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IT for manufacturing

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  Most business decision-makers and knowledge workers happy to work alongside robots

  Fears that automation will remove jobs for knowledge workers are reducing as opportunities emerge to upskill and eradicate mundane work

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  Del Monte Foods enlists Accenture to help guide move to AWS cloud

  US-based food producer has moved hundreds of servers and business applications to the AWS public cloud as part of a push to modernise its IT estate and boost its overall business agility

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Cyber attacks increasingly exploiting supply chain weaknesses

  Cyber attacks are increasingly characterised by supply chain attacks, counter incident response and lateral movement, research reveals

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Consumers still important as Dutch satnav pioneer maps B2B future

  TomTom is focusing on the business-to-business sector, but its consumer base is an important part of its strategy

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  CLA calls for government intervention on rural 4G coverage

  Country Land and Business Association urges government to consider broadband-style interventions to improve 4G mobile network coverage in rural areas

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Businesses losing out on early payment discounts due to outdated software

  Chief financial officers need to upgrade their accounting software to benefit from discounts available for paying suppliers early

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Cyber attacks targeting industrial control systems on the rise

  Malicious cyber activity increased to almost half of the industrial infrastructure protected by Kaspersky Lab in 2018, but the UK is among the most secure countries, the security firm reports

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Norsk Hydro cyber attack cost estimates up to $41m

  Initial estimates have put the financial impact of last week’s ransomware attack on the Norwegian aluminium producer of up to nearly $41m, raising questions about cyber insurance coverage

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Nominet urges SMEs to register .uk domains to thwart squatters

  The automatic right of .co.uk domain name holders to register the shorter .uk domains ends in June

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Firms urged to gear up for new malware and tactics as threats proliferate

  The volume of malware attacks reached a record level in 2018, with UK and India bucking global trend of increased ransomware attacks, a study shows

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Police investigate Norsk Hydro ransomware attack

  Ransomware attack on one of the world’s largest aluminium producers is under police investigation

• March 19, 2019 19 Mar'19

  Norsk Hydro confirms ransomware attack

  A Norwegian aluminium producer has confirmed a ransomware attack is affecting several areas of its business, forcing it to switch to manual operations

• March 19, 2019 19 Mar'19

  More than half of EU firms report cyber attack losses

  More than half of European firms admit business disruption and data loss due to cyber attacks in the past 24 months, with UK firms among the most targeted, a survey shows

• March 19, 2019 19 Mar'19

  Norwegian aluminium producer hit by ‘extensive’ cyber attack

  A Norwegian aluminium producer has disclosed that it has come under cyber attack affecting several areas of its business as the firm faces claims of environmental damage

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  Cyber awareness of UK boards found wanting

  Boards of many of the UK’s biggest firms must do more to be cyber aware, according to a government report.