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• September 05, 2017 05 Sep'17

  Gigaclear extends narrow trenching FTTP broadband dig

  Fibre broadband provider Gigaclear is extending its BDUK dig in Herefordshire and Gloucestershire

• September 04, 2017 04 Sep'17

  HMRC denies IR35 reforms to blame for public sector IT project delays and cancellations

  New research from ContractorCalculator suggests contractors have left the public sector in droves since the IR35 reforms came into force, but HMRC has a different take on the situation

• September 04, 2017 04 Sep'17

  Women still under-represented in Nordic IT despite region’s efforts

  Although countries in the Nordic region are often hailed as pioneers of digital and equal worker rights, there is still gender inequality in the IT sector.

• September 04, 2017 04 Sep'17

  Government launches FTTP pilot for businesses, schools and hospitals

  The government has released £10m to six FTTP trial projects around the UK, testing ultrafast broadband technology in businesses, schools and hospitals

• August 31, 2017 31 Aug'17

  Open source helps Schiphol fly to multi-clouds

  Amsterdam airport Schiphol is utilising open source software to create and use a multi-cloud platform with an open API

• August 30, 2017 30 Aug'17

  HCL expands global network with Swedish delivery centre

  HCL has opened another delivery centre in the Nordic region, this time in Gothenburg, Sweden

• August 30, 2017 30 Aug'17

  Challenger bank Fidor reaches 200,000 customers

  Fintech trailblazer Fidor now has more than 200,000 people using its banking services, but its CEO believes the fintech environment is getting tougher

• August 29, 2017 29 Aug'17

  McDonald’s selects Capgemini to help it drive digital customer services

  Fast-food chain decides to outsource its digital developments globally to French IT services giant

• August 29, 2017 29 Aug'17

  Saudi Telecom Company creates cloud computing giant

  The IT joint venture in Saudi Arabia will drive the digitisation of government services

• August 23, 2017 23 Aug'17

  UAE telco Du pushes SaaS adoption in Middle East

  The Middle East looks set to see strong growth in software as a service and IT departments need to take a different approach

• August 22, 2017 22 Aug'17

  Flash memory and OLED shortages will hit smartphone sales

  Analysts at Gartner have warned that a components shortage will affect sales of high-end smartphones

• August 22, 2017 22 Aug'17

  Barclays installs devices to monitor office use

  Barclays bank has installed sensors connected to a cloud-based analytics platform to monitor and analyse office use

• August 22, 2017 22 Aug'17

  Blockchain skills in high demand and jobs being swept up quickly

  Job vacancies for people with blockchain skills are being filled in just seven days, on average, once they are advertised online

• August 22, 2017 22 Aug'17

  Wearables on the rise in the Middle East

  The take up of wearables in the Middle East is growing mainly as a result of consumer demand for smartwatches

• August 17, 2017 17 Aug'17

  World's largest’ data center planned in Norway

  Norway will soon have the biggest datacenter in the world which will harness the countries rich natural resources

• August 16, 2017 16 Aug'17

  Huddle in trouble: Did the journey from startup to scaleup cause the UK cloud firm to lose its way?

  What does the future hold for cloud collaboration firm Huddle, once a darling of the UK tech startup scene but now seemingly in need of a financial bailout?

• August 11, 2017 11 Aug'17

  BBVA tops Forrester mobile bank app chart

  Spanish bank BBVA has the best mobile banking app in the world, according to Forrester Research

• August 10, 2017 10 Aug'17

  China tests hack-proof quantum satellite communications

  China has tested a prototype communication system that uses the principles of quantum mechanics to make it impossible for hackers to access

• August 09, 2017 09 Aug'17

  Over 40% of IT professionals want another general election this year

  A large proportion of IT workers in the UK want another general election this year in the hope it will stave off a hard brexit

• August 09, 2017 09 Aug'17

  Nordic countries top digital nations ranking, but risk stalling

  Nordic countries are leaders when it comes to digitisation – but they must continue to innovate to retain their position

• August 08, 2017 08 Aug'17

  NIS Directive plans show UK is serious about tackling cyber threats

  UK government plans to implement the EU’s Network and Information Systems (NIS) Directive have been welcomed for assuring its commitment to cyber defence post-Brexit

• August 03, 2017 03 Aug'17

  Interview: Vodafone CTO juggles legacy network and cutting-edge technology

  Vodafone UK chief technology officer Jorge Fernandes talks legacy networks, digitisation and how he is positioning the operator to lead in the mobile-enabled future

• August 02, 2017 02 Aug'17

  Apple share price reaches record high on quarterly results

  Apple’s share price rose 6% in after-hours trading to reach a record high in response to the company’s quarterly financial report

• July 26, 2017 26 Jul'17

  Adobe to kill off Flash Player by end of 2020

  Adobe has announced it is to stop updating and distributing Flash Player in just over three years’ time

• July 25, 2017 25 Jul'17

  Nordea deploys AI to speed up customer service

  Nordea is reaping the rewards of its fintech investments through its latest project to use artificial intelligence to support customers

• July 24, 2017 24 Jul'17

  IR35 reforms: IT contractor fleshes out details of potential HMRC legal challenge

  Following the early-stage success of efforts to crowd-fund a legal challenge against the IR35 reforms, one of the IT contractors behind the campaign outlines details of what could happen next

• July 21, 2017 21 Jul'17

  Scottish community broadband network gets funding to expand

  The Locheilnet community wireless broadband scheme has been awarded funding to upgrade its core infrastructure and target new customers

• July 18, 2017 18 Jul'17

  Stamford Bridge to offer stadium connectivity in partnership with Ericsson

  Ericsson has begun its partnership with Chelsea to offer home fans a “seamless” connected experience

• July 14, 2017 14 Jul'17

  Defence minister opens £3m cyber security centre in Gloucester

  UK minister for defence procurement has opened Lockheed Martin’s job-creating cyber security centre aimed at boosting UK cyber defence capability and skills

• July 14, 2017 14 Jul'17

  NHS urged to spend extra cyber defence funds wisely

  The NHS has been urged to invest wisely in cyber defences after the government announced plans to increase data security funding by millions of pounds in response to the Caldicott review

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  Encryption keys too predictable, warn security researchers

  Encryption keys are not as random as most people think, which means encrypting data is often not as secure as it could be, according to security researchers

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  HPE and CSC merger wins confidence of Zurich

  Zurich Insurance has demonstrated confidence in CSC's merger with HPE through a contract extension

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  Ofcom sets up Openreach Monitoring Unit

  Telecoms regulator Ofcom is setting up a dedicated unit to keep a watchful eye on Openreach

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  Cognizant opens London lab to help customers with digitisation

  Cognizant has opened its latest digital development centre in London, where it will work with customers and partners on digital business challenges

• July 13, 2017 13 Jul'17

  Verizon denies data loss but admits potentially huge breach

  Verizon has responded to reports of millions of customer records being exposed to the internet by saying no data was accessed by malicious third parties, but the incident raises thorny issues

• July 12, 2017 12 Jul'17

  NVMe flash blocked by array architecture, says Kaminario CTO

  Flash pioneer CTO says array controllers are built for a different era and must scale-out as clusters to provide the CPU power needed to allow NVMe to realise its potential

• July 12, 2017 12 Jul'17

  UK ranked as top 10 digital economy

  The UK has been ranked among the top 10 nations in terms of digital capabilities

• July 07, 2017 07 Jul'17

  Second phase of Dubai Health Authority’s electronic records implementation to start in August 2017

  Unified electronic medical record (EMR) system to be rolled to more medical facilities across Dubai

• July 05, 2017 05 Jul'17

  Virgin Media fails to deliver on broadband speed claims, says investigation

  An investigation by the BBC’s Watchdog programme accuses ISP Virgin Media of over-promising and under-delivering on the claims it makes about its fibre-based broadband services

• June 29, 2017 29 Jun'17

  Key lessons from ‘Petya’ ransomware attack

  While the cyber security community is still working to understand the latest ransomware attack that has reportedly hit 60 countries, there are key lessons to be learned

• June 26, 2017 26 Jun'17

  Palo Alto Networks confident of taking security into SaaS era

  Security platforms could make it easier to take products to market and improve firms’ security posture by making innovative products easier to consume, but the biggest winners could be the platform providers

• June 21, 2017 21 Jun'17

  Microsoft admits Windows 10 disables third-party security software

  Microsoft has admitted Windows 10 disables some third-party security software, but claims this is purely because of compatibility issues

• June 21, 2017 21 Jun'17

  The human apprentices behind robotic automation

  IT apprentices are helping large businesses transform their back-office processes through software robots

• June 20, 2017 20 Jun'17

  Web hosting firm agrees to pay $1m ransomware demand

  South Korean hosting firm Nayana agrees to pay more than $1m to restore data that was encrypted by a ransomware attack on its Linux servers on 10 June 2017

• June 15, 2017 15 Jun'17

  Finnish mobile operators opt-out from free EU roaming

  Finnish mobile operators have been exempted from new European Union data roaming rules for now

• June 14, 2017 14 Jun'17

  Palo Alto Networks set to drive new era in security innovation

  Palo Alto Networks announces a cloud-based application framework the company claims will enable its security platform to disrupt and change the security industry completely within a decade

• June 07, 2017 07 Jun'17

  Challenger bank technology arm hires former ABN Amro IT executive as CIO

  Bank and banking technology supplier Fidor hires an experienced banking CIO to support its international expansion

• June 02, 2017 02 Jun'17

  Telefónica increases use of renewable energy to fight climate change

  Telecoms operator behind UK’s O2 mobile network doubles down on existing commitments to renewable energy sources in the fight against climate change

• June 01, 2017 01 Jun'17

  IR35 reforms: HMRC denies claims that online tax status assessment tool returns unreliable results

  HM Revenue & Customs hits back at research that suggests its IR35 online assessment tool is hindering public sector organisations in determining the tax status of off-payroll staff

• May 31, 2017 31 May'17

  Hundreds of sub-postmasters have applied to join IT-related legal action since March

  The number of sub-postmasters who claim to have suffered as a result of a faulty Post Office IT system has reached 1,300