CIOs need to get their house in order before they get a seat at the top table, a panel of financial executives said at a briefing by the Financial Times in England.
Gartner: future data centres will have more flexibility
Tomorrow’s data centre will be mobile, flexible, highly efficient and secure, says David Cappuccio, Managing Vice President and Chief of Research for Gartner’s infrastructure teams.
The Way Forward
When it comes to security, it seems everyone’s in a state of perpetual panic. Whether it’s mobile malware, BYOD or hacktivism, over the course of 2013 the issue of protecting valuable information and resisting attack has inspired a dizzying and persistent challenge.
Empowering the Crowd
As Powering The Cloud hosted its 10th anniversary show in Frankfurt, few would question that cloud computing uptake is on the rise. The same few would question that it is a trend that is here to stay, and one that businesses will have to adapt to.
OKI Europe wins VISCOM ‘Best of 2013’ Award
The award recognises OKI’s strategy to diversify through innovation, as ES9541 wins the Textile Finishing category due to its versatility, print quality and competitive pricing.
Ten times the power
The tenth edition of the Powering the Cloud conference held in Frankfurt, Germany, suggested a bigger-than-ever drive to adopt cloud computing, despite continuing security concerns.
Nokia targets low-end Android competitors with two new Asha smartphones
Nokia has started shipping two new low-end touch-screen phones running its own Asha software platform. It hopes they will allow it to compete more effectively with cheap Android-based products.
Europe’s biggest software clusters no match for Silicon Valley heavyweights
The EU has built a core of world class software zones but remains some way from emulating Silicon Valley’s ability to fuse technological innovation with economic success, a Fraunhofer Institute study has found.
Price of one bitcoin surpasses $1,000 on Mt. Gox
The price of a single bitcoin reached US$1,000 Wednesday, demonstrating a new level of interest for the digital currency that earlier this year was trading for just $30.
FCC’s in-flight cellphone plan carries a lot of baggage
Anyone who dreads hearing one end of a loud phone call all the way from Anchorage to Miami, take heart: the plan to allow cellphones on planes could fail in more ways than an overbooked flight at a snowbound airport on Christmas Eve.
Sage advice: the easy way to say ‘No’ as a CIO
“Having the courage to say no is important. People will wonder who you really are if you’re always saying yes to everything.”
Beware: data centres advertising spurious reliability credentials
How reliable is your data centre service provider? Perhaps not as reliable as you think.
Huawei collaborates with Enterprise Systems
With the enterprise market being an important area for Huawei, Enterprise Systems will now distribute the company’s portfolio of vertical solutions focusing on the hospitality and public sectors in the UAE market.
Accenture study: CIOs at loggerheads with CMOs
An Accenture survey of 252 CIOs and 405 CMOs shows that, despite IT’s years of work toward business alignment, it remains far removed from marketing.
BP locking down personal devices in the face of cyber warfare
Oil giant BP is currently having a “big internal debate” about how it can lock down personal computers without losing out on flexibility for employees, as a direct result of the increasing threat of cyber attacks.
Banking malware infections rise to highest level since 2002
Malicious software aimed at stealing online banking credentials surged in the third quarter of this year to a level not seen since 2002, according to a new report from Trend Micro.
Security researchers laud Microsoft, Facebook bug bounty programmes
Facebook and Microsoft are winning plaudits from security researchers for launching an initiative to offer bounties to bug hunters who discover and report vulnerabilities in widely used products.
Apple’s Siri chief now building connected device platform at Samsung
The engineer who oversaw development of Apple’s Siri technology is now at Samsung building an online service to link together the “Internet of things.”
Google’s secret proposals leaked as dismay over EU antitrust inquiry grows
Google’s secret proposals leaked as dismay over EU antitrust inquiry grows
Windows XP may axe antivirus updates for Security Essentials after April 2014
Microsoft might stop updating Microsoft Security Essentials (MSE) antivirus software on systems running Windows XP after next April’s support cut-off, the company has suggested.