TechTarget News - Week of May 27, 2012
Mon May 28, 2012
UK regulator PhonepayPlus shuts down Angry Birds smartphone scam
UK users of Android smartphones have been targeted by premium-rate phone scams masquerading as popular apps such as Angry Birds
Mon May 28, 2012
Security researchers discover powerful cyber espionage weapon 'Flame'
Security researchers have discovered a cyber espionage weapon, dubbed 'Flame', with a functionality greater than any other known threat
Tue May 29, 2012
CIO interview: Lukas Oberhuber, CTO, Simply Business
Lukas Oberhuber is CTO at Simply Business, where he is making IT at the insurance company more agile to meet business demands
Tue May 29, 2012
Epic Systems authorizes EHR system to run on Intel x86 Linux servers
Epic Systems Corp. says 'yes' to running its EHR system on Intel x86 servers. The move might make implementing Epic attractive to smaller hospitals.
Tue May 29, 2012
BT helps itself to Home Hubs for public Wi-Fi
A feature of BT's routers called Fon gives away a percentage of bandwidth from home-based Wi-Fi to passers-by, often without user consent.
Wed May 30, 2012
Inadequate financial reporting holds firms back
Businesses admit difficulties in controlling data quality when reporting financial results as finance executives complain of stress as a result
Thu May 31, 2012
William Grant & Sons opens datacentre for ERP consolidation
Distiller William Grant & Sons opens a UK datacentre to consolidate its global ERP operation
Thu May 31, 2012
UK businesses prefer training to hiring to plug IT skills gap
An IT skills shortage in the UK is affecting businesses, driving 70% of organisations to invest in training while 40% plan to hire skills
Thu May 31, 2012
BT kills broadband roll-out in London borough
Kensington and Chelsea turn down the offer of fibre broadband to keep its ‘historic streetscapes’ intact
Fri Jun 1, 2012
Former MI5 boss loses laptop
The former boss of the UK's MI5 security service has caused a security scare by losing her laptop at Heathrow.
Fri Jun 1, 2012
Microsoft softens July licence blow
Microsoft has lowered the price hike planned for July, but businesses still face paying up to 25% more for their software.