TechTarget News - Week of Aug 31, 2014
Mon Sep 1, 2014
UK wants Russia blocked from using financial messaging system
The UK is pushing for a ban on Russian businesses using the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication (Swift) network as a sanction in reaction Russia’s role in the current crisis in Ukraine.
Mon Sep 1, 2014
Rolls-Royce CIO joins HMRC as non-executive director
Rolls-Royce CIO Simon Ricketts has been appointed non-executive director of Her Majesty’s Revenue & Customs
Mon Sep 1, 2014
Nato set to clarify stance on cyber attack
Leaders will discuss changing the mission of collective defence with respect to cyber attack at this week’s Nato summit
Mon Sep 1, 2014
Suppliers discuss Emergency Services Network with Home Office
Suppliers have attended an event held by the Home Office to discuss details of the new Emergency Services Network
Tue Sep 2, 2014
Apple and FBI launch iCloud hack investigation
Apple and FBI investigate the breach of Apple’s iCloud causing fresh business concerns over cloud security
Tue Sep 2, 2014
Online fashion retailer Asos seeks CIO
Asos.com is looking to appoint a CIO following the departure of Pete Marsdon after two years in the role
Tue Sep 2, 2014
Locking Russia out of Swift "unlikely and complicated", says analyst
A senior analyst at Celent has said cutting off Russia from Swift is unlikely to be effective
Wed Sep 3, 2014
Aberdeen to get city-wide gigabit network
Aberdeen will this month become Scotland’s first city to be fully covered by a high speed fibre network
Wed Sep 3, 2014
Morgan Motor Company swaps Sage for integrated IFS
Morgan Motor Company is replacing its Sage 500 accounting system with IFS Applications
Thu Sep 4, 2014
Ordnance Survey to release open data on green spaces
The Ordnance Survey is to release information and statistics on green space in England and Wales as open data
Fri Sep 5, 2014
Barclays bank launches biometric authentication
Barclays bank plans to launch biometric readers that read users' finger veins to authenticate customers
Fri Sep 5, 2014
Nude celebrity hack forces changes at Apple and 4Chan
Apple and image-sharing site 4Chan take security measures after celebrity iCloud accounts were compromised and photos leaked