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• October 18, 2019 18 Oct'19

  O2 promises ‘revolutionary’ offers as it joins UK 5G party

  O2 has become the latest operator in the UK to offer a 5G network and claims to be able to demonstrate real-world 5G business use cases that can potentially boost the British economy

• October 17, 2019 17 Oct'19

  IR35 private sector preparation: What the banks’ take on the reforms means for IT contractors

  With six months until IR35 tax avoidance reforms are extended to the private sector, a number of financial services firms are thinning out their contractor workforce – is that the way to ensure compliance?

• October 16, 2019 16 Oct'19

  Commvault adds Metallic SaaS backup and Hedvig features

  Backup software maker adds software-as-a-service Metallic, which can protect on-premise, cloud and hybrid platforms. Meanwhile, Hedvig gets datacentre features and erasure coding

• October 14, 2019 14 Oct'19

  Private equity swoops on Sophos

  British cyber security star picked up by technology sector investors for $3.9bn

• October 11, 2019 11 Oct'19

  SAP CEO Bill McDermott steps down

  McDermott will be replaced by SAP board members Jennifer Morgan and Christian Klein

• October 10, 2019 10 Oct'19

  UK and Middle East PR firm ditches NetApp for Nutanix and Talon Fast

  Four Communications needed better connectivity for collaboration between the UK and its gulf sites, so dumped server/storage for hyper-converged and a distributed file system

• October 08, 2019 08 Oct'19

  Sweden’s SEB explores core banking in the cloud

  Swedish Bank is the latest organisation to agree to start using a Google-inspired, cloud-native core banking platform

• October 07, 2019 07 Oct'19

  PLC flash: A solid state candidate for analytics and archives?

  We thought flash would end at QLC, but storage media makers are working on penta-level cell, which could push capacity to double figures, but at a further performance cost

• October 07, 2019 07 Oct'19

  Openreach tests new digging tech for rural broadband builds

  Openreach is testing new tools and techniques to roll out full-fibre broadband faster in rural areas

• October 07, 2019 07 Oct'19

  UKtech50 2019 – help us find the most influential people in UK technology

  Computer Weekly’s annual search for the 50 most influential people in UK technology reaches its 10th anniversary – let us know who you would like to nominate for this year’s list

• October 02, 2019 02 Oct'19

  John Lewis Partnership sells its automation to business

  The John Lewis Partnership will expand its use of automation technology as its early projects bear fruit

• October 02, 2019 02 Oct'19

  HMRC extends contract with Capgemini but embeds flexibility

  Department’s technology sourcing programme seeks to access the services of more tech providers, including SMEs and startups

• October 01, 2019 01 Oct'19

  Intel previews Optane persistent memory, QLC SSD and even PLC

  Intel sets out roadmap for second-generation Optane persistent memory – between SSD and DRAM – as well as QLC SSD, with talk of PLC (penta-level cell) after that

• September 29, 2019 29 Sep'19

  Private sector warned of ‘brain drain’ risk by putting off prep for April 2020 start of IR35 reforms

  Legal firm warns private sector companies about the risks of putting off preparations for the IR35 reforms that take effect next year

• September 27, 2019 27 Sep'19

  ABN Amro investigation lends weight to anti-money laundering collaboration by Dutch banks

  Dutch authorities are investigating ABN Amro for possible failures to monitor and report potential money laundering activity

• September 24, 2019 24 Sep'19

  Cloud provider sweeps away legacy storage for 1PB of Infinidat

  Core DataCloud decommissions storage from several vendors to consolidate to 1PB on Infinidat Infinibox, with DRAM and flash to accelerate hot data in front of disk back end

• September 23, 2019 23 Sep'19

  The Nordics’ passion for gamification goes global

  Nordic startups are pioneering the gamification of educational apps, with an international market looking on

• September 20, 2019 20 Sep'19

  Enterprises can hire software robots at the push of a button

  IPsoft is beta testing a marketplace where businesses can look at what software robots are available and interview them about their suitability to take roles

• September 19, 2019 19 Sep'19

  Direct Line built an insurtech it can tweak a thousand times a day

  Insurance group Direct Line has added a new business to its portfolio, designed to let it act as a sandbox for its digital journey

• September 18, 2019 18 Sep'19

  Emotet phishing botnet returns from summer vacation

  The Emotet phishing trojan-turned-botnet is back in action after a three-and-a-half month break, say threat researchers

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  Rural connectivity struggling to keep up with demand

  The digital divide between urban and rural areas of the UK is continuing, with broadband and mobile network roll-outs struggling to keep pace with demand

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  Full-fibre within reach of 2.5 million homes and businesses

  Access to full-fibre broadband is approaching 10% of properties in the UK

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  Smart meter roll-out delayed to 2024

  The government has been forced to put the planned completion date for its Smart Meter Programme back from the end of next year to 2024

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  Ecuador citizens’ data breach holds lessons for enterprises

  What caused the mass breach of Ecuadorian citizens’ data, and what can businesses learn from it?

• September 16, 2019 16 Sep'19

  Research explores economic benefits of full-fibre and 5G at local level

  The Broadband Stakeholders Group (BSG) has published research by Oxera to help local authorities understand the benefits of full-fibre and 5G

• September 13, 2019 13 Sep'19

  Ditch hoodies and hackers to encourage diverse security recruitment

  The cyber security industry needs to address a systemic image problem if it is to succeed in recruiting more diverse teams

• September 13, 2019 13 Sep'19

  Industry opposition to no-deal Brexit hardens, says TechUK

  A survey of TechUK members has found that 71% believe a no-deal Brexit at the end of October will negatively affect them in spite of their preparations

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  Government seeks views on post-Brexit security alignment

  The government has called for views on its proposals to align the UK’s post-Brexit cyber security policy to that of the European Union

• September 12, 2019 12 Sep'19

  5G takes off at Gatwick Airport

  Vodafone’s 5G network goes live in airport’s South Terminal

• September 10, 2019 10 Sep'19

  Spectra tilts at HSM with StorCycle storage management software

  Spectra Logic unveils newly-developed storage management platform and two-tier file access and object storage with all data visible to all users for restore

• September 10, 2019 10 Sep'19

  Inside NatWest Ventures

  NatWest Ventures is helping NatWest bank to remain relevant to its SME businesses customer community through digital innovation

• September 09, 2019 09 Sep'19

  Commvault buys Hedvig in push for global storage player status

  Backup player Commvault aims to bring together datacentre and multi-cloud operations with software-defined storage that can unify access to almost any storage medium, anywhere

• September 09, 2019 09 Sep'19

  Loyal Dutch IT professionals not being rewarded enough, survey shows

  Companies warned they could lose loyal IT staff because salary rises do not match those on offer from rival employers

• September 06, 2019 06 Sep'19

  Telenor collaborates with Norwegian education providers on digitisation

  Educational institutions in Norway are working with telecoms supplier Telenor to help businesses better understand technology

• September 05, 2019 05 Sep'19

  Tide Foundation aims to boost password security

  While passwordless security remains just out of reach, a non-profit organisation has developed a mechanism that it says makes passwords exponentially more difficult to crack

• September 04, 2019 04 Sep'19

  Check Point warns of Android phishing attacks

  Researchers at Check Point have identified a security flaw in Android-based smartphones that exposes vulnerable users to phishing attacks

• September 04, 2019 04 Sep'19

  TrickBot Trojan switches to stealthy Ostap downloader

  Operators of the TrickBot banking Trojan have switched to a new downloader to evade detection and analysis for a high-volume malicious spam campaign targeting business, researchers warn

• September 03, 2019 03 Sep'19

  Cyber criminals tap into web social engineering toolkit 

  Security researchers have discovered a web social engineering toolkit that enables cyber criminals to create fake update notification campaigns 

• September 03, 2019 03 Sep'19

  Allied Irish Banks selects cloud platform for digital transformation

  Bank is streamlining its operations through a cloud platform from nCino

• September 03, 2019 03 Sep'19

  At least 47,000 servers vulnerable to remote attack

  All organisations using Supermicro servers are being urged to update firmware to block remote attacks exploiting vulnerabilities in baseboard management controllers

• September 02, 2019 02 Sep'19

  UK organisations join quantum comms pilot

  Four UK companies are taking part in a pilot project to build the most secure communication infrastructure in Europe

• September 02, 2019 02 Sep'19

  Dutch virtual reality can help reduce teacher shortage worldwide

  Dutch lecturer uses virtual reality to improve teaching and developments are being watched by the Teachers Task Force of Unesco

• September 02, 2019 02 Sep'19

  TSB works with Silicon Valley tech firm to help SME customers take card payments

  UK bank will offer its small business customers card-processing and point-of-sale technology by partnering with a fintech set up by Twitter CEO

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  UK firms getting on top of IT downtime costs

  Despite data breach headlines, UK firms are generally improving in their data protection, business continuity, cyber preparedness and understanding of downtime costs, study shows

• August 29, 2019 29 Aug'19

  Dutch regulator reveals potential Microsoft privacy breach

  Netherlands privacy watchdog has revealed potential breaches while testing Microsoft software changes

• August 27, 2019 27 Aug'19

  Employees, MSPs and developers top third-party risks

  Employees, managed service providers and developers are the top sources of third-party risks in terms of data security, a survey reveals, highlighting the value of workplace monitoring

• August 27, 2019 27 Aug'19

  Government to ease planning laws for mobile networks

  Westminster is seeking input on four key proposals to make it easier to build and operate 5G mobile networks

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  Security pros reiterate warning against encryption backdoors

  The majority of security professionals believe countries with government-mandated encryption backdoors are more susceptible to nation-state cyber attacks

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  A helping hand from the Nordics in the eye of the GDPR storm

  Nordic IT companies are well suited to supporting enterprises in their data protection projects, even though openness is more natural to them

• August 22, 2019 22 Aug'19

  5G testbed brings Li-Fi broadband to Orkney

  A number of homes on the remote island of Graemsay in the Orkneys are testing so-called Li-Fi technology as a broadband delivery mechanism

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  Sky launches first ultrafast broadband products

  Ultrafast full-fibre broadband products are 12 times faster than Sky’s previous fastest offering and will be immediately within reach of two million homes

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  Huawei to US: Ban violates free market principles

  Huawei has hit back at the US government’s latest moves to restrict its activities

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  Buyers think SD-WAN is too expensive and complicated

  Building and maintaining an SD-WAN is perceived as a complicated endeavour, and the industry’s messages are not getting through, says a new report

• August 20, 2019 20 Aug'19

  Restaurant group pays staff almost £1m early through fintech app

  Wagestream app enables Casual Dining Group employees to receive salary payments in advance for a small fee

• August 19, 2019 19 Aug'19

  Q2 shows ransomware proliferation, Kaspersky warns

  Ransomware modifications have more than doubled in the past year, the number of ransomware families has grown, and the number of attempted infections is up nearly 50%

• August 19, 2019 19 Aug'19

  US extends temporary stay on Huawei ban

  American network operators given extra wiggle room to wean themselves off Huawei’s hardware

• August 19, 2019 19 Aug'19

  Blue Prism gives Nordics the personal touch

  UK automation software company has opened and staffed a Nordic office to give customers in the region a better service

• August 18, 2019 18 Aug'19

  Three launches UK’s third 5G network

  Mobile operator Three has switched on its 5G service, but for now it will only be available as a home broadband service

• August 16, 2019 16 Aug'19

  Passwordless enterprise already possible, says RSA

  The passwordless enterprise is getting easier to attain as the security industry gears up to support a passwordless future, says RSA’s identity chief

• August 15, 2019 15 Aug'19

  European fintech investment continues to grow as global investment falls

  European countries are continuing to see significant growth in financial technology investment as total global investment decreases

• August 15, 2019 15 Aug'19

  Digital developments for the elderly on the rise in Norway

  The Nordic region's tech startup industry is geared towards creating tech in the healthcare sector with apps aimed at the elderly a growing segment

• August 15, 2019 15 Aug'19

  Cisco frozen out of China as Trump’s trade war rages on

  Cisco CEO Chuck Robbins reveals the firm is being edged out of the Chinese market

• August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

  Publicly accessible biometric database highlights key failings

  The discovery of a publicly accessible database of biometric information highlights failings by the supplier, the need for supply chain security, and the challenges of using biometric data

• August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

  Cyber criminal collaboration intensifies

  The level of cooperation between high-profile cyber threat groups has shifted up a gear, enabling a higher level of automation and making attribution more difficult, research shows

• August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

  Norman evasive cryptominer conquers networks

  Cryptomining malware designed to evade detection is capable of invading every device in targeted companies, researchers warn

• August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

  NTT Security partners with Europol

  Link-up is part of a commitment to share strategic information with partners and law enforcement to bolster threat intelligence in the global fight against cyber crime

• August 13, 2019 13 Aug'19

  Vodafone switches on 5G in Ireland

  The first 5G sites in Ireland have gone live in Cork, Dublin, Galway, Limerick and Waterford

• August 13, 2019 13 Aug'19

  RootMetrics ranks EE top on 4G service performance, quality

  EE once again emerges as the top 4G network performer in RootMetrics’ latest semi-annual, UK-wide survey

• August 12, 2019 12 Aug'19

  Phishing top security threat to business

  A new Telefónica security service for business shows that phishing is the most-blocked threat and smaller businesses are a popular attack target in the first two months of deployment

• August 09, 2019 09 Aug'19

  McAfee warns of serious security flaw in building controller

  Security researchers have demonstrated how simple flaws in building controllers could allow malicious actors to manipulate control systems with devastating effect, highlighting the importance of operational technology security

• August 09, 2019 09 Aug'19

  F-Secure warns of F5 Big IP-related security issue

  F-Secure has discovered security issues relating to an F5 device that it says could potentially turn hundreds of thousands of load balancers into beachheads for cyber attacks

• August 09, 2019 09 Aug'19

  Huawei mobile IoT OS ready to plug Android gap

  Huawei is positioning its microkernel-based, distributed HarmonyOS mobile operating system as a true competitor to both Android and iOS

• August 09, 2019 09 Aug'19

  NCC Group warns of security risks of leading printers

  Researchers uncover more than 35 vulnerabilities in six leading enterprise printers, many of which could allow access to corporate networks, underlining the need to counter security risks of embedded systems

• August 08, 2019 08 Aug'19

  Openreach starts roll-out of dark fibre product

  Openreach is soft-launching a wholesale dark fibre product in eastern England ahead of a wider national roll-out

• August 07, 2019 07 Aug'19

  FireEye identifies dual nature Chinese cyber threat group

  Security researchers have identified a China-based cyber threat group engaged in state-spored espionage in parallel with cyber criminal activities targeting multiple industries worldwide

• August 05, 2019 05 Aug'19

  Nordic startups take international expansion as a starting point

  Two startups from the Nordic region are among those targeting international expansion even before they have established themselves on their home turf

• August 05, 2019 05 Aug'19

  Boris Johnson has 12 months to reform broadband policy, says industry

  Broadband sector advocates warn prime minister that the clock is ticking if he wants to be serious about achieving 100% full-fibre broadband coverage in six years

• August 05, 2019 05 Aug'19

  Nordic banks move into wearable payment technology

  Payment by watch or watch strap is now an option for customers of two banks in Sweden

• August 05, 2019 05 Aug'19

  Most UK university applicants at risk of email fraud

  The majority of hundreds of thousands of applicants to UK universities are at risk of email fraud before and after A-level results day, due to a failure to implement full Dmarc protection, a study reveals

• August 02, 2019 02 Aug'19

  BT chief urges PM to act decisively on broadband

  BT’s new chief executive Philip Jansen says he is ready to help meet Boris Johnson’s broadband roll-out goals, but warns the cost will be high

• August 02, 2019 02 Aug'19

  Birmingham City Council ends 13-year IT contract with Capita

  Local authority to bring IT services in-house, saying “the time is right to transfer the services back to the council”

• August 01, 2019 01 Aug'19

  London Stock Exchange agrees to acquire Refinitiv for £22bn

  The London Stock Exchange has agreed to a multi-billion pound takeover of data giant Refinitiv

• July 31, 2019 31 Jul'19

  Cisco pays $8.6m after whistleblower discloses security flaws in video surveillance system

  James Glenn, a video surveillance expert working for a Cisco reseller in Denmark, alerted Cisco to security faults and stands to gain a share of a multimillion-dollar settlement with the US government

• July 31, 2019 31 Jul'19

  Scottish tax holiday tempts Openreach

  Openreach has announced 36 new locations in line for its expanding full-fibre broadband network build, with Scotland a particular focus after the announcement of additional rates relief

• July 31, 2019 31 Jul'19

  Middle East businesses welcome Amazon Web Services region launch

  Bahrain AWS region, with three datacentres, links Middle East to AWS's global network and will help to accelerate digital transformation

• July 31, 2019 31 Jul'19

  Police Scotland awards National Network contract to BT

  Police Scotland is embarking on a £3.9m network project as part of its wider digital transformation strategy

• July 31, 2019 31 Jul'19

  5G mobile networks transformative for health and social care, says TechUK

  A new report produced by TechUK and the Liverpool 5G testbed shows how 5G can be used effectively in the NHS, and offers recommendations to government

• July 30, 2019 30 Jul'19

  London Stock Exchange eyes £22bn acquisition of Refinitiv to expand data capabilities

  The London Stock Exchange is looking at a huge tech acquisition to provide customers access to a wealth of data services built using the latest technologies

• July 30, 2019 30 Jul'19

  Huawei ‘galvanised’ by Trump ban

  Huawei has found itself caught in the crossfire of the US president’s trade war with China, but chairman Liang Hua says the firm is rising to the challenge

• July 29, 2019 29 Jul'19

  ICO selects first innovation Sandbox participants

  UK privacy watchdog has chosen the first firms to take part in its Sandbox programme aimed at developing innovative and beneficial products and services that are privacy compliant

• July 29, 2019 29 Jul'19

  One-third of UK councils have IT budgets cut

  Many local authorities’ IT budgets are being reduced at a time when they are trying to digitally transform to cut costs and improve processes

• July 26, 2019 26 Jul'19

  AWS growth rate slows in Q2, as Amazon retail's run of quarterly record profit growth ends

  Amazon's latest set of results suggest the law of big numbers might be kicking in for its cloud division, while its retail arm grapples with spiralling costs pertaining to the roll-out of its one-day delivery service

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Virgin Media pledges gigabit broadband without full-fibre

  Cable TV operator is betting that improvements to the Docsis standard will enable it to offer gigabit broadband without full-fibre

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Mobile banking malware surges in 2019

  Mobile banking malware surged in the first half of the year, email scams geared up and attacks on cloud increased, while illicit cryptocurrency miners declined, report reveals

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise invests big in India

  Enterprise IT giant aims to take advantage of India’s fast-growing economy and the country’s wealth of tech talent

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  Ofcom must do more to help operators invest in 5G

  Telefónica UK boss Mark Evans warns that Ofcom is prioritising action on behalf of consumers to the exclusion of enabling the telecoms and mobile industry to grow

• July 25, 2019 25 Jul'19

  HPE and SAP among tech industry backers of UN climate change mitigation campaign

  Enterprise tech giants HPE and SAP are among a number of technology firms which have responded to the UN’s calls for corporations to do more to reduce the risk of global warming and cut their emissions

• July 24, 2019 24 Jul'19

  Smart technology will transform Dutch neighbourhood

  A programme in the Netherlands is creating a smart neighbourhood as a pilot for how people could live in the future

• July 22, 2019 22 Jul'19

  Openreach to slash wholesale fibre prices from September

  Wholesale price cuts of almost 40% will help Openreach’s CSP customers grow their full-fibre customer bases, and generate a better return on their investment

• July 22, 2019 22 Jul'19

  Big tech firms back UK cyber security initiative

  Big technology firms have pledged their support for UK investment in an initiative to “design out” of new tech the most damaging cyber security threats