Monday, 14 July 2014

ISPs 'blindsided' by UK.gov's 'emergency' data retention and investigation powers law

Oh look, there's even an HHGTTG clause


The Tory-led government's "emergency" data retention and investigation powers (Drip) bill currently being rushed through Parliament has caught ISPs off guard, it has emerged.…




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A useful post about when and whether to use software as a service over something self-hosted, in particular looking at version control systems in the light of the recent Code Spaces episode.

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UK.gov warned: Small biz bods 'blunted' by broadband bumbling

You're killing our speed buzz, says FSB


Small businesses in Britain are missing out on the government's £1.2bn taxpayer-funded broadband deployment project, a lobby group warned today.…




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Amazon Cloud Lord of Blighty: It's a battle of men vs boys, and I ain't no boy

I'm going to do a Microsoft on Microsoft. And SAP and the rest of them, too


Apple and Google haven't won the cloud yet, according to one particularly chest-thumping interview with Microsoft's chief executive Satya Nadella this week. But who has? Is it ... Amazon, perhaps? We talked to Amazon's top UK & Ireland cloud kingpin to get an insight.…







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NBN Co execs: No FTTN product until 2015

Faster? Not yet. Cheaper? No data


NBN Co executives have defended the slow progress of the organisation's fibre-to-the-node rollout, telling a Senate committee it would be “unlikely” for any telco to have a product ready for launch within a year of receiving new policy directions.…




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China Mobile to quit WiFi rollout

4.3 million hotspots not making money


After spending 17 billion yuan on WiFi hotspots – more than $US2.75 billion at the current exchange rate – China Mobile has quit on the rollout and will redirect its spend to LTE.…




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Sunday, 13 July 2014

VMware hiring exec to launch Australian hybrid cloud

Don't bank on a local bit barn: the job ad talks a lot about 'partner(s)'


VMware's Australian outpost is hiring a Strategic Program Manager to launch its vCloud Hybrid Cloud Service (vCHS).…






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Saturday, 12 July 2014

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FCC OKs $5 BEEELLION Wi-Fi cash splash in schools, libraries

Keep taking the tablets, says comms watchdog


Five billion dollars will be used to fund Wi-Fi networks in US schools and libraries after the Federal Communications Commission (FCC) passed an overhaul of the E-rate program.…





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Friday, 11 July 2014

InMage now InMicrosoft: Redmond slurps disaster recovery hardware biz

Back it up, back it in, let me begin


Microsoft has made another acquisition that lets it sit Azure-friendly data-protection gear inside customers' server warehouses.…






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Forget the mobile patent wars – these IT giants have patented the belly of your data center

Built a load balancer? Routed network traffic? Oh dear


As the months go by, the world's tech giants again and again face off in court alleging patent infringement, usually to bag some extra cash and derail their rivals.…






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Salesforce fires tractor beam at RelateIQ, hauls upstart into mothership

If you can't beat it – pay $390m to EAT IT


Salesforce has announced plans to acquire younger rival RelateIQ, a move that will shore up its core customer relationship management business with some advanced technology.…






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Will Microsoft devices sit happily on a single platform?

A development challenge


The world can be a confusing place. Often a one-size-fits-all solution looks to be just the thing but ultimately it turns out that it fits no one.…




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Germany preview quotes - Red Bull and Lotus on Hockenheim

After a high-speed, breathless race at Silverstone, Formula One heads to Germany and the technical Hockenheim circuit for the first time since 2012. Red Bull and Lotus, both podium contenders two years ago, discuss their prospects for next weekend's Formula 1 Grosser Preis Santander von Deutschland 2014

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Telefonica inks deal with mobile ads platform: Find your customer? There's an API for that

Better get in early before the ad spend's gone


Spanish telco Telefonica has looked to Brainstorm Mobile to supply it with a platform to roll out its global marketing strategy.…




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Lotus hoping for "good step" from Hockenheim updates

Lotus technical director Nick Chester says the team are hoping a raft of upgrades to the E22 will significantly boost performance at Hockenheim next weekend. Romain Grosjean's eighth-place finishes in Barcelona and Monaco remain the only occasions when the team have scored points so far this season

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Vettel: Mercedes will be hard to catch across 2014

Sebastian Vettel admits Red Bull have found it difficult to improve their performance and bridge the gap to runaway championship leaders Mercedes over the first half of the 2014 season. The Milton Keynes-based team have dominated in the constructors' standings for the past four seasons, but over the opening nine races of the year have scored just over half the points total of the Silver Arrows

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Verizon points more fingers at Netflix: It's YOUR pals slowing data

Claims TV streaming biz slowed by outside providers


Verizon and Netflix are having another go-round in their ongoing war over network access for streaming video.…




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Microsoft, Red Hat, IBM and others help Google build cloud Trojan Horse

Tech companies team up to build Kubernetes container manager


Tech companies large and small are teaming up to develop open-source software Kubernetes, the success of which will reduce the relevance of VMware's virtualization tech in the cloud.…







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