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How facial recognition technology threatens basic privacy rights
As adoption of facial recognition systems continues to grow worldwide, there is increasing concern that this technology could undermine fundamental privacy rights and how it can be kept in check
UK cyber security progress stalled, says report
UK firms rank cyber attacks as a top business issue, but are stalling in cyber security best practice, lagging behind top performers in India
Shipping firm Maersk on why it’s backing a cloud-first strategy
Rasmus Hald, who heads up the cloud centre of excellence at shipping giant Maersk, opens up about how the firm is embracing a cloud-first policy in the name of seeing off competitive threats and improving the sustainability of its operations
Nominations open for Most Influential Women in UK Technology 2019
Computer Weekly is seeking nominations for this year’s list of the 50 most influential women in UK technology
Infographic: Top 10 technology trends for 2019
Discover the top 10 technology trends for 2019 as predicted by Gartner. For digital-minded CIOs, Gartner's 2019 top 10 technology trends should come as no surprise: IT is getting smarter, casting an intelligent digital web over the enterprise -- and everywhere else.
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Open banking could generate £18bn for UK SMEs and citizenss
Consumers and SMEs could generate billions of pounds in value if open banking adoption reaches its potential
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Wider threat campaign behind Wipro breach
A sophisticated, far-ranging threat campaign was behind the breach at Indian IT services firm Wipro in April, which was not an isolated incident, RiskIQ report reveals
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Nordic public dispels fears over AI and welcomes its advance
People in the Nordic countries are more welcoming and less fearful of the advance of artificial intelligence than those in other regions
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Confusing cocktail of document licensing in SAP’s Hana strategy
SAP wants its customers to migrate from ECC to Hana and its cloud offering and is also putting forward a new, “ambiguous” document licensing scheme
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Veritas bundles NetBackup into Enterprise Data Services Platform
Backup giant wraps key product into data management wrapper that adds search, index and data classification Information Studio plus InfoScale software-defined storage
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Six arrested over €24m cryptocurrency theft
Police have arrested six people in the UK and the Netherlands in connection with the theft of cryptocurrency worth €24m
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How facial recognition technology threatens basic privacy rights
As adoption of facial recognition systems continues to grow worldwide, there is increasing concern that this technology could undermine fundamental privacy rights and how it can be kept in check
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Unstructured data compliance: Obstacles and solutions
Stored unstructured data could be a black hole full of unknown risk. We look at the key dangers to compliance in unstructured data and some ways of mitigating the risks
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Microsoft’s road to multicloud support
From Microsoft’s perspective, multicloud is more about portability than resiliency
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E-Handbook | June 2019
Proving ownership of IPv6 addresses
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E-Handbook | June 2019
A Computer Weekly buyer’s guide to evergreen IT
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E-Zine | June 2019
Saving bees with the internet of things
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E-Handbook | June 2019
GPU acceleration for data intensive processing
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E-Handbook | June 2019
APAC guide to plugging endpoint security gaps
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Blogs
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Scepticism and the challenges beyond for Facebook’s Libra- Fintech makes the world go around
Facebook faces major hurdles to make Libra a success even if it overcomes the rampant scepitisim Continue Reading
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Edge & the datacentre: scope considerations for developers- CW Developer Network
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network written by Chris Carreiro in his capacity as CTO of ParkView at Park Place Technologies -- the company is a specialist in datacentre ... Continue Reading
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Why database admins should embrace automation- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog
There are certain functions in database administration, that are good candidates for automation. These are the nuts and bolts of the job - like how to partition the storage, what happens if a disk ... Continue Reading
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London Tech Week opinion 4: Beyond the unicorns- Fintech makes the world go around
Don'y forget the tech SMEs amid the noise being made by the unicorns Continue Reading
Opinion
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Will artificial intelligence be a recruiter’s new best friend?
AI and machine learning are being introduced into corporate recruitment to save time and money, but employers need to understand the legal risks
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Opening a path into a tech career for anyone
The technology sector needs new talent and must get better at appealing to people at all stages of their life and career
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Business needs to see infosec pros as trusted advisers
How can security professionals communicate effectively with the board and senior business leaders – what works and what doesn’t?
Videos
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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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Delivering Diversity in Technology: What does inclusion mean to you?
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Delivering Diversity in Technology: startup panel
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