Month: June 2016
Benelux CIO interview: Michiel Valk, Randstad Group Netherlands
Two-thirds of organisations already use the Internet of Things
Around 65 per cent of organisations already use Internet of Things (IoT) technologies, according to a new study by 451 Research. The Voice of the Enterprise study found that, despite the relatively recent...
SMEs move into cyber criminals’ crosshairs
Seagate cuts 1,600 jobs in $100m restructure
Storage manufacturer Seagate is preparing to axe up to 1,600 jobs, some three per cent of the firm's workforce, as part of a wider attempt to save $100m a year in business expenses. The plan follows...
Google completes 60Tbps undersea cable from US to Japan
Google has finished the installation of the world's highest capacity fibre internet cable between the US and Japan in a project that took two years to complete. The cable was announced in August 2014...
IBM brings Watson IoT to ISS Group smart buildings
Danish facilities services company ISS Group has adopted IBM’s Watson IoT to power the management of over 25,000 buildings around the world. The Copenhagen-based company will use Big Blue’s cognitive...
Lloyds Bank to cut 640 IT roles as firm slashes another 9,000 jobs
Lloyds Banking Group has confirmed that it is cutting 9,000 jobs and closing 200 branches. Some 640 jobs IT jobs will go as part of the cost savings. The job losses are the culmination of a "strategy...
Terror suspect database containing two million profiles leaked online
Details of 2.2 million suspected terrorists have been leaked and published on the internet. The World-Check database, administered by information firm Thomson Reuters, is used by more than 300 government...
OnePlus warns of price rises after Brexit vote
The fallout from the Brexit has started to ripple through the technology market after Chinese smartphone firm OnePlus warned that prices in the UK could rise as a result of the UK leaving the EU. OnePlus...