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• 24 November 2011

• News: EU Commission sends final warning to members to implement new telecom rules

  The European Commission has issued an ultimatum to European Union countries that haven't implemented telecoms rules set out in the Better Regulation Directive and the Citizens' Rights Directive, giving them two months comply or face court actions and fines, according to a Commission spokesman.

• News: Largest DDoS attack so far this year peaked at 45 Gbps, says company

  A week-long DDoS attack that launched a flood of traffic at an Asian e-commerce company in early November was the biggest such incident so far this year, according to Prolexic, a company that defends websites against such attacks.

• News: BAE Systems fires up £500m CSC deal

  Defence contractor BAE Systems has signed a five year IT services renewal deal with US outsourcer CSC, worth up to $800 million (£514 million).

• News: Maersk Line shipping seals £100m data centre deal

  Maersk Line, the world’s largest shipping firm, has signed a $150 million (£96 million) data centre and private cloud computing contract with HP.

• News: Hitachi plans to sell systems that integrate data from cities in the cloud

  Hitachi plans to aggressively pursue large cloud computing projects and market software that will integrate data from infrastructure across entire cities, it said Thursday.

• 23 November 2011

• News: Spectrum clash builds around bionic implants

  The battle over scarce radio spectrum that has embroiled the mobile broadband world even extends to a little-known type of wireless network that promises to reconnect the human nervous system with paralyzed limbs.

• News: DevOps speeds application development

  An emerging concept known as DevOps will be the major theme at this year's Usenix LISA (Large Installation System Administration) conference, to be held in Boston the week of Dec. 4.

• News: DHS sees no evidence of cyberattack on Ill. water facility

  The Department of Homeland Security today said there is nothing to suggest that a recent pump failure at a Springfield, Ill. water utility was caused by a cyberattack.

• News: Intel recasts Pentium chip for servers

  Intel is giving new life to its Pentium processor for servers, and has started shipping the new Pentium 350 chip for low-end servers.

• News: Will Congress crush tech spending?

  The failure of the Congressional Super Committee to reach a deficit reduction agreement triggers automatic federal spending cuts beginning the next fiscal year, which will likely make a lot of government IT contractors nervous.

• News: Five Ways to Get the Most Out of Existing Storage

  Recent flooding in Thailand has affected many hard drive manufacturers, resulting in price hikes for hard drives of as much as 50 to 100 percent. How long this will last is unclear, but in the meantime, you can postpone new purchases of storage gear by implementing these methods to help reduce unnecessary files, reduce the space used on the system, and allow for expansion with existing systems.

• News: AGA cooks cloud networking deal

  Kitchen appliance brand AGA Rangemaster has brought in cloud computing and services firm Star to supply a new MPLS network to help improve its global operations.

• News: Cyberattacks a top national security concern, GOP candidates say

  Three Republican presidential candidates at Tuesday's CNN-sponsored GOP debate said that cyberattacks pose an emerging national security threat to the U.S.

• News: Salesforce.com's Heroku launches stand-alone database service

  Salesforce.com's Heroku division has launched a stand-alone version of its PostgreSQL-based database, giving developers a "battle-tested" way to build applications with the cloud platform of their choosing, the company announced this week.

• News: Western Digital hard-disk drive takeover approved, with conditions

  Western Digital will be allowed to take over Hitachi’s hard disk drive business, but only if it sells off a 3.5-inch hard disk drive production plant.

• News: Mind mapping is more about collaborative work management: Mindjet

  Mind mapping is in the midst of a shift away from its traditional roots and is increasingly focused on being more about collaborative work management, a vendor has claimed.

• Opinion: The Cloud, Day 11: Music in the Cloud

  So far in this 30 Days With the Cloud series I have selected cloud-based solutions for writing, emailing, and storing my data. Now, it is time to move on to perhaps the most important function of my PC and mobile devices--playing my music.

• News: Innovation requires closer work with suppliers, says Forrester

  Businesses need to form strategic partnerships and work closely with suppliers in order to be more innovative, according to Forrester.

• News: Google protects its current HTTPS traffic against future attacks

  Google has modified the encryption method used by its HTTPS-enabled services including Gmail, Docs and Google+, in order to prevent current traffic from being decrypted in the future when technological advances make this possible.

• News: Five reasons the U.S. tech lead is in danger

  There is a worldwide race to build the next generation of supercomputers, but U.S. efforts have stalled.

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