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November 11, 2021 11 Nov'21
Post-Covid tech world to see 89% of UK tech operations hosted off-premise

Leading UK ISP releases research showing that emergence of the hybrid era means that dependence on on-premise infrastructure to support a full capacity office is no longer required
November 10, 2021 10 Nov'21
Cisco aims to conquer complexity in hybrid world of work

Network tech and services giant Cisco unveils solutions designed to simplify complex environments as the world embraces flexible ways of working, giving global view of SaaS application health and outages map
November 09, 2021 09 Nov'21
Yoti develops age estimation algorithm for under-13s

Age estimation technology developed by Yoti is being pitched as a way of helping social media platforms and other online businesses protect younger internet users from harm
November 09, 2021 09 Nov'21
Blockchain technology will help banks will cut cross-border payment costs by $10bn in 2030

The use of blockchain technology in cross-border payments will save global banks $10bn in 2030, according to research

November 07, 2021 07 Nov'21
Belfast City Airport: Most apps in the cloud by 2031

George Best Belfast City Airport has already achieved 50/50 cloud and on-premise working, with 80% of workloads expected to be cloud-based in the next decade. We look at what hybrid cloud means in practice
November 07, 2021 07 Nov'21
Businesses failing to cut carbon footprint of ‘power-hungry’ technology

Tackling the power consumption of datacentres features low on the list of tech leaders’ priorities, but pressures to change are growing
November 02, 2021 02 Nov'21
iXsystems entry-level NAS goes hyper-converged with TrueNAS Scale

iXsystems TrueNAS can be a fraction of the cost of competitors and with a revamped operating system it can be built into clusters that can run virtual machines and containers
October 29, 2021 29 Oct'21
Fibre to the fore for fixed broadband in Q2

Though varied across different markets, overall quarterly global fixed broadband growth returns to normal at the end of the second quarter of 2021
October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21
Russian IT market growing steadily after pandemic

Russia’s enterprise IT sector is recovering steadily after a slowdown caused by Covid-19
October 25, 2021 25 Oct'21
London calling for infrastructure as business nets expand four times faster than pre-pandemic

As the new way of working in the post-pandemic arena evolves, research finds digitally mature businesses are hitting the accelerator on digital infrastructure

October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21
LightBasin hackers breach 13 telcos in two years

Hackers have obtained an undisclosed volume of subscriber information and call metadata in a sustained campaign against telecommunications firms
October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21
Want to sidestep public cloud? AuriStor offers global file storage

Built to scale hugely, and built for high performance and security, Auristor offers NAS-like Posix-compatible storage to customers that want to avoid public cloud
October 07, 2021 07 Oct'21
How data drives Air Canada’s cargo business

Data-driven insights and artificial intelligence are helping Air Canada to find a new business path as it expands its cargo business following the pandemic
October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21
The power of two: quantum or neuromorphic computing?

No one wants to run a computer operating at temperatures close to absolute zero – this is pushing the boundaries of new computing architectures
October 06, 2021 06 Oct'21
Apache web server users urged to patch immediately

New zero-day in Apache HTTP Server is already being actively exploited and must be addressed immediately
October 05, 2021 05 Oct'21
CIO interview: Lisa Heneghan, chief digital officer, KPMG

KPMG UK’s digital leader says that in her 25-year career she has never known a more exciting time to work in IT
September 29, 2021 29 Sep'21
Blue Prism deal adds RPA to Tibco software product range

Robotic process automation provides another piece of the jigsaw in Tibco’s drive to be a data company
September 27, 2021 27 Sep'21
GCP gets triple-redundant NAS and built-in Kubernetes backup

Google Filestore Enterprise will provide synchronous replication across three zones, while Backup for Google Kubernetes Engine brings built-in container cluster data protection
September 22, 2021 22 Sep'21
AI cannot be regulated by technical measures alone

The regulation of artificial intelligence must address the power of tech companies, as technical measures alone will not be enough to prevent the harms caused by AI-driven technologies, says report
September 20, 2021 20 Sep'21
ASEAN organisations face observability gap

Organisations in Southeast Asia are grappling with a hodgepodge of observability tools and have some way to go before they can achieve full visibility over their technology stacks
September 15, 2021 15 Sep'21
Tech Nation announces second cohort for Net Zero accelerator

The Net Zero programme from Tech Nation aims to help tech startups and scaleups realise their potential to reduce global emissions
September 15, 2021 15 Sep'21
Volkswagen supports Arm-based software-defined car standard

Car manufacturer's software business supports industry initiative to develop a standard platform and open-source reference implementation
September 06, 2021 06 Sep'21
NetApp and AWS launch fully managed Ontap cloud file storage

But hybrid cloud still limited, according to NetApp. Until containerisation is widespread, applications tend to be built for the cloud or work better in the datacentre
August 23, 2021 23 Aug'21
IBM unveils Telum to combat financial fraud in real time

Completely new architecture means the AI accelerator chip does not need to pass data to and from the main processor, PCI bus or operating system
August 19, 2021 19 Aug'21
How Bet365 addressed Apple’s iOS App Store policy changes

Apps on the iOS app store need to be more ‘Apple like’, with a common user experience. We find out how Bet365 achieved app portability
August 06, 2021 06 Aug'21
Apple unveils plans to scan US iPhones for child sex abuse images

Apple will introduce child sexual abuse material detection for US users later this year, but some experts are worried that the technology could be repurposed to scan phones for other kinds of content
August 05, 2021 05 Aug'21
BlackMatter goes on the record about DarkSide and REvil links

BlackMatter gives details of its ransomware-as-a-service operation and distinguishes itself from now-defunct ransomware gangs in interview with cyber security analysts from Recorded Future
July 23, 2021 23 Jul'21
TfL under fire for relying on Uber facial-verification data in licensing decisions

TfL is facing numerous legal appeals from Uber drivers as a result of its decisions to revoke their private licences on the basis of mistaken information from Uber’s systems
July 20, 2021 20 Jul'21
Volvo: Our friends in software

We speak to Volvo’s head of software platform about the company’s strategy to build a software-defined car
July 14, 2021 14 Jul'21
Windows 365: Microsoft unveils the era of the cloud PC

Expanding its cloud offerings, Microsoft has simplified Azure Virtual Desktops with a new way to access Windows on any device
July 14, 2021 14 Jul'21
More than half of European IT outsourcing spending will soon be on cloud services

Cloud services will soon be the largest part of the IT services market in Europe, as enterprises invest in them as part of their Covid-19 recovery strategies
July 08, 2021 08 Jul'21
How GSK Consumer Healthcare builds out its platform business

GSK Consumer Healthcare’s products are sold through retailers and chemist shops, and it is now connecting directly with consumers through APIs
July 07, 2021 07 Jul'21
Former Bank of England CIO joins Co-op Group as CTO

Rob Elsey joins the Co-op Group at a time when the organisation is undergoing major digital transformation
July 06, 2021 06 Jul'21
Bank of England searches for new CIO amid once-in-a-generation project

The Bank of England is recruiting a head of IT during a period of major change in its core IT system
June 28, 2021 28 Jun'21
Gartner: IaaS growth boosted during pandemic

Many organisations have had to expand their use of public cloud services during the global crisis
June 25, 2021 25 Jun'21
France TV repatriates backup and archive from public cloud

France Télévisions Publicité couldn’t always get to critical data, so decided to repatriate backup and archiving from the cloud to on-site locations, with help from a managed service
June 22, 2021 22 Jun'21
NHSX policy document focuses on patients and data sharing

Patient privacy and data and code reuse are three of the pillars outlined in the NHSX’s new data strategy for sharing patient data
June 21, 2021 21 Jun'21
Opera house shuns cloud for Nutanix and Rubrik hyper-converged infrastructure

The Royal Opera House considered moving all its infrastructure to the cloud, but a hybrid setup with Nutanix and Rubrik hyper-converged infrastructure came in 35% cheaper
June 01, 2021 01 Jun'21
Why a cloud operating model matters

Successful cloud adoption requires organisations to go beyond tools and techniques to map out a cloud operating model, says consulting firm Contino
May 27, 2021 27 May'21
How supply chain digitisation is paving the way to gene therapy

Big pharma has been on the frontline to vaccinate the world against Covid-19. Digitising supply chains sets them up to personalise patient care
May 26, 2021 26 May'21
Nordic CIO interview: Tommi Tuovila, Neste

Former Olympian talks to Computer Weekly about the challenges facing CIOs in a rapidly changing world
May 25, 2021 25 May'21
Think 2021: AI and automation dominate IBM’s growth strategy

Think 2021 was an opportunity for IBM to showcase its progress in a vision for hybrid cloud operations and artificial intelligence
May 19, 2021 19 May'21
Edging closer to composable business

Covid-19 forced organisations to try radical new things. Building apps from pre-built functions is one that Mulesoft believes has longevity
May 13, 2021 13 May'21
Portworx gets container-native array management for Pure hardware

Container storage player Portworx builds in container-native functionality to allow discovery, provisioning and management from inside Kubernetes cluster, but only on Pure arrays so far
May 11, 2021 11 May'21
How OAG has adapted data services for return to airline travel

Covid-19 led to radical changes across the travel sector. Despite lower passenger flows, global travel data provider OAG reworked its data offerings to prepare for a return to normal
May 11, 2021 11 May'21
Colonial Pipeline ransomware attack has grave consequences

The ramifications of a major ransomware attack against a US fuel pipeline operator could spread far and wide
May 05, 2021 05 May'21
Dysfunctional cyber, network teams disrupt digital transformation

Despite shared goals, combative and dysfunctional relationships within specialist tech teams are putting digital transformation projects at risk, according to a report
April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21
UK supermarkets to trial age estimation tech for alcohol purchases

Biometric age estimation technology developed by Yoti to be tested in UK supermarkets for alcohol purchases as part of government-led digital identities initiative
April 23, 2021 23 Apr'21
Intel quarterly results reveal tactics to address ARM in the datacentre

The chipmaker aims to make use of standard chip libraries and offer its customers different ways to package and optimise Intel silicon
April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21
Met Office prepares for 1.5 million processor, 60 petaflop supercomputer

Azure, Cray supercomputers and Epyc core are the key ingredients inside weather forecasting service’s latest development to improve data