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Ecuador citizens’ data breach holds lessons for enterprises
What caused the mass breach of Ecuadorian citizens’ data, and what can businesses learn from it?
Top five cloud storage pitfalls
Cloud storage offers apparent simplicity, but unexpected costs, complexity, data movement and integration challenges can arise. We look at how to avoid common cloud storage pitfalls
Lawmakers seek answers from big-tech bosses in antitrust probe
US lawmakers have given big tech companies a deadline to disclose a wide range of documents as the House Judiciary Committee’s bipartisan investigation into competition gathers pace
Oracle Open World: Ellison targets ‘fully autonomous cloud’
Oracle CTO Larry Ellison said a ‘fully autonomous cloud’ is now Oracle's goal, eliminating human labour, during his main keynote at Open World 2019. AWS was, again, in his sights as an inferior rival
CIO Trends #9: Nordics
Read the story of three banks in Finland that are working together to keep pace with the tech changes in the industry. Also, take a closer look at the cloud first policy at shipping giant Maersk.
Latest News
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Network Rail seeks innovation for tunnel and station management
Operator Network Rail will tap into its £357m R&D fund to back innovation competitions aimed to improve assessment of more than 600 rail tunnels and station surveillance
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Ensign InfoSecurity opens global headquarters in Singapore
The Singapore-based cyber security firm’s new headquarters will also be home to a new security operations centre that will be supported by Singapore-centric threat intelligence
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Gartner Catalyst: Prepare for web giants crushing your industry
Companies like Amazon and Alibaba are taking a bigger chunk of the customer journey, but they are also spreading across industry sectors
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Research explores economic benefits of full-fibre and 5G
The Broadband Stakeholders Group (BSG) has published research by Oxera to help local authorities understand the benefits of full-fibre and 5G
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NHSX emphasises need for ethical patient data access
The health service's digital unit welcomed the launch of Health Data Research hubs, but stressed that it will control the design of research collaborations
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Councils awarded funding to boost online services
Local authorities received more than £750,000 in the second round of the Local Digital Fund, aimed at improving citizen offerings in areas such as housing and payment
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Inside blockchain and its various applications
We explore the technology around blockchain shaping how businesses use data
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The emergence of the shopping centre-as-a-service model
Shopping centres have been morphing into wider entertainment, leisure and hospitality venues for some time, but their role is set to evolve yet further
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How APAC firms can slay the storage management beast
The data deluge and compliance requirements are shaping how Asia-Pacific firms are approaching storage management issues in the age of cloud
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E-Handbook | September 2019
The changing role of the CIO
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Artificial intelligence in ITSM: Finding the right tools for you
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CW Europe: Dutch authorities call temporary halt to datacentre construction
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A tech boost for social care
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IAM: Managing identity remains key to cyber security
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Blogs
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PSD2 security deadline extension is not a reason for further can kicking- Fintech makes the world go around
The extension of a compliance deadline for PSD2 should not be a signal for banks to reduce preperations Continue Reading
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RPA series: Appian - creating an integrated robotic workforce with RPA- CW Developer Network
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Sathya Srinivasan, principal solutions architect at Appian -- and this story forms part of a series of posts on CWDN that ... Continue Reading
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Oracle: the autonomous database drives the 'evolution' of the DBA- CW Developer Network
The Computer Weekly Developer Network team is in San Francisco for Oracle Open World 2019. As day one kicks off, we start with a resounding message from Oracle central: this is the point at which ... Continue Reading
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ScyllaDB powers up Alternator: an open Amazon DynamoDB API- Open Source Insider
Companies normally keep things pretty quiet in the run up to their annual user conferences, so they can pepper the press with a bag of announcements designed to show how much market momentum and ... Continue Reading
Opinion
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We need a Brexit deal now for UK tech success
The UK technology sector does not want a no-deal Brexit, and recognises the damage it would cause. If we're leaving the EU, the Prime Minister needs to get a deal
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Regulators globally are shaping up to rein in Facebook
We need to move fast and fix Facebook, before it breaks us
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Is there substance in Boris Johnson’s fibre broadband vision?
The new prime minister made a bold promise to roll out full-fibre broadband across the country by 2025 – but it’s a challenging task that requires serious investment and planning
Videos
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CW500 Interview: Jonathan Midgley discusses artificial intelligence (AI)
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CW500 Interview: Daniel Hulme discusses artificial intelligence (AI)
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Inside MyRepublic’s digital transformation journey
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CW500 Interview: Mattie Yeta, sustainability lead, Defra
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CW500 Interview: Nadine Thomson, digital technology consultant and advisor, News UK
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CW500 Interview: Roger Taylor, chair of the Centre for Data Ethics and Innovation
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