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Australian organisations underinvesting in cyber security

Over half of Australian organisations had not invested enough in cyber security in the past three years, though awareness is improving in the aftermath of high-profile data breaches last year
UK seeks head of quantum office

A vacancy on the civil service jobs site suggests the UK’s new quantum strategy is about to be rolled out – and there’s going to be a new chief
Finance regulator finding more misleading promotions through tech

UK finance regulator able to find and block misleading promotions faster through improved digital tools
World's first self-driving bus gets in gear through UK government

UK government’s Centre for Connected and Autonomous Vehicles Connected and Automated Mobility programme reveals funding for commercial self-driving passenger and freight services projects including self-driving bus service and autonomous taxis
FCA cracks down on misleading promos by social media influencers

Social media is becoming a major part of the FCA’s work in clamping down on misleading financial advertising and promotions, with multiple influencers rapped for their behaviour
Record fibre growth fails to halt mixed Q3 for BT

Strategy of focus on fibre and 5G vindicated in financial results showing leading UK telco buffeted by inflationary headwinds – but also seeing benefit of growing investment in fixed network infrastructure

How to make the most of a composable enterprise architecture

Enterprise software is shifting away from highly integrated stacks to cloud-native architectures that use best-of-breed and in-house components
Green storage: Savings to be made but tricky to achieve

Storage upgrades can bring energy savings. New hardware, the cloud and as-a-service procurement models all cut costs, but can need careful tweaking to get right
IT’s shift to the cloud: Veeam’s data protection report in detail

With half of servers in the cloud, most backup and nearly all disaster recovery cloud-centric, the shift to the cloud is significant – but container backup is one area that is yet to settle down

What to expect from ThoughtSpot Beyond 2023- CW Developer Network

Times change. This time last year the Computer Weekly Developer Network team was headed out to Las Vegas for ThoughtSpot Beyond 2022 with a whole set of health and safety advisories to guide us ... Continue Reading
Fixing the tech sector- Cliff Saran's Enterprise blog

Apple’s Q1 2023 filing shows a 5% decline from last year. Meanwhile Amazon reported its operating income decreased to $12.2 bn in 2022, compared with $24.9 bn in 2021. Alphabet, the parent company ... Continue Reading
01 Founders: the coding course where students teach each other- WITsend

There are several different routes into technology, each posing their own challenges, yet a lack diversity and skills shortages still persist in the UK’s tech sector. “We guarantee a job to every ... Continue Reading
NTT & Palo Alto Networks get sassy on secure SaaS SASE- CW Developer Network

NTT Ltd. has changed. It’s a long time since the company was known as the Nippon Telegraph and Telephone Corporation, that name was only used when the organisation was established as a state ... Continue Reading

Getting the security training and development mix right

Rob Dartnall, CEO at SecAlliance and chair of Crest’s UK Council, describes the need for formal, varied and continuous development in the cyber security sector
Tips on improving cyber training for home workers

How better security training can help firms tackle new cyber threats facing remote workers
Three outsourcing trends to look out for in 2023

ISG's Andreas Fahr outlines three IT sourcing trends to look out for in the coming year.