Survey: Cloud computing will foster IT security careers
Around half of information security professionals believe that cloud computing will drive an increase in demand for their skills, according to a new survey.
Stories by Anh Nguyen
BCS launches green accreditation for data centres
BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, has today launched an accreditation for energy efficient data centres.
BAE Systems cuts 1,300 jobs, including IT
Defence company BAE Systems has announced 1,307 job losses in the UK, and confirmed that some will be IT roles.
Businesses don’t know data centre's environmental effect
A survey of 100 CIOs and data centre managers in the UK has shown that 53 per cent of respondents do not know the environmental impact of their own data centres.
Businesses have 'yet to take advantage of social media data'
Businesses are still cautious about investing in social media analytics, despite the hype around social media and the role it plays and will increasingly play in enterprise.
HP shows profit from data mining
Computer giant HP added $20 million (£12.5 million) to its bottom line through data mining activities, demonstrating that businesses can see a huge return on their analytics investment.
Forrester: Consumerisation of IT can be an opportunity
IT needs to adapt to a new 'empowered' era, where customers have more information available to them than ever before, and employees are bringing new technologies into the business first, says Forrester.
App dev on Android has increased significantly, study shows
The amount of time mobile application developers spent testing on Android devices has increased significantly over the last year, a study has found.
Information Commissioner slams NHS Trust for lost USB stick
The Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) has found East & North Hertfordshire NHS Trust in breach of the Data Protection Act after an unencrypted USB stick containing patient data was lost on a train.
Email is 'counter-productive' says Salesforce.com
Most emails sent at work are 'irrelevant', a survey for cloud company salesforce.com,has found.
Roberto Cavalli follows the cloud trend with Google
Designer fashion house Roberto Cavalli has decided to standardises its email systems by moving to the Google cloud.
IT jobs available in finance industry up 23 percent
The number of adverts for IT jobs in the financial services sector increased by 23 percent in the first quarter of 2010, according to a new report.
BP sponsors Google and Yahoo searches for 'oil spill'
BP has bought the top advertising space on Google and Yahoo! search results pages for terms such as 'oil spill', 'oil leak', 'oil disaster' and 'Gulf of Mexico'.
MI5 on hunt for new head of transformation and office of CIO
MI5 is looking to recruit a head of transformation and office of CIO as part of an "ambitious" plan to deliver "new capability within constrained budgets".
Barnado’s children's charity cuts costs with online training
Online conferencing tools help the charity fill gap left by budget cuts