MEP David Martin expects the vote to go 2:1 against ACTA, and explains why
TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2012
Open Source Won The Mobile Platform Wars
Open source has won on mobile devices, because it makes for better software, says Funambol's Fabrizio Capobianco
Pan-European Academic Network Receives Terabit Upgrade
Fast enough to download a Blu-Ray in under two seconds
Brocade Reveals SDN Approach, Adds OpenFlow For 100GbE
Brocade has added OpenFlow support across its NetIron and MLX routers, and outlined its approach to SDN
Does Greenpeace Even Get Tech?
It is important to make IT greener, but we need a better watchdog than Greenpeace, says Peter Judge
O2 Carbon Footprint Verified By Carbon Trust
Wants to become the UK's most energy-efficient network
Silicon Milkroundabout Job Fair Returns To London
IT Ninjas, Gurus and Jedi assemble, for free coffee, free friut and 800 jobs!
Government Opens Door To Open Data Institute
The government has revealed plans for a Open Data Institute (ODI) to be based at Silicon Roundabout
IBM Bans Siri Over Data Privacy Fears
Security concerns prohibit use of the iPhone personal assistant
Facebook’s Shares Continue To Drop, Regulators Are Concerned
Morgan Stanley might have improperly disclosed information to the investors
TechWeekEurope To Chair Green IT Debate
Green IT could change everything - but what are the sticking points? Come to the debate next week.
EE Promises Seamless Orange And T-Mobile Signal Sharing
Everything Everywhere moes towards merging its two 3G networks
Mozilla Webmaker To Teach Users How To Code
A new program from Mozilla is promising to turn humble web users into coding developers
SAP Acquires Ariba To Improve Cloud Credentials
SAP has boosted its cloud and collaboration portfolio with the acquisition of Ariba for £3.4bn
Windows 8 Improves Support For Multiple Monitors
Microsoft is to make it much easier to use multiple monitors in Windows 8, in order to aid productivity
BYOD Drives Impressive WLAN Growth, Says IDC
The burgeoning BYOD trend is triggering revenue growth in the global WLAN market, IDC figures reveal
VMware Acquires Wanova For Desktop Virtualisation
VMware is to acquire Wanova, in a move that will provide it with advanced WAN-based VDI capabilities
EMC World: Flash Projects X And Thunder Get First Showing
Projects X and Thunder get their first outing with some impressive specs quoted by EMC
EMC World: ‘Megalaunch’ Rolls On With Vblock Additions
EMC continues its massive rollout of products, with some announcements around its converged Vblock systems
EMC World 2012: EMC Scores ‘20 Petabyte Facebook Deal’
EMC is giving Facebook tens of petabytes for a scale-out, cloudy architecture, a source tells TechWeekEurope
Google Completes £8bn Motorola Takeover
Dennis Woodside named new CEO of company
EMC World: EMC Acquires Cloud Sync Firm Syncplicity
Despite VMware releasing a beta of its own cloud sync product, EMC snaps up Syncplicity
BCS Adds Agile Testing Certificate
BCS has introduced a certificate for agile software testers, reflecting the growing importance of agile development techniques
Kaspersky Calls For Cyber-Weapons Convention
Cyber-weapons are cheap, democracy is dying, and social media is dangerous – the dark prophecy of Eugene Kaspersky
Cloudforce: Salesforce Chatter Goes Real-Time
Salesforce.com gives its Chatter social network some real time chat
NHS To Publish Anonymised Patient Data
The long-delayed Department of Health information strategy plans to release anonymised patient data to researchers, industry and the public
Cloudforce: Salesforce Launches 20 Apprenticeships
A few lucky NEETs could get two years work at a Salesforce customer
NHS Trust To Appeal ICO Fine
Central London Community Healthcare NHS Trust says ICO has "acted incorrectly"
Government Scheme Offers PC With Broadband For £159
Get Online @ Home, now with free Internet
Virgin Media COO Accuses Government Of Subsidising BT
Andrew Barron will criticise government of giving all the rural broadband money to BT