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January 10, 2024
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Jan'24
HPE nabs Juniper Networks in $14bn deal to boost networking
The two companies position the combined business as a major force in enterprise and datacentre networking
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January 10, 2024
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Jan'24
Hundreds of subpostmasters to have convictions quashed in blanket exoneration
The government has chosen to introduce legislation that will enable it to exonerate hundreds of subpostmasters as a group
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January 10, 2024
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Jan'24
Windows Kerberos, Hyper-V vulns among January Patch Tuesday bugs
Microsoft starts 2024 right with another slimline Patch Tuesday drop, but there are some critical vulns to be alert to, including a number of man-in-the-middle attack vectors
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January 09, 2024
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Jan'24
Wales makes headway with electronic prescriptions roll-out
Electronic prescribing will be deployed in both primary and secondary care, while a shared medicines record will be live by the end of March 2024
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January 09, 2024
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Jan'24
Fujitsu gets stay of execution as MPs support exoneration of wrongfully convicted subpostmasters
Fujitsu will have to wait until the end of the Post Office Horizon scandal public inquiry to hear how MPs will punish it
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January 08, 2024
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Jan'24
Post Office scandal furore is moment to change digital evidence rules
The current rules around digital evidence are partly to blame for the widest miscarriage of justice in UK history
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January 07, 2024
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Jan'24
Metropolitan Police launches second criminal investigation in Post Office scandal
New investigation will examine potential crimes by the Post Office in its recovery of money from subpostmasters accused of theft and false accounting
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January 02, 2024
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Jan'24
China’s UNC4841 pivots to new Barracuda ESG zero-day
The Chinese state threat actor behind a series of cyber attacks on Barracuda Networks customers embarked on a campaign targeting the supplier’s email security products in the run-up to Christmas
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December 29, 2023
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Dec'23
Top 10 AI regulation stories of 2023
From the UK government’s publication of its long-awaited AI whitepaper to its convening of the world’s first AI Safety Summit, here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 AI regulation stories of 2023
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December 27, 2023
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Dec'23
Top 10 police technology stories of 2023
Here are Computer Weekly’s top 10 police technology stories of 2023
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December 22, 2023
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Dec'23
Top 10 government IT stories of 2023
In the year that gave life to four new government departments, Whitehall bosses have continued to fly the flag for technology, with mixed results and success. Here are the stories that made waves in 2023
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December 22, 2023
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Dec'23
Top 10 financial services and fintech stories of 2023
Generative AI is the buzzword on every financial services IT professional’s lips as the technology promises to accelerate the ongoing fintech revolution
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December 21, 2023
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Dec'23
Top 10 storage stories of 2023
In this 2023 review, we consider if flash will thrash disk, what the Toyota outage shows about capacity planning, how to achieve green storage, the backup and compliance risks of AI, the lowdown on DPUs, and more
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December 21, 2023
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Dec'23
Top 10 storage supplier strategy stories of 2023
In 2023, we looked at the top storage suppliers, their market share and how they set themselves for a future of hybrid cloud, containerisation and consumption models of purchasing
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December 20, 2023
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Dec'23
Post Office gets government handout as Horizon replacement costs increase ‘significantly’
The increasing costs associated with replacing the Post Office’s controversial IT system have forced the government to hand it over £100m extra
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December 20, 2023
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Dec'23
'No hiding place' for those responsible for Post Office Horizon scandal
MPs want individuals to be held to account for their roles in causing the Post Office Horizon scandal, which destroyed thousands of lives
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December 14, 2023
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Dec'23
Current Post Office executive in denial of Horizon cover-up
Executives at the Post Office today are still in denial of the part they played in destroying the lives of thousands of people
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December 13, 2023
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Dec'23
No UK AI legislation until timing is right, says Donelan
The UK government will not legislate on artificial intelligence until it has a better understanding of the technology, so is instead focusing on building up regulatory capacity and conducting safety-focused research, says digital secretary
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December 13, 2023
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Dec'23
Critical UK infrastructure a ‘hostage of fortune’ to ransomware
A lack of ransomware planning and preparedness at the highest levels of government is leaving UK operators or critical national infrastructure dangerously exposed, according to a Joint Committee report
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December 12, 2023
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Dec'23
Broadcom drops VMware perpetual licences and support
Customers are being offered a big discount to migrate onto a VMware subscription service
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December 08, 2023
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Dec'23
SAP strategy: Why customers need an innovation plan
Rise appears to be the place where SAP has promised customers the latest innovations, raising the question of what happens to everyone else
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December 06, 2023
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Dec'23
Post Office prioritised its ‘bottom line’ over justice
The Post Office was more concerned with saving money and recovering unexplained losses than getting to the bottom of subpostmaster claims that Horizon errors caused shortfalls, inquiry told
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December 05, 2023
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Dec'23
Government to trial new border tech
The software, which the government hopes will make it easier for border staff to identify what is inside the container, will be tested in the New Year as part of plans to ‘cut red tape’ for UK exporters
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December 04, 2023
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Dec'23
Atos selected for UEFA Euro 2024 IT contract
IT services company Atos will deliver on-site and remote IT services for next year’s international football event in Germany
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December 01, 2023
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Dec'23
Report reveals sorry state of cyber security at UK football clubs
Football clubs up and down the country are putting staff, players and fans alike at risk through outdated attitudes to cyber security, according to a report
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December 01, 2023
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Dec'23
Post Office lawyer with his fingerprints all over IT scandal spreads blame
Senior Post Office criminal lawyer was just following orders and claims his only mistake was believing those that told him the Horizon system was robust
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November 30, 2023
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Nov'23
Yarra Valley Water to roll out smart water meters
The move is expected to stem water losses, alert customers to possible leaks and improve the affordability of water
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November 29, 2023
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Nov'23
Paula Vennells’ email fuelled Post Office Horizon cult, inquiry told
Faced with serious questions about the robustness of its core computer system, the Post Office doubled down on reliability myth, public inquiry told
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November 29, 2023
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Nov'23
Scope of Okta helpdesk breach widens to impact all users
Okta has widened the scope of the October breach of its systems to include every customer that has used its helpdesk service, after new information came to light
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November 27, 2023
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Nov'23
Interview: Sunil Srivastava, CTO, Pandora
When he joined the jewellery retailer, Sunil Srivastava was labelled as the ‘crazy CTO’ given some of the ideas he had for transforming IT
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November 27, 2023
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Nov'23
SAP needs to address breakdown in trust
Outgoing UK and Ireland SAP user group chair calls on SAP to rebuild trust and plot a path to innovate S/4Hana for those who run ERP on-premise
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November 27, 2023
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Nov'23
‘Excited’ finance firms pump money into digital technology
Over three-quarters of finance firms are currently restricted in what they can spend on technology due to the global economic climate, but expect spending to resume next year
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November 24, 2023
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Nov'23
UK police plan national roll-out of facial-recognition phone app
UK police chiefs plan to expand use of facial-recognition technology through a nationwide roll-out of mobile-based tools and increases in retrospective facial-recognition, but oversight problems persist
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November 23, 2023
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Nov'23
Three-quarters of finance executives expect generative AI to replace them
Survey reveals an expectation that GenAI will take over many of the finance executive roles currently held by people
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November 22, 2023
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Nov'23
Executive interview: TechUK CEO Julian David on 10 years of change in UK IT
It’s 10 years since the UK technology trade association relaunched as TechUK – its chief executive looks back on a dramatic decade, and discusses what’s next for the UK tech sector
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November 22, 2023
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Nov'23
Palantir awarded NHS FDP data contract
NHS England has awarded a £330m, seven-year contract to US data specialist Palantir, prompting concerns from data privacy practitioners
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November 22, 2023
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Nov'23
Altman’s back at OpenAI. What next for Microsoft?
Fired and now rehired, Sam Altman returns to OpenAI, leaving a hole in Microsoft’s Advanced AI plans
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November 21, 2023
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Nov'23
Over half of SME cyber incidents now ‘malware-free’
The age of malware-driven cyber attacks may have peaked, at least when it comes to incidents affecting small and medium sized enterprises
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November 21, 2023
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Nov'23
OpenAI faces open revolt
Up to 95% of staff at the generative AI pioneer are thinking of quitting unless their former boss is rehired
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November 21, 2023
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Nov'23
Canada’s Mounties among government employees hit by LockBit
A LockBit attack on a specialist supplier of relocation services has engulfed multiple government agencies in Canada
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November 20, 2023
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Nov'23
Cubbit DS3 Composer brings DIY cloud to object storage pool
Cubbit customers can now build and configure S3-compatible clouds from unused capacity and offer MSP-grade services with high levels of resilience, security and data sovereignty
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November 20, 2023
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Nov'23
Former OpenAI boss to lead Microsoft Advanced AI division
Shenanigans over the weekend have seen OpenAI’s former CEO join Microsoft and Twitch’s former CEO step in as OpenAI’s interim CEO
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November 16, 2023
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Nov'23
Interview: Dan Huddart, CTO, Homeprotect
After building up experience in the insurance sector, Homeprotect’s chief technology officer sought the freedom to innovate being offered at the rapidly scaling company
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November 16, 2023
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Nov'23
Post Office scandal inquiry postpones more key witness hearings
Yet more witness hearings are cancelled due to the Post Office's late disclosure of documents
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November 15, 2023
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Nov'23
November Patch Tuesday heralds five new MS zero-days
Microsoft pushes fixes for five new zero-days in its latest monthly update
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November 14, 2023
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Nov'23
Francis Maude calls for GDS and CDDO to merge
Review into the civil service by the former Cabinet Office minister says the two organisations should become one entity to avoid sending mixed signals around accountability and leadership
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November 13, 2023
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Nov'23
Rogue state-aligned actors are most critical cyber threat to UK
The prospect of rogue nation-state-aligned attackers bringing down the UK’s critical infrastructure is keeping the NCSC up at night
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November 09, 2023
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Nov'23
Conflict of interest concerns raised over CMA's use of AWS UK public sector discount scheme
Less than a month after the CMA confirmed it would be investigating the competitive impact of AWS preferential pricing deals on the UK cloud market, data reveals the CMA is benefiting from cut-price Amazon cloud services
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November 08, 2023
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Nov'23
Former Post Office manager has no memory of preparing witness statement in legal dispute
Evidence of computer problems was omitted from the witness statement of a former Post Office manager in a legal battle with a subpostmaster blamed for unexplained accounting shortfalls
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November 08, 2023
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Nov'23
Data-sharing management gap highlights cyber risk, says report
Organisations are struggling to secure their use of communications tools to share data with third-party partners and suppliers, and in the process are exposing themselves to heightened levels of risk, according to a report