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• February 27, 2023 27 Feb'23

  How Dell is future-proofing its business

  Dell Technologies is building a more resilient supply chain, investing in growth areas like edge and multicloud, and responding to shifts in consumption models to position itself for long-term growth

• February 24, 2023 24 Feb'23

  UK police have ‘culture of retention’ around biometric data

  A culture of retention around biometric data in UK policing is damaging public trust, says UK biometrics commissioner, who is calling for clear regulation to govern police use of biometric technologies

• February 24, 2023 24 Feb'23

  Teradata reports strong cloud earnings

  Teradata’s cloud-first strategy is starting to pay off, with the company reporting its strongest cloud earnings to date in the fourth quarter last year

• February 24, 2023 24 Feb'23

  HMCTS Common Platform roll-out put ‘avoidable pressure’ on courts

  The digital case management system was rolled out without adequate assurance it was robust enough to be deployed, and is having a ‘detrimental impact on courts’, the National Audit Office has found

• February 23, 2023 23 Feb'23

  ANZ CIOs flag priorities amid inflation concerns

  CIOs in Australia and New Zealand are concerned about inflation and plan to adjust their technology priorities to optimise resources and combat cyber threats

• February 23, 2023 23 Feb'23

  Oracle goes on hunt for Java non-compliance

  Non-Oracle organisations warned to check if they comply with Java SE licensing after Oracle introduces radical changes

• February 23, 2023 23 Feb'23

  Santander SME platform harnesses Salesforce

  Bank platform that helps UK small and medium-sized enterprises expand export opportunities is built on cloud technology from Salesforce

• February 23, 2023 23 Feb'23

  How APAC organisations can harness the power of IoT

  In a panel discussion moderated by Computer Weekly, industry experts from across Asia-Pacific discussed the use cases, challenges and future developments in the internet of things

• February 22, 2023 22 Feb'23

  UK HSE to launch regulatory sandbox for industrial safety tech

  The sandbox will see the regulator work with industry and tech startups to accelerate the development and adoption of a range of safety-related technologies, with a particular emphasis on data and analytics

• February 22, 2023 22 Feb'23

  Tony Blair and William Hague call for a remade strategic state to stoke UK innovation

  Former Labour prime minister and former Conservative Party leader argue for a remaking of the British state to capitalise on artificial intelligence, biotech and climate tech, and reverse the country’s decline

• February 22, 2023 22 Feb'23

  Institute for Government cautions government to draw right lessons from pandemic

  The Institute for Government has published a policy document warning government not to draw wrong lessons from data sharing during pandemic

• February 21, 2023 21 Feb'23

  Singtel eyes retailers with enterprise 5G offerings

  Singtel teams up with Apple’s enterprise solution partners to drive 5G adoption among retailers with industry-specific offerings aimed at improving retail operations and customer experience

• February 21, 2023 21 Feb'23

  Seven million people in UK used open banking services in 2022

  More than seven million people used services that harnessed open banking last year, with 1.2 million of these first-time users

• February 21, 2023 21 Feb'23

  NetSuite and Oracle executives optimistic about economy

  Oracle NetSuite’s recent SuiteConnect event in London found executives in optimistic mood about the economy and positive about synergies between the two businesses

• February 21, 2023 21 Feb'23

  Millions wasted as staff only use 40% of new software features

  The majority of CIOs face an uphill struggle getting employees in their organisations to use applications to their full potential

• February 21, 2023 21 Feb'23

  Average consumer spent more than £3,300 using contactless payments in 2022

  The amount of money spent using contactless payment technology continues to rise as consumers take advantage of higher allowable spending limits

• February 20, 2023 20 Feb'23

  Veeam bundles backup products into Veeam Data Platform

  Backup and data protection specialist Veeam upgrades and rebrands, with a focus on the challenges of ransomware and rapid recovery, and a claimed 500 new functions

• February 20, 2023 20 Feb'23

  Why CIOs need to revisit desktop virtualisation

  Cloud computing is the next revolution in infrastructure, but desktop IT is still very much on-premise

• February 20, 2023 20 Feb'23

  How Syniti is honing its chops in data management

  A move to shed its back office image and a laser focus on data migration has been fuelling Syniti’s growth in data management

• February 17, 2023 17 Feb'23

  CIO interview: Hans van der Waal, director of global IT, Travelex

  Travelex has weathered a storm that saw it sink into administration, before emerging to solidify its digital foundations for the future

• February 17, 2023 17 Feb'23

  Singapore’s IHiS taps Google Cloud for API management

  Integrated Health Information Systems is using Google’s Apigee API management platform to provide access to data and applications across Singapore’s public healthcare system

• February 16, 2023 16 Feb'23

  Cost-of-living crisis hampers UK remote work

  Expected productivity gains from UK’s third workplace at risk as workers feel the chill from environments not permitting hybrid working

• February 16, 2023 16 Feb'23

  Mock crime prediction tool profiles MEPs as potential criminals

  Developed by Fair Trials, the example crime prediction tool uses the same information as police systems to assess the likelihood of someone committing a crime in the future

• February 15, 2023 15 Feb'23

  Home Office partners with BAE Systems on border analytics

  BAE Systems wins three-year contract worth £38m to help Home Office develop Cerberus, a project to secure UK borders through advanced data systems and analytics

• February 15, 2023 15 Feb'23

  Microsoft fixes three zero-days in February update

  February’s Patch Tuesday update contains fixes for three previously unpublicised zero-days in Microsoft Office, Windows Graphics Component and Windows Common Log File System Driver

• February 15, 2023 15 Feb'23

  UK saw fintech investment collapse in 2022, but is still a world leader

  Fintech investment in the UK sees steep drop, but the country was still a top destination for capital

• February 14, 2023 14 Feb'23

  OSC&R framework to stop supply chain attacks in the wild

  The backers of a new MITRE ATT&CK style framework called OSC&R hope to help organisations get to grips with threats to their software supply chains

• February 14, 2023 14 Feb'23

  Executive interview: Putting a value on open source

  Spotify’s open source tech lead discusses why open source is failing those whose free time is dedicated to maintaining code

• February 14, 2023 14 Feb'23

  Akamai eyes cloud market with Connected Cloud

  Akamai marks foray into cloud computing with a distributed cloud computing platform that is touted to make it easier for enterprises to get applications and data closer to their customers

• February 13, 2023 13 Feb'23

  Hycu aims at universal SaaS backup with R-Cloud

  Hycu’s R-Cloud aims to provide an API-driven backup product for any software-as-a-service application for enterprise customers, based on a simple low-code development environment

• February 13, 2023 13 Feb'23

  Porsche revs up Formula E team with NetApp hybrid cloud

  Porsche’s electric car racing team has to set up on city street courses in short order, and does it with a portable server setup and hybrid cloud storage managed by NetApp GFC

• February 09, 2023 09 Feb'23

  New Border Force unit to deploy more surveillance tech in Channel

  Newly established Small Boats Operational Command (SBOC) will deploy a range of surveillance technologies in the English Channel in an attempt to deter crossings

• February 09, 2023 09 Feb'23

  SPTel launches Singapore’s first LoRaWAN network

  The LoRaWAN network and its solar-powered gateways will alleviate the need for businesses and IoT service providers to build their own network to hook up sensor devices

• February 09, 2023 09 Feb'23

  Twitter CEO Elon Musk pauses datacentre downsizing push in wake of outage

  Twitter CEO Elon Musk has called a temporary halt to the company’s push to cut costs by downsizing its infrastructure expenditure after an outage left users around the world unable to post tweets

• February 09, 2023 09 Feb'23

  EDF increases GIS software use at Hinkley Point C nuclear power site

  EDF is increasing its use of a geographic information system from Esri to get a central view of construction data in the Hinkley Point C nuclear power station project

• February 09, 2023 09 Feb'23

  Consumers want tech-driven clothing stores

  As consumers increasingly visit stores as the pandemic subsides, NTT Data finds that technology in shops could persuade consumers to return to physical shopping

• February 08, 2023 08 Feb'23

  Is business ready for ChatGPT?

  Generative AI models like ChatGPT promise to revolutionise the way people gather data and make informed decisions

• February 08, 2023 08 Feb'23

  CDO interview: Very’s Steve Pimblett on finding UB40

  The chief data officer of online retailer Very, Steve Pimblett, explains the place of data cataloguing in its data strategy, both for governance and innovation

• February 08, 2023 08 Feb'23

  Rakuten targets big edge deployments with Symworld Cloud

  Japanese giant Rakuten bought Kubernetes management platform Robin.io and put it in 50,000-plus telco antennas. Now it aims Symworld Cloud at enterprise edge deployments

• February 08, 2023 08 Feb'23

  India launches homegrown BharOS

  The homegrown Android-based mobile operating system could reduce India’s reliance on foreign software, but uncertainties around market adoption and software updates remain

• February 07, 2023 07 Feb'23

  ‘Profound’ digital pound decision faces policymakers

  The UK Treasury has launched a consultation paper to help lay the foundations for a ‘profound decision’ over a digital currency

• February 07, 2023 07 Feb'23

  TSB pilots pods as branch replacements

  TSB joins Barclays in adopting banking pods to ensure customers have access to physical banking services as the number of high street branches declines

• February 06, 2023 06 Feb'23

  How artificial intelligence is playing a role in insect farming

  An AI engine developed by Singapore startup EntoVerse is helping cricket farmers improve yield by optimising environmental and other conditions

• February 03, 2023 03 Feb'23

  MEPs vote to amend platform worker directive

  MEPs have voted in favour of amendments to the European Commission’s platform worker directive that would introduce a presumption of employment and increase algorithmic transparency

• February 02, 2023 02 Feb'23

  Government plans to catch tax fraudsters with help of AI

  Cabinet Office signs a deal with data analytics company Quantexa, aiming to use data and artificial intelligence to tackle public sector fraud

• February 02, 2023 02 Feb'23

  Symbio acquires Intrado Australia’s UCaaS business

  The all-cash A$5m deal will expand Symbio’s footprint in the UCaaS market and deepen its reach into enterprises and government entities

• February 01, 2023 01 Feb'23

  NCSC for Startups inducts four companies into programme

  Four more startups are set to join the NCSC accelerator, which helps the UK government develop technology and approaches to pressing cyber security challenges

• February 01, 2023 01 Feb'23

  NASA works with IBM on foundational data model for Earth science

  Using IBM’s foundational model for artificial intelligence, NASA plans to offer researchers a way to access the vast troves of data it collects about Earth

• February 01, 2023 01 Feb'23

  PayPal slashes 2,000 jobs in face of tough economic outlook

  Fintech giant making thousands of redundancies as global economic outlook remains poor

• February 01, 2023 01 Feb'23

  Innovative Technology deploys age estimation tech in shops and pubs

  A company involved in Home Office-led trials of biometric age estimation technologies has begun rolling out its hardware to UK shops and pubs so they can use its facial recognition algorithm to assure customers’ ages