MasterCard today announced it had signed a five-year deal with Everything Everywhere to develop mobile payment systems. MasterCard had already formed a partnership in 2009 with Orange, when it began work on QuickTap, the first near-field ...
Tags: MasterCard, five-year deal, mobile payment systems, Orange, QuickTap, NFC
The value of data to cyber criminals Plan for cyber attacks Defence in depth against cyber attack Comprehensive approach to APTs Stuxnet,Duqu,Flame,and Gauss have nothing to do with businesses that are not involved in finance and critical ...
Tags: cyber criminals, cyber attack, OTMS, IT security
It is almost time to dust off the castanets and pack for VMworld Europe 2012, taking place in Barcelona this year. Doors to the Fira Barcelona Gran Via venue, will open on 9-11 October for VMworld Europe attendees and exhibitors eager to ...
Everything Everywhere has confirmed a deal with mobile network operator 3 to sell on part of its 1800MHz spectrum,which could enable the smaller operator to launch its own 4G services. The agreement to sell part of the spectrum band is ...
Tags: UK, 4G services, Orange, T-Mobile, 4G network, Ofcom, mobile internet
Ofcom has made a ruling that will allow Everything Everywhere to use its existing spectrum allocation to offer 4G services across the UK. The company – formed from the merger of Orange and T-Mobile – can launch the service any ...
Tags: Ofcom, Everything Everywhere, 4G services, UK
David Weymouth, group director of operations and risk at insurance giant RSA, talks to Computer Weekly about the importance of training the next generation of IT leaders; the key changes affecting finance technology; and why a government ...
Tags: Interview, RSA, insurance, banks'IT systems, Finance IT systems
The government may struggle to deliver its end-user device strategy due to limited resources and a lack of centralised planning, Computer Weekly has learned. The EUD strategy intends to create a more flexible approach to working by ...
Tags: end-user device, EUD strategy, smartphones, laptops, tablets
Jeremy Hunt today claimed the UK government would achieve its goal of having the best broadband in Europe by 2015, but mobile would have to play a major part. Speaking this morning at Google's recently opened Tech City premises, the ...
Tags: broadband, mobile, 4G network, 4G products
IBM has announced it is buying Texas Memory Systems (TMS) for an undisclosed sum. Texas Memory Systems (TMS) was founded in 1978 and has become one of the most prolific suppliers in the flash storage market, specialising in its RamSan ...
Tags: IBM, Texas Memory Systems, TMS, undisclosed sum
Cancer charity Macmillan had to overcome user resistance when it upgraded its IT service management (ITSM) technology, after the organisation outgrew its existing technology and processes. The organisation eventually overcame user ...
Computer Weekly takes a look at how we experienced "the most connected Games ever" with our round-up of technology stats. The technology behind the Olympics largely went unnoticed, which is an indication of its success. "Delivering the ...
Tags: Olympics, sports website, desktops, broadband network, BT Wi-fi
Google is to lay off 20%of the Motorola Mobility workforce with 4,000 redundancies worldwide,two-thirds of that number coming from outside the US. The company said it intends to ditch its standard phones as part of the move."Motorola ...
Tags: Google, Motorola, cut staff, mobile product portfolio—shifting
Open source"big data"technologies seem stuck in the sand pit of experimentation in UK corporations. This has been a consistent theme in SearchDataManagement.co.UK interviews with people familiar with early big data implementations. For ...
Nearly half of enterprises that allow employee-owned devices to connect to a company's network have experienced a data breach, a study has revealed. Most of these companies reacted by restricting data access rights (45%) or installing ...
Tags: employee-owned devices, company's network, data breach, security software
SMEs say they are concerned over the delay in the accreditation process for G-Cloud services. The pan-government accreditation process on G-Cloud services for information deemed sensitive is being carried out by IT security arm CESG. No ...
Tags: G-Cloud, IL2 services, Government Protective Marking System