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London Stock Exchange Moves To Linux Platform
Falling behind and under potential cyber-attack, LSE has made a move to Novell's open source SuSE Linux
Lessons Learnt As IBM’s Watson Wins At Jeopardy
The gameshow-playing supercomputer Watson trounced humans as it romped all over the Jeopardy board
IT Jobs Market Shows Better Prospects For Staff
Despite a rosier picture for IT job seekers, the latest figures from e-Skills shows a skills gap is approaching
O2 To Launch Virtual Wallet For Mobile Payments
O2 is planning to offer mobile payments, on the heels of Everything Everywhere's NFC announcement
SAP Moves To Reduce Fine For Illegal Downloads
SAP said a refusal to reduce the fine imposed in favour of Oracle would lead it to appeal the original decision
LinkedIn To Go Public In £110m Flotation
LinkedIn has filed for an initial public offering, potentially paving the way for Facebook, Twitter and Groupon
Microsoft Revenues Hold With Kinect And Windows 7
Microsoft posted stronger quarterly revenues than expected but still faces challenges with its online services
Everything Everywhere To Launch Mobile Payments
The UK's largest operator will roll out contactless mobile payments this summer
Strong SAP Revenues Despite The Oracle Trial
Despite struggling with the Oracle lawsuit fallout, SAP announced strong fourth-quarter 2010 revenues
Well, Is The Cloud Really Green?
The cloud has green credentials, but are they genuine, asks Peter Judge
110,000 New UK IT Jobs In 2011
e-Skills finds that the IT employers want mature staff with qualifications rather than eager youths
IT Spending Will Double To More Than £6bn by 2016
Hardware replacement, mobile devices, cyber-threats and cloud spending will exceed $10 billion in five years
NetSuite Adds CyberSource To Flag E-Commerce Fraud
Screening software in NetSuite's cloud-based ERP platform makes it easier to screen fraudulent transactions
SAP Acquires Security As Black Hats Take Aim
As SAP buys into ID management, an event at Black Hat DC will put Web-enabled SAP apps in the line of fire
SAP Financial Analytics Module Unveiled By Oracle
Court battles over, Oracle still sees value in releasing a BI analytics application for SAP databases
Facebook May Have To State Financials – Or Go Public
Facebook is near the SEC's 500-private shareholder threshold and may have to publicly state financials by 2012
Goldman’s $450m Facebook Investment Signals New Dotcom Boom
A big private investment helps Facebook stay private, and builds expectations of a new boom in Internet stocks, says Peter Judge
UKCA Tries To Block Chip & PIN Hack Research Paper
The UK Card Association tried to block a university Chip & PIN report showing how the system can be fooled
Cloud Marketer Aprimo Acquired By Teradata
Aprimo provides workflows to integrate data silos, controls budgeting, and deploys multichannel campaigns
Atos To Buy Siemens’ Services Arm For £720m
Merger of Atos and Siemens creates a European services giant second only to IBM
Hundreds Of Bank Sites Vulnerable To Old RSA Flaw
Two years on and banks have yet to apply a patch protecting RSA's Adaptive Authentication platform
WikiLeaks Supporters Hit PayPal And PostFinance
PayPal and a Swiss bank have been hit by WikiLeaks supporters, for cutting off the whistleblower's funds
SAP To Pay Oracle $1.3bn For Copyright Infringement
Oracle wins the highest sum awarded in a US court for copyright infringement. SAP is now considering its next move
Analytics Speeds Doubled By IBM Storage Architecture
Announced at the Supercomputing 2010 show, IBM’s new architecture can double the speed of analytics processing
Cuts? eWEEK Readers Say Tech Will Help
You say IT can boost efficiency (and we agree). Next: how should business go social - Facebook, Twitter or what?
PayPal Service Disruption Continues In UK
A worldwide PayPal outage on Friday is still continuing for some UK customers, according to reports
PCI-DSS 2.0 Emphasises Transaction Log Management
The PCI Security Standards Council has updated the PCI DSS and PA-DSS with clarifications to help businesses improve compliance and security
Access Adds Green XML For Financial Carbon Footprints
BASDA Green XML is being tested by Access in a sustainability module for its financial and reporting package
Social Media Giants Pump $250m Into Startups
Amazon, Facebook and others invest in KPCB's sFund to encourage social applications startups