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• October 30, 2020 30 Oct'20

  Accidental heroes: How one scaleup pivoted to cyber

  Simeon Quarrie designed his business using virtual reality and interactivity as a tool to tell stories that effect cultural change in enterprise environments – then a cyber criminal emptied his bank account

• October 30, 2020 30 Oct'20

  CISOs more confident in identity practice after pandemic shock

  Identity practice and management has become a critical element of cyber security strategies to support remote workers

• October 30, 2020 30 Oct'20

  ICO slashes Marriott breach fine to £18.4m

  Reduced fine reflects both improvements made to hotel group’s cyber security and impact of coronavirus on the travel and hospitality sector

• October 30, 2020 30 Oct'20

  Nearly half of firms to increase investments in IoT despite the impact of Covid-19

  Gartner research finds that a third of companies that have implemented IoT will likely have implemented AI in conjunction, with at least one IoT project with digital twins also a key driver, by 2033

• October 30, 2020 30 Oct'20

  Government invests £200,000 to boost Scottish geospatial sector

  The new Scottish Geospatial Network Integrator will work on developing opportunities in the geospatial services industry

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• October 30, 2020 30 Oct'20

  Google third-quarter results highlight public cloud goals

  Google is the third player in the public cloud market, but it sees multicloud support as a major differentiator

• October 30, 2020 30 Oct'20

  CCS out to tender for technology services framework worth up to £2bn

  Third iteration of Crown Commercial Service’s technology services framework includes technical management, transformation programmes and integration and management

• October 30, 2020 30 Oct'20

  Amazon posts 'better than expected' Q3 results as Covid-19 pandemic continues to drive sales up

  Online retail giant Amazon has enjoyed a bumper third quarter, as demand for its goods and services continues to soar as the pandemic forces people to stay home

• October 30, 2020 30 Oct'20

  Cloud infrastructure services market growth soars in Q3 as Covid-19 fuels online demand

  Latest quarterly market tracker data from Synergy Research Group reveals the impact the pandemic is having on the fortunes of the runners and riders in the cloud infrastructure services market

• October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20

  Makers and Generation UK to train underrepresented talent

  Coding bootcamp Makers has partnered with Generation UK to provide individuals from underrepresented groups with coding skills

• October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20

  England and Wales Covid-19 app updated as Scotland, Northern Ireland, Jersey, Gibraltar link up

  Major upgrades for contact-tracing apps across all parts of the UK as initial ghosting issues are resolved and accuracy improved

• October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20

  Surge in Ryuk ransomware attacks has hospitals on alert

  Russian cyber criminals are conducting a targeted campaign against hospitals with Ryuk ransomware

• October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20

  UK comms task force leader warns of East v West 5G standards battle

  UK Parliament told of long road ahead to rectify ‘market failure’ of lack of diversity in essential communications technology supply lines and of need to reassert influence in global standards

• October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20

  Most further education colleges have skills shortages in IT teams, says Jisc

  A report from member organisation Jisc has found that a larger number of further education colleges have a skills shortage in IT teams

• October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20

  Victims contest technology firms’ attempt to dismiss cobalt mining deaths case

  Technology companies say they cannot be held responsible for the deaths of children mining for the cobalt used in their products

• October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20

  How Shell is fleshing out a digital-twin strategy

  Digital twins are among the innovations that use AI, IoT and big data to help asset-intensive industries manage their operations

• October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20

  UK Hydrographic Office launches innovation programme

  The programme aims to help startups and innovators use marine geospatial data to develop products and systems to “support safe, secure and thriving oceans”

• October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20

  Comms needs to take ‘giant leap forward’ to address new normal

  Ericsson research finds Covid-19 pandemic has created a tipping point for what workers expect of the future digital office

• October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20

  Royal Navy and US Navy evolve joint AI and ML work

  The teams are working on improving interoperability and interchangeability of technology between the US and UK

• October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20

  Covid-19: Tech investments tipped by business leaders as key to UK post-pandemic recovery

  Respondents to Advanced Software’s fifth annual investment trends survey reveal how the pandemic will shape their business spending priorities over the next 12 months

• October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20

  Zero-trust investment seen accelerating through pandemic

  New analyst report details some of the main indicators for success in zero-trust implementation

• October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20

  Microsoft to open cloud region in Taiwan

  Microsoft’s cloud datacentre region in Taiwan will first provide access to Azure, followed by Microsoft 365, Dynamics 365 and Power Platform later

• October 29, 2020 29 Oct'20

  Why Malaysia’s AmBank is embracing open source and DevOps

  AmBank Group is tapping open source, DevOps and data science to improve customer service and develop bespoke services for a broader market

• October 28, 2020 28 Oct'20

  Ericsson scoops urban part of BT 5G communications network

  Building on the operator’s selection of the comms tech firm’s 5G core solutions earlier in 2020, Ericsson wins deal to upgrade BT’s existing radio access network infrastructure on EE mobile network.

• October 28, 2020 28 Oct'20

  VMware: Management practices need to adapt to manage remote working

  Study finds distributed working practices – office, home, on the move or hybrid – have proven business and employee engagement benefits, but leadership and business culture need updating

• October 28, 2020 28 Oct'20

  Trump supporters targeted by cryptocurrency scammers

  The successful breach of Donald Trump’s official website shows up lax security on his campaign team and is yet another timely warning that nobody is immune to cyber crime

• October 28, 2020 28 Oct'20

  NetApp boosts NVMe, QLC and container hybrid cloud offer

  Storage giant NetApp unveils new AFF, FAS and E-series arrays with NVMe and QLC flash capability, plus object storage in Ontap and Spot cloud container resource management in Cloud Manager

• October 28, 2020 28 Oct'20

  Finnish therapy centre accused of covering up cyber attack

  Private therapy practice Vastaamo faces questions over its security and business practices in the months leading up to one of the biggest data breaches in Finland’s history

• October 28, 2020 28 Oct'20

  Qualcomm unveils next-generation mesh Wi-Fi networks platform

  New modular architecture designed to bring high-performance, cost-effective Wi-Fi 6E mesh deployment to deliver wireless gigabit speeds throughout connected homes

• October 28, 2020 28 Oct'20

  Belfast Harbour steams ahead to UK and Ireland’s first 5G private network for ports

  5G private network accelerates Belfast Harbour’s ambition to become the world’s best regional smart port, stimulating innovation across transport, logistics, public safety, physical security and sustainability

• October 28, 2020 28 Oct'20

  Privacy and online safety are focus of new UKRI research funding

  Online safety research centre of excellence will look into technology to boost privacy and tackle disinformation, fake news, conspiracies and other online harms

• October 28, 2020 28 Oct'20

  Barracuda eyes Indochina markets

  Barracuda is looking to expand its local presence and headcount in fast-growing emerging markets of Vietnam, Cambodia and Laos

• October 28, 2020 28 Oct'20

  Corporate WANs and their network providers not meeting new business needs

  Global connectivity firm warns that network providers are letting down firms, with security and service flexibility cited as key issues

• October 28, 2020 28 Oct'20

  Microsoft CEO predicts 80% growth opportunity for tech

  Company’s first quarter 2020 results shows strong demand for cloud services and CEO Satya Nadella believes IT modernisation will drive tech spending

• October 28, 2020 28 Oct'20

  Avalon Airport deploys touchless kiosks, CT screening

  Australia’s Avalon Airport has rolled out touchless check-in and bag drop systems that passengers can control using speech, head gestures and eye gaze

• October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20

  Commvault launches Metallic backup service in Europe

  Backup giant adds backup as a service, with cloud-to-cloud backup and e-discovery functionality that can work across on-site datacentres and the AWS and Azure clouds

• October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20

  Ericsson looks to the cloud for increased RAN flexibility

  Cloud-based radio access network for communications service providers regarded as offering more versatility to network buildouts as a complement to existing purpose-built 5G networks and addressing a variety of 5G use cases

• October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20

  In-building wireless infrastructure, 5G indoor revenues will exceed $16bn by 2025

  Research predicts digital distributed radio systems will change the way traditional distributed antenna systems are designed and implemented due to their simplified and future-proofed architecture

• October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20

  Ikea on how Google Cloud has helped it cope with Covid-induced shifts in customer demand

  Ikea Retail CDO Barbara Martin Coppola tells us how cloud technologies have helped the company adapt to the rapid changes in consumer behaviour brought about by the pandemic

• October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20

  ICO slams Experian over ‘invisible’ data processing

  Data processing practices used by Experian broke data protection law, says Information Commissioner’s Office

• October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20

  UK ‘impact startups’ see investment surge

  ‘Impact startups’ continue to raise funding during the pandemic despite difficulties faced by the wider tech startup sector

• October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20

  Not enough time to get software ready for end of Brexit transition period, warns industry

  Software suppliers are concerned they don't have enough time or information to help businesses be ready on time for the end of the Brexit transition period

• October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20

  EC green light for Iliad to press Play on Polish mobile acquisition

  As Polish mobile acquisition gets go-ahead, French operator extends partnership with wireless infrastructure and services company to finance roll-out of fixed network in Poland and accelerate roll-out of 4G/5G networks

• October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20

  Calls for clarity over Amazon insider breach

  Security experts call for more clarity from Amazon over an apparent leak of customer data

• October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20

  Covid crisis proves tech can replace office space and support cost-cutting at Barclays

  Bank says it will continue to look at its use of office space as it targets further cost-cutting measures

• October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20

  King’s College Hospital launches tech ecosystem project to transform outpatient care

  Executive director Jonathan Lofthouse reveals plans to create an ecosystem of tech providers to improve care across the trust

• October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20

  Sopra Steria hit by new version of Ryuk ransomware

  IT services company Sopra Steria says it has contained the ransomware virus, but systems will take a few weeks to be fully operational

• October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20

  SAP Q3 2020 results: revenue down 4%, cloud silver lining hailed

  SAP’s third quarter 2020 results stated a 4% year-on-year reduction in revenue, with an 11% increase in cloud revenue lightening the gloom

• October 27, 2020 27 Oct'20

  APAC CISOs warm up to zero trust

  Security leaders in Asia-Pacific are adopting zero-trust security, but challenges stand in their way of reaping the full potential of the security model

• October 26, 2020 26 Oct'20

  Highly unusual hacking attack directly threatens therapy patients

  A hacker has directly contacted therapy patients to say their highly personal therapy notes will be put on the internet unless they pay the ransom

• October 26, 2020 26 Oct'20

  BT brings out RCS business messaging to UK customers

  Telco announces that platform based on next generation of rich mobile messaging is now through early-stage pilots and is available for businesses to enhance customer experience

• October 26, 2020 26 Oct'20

  Forrester: CIOs must prepare for Brexit data transfer

  With the end of the Brexit transition period just weeks away, multi-national organisations will need to re-evaluate how intercompany data is transmitted

• October 26, 2020 26 Oct'20

  Policy Exchange calls on government to publish digital ID strategy

  The lack of reliable digital ID services in the UK is limiting the country’s digital infrastructure potential, according to a report on digital identity, which also recommends the government to clarify the future of Gov.uk Verify

• October 26, 2020 26 Oct'20

  Nokia chalks up new Finnish 5G win

  Global comms tech provider selected by Finnish joint venture to supply 5G radio network equipment including deployment and managed services

• October 26, 2020 26 Oct'20

  Dutch government ‘unambitious’ in digital

  The Netherlands has been working at home as much as possible since the outbreak of Covid-19, but its dependence on technology and connectivity does not seem to be reflected by the government’s approach to digitisation

• October 26, 2020 26 Oct'20

  Cooperation between Norway’s security agencies planned following cyber attack on parliament

  Government seeks to develop enhanced national IT infrastructure with an embedded early warning system and defence shield to protect the IT systems of public and private organisations

• October 26, 2020 26 Oct'20

  Chatbots will not replace call centre agents

  Chatbots have not lived up to their promises and are better poised to support call centre agents in the blended realm of customer service and employee collaboration, says a regional Avaya executive

• October 26, 2020 26 Oct'20

  Scotland gets gigabit broadband funding boost

  Agreement will help rural areas get gigabit-capable broadband connections, with first tranche of £6m to connect hundreds of public sector buildings across Angus, Dundee, and Perth & Kinross

• October 26, 2020 26 Oct'20

  Oracle expands UK datacentre footprint with new private and public sector-focused cloud regions

  Software giant Oracle is making good on its pledge to expand its global datacentre presence, with two new regions in the UK

• October 23, 2020 23 Oct'20

  Digital public services fail UK citizens on multiple fronts

  Commission for Smart Government publishes paper on obstacles facing the UK’s digital government, setting out principles for digital government initiatives to follow

• October 23, 2020 23 Oct'20

  Tech Talent Charter launches Doing It Anyway role model campaign

  Industry collaborative launches campaign to make female role models more visible and encourage others into tech

• October 23, 2020 23 Oct'20

  Deutsche Bank in talks over sale of IT unit to TCS

  German bank is said to be in negotiations to sell its retail banking IT operation to Indian IT giant

• October 23, 2020 23 Oct'20

  Cyber attack on Hackney Council is ‘morally repugnant’, says mayor

  Mayor of Hackney is ‘incredibly angry’ at the cyber criminals behind the attack, which will continue to disrupt key council services for some time

• October 23, 2020 23 Oct'20

  Taylor Construction successfully trials 5G for high-tech applications

  5G use cases established for Australian-based construction company claiming 20x the performance of 4G with 5G, making next-gen in-field applications possible

• October 23, 2020 23 Oct'20

  Nesta launches report on collective intelligence

  Report sets out how to combine machine and human intelligence to drive innovation that could solve social challenges

• October 23, 2020 23 Oct'20

  Datacentre sustainability a work in progress in ASEAN

  Sustainability efforts have not kept pace with the growing demand for datacentre and co-location services in Southeast Asia

• October 23, 2020 23 Oct'20

  NHS trust takes another look at its appointment of IT scandal CEO

  Imperial College Healthcare NHS Foundation Trust has asked for external review of its process when appointing controversial executive

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  Project Endeavour gets in gear to begin first public autonomous vehicle trials

  Government-backed autonomous vehicle consortium adds new partners and begins field trials in three major UK cities

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  Orange Belgium reveals first 5G innovations in Port of Antwerp

  Augmented field operators and connected tugboats are potential use cases as applications based on next-generation network aim to go full steam ahead at Belgian port

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  Saudi Arabian authorities work with Chinese IT giants on digital goals

  Saudi Arabia has signed two agreements with Chinese IT suppliers as it strives to deliver its ambitious programme to diversify its economy

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  SonicWall patches 11 firewall vulnerabilities

  SonicWall users are advised to download updates that fix 11 CVEs in the SonicOS operating system, uncovered by Positive Technologies

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  Maturing O-RAN set to have 75% market share by 2030

  Analyst confident of prospects for comms technology enabling multi-supplier interoperability for innovations and reducing time to market for deploying new network functionality

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  Women in Business Expo: If you can’t find female tech talent, you have hiring and culture issues

  A panel of experts at the Women in Business Expo say problems around hiring and culture can be one of the main reasons firms can’t find female talent

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  Protecting remote workers an opportunity to do security better

  Securing the fully remote workforce has been a challenge for IT teams, but it presents an opportunity to commit to a higher standard of cyber security, according to a Cisco report

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  O2 makes further expansion to UK 5G network

  Almost exactly a year after it switched on 5G in the UK, O2 takes next-gen network locations into treble figures and eyes up business use cases

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  Nordic countries in denial over IT industry equality

  Arriving in Denmark to find she was the only woman on a computer science master’s course was a shock to Plamena Cherneva

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  CIOs who stick around could end up as COOs

  The career path for chief information officers looks promising as large businesses digitise more of their organisation and IT becomes integral to operations

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  Bath and North East Somerset goes live with integrated care record

  Record system allows health and care professionals to share information across Virgin Care, local GPs, Royal United Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust and Bath and North East Somerset Council

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  US Justice Department files antitrust lawsuit against Google

  Lawsuit alleges Google used anticompetitive tactics to maintain and extend its monopolies in a number of interconnected digital markets, violating US federal antitrust law

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  Nordic CIO Interview: Teemu Salmi, Stora Enso

  Working with startup communities helps to drive digital transformation at one of the world’s largest forest industry companies, Stora Enso

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  Iron Mountain scales global connectivity collaboration with Telia Carrier

  Enhanced global network in APAC, EMEA and North America aims to deliver increased high-performance network diversity for datacentre customers

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  IR35: Former Treasury secretary Mel Stride calls for ‘dreaded’ off-payroll rules to be ‘abolished’

  While chairing a Treasury Committee session on how the UK tax landscape must change to cover the costs of the coronavirus pandemic, ex-Treasury secretary Mel Stride backed calls for the IR35 rules to be abolished

• October 22, 2020 22 Oct'20

  ANZ Bank moves digital banking services to container platform

  Australia’s largest bank now runs 30% of its internet banking services on Red Hat OpenShift in a move that has energised developers and paved the way for more automation

• October 21, 2020 21 Oct'20

  NSA’s top CVE list a timely reminder to patch

  Many of the CVEs detailed on the NSA’s top 25 chart are golden oldies

• October 21, 2020 21 Oct'20

  5G drives Ericsson in third quarter

  Increased demand for next-generation architectures in key territories boost third quarter for Swedish comms tech giant, as it inks national infrastructure network deal to deliver 5G speed and network capacity in domestic arena and Estonia

• October 21, 2020 21 Oct'20

  Charities warned over ‘Robin Hood’ cyber criminals

  Accepting donations from cyber criminal groups could be deemed as profiting from crime, money laundering or handling stolen goods – so don’t do it

• October 21, 2020 21 Oct'20

  Trump and Biden campaign apps easy targets for cyber criminals

  You don’t need a stellar IQ to exploit the dangerous StrandHogg Android vulnerability, and users of both Donald Trump’s and Joe Biden’s mobile apps are at risk of falling victim to it

• October 21, 2020 21 Oct'20

  Qualcomm teams with Verizon and Ericsson to set 5G speed benchmark, boosts 5G offering

  Comms carrier and tech companies continue to drive advancements in 5G technology using aggregation technology on mmWave spectrum while new portfolio of 5G RAN platforms aims to enable a new generation of cellular networks

• October 21, 2020 21 Oct'20

  Financial services staff want work-from-home policies to continue after Covid

  About half of workers in the finance sector want their employers to retain remote working policies brought in during the pandemic

• October 21, 2020 21 Oct'20

  CIO interview: Joe Soule, CTO, Capital One Europe

  Never go back, or so they say – but one IT chief’s return to his former employer brought new opportunities and tech transformation

• October 21, 2020 21 Oct'20

  Customer loyalty accounts in danger from cyber criminals

  Billions of credential stuffing attacks are harvesting valuable customer data for the dark web economy

• October 21, 2020 21 Oct'20

  UK sees surge in IT outsourcing contracts

  Transformation projects drive IaaS growth, but SaaS declines. Some sectors are renegotiating and restructuring contracts to reduce costs

• October 21, 2020 21 Oct'20

  How Malaysia’s Selangor state is tapping cloud

  Malaysian state has built a cloud-based payment services platform for citizens and is looking to tap cloud-based analytics to upgrade its surveillance cameras, among other cloud computing initiatives

• October 21, 2020 21 Oct'20

  Retailers get access to new security toolkit

  The British Retail Consortium has worked with the NCSC to develop a new cyber security toolkit pitched at retailers

• October 20, 2020 20 Oct'20

  Hackney Council services to be disrupted ‘for some time’

  Inability to make housing benefit payments is likely to sting some tenants as Hackney cyber attack drags on

• October 20, 2020 20 Oct'20

  Pace of digital transformation accelerates

  As businesses strive to return to profitability, business leaders are relying on tech innovation to drive economic recovery

• October 20, 2020 20 Oct'20

  Resilient Trickbot down but not yet knocked out

  Global, Microsoft-led effort to disrupt the Trickbot botnet has seen some success, but new command and control servers continue to pop up

• October 20, 2020 20 Oct'20

  Microsoft takes Azure above the clouds

  It recently tested a datacentre at the bottom of the sea – now Microsoft is heading into space to offer satellite connectivity

• October 20, 2020 20 Oct'20

  Verizon goes global with private 5G network

  US comms giant spreads wings to offer private 5G capabilities to enterprises in Europe and Asia-Pacific deal

• October 20, 2020 20 Oct'20

  Police given access to self-isolation data

  NHS Test and Trace self-isolation data will be made available to police after new guidance changes data-sharing rules