for a successful cloud migration at the AWS re:Invent conference in Las Vegas.
UK digital economy needs 2.3 million digital workers by 2020
The UK will need the skills of 2.3 million digital workers by 2020 if it hopes to power the promised digital economy, according to research from O2
Apple removes more iOS apps over security concerns
Apple has blocked more apps over security concerns just weeks after ridding the App Store of XcodeGhost malware
Case study: Consultancy AMR rebuilds comms platform on Colt IP Access
Business and M&A consultancy AMR International turned to Colt’s fibre network after being badly let down by its old supplier
Nasa and Philips emerge as early adopters of AWS IoT app creation platform
Cloud giant debuts AWS IoT, which it claims will make it quicker and easier for enterprises to create apps for connected devices
Thursday, 8 October 2015
Microsoft Surface Book, EU Safe Harbor, Twitter CEO - The Wrap
Microsoft's Surface Book turns heads, EU invalidates Safe Harbor and Jack Dorsey is Twitter's new CEO. Follow host Nick Barber on Twitter @nickjb.
Scottish Natural Heritage logs onto Capita’s Swan
Scottish Natural Heritage has joined the Scottish Wide Area Network, the national public services network being delivered by Capita IT Enterprise Services
Apprenticeships could stop potential employees falling through the net, says Bellrock
The chief technology officer of facilities management company Bellrock explains why apprenticeships should be used to stop potential IT workers moving to other industries
Security Think Tank: Security intelligence is useful only if isolated from the noise
What is best practice for collecting and using threat indicators from security incidents to improve defences against future cyber attacks?
E-commerce steams ahead in the UK with more online orders than the rest of the EU
Figures from the Office of National Statistics reveal 79% of people in the UK ordered online in 2014
Samsung Pay isolated from LoopPay attack
Hackers who compromised LoopPay’s computer systems had no access to Samsung Pay’s user data or other core information, says Samsung
Vodafone tells Ofcom: Time to break up BT
Mobile network operator Vodafone lends its voice to the growing clamour arguing for full structural and functional separation of Openreach from BT
Take part in the Computer Weekly Technology Industry Survey 2016
Share your views in Computer Weekly’s annual Technology Industry Survey, which provides an insight into the trends, challenges and aspirations of today’s IT professionals
DWP looks to Facebook and LinkedIn for social services' digital future
The Department for Work and Pensions (DWP) says it intends to learn from social networking firms and use external data to better understand people's lives
Cisco praised for quick response to cyber attack
Cisco has issued a security update for its networking equipment to block redirects to the Angler exploit kit’s proxy servers and has published guidance for users
Estonian government IT initiative increases virtual population
Estonia is leading the way when it comes to providing easy and secure access to government services for citizens and foreigners alike
Mitula aims to become a giant of the classified vertical search market
Specialist Spanish classified search site Mitula is expanding across the globe using in-house-developed software which works the same way in any country
UK companies still not on top of cyber attacks, says PwC report
Nearly 10% of UK firms do not know how many cyber attacks they had in the past year and 14% do not know how they happened, says PricewaterhouseCoopers (PwC)
Avere launches CloudFusion NAS appliance in Amazon Web Services cloud
NAS specialist Avere launches 1.5TB tiered storage cloud NAS appliance in the AWS cloud, with data held in RAM, flash and SATA media according to frequency of use
AWS to lower skills and cost barriers for database migrations using cloud
Cloud giant seeks to make it easier for firms of all sizes to adopt business intelligence tools and take advantage of database migrations
Ford uses space robot communications to serve connected cars
Ford collaborates with St Petersburg State Polytechnic University in Russia to develop car communications using technology designed for space robotics
Huawei and NTT conduct 5G radio access field trials
Huawei and NTT Docomo have successfully completed the world’s first large-scale field trial of 5G radio access technologies
Wednesday, 7 October 2015
Amazon standing up to rivals
Amazon Web Services executives said they are standing up to the competition facing the company from rivals including Google, Microsoft, Salesforce and IBM.
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