TechTarget News - Week of Sep 20, 2015
Mon Sep 21, 2015
More than half of 12-year-old girls say Stem subjects are too hard
Accenture finds more than half of 12-year-old girls in the UK and Ireland think science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects are too hard
Mon Sep 21, 2015
Health chief 'should be held to account' for whistleblow errors
Former nurse and clincial commissioner Bernie Rochford claims unfair dismissal after blowing the whistle on IT problems which put patient care at risk
Mon Sep 21, 2015
Department for Culture, Media and Sport takes over responsibility for data protection policy
Government transfers responsibility for data protection policy and ICO oversight from Ministry of Justice (MOJ) to Department for Culture, Media and Sport (DCMS)
Mon Sep 21, 2015
Labour appoints Chi Onwurah as shadow minister for digital industries
Former Labour digital government spokeswoman takes on role of shadowing digital economy minister Ed Vaizey, with Louise Haigh taking her old role
Mon Sep 21, 2015
MPs launch inquiry into the UK's digital economy
Business, Innovation and Skills Committee investigation will examine the challenges facing digital industries
Tue Sep 22, 2015
DVLA looking for new CIO after completing major insourcing project
The DVLA is looking for a new CIO as incumbent Iain Patterson completes major insourcing projects and moves back to Cabinet Office
Tue Sep 22, 2015
Worldwide Skype outage finally fixed
Microsoft-owned messaging service's technical difficulties have now been resolved, after users flooded social networking sites with downtime reports
Tue Sep 22, 2015
Business leaders want better digital services from government, says research
A survey of corporate decision-makers suggests executives waste an average of five hours per week using outdated online public services
Tue Sep 22, 2015
Telcos could help drive cloud services into SMEs, says report
A study commissioned by cloud services marketplaces provider BCSG says telcos are a natural route to market for SME cloud services
Tue Sep 22, 2015
Comcast to offer enterprise network management services
Comcast enters the market for enterprise network management services as more large companies opt to have other businesses handle networking chores in data centers.
Wed Sep 23, 2015
BT platforms streamline UCC deployments for Microsoft and Cisco users
BT introduces new cloud unified comms and collaboration clouds to support Microsoft and Cisco environments
Wed Sep 23, 2015
FBI CISO warns of IoT data breaches
In a keynote address, FBI CISO Arlette Hart tackled the Internet of Things and explained why enterprises need to step up their IoT security efforts.
Thu Sep 24, 2015
Nordea Bank signs Temenos and Accenture for core banking transformation
Nordea Bank AB has chosen the core banking system it wants to build its digital future on, signing Temenos and Accenture as technology partners
Fri Sep 25, 2015
Government Digital Service readies for change as its chief Mike Bracken prepares to leave
GDS is setting up executive training for senior civil servants and looking to work closely with departments to continue the digital transformation of Whitehall
Fri Sep 25, 2015
Silver Peak pursues SD-WAN market 'with a vengeance'
Is the SD-WAN market poised for ample growth? Silver Peak thinks so, and is calling on its partners to answer the call; plus, more IT channel news.