January 2017
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January 31, 2017
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Are we trusting social networks too much?
This article in our Royal Holloway Security Series sheds an often uncomfortable light on the privacy risks people incur by using social media, and offers advice on how to minimise those risks. Continue Reading
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January 31, 2017
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Jan'17
Data breach costs exceed 20% of revenue
The cost of data breaches topped 20% of revenue in the past year as cyber attacks became more sophisticated and defenders struggled to keep pace, the latest Cisco security report shows Continue Reading
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January 31, 2017
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Jan'17
Gigaclear wins Northamptonshire BDUK contract
Rural fibre broadband supplier Gigaclear has been awarded a Stage Three BDUK contract covering remote parts of Northamptonshire Continue Reading
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January 31, 2017
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Jan'17
HMRC aims to ease transition to digital tax returns for UK businesses
HM Revenue & Customs sticks to 2018 deadline despite warnings from MPs, but three-year transition will cost firms £1bn before savings kick in Continue Reading
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January 31, 2017
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Jan'17
How AI is disrupting the role of call centres and call centre staff
Artificial intelligence could eliminate many white-collar jobs in coming decades. Its effects are already being felt in the call centre industry, but there is still no substitute for the human touch Continue Reading
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January 31, 2017
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Jan'17
Open source cloud community condemns President Trump immigration ban
Tech leaders from several major open source cloud initiatives condemn President Donald Trump's travel ban, and claim it could harm diversity and hinder the tech industry's wider innovation potential Continue Reading
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January 31, 2017
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Jan'17
More than a million Netgear routers feared vulnerable to hijack
At least 10,000 and possibly more than a million Netgear routers are vulnerable to hijack by attackers, warn security researchers Continue Reading
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January 31, 2017
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Jan'17
New leaders in insurance industry drive digital innovation
Insurance companies are investing in digital innovation, with a new breed of leaders formalising enterprise strategies Continue Reading
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January 31, 2017
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Jan'17
Trump unlikely to reduce IT from India
The fact that Donald Trump's labour secretary has previously offshored IT work to the Philippines could ease IT services fears, particularly in India Continue Reading
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January 31, 2017
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Jan'17
Retail tech training – an opportunity to drive employee retention?
A job in retail is often the first employment many people will have, so could technology training increase the retention of store staff? Continue Reading
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January 31, 2017
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Jan'17
SAP aims to clarify S/4 Hana, cloud apps roadmaps for customers
The SAP board has launched an initiative to publish and clarify roadmaps, especially in respect of S/4 Hana and its cloud applications, and one product of this is a new technology choice tool Continue Reading
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January 31, 2017
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Jan'17
MariaDB chants BI for the people, looney left or Arab Spring for data?
Open source database company MariaDB Corporation is on a politically charged mission to bring data analytics to the people, or so it says. Bourgeois analyst cognoscenti The firm has grandiosely ... Continue Reading
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January 31, 2017
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Jan'17
NHS trusts vulnerable to cyber attack due to irregular app testing
Many NHS trusts are failing to scan internal apps for security-related defects or scan web perimeter apps regularly, potentially exposing patient data to cyber breaches Continue Reading
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January 31, 2017
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Jan'17
Visionary technology transforming healthcare
In this week’s Computer Weekly, find out how a visionary approach to technology is transforming healthcare at London’s world-leading Moorfields Eye Hospital. The UK tech sector has set out its priorities for the forthcoming Brexit negotiations – we ... Continue Reading
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January 31, 2017
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Jan'17
Australian organisations forced to take cyber insurance seriously
The take-up of cyber security insurance in Australia remains low, but it could increase if data breach notification regulations come into force Continue Reading
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January 30, 2017
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Jan'17
Only 49% of marketers are pushed to reinvent customer service due to technology
Technology is causing disruption in most markets, but only 49% of marketers believe they are pressured to develop their customer service as a result of disruptive technology Continue Reading
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January 30, 2017
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Jan'17
Focus: Desktop virtualisation and mobility
As enterprises look to tap into the productivity benefits that come from enabling their employees to use smartphones and tablets to get their day-to-day work done, interest in the use of desktop virtualisation technologies has risen accordingly. ... Continue Reading
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January 30, 2017
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Jan'17
Privacy Shield threat overshadowed by US immigration row
EU citizens’ rights under the Privacy Shield Act are not directly affected by President Trump's executive order on public safety, according to international law firm Hogan Lovells Continue Reading
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January 30, 2017
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Jan'17
Focus: Mobile enterprise
In the last decade or so, mobile devices – mobiles, then smart phones and tablets – have come into companies and organisations to change the ways business applications are put to work. In a sense, every worker is a remote worker, but there are ... Continue Reading
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January 30, 2017
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Jan'17
Ford Motor Company: analysing warranty performance to reduce costs
This chapter from a book by Gerald Cohen, president and CEO of Information Builders, and Rado Kotorov, chief innovation officer at the same company, explores how Ford analysed warranty performance to reduce costs. Continue Reading