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• December 21, 2016 21 Dec'16

  Hyperscale datacentre growth sees demand for OEM hardware soar, research shows

  Synergy Research Group lifts the lid on how the growth of hyperscale datacentre operators is developing around the world, as well as the impact this is having on demand for hardware from legacy IT suppliers

• December 21, 2016 21 Dec'16

  Top 10 broadband stories of 2016

  A look back at Computer Weekly's most read broadband news, analysis and features from 2016

• December 19, 2016 19 Dec'16

  Consumers prepare for Christmas broadband misery

  Holiday pressure on already over-capacity broadband services is likely to leave consumers frustrated this Christmas, according to a survey

• December 19, 2016 19 Dec'16

  What does Tech Nordic Advocates network look like a year on?

  Group set up to stimulate collaboration in the Nordic and Baltic IT communities to help them grow is a year old

• December 16, 2016 16 Dec'16

  Ofcom says 5% of UK properties still lack sufficient broadband access

  Ofcom’s Connected Nations report highlights improvements in broadband speed and connectivity across the UK, as well as areas that are still ripe for improvement

• December 15, 2016 15 Dec'16

  Industry backs call for government action on 5G

  The mobile industry has rallied around this week’s National Infrastructure Commission report on 5G and telecoms

• December 15, 2016 15 Dec'16

  BMW Group uses IBM Watson to explore personalised driver systems

  BMW and IBM are putting research teams together to investigate the use of IBM Watson to personalise the driver experience

• December 15, 2016 15 Dec'16

  Yahoo hacked: One billion users affected by August 2013 data breach, company confirms

  Yahoo confirms details of a historic data breach, dating back to 2013, affecting one billion users

• December 13, 2016 13 Dec'16

  GP tests out connected stethoscope, cleared for NHS use

  A digitally connected stethoscope from a Silicon Valley startup is now available in the UK and promises to change patient-doctor interaction

• December 13, 2016 13 Dec'16

  Is there a Dutch digital delusion?

  To stand still is to decline. The Netherlands seems to be losing ground in the digital world, according to new reports

• December 13, 2016 13 Dec'16

  Tech industry big guns unite to create crash-free IT services and systems

  Some of the tech industry's biggest names have come together to create the Zero Outage Industry Standards Association to help improve the uptime of IT systems and services

• December 07, 2016 07 Dec'16

  The United Arab Emirates enterprise IT trends for 2017

  The UAE is already a leader in areas such as smart city developments, and 2017 looks set to see organisations in the country increase its adoption of other transformational IT

• December 07, 2016 07 Dec'16

  UKtech50 interview: ARM Holdings CEO Simon Segars

  The UKtech50 most influential person in UK IT 2016, ARM Holdings CEO Simon Segars, shares his thoughts on the consequences of Brexit, access to skills and the importance of security in a world full of connected devices

• December 06, 2016 06 Dec'16

  Ofcom reveals duct and pole sharing proposals for fibre broadband

  Regulator has made a number of suggestions to make it easier for broadband providers to get access to BT Openreach’s ducts and poles

• December 05, 2016 05 Dec'16

  Top 10 Asean enterprise IT stories of 2016

  The 10 most popular Asean articles of 2016

• December 01, 2016 01 Dec'16

  Mirai botnet hits Post Office Broadband and Kcom customers

  Broadband providers Post Office Broadband and Kcom are among a number of operators to have been hit by a hack targeting Zyxel routing hardware

• December 01, 2016 01 Dec'16

  GE opens biggest digital hub in India

  Bangalore centre added to US industrial giant’s global network of digital hubs

• December 01, 2016 01 Dec'16

  AWS CEO hails "changing of the guard" in enterprise IT on the back of cloud growth

  AWS CEO Andy Jassy hits out at “old guard” enterprise IT suppliers, while talking up his company’s ability to out-sell and out-innovate them

• November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16

  Blockchain-based gold trading planned for 2017

  Thousand-year-old organisation The Royal Mint is the latest financial services business to harness blockchain technology

• November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16

  HPE fleshes out IoT strategy

  HPE is moving from IT to operational technology with a set of products and tie-ups to target industrial internet of things applications

• November 30, 2016 30 Nov'16

  CityFibre targets underserved businesses with fibre broadband

  Urban fibre supplier CityFibre is to connect 500 business parks across its 40-city UK network footprint to full-fibre services

• November 29, 2016 29 Nov'16

  BT and Openreach to split: but what will change as a result?

  The telecoms industry has welcomed Ofcom’s decision to legally split BT and Openreach, but what, if anything, will actually change?

• November 29, 2016 29 Nov'16

  Ofcom to legally separate BT and Openreach

  Telecoms regulator Ofcom is to push ahead with plans to require the legal separation of BT and Openreach

• November 28, 2016 28 Nov'16

  Measures to boost digital economy announced in Malaysia budget 2017

  Malaysia’s latest budget reflects the country’s aim to boost the digital economy

• November 28, 2016 28 Nov'16

  Metro fibre dig backs new Newcastle datacentre build

  Newcastle campus datacentre owner supports the connectivity needs of local businesses as well as cloud customers

• November 25, 2016 25 Nov'16

  CBRE: Cloud drives Q3 demand for colocation space in Frankfurt and London

  CBRE’s third-quarter datacentre market tracker highlights soaring demand for colocation capacity in Frankfurt and London, as cloud providers court European enterprises

• November 24, 2016 24 Nov'16

  Competition authority wants feedback on open banking plan

  The government’s Competition and Markets Authority is asking for feedback on its proposals to introduce competition in the retail banking sector

• November 23, 2016 23 Nov'16

  Case study: How the RAC is digitising roadside assistance

  The RAC, an organisation steeped in tradition, is on a modernisation drive. We look at how Microsoft Azure is helping it digitise older cars

• November 23, 2016 23 Nov'16

  Government offers five-year tax holiday on new fibre networks

  In his Autumn Statement, Chancellor Philip Hammond confirms a massive cash injection for broadband and 5G, and announces business rate cuts for new fibre broadband network builds

• November 23, 2016 23 Nov'16

  Nationwide breaks norm and opens branch because of technology

  Nationwide Building Society is bringing a bank branch back to Glastonbury to try out new technology on customers

• November 22, 2016 22 Nov'16

  HumanOps: Etsy on how unclear workplace expectations contribute to staff burnout

  IT managers risk "normalising" bad workplace behaviour and contributing to employee stress by responding to emails out of hours and staying late unnecessarily, warns Etsy web operations manager

• November 22, 2016 22 Nov'16

  Alleged hacker Lauri Love’s ‘life will be destroyed’ under Trump regime

  Supporters fear for activist Lauri Love if his extradition to face hacking charges to the US goes ahead

• November 22, 2016 22 Nov'16

  Chancellor to pledge £400m for FTTP broadband roll-out

  The chancellor is set to announce a major investment in the UK’s broadband infrastructure in the upcoming Autumn Statement

• November 22, 2016 22 Nov'16

  Barclays pilots contactless cash withdrawals

  Barclays bank is piloting technology to enable customers to withdraw cash by just tapping their smartphone or contactless card on a reader

• November 17, 2016 17 Nov'16

  Lending platform pioneer Zopa aims to become a UK bank

  Zopa, the company that pioneered the peer-to-peer lending sector with its tech platform, looks to add more disruption to the retail banking market

• November 17, 2016 17 Nov'16

  Citibank Australia to go cashless as digital technology takes hold

  Citibank will no longer handle cash at its six branches in Australia as digital channels reduce demand for cash transactions

• November 17, 2016 17 Nov'16

  ASA calls for clarity on broadband speed claims

  The Advertising Standards Agency turns its attention to how broadband providers advertise the speed of their packages, amid fears that consumers may be misled

• November 16, 2016 16 Nov'16

  Altnet broadband customers tend to be happier, says Cable

  A consumer broadband study by Cable reveals that customers of smaller providers and altnets tend to be more satisfied with their service

• November 16, 2016 16 Nov'16

  SSP Worldwide under fire over cloud outage communication failings

  Insurance brokers blast SSP Worldwide over its approach to crisis communications during recent cloud outages

• November 15, 2016 15 Nov'16

  Amber Rudd orders Lauri Love extradition to US to face hacking charges

  Engineering student Lauri Love faces trials in three US states and a possible 99-year jail sentence for allegedly hacking into US government computer systems as part of a political protest, despite concerns over his health

• November 11, 2016 11 Nov'16

  Copenhagen fintech hub opens its doors

  Copenhagen gets a financial technology startup co-working venue as the city attracts more digital entrepreneurs

• November 11, 2016 11 Nov'16

  White space spectrum to bring wireless broadband to Isle of Arran

  Suppliers Nominet and Broadway Partners collaborate to trial the use of TV white space spectrum to improve broadband coverage on the Isle of Arran in Scotland

• November 11, 2016 11 Nov'16

  Cloud datacentres to house 92% of workloads by 2020, predicts Cisco

  Networking giant Cisco’s latest Global Cloud Index shines a light on how the growth of off-premise services is affecting the datacentre market

• November 09, 2016 09 Nov'16

  Road to safety: Self-driving cars in the Middle East

  The Middle East could improve its poor record on road safety through the use of driverless vehicles

• November 09, 2016 09 Nov'16

  Fintech disruption hits UK cheque processing industry

  Cheque processing company makes huge cuts to its operation as new technology reduces demand for its services

• November 08, 2016 08 Nov'16

  ANZ bank puts cloud expert in leading IT role

  Australian bank has recruited another senior executive from the IT supplies sector to support its digital developments

• November 08, 2016 08 Nov'16

  BT boosts broadband speeds for SME and consumer customers

  Telco is increasing the broadband speeds it makes available for small businesses and consumer customers using its fibre-to-the-premises network

• November 08, 2016 08 Nov'16

  AWS shares datacentre security secrets to inspire more enterprise cloud adoption

  CISO says there is no need to sacrifice security to pursue innovation in the cloud, as he reveals how the cloud giant safeguards customer information in its datacentres

• November 07, 2016 07 Nov'16

  Welsh government earmarks £80m for new broadband scheme

  The Welsh Government is planning to invest up to £80m to extend its broadband roll-out across the entire country by 2020

• November 02, 2016 02 Nov'16

  Three-quarters of banks see startups as best way to access latest technology

  The latest survey of banks by Efma and Infosys reveals a big appetite for working with startups in the traditional banking sector

• November 01, 2016 01 Nov'16

  Insurers face same legacy system battle as retail banks

  The biggest barrier to insurance companies adopting digital technology is their heavy reliance on legacy IT systems

• October 28, 2016 28 Oct'16

  Twitter cuts Vine and jobs as revenue growth slows

  Twitter has announced it is to restructure with the aim of achieving profitability in 2017, but in the meantime it is axing its Vine video sharing service and around 350 jobs

• October 27, 2016 27 Oct'16

  Dyn reveals details of complex and sophisticated IoT botnet attack

  DNS services provider Dyn, which was the victim of a large-scale DDoS attack perpetrated by an IoT botnet earlier in October, discusses details of its experience

• October 27, 2016 27 Oct'16

  World wide web inventor Tim Berners-Lee to join Oxford University

  The University of Oxford has appointed Tim Berners-Lee as a professor at its computer science department

• October 27, 2016 27 Oct'16

  Google suspends US FTTP broadband roll-out

  Google parent Alphabet calls a halt to its roll-out of FTTP broadband in the US as it embarks on a strategic rethink

• October 26, 2016 26 Oct'16

  Ultrafast York UFO broadband network to go citywide

  Following successful trials in a number of York neighbourhoods, UFO broadband backers CityFibre, Sky and TalkTalk have agreed to roll out the service across the city

• October 26, 2016 26 Oct'16

  SAP steps up data privacy in Europe

  SAP guarantees technicians outside of Europe will not be able to access companies’ sensitive personnel and other records

• October 25, 2016 25 Oct'16

  Australian IT spending to be near A$85bn in 2017

  Australian CIOs must plan digital platforms that can connect to customer and business networks – or risk losing customers

• October 25, 2016 25 Oct'16

  Insurers are joining fintech party

  Insurers are held back from digital transformation by legacy systems, but insurance-focused IT startups offer them hope

• October 24, 2016 24 Oct'16

  Self-driving taxi roll-out in Singapore gathers intelligence

  Autonomous vehicle startup nuTonomy launched a fleet of self-driving taxis in Singapore in August

• October 24, 2016 24 Oct'16

  Dyn DDoS attack highlights vulnerability of global internet infrastructure

  Last week’s DDoS attack on DNS firm Dyn has highlighted both the vulnerability of the world’s internet infrastructure, and the dangers of leaving internet of things devices unsecured

• October 24, 2016 24 Oct'16

  More than 100 MPs ask Obama to halt extradition bid against Lauri Love

  UK MPs across all parties call for US president to save activist from extradition to the US on hacking charges on humanitarian grounds

• October 21, 2016 21 Oct'16

  Major DDoS attack on Dyn causes internet disruption

  DNS provider Dyn experiences a large DDoS attack, causing disruption to online services

• October 21, 2016 21 Oct'16

  Spotify on benefits of ditching its datacentres and going ‘all-in’ on Google cloud

  Spotify’s vice-president of infrastructure opens up about the company’s datacentre downsizing plans, and how taking a multi-cloud to IT consumption would not work for the firm

• October 20, 2016 20 Oct'16

  Virgin Media CEO urges Theresa May to bring clarity to Brexit turmoil

  As the prime minister prepares to meet EU leaders to begin difficult Brexit negotiations, Virgin Media's Tom Mockridge calls for an end to uncertainty

• October 19, 2016 19 Oct'16

  Matt Hancock calls for market to lead on full FTTP broadband

  Digital and culture secretary used his keynote speech at Broadband World Forum to call for a national market-led fibre-to-the-premise roll-out, and pledged government support to make it happen

• October 19, 2016 19 Oct'16

  Snowden: the IT analyst turned whistleblower who exposed mass surveillance

  Oliver Stone's biopic on Edward Snowden reaches the heart of the ethical crisis posed by mass surveillance for the state and ordinary citizens

• October 19, 2016 19 Oct'16

  BT plans more rural FTTP digs as demand for ultrafast grows

  At Broadband World Forum in London, BT showed off improved FTTP and G.fast broadband delivery technology, and set its sights on expanding ultrafast services to rural areas

• October 18, 2016 18 Oct'16

  Saving Lauri Love: activists plan their next move

  An eclectic bunch of activists, charity workers and reformed hackers spent a rainy Sunday afternoon plotting their next move in a campaign to save Lauri Love from extradition to the US on hacking charges

• October 18, 2016 18 Oct'16

  Malaysia upgrades internet exchange to cope with increased traffic

  Country’s peak internet data hit all-time record in August, equating to year-on-year growth of 57%

• October 17, 2016 17 Oct'16

  Intelligence agencies collected personal data unlawfully for a decade, says IPT

  UK intelligence agencies have been collecting communications data on the population without adequate oversight for over a decade, according to the Investigatory Powers Tribunal

• October 17, 2016 17 Oct'16

  G.fast broadband proving popular among European operators

  Ahead of Broadband World Forum, an Ovum report reveals high levels of interest in G.fast delivery technology, particularly among major European operators with large copper networks

• October 14, 2016 14 Oct'16

  Focus on SME broadband to build Northern Powerhouse, says report

  SMEs in the north of England need a defined government strategy on broadband and skills if they are to flourish, says a thinktank

• October 14, 2016 14 Oct'16

  UK will maintain European broadband leadership until 2020

  The UK is expected to keep its leadership position when compared with selected EU markets, claims Analysys Mason

• October 13, 2016 13 Oct'16

  IT startups suffer from strict, out-of-date Dutch laws

  The Netherlands government needs to ensure that legislation enables disruptive technology to flourish

• October 12, 2016 12 Oct'16

  MPs campaign for Lauri Love to be tried in UK

  Backbench MPs are campaigning against Lauri Love’s extradition to the US so he can face trial in the UK

• October 11, 2016 11 Oct'16

  BT volunteers to take on universal broadband obligation

  BT’s chief strategy officer Sean Williams tells MPs the telco will happily take on any broadband USO, as parliament gathers evidence in support of the Digital Economy Bill

• October 10, 2016 10 Oct'16

  Singapore: a nation united on its digital future

  Singapore is setting itself to be a leader in the digital age, with a reorganised government department the protagonist

• October 07, 2016 07 Oct'16

  Singapore launches department to drive digital public services

  GovTech agency will work with public sector organisations, the IT industry and citizens to apply technologies to government services

• October 07, 2016 07 Oct'16

  Digital-only Atom banks is open to public

  Following an invite-only launch and some fine-tuning, digital-only Atom bank is now fully open in the UK

• October 07, 2016 07 Oct'16

  Gigaclear BDUK broadband roll-out reaches halfway point

  Rural broadband provider Gigaclear hits the halfway mark in its BDUK-backed Fastershire roll-out

• October 06, 2016 06 Oct'16

  Artificial intelligence to drive mobile innovation, says GSMA

  The GSMA’s inaugural Global Mobile Trends report predicts that artificial intelligence will soon emerge as a catalyst for development of mobile technology

• October 06, 2016 06 Oct'16

  Adtran brings US community broadband framework to Europe

  Broadband equipment supplier Adtran launches its Enabling Communities, Connecting Lives programme in Europe to support the EC’s gigabit ambitions

• October 05, 2016 05 Oct'16

  Sky and TalkTalk make final case to separate BT and Openreach

  The Ofcom consultation on the future relationship between BT and Openreach has ended, and a number of broadband stakeholders have been putting their views across

• October 05, 2016 05 Oct'16

  TalkTalk hit by record £400,000 fine over data breach

  The Information Commissioner’s Office issues its largest ever data protection fine after more than 150,000 customers had their data exposed by TalkTalk breach

• October 05, 2016 05 Oct'16

  Flytoget’s digital transformation accelerates express train service

  Flytoget implements a development platform to enable it to respond quickly to the demands of digital-minded customers

• October 04, 2016 04 Oct'16

  Home IoT technology irrelevant to most home owners

  Smart home technology, such as security systems and IoT-enabled thermostats, is overpriced and uninteresting to most home owners, says Beecham Research report

• October 04, 2016 04 Oct'16

  Bulk surveillance review is ‘fiction’, claims former NSA technical director

  Former NSA technical director Bill Binney talks about the Investigatory Powers Bill and the UK government's independent review of bulk surveillance powers

• October 04, 2016 04 Oct'16

  Malaysia and Singapore face IT talent shortage

  Organisations in Malaysia and Singapore face tough competition to attract the right skills to drive their IT strategies

• October 03, 2016 03 Oct'16

  TalkTalk overhauls broadband packages to challenge rivals

  Internet service provider TalkTalk throws down the gauntlet to its rivals by making a number of changes to its packages that it claims will put customers' interests first

• September 30, 2016 30 Sep'16

  Business rate increases will hurt UK broadband sector, says industry

  Stakeholders have criticised the Valuation Office Agency for huge rises in business rates on fibre cables that may affect the cost of broadband services

• September 30, 2016 30 Sep'16

  Manchester tech firms clamour for faster broadband connections

  Tech businesses in Manchester are crying out for better broadband connections, according to a report commissioned by digital connectivity analysts WiredScore

• September 30, 2016 30 Sep'16

  How IoT can revolutionise running railways

  Mobile computing, mobile sensor networks and deep learning are behind French rail operator SNCF’s efficiency drive

• September 29, 2016 29 Sep'16

  NGOs challenge UK and US mass surveillance in human rights court

  Privacy International, Liberty and the American Civil Liberties Union are among 10 human rights groups backing a landmark challenge to mass surveillance in the European Court of Human Rights

• September 28, 2016 28 Sep'16

  Business secretary calls for national broadband upgrade

  In a speech to the Institute of Directors’ annual conference, Greg Clark calls for a major broadband upgrade to support the reinvention of the government’s industrial strategy

• September 28, 2016 28 Sep'16

  5G worth more than €113bn per year to European economy

  An EC-supported study conducted by InterDigital suggests investment in 5G could generate an annual benefit of €113bn by 2025

• September 28, 2016 28 Sep'16

  Gigaclear to deliver fibre broadband through old water pipes

  Rural fibre broadband supplier Gigaclear has teamed up with Affinity Water Distribution to study the feasibility of using disused water mains as an FTTP delivery mechanism

• September 27, 2016 27 Sep'16

  Microsoft accuses public cloud rivals of overlooking enterprise

  Software giant talks up its enterprise credentials and heritage, while taking a swipe at its public cloud competitors

• September 26, 2016 26 Sep'16

  Emirates Islamic bank and the Muslim finance revolution

  The CIO at Dubai-based bank Emirates Islamic tells Computer Weekly how IT is supporting the company through industry change

• September 26, 2016 26 Sep'16

  Salary survey shows IT managers command big bonuses

  A Computer Weekly survey has shown the scale of remuneration package that IT managers can expect - with bonuses an increasingly important part