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January 18, 2018
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Jan'18
Milton Keynes first to get CityFibre-backed consumer broadband
CityFibre’s FTTP broadband network will be launched to residential customers in Milton Keynes through ISP partner Vodafone
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January 18, 2018
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Jan'18
Next-gen Mirai botnet targets cryptocurrency mining operations
A variant of the Satori botnet, a successor of the IoT device hijacking Mirai botnet, is designed to hijack cryptocurrency mining operations, syphoning off newly created digital coins
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January 17, 2018
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Jan'18
Business needs to reduce cyber threat to payment card data
Cardholder data is a prime target for cyber criminals, and that is only likely to increase in the coming year, according to a cloud-based secure payments firm
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January 17, 2018
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Jan'18
Ofcom pushes ahead with spectrum auction despite legal hold-up
Regulator starts preparation work for the long-delayed auction of radio spectrum to support enhanced 4G and future 5G mobile network roll-out
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January 17, 2018
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Jan'18
Davos: Disintegration of the internet could create economic turmoil
Politicians and business leaders will discuss the risks posed by fake news, cyber attacks, and artificial intelligence to jobs, political stability and global security, at the World Economic Forum in Davos
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January 16, 2018
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Jan'18
Financial savings just the beginning for CIOs who understand code quality
Businesses need to understand the quality of the code in their applications if they are to avoid unnecessary costs and glitches
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January 16, 2018
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Jan'18
Consumers demand better treatment from mobile operators
Mobile operators need to work to win back consumer trust ahead of widespread 5G deployment, according to a report from Ericsson
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January 11, 2018
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Jan'18
Hard Brexit risks 92,000 UK science and technology jobs
Economic analysis commissioned by London mayor Sadiq Khan warns that thousands of jobs in science and technology sectors be at risk if UK crashes out of EU with no deal
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January 11, 2018
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Jan'18
CES 2018: Hyundai and Cisco bring SDN to the automobile
Hyundai will debut a new generation of hyperconnected software-defined car in 2019, incorporating a Cisco-designed network platform
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January 10, 2018
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Jan'18
EC underlines need for data transfer agreement post-Brexit
The European Commission has emphasised the importance of having a data transfer agreement in place after the UK leaves the European Union
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January 10, 2018
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Jan'18
UAE tech growth prompts firms to review internal IT security
As IT becomes more prominent in the UAE economy, more and more internal connections between people and systems are created, all of which need to be secured
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January 10, 2018
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Jan'18
ICO fines Carphone Warehouse £400,000
Mobile retailer hit with one of the highest fines for putting personal data at risk as UK privacy watchdog warns that more stringent data protection laws will apply from 25 May 2018
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January 09, 2018
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Jan'18
Max Schrems champions NGO to fight for GDPR rights
Privacy activist whose legal challenge of Facebook led to the scrapping of the Safe Harbour Agreement says crowdfunding a new type of non-government organisation is essential to deliver privacy rights
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January 09, 2018
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Jan'18
Cloud firm scales Cloudian object storage to 2.5PB for GDPR
Calligo expands Cloudian Hyperstore from three nodes to 30 at worldwide datacentres, with object storage deployed for file-level and metadata capabilities suited to GDPR
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January 09, 2018
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Jan'18
Cyber attacks in 2017 drive Nordic security efforts
The volume of cyber attacks last year has increased boardroom focus on security in the Nordic region
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January 05, 2018
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Jan'18
Patch systems against Meltdown and Spectre, urges ICO
UK’s data protection watchdog is calling for organisations to apply security updates to mitigate against exploits of microprocessor flaws as soon as possible to safeguard personal data
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January 04, 2018
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Jan'18
Scottish Ambulance Service tests satellite to improve critical care process
The Scottish Ambulance Service is testing satellite broadband to help paramedics gather vital information on their patients’ conditions whilst in transit
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January 04, 2018
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Jan'18
NHS Coventry connects GPs to CityFibre broadband
NHS Coventry and Rugby Clinical Commissioning Group is upgrading to full-fibre broadband infrastructure for GP practices and community health centres
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January 03, 2018
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Jan'18
Critical Intel security patch will slow PCs, servers and Macs
AMD shares rise on news that the performance of millions of Windows PCs, Linux servers and Apple Macs is to be impacted by critical updates for a recently discovered security flaw in Intel chips manufactured in the past 10 years
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January 03, 2018
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Jan'18
Smartphone production to plateau in 2018, says report
After a bumper year, driven chiefly by growth in the Chinese market, smartphone production will begin to slow in 2018, according to analysts at TrendForce
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January 03, 2018
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Jan'18
IoT botnet DDoS attacks predicted after exploit code published
Security researchers are urging businesses to ensure they are prepared for large-scale DDoS attacks following the online publication of code to exploit a vulnerability in Huawei HG532 routers
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January 03, 2018
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Jan'18
Top IT priorities for Nordic CIOs in 2018
Nordic CIOs tell Computer Weekly about their intentions for the year ahead
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January 02, 2018
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Jan'18
Trackside network to bring 5G to UK rail travellers by 2025
The government has launched a consultation on improving mobile connectivity for rail passengers
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January 02, 2018
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Jan'18
Controversial council broadband service sold to Gigaclear
Ultrafast broadband services supplier Gigaclear has acquired the assets of troubled district-council-backed altnet Aylesbury Vale Broadband
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January 02, 2018
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Jan'18
Ransomware to hit cloud computing in 2018, predicts MIT
Ransomware targeting cloud services is one of the six biggest cyber threats likely to face organisations in 2018, according to the Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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December 28, 2017
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Dec'17
Top 10 CIO interviews of 2017
IT leaders from across the UK and Europe shared their plans, strategies and best practice advice with Computer Weekly
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December 19, 2017
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Dec'17
Top 10 enterprise IT in the Nordics stories in 2017
The Nordic region might be best known in IT circles for its startup communities – but it has much more to offer
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December 11, 2017
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Dec'17
Innovation key to halt cyber attacks
In the light of the number of cyber breaches taking place, innovative security systems are required, according to the UK National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)
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December 11, 2017
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Dec'17
Workers should embrace robots, not fear them, says Labour deputy
Labour deputy leader to say workers need not fear robots taking their jobs, but welcome the opportunities they will bring
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December 08, 2017
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Dec'17
Forging a new identity: IT underpins Openreach’s independence
Openreach chief technology and information officer Mark Lam discusses how IT is helping to forge a new and distinct identity for the network infrastructure business as it leaves the wider BT Group
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December 06, 2017
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Dec'17
UKtech50 2017 - The most influential people in UK IT
Computer Weekly has announced the eighth annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK IT sector
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December 05, 2017
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Dec'17
Bitcoin industry enters top 10 DDoS targets
The bitcoin industry has become one of the top 10 industries most targeted by distributed denial of service attacks, a report has revealed
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November 30, 2017
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Nov'17
Google faces £2.7bn claim on behalf of 5.4 million iPhone users
Technology giant is accused of harvesting and selling data from millions of iPhone users from 2011 to 2012 who could each receive compensation of several hundred pounds
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November 28, 2017
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Nov'17
Businesses need to balance user experience, privacy and security
Balancing user experience, privacy and security for the connected consumer is a key challenge for online businesses, according to KuppingerCole
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November 27, 2017
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Nov'17
UK IT professionals could lose out in a free trade deal between UK and India
There could be an increase in Indian IT professionals coming to work in the UK post-Brexit if a new trade deal is signed with India
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November 14, 2017
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Nov'17
Emergency Services Network delay to cost hundreds of millions
The Emergency Services Network roll-out has hit further delays and is likely to become very costly indeed, the Public Accounts Committee has heard
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November 14, 2017
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Nov'17
Waltham Forest Council gives 5G network plans a boost
Waltham Forest Council in London is to allow Arqiva to deploy small cell technology on 16,000 lampposts across the borough
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November 13, 2017
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Nov'17
Muslim hactivists hack “unhackable” IS news site
A Muslim hacktivist group has hacked into Islamic State’s news site and published thousands of subscribers’ details just hours after the site claimed it was impenetrable
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November 10, 2017
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Nov'17
ISPs agree to Ofcom broadband compensation proposals
BT, Sky, TalkTalk, Virgin Media and Zen Internet have agreed to introduce automatic compensation for consumers when their broadband service goes down
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November 09, 2017
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Nov'17
Bangalore offers the best ecosystem for digital transformation, says Economist report
Bangalore ranked as the number one location for businesses looking to access the right ecosystem to support digital transformation
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November 03, 2017
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Nov'17
Go beyond GDPR for a competitive edge
By exceeding the bare minimum requirements set by privacy regulations, businesses can win customers by offering greater assurances, says a business adviser
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October 19, 2017
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Oct'17
Government cuts cost of network infrastructure roll-out
Parts of the Electronic Communications Code have been updated to help communications providers deploy new infrastructure more quickly
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October 18, 2017
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Oct'17
Focus needs to shift to breach impact, says McAfee researcher
Breach investigations commonly focus on the attackers and their motives, but a security researcher believes there needs to be more emphasis on business impact
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October 18, 2017
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Oct'17
Openreach to open ‘grey’ fibre to broadband providers
Openreach is proposing to add a new feature to its optical spectrum access product to give broadband communication services providers more control over their networks
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October 18, 2017
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Oct'17
Cloud service spending almost matches traditional IT outsourcing
Traditional outsourcing spending has plummeted in the latest three-month period, but spending on cloud-based IT services is going some way to filling the void
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October 17, 2017
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Oct'17
RSA’s Middle East cyber security conference gains its own identity
RSA Abu Dhabi conference focuses on region’s cyber security needs as digital technology deployments expand
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October 16, 2017
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Oct'17
ADMCC monitors Abu Dhabi with Cisco technology
Abu Dhabi's surveillance system is using technology from Cisco
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October 11, 2017
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Oct'17
Dutch government agreement increasingly focuses on IT security
The coalition government in the Netherlands has agreed its plan for the next four years, with IT security prominent
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October 10, 2017
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Oct'17
Belgian telco Proximus picks Cloudify to support NFV roll-out
Belgium’s largest telecoms operator Proximus will deploy a cloud-native orchestration platform to support its adoption of NFV services in the business
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October 10, 2017
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Oct'17
Some IT contractors earning more than £700 a day
Research shows 40% of contractors reach the average annual IT salary within three months