TechTarget News - Week of Feb 01, 2015
Mon Feb 2, 2015
Gandalf to become the Speaking Clock
BT reveals it has engaged the services of actor Ian McKellen to be the voice of the Speaking Clock for Comic Relief
Tue Feb 3, 2015
Computacenter sells recycling arm to Arrow
Arrow buys IT disposal and asset recovery business RDC for a cool £56m cash
Tue Feb 3, 2015
Post Office CIO would talk to any subpostmaster about IT problems, promises CEO
The CEO of the Post Office defended the organisation’s support for users of its accounting system in a select committee inquiry into alleged problems
Tue Feb 3, 2015
EMC launches VSPEX Blue EVO:Rail hyper-converged appliances
EMC announces VSPEX Blue EVO:Rail hyper-converged appliance in general purpose and performance variants
Thu Feb 5, 2015
Ross Ulbricht faces life for Silk Road dark market conviction
Ross Ulbricht faces life in jail after being convicted of seven charges related to the Silk Road online illegal drugs dark market
Thu Feb 5, 2015
FCC’s Tom Wheeler offers up net neutrality plan
The Federal Communications Commission (FCC) may rule in favour of a strong regulatory environment to preserve the open internet
Thu Feb 5, 2015
IT spending in 2015: Mobility projects and cloud
Mobile application development and cloud-based services will be focus of IT spending in 2015, according to a TechTarget survey on IT priorities.
Fri Feb 6, 2015
Kellogg's outsources digital marketing to Indian supplier
Food giant Kellogg's outsources the management of its digital marketing platform to Indian IT services firm Mindtree
Fri Feb 6, 2015
Sweeping trend towards digital banking forces RBS branch closures
Royal Bank of Scotland "taken aback" by ever-increasing take-up of digital banking and announces additional branch closures across UK
Fri Feb 6, 2015
National Police ICT Company finally set to start operations
A national Police ICT Company is set to begin operations after finally being approved by the UK’s police and crime commissioners
Fri Feb 6, 2015
Symantec continues cloud investment in spite of poor Q3 results
Symantec has reported third quarter 2015 revenue of $1.64bn, a drop of 4% compared with $1.70bn over the same period in 2014
Fri Feb 6, 2015
Former Lloyds bank and Barclays CIO Darryl West joins HSBC
HSBC has appointed Darryl West, who left Barclays in December, as CIO