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• August 26, 2015 26 Aug'15

  Chetan Dube: The man behind the robot that will help man extend his horizons

  IPsoft founder talks about the artificial intelligence platform that could be an example of IT developments that, he says, might transform the future of the human race

• August 25, 2015 25 Aug'15

  Symantec expands to IoT protection as part of new strategy

  Boosting its information protection capabilities, Symantec has expanded its portfolio to include embedded critical systems protection to protect internet of things devices

• August 24, 2015 24 Aug'15

  Network security easier than most businesses think, says Kaspersky Lab

  The best cyber security protection for any business requires a mixture of enforcement and education, according to a guide by Kaspersky Lab

• August 24, 2015 24 Aug'15

  Norwegian IT firm Evry to slash up to 550 jobs

  Company aims to save NOK400-500m a year to help it achieve goal of being the "Nordic champion in IT services", says CEO

• August 24, 2015 24 Aug'15

  Teachers teaching teachers – how Google for Education fuels collaborative learning

  Google’s head of education explains why the use of technology in classrooms is critical and how Google’s education technology is sparking collaboration between teachers

• August 21, 2015 21 Aug'15

  UK bucks worldwide security question trend

  Businesses are moving towards authentication methods that are easy to use and more secure than security questions, according to an Okta report

• August 20, 2015 20 Aug'15

  Stephen Allott leaves post as SME Crown Representative

  Crown Representative for SMEs takes up new role in G-Cloud and Digital Marketplace development

• August 20, 2015 20 Aug'15

  NCC Group sponsors second 10K cyber security competition

  With a prize of £10,000, the NCC Group 10K competition is open to any individual or group with an idea or concept that could help improve cyber security

• August 19, 2015 19 Aug'15

  Finnish insurer LähiTapiola reveals outsourcing secrets behind €180m deal

  Outsourcing played a critical role in the merger of two Finnish insurers and will transform the IT at the newly created organisation

• August 19, 2015 19 Aug'15

  Logistics software innovator Sendle takes on Australia's package-delivery monopoly

  Software is shaking up the delivery services sector in Australia. The creator of a new challenger talks to Computer Weekly

• August 18, 2015 18 Aug'15

  Cloud storage service Wuala to close in November

  Seagate-owned cloud storage player confirms its closure and gives users three months' notice to remove their data from its servers

• August 18, 2015 18 Aug'15

  IaaS providers pin hopes on spending cut reprieve for G-Cloud 7

  G-Cloud suppliers are calling on the government to step up, rather than scale back, investment in the framework as spending cuts loom

• August 18, 2015 18 Aug'15

  Australian Cyber Security Centre sets baseline for businesses

  The ACSC wants more organisations to take responsibility for protecting their information resources and computer systems

• August 17, 2015 17 Aug'15

  Heartbleed bug has had positive effect on OpenSSL, says Rapid7

  The effect of Heartbleed has been “hugely positive” on OpenSSL, according to Rapid7's Tod Beardsley

• August 17, 2015 17 Aug'15

  FireEye latest security firm to join forces with Europol

  Law enforcement and private industry need to work together to effectively combat cyber crime, says Europol as it signs an MoU with another cyber security firm

• August 17, 2015 17 Aug'15

  Ambient sound could speed adoption of 2FA, say security researchers

  Swiss researchers have proposed a two-factor authentication system that does not require user interaction to help speed adoption of strong security

• August 17, 2015 17 Aug'15

  AT&T a key NSA partner in internet spying Snowden docs show

  The NSA considered its relationship with AT&T to be unique and especially productive, leaked documents show

• August 16, 2015 16 Aug'15

  Mobile phone users at risk as hackers bug and track victims

  An investigation by Australian TV show 60 Minutes demonstrates how hackers based thousands of miles away in Germany were able to record the calls of an Australian senator and track his movements

• August 14, 2015 14 Aug'15

  Met Police seeks MSPs as digital forensic investigations move closer to the frontline

  Metropolitan Police Force wants to make it easier for frontline staff to embark on forensic investigations involving digital devices with the help of MSPs

• August 14, 2015 14 Aug'15

  Security flaw exposes billions of mobile phone users to eavesdropping

  Hackers, fraudsters, rogue governments and unscrupulous commercial operators are exploiting flaws in the architecture of the mobile phone signalling system known as SS7

• August 14, 2015 14 Aug'15

  Google gets more time to respond to European anti-competitive charges

  The EC has granted Google a second extension of the deadline to respond to anti-competitive charges

• August 13, 2015 13 Aug'15

  Business not keeping up with rapid changes in cyber attacks, says Proofpoint

  Most striking development in the first half of 2015 was a big shift from URL-based cyber attacks to attacks that rely on malicious document attachments

• August 13, 2015 13 Aug'15

  Rapid7 seeks greater security collaboration with technology firms

  Rapid7 is working to promote better relations between the security community and the rapidly increasing number of de facto technology companies

• August 13, 2015 13 Aug'15

  Lenovo to cut jobs as it faces 'severe' challenges

  Lenovo says the last quarter saw “severe challenges” in its main PC, tablet and smartphone markets

• August 12, 2015 12 Aug'15

  FOI response reveals G-Cloud suppliers escape fines for missing MISO sales data deadlines

  Freedom of Information response suggests Cabinet Office is taking a softly-softly approach to clamping down on non-compliant G-Cloud suppliers

• August 12, 2015 12 Aug'15

  Case study: How Finnish Saas provider LeadDesk cut its testing time in half

  Finland-based call centre software maker LeadDesk has cut software development times and improved processes through automation software

• August 11, 2015 11 Aug'15

  Small IT firms most susceptible to going under due to late payments

  Small businesses, particularly those supplying IT, should look at alternative financing models as late payments put them at risk of closure

• August 11, 2015 11 Aug'15

  Peer-to-peer lenders galore apply for regulatory approval

  The number of companies applying to become authorised peer-to-peer lenders goes beyond expectations as the appetite for non-bank lenders increases

• August 11, 2015 11 Aug'15

  IT budgets squashed by 20% currency price hike

  CIOs could struggle to get the best value from next year's IT budget as the strong US dollar drives up costs

• August 11, 2015 11 Aug'15

  FBI uncovers cyber insider trading gang

  Nine suspects are expected to be charged in the US with insider trading based on corporate press releases stolen by hackers before they had been made public

• August 11, 2015 11 Aug'15

  Google now an Alphabet company

  Alphabet is a new parent company that includes a “slimmed down” Google alongside companies not related to core internet products

• August 10, 2015 10 Aug'15

  Autoglass moves to cloud-based IT infrastructure

  Autoglass has signed a 10-year outsourcing deal with US supplier CSC that will see its IT infrastructure move into the cloud

• August 10, 2015 10 Aug'15

  The IT supporting Finland’s Angry Birds 2

  The sequel to online game Angry Birds has been developed to withstand huge usage volumes, supported by scalable, cloud-based technology

• August 07, 2015 07 Aug'15

  Many firms still failing to test and secure web applications, says Rapid7

  Web application security is not getting the focus and attention it needs because of a lack of awareness of the risks by security professionals and developers alike, says Rapid7

• August 06, 2015 06 Aug'15

  Get into Docker for big job prospects

  Linux skills, especially Docker and Python, are in high demand and are commanding ever-higher salaries

• August 05, 2015 05 Aug'15

  Insurer Vitality outsources IT to Atos

  Insurance company Vitality aims to improve collaboration between its staff and increase customer satisfaction through an IT revamp

• August 05, 2015 05 Aug'15

  BlackHat 2015: Firms must switch focus to data security, says Imperva

  Without using any exploits, hackers can turn synchronisation services such as Dropbox, GoogleDrive and Box into a devastating attack tool, warns Imperva

• August 04, 2015 04 Aug'15

  Outsourcing hits record levels in Europe

  Outsourcing activity in Europe recovers after a lull in the lead up to the UK general election, with more contracts than ever before

• August 04, 2015 04 Aug'15

  Quarter of world’s population will bank on mobiles by 2019

  With a quarter of the world's population expected to use their mobiles to bank by 2019, traditional retail banks must get their strategies right

• August 03, 2015 03 Aug'15

  Huawei supplier ecosystem to help financial industry emulate internet giants

  Huawei targets the European finance sector, with a focus on the UK, through an ecosystem of niche IT suppliers

• August 03, 2015 03 Aug'15

  Why the time is ripe for security behaviour analytics

  Recent months have seen an uptick in announcements by security suppliers around behavioural analytics, but what is driving this trend?

• August 03, 2015 03 Aug'15

  Microsoft to invest $100m in Uber

  Uber is valued at close to $51bn after the latest round of funding, which reportedly includes a Microsoft investment of $100m

• July 31, 2015 31 Jul'15

  Commercial software more secure than open source, finds report

  A study has found that commercial code is more compliant than open source code with security compliance standards, such as the Owasp top 10 and the CWE top 25

• July 31, 2015 31 Jul'15

  Obama orders superfast computer for 2025

  The US is aiming to build a supercomputer that is able to process one exaflop or a billion billion operations a second to process big data

• July 31, 2015 31 Jul'15

  Ark Data Centres to underpin delivery of BT's managed cloud services

  BT signs multi-year deal with datacentre provider to support its push into the cloud integrator market

• July 31, 2015 31 Jul'15

  Facebook to boost Internet.org with UK drone

  Facebook is ready to test a UK-developed drone that is designed to fly in a circle with a radius of about 1.8 miles and provide internet coverage for an area with a radius of 30 miles

• July 31, 2015 31 Jul'15

  Consultancies hit amid rise in IT company insolvencies

  Rising insolvencies among IT companies contrasts with a fall in the rate of company failures in the wider economy

• July 31, 2015 31 Jul'15

  Sony posts best quarterly results in eight years

  Sony posts its strongest June quarter since 2007 with profits driven mainly by Sony’s PlayStation 4 software and its camera sensors

• July 30, 2015 30 Jul'15

  Google pledges security training for 10,000 UK internet users

  Google will host free workshops in five UK cities and 30 schools on safeguarding passwords, updating account settings, finding stolen devices and checking where data is being shared

• July 30, 2015 30 Jul'15

  Executive interview: Lenovo targets key tech provider position

  Lenovo has set its sights on becoming the number one technology provider for corporates and consumers. We speak to the company’s UK general manager David McQuarrie

• July 29, 2015 29 Jul'15

  Local government cyber security awareness low, study shows

  A poll of local government employees reveals that almost half do not know if their current IT security practices would offer suitable protection against the growing threat of cyber crime

• July 28, 2015 28 Jul'15

  UK youngsters need support online, says iRights

  A report by the iRights initiative aims to provide an insight into how government can join with technology companies, civil society and business to make a better digital world for young people

• July 27, 2015 27 Jul'15

  World Trade Organisation strikes $1.3tn deal to wipe out IT trade tariffs

  World Trade Organisation's planned update to the 1996 Information Technology Agreement could see prices fall across a wide range of technology products

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  APMG opens door to military-grade cyber security assessments

  Developed for the MoD, the CDCAT tool enables any business to assess and manage its cyber defence capabilities using continually updated multiple cyber security controls and inputs

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  Smartwatches a new frontier for cyber attack, HP study shows

  Ten smartwatches tested by HP Fortify contained significant vulnerabilities, including insufficient authentication, lack of encryption and privacy concerns

• July 23, 2015 23 Jul'15

  Qualcomm to cut staff and costs as quarterly profits falls by 47%

  Although Qualcomm's profit of $1.2bn for the past quarter is up by 12% on the previous quarter, the figure is down by 47% compared with the same period in 2014

• July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15

  Jeep hack raises questions about responsibility for security

  The hack of a Jeep raises the question whether users or car manufacturers should be responsible for protecting against cyber attackers

• July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15

  Yahoo revenues up but profits down

  Yahoo CEO Marissa Mayer says she is “extremely pleased” with the 15% revenue growth in the second quarter despite a $22m loss

• July 22, 2015 22 Jul'15

  iPhone, Mac and services deliver record quarter for Apple

  Apple posted quarterly revenue of $49.6bn, up by 33% compared with a year ago, while quarterly net profit was up by 39% to $10.7bn

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Microsoft issues emergency fix for Windows flaw

  Microsoft has issued an out-of-band patch for a security flaw in all supported versions of Windows that could allow attackers to take complete control of the affected system

• July 21, 2015 21 Jul'15

  Mainframe fails to save IBM from 13th declining quarter

  IBM's second-quarter revenue was down 13% year-on-year to $20.8bn, but IBM said the decline is only 1%, adjusting for the sale of its x86 server business and the impact of the strong dollar

• July 20, 2015 20 Jul'15

  ViaSat UK wins £3.8m contract for military vehicle encryption

  ViaSat UK is to provide an encryption system for British Army armoured vehicles to ensure sensitive mission and intelligence stored on and gathered by Scout SVs will never be put at risk

• July 20, 2015 20 Jul'15

  HP Cloud 28+ on course to go live in December 2015 with 200 members

  HP's push to create a one-stop-shop for European Union cloud users is on course, claims Europe, Middle-East and Africa vice-president

• July 17, 2015 17 Jul'15

  Google share price up after strong second quarter

  Google posted revenues of $17.7bn, up 11% compared with the same period in 2014, while profits were up 17% to $3.93bn

• July 17, 2015 17 Jul'15

  United Airlines begins bug bounty payouts

  United Airlines has paid out the maximum award to two hackers, which means the flaws are likely to be remote code execution vulnerabilities

• July 16, 2015 16 Jul'15

  Cloud maturity still rare in Nordic organisations

  Nordic companies are early pioneers of cloud computing services, but few are using the technology beyond cost cutting

• July 16, 2015 16 Jul'15

  UK leads critical infrastructure cyber security, but change still needed

  There is a need for cultural change at energy companies to ensure everyone understands the importance of cyber security, says National Grid security manager

• July 16, 2015 16 Jul'15

  Network Services Framework goes live across public sector

  Crown Commercial Service launches wide-ranging Network Services Framework RM1045 across the public sector

• July 16, 2015 16 Jul'15

  UK tech sector called to contribute to EC Digital Single Market consultations

  Department for Business, Innovation and Skills (BIS) says UK must feed back to the European Commission (EC) to inform the delivery of its Digital Single Market vision

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  The obstacles to software-as-a-service adoption in banking

  Security tops the reasons why banks don't use software as a service for banking-specific applications

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  US datacentre company Digital Realty buys rival Telx to build out co-location business

  Digital Realty doubles its size with the acquisition of rival datacentre systems supplier Telx, as consolidation in the market gathers pace

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  False malware alerts cost European firms £500,000 a year, study shows

  Organisations are dealing with nearly 10,000 malware alerts a week, but only 22% are considered reliable and only 3.5% are deemed worthy of further investigation, a study shows

• July 15, 2015 15 Jul'15

  Nordic region has most connected 'things' per person

  Study shows Nordic countries are leading the way in the internet of things, but are yet to use it for business transformation

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  Anyone still running Windows Server 2003 is now at risk

  Businesses still running Windows server 2003 are vulnerable to attack from hackers looking to exploit security holes

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  AWS to build wind farm in North Carolina to power its cloud datacentres

  AWS follows up earlier renewable energy pledge by setting out plans to build 208MW wind farm

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  CIO interview: Mattias Forsberg, Systembolaget

  Systembolaget CIO Mattias Forsberg says IT and business need to have a relationship of co-operation and expects every successful IT project to include some pain

• July 14, 2015 14 Jul'15

  Apple Pay contactless iPhone payments hits UK high streets

  After months of anticipation Apple Pay launches in the UK – enabling iPhone users to make payments by scanning their phones over a contactless reader

• July 13, 2015 13 Jul'15

  Seagate embarks on renewed HPC push through partnerships with HP and IBM

  Storage supplier hopes to increase the total addressable market for its ClusterStor appliance by joining forces with HP and IBM

• July 13, 2015 13 Jul'15

  Balabit bets big on Blindspotter

  At first glance behavioural analytics may seem a strange direction for security company Balabit – but it makes sense on closer inspection

• July 10, 2015 10 Jul'15

  Splunk acquires behavioural analytics firm Caspida in $190m deal

  Splunk's acquisition of Caspida is aimed at extending its security analytics leadership by adding behavioural analytics to improve detection of insider threats

• July 10, 2015 10 Jul'15

  PayPal most trusted mobile wallet in UK as Apple Pay set for launch

  Although it expects rapid adoption, Apple Pay faces challenges scaling in the UK with consumer trust in other providers – notably PayPal

• July 10, 2015 10 Jul'15

  Nordic countries differ wildly in their e-commerce needs

  Businesses need to take different approaches to e-commerce in different Nordic countries

• July 10, 2015 10 Jul'15

  Lotus Formula 1 gears up for racing with Microsoft Dynamics

  Microsoft Dynamics tools drive the Lotus F1 team's data analytics in ratcheting the performance of its cars, engineers – and business

• July 09, 2015 09 Jul'15

  Cisco invests $1bn in UK skills and startups

  Cisco commits to spending $1bn in the UK by 2020 to support the government’s digital plans following a meeting at 10 Downing Street

• July 09, 2015 09 Jul'15

  Grexit threatens to cut Greek IT spending by $3.7bn

  Greek IT spending set to fall steeply if the country leaves the Euro, following the "no" vote in the referendum

• July 09, 2015 09 Jul'15

  Tata Consultancy Services to train 100,000 staff as digital professionals

  TCS creates training platform to develop the skills of its workforce after the outsourcer sees an increase in digital service sales

• July 09, 2015 09 Jul'15

  Failure of NYSE, United and WSJ.com systems raises concerns

  Outages show the vulnerability of major IT systems to disruption and the need to focus on resiliency when designing and deploying such systems

• July 09, 2015 09 Jul'15

  Balabit releases Blindspotter real-time user monitoring tool

  Balabit's Blindspotter real-time user behaviour analytics monitoring tool for identifying malicious activity throughout IT systems has been released to market

• July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15

  Do we really need bank branches?

  Bank branches are being used less and less, but that doesn't mean customers are getting a less personal service

• July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15

  Adobe patches weaponised Hacking Team zero-day vulnerability

  Adobe is patching a zero-day vulnerability researchers say was weaponised immediately after data was breached from software firm Hacking Team

• July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15

  HP pulls out of ESN bid process

  HP becomes latest supplier to quit the Emergency Services Network supplier framework bid process, citing concerns over risk

• July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15

  Microsoft confirms 7,800 jobs to go as part of mobile business restructure

  Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella confirms fresh round of job cuts as software giant moves to overhaul its mobile portfolio

• July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15

  From cars to cranes, Nordic industry is embracing the industrial internet of things

  Nordic industry is beginning to use industrial internet of things (IIoT) technologies such as machine learning, big data and the internet of things (IoT)

• July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15

  Symantec uncovers Morpho cyber espionage operation

  A cyber espionage group has targeted high-profile technology, internet, commodities and pharmaceutical companies in the US, Europe and Canada, reports Symantec

• July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15

  Facebook builds wind-powered datacentre in Texas

  Social networking giant Facebook adds momentum to green datacentre trend with plans to power a datacentre in Texas with a 17,000-acre wind farm

• July 08, 2015 08 Jul'15

  Tech experts warn against law enforcement backdoors

  International cryptographers and computer scientists warn exceptional access to data for law enforcement could open doors for criminals and malicious nation states

• July 07, 2015 07 Jul'15

  Non-EU IT workers in the UK increase by 13% in a year

  The number of non-EU IT professionals in the UK keeps growing as the economy recovers

• July 07, 2015 07 Jul'15

  WWF UK wants more cloud after successful storage project

  WWF UK wants to increase its use of cloud services after a storage as a service project reaps multiple benefits

• July 07, 2015 07 Jul'15

  Dashlane bullish about the future despite LastPass hack

  Password management firm Dashlane is confident its business model will evolve and continue to be relevant even if passwords eventually disappear

• July 07, 2015 07 Jul'15

  Campaigners call for independent inquiry into Post Office Horizon IT system dispute

  George Freeman MP repeats Post Office claims that a report found no flaws in the Horizon IT system – but campaigners respond by calling for an inquiry