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• July 13, 2016 13 Jul'16

  Salford and Liverpool join forces on digital transformation

  Liverpool and Salford councils have signed a joint contract with SAP to deliver a technology platform, aiming to reduce costs and improve efficiencies

• July 12, 2016 12 Jul'16

  IBM sets up security centre in Canberra

  IBM leads the charge as large private businesses invest heavily in security resources across Australia in an attempt to close the security gap

• July 12, 2016 12 Jul'16

  Gulf-based Rotana Hotels centralises IT security

  Hotel group implements centralised security management to proactively protect endpoints and achieve accurate security information

• July 12, 2016 12 Jul'16

  UK cloud firm majors on Tintri hybrid flash for virtualisation

  Wokingham-based We Are Cloud rejects EMC and hyper-converged options as it deploys Tintri VM-native hybrid flash storage to support rollout of cloud services

• July 11, 2016 11 Jul'16

  Visa’s Dubai innovation centre to focus on digital payments

  Visa has opened a technology innovation centre in Dubai to focus on cashless payments

• July 11, 2016 11 Jul'16

  Broadband certification attracts business tenants to Old Street offices

  Property developer Derwent London pre-lets over 100,000 sq ft of office space after securing highest level of broadband connectivity accreditation from rating body WiredScore

• July 11, 2016 11 Jul'16

  Datadog calls for password reset after cyber breach

  Monitoring and analytics firm detected unauthorised activity associated with production servers and database of user credentials

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  Security industry largely welcomes NCA cyber crime report

  Most information security professionals support the National Crime Agency's call for help from businesses in pursuing cyber criminals

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  Irish data challenge could cost businesses billions, claims Facebook

  Facebook and Irish business groups say a legal challenge to Standard Contractual Clauses, used to permit data transfers between Europe and the UK, could cut 1% from Europe's GDP if it succeeds

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  EU-US Privacy Shield wins EU backing to proceed

  The US data-transfer agreement wins the backing of the European Union, paving the way for it to come into force

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  Cisco UK and Ireland CEO Phil Smith steps down after 22 years

  Phil Smith announces he is stepping down from the day-to-day running of Cisco’s UK and Ireland business to take up the role of chairman

• July 08, 2016 08 Jul'16

  Anglian Water picks Arqiva to run smartmeter network

  Network supplier Arqiva is to build a fixed network in Newmarket to showcase a trial smartmeter project

• July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

  Australian real estate company goes all in on public cloud

  Australian real estate marketing company moves systems into the cloud to help it compete during a property boom

• July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

  Openreach starts duct and pole sharing trials for broadband delivery

  Openreach enlists five broadband services providers to take part in a trial of processes for sharing access to its duct and pole infrastructure

• July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

  Iceland tops list of low-risk datacentre locations

  Europe nabs six out of the top 10 spots in Cushman & Wakefield's list of low-risk locations to build or buy up datacentre capacity

• July 06, 2016 06 Jul'16

  IDC predicts slowdown in public cloud infrastructure spend will be short-lived

  IDC claims prospect of overseas datacentre builds and growing enterprise demand for off-premise services should ensure sales of IT infrastructure increase through 2016

• July 05, 2016 05 Jul'16

  Is Singapore ready for a Paym-style platform?

  City state is considering developing a payments system similar to the UK’s Paym, which allows people to send money using just a mobile number

• July 04, 2016 04 Jul'16

  Thailand’s TMB Bank modernises IT through the cloud

  Bank used a move to Office 365 as a starting point for its transformation into a cloud-first organisation

• July 04, 2016 04 Jul'16

  Scottish police and Accenture terminate IT systems contract

  Scottish Police Authority, Accenture and Police Scotland have mutually agreed to abandon the £40m contract for new operational policing system after project ran into problems

• July 04, 2016 04 Jul'16

  CityFibre and Gigaclear partner to close rural broadband gap

  Backhaul supplier and ultrafast ISP form strategic partnership to boost broadband speeds in rural areas

• July 04, 2016 04 Jul'16

  Facilities firm ISS picks IBM Watson IoT to manage client sites

  Danish outsourcing and services firm signs new deal with IBM to use Watson’s internet of things capabilities to better manage its clients’ properties

• July 01, 2016 01 Jul'16

  CCS extends controversial temporary staff sourcing framework

  The Crown Commercial Service extends the Contingent Labour One framework, now due to expire in June 2017

• July 01, 2016 01 Jul'16

  First fatality for self-drive cars as Tesla driver killed in crash

  US authorities have launched an investigation after the driver of a Tesla Model S was killed in what is believed to be the first fatality involving an self-drive vehicle

• July 01, 2016 01 Jul'16

  HPE wins $3bn in damages from Oracle

  Hewlett Packard Enterprise has won $3bn in damages after a five-year legal battle with Oracle over its decision to stop supporting its database on Itanium-based servers

• June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16

  Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS trust goes live with Allscripts EPR

  The Wrightington, Wigan and Leigh NHS trust has deployed the Sunrise electronic patient record system from US supplier Allscripts

• June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16

  Brexit: Datacentre investments set to slow as economic stability concerns hit CIOs

  As the economic uncertainty around Brexit continues, CIOs may put new datacentre investments on hiatus, warns analyst

• June 29, 2016 29 Jun'16

  IT services sector faces freeze amid Brexit wrangling

  The IT services sector across the globe will be hit by the uncertainty around the UK's future relationship with the EU, but a spending freeze will eventually thaw

• June 28, 2016 28 Jun'16

  Facebook data case raises US national security issues

  Dublin court case on the legality of Facebook’s data transfers to the US raises issues that affect US national security, claims US Department of Justice

• June 28, 2016 28 Jun'16

  Finland’s prisons move to a cashless world

  Inmates in Finland’s prisons will no longer need to use cash as a pre-paid card system is rolled out

• June 27, 2016 27 Jun'16

  Post-Brexit price hikes hit cloud and datacentre community, as currency fluctuations bite

  Cloud and datacentre analysts claim IT buyers are already feeling the pinch from the outcome of the EU referendum, but past performance suggests demand for colocation space will rise in the event of recession

• June 27, 2016 27 Jun'16

  Uncertainty ahead for government IT following Brexit

  Uncertainty, funding issues and potential changes to procurement lie ahead as the UK prepares to negotiate its Brexit deal, but suppliers remain cautiously optimistic

• June 27, 2016 27 Jun'16

  Hospitals targeted using camouflaged old malware

  Specialised devices running older versions of operating systems are becoming critical points of cyber attack vulnerability, warns TrapX Security

• June 27, 2016 27 Jun'16

  Intel considers sale of security business

  Intel is reportedly considering the sale of its security business to generate capital as the company restructures

• June 24, 2016 24 Jun'16

  Micro-segmentation key to new approach to infosec, says Unisys

  Micro-segmentation enables organisations to improve data security at reasonable cost without compromising agility, governance, risk and compliance, says Unisys

• June 23, 2016 23 Jun'16

  Think like attackers, says HPE cyber security strategist

  Organisations need to think of cyber attackers as adversaries and competitors focused on stealing data, maximising their profit and minimising their risk, says HPE security strategist Tim Grieveson

• June 21, 2016 21 Jun'16

  Australian government entices UK tech startups

  Australia is trying to entice UK technology firms to open operations in the country, with benefits including a stepping stone to Asia and a skilled workforce

• June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16

  Lower average cost of Australian data breaches is not a sign of comfort

  The average cost of a data breach to Australian organisations dropped in 2015, according to research

• June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16

  GDS drafts new technology code of practice

  The Government Digital Service (GDS) plans to update its technology code of practice and asks stakeholders for feedback

• June 20, 2016 20 Jun'16

  Brexit will make UK more vulnerable to cyber attack, say security pros

  A third of security professionals are concerned that a Brexit vote will hamper cyber threat intelligence sharing with EU states

• June 17, 2016 17 Jun'16

  Euro Championship network traffic spike highlights OTT boom

  The BBC and EE both reported massive spikes in network traffic during the England versus Wales clash at Euro 2016

• June 17, 2016 17 Jun'16

  Hays Recruitment service desk project is all gain and no pain

  The firm was attracted by the many benefits of a cloud-based service desk, but chief among them was the low risk involved in implementation

• June 17, 2016 17 Jun'16

  French Resistance uses satellite broadband for anniversary event

  A satellite broadband service was used to connect veteran secret agents for an historic commemoration of the work of MI6 in Nazi-occupied France

• June 16, 2016 16 Jun'16

  Memset laments ‘pitiful return’ on G-Cloud datacentre investments

  Memset managing director Kate Craig-Wood claims public sector buyers are too entrenched in old procurement practices to make the most of G-Cloud

• June 16, 2016 16 Jun'16

  Builders kill Virgin broadband service to thousands of Londoners

  Builders working in Brixton, south London, have severed a crucial link in Virgin Media’s trunk network, cutting broadband and cable TV services to thousands

• June 16, 2016 16 Jun'16

  BDUK finds more cash for rural broadband

  BDUK has uncovered and hopes to recover £150m of underspend from Phase 1 of the rural broadband roll-out project

• June 16, 2016 16 Jun'16

  Enfield council to deploy customer service robot

  The London Borough of Enfield is starting to use a software robot, known as Amelia, to process citizen requests

• June 15, 2016 15 Jun'16

  Australian datacentre investments rocket due to latest enterprise IT trends

  The increased use of big data, analytics, cloud and mobile technologies in Australian enterprises is driving spending in datacentre services

• June 15, 2016 15 Jun'16

  Nearly all datacentres have flash storage, reveals 451 survey

  Nine out of 10 enterprises have flash somewhere in the datacentre, according to research

• June 15, 2016 15 Jun'16

  Openreach announces SME FTTP service roll-out

  A number of cities are to receive a fibre-to-the-premises broadband service specifically designed for small to medium-sized enterprises

• June 15, 2016 15 Jun'16

  UK industry asked to help youth avoid career in cyber crime

  Crest and the NCA call on UK industry to help support initiatives aimed at recruiting technically talent people into IT and IT security as an alternative to cyber crime