News

News Archive

• October 22, 2021 22 Oct'21

  Multi-government operation targets REvil ransomware group

  REvil has been forced offline by a multi-government hacking operation, marking the second time in 2021 that the group has gone dark

• October 22, 2021 22 Oct'21

  Women more likely to have retrained for tech roles than men

  Research by WISE finds women are more likely to have retrained for a tech role than men, and half of people in tech think soft skills are more important than tech skills

• October 22, 2021 22 Oct'21

  MEPs vote to expand Europol data mandate

  The European Parliament has voted in favour of expanding Europol’s mandate to process data and develop AI tools, but critics claim it contradicts a previous vote which opposed using new technologies to predict crime

• October 22, 2021 22 Oct'21

  Flexible a fixture as technology critical to hybrid working future

  Survey shows knowledge workers in leading economies believe that having an office space will be considered an employee benefit, rather than a mandatory way of working

• October 22, 2021 22 Oct'21

  Government seeks supplier for UK digital identity project

  Work on the UK digital identity project will be centred around the Gov.uk app, which is expected to be the new common check for citizen services

• Sponsored News

  • Why Enterprises Value Stability Over Gee-Whiz Technology

    Sponsored by Intel - One of the ironies of the fast-changing technology world is that the corporate department that’s responsible for applying those technologies to the business is typically one of the most conservative parts of the organisation. See More

  • Two Game-Changing Wireless Technologies You May Not Know About

    Sponsored by Intel - With all the (justifiable) excitement about the impending arrival of 5G wireless service, it would be easy to overlook two other developments in wireless networking that could have an even greater impact on businesses than 5G, at least in the short term. See More

  • What Do PCs Have to Do with Sustainability? Plenty

    Sponsored by Intel - More than 70% of executives say sustainability is a top-10 priority for their companies. Two-thirds of consumers will pay more for brands that commit to sustainability. And more than 70% of people prefer to work for a company that has a strong green footprint over one that doesn’t. See More

  • Reimagining the Laptop

    Sponsored by Intel - It wasn’t long ago that some skeptics forecasted that laptop PC sales would dwindle amid competition from tablets and increasingly capable smart phones. But the laptop is “the little engine that could.” Statista now forecasts that sales of notebook computers will surge to 225 million units in 2021, up more than 60% from four years ago. See More

  View All Sponsored News
• October 22, 2021 22 Oct'21

  Post Office board ‘appalling’ and ‘short-sighted’, said minister researching Horizon project in 2000

  A government minister investigating the controversial Horizon IT project in 2000 described the Post Office board of directors as ‘appalling, short-sighted and partisan’

• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  Airport operator MAG boosts threat visibility with hybrid SOC

  With budget concerns weighing heavy during the pandemic, Manchester Airports Group ditched an impending capex-heavy cyber investment in favour of a hybrid managed/in-house approach. Learn more about its experience

• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  SAP Q3 2021: Cloud year-on-year revenue up one-fifth, S/4 Hana adoption steady

  SAP’s third quarter 2021 showed 20% year-on-year growth in cloud revenue and steady, incremental growth in S/4 Hana adoption

• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  Openreach announces end of copper networks in 79 more UK locations

  Further acceleration in BT-owned UK broadband provision firm’s plan to stop selling copper-based broadband and traditional voice services across the UK by 2025

• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  Virgin Media O2 enters into 4G, 5G trials with Samsung

  Telco embarks on technical trial with comms network technology provider as part of what it calls a milestone in its journey to provide optimised possible 5G experience for customers as well as boosting 4G network

• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  Depop launches programme to help charities sell online

  Online marketplace Depop has launched a programme to make it easier for charities to set up shops and sell goods online through its platform

• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  German regulator imposes limit on number of new customers digital bank can sign each month

  BaFin limits the number of new customers that digital bank N26 can enrol until it is reassured on issues it has raised about the company

• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  NetApp Insight frames moves to public cloud and cloud native

  Storage player highlights partnerships with cloud hyperscalers and development of Spot portfolio aimed at cloud-native applications, DevOps, FinOps and SecOps

• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  Virgin Media takes full-fibre to west Berkshire, launches Wi-Fi 6 hubs

  Full-fibre contract between network provider and local authority aims to connect west Berkshire schools and public buildings to next-generation digital infrastructure

• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  Gitex 2021: Batelco brings collaboration to Bahrain operations

  Aiming to deliver evolved teamwork capabilities to its customers to accelerate Bahrain’s transition to the digital workplace, digital communications solutions provider adopts new collaboration technology

• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  APAC organisations warm to zero trust

  Two-thirds of APAC organisations have a zero-trust strategy even as they grapple with the lack of skills and other organisational challenges, study finds

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Vast boosts QLC flash offer with ransomware-proof snapshots

  Vast majors on QLC flash bulk storage with 3D Xpoint cache to smooth out traffic into sequential flows

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  UK government launches information assurance unit for defence

  The Military Systems Information Assurance is aimed at developing alternatives to cryptology

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  UK government allocates £17.5m to farming innovation programme

  Farming innovation initiative aims to drive productivity and sustainability among farmers, growers and other businesses

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Gitex 2021: Nuuday finds new voice to deliver cognitive customer universe

  Upstart Danish telco deploys communications-as-a-service technology and virtual assistant to restructure business, gain differentiation and extend to new touchpoints in highly competitive local market

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Spectra Logic unveils Vail hybrid cloud storage virtualisation

  Vail provides single pool of storage overlay to on-premise flash, disk and tape, plus cloud via object storage interface with Posix-compliance promised in future releases

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  US intelligence agencies issue advisory on BlackMatter gang

  Joint advisory on ransomware gang warns about potential of further attacks on critical infrastructure providers

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  5G to play key role in meeting sustainability targets across industries

  Study from Mobile UK highlights crucial role that 5G and wider mobile connectivity will have in assisting national efforts to mitigate climate change

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Lloyds Bank closes more branches as customers migrate to digital channels

  Banking group has announced more closures as part of the ongoing reduction of its branch network

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  LightBasin hackers breach 13 telcos in two years

  Hackers have obtained an undisclosed volume of subscriber information and call metadata in a sustained campaign against telecommunications firms

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Oracle NetSuite embeds HSBC corporate banking services into ERP

  Oracle Netsuite integrates HSBC corporate banking services into its latest software

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  American Express announces global hybrid working model

  US credit card giant is latest corporate to formalise hybrid working following the success of informal policies introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  What does Saudi Arabia’s autonomous vehicle agenda mean to the rest of the world?

  If all goes according to plan, within a few years, one million people will live in Saudi Arabia’s ‘city of the future’ – and every one of them will depend on a fleet of self-driving cars

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  DWP IT chief outlines the challenges of establishing a Chief Data Office

  According to DWP chief Katharine Purser, interoperability between government systems is one of the main barriers to improving the handling of data

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Police IT buyers should compel suppliers to prove AI claims

  House of Lords told that UK law enforcement bodies should use their position as buyers to compel private sector suppliers to divulge more information about how their AI-powered technologies work

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Barbershop is part of digital revolution in small business sector

  Barbershop continues to add digital functionality to its business after the pandemic proved its value

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Alibaba Cloud to open datacentres in Thailand and South Korea

  Chinese cloud supplier is expanding its regional datacentre footprint to Thailand and South Korea in 2022 alongside technology investments that include a custom Arm-based server chip

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Arm flexes IoT economics with solutions-led virtual hardware

  Project Centauri ecosystem initiative will drive the standards and frameworks needed to grow serviceable markets and scale internet-of-things software innovation and product development

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  Government flags opportunity for re-use of waste datacentre heat in net-zero strategy

  UK government's long-awaited net-zero strategy document makes the case for the creation of heat networks that could see waste heat from datacentres used to warm homes and businesses

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  Verizon opens shop for private mobile edge compute with AWS Outposts

  Cloud and communications giants make generally available private mobile edge compute offering to enterprise customers, bringing compute and storage services to the edge of the network on the customer premises

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  Zopa becomes unicorn with latest funds to go to bank operation

  Zopa will invest in its growing digital bank operation after becoming a unicorn in its latest fund-raising round

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  Gitex 2021: Arc spans network ecosystem in Oman

  Integrated networking services provider invests in Nokia technology to offer added connectivity options for enterprise customers in key Middle East location

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  What will the 2025 end of life mean for enterprise Windows 10?

  Businesses have until 2025 to migrate to Windows 11, but older hardware may need updating and there’s a chip crisis

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  IDEMIA to provide SIM for M1 5G standalone net in Singapore

  With 5G a game-changer for enterprises, Singapore operator aims to drive technology change and apply technology that will make a difference

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  VMware refines cross-cloud strategy

  VMware’s CTO Kit Colbert talks up the evolution of the company’s cross-cloud strategy and how it stands out from other suppliers eyeing the multicloud pie

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  Making machine learning operational

  As artificial intelligence matures, IT departments will need to take control of change management and governance of data models

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  Want to to sidestep public cloud? AuriStor offers global file storage

  Built to scale hugely, and built for high performance and security, Auristor offers NAS-like Posix-compatible storage to customers that want to avoid public cloud

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Singapore pulls ahead with public sector 5G trials

  Singapore’s public sector organisations are testing the use of 5G connectivity to remotely operate an autonomous vehicle for road-sweeping, among other use cases

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Gitex 2021: Avaya builds up AI experience to boost collaboration

  New communications and collaboration ecosystem launched to enable customers to achieve better business outcomes in the experience economy and the new hybrid working mode

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Government launches consultation on future of medical devices

  UK government aims is to gather views on possible changes around innovations in the medical device field, including the creation of a regulatory framework for software and artificial intelligence

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  How Samlesbury, Lancashire became the home of the National Cyber Force

  The National Cyber Force, a new branch of the military, is gearing up to fight battles in cyber space from the fields of Lancashire. Its presence is expected to bring a high-tech renaissance to the region

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  TM Forum teams with Bridge Alliance to simplify adoption of edge computing

  Communications industry trade associations enter into collaboration to drive the advancement of industry standards on Open APIs for multi-access edge computing

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Huawei plots course for 5Gigaverse society

  Keynote presents roadmap to new landscape of all-scenario continuous next-generation network coverage driven by the rapid development of 5G, with more than 170 networks built and nearly 500 million users developed within two years

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Dell extends Edge, reveals 5G and Open RAN services

  Technology giant continues with its advancement into the world of telecoms with offerings designed to automate the deployment and management of open, cloud-native network infrastructure to fast-track opportunities at the edge

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  DCMS appoints Plexal to drive telecoms diversity strategy

  Government chooses UK innovation company to understand and develop the role of SMEs in the telecoms market with particular reference to how to create a diverse market that supports the creation of home-grown, sovereign technology

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Internet of things to put cloud in the shade for Industry 4.0

  Research commissioned by leading satellite platform finds investment in industrial internet of things is set to overtake cloud computing

• October 17, 2021 17 Oct'21

  Graphcore opens Southeast Asia hub in Singapore

  The AI chipmaker is looking to expand its sales teams and hire more engineers to support customer deployments in Singapore and the rest of Southeast Asia

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Connectivity takes telehealth from a nice-to-have to a must-have

  Survey shows how the healthcare industry is evolving with digital experiences in the post-pandemic world, with providers needing to offer telehealth options that ensure the experience is easy, intuitive and enjoyable

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Plume raises $300m to develop communications services with AI

  Personalised comms services provider claims cash injection will enable it to continue its global expansion and cements its position as the cloud controller of the world’s largest software-defined network

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Argos topped online sales for sports and outdoor gear in 2020

  Research by betting firm Wette.de has found Argos was the top retailer for online sales of sports-based and outdoor goods during the height of the pandemic

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Manchester City teams up with Qualtrics for fan experience management

  Manchester City is teaming up with online survey software firm Qualtrics, part-owned by long-term City Football Group supplier SAP, to engage more intelligently with the football club’s fanbase

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Global IT outsourcing sees record spending and no sign of slowing

  Cloud services are being taken up by enterprises rapidly as they accelerate digital transformations

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Vodafone aims for SoHo with business broadband package

  UK operator launches service designed for small office and home office businesses, providing cost-effective and reliable broadband coverage for single sites

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Colt claims first with 400GE optical services to Hong Kong and Singapore

  Colt announces further expansion in Asia with availability of new 400GE Wave and Private Wave services in Hong Kong and Singapore, making it the first telco to offer the technology in each city

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  Apple scheme to detect child abuse creates serious privacy and security risks, say scientists

  Apple’s plan to automatically scan photos to detect child abuse would unduly risk the privacy and security of law-abiding citizens and could open up the way to surveillance, say the world’s top cryptographic experts

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  NXP Semiconductors doubles down on datacentre migration plan with AWS

  Netherlands-based semiconductor manufacturer is expanding its use of Amazon Web Services to speed up the time it takes to develop and release new products

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  NHS Digital enhances in-house cyber awareness drive

  Keep IT Confidential campaign aims to help NHS staff understand more about security threats and learn how to reduce risk

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  UK government to provide full-fibre broadband to 1,000 schools

  New programme aims to give access to gigabit broadband speeds to UK schools while connectivity to nearly 7,000 hospitals, libraries, police stations and other public buildings will be upgraded by the end of March 2022

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  IBM pledges to reskill 30 million people by 2030

  Tech giant launches worldwide initiative to provide about 30 million people with technology and digital skills over the next nine years

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  Denmark takes another step towards empowering women in tech

  A programme to increase the participation of women in the thriving Danish startup ecosystem moves to the second of three planned stages

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  UK government advances voter ID project

  Cabinet Office-led project will see the introduction of a digital card to be used in future elections

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  Darlington Building Society invests in platform for digital transformation

  Building society is looking to satisfy existing customers and attract new ones by meeting their digital service-level expectations

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  FCSA clarifies anti-tax avoidance stance of offshore Charter change for umbrella firms

  The Freelancer and Contractor Services Association (FCSA) has published a revised version of its membership Charter to reinforce its commitment to ensuring its members do not operate offshore tax avoidance schemes

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  HPE’s GreenLake strategy pays off in APAC

  HPE’s transition to an as-a-service company is paying off in Asia-Pacific where it witnessed one of the strongest quarters, thanks in part to rising demand for services

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  New use cases revealed as Orange Belgium launches 5G Lab in Antwerp

  Opening next-generation mobile laboratory facility in Antwerp, Orange Belgium invited companies to discover, test and develop new innovative use cases on standalone network technology

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  SocGen to cull thousands of jobs and move to single IT platform in merger with subsidiary

  French bank’s move to a single banking platform will enable it to cater for changing customer demands

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  CIO interview: Cynthia Stoddard, CIO, Adobe

  Leading IT at one of the world’s best-known software companies brings its own challenges and opportunities around digital transformation

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  Generation Novel hybrid workers bring new demands and risks

  Aruba survey warns business leaders that they must strike a balance between flexibility and security to address risky behaviours and evolving expectations of today’s tech-savvy workforce

• October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21

  Institutes of Technology launch to upskill adults in tech careers

  Up to 4,000 working professionals will be trained in subjects such as cyber security and agricultural robotics to plug the national skills gap

• October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21

  Google Cybersecurity Action Team springs into life

  Google has announced a new Cybersecurity Action Team, with a mission to support security and digital transformation in governments, critical infrastructure, enterprises and small businesses

• October 13, 2021 13 Oct'21

  Modern SaaS shifts core ERP architectures

  There are numerous ways to achieve the same result. Salesforce, Microsoft and Microsoft offer a different way to consider enterprise systems

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• 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

• October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21

  Siemens Energy plots multi-petabyte datacentre migration with Google Cloud

  Energy technology company Siemens Energy is to downsize its datacentre footprint with an ambitious plan to move 2.6 petabytes of its business data to Google Cloud over 15 months

• October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21

  AIOps adoption accelerates to improve network experiences

  Research reveals heightened level of confidence and trust as companies invest in artificial intelligence to make their IT operations – networks in particular – smarter, faster and more secure

• October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21

  Morgan Stanley brings diverse fintech innovation to London

  US bank expands its diversity-focused fintech accelerator programme to Europe with an initial £1m investment

• October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21

  5G service revenue to reach $73bn by 2021, $600bn by 2026

  Revenue is set to increase around 5G, but Juniper Research says providers need to improve core network functions to reduce strain from increased traffic and to meet the challenges of mobile data demands

• October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21

  Nearly half of finance firms will acquire or partner fintechs in next year

  UK financial services firms are preparing to acquire or partner fintechs as they target business growth

• October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21

  Microsoft thwarts mega-DDoS attack on Azure platform

  2.4Tbps DDoS attack on an undisclosed Microsoft Azure customer may have been the largest ever attempted against a single target

• October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21

  UK government outlines strengths and weaknesses in innovation

  As part of the government’s overall innovation strategy, an evidence paper lists factors that influence the pace and direction of developments in the field

• October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21

  NetApp adds CloudCheckr to Spot portfolio

  CloudCheckr brings multi-cloud audit capabilities as well as visibility of security and governance in an acquisition that adds to its cloud price optimisation in the Spot portfolio

• October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21

  AI estimated to provide 10% boost to UK GDP by 2030

  AI has financial benefits but there are concerns the technology could displace a significant number of human workers in the next decade, says report

• October 12, 2021 12 Oct'21

  Dubai World Trade Centre overhauls network to pioneer digital event experiences

  Dubai exhibition space completes large-scale network overhaul and makes 10x increase in network capacity to power next-gen digital applications