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• April 08, 2019 08 Apr'19

  How APAC firms can tame the data beast

  Companies and data management experts across Asia-Pacific reveal how they are tackling data management challenges that have been compounded by growing cloud usage and compliance requirements

• April 05, 2019 05 Apr'19

  NHS IT jobs need to be promoted differently

  More ambition and a mindset change is required to attract more technology talent to the national health service

• April 05, 2019 05 Apr'19

  Dutch government to make AI national priority

  The Dutch government wants to increase its focus on the artificial intelligence sector, as other countries gain an advantage

• April 05, 2019 05 Apr'19

  Interview: Innovating with data science

  Amadeus’s head of data science for innovation, Baptiste Chatrain, discusses his GitHub page and how the business innovates with data

• April 05, 2019 05 Apr'19

  Huawei ban will cost UK plc £6.8bn, delay 5G

  If the UK government decides to impose tighter restrictions, or an outright ban on the use of Huawei in national 5G networks, the country faces severe consequences, according to a report

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  The rise of digital workers and the bot economy

  Automation Anywhere’s booming business, particularly in the Asia-Pacific region, is a sign of things to come in the new world of work where digital workers can be hired from a bot store

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  No-deal Brexit threatens future of UK CAV sector

  The UK has turned itself into a global leader for connected and autonomous vehicles, but its position is at risk because of Brexit, a new report warns

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Social inclusion unit aims to expand diversity in IT conversation

  New unit at startup hub wants to explore how technology can be applied to address the barriers many people face in participating in society

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  NHSX announces new leadership

  DCMS director-general Matthew Gould is to take over as chief executive of the NHSX, with recruitment set to accelerate at the newly formed digital strategy unit

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Enhanced Wi-Fi cuts costs to maximise efficiency at Dorset school

  The need for cost-effective, manageable wireless infrastructure without additional annual licence fees drove Lytchett Minster School’s decision to upgrade its on-site network with TP-Link

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Migrating to cloud native will drive services boom

  Gartner expects organisations moving on-premise applications to the cloud to take on board additional advisory, migration and development services

• April 04, 2019 04 Apr'19

  Prepare to deploy custom hardware to speed up AI

  Latest forecasts suggest spending on artificial intelligence is ramping up, and organisations that need raw machine learning performance are turning to custom hardware

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  How AWS is powering Australia’s education technology startups

  Cloud giant is gearing up education technology startups in Australia to develop cloud applications for schools and universities

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  Home Office Brexit app will work on Apple devices

  An agreement has been reached to make the app for EU nationals to apply for settlement in the UK work on iOS-based products

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  Why you need to link licensing tools to HR

  IT can be pretty good at setting up a PC for a new joiner, but what happens when someone leaves? How do you delete their cloud access?

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  MI5 and the Met ramp up use of analytics to tackle terrorism

  Police and intelligence organisations are working on technologies that will help “sharpen radars” around detecting terrorist intents

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  Employees lack awareness of corporate data-sharing policies

  IT leaders believe their organisations are highly likely to lose data in the next 12 months due to accidental data breaches

• 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

  Manchester startups help GCHQ tap into new source of ingenuity

  The first group of startups to emerge from a Manchester-based accelerator programme has contributed new ways of thinking to UK’s GCHQ intelligence agency

• April 03, 2019 03 Apr'19

  Demand for edge datacentres set to grow in APAC

  More edge datacentres will be needed in the Asia-Pacific region to cope with greater adoption of edge computing and IoT when 5G networks are up and running

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Government invests in knife-detection tech research

  The Home Office and the Department for Transport are channelling more than £460,000 into fast-tracking the development and deployment of technologies that can detect concealed blades in public spaces

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  SMEs forced into automation as Making Tax Digital goes live

  Small businesses are faced with all manner of challenges as the government presses ahead with its plan to digitise the UK tax system

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Huawei reports record numbers despite tumultuous year

  Huawei has become one of the world’s largest technology companies by revenue, suggesting the accusations over its ties to the Chinese government are failing to have much impact

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Post Office could face huge costs bill for first Horizon trial

  Subpostmaster claimants’ legal team makes application for the Post Office to pay millions of pounds of costs associated with trial

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Digital industries lead UK economy

  Technology, media and creative businesses are leading national economic growth, according to research

• 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

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Broadband compensation rules come into force

  Regulations that guarantee consumers’ rights to automatic compensation from broadband providers when things go wrong have come into force, and many suppliers have a lot of work to do

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Zuckerberg calls for new internet regulation

  Facebook chief calls for new internet regulation in four key areas to define clear responsibilities for people, companies and governments, including more GDPR-aligned data protection rules

• March 31, 2019 31 Mar'19

  Frame founder talks up VDI approaches in Australia

  The founder of Nutanix-owned Frame discusses VDI adoption trends in Australia, including the issue of bandwidth

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  How research firm Icon is using analytics and wearables to enhance clinical trials

  The company is investing in emergent technology to boost the attractiveness of trials as a care option and attract more participants, while enhancing internal efficiency around drug and device development.

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Met Office seeks chief information security officer

  The national weather service wants to recruit a new leader to spearhead a cyber security enhancement programme

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Middle East countries accelerate quantum computing research

  Gulf countries must invest in quantum computing research to ensure they continue to to remain digital pioneers

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Major shake-up of TSB IT after core banking system migration disaster

  TSB has restructured its IT team to give its internal team control of its core banking system

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  ICO kicks off sandbox beta to support innovation

  The UK’s privacy watchdog has launched the first phase of an initiative aimed at enhancing data protection while supporting business innovation

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Interview: Mark Gray, director of digital transformation, Crown Prosecution Service

  The introduction of fully digital services to improve stakeholder engagement is among the highlights of a world-first transformation initiative in the criminal justice system

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Commvault adds “tape killer” AWS Glacier Deep Archive cold storage

  Backup provider to offer 1-cent-a-gigabyte AWS Glacier Deep Archive as a target in a move that mirrors a trend towards the cloud and away from tape among Commvault customers

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Huawei making no progress on addressing security concerns

  Huawei has made no material progress on addressing the issues identified last year by the NCSC, according to the latest highly critical report from its HSCEC Oversight Board

• 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 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Swedish companies increasingly using private networks to communicate with ecosystem

  Swedish IT leaders are increasingly turning to private networks to communicate with other businesses in their ecosystem

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Scottish government advances payments programme

  Platform is intended to support outbound and inbound payments and could integrate Gov.UK Pay in Scotland

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Insurance company Tokio Marine HCC overhauls legacy systems

  Tokio Marine HCC has partnered with Incessant Technologies to implement business process automation software, which is helping the company to mitigate the risks associated with its disparate legacy systems

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Government expects NHS IT overhaul will unleash innovation

  Common technical standards, modular contracts and a fintech-style regulatory model will underpin the new approach to technology in the health service in England

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Mind the overlap between GDPR and ePD, warns privacy lawyer

  Organisations need to be aware of the overlaps between European data protection and privacy rules, and which takes precedence, a privacy lawyer warns

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Amadeus deploys cloud-native shopping application on Google cloud

  Amadeus has moved off mainframes and is redeveloping its software to be cloud native. Its Master Pricer is the first of its core application to be deployed on Google

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Salesforce opens AI research outfit in Singapore

  Cloud-based software giant Salesforce will train up to 100 postgraduate students over three years in artificial intelligence technology

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Web inventor wants a web built on solid data principles

  Tim Berners-Lee has urged app developers to be courteous to users’ data privacy, saying users should own their own data and apps need to interoperate

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Police algorithms should be regulated, says think tank

  Better use and regulation of data-driven technologies should be the norm in UK policing, according to research

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Europe passes controversial Copyright Directive

  The European Parliament has passed a new Copyright Directive, including a number of highly controversial articles

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  BT switches on quantum network link at Adastral Park

  BT has opened its quantum network link between its Adastral Park research base and the UK Quantum Network node at the University of Cambridge

• 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