TechTarget News - Week of Jul 15, 2012
Mon Jul 16, 2012
Sophos combines endpoint security and UTM
Security firm Sophos combines endpoint protection and unified threat management (UTM) products into a single physical or virtual appliance
Mon Jul 16, 2012
Home Office creates private police ICT company
The Home Office has created a private firm to manage police IT after the the National Policing Improvement Agency (NPIA) was abolished
Tue Jul 17, 2012
Steve Ballmer launches cloud-based Microsoft Office 2013
Steve Ballmer releases a preview of Microsoft's cloud-based Office 2013 suite of productivity tools, which he says works best on Windows 8 OS
Tue Jul 17, 2012
CSC wins deal to transform datacentres for engineer firm Alstom
Engineering company Alstom has outsourced the transformation of its datacentres to systems integrator CSC in a five-year contract
Tue Jul 17, 2012
Skype works to fix privacy bug as instant messages leak
Internet telephony service Skype has confirmed that a bug in its software has been sending copies of instant messages to unintended recipients
Wed Jul 18, 2012
Microsoft faces substantial EC fine over browser rules breach
Microsoft faces a large fine for failing to offer Windows users a choice of web browser despite apologising to the European Commission (EC)
Wed Jul 18, 2012
Intel warns of slowdown amid falling PC sales
Chip maker Intel warned of a slowdown over the next quarter as it announced its sales and profit for its latest three-month period.
Wed Jul 18, 2012
PayPal buys mobile payment firm Card.io
The online payment company looks to expand its mobile offering with the San Francisco start-up
Thu Jul 19, 2012
Security researchers join forces to bring down Grum botnet
Security researchers have collaborated to take down Grum, the world’s third-largest botnet of hijacked computers
Thu Jul 19, 2012
Many global firms unaware of online risk, finds KPMG
Many global organisations could do a lot more to protect their private data and reduce exposure to attacks by hackers, according to KPMG
Thu Jul 19, 2012
Businesses outsource IT for reasons other than cost
Cost-cutting is diminishing in importance as a reason to outsource IT, according to research of 630 contracts worth £14bn carried out by KPMG
Fri Jul 20, 2012
Eurozone crisis hits IT outsourcing
IT outsourcing contract values hit their lowest in five years as fears over the stability of the Euro restrain European business spending