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December 14, 2020
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Google services outage: Gmail, YouTube and Docs temporarily down
Google’s services suffered unexpected downtime on 14 December 2020. Gmail, YouTube, Google Drive, the Android Play Store and its maps service all affected
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December 14, 2020
14
Dec'20
Giffgaff goes AWS to drive operational transformation
UK mobile virtual network operator selects Amazon cloud as part of plan to accelerate innovation and enhance new services
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December 14, 2020
14
Dec'20
Zoom, Google Meet, TikTok dominate mobile app downloads in 2020
Study from leading analytics firm reveals how 2020’s mobile app arena has been transformed through Covid-19, and how the app providers are setting up for 2021
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December 14, 2020
14
Dec'20
Digital Ethics Summit 2020: governance key to inclusive post-Covid economic recovery
Pluralism key to developing and deploying technologies for an inclusive post-Covid economic recovery, according to a panel at Digital Ethics Summit 2020
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December 14, 2020
14
Dec'20
Appointment of disgraced former Post Office executive at Welsh FA questioned by MP
The appointment of a former Post Office executive, who tried to mislead a judge, in the Football Association of Wales has been questioned by an MP
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December 13, 2020
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Dec'20
Singapore trials beacons to bolster police operations
Police beacons equipped with video cameras, sirens, floodlights and speakers are being deployed at two parks to improve public safety in a year-long trial
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December 11, 2020
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Dec'20
Disputed PostgreSQL bug exploited in cryptomining botnet
PGMiner cryptomining botnet remained unnoticed by exploiting a disputed CVE in PostgreSQL
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December 11, 2020
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Dec'20
History made as subpostmasters wrongly prosecuted in Horizon IT scandal have convictions quashed
Six subpostmasters who were wrongly prosecuted for accounting shortfalls caused by computer errors have their convictions quashed after years of campaigning
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December 11, 2020
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Dec'20
Cisco accelerates collaboration with ‘wave’ of Webex enhancements and plans
Reacting to the new normal ahead of all organisations and as part of a major overhaul of its conferencing and collaboration options, network technology and solutions giant unveils Webex portfolio overhaul and intent to buy audience interaction ...
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December 11, 2020
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Dec'20
Agility key to pandemic recovery, say APAC CFOs
Chief financial officers in the Asia-Pacific region call for financial transformation to bring about the agility that their organisations need to tide over the pandemic
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December 10, 2020
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Dec'20
Cato boosts network management with SASE cloud API
GraphQL-based API designed to extract security and networking information globally with a single request allows enterprises to automate provisioning and management of SASE deployments from third-party platforms
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December 10, 2020
10
Dec'20
Alan Turing Institute appoints global advisory board to aid digital identity schemes project
The Alan Turing Institute announces an international advisory board for a project investigating digital identity schemes, with a view to building the technology and organisational infrastructure to sustain them as trustworthy
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December 10, 2020
10
Dec'20
DCMS’s Whittingdale: National Data Strategy enters post-consultation phase
Minister for media and data tells TechUK’s Digital Ethics summit that the long-awaited national data strategy has entered a new, post-consultation phase, and that the UK is set to show international leadership on digital and data in 2021
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December 10, 2020
10
Dec'20
AWS eyes mainframe workloads
Amazon Web Services is doubling down on efforts to help its partners address the growing demand for capabilities to migrate mainframe workloads to the cloud
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December 09, 2020
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Dec'20
Gousto uses PagerDuty to cope with lockdown business boom
The recipe box startup has seen a huge growth in demand for its products as people shop for online dinners, which put a strain on its helpdesk
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December 09, 2020
09
Dec'20
Patch Tuesday: Microsoft presents just 58 CVEs for Christmas
The final Patch Tuesday of 2020 contains 58 fixes, a minnow compared to some recent drops, but many are still of high importance
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December 09, 2020
09
Dec'20
Top IT predictions in APAC in 2021
The Asia-Pacific region will continue to be a cradle for technology innovation in the new year, whether it is 5G services, artificial intelligence, cloud computing or cyber security
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December 08, 2020
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Dec'20
SMEs need to acknowledge remote working lessons to prosper post-Covid
Research from integrated cloud communications platform provider finds that over two-fifths of SME employees believe that, with effective communication tools, productivity would be the most improved business challenge in the “new normal”
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December 08, 2020
08
Dec'20
Remote working issues block path to success for medium-sized businesses
Nearly a third of European workers at mid-sized organisations feel disengaged and unmotivated due to issues with technology while working remotely
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December 08, 2020
08
Dec'20
Tesco uses Netcall to speed up insurance claims process
An in-house team has used a low-code platform from Netcall to develop an application for Tesco Underwriting
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December 08, 2020
08
Dec'20
AWS to open Melbourne cloud region in 2022
Amazon Web Services’ second Australian cloud region is part of its growing infrastructure investments in the maturing cloud market
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December 07, 2020
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Dec'20
Cisco aims for enhanced engagement with IMImobile acquisition
Network technology and solutions giant makes strategic acquisition of cloud communications software and services provider to embed omnichannel engagement into customer experience-as-a-service
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December 07, 2020
07
Dec'20
Singapore government to boost blockchain adoption
Singapore government unveils S$12m programme to promote development and adoption of blockchain applications beyond financial services
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December 06, 2020
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Dec'20
China lags US in computer vision
China trails the US in the field of computer vision despite making inroads in computing and research, new report finds
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December 04, 2020
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Dec'20
Government data quality framework geared to overcome poorly organised data
The Office for National Statistics has published guidelines aimed at improving “disorganised” public sector data
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December 04, 2020
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Dec'20
Avast and Borsetta to support Intel’s AI security project
Security firm Avast and AI security specialist Borsetta have signed up to support an Intel-led artificial intelligence security research project
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December 03, 2020
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Dec'20
Dreamforce 2020: Hyperforce shifts Salesforce to public cloud
Salesforce COO Bret Taylor announced “Hyperforce” during Marc Benioff’s opening keynote at the virtual version of the supplier’s 2020 Dreamforce event in San Francisco
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December 03, 2020
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Dec'20
S/4 Hana projects come off back burner, but skills shortage impedes progress
UK and Ireland SAP User Group members set to ramp up S/4 ERP migration projects, but skills shortage and retirement of SAP managers in user organisations are a concern
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December 03, 2020
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Dec'20
Bank of England enlists development partner to unlock cloud
Bank has agreed a two-year deal with a cloud development platform provider as it seeks to take its cloud journey to the next level
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December 02, 2020
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Dec'20
How IoT keeps water flowing in rural communities
Non-profit organisation Charity: water has built an internet-of-things device packed with sensors to keep wells in remote parts of Africa and Asia flowing with clean water
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December 02, 2020
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Dec'20
RingCentral notes unified communications gains with PCCW Global private network
Global infrastructure provider implements private network to enable unified collaboration and contact centre systems firm to augment and scale networks to accommodate rapid growth and spikes in demand
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December 02, 2020
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Dec'20
Re:Invent 2020: AWS CEO Andy Jassy on redefining hybrid cloud
Amazon Web Services’ Re:Invent user conference has moved online this year, with the firm’s CEO using the opening keynote to explain how AWS’s take on hybrid cloud has changed over time
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December 02, 2020
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Dec'20
Salesforce confirms rumoured Slack acquisition on eve of Dreamforce 2020
Salesforce has announced a $27.7bn stock and cash acquisition of Slack ahead of the virtual iteration of its Dreamforce 2020 event
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December 02, 2020
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Dec'20
Comms giants flow to edge of Amazon to boost 5G enterprise, industrial applications
Vodafone and Verizon announce partnerships with cloud giant to offer edge computing for use cases including autonomous vehicles, security, smart cities, healthcare and live interactive video streaming
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December 02, 2020
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Dec'20
CIO interview: John Davison, First Central Group
For the last nine years, John Davison has provided an IT strategy to drive business operations. Automation is the next phase of that strategy
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December 02, 2020
02
Dec'20
CIO interview: Danny Attias, chief digital and information officer, Anthony Nolan
Digital transformation takes on a whole new purpose when it's helping to save lives – but leading IT for a charity also has its satisfying technology challenges
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December 02, 2020
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Dec'20
Singapore government remains ‘juicy target’ for cyber attackers
The government is baking security into the design and implementation of its IT systems and looking to increase bug bounties to fend off cyber threats
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December 01, 2020
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Dec'20
Zoom revenue bonanza continues into third quarter
Breakout video conferencing firm continues strong run and in third quarter shows ongoing influx of customers
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December 01, 2020
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Wayra partners with UK government for Latin American scaleup project
Two scaleups from three Latin American countries – Argentina, Chile and Uruguay – will be selected by a project that will help the growing firms expand overseas into the UK market
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December 01, 2020
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Dec'20
Government covers its ears as complaint by victims of Post Office abuse heads to ombudsman
Government denies responsibility for the abuse inflicted on subpostmasters by the Post Office over faulty IT system
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December 01, 2020
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Dec'20
What it takes for APAC firms to ride out the pandemic
Whether businesses will recover from the Covid-19 pandemic will depend on how they leverage technology to innovate, create new business models and build digital trust
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November 30, 2020
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IT Priorities: APAC enterprises readying recovery budget
Enterprises in Asia-Pacific are investing in cloud and other key technologies to not only survive but thrive in the post-pandemic world
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November 27, 2020
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Lords propose making tech giants pay for using news
Digital platforms such as Google and Facebook profit from running adverts alongside publishers’ content, but no financial compensation is given for carrying that content, says Lords committee
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November 27, 2020
27
Nov'20
CIO interview: Simon Bateman, Allica Bank
Challenger bank has built its entire core banking system from scratch using the Azure public cloud and an API ecosystem
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November 27, 2020
27
Nov'20
Algorithmic transparency obligations needed in public sector
Public sector’s use of algorithms with social impacts needs to be more transparent to foster trust and hold organisations responsible for the negative outcomes their systems may produce, says report
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November 27, 2020
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Government pumps £20m into AI research projects
Alan Turing Institute’s artificial intelligence (AI) research fellows will receive funding for 15 projects including using AI to detect cancer and improve the performance of virtual personal assistants
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November 27, 2020
27
Nov'20
Linius aims to add magic to video conferencing with Whizzard
New product for the conferencing and enterprise collaboration markets offers the ability to transform hours of video footage into bite-sized pieces of content and increase knowledge sharing
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November 27, 2020
27
Nov'20
How Grab is using technology to improve trust and safety
Southeast Asian unicorn Grab is tapping artificial intelligence and other technologies to keep its users safe and cyber criminals at bay
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November 26, 2020
26
Nov'20
Broadband access drives New Zealand remote working to be permanent fixture
Covid-19 crisis pushes Kiwis to do more online and the changes are sticking, according to research from ANZ telco and media research and consulting firm
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November 26, 2020
26
Nov'20
Robots taking jobs, but creating careers
Robotic process automation developers tell Computer Weekly about the job they never expected to be doing