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• September 29, 2020 29 Sep'20

  Oracle OpenWorld 2020: Miranda – business model changes are driving turn to cloud

  Steve Miranda, who leads Oracle applications development globally, spoke to Computer Weekly ahead of his keynote at the virtual version of OpenWorld. Supply chain management and customer experience are vectors where improvements are being made, he ...

• September 29, 2020 29 Sep'20

  Over two million Brits using open banking

  Data shows more than two million people in the UK are now taking control of their financial data through open banking

• September 29, 2020 29 Sep'20

  Organisations locked out by Azure AD crash

  The Azure Active Directory was unavailable for a few hours in the evening of 28 September, preventing many from accessing MS online services

• September 29, 2020 29 Sep'20

  Remote working world reveals cloud/SaaS security concerns

  Research reveals pivotal moment when the cloud is playing a more important role than ever to support mass remote working, with CISO concerns over cloud security remaining stubbornly high

• September 29, 2020 29 Sep'20

  Subpostmasters still in the dark about live Horizon errors

  Subpostmasters still not being told about all the known errors in the controversial Post Office branch accounting and retail system that they use

• September 29, 2020 29 Sep'20

  Universal Credit algorithm fails people in need, says Human Rights Watch

  The human rights charity says the government’s flagship benefits system is “flawed” and that the means-testing algorithm used causes “irrational fluctuations and reductions in how much benefit” claimants receive each month

• September 28, 2020 28 Sep'20

  UK and US marked down on responsible AI

  The UK and US have been rated as leaders in government use of artificial intelligence, but the Nordics and Baltics attained the highest scores for responsible AI

• September 28, 2020 28 Sep'20

  Swiss ISP opts for Scality object storage for backup service

  Move to object storage allows Lake Solutions to cut customer backup costs by 66% while providing new S3-based bucket storage for customers based on Scality on HPE

• September 28, 2020 28 Sep'20

  Case Study: Douglas and Gordon uses video to make house searching safer

  Estate agent Douglas and Gordon has made videos of prospective properties to make it safer and easier for house hunters to find their new home during the coronavirus pandemic

• September 28, 2020 28 Sep'20

  Tibco eyes growth in emerging APAC markets

  Tibco’s regional head honcho, Erich Gerber, sees massive potential in Asia’s large population and thirst for technology, including advanced analytics tools that will help businesses glean actionable insights

• September 25, 2020 25 Sep'20

  The new normal for collaboration in the new football season

  After the Covid-19 lockdown cost the 2019/20 football season three months' absence, football is now a whole new ball game. Manchester City’s investment in network technology is one of its major signings

• September 25, 2020 25 Sep'20

  Business leaders must use lessons of the present to get future-ready

  Research reveals the impact of Covid-19 on the digital workplace, and how technology will enable new ways of working

• September 25, 2020 25 Sep'20

  Tips on breaking free from long-term IT contracts

  Far-reaching, multi-year contracts are less popular these days, but IT departments often find the renewal date is still years away

• September 25, 2020 25 Sep'20

  Government on the hunt for telexistence tech

  Defence and Security Accelerator wants several technology innovations that can help people operate in dangerous environments without being physically present – with £500,000 funding available

• September 24, 2020 24 Sep'20

  Coronavirus shows inadequacy of rear-view mirror planning

  Looking at historical data has hampered businesses’ attempts to move forward effectively during the pandemic

• September 24, 2020 24 Sep'20

  Can banks solve money laundering puzzle through technology?

  Banks face a huge challenge in identifying and stopping money laundering without interfering with police investigations

• September 24, 2020 24 Sep'20

  Race to patch as Microsoft confirms Zerologon attacks in the wild

  Don’t be the organisation that made the headlines because it failed to patch. Microsoft says it is seeing cyber attacks ramping up around the Zerologon CVE-2020-1472 bug

• September 24, 2020 24 Sep'20

  How FedEx sustains tech innovation

  At the start of the Tibco Live virtual conference, FedEx CIO Rob Carter was asked how he helps the business drive innovation

• September 24, 2020 24 Sep'20

  Klaxoon claims new visual standard for collaboration with Board

  Teamwork and smart work technology provider takes advantage of lockdown to develop next-generation visual workspace with built-in videoconferencing

• September 23, 2020 23 Sep'20

  8x8 accelerates remote contact centre deployment for Sefton Council

  Governing body for Merseyside council increases multi-channel communication to speed up first-call resolution and create a richer citizen experience with remote workers

• September 22, 2020 22 Sep'20

  The inside story of Taiwan’s AI whizz

  Not content with his stellar achievements in artificial intelligence, Chih-Han Yu wanted to create an impact with his work and formed one of Taiwan’s most important unicorns

• September 22, 2020 22 Sep'20

  Green Cargo extends Rimini contract to keep legacy SAP backend running

  Mainframe and SAP to provide systems of record, with real-time data for new digitisation initiatives, built on multi-cloud, RPA and low-code platforms

• September 22, 2020 22 Sep'20

  Unilever partners with Google Cloud to bolster supply chain sustainability

  Consumer goods giant Unilever is drawing on Google's cloud technologies to help it achieve its goal of finding sustainable sources of palm oil, and reduce the risk of its operations leading to deforestation

• September 22, 2020 22 Sep'20

  Patch grows data capabilities with Snowflake

  A Snowflake data warehouse pulls in data from various SaaS systems to provide master data for management reports for horticulture retailer Patch

• September 21, 2020 21 Sep'20

  Video to power the future of work culture

  Research from leading video cloud providers show that more than two-thirds of workers want remote work options for the future

• September 21, 2020 21 Sep'20

  CIO interview: Julie Berry of Saffery Champness advances business advisory role for IT

  Julie Berry, IT director at accountancy firm Saffery Champness, describes how her team has enhanced its advisory role to the business, in part through the implementation of a cloud-based document management system

• September 21, 2020 21 Sep'20

  Remote workers lack appropriate tools to adapt to the new normal

  Research finds that companies must proactively address the workflow and productivity challenges remote workers continue to face in order to drive greater productivity

• September 21, 2020 21 Sep'20

  DBS taps AI and data analytics in intelligent banking move

  Singaporean bank has started using artificial intelligence and analytics to provide customers with hyper-personalised insights and recommendations, to win more market share

• September 18, 2020 18 Sep'20

  Congressman offered Julian Assange a ‘win-win’ deal that would help President Trump

  Details have emerged of US congressman Dana Rohrabacher’s offer of a pardon to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange in a ‘win-win deal that would benefit US President Donald Trump

• September 17, 2020 17 Sep'20

  Government IT leaders on how Covid crisis will shape future delivery

  At a TechUK Building the Smarter State event, government IT leaders shared their experience of the coronavirus crisis, and their thinking about how future service delivery will aim to be more joined-up for citizens

• September 17, 2020 17 Sep'20

  WikiLeaks partners developed software to redact 400,000 Iraq War Logs

  Psychologist and co-founder of NGO the Iraq Body Count told a court that Julian Assange insisted on stringent redaction of hundreds of thousands of documents which revealed civilian deaths in the Iraq war

• September 16, 2020 16 Sep'20

  Alibaba Cloud unveils ‘cloud computer’, delivery robot

  At its annual Apsara conference, Alibaba Cloud debuts a thin-client computer and a logistics robot that can carry 50 packages in one go

• September 16, 2020 16 Sep'20

  Pure flashes the cash, paying $370m for Portworx

  Flash storage pioneer believes container storage is the next frontier and pays big money for container persistent storage software provider Portworx in deal set to close this month

• September 16, 2020 16 Sep'20

  Lorca security scaleups to get Splunk data expertise

  Lorca inducts Splunk onto its co-marketing programme, giving security scaleups access to new data expertise

• September 16, 2020 16 Sep'20

  Western Australia government goes all-in on Microsoft

  State agencies in Western Australia will be able to tap Azure cloud services and cloud applications through a new Microsoft agreement

• September 15, 2020 15 Sep'20

  Staff recognise productivity value of tech investments

  Two surveys, one conducted before the UK coronavirus lockdown, one after, show a shift in attitudes among employees towards modern IT

• September 15, 2020 15 Sep'20

  Risky development practice leaves company access keys exposed

  Database stores, cloud storage and myriad other services are being put at risk by the accidental exposure of company access keys during development

• September 15, 2020 15 Sep'20

  TikTok-Oracle partnership moves forward for consideration

  Joint venture proposal could create thousands of jobs and secure TikTok’s future outside China

• September 15, 2020 15 Sep'20

  Nutanix bolsters Kubernetes playbook with managed service

  Karbon Platform Services claims to ease container deployments in public and hybrid cloud environments in the emerging Kubernetes platform war

• September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

  Fintech Pledge launched to strengthen UK’s financial technology sector

  The Fintech Pledge initiative is designed to foster closer collaboration between banks and fintechs so that the UK can continue building a globally competitive fintech ecosystem

• September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

  UK’s ‘historic’ trade deal with Japan promises advantages to tech industry, says TechUK

  TechUK was among the organisations that have welcome the ‘historic’ trade deal between the UK and Japan that is expected to boost trade by £15bn a year

• September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

  Can Nvidia expand software business through £31bn Arm deal?

  Nvidia is to buy rival chip designer Arm for £31bn in a deal it hopes will put it at the forefront of artificial intelligence for edge computing

• September 14, 2020 14 Sep'20

  NTT taps data analytics and cloud for Tour de France

  NTT’s analytics and cloud capabilities stood up to the test amid crashes and poor weather conditions during the first stage of this year’s Tour de France

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  Small businesses projected to add £1.8tn to global GDP growth by 2024

  Small Business Digital Maturity research finds nearly three-quarters of global small businesses surveyed are accelerating their digitisation rates to address Covid-19 challenges and respond faster to the new normal of remote working

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  Santander to double investment in fintechs

  Santander is doubling the amount of money it invests in fintech startups after the success of its funding arm, which was established in 2014

• September 11, 2020 11 Sep'20

  Government funds digital manufacturing projects

  The business secretary has announced £300 million of funding for virtual assistants, augmented reality and digital supply chain innovations

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  London councils to share technology procurement platform

  A new technology procurement platform will help all 33 local councils in London diversify their IT supplier portfolios

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  Hyundai-Kia expands Rimini Oracle contract to regional offices

  Car manufacturer expands its existing third-party support contract. Savings will help fund autonomous and electric car development

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  September’s Patch Tuesday heavy on RCE vulnerabilities

  Microsoft’s September update contains patches for 129 common vulnerabilities and exposures, including a high number of remote code execution issues

• September 09, 2020 09 Sep'20

  Government publishes long-promised national data strategy

  The government has published a national data strategy aimed at fostering innovation and increasing economic growth. It will also appoint 10 data fellows each year to work in the orbit of Number 10, and create 500 analyst jobs by 2021