Royce Murphy, CEO of 3D modelling and data visualisation software company Real Status, has warned that the catastrophic failure of a software upgrade at NatWest was an accident waiting to happen and that it will happen again in another similarly complicated IT environment.
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'It will happen again' - unintended consequences for NatWest of interdependent IT systems
Jun 27, 2012
'All the power, without all the power': storage innovations will win data centre power struggle, says WHIPTAIL
Jun 27, 2012
The increase in demand for data centre performance will be a catalyst in mass market demand for fledgling storage technologies that consume less power at a lower total cost of ownership, claims Brian Feller, VP and General Manager EMEA of WHIPTAIL.
The 'Cloud' really can have a silver lining for British business
Jun 27, 2012
Despite the economic outlook, recent research - commissioned by Microsoft - predicts that 18% of European SME's are planning to invest in cloud technology in the next twelve months.
Internet vulnerabilities increasingly the target of nation states as well as cyber criminals
Jun 27, 2012
It was recently reported that some 60 million Euros had been stolen from bank accounts across the continent as a result of organised cyber crime, with attacks mainly targeting Italian, German and Dutch banks.
Software theft go whistle for it
Jun 27, 2012
The latest research from the Federation Against Software Theft (FAST) revisits the issues raised in its initial report one year on and finds the majority of UK's workforce still has no idea that legislation exists to protect them should they do the right thing.
Cyber risk remains misunderstood despite growing concern among risk managers
Jun 14, 2012
Despite mounting concerns about cyber risk and the potential financial and reputational consequences of information security breaches, leading organisations across Europe are failing to integrate cyber threats fully into their risk management strategies.
Flame malware Like Stuxnet and Duqu before it
Jun 14, 2012
Certificates exactly like the ones compromised as part of the Flame malware, are used everywhere in organisations worldwide today and are vulnerable to the exact same compromise.
How fraudsters are disguising PCs to fool device fingerprinting
Jun 06, 2012
By Amit Klein, CTO, Trusteer.Cybercriminals know that financial and ecommerce providers often use fraud detection systems that monitor for anomalous transactions and behaviors. In order to bypass these systems, they are continuously looking for ways to conceal behaviours that might be identified as potential fraud.
Why tap and go isn't taking off; the limitations of NFC
Jun 06, 2012
By Keith Brown, Managing Director, paythru.It's impossible to deny the surge of interest in m-commerce, which is set to intensify over the coming months. ABI Research predicts that the worldwide mobile shopping market will grow to $119 billion by 2015, but how will retailers implement the right technology to enable mobile payments?
UK SMEs to spend 500 million on SaaS by 2015
May 17, 2012
New research from Pierre Audoin Consultants (PAC) has found that UK SMEs are rapidly adopting Software-as-a-Service, although the supplier community is struggling to keep pace.
