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Post Office profited from subpostmaster sanctions, inquiry told
The Post Office was ‘keen’ to make subpostmasters cover unexplained accounting shortfall as its business struggled, public inquiry hears
Civil servants want more digital skills training, survey finds
Civil servants are keen to learn more about how to use technology, including artificial intelligence (AI) to improve public services, yet only 5% have received AI training
MI6 chief’s hacked emails attacked MI5 and betrayed spy ops
Former UK spy boss Richard Dearlove leaked names of MI6 secret agent recruiters in China to back an aggressive right-wing US campaign against tech company Huawei. His emails were hacked and then leaked – probably by Russian intelligence
Why we need to 'carpe distributed ledger technologies'
Lord Chris Holmes pens his views for Computer Weekly on how the Electronic Trade Documents Bill, which he calls ‘the most important law you’ve never heard of’, could be a game-changer for the potential of distributed ledger technologies such as ...
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NBN Co, Ericsson team to transform fixed wireless access network
Ericsson and company that manages national broadband infrastructure in Australia announce new 10-year partnership to secure the supply of next-generation 5G technology that will deliver enhanced coverage and speed across the fixed wireless access ...
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Communications runs in his blood
Symbio Connect CEO Giorgio Mihaila has spent more than two decades in a career dotted with roles at major communications technology providers
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Italy’s biggest datacentre campus to enjoy €500m growth spurt
Aruba SpA raises funding to help realise ambitions to further grow mega-datacentre campus in Italy
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MI6 chief’s hacked emails attacked MI5 and betrayed spy ops
Former UK spy boss Richard Dearlove leaked names of MI6 secret agent recruiters in China to back an aggressive right-wing US campaign against tech company Huawei. His emails were hacked and then leaked – probably by Russian intelligence
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LastPass probes new cyber incident related to August attack
The August 2022 cyber attack on LastPass seems to have begat another incident, according to company CEO Karim Toubba
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Financial benefits of shared services strategy unclear, says NAO
Cabinet Office needs to do more to avoid previous failings, as several barriers remain to a successful implementation of the strategy to deliver shared back-office services for government, according to National Audit Office report
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From capex to opex: Storage procurement options bloom
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Extended reality can be empathic reality
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Blogs
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When IT goes wrong: A question of trust- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog
The car crash that has been unfolding during the Post Office IT scandal inquiry puts a big question mark over trust in IT and whether consultants truly work in our best interest. Thousands of ... Continue Reading
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AWS previews AWS Application Composer for serverless- CW Developer Network
AWS CTO Werner Vogels always delivers a fairly hard core developer-centric keynote with plenty of gusto, often wearing a punk rock era T-shirt. This year's AWS re:Invent 202 saw him announce the ... Continue Reading
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NordVPN CTO: Developers & users to ‘value’ data- CW Developer Network
While the focus on the Computer Weekly Developer Network is more generally focused on creation, build actions and (the clue is in the name) developing development for software application ... Continue Reading
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Cohesity at AWS re:Invent 2022 - What happens in cloud, stays in cloud- CW Developer Network
Just to cover off (in technology circles) anyone who happens to live in a cave, under a rock or in case anyone has spent their last few days and weeks on the moon (where we presume Internet access ... Continue Reading
Opinion
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Ransomware: Is there hope beyond the overhyped?
Up-and-coming cyber concepts attack surface management and security mesh architectures seem to hold some promise in tackling ransomware, but they are a little way off maturity
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Think technology, process, human risk to manage ransomware
Effective ransomware handling boils down to three core areas – technology, process and human risk
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Chartered status, aligned standards are crucial for UK cyber
As the UK moves closer to ushering in the world’s first chartered cyber professionals, the UK Cyber Security Council’s Simon Hepburn outlines the sector’s defining moment
Videos
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Diversity in tech 2022: Kerensa Jennings, BT
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Diversity in tech 2022: Jen Tippin, NatWest Group
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Diversity in tech 2022: Bev White, Nash Squared
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Flavilla Fongang, most influential woman in UK tech 2022, winner's speech
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The rise and rise of blockchain technology