January 26, 2012 - The European Commission is to pump EUR10 million into the formation of a European Cloud Partnership with the aim of drawing up a common set of standards between suppliers and buyers.The initiative was broadcast in a speech to business leaders at Davos by Neelie Kroes, the Commission VP charged with drawing up a digital agenda for the EU.
January 25, 2012 - The European Union privacy rules are being overhauled today (25/01/2012), changing the way companies are made to handle personal information, with a single set of privacy standards across the EU and significant fines from the FSA for those that breach the new guidelines.
January 24, 2012 - Integrating IT risk and enterprise risk management is essential to the overall health of an enterprise’s infrastructure. To provide audit and assurance professionals with the most up-to-date guidance on IT auditing, risk management and strategic alignment, ISACA, a nonprofit association serving 95,000 IT professionals in 160 countries, has developed new audit/assurance programs:
January 24, 2012 - Integrating IT risk and enterprise risk management is essential to the overall health of an enterprise’s infrastructure. To provide audit and assurance professionals with the most up-to-date guidance on IT auditing, risk management and strategic alignment, ISACA, a nonprofit association serving 95,000 IT professionals in 160 countries, has developed new audit/assurance programs:
January 23, 2012 - Bank IT spending in North America, Europe and Asia Pacific will hit US$173.3 billion this year, a modest 2.8% rise on 2011, according to research house Celent. Asia Pacific will see by far the strongest growth, predicts Celent, with a six per cent rise in 2012 to $59.4 billion before reaching $62.3 billion in 2013.
January 19, 2012 - International Data Corporation (IDC) has published a new vendor assessment and market analysis profiling the leading providers in the worldwide Datacenter Infrastructure Management (DCIM) market.
January 19, 2012 - U.S. regulators said on Wednesday they believe their agencies could implement a ban on proprietary trading without crushing banks' ability to buy and sell securities on behalf of customers, and one official said he was seeking ways that banks could reduce costs of complying with the rule.
January 19, 2012 - IDC Government Insights announced the availability of a new report, Best Practices: Regional Community Cloud Hubs – The New "Trickle Down" Effect That's Boosting State and Local Computing (Document #GI232470). According to the new report, IDC Government Insights believes a new type of government cloud services, labeled "regional cloud hubs", will significantly change the way state and local governments procure online computing services.
