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Enterprise software
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January 25, 2019
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Jan'19
Google petitions Supreme Court to reconsider Android Java ruling
Google’s legal chief claims Oracle’s copyright ruling on Java software interfaces will damage software development
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January 24, 2019
24
Jan'19
NATS trials AI at Heathrow to cut delays
NATS is trialling an artificial intelligence system from Searidge Technologies at Heathrow to discover if it can improve the airport’s landing capacity in low-visibility conditions
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January 24, 2019
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Jan'19
Lloyds Bank to migrate hundreds of thousands of customers to Google-inspired fintech
Following its announcement that it was exploring the use of a fintech platform, Lloyds Bank has been quick to plan customer migration
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January 24, 2019
24
Jan'19
CIO interview: Charles Ewen, Met Office
The Met Office’s CIO is working on a new, digital approach, using supercomputers, establishing pioneering partnerships and creating change
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January 24, 2019
24
Jan'19
Santander announces latest branch closures as digital channels take over
Bank to close 140 more UK branches as in-branch transactions fall and digital banking accelerates
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January 23, 2019
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Jan'19
Facebook’s objections to court concerns over privacy more about ‘optics’ than facts
Facebook’s challenge to a High Court ruling that raises serious concerns about data transfers between Europe and the US is more about appearance than facts, lawyers for the Irish Data Protection Commission told Dublin's Supreme Court
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January 23, 2019
23
Jan'19
Veeam Cloud Tier adds tiered storage for backups in S3 clouds
Virtualisation backup specialist adds tiering of Veeam Availability Suite data to AWS, Azure and S3-compatible clouds, which can now also be used as a repository for its N2WS cloud-native backup
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January 23, 2019
23
Jan'19
IT leaders must address integration to support business ecosystem
New survey finds that for most businesses, digitisation initiatives are hampered by legacy IT and integration issues
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January 23, 2019
23
Jan'19
Singapore releases Asia’s first AI governance framework
The model framework will help businesses in Singapore tackle the ethical and governance challenges of AI implementations
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January 22, 2019
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Jan'19
XL Axiata teams up with Tibco in data science initiative
The Indonesia telco’s data scientists will be provided with data science tools from Tibco to uncover customer insights and improve network planning, among other goals
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January 22, 2019
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Jan'19
BigCommerce migrates 60,000 merchants from IBM and AWS to Google Cloud Platform
E-commerce platform provider BigCommerce has swapped out IBM and AWS for the Google Cloud Platform to help its users give their customers a faster, more responsive online shopping experience
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January 22, 2019
22
Jan'19
Marks & Spencer introduces photo search for online shopping
British retail brand Marks and Spencer has introduced a photo searching capability to its mobile site to help people find products they like using other images
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January 22, 2019
22
Jan'19
Mastercard fined over half a billion euros for unfair payment fees
Mastercard has been heavily fined for having rules on interchange fees which distorted the EU single market
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January 22, 2019
22
Jan'19
Davos 2019: Why data sharing is key to AI in Industry 4.0
Machines can learn from humans, but no one does the same job in the same way, so it makes sense to identify best practices
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January 22, 2019
22
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Virtus plots £500m colocation expansion with five datacentres planned for Slough and Hayes
Virtus Data Centres is continuing to build out its colocation footprint within the M25, with five facilities set to open during the next two years
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January 22, 2019
22
Jan'19
Facebook: US government does not engage in mass and indiscriminate surveillance
Social media giant challenges a ruling by Dublin’s High Court over a judgment that it says made ‘extraordinary and incorrect’ findings about the US legal system
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January 21, 2019
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Jan'19
Amazon shareholders demand halt in sales of image recognition tech to US government
Amazon shareholders want its board of directors to halt sales of its image recognition service to US law enforcers unless it can independently verify it's not being misused
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January 21, 2019
21
Jan'19
Thailand pushes for Industry 4.0 in ASEAN
Nearly half of the kingdom’s deliverables as chair of ASEAN will be focused on spurring Industry 4.0 developments across the region
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January 17, 2019
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Jan'19
Vodafone and IBM prep user clouds for future network tech
Companies expand existing collaboration to enable enterprise customers to prepare for the impact of advanced networking technologies
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January 16, 2019
16
Jan'19
Davos: World leaders need to grasp future technological risks
Technological advancement is both a benefit and risk to society, but often the risks are not identified until they are exploited
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January 16, 2019
16
Jan'19
CIO interview: David Jack, chief technology and product officer, Dunnhumby
Analytics pioneer’s CTPO is working to accelerate and scale up the company’s platforms, introduce new products and migrate to the cloud
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January 15, 2019
15
Jan'19
O2 powers customer-centric network with Nokia AI
Mobile operator O2 claims Nokia’s AI-driven Service Operation Center platform will help it anticipate its customers’ problems before they know they have problems
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January 15, 2019
15
Jan'19
Thousands of known errors on controversial Post Office computer system to be revealed
Known errors log concerning Horizon IT system set to be announced during second High Court trial in subpostmasters’ long-running dispute with Post Office over financial losses
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January 15, 2019
15
Jan'19
Less than half of firms able to detect IoT breaches, study shows
UK firms have one of the lowest internet-of-things device breach detection capabilities in Europe, a study reveals
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January 14, 2019
14
Jan'19
Why CIOs need to reshape desktop IT for Windows 7 end of support
With a year to go before Windows 7 reaches end of life, IT departments have more than just the operating system upgrade to consider
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January 11, 2019
11
Jan'19
AI application overlooked in cyber security research
Despite the proliferation of cyber security products and services claiming to be driven by artificial intelligence, the application of the technology is being overlooked by research, a study shows
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January 11, 2019
11
Jan'19
Artificial intelligence qualification helps law firm implement AI-powered business systems
International law firm Taylor Wessing wants to train staff in artificial intelligence so they can develop AI-powered business systems
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January 11, 2019
11
Jan'19
AWS pushes MongoDB compatible alternative as licences change
They probably didn't see that coming... MongoDB's switch to server-side licensing may have backfired, as AWS launches an API-compatible version
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January 11, 2019
11
Jan'19
CIO interview: Darren Curry, CDO, NHS Business Services Authority
NHS Business Services Authority chief digital officer Darren Curry talks about using technology to change people’s lives, developing accessible services and transforming the health service
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January 11, 2019
11
Jan'19
Microsoft takes community approach to artificial intelligence in Sweden
Microsoft is making increasing use of artificial intelligence in Sweden as it shares experiences with the development community
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January 10, 2019
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Jan'19
Enterprises are increasing the human workforce while deploying AI
Artificial intelligence is creating more jobs than it replaces, according to a study of businesses using the technology
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January 09, 2019
09
Jan'19
Mercedes-Benz collaborates with Nvidia on in-car supercomputer
Partners plan to work on an in-car computer for autonomous driving, and to replace existing in-car systems
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January 09, 2019
09
Jan'19
AWS ‘does not dominate’ cloud market, claims Amazon’s UK public policy chief
Amazon’s UK director of public policy, Lesley Smith, has told the House of Lords Communications Committee that Amazon is a “prevalent”, rather than “dominant” force in the cloud market
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January 08, 2019
08
Jan'19
Smart speakers set to own the consumer ecosystem
Consumers prefer to buy gadgets that are compatible with the digital voice assistants they already have in their homes
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January 08, 2019
08
Jan'19
Intel readies 10nm chips for AI, 5G and a new PC platform
During CES, Intel revealed how it would address the market opportunity in 5G and support AI inference
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January 08, 2019
08
Jan'19
Exxon joins IBM’s quantum committee as Q System One goes commercial
The Q System One is said to be the world’s first commercial quantum computer. ExxonMobil and CERN hope to exploit IBM’s latest tech
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January 08, 2019
08
Jan'19
CES 2019: Here plugs Alexa into in-car navigation service
Here, the former Nokia mapping unit now owned by a consortium of German carmakers, is to integrate Amazon Alexa with its navigation and location services
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January 08, 2019
08
Jan'19
Protego Labs launches serverless app security tool
Security professionals and developers now have a way to assess the security of their serverless applications with a new open source testing tool donated to Owasp
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January 08, 2019
08
Jan'19
Growth of on-premise tech hit by enterprise cloud demand in 2018, Synergy Research shows
Growth opportunities for on-premise technologies within the enterprise are starting to feel the pinch from cloud, claims Synergy Research's 2018 market review
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January 08, 2019
08
Jan'19
Downtime deterrent: Trustpilot SRE on using infrastructure as code to prevent site outages
Online reviews site Trustpilot has a huge global readership, and here its site reliability engineering manager shares details of how his team help to ensure its services are always on when its users need them
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January 07, 2019
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Jan'19
NHS Long-Term Plan to bring health service into the digital age
The long-term plan to transform the NHS by using Theresa May’s £20.5bn-a-year birthday present promises use of artificial intelligence, genomic testing and digital GP appointments for all
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January 07, 2019
07
Jan'19
Huawei debuts Arm-based chip, eyes broader server market
Huawei’s Kunpeng 920 processor is geared towards big data and infrastructure applications, marking its foray into Arm-based servers that are set to change the dynamics of the datacentre market
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January 04, 2019
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JP Morgan looks for someone to lead its blockchain developments
Bank seeks executive to take on blockchain role, with responsibility for creating technology to solve business challenges
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January 03, 2019
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Jan'19
M&A in action: How Majestic Wine paired with Naked Wines to fuel cloud-led digital transformation
Find out how the acquisition of online-only wine retailer Naked Wines in 2015 has shaped the digital transformation plans of its parent company Majestic Wine
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January 03, 2019
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Trust is key to Microsoft’s APAC cloud play
A senior Microsoft Asia executive talks up the company’s cloud momentum in the region, how it stands out from the pack, and its priorities in the new year
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January 02, 2019
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Jan'19
Guide dogs not fazed by self-driving robots
Robotics startup Starship Technologies and charity Guide Dogs are collaborating on a series of tests exploring how service animals interact with robots
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January 02, 2019
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How e-signatures fix broken digitisation
A big barrier to the end-to-end digitisation of business processes is that certain steps require paper – but DocuSign plans to fix this
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January 02, 2019
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Jan'19
Subpostmasters suing Post Office over IT failures stunned by CEO’s honour
Subpostmasters’ campaign group attacks Post Office CEO Paula Vennells’ New Year honour amid ongoing court case
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January 01, 2019
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Jan'19
SAP user group’s Cooper: Indirect licensing progress welcome but slow
SAP UK&I User Group chair Paul Cooper on the state of play between SAP and users: sanguine about end of ECC6; S/4 adoption growth steady, indirect licensing still an issue; and C/4 remains unknown
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December 31, 2018
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Dec'18
New Year’s Honours 2019 lauds women in IT and data specialists
The New Year’s Honours list 2019 features accolades for leading women in IT and data, as well as other specialists in data
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December 31, 2018
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Dec'18
Executive interview: Why Bet365 is going for Golang
If you face the same challenges as the web giants, why not choose a language developed by Google? We speak to Bet365’s head of sports development
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December 31, 2018
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Top 10 datacentre stories of 2018
Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 datacentre stories of 2018
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December 31, 2018
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Top 10 business applications stories of 2018
The steady modernisation of ERP systems, as they edge to the cloud and are complemented by new-generation customer software, was markedly evident this year. And blockchain and AI are making inroads
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December 28, 2018
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Top 10 HR technology stories of 2018
Companies are turning to artificial intelligence, robotic automation and chatbots to take the drudgery out of human resource management
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December 27, 2018
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Top 10 information management stories of 2018
Ethics was the leading theme of data analytics in 2018, especially allied with AI. The Cambridge Analytica controversy represented that, and the idea that the UK could specialise in AI ethics emerged
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December 24, 2018
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Top 10 IT security stories of 2018
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 IT security stories of 2018
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December 21, 2018
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Chief medical officer calls for data-driven health strategy
Health chief says data must be used to radically improve the nation’s health by 2040, using equipment such as wearable technologies
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December 21, 2018
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Less than a quarter of AI professionals are women
A report from the World Economic Forum has found there is a significant gender gap in artificial intelligence, and global gender parity will take 108 years to achieve
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December 21, 2018
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Top 10 AI stories of 2018
From smart speakers to deep learning and ethics, 2018 has been the year that AI peaked in terms of hype
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December 21, 2018
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Top 10 developer stories of 2018
Thanks to DevOps, the need for businesses to develop software more quickly and a thriving open source community, 2018 has been a good year for developers
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December 20, 2018
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Microsoft raises cloud prices for Australian enterprise customers
Despite the price hike, Microsoft claims its Azure service remains competitively priced, with opportunities for additional savings
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December 20, 2018
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Top 10 financial services stories of 2018
Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 financial services stories of 2018
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December 19, 2018
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Top 10 Australia IT stories of 2018
Australia continues to cement its position as a leader in mastering and deploying advanced information and communications technology across a large segment of its economy
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December 18, 2018
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Ancient Britain comes to life at Bath’s 5G testbed
The West of England Combined Authority is running a 5G Smart Tourism project at Bath’s world-famous Roman spa
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December 18, 2018
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Defra unveils green government tech vision
Printing reams of paper and travelling to meetings are among the areas targeted in the new, green ICT makeover
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December 18, 2018
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HSBC taking data analysis service to business customers
HSBC is upping its search for artificial intelligence expertise as it takes a data analytics service to its business customers
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December 18, 2018
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Top 10 Nordic IT stories for 2018
Here are Computer Weekly's top 10 Nordic articles for 2018, with a look back at CIO interviews and the effect of AI on the region
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December 17, 2018
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Top 10 ASEAN stories of 2018
Organisations across Southeast Asia have been doubling down on efforts to take the lead in digital transformation initiatives
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December 17, 2018
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Financial services giant transforms application delivery through HCL
Dutch financial services firm Aegon is outsourcing the management of its fintech supplier network
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December 17, 2018
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Dec'18
Autonomous submersible, Arggonauts, uses Dell for remote data processing
Getting data to the sea floor is near impossible in the deep sea because there is no GPS and no quick way to communicate with the surface
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December 14, 2018
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UK named sixth-biggest consumer of cloud services in EU
European statistics agency’s survey into the cloud usage habits of EU member states reveals the UK to be among the continent’s biggest consumers of off-premise services
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December 14, 2018
14
Dec'18
Paris latest city to join Tech Global Advocates
The city of Paris is the latest to join the Tech Global Advocates network, offering a life raft to fintechs in the UK that want to retain customers across Europe
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December 13, 2018
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Machine identity protection development gets funding boost
Cyber security firm Venafi has launched a development fund aimed at accelerating the delivery of protection for machine identities
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December 13, 2018
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Dec'18
Chief technology officers in high demand in finance sector
Financial services firms need to hire experienced chief technology officers as the sector is transformed through fintech
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December 12, 2018
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Dec'18
Interview: Dheeraj Pandey, CEO, Nutanix
It may be known for hyper-converged infrastructure, but Nutanix now has its head in the clouds
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December 12, 2018
12
Dec'18
Christmas charity appeal increases donations with cloud-based comms
St Martin-in-the-Fields Charity is using a pop-up cloud contact centre from supplier Sesui to help run its annual Christmas appeal in partnership with the BBC
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December 12, 2018
12
Dec'18
High-flying clouds: AWS bucks traditional business growth trends with help from the enterprise
The Amazon Web Services (AWS) public cloud juggernaut continues to go from strength to strength from quarter to quarter, but what is fuelling its non-traditional revenue growth trends?
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December 11, 2018
11
Dec'18
Tibco’s Orchestra acquisition will mean ‘faster IT integration’
Tibco’s strategic acquisition of Paris-based Orchestra networks will ‘benefit customers of both companies’
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December 10, 2018
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Dec'18
O2 expected to pursue Ericsson for compensation over 24-hour stoppage
Mobile network operator could seek up to £100m in damages from its supplier, which failed to update expired software certificates, causing a day-long outage
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December 07, 2018
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Dec'18
Hybrid cloud in Australian government removes supplier lock-in
Australian public sector could take the hybrid approach to cloud computing as government’s digital transformation strategy moves ahead
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December 07, 2018
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Dec'18
Court orders Post Office to explain inability to access encrypted file
Post Office unable to open encrypted recording of an interview that forms part of its evidence in High Court case
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December 07, 2018
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Dec'18
Complex Post Office Horizon case set to continue into 2020
Court case where subpostmasters are suing the Post Office set to span at least four trials and extend into 2020
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December 06, 2018
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Software failure paralyses O2’s 4G network
O2 is racing to fix a major outage on its 4G network that has left millions of mobile subscribers without access to data services
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December 06, 2018
06
Dec'18
Asean firms dive into microservices for competitive edge
While microservices has become a buzzword linked with digital transformation, it is no magic bullet for development woes
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December 05, 2018
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Dec'18
Symantec unveils AI-based protection for critical infrastructure
Cyber security firm has unveiled what it claims to be the industry’s first neural network to protect critical infrastructure from USB-borne malware attacks
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December 05, 2018
05
Dec'18
IT monitoring tops uses for machine data analytics
Advanced analytics is being deployed to make sense of the masses of machine data in IT operation, but complex environments is making this harder
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December 04, 2018
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How Docker plans to help businesses get around Windows Server 2008
Microsoft will end support for Windows Server 2008 in 2020. Many applications will fail to upgrade to the latest server OS. But Docker has a plan
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December 04, 2018
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Dec'18
‘Open-minded’ DVSA cuts cost of MOT testing
Government agency harnesses customised open source platform to ensure data security while cutting costs and plans to extend its MOT testing capability to do the same for drivers’ theory tests
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December 04, 2018
04
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Financial institutions’ data at risk despite security spending
Despite increased spending on cyber security, digital transformation and advanced attacks mean financial institutions’ data is still at risk, a report reveals
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December 04, 2018
04
Dec'18
Zopa gains banking licence and prepares launch
Peer-to-peer lending pioneer Zopa is turning its attention to retail banking in the UK, with plans to offer savings, credit and money management products
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December 04, 2018
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Barclays staff to transfer to HCL as IT deal is expanded
Bank announces closure of operation in Lithuania, with employees transferring to IT services company HCL
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December 04, 2018
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Dec'18
Lloyds to use core banking technology from Google-inspired UK fintech
Banking group explores cloud-based core banking technology as part of a major transformation programme
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December 03, 2018
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Dec'18
Ada Lovelace Institute gets board to drive AI research for social good
The Nuffield Foundation has appointed a board to lead the development of the Ada Lovelace Institute as an artificial intelligence and data research body trained on social good
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December 03, 2018
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Dec'18
UK government commits to opening up data in bid to push adoption of AI
Opening up data is vital to government plans to push adoption of artificial intelligence across all sectors of the UK economy
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November 30, 2018
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Government mobilises to persuade tech sector to endorse May-EU deal
Jeremy Wright, the secretary of state at the Department for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport, says the prime minister’s deal with the European Union will be good for UK tech, ensuring free flow of data
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November 30, 2018
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CCRC may hold off subpostmaster decision until after Post Office Horizon trial
The Criminal Courts Review Commission is deciding whether to delay its decision on subpostmasters’ claims of wrongful prosecution until after a related court case
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November 30, 2018
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How to manage software auditor independence
A recent report has shown that the Big Four audit firms often work for the major software providers to conduct software licence audits
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November 30, 2018
30
Nov'18
APAC healthcare providers reaping digital transformation returns
Digital transformation could potentially double the improvements in integrated care by 2020, study finds
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November 29, 2018
29
Nov'18
Interview: Sam Lowe, chief technology officer, Streetbees
Streetbees’ first IT chief brings artificial intelligence expertise to help the tech startup deliver a hive of data for its customers
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November 29, 2018
29
Nov'18
AWS on why it is finally joining the blockchain bandwagon
AWS CEO Andy Jassy opens up about the company’s earlier misgivings about the real user need for blockchain technologies