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Report: Microsoft and Nokia talked acquisition

Microsoft and cellphone maker Nokia were in advanced talks about an acquisition of the Finnish company's device business, but the discussions have broken down, according to a report in The Wall Street Journal.

15 ways to protect your e-commerce site from hacking and fraud

Hackers are stealing credit card and other sensitive information from e-commerce sites. To protect (and reassure) your customers, it's imperative to know how to protect your e-business and your sensitive customer data. E-commerce and security experts share 15 tips on how you can prevent fraud and keep your site safe.

What’s driving M2M?

Niklas Ekarv, Head of M2M, Asia Pacific, Vodafone, speaks on growth areas in the M2M space in Asia and beyond over the next few years, including the tracking of driver behaviour.

MANAGEMENT CENTRE

CAREERS

Middle East in dire need of skilled IT pros, says CompTIA study

Middle Eastern businesses want to invest in IT during 2013, but they're struggling to find skilled candidates to fill posts, according to new research released by CompTIA, a non-profit association for the IT industry.

IT GOVERNANCE

Internet should be prepared for 'militarisation': UK ministry report

Stephen Bell looks at a report on cyber-conflict called The Global Cyber-Game.

LEADERSHIP AND MGMT

How to apply transformational leadership at your company

To be a leader and manager you need to have a solid understanding of things such as project management, organizational skills, managing employees and monitoring their performance, but even masters of these skills aren't necessarily transformational leaders. These skills are simply the foundation on which a transformational leader is most effective.

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RESOURCE CENTRE

APPLICATIONS

Takaful Malaysia slashes data costs by half with CommVault

The adoption of CommVault's Simpana data management platform also brings big data analytics into the insurance firm's strategic business scenario, says Takaful Malaysia's CIO.

CLOUD COMPUTING

Public cloud benefits outweigh security and data sovereignty risks, says head of Parliament IT

'Cloud first' policy will include Microsoft Office 365 roll out.

DATA CENTER

Data wiped from 630 Megaupload servers

Megaupload did not ask for the data, hosting provider LeaseWeb said.

IMAGING AND PRINTING

3D printer creates lithium-ion batteries the size of a grain of sand

The nanobatteries could power miniaturized medical implants, compact electronics or tiny bots.

INDUSTRIES

Dell committee says Icahn's new proposal is not 'actionable'

The special committee of the board will continue to support founder Michael Dell's proposal to take the company private.

INTERNET

Making peril permanent: Google's Gmail app redesign

The archive default options bring own set of risks.

MOBILE AND WIRELESS

AT&T to offer NEC Terrain push-to-talk Android smartphone starting Friday

Price at $100 and two-year contract.

NETWORKING

'Fingerprinting' added to Barracuda's firewall armoury

Barracuda Web Application Firewall version 7.8 firmware has specific enhancements to offset automated attack attempts from botnets, says Barracuda's Malaysia-based regional manager.

OPERATING SYSTEMS

Lab Tested: New MacBook Air offers best battery life of any Apple laptop

You can get a lot done over a long period of time with the new MacBook Air—a period much longer that what you've ever experience with an Apple laptop.

SECURITY

Apple end-to-end encryption far from bulletproof

Apple won't provide experts with details of encryption architecture, so what it means by 'cannot decrypt"' data is unclear, expert says

STORAGE

Ferromagnetics breakthrough could change storage as we know it

MIT prof says new method of writing to magnetic media should cut power consumption by a factor of 10,000.

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BLOGS

BLOG: 70% of Indian CIOs will report into CEOs by 2016

I recently analyzed 60 companies in India to understand the CIO reporting structure and the key projects that these organizations are focused on.

BLOG: 10 things the CEO can do to drive digital

Forrester held its European Business Technology Forum in London this week -- a convocation ofCIOs, Enterprise Architects, Infrastructure and Operations Professionals, Security and Risk Professionals, and Sourcing and Vendor Management Professionals.

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