Synergic IT business

Businesses have expressed concern about proposed EU data protection rules which include a “right to be forgotten”. The European Commission has said it would set out details of the planned changes later today. It has already said that individuals would be able to ask for data about themselves to be deleted unless it was being …

Spanish banking giant BBVA is switching its 110,000 staff to use Google’s range of enterprise software. The deal is the biggest that the search giant has signed with one company for its cloud-computing services, where software is offered as a service via the internet. The bank told the BBC it would use Google’s tools only …

Almost three-quarters of firms and public sector organisations across nine European countries may not fully recover their computer systems or data after an IT failure, a survey suggests. The report by IT group EMC said 74% were “not very confident” they could fully restore their networks. It also found that 54% admitted they had lost …

Apple mobile devices are among the most popular gadgets today. In fact, Apple reports that 250 million iOS devices have been sold and 18 million apps downloaded. I often find that, while the popularity of these devices increases, many don’t understand the basic security features that Apple makes available to them. Some of you may …

A national computer security campaign is urging smartphone users to do more to protect themselves from unwittingly downloading malware applications. Get Safe Online says that there has been an increase in smartphone malware as the market has grown. Criminals are typically creating Trojan copies of reputable apps and tricking users into installing them. Once on …