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Advertisement ISSUE DATE:  23 April 2014 TODAY'S TOP STORIES Google refunds bogus security app buyers Most cyber attacks use only three methods, Verizon breach report shows Microsoft and Equinix collaborate to privately connect Azure cloud and on-premise IT Ordnance Survey and BT sign £23m data deal

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MORE NEWS AND ANALYSIS FROM COMPUTERWEEKLY AND THE TECHTARGET NETWORK Cyber attacks move to cloud with increased adoption, report shows Cyber attacks are migrating to the cloud with increased adoption, a report reveals.  Get your daily dose of Dilbert.   (ComputerWeekly.com) UK finance firms to face planned hacking Finance firms in the UK could be attacked by ethical hackers on behalf of financial services regulators to identify weaknesses in cyber security.   A strong information security program is a competitive gain, not just a cost CIOs are often asked to quantify the value of technology investments, but the CIO of an East Coast company was caught off guard by one such recent request and whom it came from.  (SearchCIO.com) Microsoft invests in next-gen energy technologies to power datacentres Microsoft is investing in next-generation energy technologies such as microturbines and distributed generation for datacentre power.  Disaster recovery is vital in software-defined datacentre era Jon Toigo argues against virtualisation advocates that say the software-defined datacentre, with its high availability and clustering, does away with the need for disaster recovery.  Women in tech learn how to make the web work for them Women in tech gather at Somerset house to learn digital skills and how to create their own part of the web.  Talent shortage is threatening growth of London’s tech sector A shortage of talent and immigration legislation has been blamed for hampering technology growth in London.

BLOGS Why Heartbleed did not harm open source Unless you live in a cave, Victorian style external toilet or Bear Grylls style treehouse in the Outer Hebrides it is safe to say you will have read about the Heartbleed bug.  Surviving the post Heartbleed Cyber Security Skills Crunch IT users and suppliers, particularly those in financial services and its suppliers are about to be hit by an IT Skills shortfall akin to that during the run up to Y2K: for similar reasons.

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