TechTarget News - Week of Apr 01, 2012
Mon Apr 2, 2012
Eight UK universities awarded excellence in cyber security research status
The first eight UK universities have been awarded 'Academic Centre of Excellence in Cyber Security Research' status
Tue Apr 3, 2012
STFC ploughs £30m into high performance computing centre with IBM
The Science and Technology Facilities Council (STFC) has signed a £30m deal with IBM to develop high performance computing (HPC)
Wed Apr 4, 2012
Facebook counter sues Yahoo in escalating patent war
Facebook is counter suing Yahoo in an escalating patent battle between the rival social networking firms
Wed Apr 4, 2012
South West police roll out £1.1m central data repository
Police forces in the South West of England are going live with a £1.1m data sharing system across the region
Wed Apr 4, 2012
Atos completes first live software rehearsal for London 2012 Olympics
Atos has completed the first live rehearsal of IT, communications, media, sports and security systems for the London 2012 Olympics
Wed Apr 4, 2012
Bodycote simplifies Microsoft licensing to save £411k
Thermal processing plant operator Bodycote has reduced the complexity of its Microsoft environment through an enterprise agreement, saving over £400,000
Wed Apr 4, 2012
Microsoft updates roaming profiles for the desktop virtualization age
Microsoft has finally delivered a new version of its roaming user profiles tool called UE-V, providing profile management for virtual desktops.
Thu Apr 5, 2012
Department of Health and CSC in deadlock over Lorenzo records system
The Department of Health and CSC failed to meet the deadline to agree new terms for the troubled electronic records systems Lorenzo