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IT services and outsourcing
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
Backblaze takes aim at ‘costly and complex’ AWS cloud storage
Backblaze offers free transfer to its S3-based cloud storage – which it claims costs a fraction of AWS et al – as long as it’s more than 50TB and you commit to at least 12 months
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
NCSC inducts six security startups to Cyber Accelerator
10-week programme will guide some of the UK’s most innovative security startups as they scale their businesses for future growth
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
Latent demand for fertility tech identified by market study
Global investment in fertility tech startups tops $2.2bn over five-year period, with significant growth opportunities going forward due to combination of technological innovation and latent demand for fertility treatments
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July 28, 2020
28
Jul'20
Vector and AWS team up on ‘new energy platform’
New Zealand-based energy supplier Vector partners AWS to develop an IoT and analytics platform to speed up processing of smart meter data and to tailor products and pricing for customers
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July 24, 2020
24
Jul'20
Venture firm Public launches fourth GovTech accelerator
The GovStart 2020 accelerator programme is looking for innovators working on transport, health and workforce-related technology to help get more startups working on the delivery of public services
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July 24, 2020
24
Jul'20
Loan charge: HMRC's plans to clampdown on loan-scheme promoters slammed by IT contractors
HMRC is seeking feedback on its plans to tackle tax-avoidance scheme promoters, in the wake of criticism over its past enforcement of the loan-charge policy
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July 24, 2020
24
Jul'20
A question of trust: University and supplier on the hook for data breach
Data on students at the University of York was stolen in a ransomware attack on a supplier two months ago, and the response of both parties raises serious questions
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July 23, 2020
23
Jul'20
Business resilience key to startups ahead of post-Covid recession
Startups should begin building up their resilience to resist unattractive acquisition bids ahead of post-Covid recession
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July 23, 2020
23
Jul'20
APAC firms in early stages of digital transformation
More than three-quarters of APAC firms struggle to revise their financial plans amid the Covid-19 pandemic, with many still lacking agile systems and processes, a new study finds
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July 22, 2020
22
Jul'20
Lloyds bank buys into cloud-native payments
Lloyds Banking Group continues its digital journey by investing in and investigating a cloud-based payments service
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July 22, 2020
22
Jul'20
BNP Paribas joins IBM financial services cloud project
IBM’s financial services cloud is gathering steam as more banks join its public cloud ecosystem of finance firms and developers
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July 22, 2020
22
Jul'20
Privacy Shield: Companies face new hurdles to legally transfer data to the US
Businesses will have to conduct legal assessments to ensure they can transfer data from the EU to the US and other countries, following a European Court of Justice ruling
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July 22, 2020
22
Jul'20
TfL contracts Capita for London Underground section of emergency services network
Capita will implement the network infrastructure that will enable the emergency services mobile network to work on the London Underground
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July 22, 2020
22
Jul'20
Inside Intel’s transition into an enterprise tech company
Computing giant Intel is pushing deeper into the enterprise with investments in data-centric and emerging technologies along with partnerships with local firms to develop new solutions
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July 21, 2020
21
Jul'20
IBM's Q2 tapered by pandemic business recovery
Country-specific coronavirus responses directly correlate to IBM customer IT investments, with some contemplating dialling back cloud subscriptions
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July 16, 2020
16
Jul'20
Loan charge: Government dashes hopes of revised down settlements for contractors
HMRC and HM Treasury confirm there are no plans to alter the loan charge settlement terms, despite calls from cross-party MPs to consider doing so
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July 16, 2020
16
Jul'20
Schrems v Facebook: European court strikes down EU-US Privacy Shield agreement
The European Court of Justice has struck down Privacy Shield, the EU-US data-sharing agreement, creating uncertainty for European countries that share data with the US and pressuring the US to reform surveillance laws
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July 16, 2020
16
Jul'20
What do Accenture’s UK job cuts mean to the IT services industry?
Accenture's decision to reduce its UK workforce by 8% will not be the last in an IT services sector hit hard by the Covid-19 disruption.
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July 15, 2020
15
Jul'20
Huge declines in traditional outsourcing as Covid-19 puts a stop on deals
Traditional IT outsourcing deals value plummets in the last quarter as contracts dry up amid Covid-19 disruption
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July 15, 2020
15
Jul'20
HSBC chooses AWS for public cloud business operations
HSBC will use a cloud platform from Amazon Web Services across its business operations to accelerate its public cloud use
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July 14, 2020
14
Jul'20
European court to decide legality of EU-US data sharing in dispute between Schrems and Facebook
A ruling by the European Court of Justice will have ramifications for hundreds of thousands of companies that share data with the US. The case aims to balance US surveillance laws with the rights of EU citizens to keep their data private
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July 13, 2020
13
Jul'20
How SingEx is bracing itself for disruption
Singapore’s SingEx started its digital transformation journey a few years ago and has already pivoted its approach to cope with new challenges brought on by the Covid-19 pandemic
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July 09, 2020
09
Jul'20
Majority of security pros fed up with alert fatigue
A vast majority of security professionals say they experience alert fatigue, and 88% are facing challenges with their current SIEM setup, according to a report
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July 09, 2020
09
Jul'20
Most finance firms are multicloud, but many are unprepared for public cloud cyber attacks
Financial services firms are moving to the cloud at pace, but many are uncertain whether they could cope with an attack on an application based in the public cloud
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July 09, 2020
09
Jul'20
Tencent Cloud teams up with ADBC on banking services
Singapore’s Asia Digital Bank Corporation could leverage Tencent Cloud’s financial cloud platform to provide banking services to small businesses
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July 08, 2020
08
Jul'20
Oracle ups ante in cloud wars with dedicated customer regions
Oracle’s Dedicated Region Cloud at Customer will let enterprises run an entire cloud region in their own datacentres in a potentially game-changing move
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July 08, 2020
08
Jul'20
Interview: Mayank Prakash, global consumer CIO, and Daljit Rehal, CDO, Centrica
Two of energy giant Centrica’s tech bosses talk to Computer Weekly about the impact of the Covid-19 coronavirus lockdown and the importance of company culture, innovation and using technology to make life easier for customers
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July 08, 2020
08
Jul'20
Security funding soars despite Covid-19 slump, but problems lie ahead
The overall cyber security funding ecosystem in the UK is healthier than ever despite Covid-19, but the figures mask stark and concerning disparities in where the money is going
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July 08, 2020
08
Jul'20
Succeeding with hybrid cloud deployments
Where IT complexity is a given, a policy-driven approach and effective monitoring are vital for success
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July 07, 2020
07
Jul'20
MSP Xchanging attacked in ransomware incident
Specialist managed services provider is restoring customer access to systems after an unspecified ransomware incident
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July 07, 2020
07
Jul'20
Fujifilm software allows S3 access to LTO tape libraries
Fujifilm Software Defined Tape allows tape libraries to act as an S3-based object storage archive accessible as a tier of storage on-premise or in the cloud
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July 07, 2020
07
Jul'20
Nutanix claims growth in ASEAN amid growing cloud adoption
Nutanix’s business in ASEAN grew by over 40% as the region’s enterprises warm to hybrid and multi-cloud services
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July 06, 2020
06
Jul'20
Lorca scale-ups bring diverse security to the fore
London Office for Rapid Cybersecurity Advancement announces the cyber security scale-ups that will make up its fifth cohort
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July 06, 2020
06
Jul'20
Ferry port implements terminal operation system remotely
UK ferry port takes advantage of suppliers remote-working capability to complete IT project during lockdown
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July 06, 2020
06
Jul'20
How Infor Nexus is helping to digitalise Asia’s supply chain
Infor’s Nexus unit has been supporting digitalisation efforts in Asia’s supply chain industry before the Covid-19 pandemic, which has accelerated adoption of cloud-based offerings in the region
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July 03, 2020
03
Jul'20
Green tech needed for post-Covid economic recovery
Green technology investments could help society recover from the coronavirus – and prepare it for the long-term negative social and economic outcomes of climate change
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July 03, 2020
03
Jul'20
Bergen’s tech hub seeking to scale after positive start
Norway's second largest city is building a tech ecosystem that is beginning its development with a focus on the city's industrial heritage
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July 02, 2020
02
Jul'20
New normal of remote working sees more than half of innovation budgets cut
Nearly one-fifth of tech executives have seen significant reductions in their innovation budgets because of the Covid-19 pandemic, says report
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July 02, 2020
02
Jul'20
Accenture to cut 900 UK staff
Accenture is cutting 900 jobs in the UK, as business levels drop amid the global Covid-19 pandemic
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July 01, 2020
01
Jul'20
Qumulo hybrid cloud NAS provides special effects for Cinesite
Hybrid cloud scale-out NAS from Qumulo used to offload Active Directory lookups and other workloads to the AWS cloud that had suffered in peak times when on Isilon
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July 01, 2020
01
Jul'20
How Propre eases its database management woes
Japanese supplier of global real estate data switched to Oracle’s autonomous database to reduce database management costs as it expands its global footprint
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June 30, 2020
30
Jun'20
Remote working set to remain but so do management challenges
Businesses are preparing for staff to repopulate workplaces, while preparing for an inevitable increase in more flexible working
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June 30, 2020
30
Jun'20
Government expands Future Fund eligibility criteria
The Future Fund will now be accessible to startups that have previously taken part in accelerator programmes, but early-stage firms continue to struggle
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June 29, 2020
29
Jun'20
Lawyers learn of fresh US allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from press reports
The US has filed an updated indictment against Julian Assange alleging that he conspired with hacking groups to obtain information for WikiLeaks. Defence and prosecution lawyers learned about it from press reports
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June 29, 2020
29
Jun'20
Qumulo Shift opens up scale-out NAS to AWS S3 in the cloud
Qumulo Shift will automatically convert file data on its NAS arrays to S3 object storage format in the AWS cloud. The functionality will be free to customers from July
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June 29, 2020
29
Jun'20
Go lean and embrace partnerships to plot a path for recovery
Starting with the lean principle of a minimum viable product, CIOs should aim to partner with outsourcers and IT suppliers to deliver business value
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June 29, 2020
29
Jun'20
GCHQ launches Manchester accelerator programme to help firms leverage tech for citizen well-being
Innovation Co-Lab will mentor companies to grow, prevent crime and improve online safety
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June 29, 2020
29
Jun'20
Making the case for cloud-based security
Cloud-based security tools can hasten threat detection and response, but adoption will depend on where an enterprise is on the cloud readiness scale
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June 26, 2020
26
Jun'20
CBI: Government must take steps to drive SME business innovation
The coronavirus pandemic has shown how much can be achieved in a short period with a strong partnership between government and industry – and this needs to continue
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June 25, 2020
25
Jun'20
Nebulon emerges with software-defined storage, but from the cloud
Startup to offer on-site storage with local I/O and some controller functionality in the cloud, combining software-defined and cloud to bring “fleet management at scale”