Casino cloud built by gaming firm
A casino-specific cloud has been built in the US, in a further sign of the trend towards industry-tailored software as a service solutions.
Stories by Antony Savvas
NYSE Euronext grabs stake in low latency IT firm
NYSE Euronext is set to acquire around 25 percent of Fixnetix, a service provider of low latency data provision, co-location, trading services and risk controls for more than 50 markets worldwide.
G-Cloud potential suppliers given second chance
The government is offering cloud computing providers a second chance to supply their offerings via its G-Cloud Framework for the public sector.
FBI to build social network spy app
The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is planning to develop an application that can track the public's postings to Facebook, Twitter and other social networks, in order to aid how it predicts and reacts to criminal behaviour, including public disorder and terrorism.
Banks warned on mobile security
A lack of IT and business integration is opening up banks and their customers to attacks through mobile malware, according to an IDC research paper.
Virgin doubles users' broadband speeds
Virgin Media is continuing its broadband speed war with BT by announcing it is doubling its access speeds for most of its four million customers.
Staples consolidates European data on single BT network
Office products firm Staples has signed a four-year, pan-European networking deal with BT to support 325 offices and stores across seven countries on a single wide area network (WAN) to help cut costs.
Car drivers fuel big demand for in-vehicle web access
Online connectivity in cars is set to take off as manufacturers make deeper alliances with IT companies, according to a report.
UK govt invites investment in science and technology universities
The government is inviting the setting up of a new type of graduate university to focus on science and technology to help boost Britain's technical standing in the world, although it doesn't intend to plough any money into it.
Recession could undermine data protection, says ICO
Data protection and freedom of information are under threat from the continuing economic recession, according to the Information Commissioner's Office (ICO) - which has published its strategy for the coming year and beyond.
Poor data replication 'costing hundreds of thousands'
Each major outage of business-critical data can cost over a million pounds, it is estimated, with data replication failures playing a major part.
Aviva in BlackBerry PlayBook rollout
Aviva Risk Management Solutions is piloting the BlackBerry Playbook tablet in a new digitisation programme in the field.
Comet improves monitoring network capacity over Christmas peak season
Electrical retailer Comet is aiming to improve the online shopping experience of its customers in the busy run up to Christmas and New Year, with a new application performance monitoring and management tool from Quest.
Eurosport doubles corporate data bandwidth
Eurosport has doubled its corporate networking bandwidth as it expands its virtual private network across 20 countries.
Majority of UK firms still don't recycle PCs
Computer recycling charity Computer Aid has drafted a guide to help companies understand and adopt best practice in IT disposal procedures, as research was published showing the majority of firms do not recylce computers.