Top Stories
Amazon to create 10,000 new UK jobs in 2021
Online retail giant goes public with plans to create 10,000 new jobs in UK and embark on a retraining plan for existing staff who may want to pursue employment opportunities outside the company later down the line
Google Cloud gets into orbit with SpaceX for data, cloud service
Elon Musk’s low Earth orbit satellite constellation to locate ground stations in IT giant’s data centre properties, providing businesses with access to leading cloud infrastructure
Irish health service hit by major ransomware attack
IT systems in hospitals across Ireland have been switched off following a significant ransomware attack
More former subpostmasters have criminal convictions quashed
Two former subpostmasters pushed to the brink of suicide after being convicted for financial crimes, finally have their names cleared
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Latest News
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Colonial Pipeline paid $5m ransom, reports say
Colonial Pipeline may have paid a significant ransom within hours of being attacked, it has emerged, but it’s unlikely the story ends here
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Dutch police used deep learning model to predict threats to life
Dutch police developed a deep learning model in their EncroChat investigation to predict which messages contain serious threats to life
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Cabinet Office launches climate challenges for startups
The Cabinet Office has partnered with government technology accelerator Public to run a programme for startups developing innovative digital and data technologies that can help with some of the most pressing climate issues
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Okta and Auth0 to expand APAC coverage
Okta’s acquisition of rival Auth0 will enable both companies to expand their footprint in the Asia-Pacific region as demand for identity management services soars amid the pandemic
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Employers pondering new hybrid workplace
As the pandemic eases, many business leaders are engaged with effectively offering remote working flexibility and are creating and communicating plans to their employees, setting expectations and guidelines moving forward
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PayPal expands multi-year Google Cloud partnership
Payment platform app provider publicly commits to moving more of its workloads to the Google Cloud Platform as consumer demand for online payment options soar
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In Depth
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Computational storage: What is it? Why now, what for, who from?
Computational storage is an emerging architecture category, in which compute is put near storage to address I/O bottlenecks resulting from large volumes of data
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How to support a hybrid workforce
As the economy opens up, organisations are rethinking the idea of office-based work – and a more flexible approach is on the cards
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How do I get my users to pay attention to security training?
As cyber security risks grow daily, businesses must educate staff about these through cyber awareness training. But how can they ensure this is taken seriously by employees?
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E-Zine | May 2021
CW Benelux: Netherlands university launches centre of expertise in applied AI
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E-Zine | May 2021
Chip supply shortages are hitting hard
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E-Handbook | May 2021
Infographic: 5 ways backup can protect against ransomware
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E-Zine | May 2021
How KFC put digital on the menu
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E-Handbook | April 2021
Security Think Tank: Critical National Infrastructure
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Blogs
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Snyk sneaks up on sinful snippets, acquires FossID - Open Source Insider
London-originated but Boston-headquartered cloud native application security company Snyk has acquired FossID, a software composition analysis tool that scans code for open source licenses and ... Continue Reading
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Of cats and clouds: a lifetime TCO question- Write side up - by Freeform Dynamics
For better or worse, we are a cat household. Various moggies have come and gone over the years. These have mainly originated from shelters or people trying to offload excess kittens arising from ... Continue Reading
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UiPath turns tables on tabulation with Tableau - CW Developer Network
Every company wants to be more than a specialist niche technology focus these days i.e. hyperconvegence specialists now want to be known as platform and software suite-level companies, Enterprise ... Continue Reading
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A desktop strategy for post pandemic return to work- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog
Most surveys Computer Weekly receive on remote working during the pandemic assume everyone will be running an office laptop at home. Crouching over a laptop on the kitchen table, or sitting on a ... Continue Reading
Opinion
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Digital bootcamps could change how we think about IT skills
The government’s digital bootcamps initiative could help begin to shift the way we think about the roles of technology professionals
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Fraud and cyber crime: 10 things we learned from 2020
While a pandemic-driven increase in cyber crime and an exacerbation of existing fraud trends were, to a large extent, to be expected, the LexisNexis Risk solutions UK cybercrime report 2020 still contained a few surprises
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Why the Post Office scandal kept me awake at night
Reverend Richard Coles tells Computer Weekly why there needs to be a statutory public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal
Videos
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UKtech50 2021: Panel 2- Making innovation count
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UKtech50 2021: Panel 1 - Digital leadership
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UKtech50 2021: Bev White, CEO Harvey Nash Group
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UKtech50 2021: Alison Davis, CIO, Natural History Museum
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UKtech50 2021: Ash Jokhoo, CDIO, Virgin Atlantic
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UKtech50 2021: Belinda Finch, CIO, Three