December 2019
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December 10, 2019
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Clouds in the desert as Middle East transforms
Cloud computing is driving digital transformation across the Middle East, with the take-up of on-demand computing resources surging. Read in this e-guide why technology suppliers are building cloud infrastructures across the region and why ... Continue Reading
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December 10, 2019
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Department for Transport to build mapping tool for transport data
System will use place-based information on a range of transport-related issues and follows the announcement of a future of urban mobility plan Continue Reading
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December 10, 2019
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Rapid evolution of quantum computing a concern for CISOs
With the race to achieve so-called quantum supremacy hotting up, security pros are concerned that it will outpace the development of appropriate safeguards, according to a report Continue Reading
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December 10, 2019
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Podcast: The Computer Weekly Downtime Upload – Episode 40
In this week’s episode of the Computer Weekly Downtime Upload podcast, Clare McDonald and Brian McKenna range over the Waltham Forest Tech Camp, the opening of the Ohana floor at Salesforce’s London HQ, the UK & Ireland SAP User Group Conference in ... Continue Reading
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December 10, 2019
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The art of surveillance: the Stasi archives and the Investigatory Powers Act
A photographic exhibition captures the chilling impact of surveillance in the UK and the former German Democratic Republic Continue Reading
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December 10, 2019
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Autonomous ships on Dutch horizon
The Port of Rotterdam is creating an environment where autonomous ships will become the norm, through IoT and IBM Watson Continue Reading
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December 10, 2019
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AWS Re:Invent 2019: The kids' take on the public cloud's biggest tech show
Official estimates suggest 65,000 people made the trek out to Las Vegas this year for the 2019 Amazon Web Services (AWS) Re:Invent user and developer conference, and among them were five tech-savvy ... Continue Reading
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December 10, 2019
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Who should get the technology vote in the UK General Election?
In this week’s Computer Weekly, we take an in-depth look at the technology and digital policies in the main political parties’ election manifestos. We examine the rise of alternatives to relational databases that better support a big data ... Continue Reading
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December 10, 2019
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Scottish Justice Committee wants extra powers for biometrics commissioner
Members of Scottish Parliament in the Justice Committee have welcomed the creation of a biometrics commissioner for Scotland, but want ensure that they have the ‘necessary teeth’ for the job Continue Reading
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December 10, 2019
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Building enterprise-grade AI: Sberbank and AI Telekom
Machine learning and artificial intelligence are growing beyond adolescence to prove business value. Practical applications at Sperbank and AI Telekom suggest getting machine learning data in one place, where data scientists can experiment Continue Reading
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December 10, 2019
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CI/CD series - Confluent: Events provide an 'in-built primitive' for continuous coding
This is a guest post for the Computer Weekly Developer Network in our Continuous Integration (CI) & Continuous Delivery (CD) series. This contribution is written by Neil Avery, lead ... Continue Reading
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December 10, 2019
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Calmer waters promised in the data lake through Linux Foundation Delta Lake Project
The Linux Foundation’s promotion and hosting of Delta Lake is an interesting development. Delta Lake (wait for it… the clue is in the name) is a project focusing on improving the reliability and ... Continue Reading
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December 09, 2019
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Cloud computing surges in the UAE in 2019
Cloud computing take-up saw a significant acceleration in the Middle East throughout this year Continue Reading
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December 09, 2019
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Dutch organisations demand more from government
In this e-guide read about the findings of an investigation into the IT used by the Dutch government. It doesn’t make good reading for the government, but certainly sends a strong message that serious work needs to be done. Also read how a ... Continue Reading
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December 09, 2019
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UK government supports online counter-extremism
Work under the Building a Stronger Britain Together programme is due to be completed this month Continue Reading
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December 09, 2019
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Public sector still losing user devices in high numbers
The Ministry of Justice has lost 354 smartphones, PCs, laptops and tablets in the past 12 months, according to a Freedom of Information request, and other government departments are in the same boat Continue Reading
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December 09, 2019
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US Department of Justice orders Ericsson to pay $1bn fine to settle bribery case
Swedish comms tech giant admitted what US attorney described as “years-long campaign of corruption in five countries to solidify its grip on telecommunications business” Continue Reading
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December 09, 2019
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China, Japan, India to drive APAC networking spend to 2023
Asia-Pacific enterprises are continuing to strengthen their network agility and service delivery capabilities with a view to offering converged service offerings, says GlobalData study Continue Reading
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December 09, 2019
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European Investment Bank offers financial support for Orange fibre network
Orange aims to accelerate French fibre momentum following €700m loan from European Investment Bank to develop non-metro French high-speed broadband Continue Reading
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December 09, 2019
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Online fact-checkers warn of misinformation on unprecedented scale in 2019 election
The UK’s elections watchdog, the Electoral Commission, is calling for new powers to regulate online political advertising Continue Reading