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German state accusesFacebook o violating privacy

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EC welcomes reports on dataprotection reorm proposals

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UK to launch public cybersecurity awareness campaign

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European Commission sets upcyber crime centre

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ts stbsh b mmb stts nt nmtn gth b ntnn eupn p iT nts.

Dutch government publishessecurity faw disclosure guide

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Will 2013 prove theyear of the tablet?

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loud erodes it

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uk c a ay t xta lvl city ti at bil ay-

t, accdig t ac cdctd by ICm.

Bt w l a-ld cicati (nC) ctactl ayt tclgy t ay

gd.

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ba ad bil vid gaat acial l.

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37% wld b ad t a pIn at a ctai b taacti. siigly, 40%

acct t ability a vic vid t t dw ti at tly.

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Hv, thugh th g thngmnutus m n up n m btts,th s n mnt t th n gstntht u hp sm busnsss pttth ssts.

cmpns tht nt th sm nmum busnss (SMe) tg untpvus t tgt n mutp -ts, mnng th st n s ptntnngmnt, th unt t pusu tsh, ss Buntt-H.

But h ss tht un th unt ptnt,n ut n n ung b tvss th eU, puttng SMes n n qutng th th g ms.

Jnthn Zu, psnt th

asstn cmpttv Thng(acT), gs tht unt ptnt ubst busnss SMes.

a sng ptnt sstm gv nnvtvntpnus th ptm t bm mjntbuts t th sustnb nmv eup, h ss.

it nt n SMes m xpsut ntn mts, t s stnsn hmns ptnt t gv thm g

tnt, thb pttng thm m g-mnt ntn gstns.

Patent enforcement system

Th sstm ts s st sm t s xpt t m nt n 2014 n n uts n t b st up stht n ptnt ssus g t t thspsts, th thn thugh ntn

just sstms.S , th uts hv bn nm n

Ps, Munh n lnn. Ps h thmn spnsbt thng ptntss, but th ss b h n ht-v ngug th ptnt s n. Mst n engsh.

it s nt t tn h th sstm pnut, but Buntt-H nus: it b s tstng th uts n sng h thpt vps, n n sstm.

But ht s s tht th s ptnts btn th smtphn ngs n tb-t gnts m v n eup ub th stg th nxt nstmnt. n

US, suh s th btt btn app nSmsung hh sut n th m bng $1bn n mgs m th tt.

wth n unt ptnt sstm -ng mpns t pp sng ptnt tv 25 eupn unts, hv, thm b m ut tn n th eU.

Th bg nm mpt n th smt-

phn s s tht th US hs th gstmt, th tt v 300 mn pp,mng t m mptnt gn, ssGhm Buntt-H, ptn t iP sp-st Ms & c Sts.

wth sng unt ptnt n eup,th utm n ptnt s tun 400 mn pp, gng up t 500mn Spn n it vntu sgn up.

cmpns st b b t gt ntnptnts th unts th hs but,

ng t Buntt-H, th eU-ptnt ms t bu b ptnts n sht th us ptnt sm th US t th eU, tng th pputn th ntnnt nt unt.

Th nn s tht ths sut n nnfux ss, hh u t njun-tns n puts tn shvs, n ssh th nsums eup.

i nt thn ss s up, ssBuntt-H. i nthng, th u bmn m. Ths th th pst p-ts bu up th bggst vntg, nths hh n bth tps ptntu bng mn m ss. Jennifer Scott is the networking editor of Computer Weekly

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Busnsss m bng u nv (Byod) ps th p-tn st svngs n us xp-

n, ng t th (iSc)2 2013 Global

Inormation Security Workorce Study.at th sm tm, th stu nut nbh th (iSc)2 Funtn b th n-st m Fst & Suvn shs tht n-mtn sut mngs mt mpnsmust m t unstn th sut

th thngs bhn th tn, ptu- u-bs sstms n pptns.

Byod s pvnt pt, ng tst suts s t pss n-

n pvng th insut eup2013 nn t es cut n lnn.Sm 53% m thn 12,000 spn-

nts m 145 unts s th mpnstv mps, busnss ptns bth t nnt th vs t th

Many companies allow sta touse their own computing devicesor work, but most are ailing to

address the security issues.Warwick Ashord reports

managing the mobile WorkforCe: british airWays

mbil tclgy a acd a ifcti it, accdig t Gl mga, ad victaati at Biti Aiway (BA).

h ld w. eac ya, BA tavl 33 illi il ad t wld ad i t 10

figt cay bil dvic ta ag.

T aili a g ttial bil dvic, t ly t vid btt vic t a-

g, bt a a tial tl aili w. It ad it t ay it bil tclgy

i 2001, w it itdcd bil cc-i.

Bt it i t aival at tat a ally d w ibiliti t tcl-

gy, mga tld IT lad at Ct Wly 500 Clb. T aili i iig it ait

ta wit c dvic tat allw t t ta ayt ca badig a i a

ait tig tat a t b ay t d til w.

Aili ta a lt y, bt w a t ally vy gd at taig y iid t ai-

t. Tat i iaily bca w a tat, w av t a t tclgi, ay mga.

Cc-i ta ca w a bil dvic wic cbi a ip attacd t a ci ad

pIn cad ad t ta ayt t v.

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nts. a sm pptn (54%) n-t Byod s gth tnng nutn n nmtn sut.

But sut pssns nntht gnstns mn unpp th ss th tn, th 78% ns-

ng Byod t psnt smht vsgnnt s.

Ths fts ns vs nnmp th th 2011 stu, hn mbvs nt s sgnnt sb 68% spnnts.

N th-quts spnnts hgh-ght tht n sut ss gng t bqu t mng th sut ss ss-t th Byod.

Th bggst nns v th stt

pptn sut (72%) n th u(70%). anth 66% s mpns nt gt m gp n h mpnqumnts bng t th thpvn Byod.

ang t stu 4,000 s, ut b ovum, 80% ptByod shms nqut mngb iT ptmnts.

Fms nsng nbng st t us

th n mputng vs t th. ang t ovum, 70% ps-sns us th smtphns n th jbs.

But mn mpns ng t ssth tn thugh pgmms tht nbpt nt n gun, ovum ss.

dspt muh sputn, Byod s ht st, ss rh absm, sn n-st t ovum. Th, ts ng t svn suh hgh pptn bus-nsss bung th hs n th sn hnt ms t pnnng qut t.

Demise of the PC refresh cycle

Th nhng hgmn th tbtm hv nth t n pt iT.

Th tst t m mt nstGtn pnts b ptu th Pcnust. F cios, th stp shs m b v.

ang t Gtn, Pc shp-mnts tt 90.3 mn unts n th uthqut 2012, 4.9% n m th

uth qut 2011.Tbts hv mt hng th

v nsp Pcs, nt s muh bnnbsng Pc ss, but b usng Pcuss t sht nsumptn t tbts ththn png Pcs, ss Mktg, pnp nst t Gtn.

whs s n mgn nhh nvu uss u hv bth Pcn tbt s psn vs, ns-

ng suspt tht mst nvus shtnsumptn tvt t psn tbt npm tv n mnsttv tss n sh Pc. n

casE studiEs: tabLEt computErs

sWiss bank balanCes seCurity and performanCe

scity l ay gad tablt ct a a cay ad wlc w cal-lg, bt cially i aagt cat gt g t. at

Bagllcat ba a d a way t avid ttial tablt city i wil aitai-

ig ad v ivig ability ad ac.

IT ciati ly ig ti w dvic, c a bil ad tablt,

i t c ti daily w ad cllig IT ta t t t wa alady a cc

IT city ta b t bit t tablt. Bt tablt ct clicat t ict

ly, itdcig a vaity atig yt ad t tat vi-lad a big

dwladd by tablt , talig iati ad ictig cat yt.

zdav ricic, ad yt ad tw giig at at Bagllcat,

a ivat ba wit c i zic ad at, t dad i aag-

t watig t ti w tablt i a ig tat clit ctig i cagig at.

W bliv tat witi t xt t v ya, t taditial tb will vai c-

ltly, ricic ay. h bliv t ct tat dt ad lat ct will giv

way t a ixt tablt ad ti-clit tial at i cay.

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Kng.m, nn gmng st bs n Sn, ts t httut p th bg t mng g m Fb.

Fun n 2003, th mpn ms t b th gst su s gmngst n th . its gms hh nu Bubble Witch Saga n Candy Crush

hv ttt m thn 60 mn gst uss png m thn v bngms p mnth.

kng.m hs m thn 150 gms n ts pt. it gnts vnus mn-gm puts suh s bsts n xt vs, s s thugh vtsng.

Mts-ov essn, t t husng t th mpn, ss th nst vums tht m th gms n Fb t muh th MSQl t-bs t h n. Th tbs h pv qut n mn uss , butkng.m h 10 tms tht b th n 2012.

Th s s n sp. i u n putn nvnmnt th MSQl,u n t t t ng. evn ng umn ts tm, h ss.

gaming site unlocks big datain switch to Hadoop databaseOnline gaming company King.com replaced its MySQL database withClouderas Hadoop distribution to cope with big data. Brian McKenna reports



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Building a Hadoop data warehouse

essn hs bgun n nts n thttu n nn nvnmnts, m gtmtng t nn gms. H s spnsb t stg n pssng kng.msbusnss unts n mntnng n nvnmnt

t tt nts.Hs tm vps s bung Hp

t hus.essn pnuns hms p-pn su

n n, n vus mtt-vn thusng pph. B ths, h mnsng t n ss stutu s tht n t m ns us nttn th th gms.

at sm xpmnttn, th tm mpmnt cus stbutn Hpn 2012. Th mpn ms ths pvs nsghts n gm usg pttns n p-ns, ng th gmng bhvus, suh s hn nsums vn gt stu n

tn gm stgs. w t suh thngs s th pntg ttmpts pv, ht vs ut but n g , ss essn.

Agile approach to analytics

Th nts tm uss vt ts. QV s th ptng t. it ussaph Hv t qu th t n r, th pn su sttst pgmmng ngug.Th tm s uss sttsts st m SaS n iBMs SPSS.

Th s n ntns vu n ng pp t xpmnt t. in th sht tm t spbb nt s nt but, u hv ths pn n tv nvnmnt, t s st ttt tnt pp h vu tht. Th n t ut n ts n xpmnt,

n tht s bg pt u suss, ss essn.cu s pt th mhn tht gvs us mpttv g. w hv sstmtht s v g hn t ms t tng uss. w ttt ps thugh p m-tng, s n t n th tun n nvstmnt. wthut tht u nt tspn n tht u u u gth. w u b bn.

essn xpts t b usng cus -tm qung thng imp b thn ths , but s spt but th vu th tm tm.

im nt bg n tht tm, h ss, but gt btt t ng u thus t s t tm n uss gt btt

xpn. S, th s pbm th tu n gm, n pt m qu.

essn s ssts th sutn thunt vgu t sn.

its shm tht vn spsbut t sn s tht thn sx pt but ng th t.Th mntnn pt mght nt sm s, but t s muh m mptnt tht

s h vthng hppns, h ss.in t-ntnsv nusts n m

htts h ntst n ttngth pp. evn nts t b sttstn. i

u v pp t b m ntst n ttng.wht s ng th tht? n

weaTTracTplayersThroughpaidmarkeTing, so

weneedToknowThereTurnoninvesTmenT

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Abut 1.7 mn u mputng-t s gb u nt b n2012 bus ppnts th tnng, ttn n xpnn t n u-nb , ng t stu b idc.

Th mn u-svv iT pssns g b 26% nnu

unt 2015, tng s mn s svn mn u-t vns ,pts th sh mpn n ts htppClimate change: Clouds impact on IT organisations

and staing.idc ns n ugnt n t tn xstng

iT pssns n nug stunts tpusu u-t iT tnng n ttn.

cu- jbs nsng s hnt 2013, but th ths ns ms th hsht tht iT ps un th stpsbhn hn t ms t ttnng th ssnss t thv n th u mputng nus-t, ss cushng ansn, v-psnt pjt-bs svs sh t idc.

Th ss gp ms t tm hn mst

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Worldwide cloud computingskills gap growing, warns IDCNearly two million cloud computing jobs around the world could not be lled in2012 because applicants lacked the right skills.Archana Venkatraman reports

unlike iT skillsshorTagesinThepasT, solvingThecloudcompuTing

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t-ths gb ntpss pnnng, mpmntng usng u mputng, nm thn 50% busnsss g tht u mputng s hgh pt.

Un iT s shtgs n th pst, svng ths ss gp s xtm hngng,gvn tht u bngs n st ss hh hvnt bn n n th pst. Th sn n-sz-ts- st t jbs n u mputng, ss ansn.

Tnng n ttn s ssnt ppng psptv jb nts t

n u-t jbs, h ss.in eup, M est n a, th sh m sts tht u-t iT jbs

g b 24% p t but 1.4 mn b 2015. But n as P, t ptsg gth 32% p sutng n m thn 2.3 mn u-t jbs bth n 2015.

Th htpp Climate change: Clouds impact on IT organisations and stafng sspns b Mst n suv m thn 600 hng mngs ss th gb.

Lack of cloud-ready workers a big challenge

Th shtg u- iT pssns psnts nsb hng mp-ns ng t bst th u pbts, ng t th sh.

cu mputng s u t th bttm n th mpn s t ts st sv-ngs n ns mpns n th ustms, ss ansn. a u-svv s ssnt t th suss th iT nusts nn hth.

Th sh m s st tht th v numb iT pstns n us gns-tns gb g t 4.3% mpun nnu gth t n th nxt th st h 29.3 mn n 2015. n

Archana Venkatraman is the datacentre editor of Computer Weekly

Could you fill the gap in the Clouds?

T g itt ad dad i cld ctig a catd a tity vic

vid IT ial t tabli tlv a cld g. Jt a cld ctig i

vlvig, t a t ca vic vid IT ial w ly a c-

ig icaigly v xclivly cld vic.

Cld a t ly altd t way vid at, bt it a al a t taditial

tct t IT datt ad lacd dad ta acd wit ivtig ti ca

a a lt t tclgy.

Ti i a qat it, a vy big cag, ay pat oDay, CTo iatct-a-a--

vic vid Bllc. It d t b y cld d 40 a w tig a wc. Tatt caily gig t b t ca ay wit cld.

T gd w vic vid IT ial i tat it i t t lat t tat bildig a

ca i cld. T dad cld ctig ill i c tat ay a i t a bid

ad d t xad ti xti i cld. m t t it, cld vid ay ty av

tbl dig l wit t igt ix ill.

It ad t d l w ca d it all, ay Jad Way, d ad Ceo ltivic

cld vid Ti 3. Wll i vy atially ctic ad tat dt

dtad w t cit. Wll t t tg cla. W av a t- t ix-t a-

vy ti w i , att wat id ty .

IT w w iti tlv t w i cld w will ti t ay a

dad cld gw i t xt tw t t ya, ay T kll, at Cloud

Surfng ad c-d tclgy ac cltacy Dli G.

A lt IT l ti t bat a lt t dc, bt t widw i till vy c ,

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Rngttns, u mputng n shng n tp pssu iT bugts s tng nt th gb iT n busnss pss utsung (BPo) svsbugt. in n th busnsss ts t gt m ss, utsung ntnu t ns n 2013 n bn, but ss mn b spnt n t.

rsh m P aun cnsutnts (Pac) vs th tt gb vu BPon iT svs ntts pp m 85bn n 2010 t 53bn n 2011, n t 48bn n

2012. Th gnstn s pub ss iT svs n BPo ntts.Pac s nt xpt th vu t s sgnnt bus b-hng s

b , iT bugts mn tght, shng bm th nm n u v- ns.

Php cn, sh t t Pac, ss busnsss mvng m smbnng mutp svs, n vu bng thm up. cn ss ths s n-tbutng t u v spnng.

a s g th s tn busnsss t utsu ng n b n-tts t mpns suh s iBM, but t th sgnng sht ntts, h ss.

Restrained IT budgets

Busnsss hv ss t spn bus iT bugts mn un pssu. cn ssmn ntts mtung n busnsss tng th pptunt t hng tmsn ntns hn ntts m up n.

cntts up n hv m th svngs tht busnsss nt, s

Cloud erodes global servicesvalue as budgets remain tightWorldwide IT and BPO services spending drops as companies restructure theirapproach with emerging delivery options such as cloud. Karl Flinders reports

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th t m n svngs. Ths mnsth nt p, ss cn.

enm ntns mn tugh n gns n nts mn but m-mttng t ng-tm iT svs ntts.expn, btt-hn bus ntnu

t ngtt m vub ts m thsupps, th xstng s tp tmm30-40% t n tm.

ds ntnu t b m us, ss Pac:Th shp ntts ntnu t vv snts mv m b-sp utsu-ng s n tm-n-mts pjt svsntts, ts mm ms usn vng x utms n busnss vu.

F xmp, st rs-r mv m sng-su th HP t mut-sung

nvnmnt, th cpgmn ppnt t th sv ntgt.

Pac ss th u s s nnbsng t-tn vnu stms s th -st shv bms th nm.

in th st 12 mnths, hv sn mj nsh-nt pjts nnun b app, iNG n Sh. an -st v sbmng nsng tttv t busnsss n s ntnnt eup, n p-tu n th N gn h mj n sh s hv bn sgn n2012 b N, SaS, UPM kmmn n Tdc, ss Pac. n

low-cosTdeliveryisbecoming

increasinglyaTTracTiveTobusinessesinareasofconTinenTaleurope parTicularly

inThe nordicregion

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it providers faCe pressure in every direCtion

T b glbal IT vic dal wit a cld ctig lt av tild ic 2010,

accdig t ac IT tcig cltacy Iati svic G (IsG).

IsG d 300 IT ctact w awadd i 2012 wic at cld ctig vic,

cad wit 110 i 2010 ad 220 i 2011.

stat J, gig tclgy aalyt at IsG, ay t v t tadadid lat-bad vic wic a diclt t cti i a t-cag t IT vic ct.

Cld vic, cially ad lat, a a w tai vid ad clit ali,

a ty a igly tadadid ad cat b aily ctid t atiti taditial

tcig, ay J.

h dict t gatt gwt i twa-a-a-vic (saas) cially a

c (hr), ct latii aagt (Crm) ad cllabati.

J ay iatct-a-a-vic (Iaas) will lag bid saas i ti-wid adti.

I ali ac IsG aid vic vid w tig tat cld ctig i w a

at at lat 25% ti ili titi.

Claly, cld i a ditiv td i t ti ad w dict ti diti will t

ly cti, bt acclat, cially t taditial IT vic vid. J ay.

wll-w twa li t ibl id-at lay ad gig -

lay iatct ad saas vid, taditial IT vic vid ac igicat

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Fsh stg s n us b mst gnstns, th 60% usng fsh s-

stt v (SSd) t n th stg nstutus, ng t n xusvThTgt suv pubsh n Storage mgzn.

Th suv un 53% spnnts h t stg n p, 60% hh us fsh s n SSd t 0. Tht gu hs m thn tp m 17% n 2009.

Th suv s s h gnstns h mpmnt th SSd t. Ths s mmn qustn iT mngs. Th hs vb t put fsh n th sv nPci mt; nst t n st -fsh ; npt t nt n xstng th spnnng s pups-but Hdd/SSd .

Flash SSD tier

Th mst ppu h mng suv spnnts s th tt, th 67% ptngtht th h ntu n SSd t ngs spnnng s.

Gvn tht th mt pups-but hb fsh s s qut mmtu, thtpbb mns th hv nst fsh nt xstng stg s. Tht n tun pb-b mns t s smthng stp-gp msu.

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Flash storage in common usewith 60% running an SSD tier

An industry survey discovers fash storage is now mainstream and nds outwhere in the inrastructure it is commonly deployed.Antony Adshead reports


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Antony Adshead is the storage editor for Computer Weekly.

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