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October 19, 2021
19
Oct'21
Zopa becomes unicorn with latest funds to go to bank operation
Zopa will invest in its growing digital bank operation after becoming a unicorn in its latest fund-raising round
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October 19, 2021
19
Oct'21
What will the 2025 end of life mean for enterprise Windows 10?
Businesses have until 2025 to migrate to Windows 11, but older hardware may need updating and there’s a chip crisis
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October 19, 2021
19
Oct'21
VMware refines cross-cloud strategy
VMware’s CTO Kit Colbert talks up the evolution of the company’s cross-cloud strategy and how it stands out from other suppliers eyeing the multicloud pie
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October 19, 2021
19
Oct'21
Making machine learning operational
As artificial intelligence matures, IT departments will need to take control of change management and governance of data models
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October 18, 2021
18
Oct'21
Singapore pulls ahead with public sector 5G trials
Singapore’s public sector organisations are testing the use of 5G connectivity to remotely operate an autonomous vehicle for road-sweeping, among other use cases
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October 18, 2021
18
Oct'21
Gitex 2021: Avaya builds up AI experience to boost collaboration
New communications and collaboration ecosystem launched to enable customers to achieve better business outcomes in the experience economy and the new hybrid working mode
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October 17, 2021
17
Oct'21
Graphcore opens Southeast Asia hub in Singapore
The AI chipmaker is looking to expand its sales teams and hire more engineers to support customer deployments in Singapore and the rest of Southeast Asia
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October 15, 2021
15
Oct'21
Manchester City teams up with Qualtrics for fan experience management
Manchester City is teaming up with online survey software firm Qualtrics, part-owned by long-term City Football Group supplier SAP, to engage more intelligently with the football club’s fanbase
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October 15, 2021
15
Oct'21
Global IT outsourcing sees record spending and no sign of slowing
Cloud services are being taken up by enterprises rapidly as they accelerate digital transformations
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October 14, 2021
14
Oct'21
HPE’s GreenLake strategy pays off in APAC
HPE’s transition to an as-a-service company is paying off in Asia-Pacific where it witnessed one of the strongest quarters, thanks in part to rising demand for services
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October 14, 2021
14
Oct'21
SocGen to cull thousands of jobs and move to single IT platform in merger with subsidiary
French bank’s move to a single banking platform will enable it to cater for changing customer demands
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October 14, 2021
14
Oct'21
CIO interview: Cynthia Stoddard, CIO, Adobe
Leading IT at one of the world’s best-known software companies brings its own challenges and opportunities around digital transformation
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October 14, 2021
14
Oct'21
Generation Novel hybrid workers bring new demands and risks
Aruba survey warns business leaders that they must strike a balance between flexibility and security to address risky behaviours and evolving expectations of today’s tech-savvy workforce
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October 13, 2021
13
Oct'21
Modern SaaS shifts core ERP architectures
There are numerous ways to achieve the same result. Salesforce, Microsoft and Microsoft offer a different way to consider enterprise systems
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October 13, 2021
13
Oct'21
Post Office Horizon scandal inquiry announces first public hearing
Public inquiry into the Post Office Horizon scandal will hold its first public hearing next month
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October 13, 2021
13
Oct'21
Microsoft warns of MysterySnail on October Patch Tuesday
Microsoft has fixed a zero-day that is being actively exploited to deliver a new remote access trojan dubbed MysterySnail to targets
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October 12, 2021
12
Oct'21
BCS calls on government to retain protections against AI
BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, wants the government to retain protections that allow people to have decisions about them made by an AI reviewed by humans if needed
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October 12, 2021
12
Oct'21
Ban UK police use of facial-recognition, House of Lords told
Experts giving evidence to the House of Lords have said that UK police use of facial-recognition technology is disproportionate and ineffective, and further questioned the utility of algorithmic crime ‘prediction’ tools
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October 12, 2021
12
Oct'21
Morgan Stanley brings diverse fintech innovation to London
US bank expands its diversity-focused fintech accelerator programme to Europe with an initial £1m investment
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October 12, 2021
12
Oct'21
Nearly half of finance firms will acquire or partner fintechs in next year
UK financial services firms are preparing to acquire or partner fintechs as they target business growth
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October 12, 2021
12
Oct'21
AI estimated to provide 10% boost to UK GDP by 2030
AI has financial benefits but there are concerns the technology could displace a significant number of human workers in the next decade, says report
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October 11, 2021
11
Oct'21
UnaBiz raises $25m in Series B funding
Regional IoT tech supplier will use the funds to strengthen its foothold in key markets and develop new products and services
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October 08, 2021
08
Oct'21
Oracle, Noovle, TIM team on multicloud services in Italy
Collaborators aims to accelerate digital transformation of Italian enterprises and public sector organisations
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October 08, 2021
08
Oct'21
Talent sits everywhere with hybrid work powered by mobile and artificial intelligence
Cisco’s Hybrid work index reveals insights on people’s preferences, habits and technology usage in the era of hybrid work
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October 08, 2021
08
Oct'21
Need for work equity and total meeting equality in world of hybrid work
Research into the evolution of the workplace in the wake of Covid shows hybrid workers embracing anytime working as office culture ‘changes for ever’, but concerns over discrimination, career progression and noise weigh on employees’ minds
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October 08, 2021
08
Oct'21
Craft beer specialist Brewdog fixes serious app vulnerability
Vulnerability in brewer’s mobile app could have resulted in serious consequences for its shareholders and customers
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October 08, 2021
08
Oct'21
Telstra connects direct to Microsoft Azure and Operator Connect for Microsoft Teams
Australia-based global carrier enhances connectivity to Microsoft cloud services and provides an integrated calling experience via flagship collaboration service
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October 08, 2021
08
Oct'21
How Zoom is growing its APAC business
Zoom is driving its growth in Asia-Pacific by embedding business processes into video communications, supporting the hybrid workplace and expanding its headcount in the region
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October 07, 2021
07
Oct'21
How data drives Air Canada’s cargo business
Data-driven insights and artificial intelligence are helping Air Canada to find a new business path as it expands its cargo business following the pandemic
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October 07, 2021
07
Oct'21
Ron Thompson, CDO, Nasa: Mind the data gap
Data is the crown jewels of business, but is often siloed. We speak to the chief data officer at Nasa about developing a data integration culture
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October 07, 2021
07
Oct'21
How VMware is tackling the Indian market
VMware is eyeing growing opportunities in India around cloud-native application development, remote work as well as 5G and edge computing, says VMware president Sumit Dhawan
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October 06, 2021
06
Oct'21
MEPs approve report opposing certain uses of AI by police
European policymakers have approved a report on the use of AI in criminal matters, rejecting several amendments in the process that would have made it easier for police to potentially conduct predictive analytics and biometric surveillance
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October 06, 2021
06
Oct'21
Tech Nation adds 30 fintech scaleups to growth programme as funding continues to rise
UK government-backed startup network adds 30 fintechs to its growth programme amid record investments in finance tech sector
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October 06, 2021
06
Oct'21
Apache web server users urged to patch immediately
New zero-day in Apache HTTP Server is already being actively exploited and must be addressed immediately
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October 06, 2021
06
Oct'21
Ocado gets closer to autonomous delivery with Wayve trial
Startup Wayve takes what it believes is a different approach to autonomous driving by modelling the behaviour of a driver
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October 06, 2021
06
Oct'21
Aetos to deploy Singtel MEC for security operations
Security firm Aetos will use Singtel’s multi-access edge computing platform to run applications such as surveillance robots, drones and video analytics at its security command centre
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October 05, 2021
05
Oct'21
Microsoft’s financial services cloud available next month
Financial finance sector-focused cloud service will be available at the beginning of November
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October 05, 2021
05
Oct'21
Australian organisations lack maturity in responsible AI
Most Australian organisations are still in the early stages of their responsible artificial intelligence efforts despite growing use of AI by businesses and consumers, study finds
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October 04, 2021
04
Oct'21
Nexustorage aims at file and block access to object storage
New Zealand-based startup to release Nexfs, which chops files into sub-file chunks and tiers them off to cheap and deep object stores with NFS and iSCSAI access for Posix applications
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October 04, 2021
04
Oct'21
Chancellor uses Tory Party conference speech to announce AI scholarships
Artificial intelligence holds the key to unlocking productivity, and developing the right skills to harness this potential was one of the focal points at the Tory Party conference
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October 04, 2021
04
Oct'21
How GYG Singapore moved to paperless contracts
The Singapore franchisee of Mexican cuisine specialist Guzman y Gomez has turned to electronic agreements and digital signatures to ease the administrative burden on its HR team
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October 01, 2021
01
Oct'21
Met Police purchase new retrospective facial-recognition system
Retrospective facial-recognition software purchased for £3m by the Met Police will be deployed in coming months amid continuing controversy around the use of biometric technologies by law enforcement bodies
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September 30, 2021
30
Sep'21
Digital bank fined by regulator due to weak anti-money laundering controls
German digital bank is fined by financial services regulator for failing in relation to its anti-money laundering practices
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September 30, 2021
30
Sep'21
Team leaders urged to address developer mental health
The pandemic led to many developers working from home, and many have experienced burnout
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September 30, 2021
30
Sep'21
NTT strengthens Microsoft alliance to support shift to hybrid working
Technology and business solutions provider enriches enterprise telephony and connectivity with IT giant’s Operator Connect for Teams to assist users’ support for the new normal or working
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September 29, 2021
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Sep'21
Security boost in Windows 11 limits PC reuse
Microsoft has put a lot of emphasis on improving security in Windows 11, but this comes at a cost as old hardware is no longer supported
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September 29, 2021
29
Sep'21
Blue Prism deal adds RPA to Tibco software product range
Robotic process automation provides another piece of the jigsaw in Tibco’s drive to be a data company
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September 29, 2021
29
Sep'21
AWS launches programme to advance health equity
The $40m global health equity programme will fund projects that improve health outcomes for underserved communities
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September 28, 2021
28
Sep'21
How one red team exercise averted a new SolarWinds-style attack
Palo Alto Networks shares details of how its red teamers found and sealed a customer vulnerability that could have led to another SolarWinds-style supply chain attack
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September 28, 2021
28
Sep'21
Pure launches Fusion cloud control layer for storage
Pure Fusion is a storage control plane across cloud and datacentre. Portworx Data Services also launches to provide database management for container storage platform