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IT management
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September 23, 2024
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Sep'24
Post Office system still causing unexplained shortfalls for over half of subpostmasters
A quarter of today’s subpostmasters are ‘very dissatisfied’ with how the current Horizon IT system works
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September 23, 2024
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Sep'24
Nokia unveils private wireless sustainability calculator
Nokia’s energy measurement tool quantifies the sustainability of private wireless networks-enabled industrial use cases, allowing businesses to identify opportunities to achieve tangible gains through digitisation
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September 20, 2024
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Sep'24
Most Influential Women in UK Tech: Computer Weekly’s Hall of Fame
Computer Weekly’s Hall of Fame showcases the great women who have made a lifetime contribution to the technology sector
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September 20, 2024
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Sep'24
UN body urges ‘globally inclusive and distributed’ AI governance
A United Nations body set up to investigate the international governance of AI says the nature of how the technology currently operates requires a global approach to regulation that prioritises equity and inclusion
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September 20, 2024
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Instant messaging wins over in-person meetings for collaboration
Research from Zoom reveals that leaders and employees favour collaborating via instant messaging instead of in-person meetings
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September 20, 2024
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Interview: Keeping SAP ECC running without support
We speak to the CIO of Spanish gas distribution firm Madrileña Red de Gas about keeping SAP running after official support ends
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September 19, 2024
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CIOs urged to pace AI adoption
At the recent Gartner IT Symposium 2024 in Gold Coast, experts call for CIOs to pace their adoption of AI, manage costs and embrace ‘augmented leadership’
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September 19, 2024
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HSBC tests post-quantum VPN tunnel for digital ledgers
Encryption required for post-quantum cryptography will have a material impact on the performance of distributed ledgers
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September 19, 2024
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Post Office scandal victim becomes first to receive £600,000 under new redress scheme
The compensation payment raises hopes that other wrongly convicted subpostmasters will receive payments far more quickly under new scheme
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September 19, 2024
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Sep'24
Most influential women in UK tech: The 2024 longlist
In Computer Weekly’s search for this year’s top 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech, hundreds of women have been put forward for consideration. Here, we look at a list of everyone nominated in 2024
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September 19, 2024
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Sep'24
Government on the hunt for science and tech leaders
The prime minister’s Council for Science and Technology is looking for 10 members to join the council, which advises government on science and technology issues
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September 18, 2024
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Sep'24
M1 ditches 70% of legacy systems in cloud transformation drive
Singapore telco M1 is switching off 70% of its legacy systems by the end of 2024 and leveraging Salesforce to offer more personalised services
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September 18, 2024
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Dreamforce 24: Salesforce taps Nvidia to power Agentforce
At Dreamforce in San Francisco, Salesforce and Nvidia detail some of the tech that will power the software giant's newly launched Agentforce service
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September 18, 2024
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NCSC exposes Chinese company running malicious Mirai botnet
The NCSC and its Five Eyes allies have published details of the activities of a China-based cyber security company that is operating a Mirai IoT botnet in the service of government-backed intrusions
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September 18, 2024
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Sep'24
Europol provides detail on Ghost encrypted comms platform takedown
Law enforcement bodies from across the world have revealed how they collaborated to bring down encrypted network Ghost and the new ways of working that have been established with Europol at the centre
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September 18, 2024
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Third of enterprises to automate majority of network activities by 2026
Research shows infrastructure and operations leaders increasingly looking to AI-based analytics and augmented decision-making to improve operational resilience and responsiveness
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September 18, 2024
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Workers and business leaders have different views on GenAI uses
Employees are using GenAI primarily for spelling and grammar checking, while business chiefs are using it for data analysis
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September 18, 2024
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Sep'24
Public digital transformation will be challenged by austerity
Public sector and IT industry figures gathered at TechUK’s 10th annual Building the Smarter State event discussed how Labour’s ‘mission-driven’ policy approach can drive digital transformation efforts in the context of fresh austerity measures
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September 18, 2024
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Sep'24
Post Office chief executive Nick Read quits
After months in the spotlight and calls for his resignation from victims of the Post Office scandal, CEO Read will step down in March 2025
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September 18, 2024
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Sep'24
Dreamforce 2024: Salesforce calls on customers to flesh out AI vision
A stream of customers helped Salesforce make the case for its Agentforce artificial intelligence offering on the opening day of the annual Dreamforce conference in San Francisco
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September 18, 2024
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Revised roadmap projects quantum advantage by 2029
Quantinuum is planning to develop a machine called Apollo by 2029, which it claims will have enough logical qubits to perform complex calculations
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September 17, 2024
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Sep'24
Microsoft adds $30-a-month business chat AI assistant to Copilot
The software giant has introduced AI-powered features, including Python code generation in Excel
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September 17, 2024
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Salesforce’s agentic AI platform to transform business automation
CRM giant’s Agentforce lets organisations build and deploy autonomous agents to automate business processes through advanced learning and data integration
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September 17, 2024
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Barclays takes on more GreenLake
Barclays has ramped up its HPE-powered private cloud, as it continues to modernise IT and reduce its carbon footprint
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September 17, 2024
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Toshiba follows the pack with launch of 24TB and 28TB HDDs
Several months behind Seagate and Western Digital, Toshiba achieves the maximum possible in commercial HDDs and benefits from a speed boost over its rivals
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September 17, 2024
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Fujitsu loses £50m in sales after Post Office scandal furore
Supplier of the controversial Horizon IT system has been hit by public outrage after the Post Office scandal became mainstream news
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September 17, 2024
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First CyberBoost Catalyse startup cohort named
The first group of companies named to a cyber incubator programme run by Plexal and the National University of Singapore includes two growing UK businesses
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September 16, 2024
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Olam Agri to deploy S/4Hana on AWS
Olam Agri is enhancing its global supply chain by deploying SAP’s S/4Hana ERP suite on Amazon Web Services, leveraging artificial intelligence to streamline operations and mitigate risks
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September 16, 2024
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HMRC’s list of known tax avoidance schemes and non-compliant umbrellas nears 100 names
The number of non-compliant umbrella companies and tax avoidance schemes on HMRC’s name and shame list has doubled in the past 12 months
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September 13, 2024
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Mid and South Essex deploys shared care record
The shared care record is live across the region’s NHS providers, allowing them to share patient information from GPs, hospitals, and mental health and community services
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September 13, 2024
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Vodafone/Three merger likely to increase mobile prices, warns competition watchdog
A Competition and Markets Authority investigation finds the proposed merger of the two mobile operators would be bad for competition – but offers companies the chance to suggest remedies
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September 13, 2024
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Municipal makeover: Indian cities embrace cutting-edge tech
From AI-powered stray dog management to blockchain-secured building permission certificates, municipal corporations across India are ditching outdated processes for digital tools
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September 12, 2024
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Teenager arrested in TfL cyber attack investigation
New security measures following the cyber attack, which took down some of TfL’s services, have led to delays in contactless roll-out
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September 12, 2024
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Lord introduces bill to regulate public sector AI and automation
A private members’ bill seeking to regulate the use of artificial intelligence (AI) and other automated technologies throughout the public sector has been brought to Parliament
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September 12, 2024
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Data sharing for immigration raids ferments hostility to migrants
Data sharing between public and private bodies for the purposes of carrying out immigration raids helps to prop up the UK’s hostile environment by instilling an atmosphere of fear and deterring migrants from accessing public services
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September 12, 2024
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Government receives report on second controversial Post Office IT system
Former subpostmasters suffered as a result of unexplained accounting shortfalls which they believe were caused by errors in Post Office Capture software, used before the controversial Horizon system
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September 12, 2024
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Keir Starmer vows to create a ‘digital NHS’ following damning Darzi review
The prime minister promises to move from an analogue to a digital NHS after Lord Darzi’s rapid review of the health service found an NHS in disrepair, with outdated IT and low productivity
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September 12, 2024
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Mphasis expands UK roots with leap into quantum computing
Indian heritage software development services supplier opens London hub to help customers integrate the latest technologies into their business plans
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September 12, 2024
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European enterprise networking lacks hybrid maturity
Deploying a complex hybrid and multicloud IT architecture has an impact on enterprise network management
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September 12, 2024
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UK and others sign first ‘binding’ treaty on AI and human rights
The UK, US and EU have all signed a treaty from the Council of Europe that aims to mitigate the threat AI poses to human rights, democracy and the rule of law, but commentators say it lacks enforcement mechanisms and creates loopholes
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September 12, 2024
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Mainframe teams turn to AI for modernisation gains
Given the skills crisis, generative artificial intelligence may offer a way for IT and business leaders to modernise their mainframe environments
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September 11, 2024
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Datacentres granted critical national infrastructure status
The global IT outage caused by CrowdStrike has shown why keeping datacentres secure and safe is critical to the UK
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September 11, 2024
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HMRC could lose millions in unpaid tax as non-compliant umbrella enters pre-pack administration
HMRC looks set to miss out on millions of pounds in unpaid tax it is owed by a non-compliant umbrella company that slipped into administration, prompting renewed calls for the sector to be regulated
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September 11, 2024
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Under-pressure Post Office botches hardware procurement in project to replace error-prone system
Pressured decision-making caused mistakes in the Post Office project to replace the system at the heart of national scandal
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September 11, 2024
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Fujitsu cuts annual staff pay rise as Post Office scandal bites
UK staff morale is at an all-time low as Japanese IT giant deals with the backlash from its involvement in the Post Office Horizon scandal
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September 10, 2024
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Ada Lovelace Institute warns NHS against deploying genomics AI
A report has found that widespread use of artificial intelligence-powered genomic health prediction in the NHS could lead to privacy and ethical issues, discrimination and dependency on the private sector
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September 10, 2024
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Oracle lauds customers and cloud collaboration at CloudWorld ’24
Oracle’s leadership was in celebratory mood opening its annual CloudWorld jamboree, and with its announcement of a new cloud partnership with AWS, multicloud futures were high on everyone’s agenda
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September 10, 2024
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Belgium: Researchers at Imec tackle bioconvergence
Several initiatives are underway at Imec to apply semiconductor and related technology to a range of challenges in healthcare
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September 10, 2024
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JFrog and GitHub unveil open source security integrations
Secure software specialist JFrog is working with code development service GitHub to integrate the onboard capabilities of its Software Supply Chain Platform service into GitHub’s platform
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September 10, 2024
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Unilever calls on Accenture to drive AI business efficiency
Manufacturer Unilever is already using AI for advanced data analytics, but is now exploring how to use Accenture’s GenAI platform