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• December 02, 2022 02 Dec'22

  Siemens, Qualcomm collaborate on 5G smart building networks

  Leading wireless platform provider teams with intelligent, adaptive infrastructure division of German technology giant mobile chip giant to show how firms working in the built environment can intelligently use 5G for building automation

• December 02, 2022 02 Dec'22

  NBN Co, Ericsson team to transform fixed wireless access network

  Ericsson and company that manages national broadband infrastructure in Australia announce new 10-year partnership to secure the supply of next-generation 5G technology that will deliver enhanced coverage and speed across the fixed wireless access ...

• December 02, 2022 02 Dec'22

  Communications runs in his blood

  Symbio Connect CEO Giorgio Mihaila has spent more than two decades in a career dotted with roles at major communications technology providers

• December 01, 2022 01 Dec'22

  Italy’s biggest datacentre campus to enjoy €500m growth spurt

  Aruba SpA raises funding to help realise ambitions to further grow mega-datacentre campus in Italy

• December 01, 2022 01 Dec'22

  MI6 chief’s hacked emails attacked MI5 and betrayed British spy operations in China

  Former UK spy boss Richard Dearlove leaked names of MI6 secret agent recruiters in China to back an aggressive right-wing US campaign against tech company Huawei. His emails were hacked and then leaked – probably by Russian intelligence

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• December 01, 2022 01 Dec'22

  LastPass probes new cyber incident related to August attack

  The August 2022 cyber attack on LastPass seems to have begat another incident, according to company CEO Karim Toubba

• December 01, 2022 01 Dec'22

  Financial benefits of government’s shared services strategy remain unclear, says NAO

  Cabinet Office needs to do more to avoid previous failings, as several barriers remain to a successful implementation of the strategy to deliver shared back-office services for government, according to National Audit Office report

• December 01, 2022 01 Dec'22

  UK government accelerates satellite, fibre gigabit broadband access to remote regions

  Mountain rescue base and 12th century abbey set to gain from government test of satellites to connect remote locations, while work also begins to connect 60,000 rural premises in North West England

• December 01, 2022 01 Dec'22

  Google Cloud lands five-year deal with DIY specialist retailer Kingfisher

  The owner of the B&Q and Screwfix brands has enlisted the help of Google Cloud to overhaul its digital proposition for customers

• December 01, 2022 01 Dec'22

  Wi-Fi ‘essential’ to bridge the digital divide in rural areas

  Report from trade association for wireless communications sets out strategies for mobile operators, fibre providers and cable companies to serve the estimated billion people unconnected to Wi-Fi

• December 01, 2022 01 Dec'22

  Expectation gap appears between users and managers with hybrid working IT

  Research from Canon Europe finds that while more than three-quarters of IT decision-makers believe their company provides the right technology to enable people to do their jobs regardless of location, a fifth are providing their own IT equipment and...

• December 01, 2022 01 Dec'22

  Global 5G market defies macroeconomic challenges

  Research from Ericsson shows 5G continues to scale faster than any previous mobile generation, with subscriptions expected to reach five billion by the end of 2028 and fixed wireless access forecast set to grow more quickly than previously expected

• November 30, 2022 30 Nov'22

  Microsoft 365 banned in German schools over privacy concerns

  German schools cannot legally use Microsoft Office 365 over lack of clarity about how data is collected, shared and used, as well as the potential for unlawful transfer of European citizens’ personal data to the US

• November 30, 2022 30 Nov'22

  Subpostmaster federation deliberately kept public in dark over computer problems

  The federation representing subpostmasters deliberately suppressed information about computer errors that could have saved its members from devastating life-changing events

• November 30, 2022 30 Nov'22

  HPE’s earnings reveal a shift back to less pricey servers

  HPE has been focused on higher-end servers due to supply chain issues, but as these ease and memory costs fall, it is set to readjust pricing

• November 30, 2022 30 Nov'22

  AWS CEO urges enterprises to do more in the cloud in the face of economic uncertainty

  AWS CEO Adam Selipsky says enterprises should be looking to do more, not less, in the cloud during times of economic uncertainty

• November 30, 2022 30 Nov'22

  South Staffs Water customer data leaked after ransomware attack

  Personal data of water utility’s direct debit customers exposed on the dark web following a Clop ransomware attack

• November 30, 2022 30 Nov'22

  Latest LockBit ransomware versions have wormable capabilities

  Sophos researchers have reverse-engineered the Lockbit 3.0 ransomware, shedding new light on its evolving capabilities and firming up links with BlackMatter

• November 30, 2022 30 Nov'22

  SMEs put faith in communications technology

  Study from orchestration and digital platform provider shows a ‘new’ kind of small and medium-sized enterprise market, with companies already adopting connectivity technology for business resilience

• November 30, 2022 30 Nov'22

  Nearly $1bn in mobile trade-ins and upgrades in third quarter of 2022

  Just more than halfway into what is always the market’s busiest quarter, quarterly analysis of smartphone trade-in and upgrade industry reveals a third quarter of 2022 with the amount returned estimated at $970m, making this the highest third ...

• November 30, 2022 30 Nov'22

  AWS commits to becoming the ‘cleanest’ cloud to run enterprise workloads

  AWS CEO Adam Selipsky used the opening keynote at this year’s Re:Invent partner and customer conference in Las Vegas to outline the company’s commitment to becoming the greenest place for enterprises to run their IT and applications

• November 30, 2022 30 Nov'22

  NIS regulations to be extended to cover MSPs

  The UK government is moving ahead with plans to update the Network and Information Systems regulations to bring outsourcers and MSPs into scope

• November 30, 2022 30 Nov'22

  eSIM proves green credentials

  Independent study by provider of adapted system integration technologies at wafer, chip and board level confirms eSIM as an environmentally friendly SIM solution​

• November 30, 2022 30 Nov'22

  Parity AI talks about auditing recruitment algorithms for bias

  Algorithmic auditing firm Parity speaks to Computer Weekly about the process of auditing artificial intelligence for bias, following its partnership with AI-powered recruitment platform Beamery

• November 30, 2022 30 Nov'22

  Scotland launches national digital platform for health and care

  The online platform aims to give people access to their health and social care data, as well as provide staff with access to data to inform decisions about care

• November 29, 2022 29 Nov'22

  MoD signs three-year deal with AWS to bolster defence sector’s digital skills

  UK Ministry of Defence is joining forces with Amazon Web Services to boost the defence sector’s cloud capabilities

• November 29, 2022 29 Nov'22

  AWS doubles down on data management

  Cloud giant Amazon Web Services declares a bold vision to eliminate the need to extract, transform and load data alongside other efforts to address business problems in domains like cyber security and logistics

• November 29, 2022 29 Nov'22

  Cyber criminals exploiting naked TikTok ‘challenge’

  Malware operators lured targets by promising them they would be able to view nude videos of TikTok users

• November 29, 2022 29 Nov'22

  ‘Legal but harmful’ clause dropped from Online Safety Bill

  Online Safety Bill’s ‘legal but harmful’ provision will be dropped by the UK government in favour of public risk assessments, tools to help users control the content they consume, and new criminal offences around self-harm

• November 29, 2022 29 Nov'22

  Digital Transformation Week Amsterdam: HSBC discusses low-code in financial services

  A member of HSBC’s global transformation team has shared her views on low-code with an audience in Amsterdam

• November 29, 2022 29 Nov'22

  Government needs to do more for UK semiconductor industry, say MPs

  Business, Energy and Industrial Strategy Committee report says the government is putting the UK chip industry at ‘significant risk’ by failing to support it sufficiently, and calls on Whitehall to publish its semiconductor strategy immediately

• November 28, 2022 28 Nov'22

  How MongoDB is driving growth in ANZ

  MongoDB, which counts the likes of Bendigo and Adelaide Bank as clients, has been driving skills development and investing in local manpower in Australia and New Zealand

• November 28, 2022 28 Nov'22

  AWS eyes mission-critical workloads in ASEAN

  Cloud giant AWS is eyeing more business from mission-critical workloads and the financial services industry in Southeast Asia as it readies itself for the next phase of growth

• November 28, 2022 28 Nov'22

  CIO interview: David Charnley, head of transformation and strategy, NatWest Group

  Data is at the heart of the banking giant’s push to improve customer experience – and to enhance its environmental credentials

• November 28, 2022 28 Nov'22

  Public safety 5G networks represent $700m opportunity

  Research on public safety broadband and mission-critical communications over 3GPP networks predicts that cumulative spending on deployable network assets in sectors will exceed $700m between 2022 and 2025

• November 28, 2022 28 Nov'22

  Panzura partners with AWS on ransomware counter-measures

  Panzura might have slipped beneath the waves, but it’s come back reinvigorated, and now boasts integration with AWS with ransomware protection and Outposts hardware

• November 28, 2022 28 Nov'22

  1&1, Orange seal worldwide international roaming agreement

  German startup telco and global operator take advantage of 5G OpenRAN technology to offer users seamless automatic network performance and quality, even when outside home territory

• November 28, 2022 28 Nov'22

  AWS pledges to become a water-positive entity by 2030

  Amazon Web Services has marked the first day of its Re:Invent partner and customer conference by going public with its pledge to become a water-positive entity

• November 28, 2022 28 Nov'22

  UKISUG 2022: S/4 skills deficit worsens but SAP Rise use increases

  On the opening day of its 2022 conference, the UK and Ireland SAP User Group unveils member research showing concerns that an S/4 Hana skills deficit appears worse than it was 12 months ago

• November 28, 2022 28 Nov'22

  STC Kuwait and BICS complete world’s first live 5G standalone roaming connection

  Mobile connectivity enabler teams with MENA region telecoms provider for successful test of what is claimed to be the first of its kind to be completed in a non-lab environment and a major milestone for global 5G adoption

• November 27, 2022 27 Nov'22

  Plexal inducts six into cyber leadership scheme

  Tech innovation hub Plexal is expanding its Cyber Runway programme with a new Ignite strand dedicated to supporting high-potential security leaders

• November 26, 2022 26 Nov'22

  Nominations open for Computer Weekly Innovation Awards APAC 2023

  Computer Weekly is looking for nominations for the annual Innovation Awards to honour digital transformation initiatives in Asia-Pacific that have transformed organisations in six industries

• November 25, 2022 25 Nov'22

  CityFibre identifies massive economic gains for Cheltenham, Portsmouth areas through full fibre

  Leading independent gigabit broadband provider reveals positive economic and productivity impacts in Gloucestershire and south-coast cities where it has introduced full fibre, running to £145m and £335m respectively

• November 25, 2022 25 Nov'22

  Data management, backup becoming the CISO's responsibility

  More and more CISOs are taking on responsibility for wider data management strategies, and this trend looks set to grow next year

• November 25, 2022 25 Nov'22

  Wales launches beta version of its own NHS app

  NHS Wales has begun trialling the beta version of its patient-facing app ahead of plans for a full launch next year

• November 25, 2022 25 Nov'22

  Pharrowtech expands next-gen mmWave capabilities to the UK

  Global 5G millimetre-wave wireless tech leader Pharrowtech accelerates hiring and opens two new offices as it grows its product and development capabilities

• November 25, 2022 25 Nov'22

  Fujitsu put pressure on UK government to sign off troubled Horizon project, public inquiry hears

  Telegram from British Embassy in Tokyo to UK government reveals pressure on ministers to sign off controversial contract

• November 25, 2022 25 Nov'22

  Getting data analytics right

  Organisations will need to marry the art and science of data analytics to drive innovation in their analytics initiatives, according to Gartner

• November 24, 2022 24 Nov'22

  BT aims to reign in industry where connectivity is king

  In the latest part of its drive to evolve from a telco to a techco, BT unveils range of 5G-enabled robotics systems and reveals how it is driving the evolution of advanced communications in industrial applications

• November 24, 2022 24 Nov'22

  Internet of things market continues to surge

  China and US to drive world adoption of internet of things with global demand for smart offerings from industrial to security use cases still rising