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January 21, 2019
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Jan'19
Bahrain plans to create a world-leading tech ecosystem
Bahrain is building a technology ecosystem that will help the country further reduce its economic reliance on the oil and gas industry
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January 21, 2019
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Jan'19
Home Office vetoes privacy campaigner from senior post in surveillance watchdog
The Home Office refuses academic and privacy campaigner, Eric King, security clearance for a senior role at the intelligence services watchdog, despite high-level backing from officials
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January 21, 2019
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Jan'19
Thailand pushes for Industry 4.0 in ASEAN
Nearly half of the kingdom’s deliverables as chair of ASEAN will be focused on spurring Industry 4.0 developments across the region
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January 15, 2019
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Jan'19
O2 powers customer-centric network with Nokia AI
Mobile operator O2 claims Nokia’s AI-driven Service Operation Center platform will help it anticipate its customers’ problems before they know they have problems
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January 14, 2019
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Jan'19
Mobile and broadband markets fail digitally excluded groups
Financially vulnerable people, disabled and mentally ill people and elderly people all face significant challenges in accessing appropriate communications services, according to a new Ofcom report
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January 10, 2019
10
Jan'19
More than half of customers will shop for food online by 2021
Just over 40% of customers currently do their grocery shopping online, but with that number expected to rise to more than half by 2021, are retailers doing enough to meet customer expectations?
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January 10, 2019
10
Jan'19
Roadside 4G mobile signal availability improves across UK
4G mobile network coverage along the UK’s motorways has seen substantial improvement, with Greater Manchester’s urban M60 having 100% availability and the Birmingham to Carlisle M6 seeing the greatest growth in coverage
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January 10, 2019
10
Jan'19
Fife Council upgrades WAN to offer ultrafast broadband services
Public sector sites across Fife in Scotland are to receive a transformational upgrade to their broadband speeds
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January 09, 2019
09
Jan'19
Banking apps overtake online banking
Mobile apps are the most popular channel for banking as consumers swap online platforms for smartphone software
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January 08, 2019
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Jan'19
AWS secures cloud hosting role in UK government Crown Marketplace programme
Amazon Web Services’ cloud platform to play key role in how public sector organisations procure common goods and services
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January 07, 2019
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Jan'19
Equinix to open fourth Singapore datacentre in 2019
The latest investment by Equinix in Singapore comes as datacentre operators look to fill vacant real estate arising from intense market competition between 2017 and 2018
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January 06, 2019
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Jan'19
Singapore Airlines’ software glitch exposed customer data
More than 280 members of the Krisflyer frequent flyer programme had their personal information compromised by a one-off software bug
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January 04, 2019
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Jan'19
Norwegian cryptocurrency miners lament proposed loss of energy use-related tax relief
A wide-ranging push by the Norwegian government’s tax collection agency to clamp down on cryptocurrency miners has incurred the wrath of a company planning to build the world’s biggest datacentre
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January 03, 2019
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Jan'19
Trust is key to Microsoft’s APAC cloud play
A senior Microsoft Asia executive talks up the company’s cloud momentum in the region, how it stands out from the pack, and its priorities in the new year
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January 02, 2019
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Jan'19
SMEs urged to get on board with Network Services 2 framework
Suppliers have until the end of January 2019 to sign up to the new government network services purchasing framework
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December 28, 2018
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Dec'18
Top 10 mobile stories of 2018
As 5G moves from theory to practical reality, we look back at Computer Weekly’s biggest mobile stories from the past 12 months
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December 28, 2018
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Dec'18
Top 10 HR technology stories of 2018
Companies are turning to artificial intelligence, robotic automation and chatbots to take the drudgery out of human resource management
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December 28, 2018
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Dec'18
Top 10 storage stories of 2018
Key trends in storage in 2018 included hybrid and multicloud storage, container storage, and hyper-converged infrastructure. Meanwhile, flash storage has evolved with NVMe
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December 27, 2018
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Dec'18
Top 10 retail tech stories of 2018
Computer Weekly looks at what 2018 had in store for the retail industry – what technologies were retailers rushing to adopt and which brands fell behind?
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December 23, 2018
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Dec'18
'Serious' Twitter flaw allows hackers to post on other people's accounts
A vulnerability in Twitter allows hackers to send tweets, private messages, post images or videos, and turn off security features, says British security researcher
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December 20, 2018
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Dec'18
Cancer Research works to improve users’ digital experience
UK charity has been working with Optimizely to develop a better user experience through its website, as well as improve the way the organisation works
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December 20, 2018
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Dec'18
Microsoft raises cloud prices for Australian enterprise customers
Despite the price hike, Microsoft claims its Azure service remains competitively priced, with opportunities for additional savings
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December 19, 2018
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Dec'18
CMA acts on super-complaint over broadband, mobile charges
The Competition and Markets Authority is to crack down on communications services providers who ‘penalise’ loyal customers over new ones
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December 19, 2018
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Dec'18
Top 10 broadband stories of 2018
The networking industry swung firmly behind full-fibre broadband in 2018, with encouraging signs that the gold-standard of broadband service delivery technology is at long last taking off in the UK
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December 18, 2018
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Dec'18
Ancient Britain comes to life at Bath’s 5G testbed
The West of England Combined Authority is running a 5G Smart Tourism project at Bath’s world-famous Roman spa
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December 18, 2018
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Dec'18
Mobile security needs a rethink for the 5G era
A report released through the government’s 5G Testbeds and Trials programme has recommended the UK rethink its mobile security strategy
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December 18, 2018
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Dec'18
Broadband coverage improved through 2018, says Ofcom
Ofcom’s annual Connected Nations report reveals that the number of people who cannot receive a 10Mbps broadband connection has halved
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December 18, 2018
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Dec'18
Ofcom fires starting gun for new mobile spectrum auction
Mobile spectrum in the 700MHz and 3.6-3.8GHz bands will be put up for auction either late in 2019 or early in 2020
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December 14, 2018
14
Dec'18
Ofcom tells ISPs to be upfront about better broadband deals
Telecoms regulator is rolling out a range of measures to make the broadband market serve the interests of consumers better
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December 11, 2018
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Dec'18
Tibco’s Orchestra acquisition will mean ‘faster IT integration’
Tibco’s strategic acquisition of Paris-based Orchestra networks will ‘benefit customers of both companies’
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December 11, 2018
11
Dec'18
Slow action on broadband and 5G risks UK’s economic future, CBI warns
A report from the CBI has called for the government to fast-track legislation to guarantee access to ultrafast network services
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December 10, 2018
10
Dec'18
Vodafone’s 4G network goes underground
Operator will roll out small 4G and 5G-ready antenna to boost network coverage over short distances in areas of dense usage, using manhole covers, among other things
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December 10, 2018
10
Dec'18
O2 expected to pursue Ericsson for compensation over 24-hour stoppage
Mobile network operator could seek up to £100m in damages from its supplier, which failed to update expired software certificates, causing a day-long outage
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December 07, 2018
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Dec'18
Quarter of all UK shopping now happens on mobile devices
UK’s high-street spend is the lowest across Europe as mobile devices account for a growing portion of online shopping
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December 06, 2018
06
Dec'18
BT and KCOM named broadband USO suppliers
Ofcom has named BT, and in East Yorkshire, KCOM, as the designated providers for the incoming broadband universal service obligation
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December 06, 2018
06
Dec'18
China demands release of arrested Huawei CFO
The Chinese government has called for the release of Huawei chief financial officer Meng Wanzhou, who was detained in Canada at the weekend
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December 06, 2018
06
Dec'18
Software failure paralyses O2’s 4G network
O2 is racing to fix a major outage on its 4G network that has left millions of mobile subscribers without access to data services
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December 04, 2018
04
Dec'18
NHS email outage caused by ‘internal software issues’
NHSmail system shutdown, which saw staff locked out of their accounts, blamed on “software issues” in supplier Accenture’s internal infrastructure
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December 04, 2018
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Dec'18
As commercial 5G nears, small cells generate interest
Interest in small cells as an element of commercial 5G mobile networks is growing, particularly in countries with supportive regulatory environments. Meanwhile, a UK trial of wholesale small cell infrastructure has kicked off in London
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November 27, 2018
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Nov'18
Billions missing out on digital society as internet use soars
As global internet usage continues to soar, billions of people around the world are missing out on the potential benefits of getting online, according to Cisco
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November 27, 2018
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Nov'18
Openreach extends Gfast roll-out to a million more homes
Copper-based ultrafast broadband roll-out continues at pace
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November 27, 2018
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Nov'18
Oslo: A hub for the social startup scene
The Norwegian capital is thriving from a unique combination of business agility, a cultural receptiveness to technology, and a social desire to do good
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November 27, 2018
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Nov'18
Data volumes set to hit 175ZB with a tectonic shift to the cloud
There will be more data in the public cloud than enterprise datacentres or consumer devices by 2025 as data shifts location, according to a study by IDC and Seagate
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November 26, 2018
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Nov'18
Unprecedented actions by Commons committee augur badly for Facebook
House of Commons’ serjeant-at-arms effectively arrested the CEO of a US software company and frogmarched him to Parliament, where he was told he would be imprisoned if he failed to hand over papers on Facebook
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November 23, 2018
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Nov'18
ASOS launches digital assistant to help customers find right size
Online fashion retailer ASOS has launched an artificially intelligent assistant to help consumers find the right size of clothing before they place an order
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November 22, 2018
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Nov'18
IKEA to focus on digitisation and convenience shopping
Swedish furniture brand IKEA will be cutting jobs and focusing on smaller stores and its digital pipeline in a bid to usher in a new era of business transformation
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November 21, 2018
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Nov'18
NetApp and Pure show strong results on flash storage and cloud
NetApp records healthy year-on-year revenue increase with flash showing out well, while Pure Storage sees incredible earnings for its flash products over 12 months
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November 20, 2018
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Nov'18
Police challenged over refusal to disclose files on WikiLeaks staff
Lawyers will challenge the Metropolitan Police Service today to confirm or deny whether it holds correspondence with US law enforcement about three WikiLeaks staff – including two UK citizens – in a freedom of information tribunal
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November 20, 2018
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Nov'18
Survey: Data very fragmented, and that’s a worry for most
Cohesity-sponsored survey finds most organisations store multiple copies of secondary data and worry about the cost and the effect on their competitiveness
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November 19, 2018
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Nov'18
Standard Life and Aberdeen Asset Management turn to Workday to complete merger
Standard Life Aberdeen, created in August 2017 when two of Scotland’s largest financial services companies merged, is transferring 3,000 former Standard Life staff to Aberdeen Asset Management’s Workday HR system as it integrates the two businesses