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July 04, 2019 04 Jul'19
Security and privacy key to smart buildings and cities

Security and privacy capabilities are essential for stakeholders if they are to realise the benefits of smart buildings and cities, says expert whitepaper
July 04, 2019 04 Jul'19
Nordic payments tie-up as Nets and Swish collaborate

Payments provider and app developer work together to test out mobile phone-based in-store payments system
July 03, 2019 03 Jul'19
Sodin ransomware exploiting Windows zero-day, Kaspersky warns

Security researchers are warning that a recently discovered type of ransomware is now exploiting a zero-day Windows vulnerability, and does not require user interaction to trigger an infection
July 03, 2019 03 Jul'19
Why PSD2 adoption in the Netherlands is lagging behind

The Netherlands appears to be falling behind in open banking, even though the Dutch are digitally proficient and are often early adopters of new technology. What is going on?

July 03, 2019 03 Jul'19
One-third of people prefer instant reply from chatbot about finances to waiting for human reply

Consumers are warming to being supported by chatbots when it comes to financial services, but firms in the sector face hurdles to achieve true end-to-end automation
July 03, 2019 03 Jul'19
APAC firms in developed markets warm up to cloud ERP

A majority of large enterprises in Australia, New Zealand, Hong Kong and Singapore are planning to move their financial applications to the cloud within a year
July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19
DWP data hub develops prototype skills recommendation engine

Machine learning algorithm on Microsoft Azure identifies associated skills, based on the skills specified in online job adverts
July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19
G-Cloud 11 goes live with 4,200 suppliers securing a place on the framework

The latest iteration of the G-Cloud framework has gone live, with about 700 additional suppliers thought to have secured a place on it this time around
July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19
Singapore to beef up police tech capabilities

Singapore government singles out biometrics, data analytics and digital forensics as promising areas to boost crime-fighting efforts
July 02, 2019 02 Jul'19
Post Office back-office error leaves subpostmaster with thousands of pounds extra

The Post Office has admitted that some subpostmasters are at risk of accounts not balancing due to an error it does not understand

July 01, 2019 01 Jul'19
Equinix launch $1bn joint venture to secure more European hyperscale colocation spend

Colocation giant Equinix is gunning for a larger slice of the hyperscale community's datacentre spend through formation of $1bn joint venture with Singapore wealth fund
July 01, 2019 01 Jul'19
Symantec gearing up for future cyber security

Symantec is focusing on enabling businesses to secure data in the cloud after a string of acquisitions, but it also has its eye on the future, which will be all about empowering people, says CTO Hugh Thompson
July 01, 2019 01 Jul'19
Google Cloud to expand datacentres for delivery of managed Oracle datacentre service with Atos

Google plots datacentre expansions in Germany and North America to provide users with local access to managed Oracle database services in the cloud
July 01, 2019 01 Jul'19
The Great Eastern way to digital transformation

Regional insurance company Great Eastern has rolled out a new digital platform to better serve customers while morphing its DNA from the inside out
June 28, 2019 28 Jun'19
Visa modernises B2B global payments through open source blockchain

Visa is modernising cross-border business-to-business payments, with blockchain used to connect participating corporate
June 28, 2019 28 Jun'19
Apple design chief Jony Ive confirms company departure after nearly 30 years

After nearly 30 years of shaping the aesthetic of Apple products, the firm's chief design officer, Jony Ive, is leaving the company
June 28, 2019 28 Jun'19
Interview: Yasmeen Al Sharaf, head of fintech and innovation unit, Central Bank of Bahrain

Yasmeen Al Sharaf heads up financial technology strategy at Bahrain’s central bank, which is on a mission to grow and diversify the sector in the Middle East island state
June 27, 2019 27 Jun'19
Aerohive adds cloud and edge network features to Extreme portfolio

Software-defined network specialist Extreme Networks has bought Aerohive to extend its capabilities in critical areas for future networks
June 27, 2019 27 Jun'19
Singapore aims to be global node for 5G innovation

The government will spend S$40m to develop 5G technology use cases in key sectors such as maritime and manufacturing with an eye on exporting Singapore's expertise to global markets
June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19
TietoEVRY merger headlines wider consolidation in Nordic IT industry

The merger of Tieto and Evry is only part of the widespread consolidation that is hitting the region’s tech sector
June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19
Open banking could generate £18bn in value for UK SMEs and citizens

Consumers and SMEs could generate billions of pounds in value if open banking adoption reaches its potential
June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19
Wider threat campaign behind Wipro breach

A sophisticated, far-ranging threat campaign was behind the breach at Indian IT services firm Wipro in April, which was not an isolated incident, RiskIQ report reveals
June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19
Nordic public dispels fears over AI and welcomes its advance

People in the Nordic countries are more welcoming and less fearful of the advance of artificial intelligence than those in other regions
June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19
Confusing cocktail of document licensing in SAP’s Hana strategy

SAP wants its customers to migrate from ECC to Hana and its cloud offering and is also putting forward a new, “ambiguous” document licensing scheme
June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19
NHS Wales provides 100,000 staff with Microsoft 365

Cloud-based suite will help Welsh healthcare service drive digitisation initiatives and support greater collaboration and video-based consultations
June 26, 2019 26 Jun'19
Shipping giant Maersk on taking a cloud-first approach to disrupting the competition

Rasmus Hald, who heads up the cloud centre of excellence at shipping giant Maersk, opens up about how the firm is embracing a cloud-first policy in the name of seeing off competitive threats and improving the sustainability of its operations
June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19
Australia’s demand for cloud continues to soar

Over 40% of local businesses are now using public cloud services, though the lack of cloud skills remains a key barrier to wider adoption
June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19
Half of Dutch IT decision-makers can’t explain blockchain technology

IT decision-makers in the Netherlands know that blockchain has significant benefits, but half don’t understand how to apply it
June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19
Three Finnish banks, one core IT platform

Can a shared core IT platform enable three Finnish banks to become more efficient yet maintain individual competitiveness?
June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19
AI will drive reskilling in problem solving, creativity and collaboration

A study from the Economist Intelligence Unit has found that executives do not believe that artificial intelligence will lead to job losses, but staff will need retraining
June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19
Moscow’s 2019 Startup Village rewards innovation

Moved to a bigger site, Moscow’s annual Startup Village continues to expand, with interest from large corporates growing
June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19
Big companies face extinction unless they use IT better

Better use of IT could add £100bn to the British economy, says a CBI report into UK big business
June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19
UK firms downloading vulnerable open source software

Vulnerable open source software components are posing a security threat to UK firms, according to a report that also shows how best practice, including automation, can reduce the risk
June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19
DBS Bank goes big on open source

Besides using a slew of open source software, DBS Bank is looking to contribute some of its own projects to the open source community in future
June 24, 2019 24 Jun'19
A third of jobs could become redundant as a result of digitisation

Around 12 million jobs could significantly change or become redundant by 2024 as a result of the adoption of digital technologies
June 24, 2019 24 Jun'19
Chef demos Windows Server 2008 migration

Windows Server 2008 R2 reaches end of support in January 2020. Businesses using older Windows server software have little time to redevelop code
June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19
How APAC CIOs are driving AI projects

IT leaders at a Computer Weekly roundtable say they are grappling with compute bottlenecks and explainable artificial intelligence even as chatbots and other AI projects are being rolled out in full swing
June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19
Asos trials AR catwalk technology

Online retailer Asos has partnered with HoloMe to trial an augmented reality catwalk for users of its fashion app
June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19
UK citizens call for diversity in AI to be addressed

Public wants government and tech companies to tackle diversity issues related to the application of artificial intelligence, a study has found
June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19
Facebook officially unveils cryptocurrency plans

Facebook has released details about its Libra cryptocurrency, but questions still remain over how, and if, it will work
June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19
Enterprises challenged with security basics

Visibility, security tool overload and manual reporting are cited as top concerns by UK security leaders, a report reveals
June 20, 2019 20 Jun'19
Oracle results: Revenue flat, cloud progress claimed

Full-year 2018-19 results show revenue flat to slight, but executives claim cloud headway and progress on autonomous database uptake
June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19
How AirAsia streamlined its customer service

Integrating multiple customer touch points with Salesforce has enabled Asia’s leading low-cost carrier to shorten waiting time and improve customer service
June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19
Lloyds Bank uses community effort to push out DevOps

The developers and IT operations teams were once separate. Now they are one. The challenge is getting this to scale across the business
June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19
NetApp ports services to NetApp HCI for multi-cloud storage

NetApp will debut multi-cloud services on its NetApp HCI hyper-converged platform, with the first being its Kubernetes orchestrator service and Cloud Volumes
June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19
Looming private sector IR35 reforms prompts calls for gig economy-focused tax system overhaul

The growth of the gig-based economy has exposed weaknesses in the UK tax system – exacerbated by the IR35 reforms – that mean an overhaul is needed, panel claims
June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19
Oxford University accepts £150m for artificial intelligence research

Oxford University has accepted £150m to build a new humanities hub that will include a centre for artificial intelligence ethics research from Stephen Schwarzman, a US private equity boss
June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19
Regional alliances boost Nordic AI industry

Universities and technology businesses in Nordic countries are working cross-border as part of two pan-Nordic organisations
June 19, 2019 19 Jun'19
How Carsales cuts through the noise in incident response

The Australian firm is using PagerDuty to sieve through a sea of alerts from various alerting systems that notify operations staff of customer and IT issues
June 18, 2019 18 Jun'19
Facebook announces global digital currency Libra

Facebook is launching digital coin to open up affordable financial services to the world