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January 14, 2021
14
Jan'21
VVOLs and Pure win VM storage beauty parade for French chain
VMware Virtual Volumes and a move from NetApp to Pure Storage saw cosmetics retailer Beauty Success make performance gains and eliminate bottlenecks in ordering and logistics
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January 14, 2021
14
Jan'21
Zoom reveals phone product spike, public offer price
Strong service performance, reliability and enterprise-grade features drive uptake of Zoom Phone as still rapidly growing conferencing firm announces $1.75bn share offering
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January 13, 2021
13
Jan'21
Covid-19 immunity passport tests to begin in UK
A Covid-19 immunity and vaccination passport developed by two UK firms and backed by Innovate UK has entered the live testing phase
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January 13, 2021
13
Jan'21
BT eyes up next-gen services with digital unit
In what it says is an important statement of intent following a 2020 with a number of innovations, incumbent telco announces new division designed to deliver next-gen digital platforms and services
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January 13, 2021
13
Jan'21
South Central Ambulance Service drives out of Covid data fog with Qlik
Ambulance service’s business intelligence has come into its own during the coronavirus crisis, helping the managers behind the paramedics to deliver the service with fast data flows and joined-up datasets
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January 13, 2021
13
Jan'21
Critical zero-day features in first Patch Tuesday of 2021
Microsoft releases fixes for 84 bugs on the first Patch Tuesday of 2021, including a critical zero-day vulnerability in Microsoft Defender
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January 12, 2021
12
Jan'21
Retail giant Walmart to launch a fintech
Fintech will be geared towards offering the services Walmart’s customers and employees want
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January 12, 2021
12
Jan'21
Community Fibre ups ante with fibre-based entertainment service
London-based fibre altnet uses growing gigabit network to offer first entertainment service based on full-fibre broadband
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January 12, 2021
12
Jan'21
Former ministers speak out on Mike Lynch extradition
As Mike Lynch, founder and former CEO of Autonomy, awaits his US extradition hearing, several former Tory MPs have expressed their concerns
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January 11, 2021
11
Jan'21
Ordnance Survey opens up direct, API access to location data for public sector
Location data made available to public sector organisations via application programming interfaces, reducing data management overheads
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January 11, 2021
11
Jan'21
Pennine NHS trust gets new imaging tech
Pennine Acute Hospitals NHS Trust is the first of eight NHS trusts to go live with a Manchester-wide diagnostic imaging project
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January 08, 2021
08
Jan'21
Major facial-recognition supplier builds system to identify masked faces
Facial-recognition supplier claims new system can accurately identify masked faces, therefore promoting public health during the pandemic. But questions remain about whether its existing UK law enforcement clients will be deploying the technology
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January 08, 2021
08
Jan'21
AI Council advises government to do artificial intelligence moonshots
The AI Council has published a “roadmap” of advice to government in respect of developing a UK state strategy for artificial intelligence, encompassing skills, vendor support and public sector procurement
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January 08, 2021
08
Jan'21
British Gas tackles omnichannel customer correspondence
Utility firm hopes to map out customer communications to help deliver a better customer experience and improve the business
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January 07, 2021
07
Jan'21
Poor data flows hampered government’s Covid-19 response, says the Science and Technology Committee
House of Commons Science and Technology Committee finds poor data management to have hampered the government’s Covid-19 pandemic response
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January 07, 2021
07
Jan'21
Competition and Markets Authority kicks off Nvidia/Arm investigation
In September, Arm and Nvidia announced a £31bn merger. Will Arm chip design remain free from Nvidia’s influence?
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January 07, 2021
07
Jan'21
Robust member administration system indispensable for Dutch Coeliac Society
Organisation had to find a dedicated member administration system to support existing members, new members and countless volunteers
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January 06, 2021
06
Jan'21
Distributed supercomputer DiRAC gets a £20m upgrade
New funding will be used to boost performance and make the HPC system much more energy efficient
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January 06, 2021
06
Jan'21
NHS trust says appointment processes robust despite criticism of role for Post Office scandal CEO
NHS trust defends its director appointment process following an external review of its recruitment of former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells
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January 05, 2021
05
Jan'21
AI advancement: Mimicking decision-making
In The Terminator, Arnold Schwarzenegger is transported back to 1984. If Arnie had to rely on cloud connectivity, he’d still be walking around naked
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January 05, 2021
05
Jan'21
SKT and AWS debut 5G edge cloud service
SK Telecom’s multi-access edge computing service will let enterprises build low latency applications that make use of AWS cloud services
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January 04, 2021
04
Jan'21
Caerphilly council delivers free school meals through automation
Welsh council expands its robotic process automation project, which has successfully helped the council deliver free school meals during the Covid-19 pandemic
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January 03, 2021
03
Jan'21
Covid-19’s impact on the retail supply chain
The Covid-19 pandemic has exposed gaps in the ability of retailers to mitigate supply chain imbalances
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December 31, 2020
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Dec'20
Pandemic heroes dominate New Year Honours List 2021
The New Year Honours List 2021 is remarkable for its recognition of those who have excelled during the Covid-19 public health emergency, including digital and data professionals
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December 30, 2020
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Dec'20
Top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 ASEAN IT stories of 2020
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December 30, 2020
30
Dec'20
UK-EU Brexit deal passes Commons with six-month data adequacy bridge
IT industry trade body TechUK has welcomed a six-month data adequacy bridge, in the wake of the EU-UK trade deal that the House of Commons has voted for
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December 30, 2020
30
Dec'20
Top 10 information management stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 information management stories of 2020
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December 29, 2020
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Dec'20
Top 10 business applications stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 business applications stories of 2020
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December 24, 2020
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Dec'20
UK-EU Brexit deal: TechUK and DigitalEurope hail new dawn but note unfinished data business
Technology trade bodies TechUK and DigitalEurope welcome Christmas Eve UK-EU Brexit deal as a new dawn, but say there is work still be to done on data adequacy and financial equivalence
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December 24, 2020
24
Dec'20
UK-EU Brexit deal: TechUK sees positive runes on digital and data adequacy
TechUK is giving a cautious welcome to the imminent UK-EU trade deal, seeing positive signs for data adequacy and digital trade
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December 24, 2020
24
Dec'20
Top 10 software development stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 software development stories of 2020
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December 24, 2020
24
Dec'20
Top 10 Downtime Upload podcasts of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Downtime Upload podcasts of 2020
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December 23, 2020
23
Dec'20
Top 10 Australia IT stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 Australia IT stories of 2020
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December 23, 2020
23
Dec'20
Cisco reveals intention to acquire Dashbase
Networking tech and services giant gets out the corporate chequebook for the third time in a matter of weeks to buy customer experience and analytics software provider
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December 23, 2020
23
Dec'20
Top 10 cloud storage stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 cloud storage stories of 2020
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December 22, 2020
22
Dec'20
Top 10 remote working stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 remote working stories of 2020
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December 22, 2020
22
Dec'20
Top 10 retail technology stories of 2020
Computer Weekly looks at what 2020 had in store for the retail industry – just how did technology help retailers adapt to changing customer behaviour during the pandemic?
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December 22, 2020
22
Dec'20
Top 10 end-user computing stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 end-user computing stories of 2020
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December 21, 2020
21
Dec'20
Nordic CIO interview: Åsa Melvanius, Lund municipality
For Åsa Melvanius, CDO at the Swedish municipality of Lund, created a “robot factory” that has saved the city more than 6,500 hours by automating routine processes
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December 21, 2020
21
Dec'20
Top 10 container storage stories of 2020
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 container storage stories for 2020, when providing persistent Kubernetes storage, backup and disaster recovery became a key challenge for many organisations
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December 21, 2020
21
Dec'20
Top 10 artificial intelligence stories of 2020
AI has moved beyond a tool for web giants and internet startups to something mainstream businesses should take seriously
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December 20, 2020
20
Dec'20
THKD taps SAP and Azure to improve patient experience
Malaysian healthcare group THKD is deploying new SAP systems and plans to tap Azure’s cloud infrastructure to enhance patient experience
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December 17, 2020
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Dec'20
Government can’t be complacent with AI, says Lords report
Report urges coordination on policy and use of artificial intelligence, and sets out recommendations for how official bodies should respond to advances in the technology
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December 17, 2020
17
Dec'20
Post Office suffers latest court defeat in Horizon IT scandal
Court of Appeal indicates subpostmasters can pursue appeal route that could do more damage to Post Office’s reputation
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December 17, 2020
17
Dec'20
Guide Dogs data strategy navigates path to organisational view
Guide Dogs CIO Gerard McGovern is mapping out a data strategy that is aimed at taking the charity from an individual to an organisational view of data
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December 17, 2020
17
Dec'20
UK police unlawfully processing over a million people’s data on Microsoft 365
The roll-out of Microsoft 365 to dozens of UK police forces may be unlawful, because many have failed to conduct data protection checks before deployment and hold no information on their contracts
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December 16, 2020
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Dec'20
Lancashire police integrate body-worn video into digital policing app
Body-worn video integration will transform Lancashire police’s time-consuming and manual procedures into an efficient digital workflow, but claims that BMV will increase transparency and accountability are not backed by the evidence
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December 16, 2020
16
Dec'20
Singapore employees want more support for remote working
Singapore workers faced challenges in accessing internal company resources, spotty connections and had to use their personal devices for business while working remotely
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December 15, 2020
15
Dec'20
Finland examines wider use of AI video camera technology
Authorities in Helsinki will use artificial intelligence and video technologies to help them automate monitoring of crowds
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December 15, 2020
15
Dec'20
How Slack helped to support Re:Act’s Covid-19 relief effort
Collaboration platform helped get volunteers on board as the relief agency began a coordinated effort to support the NHS and communities