Cyber-crime incidents that are reported by the press are "just a snapshot" of what is actually happening, according to the government spy agency GCHQ's director Sir Iain Lobban. In an article entitled "Countering the cyber threat to ...
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Big data is not yet being embraced, according to Adrian Asher, chief information security officer (CISO) of the Skype division at Microsoft. Asher told delegates at Infosecurity Europe 2013 that big data is currently just a buzzword used ...
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High unemployment and the continued slowdown in economic growth in the Southern European crisis countries in particular is still hampering economic development in the European Union (EU). While the countries moving towards recovery are ...
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Smartglass has recently won the contract to supply privacy glass to the new Nationwide Office in London. In conjunction with Mace and Optima Partitioning, Privacy Smartglass will feature in the CEO and excutive offices. Located ...
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The Australian sharemarket has finished lower, despite some resilience in the resources and materials sector. Options XPress market analyst Ben Le Brun said the local market had bounced back in afternoon trade as investors looked ahead ...
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When Capital was approached by regular clients Universal and Soho House to put together a system for the Universal Music BRIT Awards party hosted by Bacardi and Soho House, they knew it was going to be a night to remember. "The event took ...
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Recently, the annual figures of the national gross domestic products (GDPs) of various countries of the European Union (EU) were published. Most of them are not very favorable compared to those for Asian countries. Most of them show a ...
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The Australian dollar has jumped to its highest level in more than two weeks following a stronger-than-expected rise in Chinese exports and imports. At 17:00 AEDT, the Australian dollar was trading at $US1.0549, up from $US1.0508 ...
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A big jump in China's trade surplus buoyed the Australian dollar as dealers bet that the world's second-biggest economy was recovering faster than expected. China's monthly trade surplus widened to $US31.6 billion ($29.9bn) in December, ...
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The top IT leaders in the UK talked to Computer Weekly throughout 2012 to share their opinions and experiences of modern technology leadership and transforming business and government through IT innovation. Their views are valuable not only ...
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Over the last decade banks have spent billions on high-frequency trading, but have simultaneously neglected their IT legacy systems, leading to a dangerous lack of data transparency. With the Banking Reform Bill in draft, is the time right ...
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Simon Moorhead began his career as the Bank of England’s CIO with a baptism of fire, having started in November 2008 – just two months after Lehman Brothers collapsed and a year after Northern Rock was rescued by the government. ...
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The industry that you expect to hit the IT headlines on a regular basis has not let us down in the last 12 months,despite continued tough market conditions. With customer demands changing,banks have to innovate around things like mobile ...
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When Andy Haywood says he is extremely busy, it is probably not an exaggeration. Eight months after joining the Co-operative Business Group (CBG) as group chief information officer (CIO), he is leading a full-scale IT transformation ...
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Out with the old Delivering the “near-impossible” The agenda for 2013 Focus on Apple The next funding period Susan Cooklin has had an eventful 2012. The CIO at Network Rail delivered major technology upgrades, while driving ...
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