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• July 13, 2022 13 Jul'22

  Freight forwarding and logistics firm gains extra mileage through CallSwitch UCaaS

  International logistics firm achieves improved business efficiency by replacing legacy VoIP system with hosted telephony solution supporting unified collaboration and communications platform

• July 13, 2022 13 Jul'22

  July Patch Tuesday brings more than 80 fixes, one zero-day

  While some admins can put their feet up and let Windows Autopatch do the hard work of updating their Microsoft estates, for the rest of us, the Patch Tuesday bandwagon keeps on keeping on

• July 13, 2022 13 Jul'22

  ICO calls for review into government use of private email and WhatsApp messages

  Information Commissioner’s Office reprimands Department of Health and Social Care after ministers and officials conducted government business on their own email accounts and messaging apps

• July 13, 2022 13 Jul'22

  NHS trust cuts costs and refresh cycle with Wasabi cloud storage

  Imperial College NHS Trust expects to saves 30% in storage costs and cut back on five-year refresh headaches in a move that has seen backup and archive data move to the Wasabi cloud

• July 12, 2022 12 Jul'22

  UK homeworking more than doubles since 2019

  Office for National Statistics roundup of the latest data and analysis on the UK economy, business and jobs finds the number of people working from home in the UK increased by 108.8% between October to December 2019 and January to March 2022

• July 12, 2022 12 Jul'22

  First cohort of data science professionals certified by AfDSP

  The Alliance for Data Science Professionals has certified its first cohort, with the imprimatur of the UK’s national statistician, Ian Diamond

• July 12, 2022 12 Jul'22

  Is time running out for legacy payments technology used by banks?

  The company bringing Google-like processing to core banking for banks has added the same proposition in payments

• July 12, 2022 12 Jul'22

  Ordnance Survey research reveals sustainability projects as hot for software developers

  According to research by Ordnance Survey, sustainability projects are emerging as hot zones for software developers, attracted by the chance to do some good as well as make good money

• July 12, 2022 12 Jul'22

  Microsoft Windows Autopatch now generally available

  Microsoft customers with Windows Enterprise E3 and E5 licences can now take full advantage of its new automated patching service

• July 11, 2022 11 Jul'22

  NetApp Ontap to be sole vSAN storage alternative in the cloud

  NetApp Ontap storage will provide file access capacity to extend VMware data stores in AWS, Microsoft Azure and Google clouds as a cheaper alternative to VMware vSAN

• July 11, 2022 11 Jul'22

  Microsoft VBA macro block will return

  Microsoft provides more details about its sudden decision to rollback a landmark security policy, and reassures users it is a temporary measure

• July 08, 2022 08 Jul'22

  How Bank BPD Bali modernised its datacentre infrastructure

  The Indonesian bank has deployed the Nutanix Cloud Platform in a move to modernise its datacentre infrastructure and pave the way towards hybrid and multi-cloud

• July 08, 2022 08 Jul'22

  Microsoft appears to reverse VBA macro-blocking

  Microsoft quietly reverses VBA macro-blocking across its Office portfolio in a move that has left security experts puzzled

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  CIO interview: Carl Dawson, CIO, Asda

  As the IT handover from Walmart looms, Asda CIO Carl Dawson explains how the business is renewing all of its technology, putting the retailer in the rare position of being able to start from scratch

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  Vodafone and Google Cloud collaboration gives rise to AI Booster platform

  Vodafone and Google Cloud have gone public with details of a jointly created artificial intelligence platform that is already live in more than 18 countries

• July 06, 2022 06 Jul'22

  Most APAC banks to spend more on cloud this year

  More than nine in 10 banks across Asia-Pacific are increasing their cloud spending in 2022 after years of hesitation due to initial regulatory hurdles

• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  Juniper Networks looks to drive sustainable business with Cloud Metro

  AI-driven networks provider claims industry first, with automation-driven metro networking service to deliver highest independently rated power efficiency, TCO reduction and industry-leading performance

• July 05, 2022 05 Jul'22

  Legacy UK customs system stops accepting registration requests

  HMRC closes new applications to legacy customs system as its shutdown nears

• July 04, 2022 04 Jul'22

  MPs call for ban on Chinese surveillance camera technology

  Nearly 70 MPs have called on the government to ban Chinese camera technology that is widely used by UK government agencies despite links to human rights abuses in China

• July 04, 2022 04 Jul'22

  Government rejects Lords police tech inquiry recommendations

  The government has largely rejected the findings and recommendations of a House of Lords inquiry into police tech, which called for an overhaul of how police deploy artificial intelligence and algorithmic technologies

• July 04, 2022 04 Jul'22

  How Lenovo is making the transition into services

  Although Lenovo is late to the as-a-service game, it is making headway through its One Lenovo and services-led transformation strategies, says a top company executive

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  BT unveils connectivity solution to accelerate digital transformation

  Connected Cloud Edge combines telco’s networking and cyber security expertise with infrastructure from Equinix to accelerate customers’ digital transformation

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  Subpostmaster campaigning forces government to set up compensation scheme and make interim payments

  Subpostmaster campaign group is a step closer to achieving what it was originally set up to do as government launches compensation scheme for its members who did not receive fair payouts

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  H&M Group tries Google Cloud on for size as omnichannel push gathers pace

  H&M Group has tapped up Google Cloud to add data analytics and machine learning capabilities to its omnichannel strategy

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  Independent scrutiny brought into compensation negotiations for wrongly prosecuted subpostmasters

  Former Supreme Court judge will offer his view on the valuation of compensation for wrongly convicted subpostmasters

• June 30, 2022 30 Jun'22

  India gears up for 5G but challenges remain

  The country’s upcoming spectrum auction marks the start of larger scale deployments of 5G in the subcontinent, but telcos will need to find a way to address high infrastructure costs and monetise their investments

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  Urgent need for new laws to govern biometrics, legal review finds

  Independent review says new framework is needed to clear up legal and ethical concerns over the use of biometric data and technologies, which can impact privacy, freedom of expression and other human rights

• June 29, 2022 29 Jun'22

  Inside Bendigo and Adelaide Bank’s cloud journey

  With a strong DevOps culture, Australian bank has been moving its most important applications to the cloud in a journey that has already reaped returns

• June 28, 2022 28 Jun'22

  African health charity integrates digital tools with Cognizant

  IT services supplier is working with African health charity to integrate digital tools through a five-month project

• June 28, 2022 28 Jun'22

  Proposed changes to copyright law open doors for AI data mining

  Update to copyright law will mean researchers who already have access to data will not require extra permission from copyright owner to run data mining algorithms, removing barriers to artificial intelligence research and development

• June 28, 2022 28 Jun'22

  Veritas aims at autonomous backup discovery and provisioning

  Veritas bets on a backup platform that can discover all enterprise data – on-premise and in the cloud – and make its own decisions about the optimal place to store copies

• June 28, 2022 28 Jun'22

  Organisations struggling to support remote and hybrid employees

  Digital workplace productivity report reveals limited workplace technology availability sees average worker operating at 60% capacity

• June 28, 2022 28 Jun'22

  How MSD is harnessing AI

  MSD’s global lead for artificial intelligence discusses what it will take for the technology to realise its full potential in healthcare

• June 27, 2022 27 Jun'22

  Manchester Airports Group taps Rise with SAP service to speed recovery

  Manchester Airports Group, which includes London Stansted and East Midlands as well as Manchester, has chosen SAP’s Rise package, on AWS, as it seeks to ‘build back smarter’ post-pandemic

• June 27, 2022 27 Jun'22

  China’s Cyclone Robotics eyes APAC market

  One of China’s largest suppliers of robotic process automation software has made a foray into Asia-Pacific, leveraging its bot management and ‘human-in-the-loop’ capabilities

• June 24, 2022 24 Jun'22

  Ministers and MPs outline vision for digital economy

  Government ministers and MPs met with the tech sector to discuss the UK’s digital strategy, the future of work, and how to deal with the country’s tech skills deficit

• June 24, 2022 24 Jun'22

  Weka scale-out NAS v4 goes beyond just AWS to go multicloud

  Weka v4’s multicloud capability means the scale-out NAS file system can work across customer datacentres and public clouds that include AWS, Azure, GCP and Oracle

• June 24, 2022 24 Jun'22

  Developers grapple with open source software security

  Software developers are taking longer to fix vulnerabilities and many do not know about the dependencies of open source software components they are using, study finds

• June 23, 2022 23 Jun'22

  SolarWinds unveils new development model to avoid a repeat of Sunburst

  SolarWinds has unveiled a new, secure-by-design software development model to protect itself from a repeat of the infamous 2020 cyber attack on its systems, and serve as a blueprint for the industry

• June 23, 2022 23 Jun'22

  PagerDuty expands Japan presence with joint venture

  PagerDuty forms joint venture with Japan Cloud and is eyeing business from financial, telecoms and e-commerce companies as it seeks to grow its footprint in Japan

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  Uber drivers strike over pay issues and algorithmic transparency

  Unionised Uber drivers take industrial action against the company over its failure to pay workers in line with a Supreme Court decision and inflation, as well as the lack of transparency around how it uses their data

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  Packaging, translation to the fore in Zoom platform evolution

  Collaboration and conferencing company brings together options for persistent chat, phone, meetings, whiteboard and other features into a single, scalable package

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  Public cloud ecosystem revenue soars in line with enterprise demand for services during Q1

  Demand for public cloud and related ecosystem services continues to grow, fuelling revenue growth for the market’s various players

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  CIO interview: Simon Liste, chief information technology officer, Pension Protection Fund

  While aspects of the PPF’s three-year digital transformation plan were delayed by the pandemic, the organisation is now pressing ahead with widespread improvements to IT

• June 22, 2022 22 Jun'22

  How TDCX is building a people-centric business

  Every digital tool deployed by the Singapore-based services firm is aimed at augmenting the performance and experience of its employees, says TDCX’s group CIO, Byron Fernandez

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Post Office IT investigator to be released from confidentiality obligations for inquiry

  Forensic accounting firm that ‘knows where the bodies are buried’ will be released from confidentiality obligations by the Post Office to give evidence to public inquiry

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  CIO interview: Mark Bramwell, CIO, Saïd Business School

  After seven years in the job, there are still fresh challenges for the IT leader, including a second digital strategy to deliver

• June 21, 2022 21 Jun'22

  Microsoft Office 365 has ability to ‘spy’ on workers

  Microsoft faces calls for ‘transparency’ over tools in Office 365 that allow employers to read staff emails and monitor their computer use at work

• June 20, 2022 20 Jun'22

  Hyundai taps Singtel’s 5G network in electric vehicle manufacturing

  Automotive giant is tapping Singtel’s 5G network and multi-access edge computing platform to manage and power its electric vehicle factory in Singapore

• June 20, 2022 20 Jun'22

  Minister says compensation offer to 555 subpostmasters close

  Government minister says an announcement on subpostmaster compensation could be made within weeks