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Sky launches free technology training courses for women
Those that complete courses can apply to join Sky's Software Engineering Academy
European data protection regulation set to catch out cloud users
Spiceworks research shows EMEA firms aren't ready for it as they continue to focus on price, not compliance
Glass ceiling for women fails to break for top execs at combined Dell/EMC
Only one woman makes the grade and she's no longer the top marketing executive after losing out to EMC rival
Privacy groups, tech industry slam ‘rushed’ and ‘draconian’ Investigatory Powers Bill
NEWS ANALYSIS: The tech industry wants Investigatory Powers Bill to be subject to full parliamentary scrutiny, while privacy campaigners fear impact of legislation
‘Snoopers’ Charter’ revisions ‘don’t fix flaws’
The Investigatory Powers bill is being rushed through in spite of significant concerns, according to critics
EC publishes ‘Safe Harbour 2.0’ Privacy Shield details
Privacy Shield protects EU citizens’ personal data from misuse by US companies and intelligence services, according to the Commission
Ingram Micro’s year finishes with a poor quarter
Going to the Chinese AT LEAST $1bn light
Wifinity aims to sell a fifth of its wifi services via the channel
Fujitsu, Logicalis, Redcentric and Serco are already signed up and wifi provider has launched a new partner programme to increase the number of resellers and MSPs
Steljes Rental reports big first year AV market growth
Flexible audio visual and conferencing solutions are proving popular in the corporate market
BigTec adds Avi Networks and Rubrik to its distie roster
BigTec promises improved backups and speedier app roll-outs through new vendors
MWC 2016: Ericsson and Cisco build 5G router in ‘fruitful’ partnership
Ericsson and Cisco say the early stages of their partnership have resulted in major customer wins as joint-development of equipment and services accelerates
Excalibur carves a bigger slice of the south west with Devision buy
Company previously bought Bridge Solutions and Emnico Enterprises
EMC storage will support British America’s Cup effort
US storage giant backs Sir Ben Ainslie
BT to hire another 1,400 apprentices and graduates
Acquired mobile company EE and Openreach both taking on large numbers
Ingram Micro to be acquired by Chinese conglomerate for $6bn
All cash deal leads to suspended share dividend and no questions on financial results
Office 2016 installation routine deleting older standalone apps
FOCUS: If your company depends on Microsoft Office applications that are installed separately from the ubiquitous productivity suite, installing Office 2016 will remove them
Castle Street acquires hosting and cloud provider C4L for £20.2m
The company announced that it was buying IT solutions firm Selection Services for £30m last month
Vodafone pays less tax in the UK than last year
Will there be more protests about Vodafone's low UK tax bill?
Flood Update: Print flows at Hebden Bridge with Apogee
It's now business as usual at Print Bureau
Cisco has strong quarter despite drops in switch, data centre spending
Growth in Cisco collaboration, security and routing businesses offset declines in switching and data centre products caused by macroeconomic issues
Local government outsourcing market jumps by a quarter
Contract values and time periods are going up shows new arvato/analyst research
Google kills off Flash support for ads
From 30 June Google will not accept ads built in Flash for DoubleClick and Google Display Network ad services
Avnet launches new training service in the UK
TrainingNow offering comes in two flavours
TalkTalk data breach sees customers targeted after engineering visits
Attackers gain access to engineering visit data to trick customers in the latest TalkTalk security mishap
Prosecute those who design leaky data systems say IT pros
BCS urges government to adopt legal sanctions for badly designed data systems, for Investigatory Powers Bill
IBM launches 25 new cloud services
IBM Cloud portfolio bolstered with hybrid services targeting developers and data scientists
EMC faces class action lawsuit to prevent Dell takeover
The proposed legal action claims EMC has mislead shareholders and others over the deal
Hutchison: Merged Three-O2 would freeze prices and invest £5bn
CK Hutchison defends proposed takeover, saying its promises to retail and wholesale customers will maintain competition and allow it to compete with BT and Vodafone
Apogee opens managed print base in Scotland
Company expands from regional English base
