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US firms over-reliant on firewalls to defend against DDoS attacks

More than half of US businesses still rely on conventional firewalls or intrusion prevention systems to shield them from the scourge of DDoS attacks, a survey by services firm Neustar has found.
CERN automates application development with Electric Cloud

The European Organisation for Nuclear Research (CERN) is using automation technology from Electric Cloud to accelerate the application development efforts of more than 10,000 users of its ROOT software.
Facebook counter-claims that Yahoo infringed 10 patents

Facebook has denied Yahoo's claims of patent infringement and shot back with counterclaims that Yahoo infringed 10 Facebook patents.
Intuit sets up pilot farm trade crop rates SMS app Fasal in India

Intuit has set up a pilot program that allows farmers in India to find the best prices for their crops, simply by exchanging a few SMS messages on their cell phones.
EU clamps down on cybercrime, but file-sharers won't be targeted

The European Commission is to get tough on cybercrime it revealed on Wednesday, but won't target illegal file-sharing.
Students win Telefónica start-up funding in first NFC hackathon

A team of students from London Metropolitan University and the London School of Communication Arts won one of the top prizes at the Isobar Create London Hackathon event at the Shoreditch Studios in Tech City this weekend.
UK university consortium gets £3.7m for HPC innovation centre

The universities of Southampton, Bristol, Oxford and University College London have joined forces with the e-Science Centre at Rutherford Appleton Laboratories, to form a new Centre of Innovation for the application of High Performance Computing.
Europe needs unified data security policy, says Neelie Kroes

Internet security cannot be left to the national security agencies said the EU's digital agenda commissioner as she outlined her plans for a Europe-wide cybersecurity strategy.
IT industry: Budget generally positive but some concerns over funding

Chancellor George Osborne's Budget was generally positive for those working in or selling technology, and offered more support to small businesses, according to the IT industry.
Start-ups to receive new ATL tax credit for R&D

Start-ups have welcomed the announcement of a new above the line (ATL) R&D tax credit, which they believe will help boost jobs and UK exports.

Latest Features

What does Big Data mean? Term causes concern and confusion

A new study suggests many organisations are concerned about managing big data, but most don't have a clear understanding of what Big Data means. Log management solutions can help organisations make sense of some of the data they're generating, but many resort to syslogs, spreadsheets or nothing at all.
Hitachi Data Systems CTO: virtualised machines need bullet-proof storage

Virtualisation is widely recognised to be a game-changing technology, helping organisations to reduce their capital and operational costs, as well as improve underlying business processes. But the impact that this technology is having on the storage layer at the bottom of the stack is often overlooked.
Key questions to ask before taking a cloud project Agile

Agile development and the cloud are like hand in glove. But Agile can be dangerous if your organisation isn't ready for it. Here are some questions you need to consider to determine if your IT organisation is seriously ready to implement Agile.
How managers should prioritise tech projects

As top technology dog at Aspen Skiing Co. for the last 16 years, Paul Major has honed the art of keeping multiple balls in the air.
The worst Internet privacy scandals of all time

In honour of National Data Privacy Day, we've put together a list of the 15 worst Internet privacy scandals of all time.
The challenges ahead for RIM's new leadership

For the first time since its founding, Research in Motion has changed its top leadership, with a new president/CEO, a new board chairwoman and a new major investor who specializes in turnarounds. But can they save RIM?
Remember the workers when building a cloud platform

Last week, I discussed the importance of long-term benefits related to productivity and cost when implementing cloud computing technologies. CFOs and their IT directors must understand the importance of hard costs, but they should not forget their employees who will ultimately be impacted by these changes.
Watch out for scam emails at work this season

Cybercriminals are increasingly abandoning the technique of casting a wide net by blasting thousands of email accounts with a phishing scam. That's not nearly as lucrative as a spear-phishing attack, which might take more work, but has the potential for a much bigger payoff, according to Rohyt Belani, CEO of phishing-awareness-training company PhishMe.
Tech argument: LTE vs. WiMAX

Wait, we're still arguing this one? Why?
Top 10 best new features of Windows Server 8

Microsoft claims 300 new and improved features in Windows Server 8, but after a few days in Redmond watching demos and stepping through lab sessions, we wonder whether the marketing guys accidentally left off a zero.

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