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Hancock sets out NHS tech vision

Government will mandate national open standards for the NHS and tech suppliers, build a health and caretech ecosystem and give local NHS organisations more flexibility in how and what tech they buy
Violin to add X-IO flash, hybrid and disk as mid-range options

Reborn Violin Systems is to buy X-IO’s spinning disk, all-flash and hybrid flash storage systems in a bid to provide more mid-range options to its customers
Microsoft signs pledge to assist people with dyslexia

Tech giant Microsoft has signed the Made by Diversity pledge to help more people with dyslexia use technology as part of their education
UCaaS supports British Medical Journal’s cloud-first ambitions

With a growing global business and a CIO intent on doing everything in the cloud, the British Medical Journal turned to unified communications-as-a-service provider RingCentral to make its comms infrastructure fit for the cloud era
APAC security spending tipped to reach new highs

Security services will be the largest and fastest-growing slice of the overall security pie in the Asia-Pacific region
E-shelter secures planning permission for mega-datacentre campus

Colocation provider E-shelter has its plans approved to build a 60MW datacentre campus in Dagenham, East London

GlaxoSmithKline R&D CDO on combining Hadoop and Docker to boost drug discovery efforts

Mark Ramsey, chief digital officer of research and development at GSK, describes how banking on big data, containers and on-premise technologies is speeding up the company’s efforts to uncover new drugs and improve the hit rate of its clinical trials
Chromebooks and G Suite: a good working alternative

We look at Chromebooks as collaboration clients, both in Google-oriented and mixed-platform environments
University vs Apprenticeship: The education debate

Traditionally, a degree is the preferred route into the technology industry, but many now believe an apprenticeship may be a more valuable path into the sector

Dialling into the Huawei Mate20- Inspect-a-Gadget

Whether you can pronounce the company’s name or not, it’s for sure that Huawei (say: wah-way) has become a significant presence in the smartphone market today. Now with corporate ambitions to ... Continue Reading
In conversation with: Russ Shaw, everywoman male agent of change 2018- WITsend

In 2018 Russ Shaw, founder of Tech London Advocates (TLA) and Global Tech Advocates (GTA), won the Male Agent of Change Award at the 2018 FDM everywoman in Technology Awards. Everywoman introduced ... Continue Reading
The fintech interview: Part 5 Honcho- Fintech makes the world go around

How a serial entrepreneur and a former soldier plotted to take on the car insurance price comparison sites Continue Reading
A smartphone for your smartphone?- Downtime

As if smartphone devices aren't already taking over our lives enough, a US company has launched a miniature phone to act as a companion to your main device. In a world where smartphones are ... Continue Reading

Monitoring key to outcomes-based security

What is the first step towards moving from a tick-box approach to security to one that is outcomes-based, and how can an organisation test if its security defences are delivering the desired outcome?
Customers need to be at the centre of GDPR plans

Responding to a breach is not just about data, it is about taking care of, and protecting, customers
Enable outcomes-based security in software development

What is the first step towards moving from a tick box approach to security to one that is outcomes based, and how can an organisation test if its security defences are delivering the desired outcome?