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Traditional approaches to back-up and recovery of IT systems no longer work and a new approach is needed, a survey of more than 1,400 IT professionals worldwide has revealed.

Protests against the controversial Anti-Counterfeiting Agreement (Acta) have been organised across Europe, with most set to take place on 11 February.

Telecoms regulator Ofcom has told BT’s wholesale division Openreach to reduce the prices charged to ISPs that use BT’s lines.

(ISC)2, the largest not-for-profit membership body of certified information security professionals worldwide, is engaging with children at UK schools to mark the ninth annual world Safer Internet Day.

Organisations should be working with current knowledge of how behaviour is changing in the workplace

Business intelligence is the top concern of CIOs, but they need to go beyond basic investment in IT, according to Gartner.

There are security challenges throughout the whole smartphone lifecycle, from device creation and marketing, through purchase, implementation and operation, to the eventual recycling or destruction of the device.

Facebook plans to begin showing adverts to users on mobile devices before its $5bn initial public offering expected in May.

Apple has been granted a temporary suspension of a sales ban imposed on some iPhones and iPads in Germany.

Virtualisation is evolving. IT departments now have a raft of products to deploy within their infrastructure, optimised for virtualisation.

The US Federal Bureau of Investigation (FBI) is looking into how a conference call with Scotland Yard was intercepted by a member of the activist hacking group Anonymous.

2012 will be a year of change and smarter working, with IT departments focused on improving processes and finding ‘new ways of doing things’, according to a survey by The Corporate IT Forum.

Nick Gaines, formerly CIO at Volkswagen UK, has left the car firm to join Ultra Electronics Nuclear Control Systems.

In many ways, smartphones can be more secure operating platforms than PCs, but there is one major policy issue that needs to be dealt with first, writes John Pescatore, vice-president and distinguished analyst at Gartner.

Internet infrastructure services firm VeriSign has admitted that it was the victim of numerous data breaches in 2010, but top-level managers were not notified immediately.

Learn which IT priorities are at the top of UK IT managers lists for 2012. Coverage from across our network includes cloud, budget cuts, networking, security, disaster recovery and more.

BT has reported a 5% drop in revenue for Q3 2011 to £4.77bn as it pushes IT services and business fibre broadband.

The Metropolitan Police has blamed ‘human error’ for exposing the emails of more than 1,000 crime victims.

About 30% of IT departments are implementing smartphone and tablet initiatives into their strategies for 2012 as workers increasingly use the devices for work purposes.

Cisco launches BIG Awards offering cash injections to UK start-ups with the most innovative technology-based ideas.