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TECHNOLOGY POWERING BUSINESS
2015
IBM Reveals Blue Box On-Premise OpenStack Cloud
OpenStack-powered IaaS service provides companies with an on-premises private cloud environment that is operated by IBM within their data centre of choice
Boy Arrested In Northern Ireland Over TalkTalk Hack
TalkTalk has insisted it had adequate security in place as it downplays the seriousness of the breach
Amazon’s Irish Expansion: Retail And Cloud Giant Plans Further £700m Data Centre
Dublin Airport facility will one of one Amazon's biggest in Europe as tech giants ramp up European data centre efforts
Intel Buys Up AI Firm Saffron
Deal could bring forward “cognitive computing” and high-speed analytics into the mainstream
Oracle Wants To Make Your Data More Visual Than Ever
Oracle OpenWorld: Oracle Data Visualisation Cloud Service will put a “stunning” face on visual data, company says
Oracle: We Don’t Pay Attention To IBM And SAP Anymore
Oracle OpenWorld: Former main rivals are ‘nowhere’ in the cloud, Larry Ellison says, with Microsoft taking their place
Larry Ellison – Security Is Our Number One Focus
Oracle OpenWorld: Major shift in computing industry is making everyone rethink their needs, Oracle CTO says
Five Affordable Ways To Boost Your Business Broadband
Matt Powell, editor for the broadband comparison website BroadbandGenie.co.uk, shares his top tips on getting the most from your broadband
RBS To Make Facebook At Work Available To All 100,000 Employees
Facebook at Work hopes to take market share away from Yammer and LinkedIn
Microsoft Azure Fires Shots At AWS With Taser Customer Win
TASER will integrate Evidence.com and Axon camera systems with Microsoft Azure cloud platform and Windows 10 devices
Lawsuit Alleges Excessive iOS 9 Cellular Data Usage
A new iOS 9 feature has led to unexpectedly high cellular data bills, the lawsuit alleges
IBM Launches Apache Spark-as-a-Service Offering
At its Insight 2015 conference, IBM announced a series of new solutions, including a Spark-as-a-Service offering on IBM Bluemix
Judge Dismisses Wikimedia’s Anti-Surveillance Case Against NSA
Civil liberties organisations argue decision ignores evidence of indiscriminate NSA spying
Ofcom To Sell 2.3GHz And 3.4GHz For 4G And IoT In Early 2016
Ofcom finalises plans to sell 190MHz of spectrum, with a combined reserve price of £70m
TalkTalk: Cyberattack Not As Bad As First Feared
The number of customers affected and the amount of data potentially stolen could be less than expected says TalkTalk CEO
Barclays ‘Recovering’ From Weekend System Outage
A technical glitch that coincided with planned maintenance left customers unable to access cash
Public Cloud Booms In India As US Giants Seek £477m Market
Gartner sees "explosive" growth of IaaS and SaaS in India, with spending on cloud services in India to hit $1.9 billion by 2019
Oracle Teams Up With Intel To Push New Cloud Services
Oracle OpenWorld: It’s time to update your cloud system, Intel says, as it partners with Oracle to target IBM users
10 Of The Best Offline Apps
Go off the grid with our selection of some of the finest offline apps around.
Intel Security To Retire McAfee SaaS Email Services
End of the line for former McAfee email security products as chip giant transitions to newer products
BT Perfectly Happy To ‘Sweat’ Copper Broadband Assets
BLOG: BT and its rivals agree on one thing: it plans to sweat its copper assets
Google Parent Alphabet Benefits From Mobile Search, YouTube
What's in a name? Company reorganisation does not prevent Google from posting healthy profit and revenue increases
Microsoft, Amazon Reap Cloud Benefits
Cloud services including AWS, Office 365, Azure have boosted Microsoft and Amazon financials
Facebook Admits Its iOS App Is A Battery Killer
Improvements to iPhone and iPad app will provide better performance, Facebook says
Microsoft Reveals A Cheaper Surface Book
Newest model gives a graphics boost to Microsoft’s new laptop
Huawei To Support UK Graphene Research Effort
Huawei will work with University of Manchester's National Graphene Institution to develop applications for 'wonder material'
‘Significant’ TalkTalk Data Breach Could Affect Millions Of Customers
TalkTalk data breach is being investigated by police and ICO as company urges customers to be wary of potential identity theft
Reclassification Of Cybercrime ‘Critical To Improving Cyber Defences’
Office for National Statistics’ move to incorporate cyber crime into official crime statistics long overdue, says certification body APMG
Enterprise Security Workers Opt For Integrated, Cloud-Delivered Security Platforms
Almost all IT security decision makers believe integrated cloud security platforms as delivering better functionality than point solutions, study reveals