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• March 04, 2016 04 Mar'16

  MasterCard named as VocaLink suitor

  MasterCard is reportedly in talks with the banks that own payments provider VocaLink over a £1bn takeover

• March 04, 2016 04 Mar'16

  Legal spears fly at Privacy Shield

  Police Scotland is investigating the implications of the end of Safe Harbour. Service providers must comply with UK law, regardless of where they are based

• March 04, 2016 04 Mar'16

  Miserden has most miserly broadband speed, report claims

  Speed tests carried out by Cable.co.uk have located the slowest average broadband speeds in the UK, in the village of Miserden in Gloucestershire

• March 03, 2016 03 Mar'16

  MasterCard uses artificial intelligence to help UK sales team

  Financial services firm is deploying AI software created by one of the IT startups it supports in a global programme

• March 03, 2016 03 Mar'16

  Equinix and Interxion set out 2016 global datacentre expansion plans

  Colocation rivals outline their investment intentions and priorities for the year ahead

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  RSAC16: RSA’s Amit Yoran comes out in support of strong encryption

  A policy of weakened encryption would harm US economic interests and undermine those trying to defend digital environments, according to RSA president Amit Yoran

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  RSAC16: Microsoft’s chief legal officer Brad Smith champions encryption

  Information security requires a comprehensive approach including strong encryption, says Microsoft chief legal officer Brad Smith

• March 02, 2016 02 Mar'16

  Finland’s Kone chooses IBM for IoT push

  Lift manufacturer is using IBM Watson as part of its internet of things strategy after a multi-year agreement with the IT giant

• March 01, 2016 01 Mar'16

  Australia’s fintech community will target China

  The Australian government is injecting money into the country’s financial technology community to help firms break into lucrative Asian markets

• February 29, 2016 29 Feb'16

  Global finance regulator to examine fintech risks

  Global financial system stability group FSB will take a closer look at financial technology companies

• February 29, 2016 29 Feb'16

  Mobile Infrastructure Project was a failure, admits Vaizey

  At a Westminster Hall debate, digital economy minister Ed Vaizey conceded the £150m Mobile Infrastructure Project to address "not-spots" was largely unsuccessful

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  After BT's Openreach reprieve, what now for the UK broadband roll-out?

  After Ofcom's decision to leave Openreach in BT, what happens next – and how will the UK reap the benefits of superfast broadband?

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Google calls for datacentre storage disk design overhaul

  Search giant Google says an overhaul of traditional 3.5in disks could lower the total cost of ownership and improve infrastructure performance

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Majority of Britons support government surveillance for national security

  A survey reveals that a majority of UK citizens support government surveillance for national security as Apple attempts to rally public support in its row with the FBI over encryption

• February 26, 2016 26 Feb'16

  Israeli high-tech startups seek UK funding

  Israeli high-tech startup companies visit London in search of venture capital and angel investors

• February 25, 2016 25 Feb'16

  HP Inc sales plummet 12%, with tough times ahead

  HP Inc reports a big drop in revenues, and the CEO predicts some difficult quarters to come

• February 25, 2016 25 Feb'16

  Nissan breaks basic security rules with Leaf electric car app

  Security researcher shows how hackers can hijack a vehicle’s heating and air-conditioning systems, identify owners and spy on journeys

• February 25, 2016 25 Feb'16

  Payments regulator wants banks to sell stakes in Vocalink

  The UK payments regulator wants banks to loosen their grip on the payments infrastructure by selling off some of their stake in it

• February 24, 2016 24 Feb'16

  CIOs admit they are blind to cyber threats despite security spend

  Many of the security defences that companies invest in are blind to encrypted traffic and untrustworthy digital certificates, a study reveals

• February 24, 2016 24 Feb'16

  Great Ormond Street NHS hunts for EPR and research platform worth up to £50m

  Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children is looking for an electronic patient record system and a clinical research platform worth £50m

• February 24, 2016 24 Feb'16

  The Met awards hosting and services contracts worth £250m to CSC

  CSC will provide hosting and end-user services for the Metropolitan Police Service in two contracts worth £250m

• February 24, 2016 24 Feb'16

  Mapping technology turning Depok in Indonesia into smart city

  Depok in Indonesia is using mapping technology to support its smart city ambitions

• February 24, 2016 24 Feb'16

  IT could help avert Norwegian healthcare crisis

  With a per capita healthcare spend already the highest in the world, Norway is facing a healthcare crisis as its population is increasingly dominated by elderly people

• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  UK CIOs over-confident about cyber security, study shows

  UK firms are operating from a reactive security posture and tending to symptoms, rather than causes, and yet still believe they can detect threats faster than the industry average

• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  Internet of things helps track endangered dugongs in the Philippines

  Fishermen in the Philippines are using smartphones and apps to help conservationists protect an endangered species

• February 22, 2016 22 Feb'16

  HR technology heads to cloud in Finland

  Computer Weekly talked to Finnish experts about Finnish enterprises moving to cloud-based HR IT systems

• February 19, 2016 19 Feb'16

  Tech firms rally around Apple over encryption row with FBI

  Apple CEO Tim Cook is getting support from technology and information security firms in his refusal to help the FBI to hack into an iPhone used by San Bernardino gunman Syed Rizwan Farook

• February 19, 2016 19 Feb'16

  Australian C-suite executives fail to take security seriously

  Australia’s executives need to get their heads out of the sand when it comes to cyber security and realise they are part of the solution

• February 19, 2016 19 Feb'16

  HSBC launches biometric security for mobile banking in the UK

  Bank claims UK’s largest planned roll-out of voice biometric security technology, with more than 15 million customers in line for voice and fingerprint authentication services

• February 18, 2016 18 Feb'16

  CCS to tender for technology products and services framework worth up to £4bn

  Crown Commercial Service’s tender for a framework to develop integrated commercial solutions will go live in May

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Electronics supplier RS Components outsources business process systems in online push

  Electronics manufacturer RS Components outsources its corporate software development to Atos in a bid to modernise its customer services

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Application security a key priority for 2016, says Hewlett Packard Enterprise study

  Businesses should focus on application security, changes in threats and regulations, and vulnerabilities in emerging technologies, says Hewlett Packard Enterprise

• February 17, 2016 17 Feb'16

  Judge orders Apple to unlock San Bernardino gunman’s iPhone

  A US judge has ordered Apple to help the FBI bypass the auto-erase function on the San Bernardino gunman's iPhone to find the passcode and access data, but the company says it will contest the order

• February 16, 2016 16 Feb'16

  Mobile apps could put an end to ‘hated’ staff appraisals

  Josh Bersin, founder of Bersin by Deloitte, reveals the top HR technology trends for 2016

• February 16, 2016 16 Feb'16

  Vodafone and Liberty Global to merge in Netherlands

  Vodafone and Liberty Global confirm that they are to merge their Dutch businesses

• February 16, 2016 16 Feb'16

  UK government invites comment on porn site age check plans

  Public consultation launched on how best to enforce age restrictions on pornographic web content

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Interxion to build third Irish datacentre as demand for colocation grows

  Colocation provider is set to begin the construction of its third Irish datacentre during the fourth quarter of 2016

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Telstra is transforming Australian IT infrastructure

  Telco is transforming its IT operation to make better use of the cloud, data and application programming interfaces

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Three home broadband service targets students and renters

  Mobile network operator Three offers customers in Northern Ireland the chance to trial a mobile home broadband service as an alternative to fixed operators

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  Vodafone’s global tax burden drops by £5bn

  Mobile operator’s worldwide tax bill has fallen by 36% in the past 12 months following significant divestments

• February 15, 2016 15 Feb'16

  AT&T to test first 5G wireless systems this year

  Network operator announces plans to test 5G technology to provide wireless connectivity before the end of 2016

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  Asean poised to gain in the global offshoring battle

  According to AT Kearney’s 2016 Global Services Location Index, robotics process automation and business process as a service could change the outsourcing industry, benefiting Asean countries

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  Amnesty International joins calls for UK spy law changes

  Amnesty International urges the UK government to re-draft its Investigatory Powers Bill to restore public confidence through proper judicial oversight

• February 12, 2016 12 Feb'16

  US IT professionals overconfident in cyber attack detection, study finds

  Most US IT professionals are confident in key security controls to detect cyber attacks – but unsure how long it would take automated tools to discover a breach

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Five local authorities around the country agree shared services contract

  Five councils in different parts of England have agreed to jointly sign outsourcing agreements, including IT services provision

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Government launches GDS Advisory Board

  Board of industry experts will advise the government on how to deliver digital public services

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Social engineering is top hacking method, survey shows

  Social engineering tops the list of popular hacking methods, underlining the need for continuous monitoring, according to security firm Balabit

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Digital internships in India with TCS now open to UK graduates

  India’s biggest IT supplier, Tata Consultancy Services, plans to recruit 1,000 UK graduates for paid internships over the next four years

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Financial institutions on high alert for major cyber attack

  The financial sector is facing the highest number of organised cyber attacks and multi-channel threats, a ThreatMetrix report reveals

• February 11, 2016 11 Feb'16

  Misgivings rise as EU-US agreement unravels under scrutiny

  Privacy Shield, the proposed replacement for Safe Harbour, looks increasingly like a PR exercise, rather than a genuine solution