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• July 01, 2024 01 Jul'24

  VMO2 hits high as it completes Shared Rural Network first phase

  Glencoe Mountain Resort in Scotland becomes 227th site to gain improved 4G coverage as part of VMO2 roll-out

• June 28, 2024 28 Jun'24

  How FWD is driving its digital strategy

  FWD’s group chief technology and operations officer talks up how the pan-Asian insurer is driving change faster and putting technology at the heart of its services

• June 28, 2024 28 Jun'24

  Former Fujitsu engineer says Post Office ‘trapped’ him into giving incomplete evidence

  Gareth Jenkins turned his fire on the Post Office on the final day of his marathon evidence session at the Post Office public inquiry

• June 28, 2024 28 Jun'24

  How Recorded Future is operationalising threat intelligence

  Recorded Future is investing in APIs to enable automated security workflows, among other measures, to help organisations overcome the hurdles of operationalising threat intelligence

• June 27, 2024 27 Jun'24

  UKtech50 winner interview: Alan Bates, Post Office Horizon scandal campaigner

  UKtech50 winner Alan Bates talks to Computer Weekly about why the Post Office needs to be modernised, how to deploy an IT system the right way and his plans to write a book

• June 27, 2024 27 Jun'24

  UKtech50 2024: The most influential people in UK technology

  Computer Weekly has announced the 14th annual UKtech50 – our definitive list of the movers and shakers in the UK tech sector

• June 27, 2024 27 Jun'24

  Neos Networks advances Oxfordshire GigaHubs project

  More than 180 public service sites, from local GP practices to schools, community centres and the authority’s own IT estate, are now connected with full-fibre connectivity as part of a County Council programme

• June 27, 2024 27 Jun'24

  Council denies planning bid for datacentre near M25 a second time on Green Belt grounds

  Buckinghamshire Council rejects a second attempt by investment firm Greystoke Land to secure permission for a datacentre development in Iver on Green Belt protection grounds

• June 27, 2024 27 Jun'24

  Qt lands on LG advanced automotive content platform

  Software developer and CE giant extend partnership to power UI/UX development of in-car infotainment services

• June 27, 2024 27 Jun'24

  IT giant Atos faces collapse if restructuring talks fail

  French IT giant Atos is facing financial problems that could affect the ability of its UK arm to deliver key government contracts, including those related to NHS records in hospitals

• June 27, 2024 27 Jun'24

  Nokia, Telefónica team to boost adoption of 5G SA network APIs

  Leading operator inks agreement to explore new API opportunities based on 5G standalone capabilities for businesses in Spain and Germany through use of comms tech provider’s Network Exposure Function

• June 27, 2024 27 Jun'24

  Halo Trust partners with AWS to accelerate AI-led landmine clearance in Ukraine

  Landmine clearance organisation Halo Trust is drawing on AWS’s AI expertise to see if the technology can accelerate the pace of its work in Ukraine

• June 27, 2024 27 Jun'24

  Wales partners with OpenAI to improve Welsh language tech

  The Welsh government’s data partnership with the company behind ChatGPT aims to improve how artificial intelligence technologies work in the Welsh language

• June 27, 2024 27 Jun'24

  Verizon brings portable connectivity to events with Network in a Box

  Comms provider Verizon launches critical communications prototype to support operations, security, event production and fan experience in venues when a permanent private network is not available

• June 27, 2024 27 Jun'24

  Hybrid workers call on employers to increase investment in connectivity

  Survey reveals lack of reliable mobile connectivity in the office is affecting seven in 10 hybrid workers, forcing a majority of employees to leave their office building simply to make a phone call

• June 27, 2024 27 Jun'24

  Experts shocked by ‘extraordinary’ claim made by Post Office IT expert witness

  A former Fujitsu engineer made an ‘unbelievable’ claim about evidence he gave in witness statements when acting as an expert witness during Post Office prosecutions of subpostmasters

• June 27, 2024 27 Jun'24

  Gulf Edge to operate Google Distributed Cloud in Thailand

  The Gulf Energy subsidiary will offer Google’s sovereign cloud service in Thailand with a focus on air-gapped configurations

• June 26, 2024 26 Jun'24

  JT taps Ericsson for 5G test centre

  Island telco makes next step in progress of installing 5G using Ericsson’s advanced telecoms solutions and software services, including energy efficient features to support sustainable a network

• June 26, 2024 26 Jun'24

  Scottish Courts and Tribunal Service replaces legacy SD-WAN

  Contract awarded for the deployment of cross-Scotland software-defined wide area network designed to ensure efficient, secure and reliable administrative services to the judiciaries of Scotland

• June 26, 2024 26 Jun'24

  Ignorance of ‘legal niceties’ from Post Office expert IT witness saw innocent people jailed

  IT expert used by Post Office to give evidence supporting prosecutions of subpostmasters did not understand legal duties he was bound to

• June 26, 2024 26 Jun'24

  Israel’s cyber chief calls for international front against Iranian hackers

  Israel’s cyber chief has called for international action against Iran over state-backed hacking

• June 26, 2024 26 Jun'24

  Police Scotland did not consult ICO about high-risk cloud system

  Police Scotland chose not to formally consult with the data regulator about the risks identified with a cloud-based digital evidence sharing system, while the regulator itself did not follow up for nearly three months

• June 25, 2024 25 Jun'24

  European Commission declares Microsoft’s bundling of Teams with M365 anti-competitive

  The European Commission has informed Microsoft of its preliminary view that selling Microsoft Teams bundled in with its Office 365 suite is anti-competitive

• June 25, 2024 25 Jun'24

  UK government’s M365 use under scrutiny after Microsoft’s ‘no guarantee of sovereignty’ disclosure

  Microsoft’s hold on government IT is under scrutiny, following a disclosure to a Scottish policing body that saw the software giant advise that it cannot guarantee data sovereignty in its cloud-based Microsoft 365 suite

• June 25, 2024 25 Jun'24

  SAP public cloud migration requires architectural rethink

  Research from analyst Gartner has identified common issues IT leaders may encounter when moving S/4HANA to the public cloud

• June 25, 2024 25 Jun'24

  WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange freed from prison

  A deal reached with US authorities will end the WikiLeaks founder’s years-long legal saga, setting him free if he pleads guilty to a criminal conspiracy charge

• June 25, 2024 25 Jun'24

  NHS experts raise warning over patient data breach risk in registries project

  Clinicians warn that the NHS England Outcome Registries Platform has poor security and is vulnerable to cyber attack, putting critical patient data at risk of being exposed

• June 25, 2024 25 Jun'24

  TDCX and Supa team up on data labelling

  TDCX has teamed up with data labelling firm Supa to speed up data labelling with up to 98% accuracy using the human-in-the-loop approach

• June 25, 2024 25 Jun'24

  Interview: Javed Iqbal, digital and information director, British American Tobacco

  British American Tobacco’s director of digital and information, Javed Iqbal, talks to Computer Weekly about breaking with tradition, the importance of cultural mindset and AI ethics

• June 25, 2024 25 Jun'24

  Numbers prove former subpostmaster federation boss’s ignorance over Post Office scandal

  George Thomson is ignoring the numbers when he downplays subpostmaster prosecutions based on Horizon data

• June 24, 2024 24 Jun'24

  Post Office expert IT witness Gareth Jenkins resigns BCS membership

  The former Fujitsu chief architect for Horizon has resigned as a member of the BCS after he was told he could be investigated

• June 24, 2024 24 Jun'24

  Kmart taps event streaming for real-time insights

  Retailer’s Hamilton event streaming platform delivers real-time insights on container shipments, sales and customer interactions to support its online retail business

• June 24, 2024 24 Jun'24

  Sellafield pleads guilty to criminal charges over cyber security

  Nuclear Decommissioning Authority-backed organisation Sellafield Ltd pleads guilty to criminal charges brought over significant cyber security failings that could have compromised sensitive nuclear information

• June 24, 2024 24 Jun'24

  Starlink, Comcast collaborate to expand enterprise managed connectivity

  Network giant’s broadband, wireless provider inks deal to claim to be first major network provider to team up with Elon Musk-led satellite communications company to offer enterprise customers services for improved network redundancy

• June 24, 2024 24 Jun'24

  Buckinghamshire Council drives efficiencies with Microsoft Copilot

  With local government facing a funding crisis, Buckinghamshire Council hopes artificial intelligence can boost efficiency and reduce outgoings

• June 24, 2024 24 Jun'24

  Global Telco AI Alliance founders establish LLM joint venture

  Founders of a global consortium of telcos looking to make best use of artificial intelligence form joint venture to codevelop and launch multilingual large language model tailored to companies such as themselves

• June 24, 2024 24 Jun'24

  Tata Communications hosted SASE claims to redefine networking, security

  Tata Communications claims world-first implementation of unified SASE solution to deliver unified visibility and control of network traffic with context-led insights and enhanced user experience

• June 24, 2024 24 Jun'24

  Hybrid work prompts spike in network security threats

  Survey shows more than two-thirds of organisations have seen an increase in network security threats over the past 18 months, with remote and hybrid working the biggest contributor to heightened threat levels

• June 24, 2024 24 Jun'24

  Macquarie Cloud debuts Australia-first hybrid offering

  Macquarie Flex brings Azure services to a broader set of workloads that are not suited to run natively on public cloud

• June 24, 2024 24 Jun'24

  Metropolitan Police could investigate one of its own staff in Post Office probe

  Former Post Office investigator deleted references to software errors in a witness statement from Fujitsu’s Gareth Jenkins during the wrongful prosecution of a subpostmaster

• June 24, 2024 24 Jun'24

  Why SAP ECC customers need to upgrade before 2027

  While SAP will support its Enterprise Central Component ERP until 2027, this is only the case if you’re on a later enhancement pack

• June 21, 2024 21 Jun'24

  UK fibre firms continue reach expansion

  Virgin Media O2-backed growing fibre firm Nexfibre takes XGS PON network to Canterbury while south of England local full-fibre broadband provider Toob celebrates expansion ahead of fifth anniversary

• June 21, 2024 21 Jun'24

  Sellafield whistleblower ordered to pay costs after email tampering claims

  A former consultant at Sellafield has been ordered to pay costs for having ‘acted unreasonably’ in claiming the nuclear facility tampered with metadata in letters used against her in court

• June 21, 2024 21 Jun'24

  Qilin ransomware gang publishes stolen NHS data online

  The ransomware gang behind a major cyber attack on NHS supplier Synnovis has published a 400GB trove of private healthcare data online

• June 21, 2024 21 Jun'24

  Executive interview: Open models pros and cons

  We speak to Meta’s vice-president of AI research about recent publicly released research and models, and the role of closed AI models

• June 21, 2024 21 Jun'24

  IT leaders share tips for AI success

  With everyone talking about artificial intelligence, at a recent event in London, speakers shared their experiences of deploying AI business applications

• June 21, 2024 21 Jun'24

  Kaspersky says it can continue to sell cyber threat intelligence in spite of US ban

  The US government is stopping Kaspersky Lab from offering its antivirus software and cyber security tools to US firms and citizens

• June 21, 2024 21 Jun'24

  ICO police cloud guidance released under FOI

  Long-awaited guidance from the UK data regulator on police cloud deployments highlights some potential data transfer mechanisms it thinks can clear up ongoing legal issues, but tells forces it’s up to them to decide if the measures would work

• June 20, 2024 20 Jun'24

  Bupa turns to data to provide personalised health services

  Private healthcare provider Bupa says a project to deploy business process automation is bringing it closer to APAC customers

• June 20, 2024 20 Jun'24

  Sir Alan Bates hits out at Post Office ‘incompetence’ after data breach

  Victims of the scandal react with anger at news the Post Office published a document containing their names and addresses on its website