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Enterprise software
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August 04, 2020
04
Aug'20
New foundation to bolster security of open source software
The Open Source Security Foundation will bring together key open source security initiatives across the industry to improve and support the security of open source software
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August 03, 2020
03
Aug'20
Private equity leads Nordic IT sector consolidation
Private equity firms and industrial giants are triggering mergers and acquisitions in the Nordic tech sector as investment slows amid the Covid-19 pandemic
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August 03, 2020
03
Aug'20
Edge server shipments set to double by 2024
As business gets close to the edge, analyst predicts a ‘supercharged’ edge server market over the next five years driven by an associated boom in cloud services
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July 31, 2020
31
Jul'20
ICO launches guidance on AI and data protection
The Information Commissioner’s Office (ICO) has published guidance aimed at rendering the application of machine learning to data compliant with data protection principles
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July 31, 2020
31
Jul'20
IFS CEO Darren Roos: Customer investment in cloud and digital has held up during Covid
Business applications supplier’s chief executive tells Computer Weekly that business has been surprisingly good during the coronavirus crisis
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July 31, 2020
31
Jul'20
Labour Party is latest victim of Blackbaud ransomware attack
Widening Blackbaud data breach ensnares the Labour Party as the cloud software firm continues to duck questions about its behaviour
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July 31, 2020
31
Jul'20
Amazon reports Q2 profit and revenue surge as Covid-19-induced uptick in online sales continues
Amazon sees profit and revenue surge in the wake of the coronavirus, but growth of its cloud business slows as IT buyers re-prioritise investments because of pandemic
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July 31, 2020
31
Jul'20
US lawmakers grill big tech chiefs over market power
Sixth antitrust hearing sees CEOs of major technology companies face combative questioning from members of Congress over their market power and dominance
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July 30, 2020
30
Jul'20
BASF partnership develops AI-powered smart mining
A collaboration with IntelliSense.io is being used to power AI-based optimisation of mining processes
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July 30, 2020
30
Jul'20
Accenture selected for key role in Bank of England core settlement system replacement
Accenture will be technology delivery partner in project to replace the core system used to settle payments between banks
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July 30, 2020
30
Jul'20
Agile adoption still in early stages
Less than a quarter of organisations made it past the step of defining their agile approach while more than half are just getting started, study finds
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July 29, 2020
29
Jul'20
Serious BootHole vulnerability puts millions of systems at risk
BootHole is a GRUB2 bootloader vulnerability and puts millions of PCs, servers and other devices at risk of compromise
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July 29, 2020
29
Jul'20
How analogue film will be the future of digital history
The pandemic meant GitHub had to wait until July to store a 21TB snapshot of its code repositories, on special film that can last a thousand years
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July 29, 2020
29
Jul'20
Amazon to create 1,000 skilled tech roles in Ireland
Retail giant Amazon will be adding several skilled tech roles to its locations in Ireland over the next two years
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July 29, 2020
29
Jul'20
IBM joins Google, Microsoft and Oracle in signing preferential cloud pricing deal with UK government
Public sector organisations set to reap the benefits of CCS's latest preferential pricing deal, in support of its push to accelerate the adoption of cloud across central government and the NHS
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July 29, 2020
29
Jul'20
Enterprises experience ‘productivity tax’ as remote work environments set for long term
Remote work productivity tracker shows employee productivity has dipped in certain regions and use cases since the advent of Covid-19, perhaps permanently
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July 29, 2020
29
Jul'20
Schrems steps up pressure on Irish data protection commissioner on Facebook’s data sharing with US
Austrian lawyer is considering ‘other’ options if the Irish data protection commissioner does not make a decision by October on his seven-year-old complaint against Facebook
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July 29, 2020
29
Jul'20
Firms face remote working challenges as IT teams express concern about infrastructure
Post-lockdown survey finds UK-based IT leaders lack confidence in their organisation’s plan to withstand an unanticipated crisis as Covid-19 dramatically accelerates cloud adoption
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July 29, 2020
29
Jul'20
Coronavirus: How Trainline can tell if trains are safe to travel on
With lockdown measures easing, Trainline recently introduced a Crowd Alerts feature to its app to help travellers feel safe using rail services
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
Why supply chain visibility is key to APAC retailers
Having complete visibility over the supply chain will enable retailers to tide over the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic and transform their businesses
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
Backblaze takes aim at ‘costly and complex’ AWS cloud storage
Backblaze offers free transfer to its S3-based cloud storage – which it claims costs a fraction of AWS et al – as long as it’s more than 50TB and you commit to at least 12 months
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
O2 gains KPMG mandate to meet new demand for remote working
O2 will provide connectivity tools to help support professional services provider’s operational activity
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
Google Cloud announces Grace Hopper subsea cable
IT giant connects up first new undersea cable of its kind since 2003 to connect UK, US and Spain
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
UK government aims fintech industry at Africa
UK government is building fintech relationships with developing countries, beginning with a pilot programme in Africa
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
Vector and AWS team up on ‘new energy platform’
New Zealand-based energy supplier Vector partners AWS to develop an IoT and analytics platform to speed up processing of smart meter data and to tailor products and pricing for customers
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July 27, 2020
27
Jul'20
CIO interview: Hany Choueiri, chief data officer, Aldermore Bank
Digital transformation, cloud and data science are central to the specialist bank's response to the coronavirus pandemic
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July 27, 2020
27
Jul'20
SAP Q2 2020 results: SAP partially divests Qualtrics as positive results posted against Covid crisis
SAP has announced a positive set of second-quarter 2020 results, hot on the heels of a declaration that it will spin out online survey business unit Qualtrics by way of an initial public offering in the US
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July 27, 2020
27
Jul'20
Hybrid working becomes the new collaboration imperative
New report reveals that ‘astutely’ navigating work practices, spaces and culture will help respond to crisis, redefine the purpose and reinvent the future of work
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July 27, 2020
27
Jul'20
CTO interview: TransferGo’s Edgardo Savoy discusses skills and product innovation
Improved user experience has opened up tech to many people, but ease of use distances young people from the tech going on under the hood
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July 24, 2020
24
Jul'20
Courts to trial digital case management system from September 2020
The Common Platform digital system will eventually replace a series of existing software applications, and will be rolled out to criminal courts over the next year
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July 24, 2020
24
Jul'20
China doubles up on ‘new infrastructure’ investments
China is shoring up investments in cloud computing, datacentres and the internet of things, among other areas, to ready itself for the post-Covid-19 world
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July 23, 2020
23
Jul'20
Microsoft results show impact of tech-driven business resilience
While economies are set to shrink, businesses are leaning on tech to support operations, says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella
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July 23, 2020
23
Jul'20
APAC firms in early stages of digital transformation
More than three-quarters of APAC firms struggle to revise their financial plans amid the Covid-19 pandemic, with many still lacking agile systems and processes, a new study finds
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July 22, 2020
22
Jul'20
Lloyds bank buys into cloud-native payments
Lloyds Banking Group continues its digital journey by investing in and investigating a cloud-based payments service
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July 22, 2020
22
Jul'20
Slack takes legal route against ‘weak, copycat’ Teams
Microsoft could be set for another joust with the EU, as its rival, Slack, files an anti-competitive complaint
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July 22, 2020
22
Jul'20
BNP Paribas joins IBM financial services cloud project
IBM’s financial services cloud is gathering steam as more banks join its public cloud ecosystem of finance firms and developers
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July 22, 2020
22
Jul'20
Privacy Shield: Companies face new hurdles to legally transfer data to the US
Businesses will have to conduct legal assessments to ensure they can transfer data from the EU to the US and other countries, following a European Court of Justice ruling
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July 22, 2020
22
Jul'20
Inside Intel’s transition into an enterprise tech company
Computing giant Intel is pushing deeper into the enterprise with investments in data-centric and emerging technologies along with partnerships with local firms to develop new solutions
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July 21, 2020
21
Jul'20
Manchester City Council deploys 8x8 to maintain remote services
One of the UK’s largest local government authorities implements cloud-based communications system to keep critical services running while keeping agents safe during UK lockdown
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July 21, 2020
21
Jul'20
Santander consumer arm to automate further after Nordic project
Time and cost savings achieved by RPA pilot were high and customer experience improved, says bank
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July 20, 2020
20
Jul'20
Businesses underestimate negative impact of bot traffic
Research from Netacea finds that although awareness of malicious bot activity is high, many are underestimating its true impact
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July 20, 2020
20
Jul'20
US remote workers take significant productivity hit through IT disruption
Analysis of remote employee experience and digital workplace post-Covid finds enterprise remote workers have encountered long wait times to address IT and other technical issues
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July 20, 2020
20
Jul'20
Global business leaders comfortable if not fully prepared for large-scale shift to remote work
Riverbed survey shows new technology investments are expected to enhance corporate performance and wellness as employees increasingly work from anywhere and employers adopt hybrid working models
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July 17, 2020
17
Jul'20
Three areas of remote working to consider
A number of tech firms have used the shift to working from home, to develop new product offerings. We look at the IT impact
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July 17, 2020
17
Jul'20
‘Future-ready’ attributes key to business resiliency beyond Covid-19, says Vodafone
Social responsibility, sustainability and purpose remain essential as consumers demand clearer commitments, with broadening employer diversity and increasing workplace flexibility key to address growing skill gaps
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July 17, 2020
17
Jul'20
Unified communications experiencing fastest growth ever in the midst of Covid-19
Customer interest in UCaaS spikes 86% during the Covid-19 pandemic as firms across all industries modernise communications systems for the new normal
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July 17, 2020
17
Jul'20
How Australia is leading the charge in the Covid-19 fight
Researchers at the University of Queensland worked with IBM to develop a dashboard with machine-learning capabilities to analyse data for a global study on Covid-19 patients in intensive care
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July 17, 2020
17
Jul'20
Verizon tailors BlueJeans conferencing functionality, inks IBM 5G IoT deal
Newly acquired video-conferencing suite gets feature enhancements as Verizon inks IBM partnership to focus on enabling industrial productivity in 5G-enabled IoT technologies
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July 17, 2020
17
Jul'20
Unesco launches global consultation on AI ethics
The United Nations (UN) body opens up public consultation to help experts draft new global framework on artificial intelligence ethics
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July 17, 2020
17
Jul'20
Government gives £24m boost to agricultural tech
Nine agricultural technology projects are receiving government funding to create more efficient food production and reduce greenhouse gas emissions.