But Germany, France and Italy will do better out of the cloud, according to EMC Consulting's report
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Bank SMS Passcodes Intercepted By Zeus Variant
The Mitmo Zeus Trojan has infected phones to intercept login SMS credentials and access bank accounts
GSMA Banks On NFC Mobile Payments
Vodafone, Orange, O2 and others have declared they will launch NFC mobile payment services by 2012
Social Media Access May Cause Governance Problems
Gartner claims half of all companies, fearing prosecution, may attempt to block social networking site access
Terrorist Tracking Could Open Europe To US Spying
The US can access EU financial data under an agreement designed to track terrorist funds
Attachmate Merger Gets Novell Stockholders’ Blessing
Novell shareholders have approved the complex $2.2 billion acquisition by Attachmate and Longview
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
Microsoft Phone Market Share Shows Need for WP7 Hit
Windows Phone 7 units need to show much improved sales to maintain Microsoft's market postion
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
Sony Aims For No 2 Tablet Place By Year End
Sony has no tablets for sale yet but it still plans to be chasing Apple - or Samsung - by the end of 2011
Intel Tries To Appease EU Fears Over McAfee Deal
Intel is offering promises to EU regulators to alleviate antitrust fears over the McAfee acquisition
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
IGEL Donates Thin Clients For Homeless Charity
IGEL is donating 240 thin clients for use in the “Crisis at Christmas” initiative for homeless people in London