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Panellists at Bett 2016 claim gender roles should not only be dispelled in Stem subjects, but in other gender-specific industries

Twitter chief executive Jack Dorsey confirms CTO and COO are to take on additional responsibilities with the departure of four top executives

Consumers aged 18 to 34 are more likely to buy items based on what they see on social media sites such as Facebook, Twitter and YouTube

South West London and St George’s Mental Health NHS Trust doctors use Skype so patients can stay at home to attend outpatient appointments

Train engineering company Alstom has outsourced its IT to HCL Technologies as part of a five-year transformation project

Offerings such as Salesforce IoT Cloud are open for business. But are IoT-connected devices ready to generate meaningful data?

Sweden is fast becoming a country where cash is on the periphery of payments, and some think it might be the first to become cashless

Criminal activity is top motivation for DDoS attacks as average attacks become strong enough to down most businesses, Arbor Networks report reveals

Government has announced a £250,000 programme to increase the rate of cyber security startup development in the UK

The CIO at Norway's Hydro has established an IT department that allows for regional autonomy and central guidance at the same time

Arrow has followed the example of other firms and opted to spread the COO responsibilities once the current incumbent opts to leave the distributor

The knock-on effect of a data breach can be devastating for a company, warns information commissioner Christopher Graham

In this SDN blogs roundup, an expert says deploying SDN is more important than defining it; an SDN company gets Google's attention; and the brite box turns 2.

Oracle announced plans to deprecate the Java browser plug-in, a noted attack vector, though the choice was not entirely its own.

The ICO has launched an online self-assessment tool to help SMEs to comply with data protection laws and improve data handling procedures

HSBC was hit by a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, which targeted its online personal banking services.

This week, CIO top priorities revealed, Juniper Networks acquires BTI Systems -- an optical networking firm -- and Netronome introduces Agilio.

Juniper Networks sees sales growth in metro networks and the DCI technology market.

A new OpenSSL patch fixes a severe encryption flaw and strengthens the protocol against the Logjam vulnerability.

Data governance managers who spoke during an online conference said that tracking business-oriented metrics on data quality improvement is a key to success in governance efforts.

The SimpliVity partner strategy expands, with new programs for cloud service providers, technology providers and system integrators; more IT channel news from the week.