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February 21, 2022
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Feb'22
Backup heads to cloud as ransomware hits 76% and RTOs/RPOs fail
Veeam survey finds most can’t recover the data they want or do it in time, ransomware is now a ‘disaster’, use of the cloud is increasing, but the datacentre is still very important
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February 21, 2022
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Feb'22
Open banking surpasses five million UK customers
Upwards of five million people in the UK are using open banking services as the financial sector’s fintech revolution gathers pace
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February 20, 2022
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Feb'22
BreastScreen Victoria to use third-party support for Oracle database
Australia’s BreastScreen Victoria has inked a support contract with Rimini Street to free up IT capacity and funds for strategic initiatives
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February 18, 2022
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Feb'22
Nokia, Kyndryl create global private network and edge computing alliance
Comms technology provider and IT infrastructure services company form partnership to focus on flexible, reliable and secure LTE and 5G private wireless connectivity services for enterprise customers
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February 18, 2022
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Feb'22
CIO interview: Adam Miller, group head of IT, Markerstudy Group
The insurer and Auto Windscreens owner is using cloud-based virtual desktops to ease acquisitions and support home working during the pandemic – and its IT chief has a growing range of projects on the go
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February 18, 2022
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Feb'22
India warms to telehealth amid pandemic
Covid-19 has accelerated adoption of telehealth services in India as more healthcare providers look to offer medical treatment and assistance without risking infections
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February 18, 2022
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Feb'22
The British people are waking up to the scandal that happened under their noses
Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal have been suffering in silence for many years, but the current public inquiry is giving them a voice, and people are listening
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February 17, 2022
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Feb'22
Unified communications and collaboration set for automation surge in hybrid world
Research reveals hybrid working world unified communications and collaboration now seen as improving productivity, but challenge exists for organisations managing UCC at scale to provision users across multiple apps and communications platforms
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February 17, 2022
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Feb'22
Nvidia founder and CEO portrays AI-centricity
Earnings call for Nvidia’s fourth-quarter results offers a leading indicator of where the application of artificial intelligence may be heading
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February 17, 2022
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Feb'22
How one Singapore company is keeping drivers safe
TNT Surveillance’s technology is being deployed by bus and port operators to reduce driver fatigue and prevent accidents using cameras and radar sensors
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February 16, 2022
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Feb'22
MPs demand urgent compensation for Post Office scandal victim group
MPs have called for the government to urgently provide fair compensation to a group of victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal who have so far been left out of compensation schemes
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February 16, 2022
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Feb'22
DWP data sharing pilot aims for single source of the truth
A pilot to share labour data across government departments aims to develop a safe framework for collaboration and to improve policy-making
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February 16, 2022
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Feb'22
Nordic countries lack a unified approach to AI
Nordic countries need to work together on a pan-regional artificial intelligence strategy
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February 15, 2022
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Feb'22
New world of work sees emergence of hybrid holiday
Research from Virgin Media O2 suggests 2022 will be the year when working from anywhere becomes a reality for businesses across the UK
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February 15, 2022
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Feb'22
The Citrix deal and what it means for Tibco
The investment firm behind Tibco has been on a spending spree, bolstering its product portfolio and offering new ways to access and connect to data
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February 15, 2022
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Feb'22
Vodafone UK to deploy Oracle tech to support 5G standalone network core
Leading UK operator taps IT giant for cloud-native network policy solution to help accelerate new 5G services and get 5G offerings into the hands of customers more quickly
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February 14, 2022
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Feb'22
India to invest $1bn in quantum computing
India plans to invest $1bn over the next five years to advance its capabilities in quantum technology, but it will need to have a tailored approach and to address the skills gap to succeed
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February 11, 2022
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Feb'22
NetApp provides data infrastructure for EMBL
European Molecular Biology Laboratory uses NetApp to enable researchers to share and process high-end electron microscopy data
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February 11, 2022
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Feb'22
Rackspace buys Singapore firm to bolster analytics capability in APAC
Rackspace Technology’s acquisition of Just Analytics will bring delivery capabilities to Southeast Asia and pave the way for its expansion into Vietnam
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February 10, 2022
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Feb'22
Government earmarks £23m for 2,000 AI scholarships in England
The DCMS has confirmed £23m government funding for 2,000 scholarships in England for AI and data science Masters degree conversion courses
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February 10, 2022
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Feb'22
Half of key IT spending to shift to cloud
Some 51% of spending in key areas such as application software, infrastructure software, business process services and system infrastructure will shift to cloud by 2025, says Gartner
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February 09, 2022
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Feb'22
Minister defends digital economy legislation before Lords
A digital minister has said that the UK’s forthcoming digital markets legislation is ‘superior’ to similar efforts in the EU, but could not commit to a specific time frame for when it will be introduced to Parliament
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February 09, 2022
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Feb'22
Microsoft stomps on 48 bugs in February Patch Tuesday update
It’s a light Patch Tuesday for February 2022, as Microsoft issues fixes for just 48 CVEs, including a solitary zero-day
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February 09, 2022
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Feb'22
How Carrefour is lowering its Oracle footprint
Migrating core business applications requires a multi-pronged approach, so what remains on-prem, and where does SaaS fit?
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February 09, 2022
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Feb'22
Post Office scandal victims to tell their stories in public
Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal are due to tell their devastating stories to the statutory inquiry
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February 09, 2022
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Feb'22
CPaaS key to enabling customer experience to drive digital transformation
IDC study shows nearly four-fifths of enterprises are set to implement conversational customer engagement to improve customer experience
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February 08, 2022
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Feb'22
NHS England works with Ada Lovelace Institute to tackle AI bias in healthcare
A guide to algorithmic impact assessments is being used to help developers, data scientists and product owners check bias in healthcare systems
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February 08, 2022
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Feb'22
Ferrari accelerates digital transformation with Qualcomm strategic technology collaboration
Leading mobile processor firm inks deal to be systems solutions provider for legendary motor marque in strategic technology collaboration aimed at helping to boost the manufacturer’s digital transformation
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February 08, 2022
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Feb'22
Microsoft to start blocking macros to thwart malware
Microsoft is making changes to web macro permissions across multiple Office apps to help improve user security
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February 08, 2022
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Feb'22
Tiger offers lightweight file access for hybrid cloud
Roar data, anyone? Tiger offers local access to cloud data, with only parts of the file being worked on downloaded and file locking in cloud buckets to ensure integrity
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February 08, 2022
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Feb'22
Right to disconnect and less monitoring key to better remote work
The World Health Organisation and International Labour Organisation warn against invasive workplace surveillance and promote right to disconnect in joint briefing on how to promote healthy and safe remote working
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February 08, 2022
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Feb'22
UK fintech investment sees sevenfold increase in a year
UK fintech investment rose from $5.2bn in 2020 to $37.3bn in 2021, with 603 private equity, venture capital and merger and acquisition deals
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February 08, 2022
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Feb'22
Nvidia’s Arm deal is dead
‘Significant regulatory challenges’ have prevented Nvidia in its $31bn attempt to purchase chipmaker Arm
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February 07, 2022
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Feb'22
Met police deploy facial recognition in Westminster
Police facial recognition deployment resulted in four arrests, but questions remain about the necessity, proportionality and legality of the technology’s use
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February 04, 2022
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Feb'22
Vodafone Business teams with RingCentral to deliver cloud communications
New cloud-based comms platform set to enable UK operator’s mobility and 5G capabilities to give customers more choice, flexibility and simplicity in workforce collaboration and remote working
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February 04, 2022
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Feb'22
Cisco pitches into private 5G, reveals hybrid work technology slate
Comms and collaboration technology services giant introduces new technologies to help businesses rapidly scale networks and digitise operations
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February 03, 2022
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Feb'22
EC proposes new directive to improve gig economy work conditions
Gig economy workers in Europe could be entitled to more rights and better workplace protections under a directive proposed by the European Commission
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February 03, 2022
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Feb'22
Cack-handed government compensation scheme prolongs suffering of Horizon scandal victims
Victims of the Post Office Horizon scandal are being denied the millions of pounds they are owed as the government delays compensation resolution
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February 03, 2022
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Feb'22
UAE chooses Accenture to develop national payments platform
Consortium led by Accenture to build new payments infrastructure in the United Arab Emirates
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February 03, 2022
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Feb'22
Singtel adds Azure Edge Zones to MEC platform
Azure customers will be able to leverage existing Azure subscriptions in Singtel’s new MEC offering and use the Azure portal to deploy 5G applications at the edge
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February 03, 2022
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Feb'22
Danish researchers develop a socially aware robot
A new breed of robots gracefully interacts with humans in an autonomous fashion
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February 03, 2022
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Feb'22
French Supreme Court raises constitutional questions over EncroChat hacking secrecy
Conseil Constitutionnel to decide whether ‘defence secrecy’ over state EncroChat cryptophone hacking breaches French constitution
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February 03, 2022
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Feb'22
Australia’s cloud market tipped to surpass $14bn in 2025
The growth will be led by growing demand for software-as-a-service offerings as Aussie firms look to tap cloud services in their digital transformation efforts
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February 02, 2022
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Feb'22
Nationwide Building Society streamlines digital onboarding through API
Building society is improving its digital onboarding process through application programming interface-based technology from a US startup
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February 01, 2022
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Feb'22
Check Point buys Spectral to safeguard cloud development
Check Point’s latest acquisition of Israel-based startup Spectral expands its developer-centric security toolset
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February 01, 2022
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Met Police faces legal action over Gangs Matrix
Campaign group Liberty is taking legal action against the Met over its use of the Gangs Matrix, claiming it is driven by racial stereotypes and disproportionately affects people from black and minority ethnic backgrounds
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February 01, 2022
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Feb'22
Dutch software engineers join campaign for research funding
Software researchers from all over Europe are sounding the alarm: to maintain a strong international competitive position, more financial resources must be committed to software research
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February 01, 2022
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Feb'22
Citrix joins Tibco in Vista enterprise IT portfolio
Vista, the investment firm backing enterprise software business, has acquired Citrix to flesh out its hybrid work portfolio
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January 31, 2022
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Jan'22
Nebulon SmartInfrastructure brings cloud-defined storage to datacentre
Cloud-defined storage allows customers to build private clouds on-site, with pools of storage built from commodity hardware, Nebulon PCIe cards and its browser-based console
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January 31, 2022
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Jan'22
Google inks $1bn deal with Bharti Airtel
The wide-ranging deal covers Google’s equity investment in Airtel, as well as efforts to spur cloud adoption and lower barriers to smartphone ownership