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February 26, 2021
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Nordic startups strive to fuel international e-commerce transformation
Nordic startups are developing technology for retailers that want to improve the customer experience when buying online
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February 26, 2021
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Palantir once more in sights of civil libertarians over NHS Covid data store
The award of a new government contract to data analytics supplier Palantir on the back of its participation in the NHS Covid-19 data store has provoked Open Democracy into legal action, backed up by an exposure of lobbying activity that pre-dates ...
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February 26, 2021
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Huawei opens developer lab in Singapore
Huawei’s Digix lab will provide software development resources to those who are building mobile apps for Huawei’s mobile platform
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February 25, 2021
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GCHQ sets out rules of the road for AI in cyber
A paper produced by GCHQ shows how the intelligence agency can use artificial intelligence responsibly as a tool to protect the UK’s national security
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February 25, 2021
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Deloitte: How organisations can prepare for new look office work
In the 1980s, desktop computing changed the workplace. Today, the coronavirus pandemic has led to companies rewriting a 40-year-old rule book
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February 24, 2021
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Facebook’s AI doctoral research programme makes inroads into UK
Facebook collaborates with University College London to bring artificial intelligence doctoral research programme to the UK, with aim to open-sourcing the findings
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February 24, 2021
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Vaccine passports prove an ethical minefield
Privacy campaigners warn that vaccine passports may turn out to be discriminatory and invasive, while technologists agree careful consideration must be given to their design
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February 24, 2021
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Microsoft builds industry-specific clouds for financial services and manufacturing firms
Software giant follows up launch of industry-specific cloud offerings for retail and healthcare organisations with a commitment to do the same for non-profits, manufacturing and financial services firms
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February 24, 2021
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Veeam v11 adds continuous data protection and cloud archive
Backup specialist’s annual upgrade brings continuous data protection to offer better RPOs and RTOs than existing snapshot functionality and without impact on running processes
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February 24, 2021
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Appointment of disgraced former Post Office director triggers vote of no confidence in Welsh FA boss
Vote of no confidence in Football Association of Wales boss triggered by recruitment of former Post Office executive who tried to mislead a judge in IT trial
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February 23, 2021
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Subpostmaster group calls for prime minister to pause Horizon ‘whitewash’ inquiry
Subpostmasters call for Boris Johnson to pause and reshape the government’s Horizon inquiry
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February 23, 2021
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XDR makes cyber a Stroll in the park for Aston Martin F1
Aston Martin Cognizant Formula One team will run SentinelOne’s Singularity XDR platform under the bonnet
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February 23, 2021
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Poor data leads to IT squabbles and work stress
Covid-19 has boosted IT in business, but IT workers feel they are overworked and are often in conflict with colleagues. Can better data help?
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February 23, 2021
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AI powers reputational damage insurance policy
Reputational damage has an immediate impact on a company’s share price, and brand loyalty built over many years can be lost in an instant
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February 23, 2021
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How GeoSpock is supercharging geospatial analytics
Company’s GeoSpock DB is aimed at optimising queries of large volumes of geospatial data with scale and speed
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February 22, 2021
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UK government set to offer fintech visa
The importance of immigrant workers to the UK's fintech sector highlighted by government planned fintech visa
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February 21, 2021
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Dell to invest $50m in Singapore innovation hub
Dell Technologies’ global innovation hub will house a research and development lab and other facilities to drive development and adoption of emerging technologies
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February 19, 2021
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Tech shortfalls erode company culture in mid-size businesses
Nearly half of European office workers feel their company culture has suffered due to coronavirus restrictions, with companies faced with the difficult task of creating a supportive, digital-driven company culture that works for everyone
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February 19, 2021
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Fujitsu bosses knew about Post Office Horizon IT flaws, says insider
A former senior developer who worked for Fujitsu on the Post Office IT system that led to subpostmasters being falsely accused of fraud, has claimed bosses knew of fundamental flaws before going live
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February 19, 2021
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Oracle unveils final cog in cloud strategy
Oracle’s Roving Edge Infrastructure is getting interest from mining companies in Australia and manufacturers in ASEAN that are looking to run cloud-based workloads in edge locations
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February 18, 2021
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Why technology leaders must drive post-Covid agenda
IT has shown its worth during the pandemic and in 2021, Accenture believes business leaders will need to apply IT more strategically
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February 18, 2021
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More than two-thirds of firms would invest in dedicated remote working connectivity
Firms are faced with supporting more remote working for their businesses going forward, and a survey has shed light on what form this support will take and what firms believe they will need in the ‘new normal’
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February 18, 2021
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Google Cloud partners Tata Communications in India
Tata Communications will offer managed services for Google Cloud that will include cloud architecture planning and workload migration
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February 17, 2021
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How software developers can make more dough
There are subtle differences across Europe in developer salaries, depending on experience and demand for front-end, full-stack or front-end roles
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February 16, 2021
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TransferGo to harness Google-inspired tech capability
Payments fintech TransferGo chooses cloud-native core banking platform to build a digital wallet and expand its services
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February 16, 2021
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Covid-19: Risk model identifies 800,000 vulnerable individuals
Research funded by the National Institute for Health Research has resulted in the development of a new coronavirus risk assessment model
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February 16, 2021
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Covid-19 drives growth in low-code development tools
The pandemic and lockdowns have led to remote work and increased online activity, and businesses have needed to develop new applications rapidly
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February 16, 2021
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Qatar regulator launches platform to monitor human understanding of financial crime
Qatari financial services regulator works with global body to provide digital platform to assess whether financial services workers understand how to prevent financial crime
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February 15, 2021
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NHS trust expedites data management with Qlik in pandemic
Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS Foundation Trust turned its use of BI apps from Qlik to rapid effect during the Covid-19 public health emergency
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February 15, 2021
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ENIAC anniversary: What 75 years of computer technology have delivered
The ENIAC was a computer built for the US Army to calculate missile trajectories during the Second World War, but it was finally delivered in February 1946
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February 15, 2021
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How computer vision can protect coral reefs
The Australian Institute of Marine Science teams up with Accenture to protect coral reefs in a computer vision project inspired by a Netflix documentary
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February 14, 2021
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Cancer Council NSW fixes data silos in integration move
The Cancer Council in New South Wales has integrated its core systems to eliminate data silos and improve productivity
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February 12, 2021
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Masergy, Cisco construct UCaaS collaboration solution
SD-WAN provider teams with networking and collaboration technology giant to address distributed enterprises’ communications needs
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February 11, 2021
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Benioff projects future of work onto Salesforce’s ‘Cloud 3.0’
Salesforce is unveiling a vision of the future of work based on what it calls ‘Cloud 3.0’, with ‘Hyperforce’ – a rearchitecting of the Salesforce CRM platform to run on public clouds
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February 11, 2021
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Massive uptick in collaboration software usage in 2020
US and Europe show differing directions of travel in remote working take-up but leading collaboration systems exhibit four-figure growth since February 2020, with usage levels set to remain high as the new normal of work establishes itself
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February 11, 2021
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Goldman Sachs reopens UK digital savings account
US banking giant resumes online account for UK savers after temporarily withdrawing it in response to high demand
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February 11, 2021
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Verizon Business, Deloitte gain retail edge with 5G
Operator’s 5G and mobile edge compute technology, coupled with IT consultancy’s retail industry and solution engineering experience, aims to improve store operating efficiency and enhance the customer experience
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February 10, 2021
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Windows 10, Server 2019 users must patch serious zero-day
Another dangerous zero-day exploit is among 56 vulnerabilities patched by Microsoft in February’s Patch Tuesday update
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February 10, 2021
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Century-old insurer uses low code as digital demands increase
Lloyds of London insurance and reinsurance broker Miller breaks from the past by adopting low-code software development platform
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February 10, 2021
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Helpdesk meltdown due to absenteeism, low morale and increased workload
Remote working has put a strain on the helpdesk, and there is a backlog of unresolved tickets that is taking days to clear
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February 09, 2021
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Oracle claims major win in Australian public sector
Australian Data Centres will deploy Oracle’s Dedicated Region Cloud@Customer to host cloud services for the federal government
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February 09, 2021
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Russia’s Sber launches international AI contest for children
Children from across the world invited to take part in artificial intelligence competition launched by Russian bank-turned-tech business
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February 09, 2021
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Big data platform to speed up DNA analysis
Belgium’s Interuniversity Microelectronics Centre has developed a big data platform that can analyse DNA data up to 16 times faster than current techniques
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February 08, 2021
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Interview: Robert Opp, chief digital officer, United Nations Development Programme
Chief digital officer of the United Nations Development Programme talks about the relationship between digital technologies and sustainability, and how it can be used for a more environmentally-friendly and inclusive future
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February 08, 2021
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Woolworths to invest more than A$50m in skills training
More than 60,000 Woolworths employees across store and e-commerce operations, supply chain network and support offices are expected to benefit from the new investment
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February 08, 2021
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Large and small firms accelerate UC technology adoption in response to Covid-19
Large companies showed an increase of nearly 40%, an increased adoption driven by remote working surge caused by the pandemic
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February 05, 2021
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How Yarra Valley Water is tapping APIs
The largest water retailer in Melbourne has rolled out application programming interfaces to improve operations and customer service
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February 04, 2021
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Microsoft launches Viva as employee experience platform born out of Teams
Microsoft has launched an “employee experience platform”, based on Microsoft Teams, said to aid the integration of the working environment
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February 04, 2021
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Nurture software developer heroes
Developer teams have been put under immense pressure to drive through digital transformation change, and they are now experiencing stress and burnout
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February 04, 2021
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SolarWinds chases multiple leads in breach investigation
Investigators at SolarWinds are exploring multiple theories as to how the company’s systems were compromised