Thursday 26th April

Posted by noiseworksnews ⋅ April 26, 2012 ⋅ Leave a comment

Today’s stars: IBM, Spindle, Global Sign, Oracle, O2, Norfolk County Council, Nest

Today’s sources: Computerworld, CBR, ZDNet, Finextra, Internet Retailing, Computing, The Register, CRN

Computerworld – IBM pushes new integrated, lower-cost Linux servers – Agam Shah
IBM announced new “affordable” Linux servers Wednesday as the company tries to push its new category of preconfigured servers for virtualization and big data to midmarket and enterprise customers.

Computer Business Review – Nearly a third of Britons want mobile payments now – Allan Swann
UK consumers are chomping at the bit to use their smartphones to pay for goods and services, despite endless delays by the industry players in rolling out mobile payment platforms.

Computer Business Review – Spindle to unveil new payment application
RhinoPay facilitates payments among consumers, and between businesses and consumers through both e-commerce and mobile commerce portals

ZDNet – GlobalSign breach was down to unpatched system – Tom Espiner
A hacker managed to get into a GlobalSign server and compromise the company’s digital certificate due to a piece of unpatched open source software on the server, according to a C-Level member of GlobalSign staff.ZDNet – Oracle: Enterprise cloud adoption could take 30 years – Jack Clark
It could be 30 years before the industry sees wholesale cloud adoption by enterprises, according to an Oracle executive.

Finextra – UK wireless operator O2 launches mobile wallet
UK wireless operator O2 has launched its long-awaited mobile wallet under an interim e-money license from IDT Financial Services.

Internet Retailing – Where ecommerce happens: study – Chloe Rigby
Where and when does ecommerce happen? It seems that for online shoppers around the world, the answer is at home, at 8.40pm, according to a new Global Online Shopper Report.

Computing – Norfolk County Council to implement BYOD strategy this year – Sooraj Shah
Norfolk County Council (NCC) is to roll out a bring-your-own-device (BYOD) scheme this year, following a successful trial with Android devices in Norfolk schools.

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