November 2016

November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16
Digitising automotive industry could generate billions for UK economy

By investing properly in digital technologies, the automotive industry could gain £74bn for the UK economy by 2035, according to a report Continue Reading
November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16
HPE developer milestone: memory-driven computing architecture

Hewlett Packard Enterprise has reached what the firm thinks is a milestone for software application developers interested in cutting edge infrastructure, data-centric computing and software-defined ... Continue Reading
November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16
Transport Scotland turns to IoT mapping to keep roads clear in cold snap

Scottish transport authority is using Esri’s location technology to keep tabs on its gritters in icy weather Continue Reading

November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16
Blockchain-based gold trading planned for 2017

Thousand-year-old organisation The Royal Mint is the latest financial services business to harness blockchain technology Continue Reading
November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16
Nearly a quarter of board-level execs struggle to see value of tech

While many executives are on board with digital transformation, research shows some aren’t sure why organisations find digital technology important Continue Reading
November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16
HPE fleshes out IoT strategy

HPE is moving from IT to operational technology with a set of products and tie-ups to target industrial internet of things applications Continue Reading
November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16
Mastercard uses artificial intelligence for transaction approval

Mastercard is using artificial intelligence to reduce the number of transactions that are wrongly declined, while maintaining security Continue Reading
November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16
Marriott Hotels offers virtual site tours

Hotel chain has enlisted London mobility startup GoInStore to offer visitors to its website virtual facility tours Continue Reading
November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16
Five tips to improve cyber security in the health sector

Jocelyn Paulley, an IT lawyer at Gowling WLG, shares her top tips on how the NHS can “quick fix” its cyber resilience Continue Reading
November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16
Thousands of National Lottery accounts hacked

National Lottery operator Camelot says the log-in details of thousands of people who do the lottery online have been stolen Continue Reading

November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16
Land Registry to build centralised digital register

Kainos signs up to help HM Land Registry create a digital local land charges register service Continue Reading
November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16
CityFibre targets underserved businesses with fibre broadband

Urban fibre supplier CityFibre is to connect 500 business parks across its 40-city UK network footprint to full-fibre services Continue Reading
November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16
Disaster recovery testing: A vital part of the DR plan

Disaster recovery provision is worthless unless you test out your plans. In this two-part series, Computer Weekly looks at disaster recovery testing in virtualised datacentres Continue Reading
November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16
BP to go all-in on public cloud to cut datacentre upkeep costs

Oil giant BP uses first day of AWS Re:Invent to outline how it is cushioning itself against falling oil prices by using cloud to cut costs Continue Reading
November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16
Security Think Tank: Managing cyber risk requires genuine understanding

How can information security professionals help businesses to understand the cyber risks across increasingly digital businesses? Continue Reading
November 29, 2016 29 Nov'16
BT and Openreach to split: but what will change as a result?

The telecoms industry has welcomed Ofcom’s decision to legally split BT and Openreach, but what, if anything, will actually change? Continue Reading
November 29, 2016 29 Nov'16
Growing multi-cloud demand means providers must diversify to survive, warns 451 Research

Two reports from analyst house 451 Research suggest cloud providers must consider adding support for competing services to their portfolios in order to survive in the hybrid, multi-cloud era Continue Reading
November 29, 2016 29 Nov'16
CIO interview: Neil Moore, head of ICT, Hampshire Fire and Rescue Service

Hampshire Fire and Rescue’s CIO talks about collaborating, moving to the cloud and getting staff on board with digital transformation Continue Reading
November 29, 2016 29 Nov'16
GDPR and Trump changes will dominate storage and compliance in 2017

Vigitrust’s Mathieu Gorge looks forward to what 2017 has in store for legal and regulatory compliance, with milestones in the adoption of the General Data Protection Regulation and changes in the US under the Trump presidency Continue Reading
November 29, 2016 29 Nov'16
Security Think Tank: Cyber risk – Overlooked? Ignored? Under-appreciated?

How can information security professionals help businesses to understand the cyber risks across increasingly digital businesses? Continue Reading

An introduction to intelligent document processing for CIOs

With IDP, enterprises can bring documents into automation workflows, which can help reduce document processing time and save on ...

Why CIOs need to establish an automation CoE

With organizations continuing to automate business processes across several departments at a rapid pace, it's time they consider ...

Is your company's IT governance strategy cloud ready?

As companies prepare to migrate to the cloud, they need to review their IT governance strategy before making any decisions to ...

SearchSecurity

Why SASE should be viewed as an evolution, not revolution

The hype around secure access service edge (SASE) is palpable. But by taking a step back, security leaders can align an emerging ...

The 5 principles of zero-trust security

Zero trust is a journey, not a destination. Ensure your corporate network is safe from internal and external threats by ...

Iranian hackers pose as far-right group to threaten U.S. voters

The FBI said Russia and Iran have obtained voter information, and Iranian hackers have also been sending threatening emails to ...

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The power and plights of female network engineers

Impostor syndrome burdens female network engineers, due to discrimination, as well as a lack of representation and education. But...

Bye-bye ISR, hello Catalyst 8000 for Cisco SD-WAN

The new Catalyst 8300 Series of routers replace ISRs that customers said were ill-equipped to run the Cisco SD-WAN. Cisco also ...

Juniper's 128 acquisition needed to improve SD-WAN

Juniper Networks plans to 'enhance' its Contrail SD-WAN through the acquisition of 128 Technology. 128 has a more advanced SD-WAN...

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IBM cloud revenues climb as hardware continues to decline

IBM cloud revenues continue to increase as hardware sales drop, sharpening the company's strategy to focus on hybrid cloud.

Figure out the differences of asset management vs. CMDB

There is no shortage of software options for change management tools. Operational goals can help IT teams decide if ITAM or CMDB ...

IBM partners with HBCUs to promote quantum computing

IBM is partnering with a group of historically Black colleges and universities to set up a quantum computing center in hopes of ...

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Growing enterprise benefits of augmented data management

Gartner predicts plenty of growth in the booming augmented data management market, which helps data professionals focus on ...

MongoDB Atlas now enables multi-cloud database clusters

Multi-cloud data portability comes to MongoDB Atlas with a new capability that will enable users to run a database application ...

How AI data privacy can help your enterprise

Enterprises benefit in many ways from AI data privacy tools that reduce the need for manual efforts from data professionals. Read...