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2,500 UK web sites hacked every hour

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Stuart Sumner) — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 17:41:00 GMT

Stuart Sumner, Computing, Tuesday 2 November 2010 at 17:41:00

Ethical hacker Jason Hart blames consumer devices and home working

Some 2,500 web sites with the .co.uk domain are hacked every hour, according to Jason Hart, senior vice-president of authentication specialist Cryptocard, who was speaking at the 'Cyber-Proofing the British...

Virtualisation ‘held back’ by backup fears

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Andrew Charlesworth) — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 16:23:00 GMT

Andrew Charlesworth, Computing, Tuesday 2 November 2010 at 16:23:00

Critical workloads kept physical for want of virtual recovery tools

Virtualisation's progress is being held back by fears about data protection, according to a survey conducted by Vanson Bourne for VMware systems house Veeam Software....

Smartphones may mean risky business

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Derek du Preez) — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:33:00 GMT

Derek du Preez, Computing, Tuesday 2 November 2010 at 15:33:00

Security gaps appear as business use of mobile devices increases

A recent global study conducted by Juniper Networks on smartphone use found that three out of four people currently use their mobiles to share and access sensitive business information....

Bank of Ireland ditches HP for IBM

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Andrew Charlesworth) — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 15:02:00 GMT

Andrew Charlesworth, Computing, Tuesday 2 November 2010 at 15:02:00

Infrastructure deal closes seven-year chapter

Bank of Ireland (BoI) has signed a five-year infrastructure deal with IBM after a previous seven-year contract with HP expired recently....

Google puts bounty on bugs

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Andrew Charlesworth) — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:47:00 GMT

Andrew Charlesworth, Computing, Tuesday 2 November 2010 at 14:47:00

Chrome project to reward security researchers is experimentally extended to internet giant’s sites

Google plans to reward security researchers who find vulnerabilities in its web sites with cash handouts of between $500 (£312) and more than $3,000....

Ofcom warns TalkTalk and Tiscali over IT glitch

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Derek du Preez) — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 14:10:00 GMT

Derek du Preez, Computing, Tuesday 2 November 2010 at 14:10:00

Broadband customers were billed for services they had cancelled

Communications regulator Ofcom has issued a legal warning to broadband providers TalkTalk and Tiscali following a systems error that led to thousands of customers being billed for services they had...

PayPal users experience disruption worldwide

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Derek du Preez) — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 14:52:00 GMT

Derek du Preez, Computing, Monday 1 November 2010 at 14:52:00

Hardware failure leaves users unable to pay online

Friday 29 October saw internet payments system PayPal experience hours of disruption to its service due to a hardware failure in one of its datacentres....

Audit highlights IT problems for Scottish police

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Dawinderpal Sahota) — Mon, 01 Nov 2010 13:39:00 GMT

Dawinderpal Sahota, Computing, Monday 1 November 2010 at 13:39:00

Auditor General for Scotland tells police services authority to deliver higher quality services with less money

The Scottish Police Services Authority (SPSA) has been criticised for “not being able to meet its customers’ ICT needs”. The organisation, which offers support services to forces in Scotland, was...

Veolia deploys carbon reduction software

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Dawinderpal Sahota) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 17:37:00 GMT

Dawinderpal Sahota, Computing, Friday 29 October 2010 at 17:37:00

Firm implements green technology amid speculation that IT will be outsourced to TCS

Recycling and waste management company Veolia Environmental Services has implemented a carbon management solution as part of its carbon reduction commitment (CRC) strategy....

Mobile market slows but smartphones boom, says analyst

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Stuart Sumner) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:46:00 GMT

Stuart Sumner, Computing, Friday 29 October 2010 at 16:46:00

Growth fell to 13 per cent in the third quarter, down from 16 per cent in the first half of 2010

Growth in the mobile phone market fell to 13 per cent in the third quarter of 2010 compared with 16 per cent in the first half of 2010, according to...

Thames Water finds 4,000 unread customer emails

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Dawinderpal Sahota) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 16:37:00 GMT

Dawinderpal Sahota, Computing, Friday 29 October 2010 at 16:37:00

Water company pays out £60,000 compensation to customers

Following the discovery of a customer feedback email address containing nearly 4,000 unread customer emails from 2003, utilities company Thames Water has paid out £60,000 in compensation to affected customers....

PTC announced CAD for the masses

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Derek du Preez) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 15:59:00 GMT

Derek du Preez, Computing, Friday 29 October 2010 at 15:59:00

Creo suite enables non-technical users to contribute to product development process

BOSTON: Product development software specialist PTC has announced a new family of products dubbed Creo that is designed to open up the design and development process to non-specialist users, thereby...

Quality management tool would have prevented Nissan car recall

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Nicola Brittain) — Fri, 29 Oct 2010 14:38:00 GMT

Nicola Brittain, Computing, Friday 29 October 2010 at 14:38:00

ERP vendor IFS claims its technology would have kept cars on the road

Car manufacturer Nissan could have avoided its recall of 2.1 million cars earlier this week if it had invested in a well integrated quality management software solution – at least...

IT professionals call for more women to enter industry

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Dawinderpal Sahota) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:17:00 GMT

Dawinderpal Sahota, Computing, Thursday 28 October 2010 at 17:17:00

Some 45 per cent of IT professionals feel women are unfairly represented in the industry

New research from IT job search site CWJobs.co.uk on the state of women in IT shows that almost half of IT professionals in the UK believe that there isn't a...

Outsourcing sees its quietest quarter for five years

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Nicola Brittain) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 17:16:00 GMT

Nicola Brittain, Computing, Thursday 28 October 2010 at 17:16:00

With UK and German markets particularly soporific

The total value of outsourcing activity in Europe is the lowest it has been for the past five years, according to a report released today by consultancy TPI....

Capgemini wins five-year IT contract with Anglian Water

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Stuart Sumner) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 16:01:00 GMT

Stuart Sumner, Computing, Thursday 28 October 2010 at 16:01:00

Deal will cover Anglian Water's entire IT infrastructure as well as all its core business applications

Outsourcing and consultancy firm Capgemini has won a five-year, multimillion-pound contract with Anglian Water. The deal will support Anglian Water's infrastructure, including the full server and storage environment, and all...

Push for cloud standards gains momentum

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Dawinderpal Sahota) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 15:08:00 GMT

Dawinderpal Sahota, Computing, Thursday 28 October 2010 at 15:08:00

Intel teams up with 70 user organisations to formulate cloud standards

The IT industry is pushing for ways to simplify the migration to the clouds, and has launched two initiatives with this in mind....

Net is worth £100bn a year to the UK economy, says report

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Stuart Sumner) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:55:00 GMT

Stuart Sumner, Computing, Thursday 28 October 2010 at 11:55:00

The figure could rise to £174bn by 2015

A study commissioned by Google has found that the internet is currently worth £100bn per year to the UK economy, and the figure is still rising....

Credit Market Analysis saves £2.5m with virtualisation

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Stuart Sumner) — Thu, 28 Oct 2010 11:50:00 GMT

Stuart Sumner, Computing, Thursday 28 October 2010 at 11:50:00

Financial markets data provider took on virtualisation solution from Compellent three years ago

Credit Market Analysis (CMA), a financial markets data provider, has saved in the region of £2.5m over three years thanks to its virtualised storage solution from Compellent....

World Wrestling Entertainment pounds traffic spikes into submission

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Dawinderpal Sahota) — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:58:00 GMT

Dawinderpal Sahota, Computing, Wednesday 27 October 2010 at 14:58:00

Sports entertainment firm uses A10 solution to manage as many as 60,000 hits per second

World Wrestling Entertainment (WWE) has introduced web traffic management technology to cope with phenomenal demands on its site during peak times....

Security issues still raining on cloud’s parade

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Andrew Charlesworth) — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 14:26:00 GMT

Andrew Charlesworth, Computing, Wednesday 27 October 2010 at 14:26:00

Details of who has access to what is a bit misty, survey finds

Security is still a foggy subject for cloud users, according to a survey by access governance consultancy Courion. In a survey of 384 business managers from large enterprises, one in...

CIOs managing change should consult Gartner's 10-point plan

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Andrew Charlesworth) — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:31:00 GMT

Andrew Charlesworth, Computing, Wednesday 27 October 2010 at 13:31:00

CIOs need to prepare for business transformation, says analyst firm

With so much emphasis on better use of IT helping to deliver cost savings across the public and private sectors, analyst firm Gartner's recent report, looking at how CIO's should...

Microsoft legal team adds third-party software to SharePoint

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Derek du Preez) — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:27:00 GMT

Derek du Preez, Computing, Wednesday 27 October 2010 at 13:27:00

Colligo's Contributor V4.2 enables users to store critical emails into a central repository within SharePoint

Microsoft's legal team has integrated Colligo's Contributor V4.2 software into SharePoint so that it can access and send email from inside the collaboration platform....

Webmail and IM more risky than Facebook

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Andrew Charlesworth) — Wed, 27 Oct 2010 13:03:00 GMT

Andrew Charlesworth, Computing, Wednesday 27 October 2010 at 13:03:00

Traffic analysis shows social not-working is not such a big threat

Long-established communication applications such as webmail and instant messaging present more of a direct security risk to organisations than Facebook despite all the hype to the contrary, say security experts....

Slow communication costs British businesses £70bn

author@nospam.vnunet.com (Dawinderpal Sahota) — Tue, 26 Oct 2010 17:46:00 GMT

Dawinderpal Sahota, Computing, Tuesday 26 October 2010 at 17:46:00

Customers won't wait around, says Vodafone study

British businesses are losing valuable contracts because they cannot be reached fast enough by potential customers, according to a recent study from Vodafone....