October 2021

October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21
Government to launch Gov.uk app

Service to be introduced as part of plans to simplify access to government services Continue Reading
October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21
Microsoft makes carbon emissions-tracking dashboard generally available to cloud users

Microsoft has confirmed the general availability of a dashboard that will allow enterprises to track the greenhouse gas emissions generated by their cloud usage habits in latest sustainability push Continue Reading
October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21
Half-year cloud market tracker data highlights soaring demand for IaaS and PaaS

Latest market tracker data from Synergy Research Group highlights how soaring demand for cloud services is affecting the dominant suppliers Continue Reading

October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21
Calling on communications to address humanitarian crises

Télécoms Sans Frontières responds to the growing number of natural disasters with advanced communications and provides protection and assistance, as well as bridging the digital divide Continue Reading
October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21
FCA warns over future hybrid working security risks

Earlier this week, the Financial Conduct Authority issued fresh guidance to regulated organisations on keeping hybrid workers safe and secure Continue Reading
October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21
Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry announces first public hearing

Public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal will hold its first public hearing next month Continue Reading
October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21
Microsoft warns of MysterySnail on October Patch Tuesday

Microsoft has fixed a zero-day that is being actively exploited to deliver a new remote access trojan dubbed MysterySnail to targets Continue Reading
October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21
Krafting Kubernetes: Red Hat K-codes in Kube by Example

Kubernetes is quite popular. The open source cloud container orchestration technology has grown faster, wider and more broadly than almost any other aspect of IT in recent years... so we can go ... Continue Reading
October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21
Google builds out hybrid and multicloud vision for enterprises

The tech giant used the first day of its Google Cloud Next virtual conference to reveal how it is building out its multicloud proposition for enterprises Continue Reading
October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21
APAC expert guide to storage management

In this expert guide to storage management in Asia-Pacific, we unpack the developments shaping storage management and key strategies to extract business value from data Continue Reading

October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21
Telstra taps Infinera for 800G subsea cable connection

Telco chooses global supplier of open optical networking systems as part of its drive to increase capacity on all segments of its global network across its new and legacy cables Continue Reading
October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21
How to prevent developer burnout

The pandemic has led to more pressure on software developers, many of whom have reported increased levels of stress and anxiety Continue Reading
October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21
Google Cloud renews commitment to helping enterprises decarbonise their IT infrastructure

Public cloud giant is making a series of tools available to users of its off-premise platforms that are designed to help them decarbonise their IT setups Continue Reading
October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21
Former signals intel leader named godfather of UK security

Sixth annual Security Serious Unsung Heroes Awards honours former Royal Corps of Signals colonel and infosec pioneer John Doody Continue Reading
October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21
Australia unveils ransomware action plan

The Australian government has established a task force to address the ransomware menace and is proposing legislation to mandate reporting of ransomware incidents by businesses Continue Reading
October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21
BCS calls on government to retain protections against AI

BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, wants the government to retain protections that allow people to have decisions about them made by an AI reviewed by humans if needed Continue Reading
October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21
Dynatrace at Kubecon CloudNativeCon: SRE is ABC 123 for Kubernetes

Kubernetes has emerged as the de facto orchestration layer for modern cloud-native environments. Very few people (if any) would argue with that statement and proposition. We know today that ... Continue Reading
October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21
Ban UK police use of facial-recognition, House of Lords told

Experts giving evidence to the House of Lords have said that UK police use of facial-recognition technology is disproportionate and ineffective, and further questioned the utility of algorithmic crime ‘prediction’ tools Continue Reading
October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21
Digital gender gap prompts $1tn GDP loss for developing countries

A new study by the Web Foundation investigates the economic cost associated with the barriers preventing women from accessing the internet Continue Reading
October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21
School-up & tool-up: Kasten by Veeam offers free Kubernetes learning

Kubernetes adoption has grown rapidly. But perhaps that should not be a surprise. Cloud is an essentially composable, compartmentalised, collection of componentised collected compute (and storage ... Continue Reading