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• May 15, 2018 15 May'18

  Oracle claims positive traction for autonomous database in ASEAN

  Oracle’s newly minted autonomous database could leave database administrators unemployed, but that has not stopped a Thai payment services provider from jumping onto the bandwagon

• May 14, 2018 14 May'18

  HSBC blockchain trial proves trade finance utility model

  HSBC and ING used blockchain to successfully complete a real-world trade financing transaction as part of a pilot

• May 11, 2018 11 May'18

  Police Scotland did not inform public of mobile phone searches

  Members of the Scottish Parliament heard that Police Scotland did not conduct impact assessments or give explanations to the public when they were accessing private data on their mobile phones

• May 11, 2018 11 May'18

  Virgin Trains on using AI and virtual reality to boost customer experience

  Speaking at the Knowledge 18 ServiceNow conference in Las Vegas, Virgin Trains outlined the potential role immersive and data-driven technologies can play in improving customer experience

• May 11, 2018 11 May'18

  ServiceNow: Enterprises must rethink workplace communication as Generation Z enter workforce

  Enterprises may find their tried and tested methods of communication fail to live up to expectations of digitally-savvy Generation Z members, warns ServiceNow

• May 11, 2018 11 May'18

  GDS looks at potential for using voice technology on Gov.uk website

  The government has begun using machine learning to build a taxonomy hierarchy on Gov.uk and is looking at the possibility of deploying voice interactions

• May 11, 2018 11 May'18

  NHS Business Services Authority trials AWS chatbot tech to field customer calls in contact centre

  Darren Curry, chief digital officer of the NHS Business Services Authority, shares details of how trialling the use of cloud-based chatbots in its contact centres has boosted staff morale and efficiency

• May 10, 2018 10 May'18

  Citrix touts digital workspace app in services play

  Software supplier Citrix’s cloud-based workspace app is part of its efforts to deliver integrated services that support the modern workplace

• May 10, 2018 10 May'18

  Government must support SMEs, says Oliver Dowden

  The minister for implementation, Oliver Dowden, provides further details on the GovTech competition and talks about GDS’s role as an “innovation incubator”, losing data policy to DCMS and the importance of SMEs

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  How enterprises can cope with digital disruption

  Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst says enterprises can take a leaf from DevOps and build modularity into their technology infrastructure to prepare for the forces of digital disruption

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Equifax breach lessons not learned

  Businesses are still downloading vulnerable versions of the software that was at the heart of the Equifax data breach and failing to update to safe versions, a security firm has revealed

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  NetApp adds Google Cloud NAS and AFF A800 NVMe flash array

  NetApp gets on the cloud NAS bandwagon with Google Cloud Platform file storage access, while adding its first NVMe flash-equipped storage array, the AFF A800

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Nutanix builds hooks to SDN and cloud with Flow, Era and Beam

  Hyper-converged pioneer builds in functionality from acquisitions with Flow software-defined networking, Beam cloud monitoring and Era database provisioning and data protection

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  NatWest fintech investments bear fruit as SME loans platform goes live

  Online lending platform enables small businesses to apply for loans of up to £150,000 in 10 minutes

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  HSBC launches open banking app

  In line with open banking regulation, HSBC has launched an app that enables users to see accounts from 21 different banks in one place

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Microsoft predicts five-year wait for quantum computing in Azure

  Industry experts predict it will take 10 years for quantum computing to become a reality, but Microsoft believes it has the research edge, with systems, software and technology to get there in five

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Singapore organisations not paying heed to data veracity

  Most Singapore respondents in a global Accenture survey said they have not invested in capabilities to verify data used in decision-making

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Oracle’s autonomous database could leave DBAs unemployed

  The long-term future of database administrators could be at risk if every enterprise adopts the Oracle 18c autonomous database

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Red Hat teams up with Microsoft in hybrid cloud, container push

  Building on a strategic alliance first announced in 2015, the two software companies are working together on Red Hat OpenShift on Azure to reduce the complexity of managing containers in a hybrid cloud environment

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Nordic CIO interview: Helena Skarle, Handicare

  Swedish CIO believes more women might get the top IT jobs if organisations look beyond IT skills

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  TSB offers interest rate sweetener as IT issues continue at the bank

  TSB is offering customers higher interest rate to go towards making up for the problems its core banking system migration caused customers

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Build 2018: Microsoft addresses the role of Windows in mobile-first era

  Windows 10 Phone may be dead, but now Microsoft wants to make Windows 10 the best partner operating system for smartphones

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Nadella opens Build 2018 with cross-platform push

  Microsoft’s developer conference has kicked off with a renewed focus on making Microsoft products and services work well with other offerings

• May 04, 2018 04 May'18

  Dell EMC unveils Isilon scale-out NAS in the Google cloud

  The trend to cloud NAS continues as Dell EMC announces beta phase of Isilon Cloud for GCP that will see fully-featured scale-out NAS available to customers via the Google cloud

• May 04, 2018 04 May'18

  Businesses not ready for network implications of cloud native architecture

  Composable applications can be built from connecting microservices that run in their own containers. This cloud-first approach requires a new approach to networking

• May 04, 2018 04 May'18

  Most CIOs not interested in “massively hyped” blockchain, finds Gartner

  Despite the noise surrounding blockchain technology, not many CIOs are using it or planning to do so in the near future, finds Gartner

• May 03, 2018 03 May'18

  City Police use Lego simulation to teach businesses cyber security

  City of London Police are offering to train business leaders and IT security in cyber security using a Lego simulation that is surprisingly close to real life

• May 03, 2018 03 May'18

  Netherlands to harness blockchain for waste management operations

  Authorities are trying out blockchain to automate many of the processes related to waste transportation in the EU

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Enterprise readiness for multi-cloud adoption is low across Europe, suggests IDC research

  IDC suggests multi-cloud adoption will become the norm across European enterprises, but there is much work to be done before this becomes a reality

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  GDPR is key to driving other transformational strategies in business

  With GDPR compliance in place, there are several technologies organisations can use to transform their data analytics

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Fresh blow for Facebook as court refuses stay in Max Schrems legal action

  Facebook has lost a legal attempt to delay the Irish High Court from seeking answers from the European Court of Justice over the legality of EU-US data transfers

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  IFS 18 Atlanta: CEO Roos asserts customer focus with upgraded ERP suite

  IFS uses 2018 world conference in Atlanta to launch upgrade of its enterprise resource planning suite, shepherded by new CEO Darren Roos

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Workday to continue investing heavily in APAC

  Cloud applications supplier has increased its investments in the region by more than 50% in the past year, and is looking to maintain its double-digit growth in international markets

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Facebook bolsters enterprise integration with Workplace tool

  Facebook wants to embed its platform in the enterprise, and hopes to achieve this through integration with third-party services

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Microsoft’s latest Windows 10 focuses on IT admins

  While it will stop those annoying taskbar InBox and social media messages, at the heart of the April 2018 Windows 10 update is an effort to simplify management

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Imperial College taps volunteer smartphones for cancer research

  Imperial College London is working with the Vodafone Foundation to co-opt smartphone processing power for use in cancer research

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Digital is a long-term objective, CEOs warned

  Don't believe anyone who promises to transform a business digitally in three years, says Gartner Fellow Mark Raskino

• April 30, 2018 30 Apr'18

  Security industry welcomes NHS move to Windows 10

  Representatives of the security industry have welcomed the announcement that the NHS will be migrating to Windows 10 as part of a multi-million pound deal with Microsoft, but warn that the move will not be without its challenges

• April 30, 2018 30 Apr'18

  Starship’s autonomous delivery robots get commercial roll-out

  Having successfully trialled its autonomous delivery robots in the UK and US, Estonian startup Starship Technologies is embarking on a full commercial roll-out

• April 30, 2018 30 Apr'18

  Australia government earmarks A$70m to refresh supercomputers

  The investment will fund replacements for two supercomputers at the Pawsey Supercomputing Centre in an effort to bolster Australia’s research capabilities

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  AWS vs Microsoft vs Google: Weighing up the financial results of the big cloud three

  Amazon, Google and Microsoft have all posted favourable financial results this week, as enterprise appetites for cloud services show no signs of slowing, but what does this mean for suppliers outside of the big three?

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  Microsoft releases Windows 10 security pack

  Microsoft has released a download pack that incorporates NCSC guidance to save UK companies weeks of work to secure Windows 10 and comply with government guidelines

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  Government given six months to rewrite snoopers’ charter

  The government has until 1 November 2018 to rewrite a key section of the Investigatory Powers Act 2016, after the high court declared them unlawful in a judicial review brought by human rights group Liberty

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  GDPR: Put your data in Azure cloud, says Microsoft chief

  Tech giant reports strong growth in its cloud business in third-quarter 2018 fiscal results

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  Jeremy Hunt launches review into training NHS staff to use new tech

  Jeremy Hunt announces a review that will look at how to train NHS staff to use new technologies such as artificial intelligence, genomics, digital medicine and robotics

• April 27, 2018 27 Apr'18

  Data analytics is about culture, not technology

  Enterprises need to figure out the business problems they are trying to solve and foster a data-driven culture to benefit from data analytics

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  ServiceNow buys into SaaS licensing to drive digitisation

  The cloud-based service management company has extended its reach in IT asset management to help businesses optimise cloud subscriptions

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  Expert interview: Dave Moschella, author of Seeing Digital

  Dave Moschella speaks to Computer Weekly about his new book, Seeing Digital, which looks at how the “d” in digital stands for disruption

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  British banks target Israeli security technology

  British banks are turning to Israel’s high-tech sector to protect against cyber attacks

• April 26, 2018 26 Apr'18

  Almost all London law firms are using or plan to use artificial intelligence

  Law firms are harnessing artificial intelligence to reduce the manual creation and checking of legal documents