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• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  Cloud uptake drives third-quarter sales for Microsoft

  Demand for Microsoft’s cloud offerings spiked again during the firm’s third quarter, reports Redmond

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  No final decision taken on Huawei 5G ban, government claims

  Culture secretary tells MPs that a final decision on use of Huawei in UK 5G networks has not been taken, and says government is taking the leak of confidential discussions at the National Security Council very seriously

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  Cabinet Office addresses 5G security issue

  Cabinet Office uses NCSC conference to lay out government’s approach to the security of 5G networks, as controversy grows around using equipment from Chinese supplier Huawei

• April 25, 2019 25 Apr'19

  NCSC looks to industry to scale Active Cyber Defence

  The national cyber security agency is calling on wider government organisations as well as industry to help scale automated cyber attack blocking systems country-wide

• April 24, 2019 24 Apr'19

  AWS bags multi-year deal to support Ford-backed bid to create open connected car cloud platform

  Amazon Web Services has secured a multi-year deal to provide underlying support for a Ford-backed bid to create an open cloud platform to accelerate the development of connected car services

• April 24, 2019 24 Apr'19

  Challenger bank Tandem migrates to AWS in one weekend

  Customer migration to Amazon Web Services demonstrates challenger banks’ agility in moving quickly to the latest technology

• April 24, 2019 24 Apr'19

  Pure Storage buys Compuverde to put object storage on steroids

  Fast flash storage specialist Pure Storage adds object storage to FlashArray and aims to compete with NetApp on NAS while bringing flash performance to web applications

• April 24, 2019 24 Apr'19

  PM May approves Huawei for use in 5G networks despite opposition

  The UK’s National Security Council has approved the use of Huawei’s networking equipment in parts of the country’s 5G mobile networks in spite of widespread opposition

• April 23, 2019 23 Apr'19

  Stockholm prospers as tech hub as perceptions of entrepreneurs changes

  Stockholm has thrived as a tech startup hub after out-of-date attitudes to entrepreneurs changed

• April 23, 2019 23 Apr'19

  Apple spends upwards of $30m a month on AWS during first quarter of 2019, report claims

  According to US media reports, Apple is spending upwards of $30m a month on procuring cloud services from Amazon Web Services

• April 18, 2019 18 Apr'19

  20 firms join Tech Nation’s cyber security scale-up programme

  Tech Nation scale-up programme is designed to boost the UK’s cyber sector, accelerate the growth of its top companies and build a robust, cross-industry network

• April 18, 2019 18 Apr'19

  State-sponsored hackers are hijacking DNS, researchers warn

  A DNS-hijacking campaign targeting the Middle East and Africa may lead to actors more broadly attacking the global DNS system

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  Apple and Qualcomm settle up as Intel quits 5G chip business

  Apple and Qualcomm have set aside their ongoing litigation and struck a deal to work together on future 5G iPhones, leaving Intel in the lurch

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  Middle East CIOs optimistic as budgets increase and digital transformations expand

  Cyber security and risk management will see the biggest increase in spending, but digital transformation of businesses is a major driver of investment, survey shows

• April 17, 2019 17 Apr'19

  Qumulo upgrades hybrid-flash hybrid cloud C-series with C-72T

  Hybrid cloud-focused clustered NAS provider Qumulo’s C-72T takes advantage of cheaper and better components to start at 72TB and scale to petabytes from a 1U node