First, accept that it may have little to do with you.

Intel will produce its own custom chips for cloud providers next year, reports the New York Times.
The reason is simple: Intel can easily change chip designs and leave out unwanted core features or alter other properties, such as to gain compute and power optimization for public cloud servers. It’s a matter of a few commands to the production systems to get custom chips.[ From Amazon to Windows Azure, InfoWorld puts IaaS clouds to the test to find out which is best for you. | Stay up on cloud developments with InfoWorld's Cloud Computing newsletter. ]

From a near-independent Scotland to continued problems with Universal Credit, it’s been a bumpy year for UK public sector IT

Regional demand for security and safety services is growing rapidly, and the world’s leading security technology companies are keeping pace to meet the new demand levels in an ever-changing threat landscape, according to the Middle East’s largest multi-solution security provider, G4S. G4S expects the total regional security market to be worth more than USD 7 […]

Online security and privacy policies should be considered in any digital marketing program. Beyond just being a good business practice, there’s the additional benefit of building trust with your customers. This blog post features a video interview with Craig Spiezle, Executive Director and President, Online Trust Alliance, and discusses security, privacy and consumer protection.