December 2021

• December 09, 2021 09 Dec'21

  The power of AI can be unleashed with a focus on ethics

  An EY survey reveals the public’s concerns around the growing use of artificial intelligence – but also the opportunities for organisations that take the right ethical approach  Continue Reading

• December 09, 2021 09 Dec'21

  CW Europe: Norway embraces internet of things

  Norway is becoming a centre of IoT innovation as tech developers tackle some of the country’s unique challenges, in areas such as fish farming, power distribution and monitoring of boats. Also in this issue, find out why Utrecht University media ...  Continue Reading

• December 09, 2021 09 Dec'21

  Security Think Tank: Good documentation could save your bacon

  Security learning is a career-long process, so as 2021 draws to a close, participants in the Computer Weekly Security Think Tank sum up the most important cyber lessons they’ve taken away from the past 12 months  Continue Reading

• December 09, 2021 09 Dec'21

  Aryaka announces ‘all-in-one’ SD-WAN, SASE offerings for hybrid workplace

  Cloud-first software-defined wide area network firm claims hybrid network innovation breakthrough, enabling businesses of all sizes to navigate change while focusing on growth and digital transformation  Continue Reading

• December 09, 2021 09 Dec'21

  NEXTDC opens edge datacentre on the Sunshine Coast

  NEXTDC’s SC1 facility is the first in a series of edge datacentre sites that will provide low-latency services to regional businesses and global linkages  Continue Reading

• December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21

  2021 another record-breaker for vulnerability disclosure

  More than 50 CVEs were logged every day in 2021, more than at any time since records began, while ethical hackers continue to prove their value  Continue Reading

• December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21

  Institute of Coding adds 1,500 grads to UK’s tech talent pool

  A number of bootcamps developed by the Institute of Coding are about to deliver talent with newly obtained technology skills into the UK’s potential workforce  Continue Reading

• December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21

  Russia may be collaborating with US to bring cyber criminals to heel

  Trustwave’s SpiderLabs says its analysis of chatter on underground dark web forums suggests cyber criminals are starting to panic that formerly ‘friendly’ governments are on their case  Continue Reading

• December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21

  Most consumers expect banks to cover losses to scams

  Consumers expect banks to cover losses to cyber crime, as the number of attacks grows  Continue Reading

• December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21

  CIO interview: Nicola Wadham, Financial Ombudsman Service

  CIO Nicola Wadham brings Computer Weekly up to speed on the Financial Ombudsman Service’s IT challenges and successes  Continue Reading

• December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21

  Pure adds flagship FlashArray//XL with doubled throughput

  High-end enterprise-targeted FlashArray//XL leverages latest Intel Ice Lake CPU, PCIe 4.0 and distributes SLC flash across drive modules to double throughput over existing arrays  Continue Reading

• December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21

  UK 2G and 3G mobile networks to be switched off by 2033, Open RAN to carry 35% of traffic by 2030

  Latest part of UK government’s £50m package to boost innovation in mobile technology and increase diversity in supply, will see acceleration in Open RAN, with 2G and 3G to be phased out by 2033  Continue Reading

• December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21

  UK privacy chief denies conflict of interest in new role

  UK information commissioner will join a private law firm that represents technology companies she used to regulate, raising questions about conflicts of interest and drawing ‘revolving door’ criticisms  Continue Reading

• December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21

  Number of .uk domain suspensions at record low

  Statistics from Nominet show how effective law enforcement action against cyber crime in the UK is paying off  Continue Reading

• December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21

  Explaining quantum empirically

  Last month IBM introduced the next machine on its quantum computing roadmap. Among the significant implications of larger quantum machines is that it will soon be no longer possible to simulate the ...  Continue Reading

• December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21

  AWS outage: API and networking issues disrupt services hosted in major US Amazon datacentre hub

  One year on from a major datacentre outage that affected the same Amazon Web Services region, the public cloud giant and thousands of its users are hit by service troubles again  Continue Reading

• December 08, 2021 08 Dec'21

  AWS re:Invent 2021: Four key takeaways for ASEAN firms

  AWS’s third-generation Graviton processor and other offerings in edge computing, machine learning and digital twin technologies are of relevance to organisations in Southeast Asia  Continue Reading

• December 07, 2021 07 Dec'21

  Ready for Oracle E-Business Release 12.2 by new year 2022?

  Date for the end of Premier Support for Release 12.1 of Oracle E-Business Suite is 31 December 2021  Continue Reading

• December 07, 2021 07 Dec'21

  Loan charge: MPs call on financial secretary for new independent review into HMRC policy

  In a seven-page letter to newly appointed Treasury minister Lucy Frazer, MPs highlight the legal flaws in HMRC's controversial loan charge policy and demand a new independent review  Continue Reading

• December 07, 2021 07 Dec'21

  IT Priorities 2022: ERP gets back on the horse

  Automation and going cloud-first have gained significant interest for enterprise software and data management investment in the UK, according to the annual TechTarget/Computer Weekly IT Priorities 2022 survey  Continue Reading