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March 06, 2018
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Druva maintains cloud course with AWS cloud-to-cloud backup plans
Backup product supplier Druva plans cloud-to-cloud backup to Amazon Web Services and other public cloud services as demand arises, in a future firmly fixed on hybrid operations
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March 06, 2018
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Norway’s Statkraft outsources IT infrastructure management
Energy company awards India’s HCL five-year IT deal in order to free up resources to focus on core business
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March 06, 2018
06
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Microsoft courts US government cloud users with Azure Stack integration promise
Microsoft is stepping up its efforts to get the US government using its cloud in anger, with the promise of a forthcoming Azure Stack integration and new datacentre regions to house “secret” classified data
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March 06, 2018
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Security remains an afterthought in DevOps
Enterprises in Asia are lapping up DevOps but less than one-third have baked security processes into their developments
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March 05, 2018
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How to improve SAP ROI with smart licensing
A recent study suggested most SAP projects have a 50% chance of failure. The risk of having incorrect SAP licensing could be far higher
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March 05, 2018
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Mar'18
Bitcoin burglaries: Icelandic police count cost of cryptocurrency kit thefts from datacentres
Police in Iceland are investigating a spate of datacentre thefts, after thieves lifted 600 cryptocurrency-mining servers worth around $2m
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March 05, 2018
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Hershey’s outsources SAP roll-out to Accenture
US chocolate maker has signed up Accenture to support its SAP Hana S/4 implementation
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March 05, 2018
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Most healthcare organisations have been breached, report shows
Less than a third of global healthcare organisations remain untouched, as data breaches rise across the industry, a report reveals
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March 05, 2018
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Spring Break flaw shows cross-industry collaboration
A flaw that was discovered in Pivotal’s Spring Framework in September 2017 has only come to light now that users have had a chance to update
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March 05, 2018
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Yorkshire Building Society implements cloud banking platform
Yorkshire Building Society is using a cloud-based banking platform built on Salesforce.com to automate manual tasks
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March 02, 2018
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Scality Zenko 'multi-cloud controller' offers hybrid cloud boost
S3-based software control layer will support Amazon, Google and Microsoft clouds to bring hybrid cloud operations, with object storage across private and public clouds
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March 02, 2018
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People at risk of psychological side-effects of screen addiction
Many Brits spend more than 10 hours a day attached to a screen and 60% look at two at once, research shows
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March 02, 2018
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Wearables join mobiles as high-growth payment methods
Banks must develop broad contactless payment strategies if they are to keep pace with consumer demand
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March 02, 2018
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New privacy fears as IT challenges delay surveillance oversight body by a year
IT challenges have delayed government plans for an independent body to authorise requests to access the public’s internet and phone records by nearly a year, raising new legal and privacy concerns
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March 01, 2018
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Case study: How the Moonlite Project will use green energy to power bitcoin-mining datacentres
As the energy consumption habits of the cryptocurrency mining community continue to attract attention, we speak to the The Moonlite Project about how it is embracing renewable energy to clean up the industry’s image
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March 01, 2018
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Are mobile wallets about to make contactless cards look outdated?
Mobile wallets look set to take root as consumers increasingly use their mobile phones to pay for goods and services
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March 01, 2018
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It’s the year of the cloud, says backup giant Veeam
Veeam roadmap adds cloud to virtual and physical backup with acquisitions that bring cloud and hybrid functionality. Object archives, CDP and NAS backup are also planned
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March 01, 2018
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ANZ organisations grappling with cloud outages
A majority of organisations from Australia and New Zealand admitted in a survey that they had not fully evaluated the impact of cloud outages which were longer than they had expected
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February 28, 2018
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MWC 2018: 5G collaboration dominates agenda at annual mobile fair
At Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona, 5G mobile networks were the talk of the show, and a number of operators announced new collaborations around the emerging network standard with their technology partners
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February 28, 2018
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Chances of success with SAP are only 50-50
Companies can spend millions, but half of SAP projects fail because there is no connection between the implementation and the original business case
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February 28, 2018
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Virgin Money launches digital bank
Virgin Money is setting up a digital bank to expand into the current account and SME business account markets
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February 28, 2018
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Government must rewrite illegal sections of Snoopers’ Charter, court told
A court has been asked to give ministers until July 2018 to rewrite powers to require phone and internet companies to retain data on the population. The government acknowledges parts of surveillance regime are unlawful
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February 28, 2018
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Alibaba teams up with Singapore university on AI
Chinese tech giant has set up a joint research facility at Singapore’s Nanyang Technological University to develop artificial intelligence-based technologies in retail, transportation and healthcare
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February 28, 2018
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AI must develop for the greater good and cut government admin
A group of experts explored the issues of UK policy and funding in artificial intelligence at a recent seminar in London. We report on the discussion
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February 28, 2018
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ASEAN firms upbeat on Industry 4.0
Southeast Asian countries are generally optimistic about the use of emerging technologies, such as advanced analytics in manufacturing industries, but the positive sentiment has not led to action
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February 27, 2018
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Finnish government’s bridge to Asia drives IT deals
The Finnish government has increased links with Asian countries with its innovative tech sector a selling point
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February 27, 2018
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MWC 2018: Data, not connectivity, now core to IoT, says Cisco Jasper
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, Cisco Jasper has been exploring the growing criticality of data management to the internet of things, and unveiled new NB-IoT customers in Asia
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February 26, 2018
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NatWest opens four UK fintech hubs
NatWest has expanded its financial technology support programme at a time when entrepreneurs are more apprehensive than ever
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February 26, 2018
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Surveillance watchdog investigates security risks of GCHQ IT contractors
The investigatory powers commissioner is reviewing the security arrangements for IT contractors that have access to live computer systems at GCHQ holding highly sensitive records on the UK population
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February 26, 2018
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Ideal Standard standardises in Emea with Nakivo virtual backup
Bathroom multinational strips out country-based systems to virtualise across Europe, the Middle East and Africa. Nakivo beats Veeam on cost to provide VMware disk-based backup and slashes restore times
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February 26, 2018
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MWC 2018: Samsung Galaxy S9 launch kicks off annual mobile festival
Samsung has raised the curtain on Mobile World Congress 2018 in Barcelona with the launch of a new flagship Galaxy S9 smartphone device
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February 26, 2018
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Legacy lock-in and lack of skills hamper public sector cloud adoption
Migrating from legacy lock-in and the ability to manage workloads in cloud infrastructure are among the major challenges that are slowing down public sector cloud adoption
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February 23, 2018
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RBS’s first profit in a decade accompanied by major first for mobile channel
News of its first profit in 10 years might overshadow a major first for the Royal Bank of Scotland’s mobile channel
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February 22, 2018
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Hana and S/4 users more sophisticated but beset by licensing doubts
Research sponsored by SAP consultancy Centiq finds SAP customers maturing their use of SAP Hana and S/4 Hana, but hindered by licensing concerns and dearth of skills
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February 22, 2018
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MPs run the rule over digital currency to identify risks and opportunities
MPs are taking a close look at the potential opportunities and risks associated with the UK adoption of cryptocurrencies and the technology that underpins them
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February 22, 2018
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First Direct pilots open banking platform
HSBC's internet banking platform is testing out its service that enables customers to put all their bank accounts, from multiple providers, in one place
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February 22, 2018
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Google calls out Microsoft for failing to fix reported flaw
Google’s Project Zero has gone public with a Windows 10 flaw that Microsoft claimed to have fixed in its February security update
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February 21, 2018
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UK organisations failing to take action against fraud
UK organisations are facing increasingly complex and costly incidents of fraud partly due to increasing cyber fraud, yet few are making use of the anti-fraud technologies available, a survey has revealed
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February 21, 2018
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Lloyds Bank announces three-year digital transformation
Lloyds Bank has announced plans to transform how it serves customers through substantial digital investment
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February 21, 2018
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Why digital customer experience requires business transformation
Research shows that customer experience will boost business, but IT and the people across the organisation need to embrace data analytics
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February 21, 2018
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Security leaders investing in automation and AI, study shows
Automation and artificial Intelligence are being used to defend against cyber threats, says report, but experts warn that these tools and technologies can be exploited by attackers
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February 21, 2018
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AI a threat to cyber security, warns report
Artificial intelligence is being incorporated into a range of cyber security products, but the technology may also introduce new threats, a report warns
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February 21, 2018
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UAE makes artificial intelligence leap
The UAE is investing in becoming a global pioneer in the use of artificial intelligence technology in various sectors of its economy
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February 21, 2018
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Digital economy to make up 60% of APAC’s GDP by 2021
The surge in GDP contribution will come as more organisations shift from digital transformation initiatives aimed at shoring up productivity towards digital product development
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February 20, 2018
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4G IoT network may ease aviation sector fears over drone safety
Vodafone is testing mobile and internet of things network technology to protect commercial aircraft from badly flown drones
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February 20, 2018
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NHS Digital plots Office 365 and NHSmail integration to boost collaboration in healthcare
NHS Digital outlines delivery timeline for integrating NHSmail with Microsoft Office 365, as it strives to improve collaboration between health and social care stakeholders
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February 20, 2018
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CIO interview: Matthew Wallbridge, head of ICT, Croydon Council
Croydon’s ICT boss talks about why being “good” isn’t good enough and building a new ICT delivery model
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February 20, 2018
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UK finance regulator collaborates with US counterpart on fintech
The FCA is working with a US finance regulator to support financial technology companies on both sides of the Atlantic
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February 19, 2018
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Prepare for Y2K style Meltdown strategy
The days of fixing the date bug in legacy systems may be long gone, but IT now has as much of an effort mitigating the Spectre/Meltdown processor flaw
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February 19, 2018
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Lauri Love can stay in UK: prosecutors will not appeal extradition ruling
Crown Prosecution Service gives undertaking to Lauri Love that it will not appeal against a court decision not to extradite him to the US – but prosecutors are seeking leave to appeal over part of the court ruling on extradition procedure