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• June 09, 2022 09 Jun'22

  SolarWinds CEO offers to commit staffers to government cyber agencies

  A new proposal from SolarWinds’ outspoken CEO, Sudhakar Ramakrishna, could see software companies commit key staff to work with government cyber agencies to improve cooperation and incident response

• June 08, 2022 08 Jun'22

  Pure FlashBlade//S and Evergreen//Flex boost as-a-service push

  FlashBlade//S brings two new arrays in which customers can upgrade controllers and capacity, while //Flex allows capacity to be bought and moved across any QLC or TLC Pure array

• June 07, 2022 07 Jun'22

  Russia looks towards import substitution in its IT sector

  The exodus of Western IT companies from Russia and sanctions imposed on the country amid its military invasion of Ukraine are leading to shortages of IT and professionals in the sector

• May 26, 2022 26 May'22

  Two-thirds of UK organisations defrauded since start of pandemic

  Nearly two out of three UK companies say they have experienced some form of fraud or economic crime in the past two years, according to a report

• May 24, 2022 24 May'22

  ICO orders facial recognition firm Clearview AI to delete all data about UK residents

  UK data watchdog fines facial recognition company Clearview AI £7.5m for multiple privacy breaches. The firm, which offers services to law enforcement, faces growing pressure from regulators and legal action around the world

• May 20, 2022 20 May'22

  Third of organisations to outsource more IT amid talent shortage

  Cutting costs is not the main reason for outsourcing IT in the UK, according to a major study

• May 11, 2022 11 May'22

  CyberUK 22: Five Eyes focuses on MSP security

  The western intelligence community has set out practical steps IT service providers and their customers can take to protect themselves

• May 10, 2022 10 May'22

  CyberUK 22: NCSC refreshes cloud security guidance

  The National Cyber Security Centre is revising its cloud guidance as increasing uptake of potentially vulnerable cloud services puts more organisations at risk of compromise

• May 09, 2022 09 May'22

  India’s IT services market grew at record pace in 2021

  Growing investments in cloud, artificial intelligence and cyber security have been a boon to India’s IT and business services market

• May 06, 2022 06 May'22

  How Rimini Street is growing its footprint in ASEAN

  Rimini Street is expanding its reach in ASEAN as more companies, such as Malaysian carmaker Proton, look for cheaper software maintenance options

• April 26, 2022 26 Apr'22

  BCS passes defiant Ukrainian tech industry message to its members

  BCS, the Chartered Institute for IT, has passed on a message from Ukrainian IT suppliers that the country is open for, and in need of, business

• April 14, 2022 14 Apr'22

  Kyndryl kindles cyber incident recovery pact with Dell

  IBM spin-out Kyndryl hops into bed with Dell Technologies in a joint cyber resilience proposition

• April 07, 2022 07 Apr'22

  European IT and BPO outsourcing off to strong start

  European IT and business process outsourcing services continue to increase rapidly, with cloud-based services now more than half of the total

• March 28, 2022 28 Mar'22

  Babylon Health expands hybrid cloud infrastructure setup to include Google

  Digital healthcare provider Babylon has opened up about the work it is doing with the Google Cloud team, as it grapples with trying to meet the infrastructure needs of its rapidly growing business

• March 14, 2022 14 Mar'22

  ‘Technical issues’ leave Post Office branches with ATM cash discrepancies

  Discrepancies of up to £2,000 reported after an ‘IT change’ impacted more than 200 Post Office branches

• February 20, 2022 20 Feb'22

  BreastScreen Victoria to use third-party support for Oracle database

  Australia’s BreastScreen Victoria has inked a support contract with Rimini Street to free up IT capacity and funds for strategic initiatives

• February 16, 2022 16 Feb'22

  Interview: How do you define IBM?

  It is the world’s oldest computer company, and it was once said you didn’t get fired for buying from Big Blue. But a lot has changed. Sreeram Visvanathan, CEO for UK&I, explains how IBM is reinventing itself

• February 15, 2022 15 Feb'22

  Botched third-party configuration exposes Internet Society data to web

  Personal data on members of The Internet Society was exposed after a supplier failed to secure its Azure storage

• February 11, 2022 11 Feb'22

  Rackspace buys Singapore firm to bolster analytics capability in APAC

  Rackspace Technology’s acquisition of Just Analytics will bring delivery capabilities to Southeast Asia and pave the way for its expansion into Vietnam

• February 09, 2022 09 Feb'22

  Linux-based clouds an open door for attackers, says VMware

  Its prevalence as a cloud operating system means Linux is becoming a meal ticket for malicious actors, but the security industry does not seem to have cottoned on to this yet, says VMware

• February 08, 2022 08 Feb'22

  The Security Interviews: Building the UK’s future cyber ecosystem

  As the government lays out the next iteration of its Cyber Security Strategy, we speak to Plexal and Lorca’s Saj Huq about his work building a cyber ecosystem to support the UK’s future ambitions

• February 02, 2022 02 Feb'22

  British Council data exposed by third-party cyber failure

  The British Council entrusted confidential data on its students to a third-party and was let down

• February 01, 2022 01 Feb'22

  Sweden’s Husqvarna expands IT outsourcing deal with HCL

  Swedish power tool maker expands its contract with Indian IT service provider as it continues on its digital journey

• January 24, 2022 24 Jan'22

  India’s cyber security industry doubles in size amid pandemic

  Revenues from cyber security products and services reached $9.85bn in 2021 thanks to rapid digitalisation and regulatory attention on data and privacy

• January 20, 2022 20 Jan'22

  Updated cyber security regulations proposed for managed services sector

  The Network and Information Systems regulations are to be updated to include MSPs and outsourcers, following a spate of supply chain attacks

• January 14, 2022 14 Jan'22

  Parasol systems outage leaves umbrella contractors facing late payments

  Multi-day outage leaves umbrella company contractors working for payroll processing firm Parasol facing late salary payments, with the firm remaining tight-lipped over the cause of its technical difficulties

• January 12, 2022 12 Jan'22

  Outsourced IT and business services hit record levels in 2021

  Spending on IT and business process outsourcing services in Europe hits highest ever level in 2021, with cloud service spending continuing to grow rapidly

• January 12, 2022 12 Jan'22

  Dutch cyber volunteers receive major funding boost

  The Dutch Institute for Vulnerability Disclosure has received a $100,000 donation to expand the scope of its work

• January 10, 2022 10 Jan'22

  Inside Kyndryl’s Southeast Asia playbook

  Kyndryl will focus on building local partnerships and tapping opportunities in managed cloud services, among other areas, to stake a claim on the region’s managed services space

• January 10, 2022 10 Jan'22

  Public sector IT and communications spend down 4% last year

  Public sector spending on IT and communications was down in 2021, but some departments bucked the trend with major investments

• January 05, 2022 05 Jan'22

  Google buys Siemplify in first phase of cyber investment

  Once integrated into Google Cloud, Siemplify’s platform will serve as the basis for deeper security development at Google

• December 21, 2021 21 Dec'21

  IT services spending recovery to get renewals boost in 2022

  IT services and BPO deals worth $18.5bn globally up for renewal next year, adding fuel to already-expected high growth

• December 14, 2021 14 Dec'21

  Almost half of networks probed for Log4Shell weaknesses

  Close to half of corporate networks have already been actively targeted by individuals seeking to exploit the critical Log4Shell Apache bug

• December 06, 2021 06 Dec'21

  Surge in Nobelium-linked supply chain attacks

  Mandiant’s researchers share new intel on two distinct clusters of Russian APT activity, linked to the Nobelium SolarWinds attackers

• December 02, 2021 02 Dec'21

  India’s IT spending to cross $100bn mark in 2022

  Led by software investments, the growth in IT spending comes as organisations in the subcontinent look to modernise their IT infrastructure and support a hybrid workforce

• November 30, 2021 30 Nov'21

  Accenture to create 3,000 UK tech jobs

  Accenture’s recruitment plan in the UK is a response to businesses to the release of pent-up demand for digital transformations

• November 29, 2021 29 Nov'21

  DWP extends Capita contract for Scottish jobs programme

  Scotland’s JETS job-matching scheme, which uses digital tools to support people looking for work, extends contract with Capita

• November 24, 2021 24 Nov'21

  Kazakhstan’s IT industry growing rapidly thanks to heavy government support

  Kazakhstan’s IT sector is being prepared for international expansion through government investment

• November 17, 2021 17 Nov'21

  GovTech to enhance Government on Commercial Cloud

  GCC 2.0 will include improvements in user onboarding and provide single credential access to public cloud services and engineering tools, among other areas

• November 15, 2021 15 Nov'21

  UK government proposes new rules for digital supply chain security

  Proposals could see IT service providers legally required to adhere to the NCSC’s Cyber Assessment Framework, among other things

• November 04, 2021 04 Nov'21

  Fujitsu escaped huge lawsuit because Post Office behaved so badly in Horizon scandal

  How Fujitsu has so far avoided a huge lawsuit in relation to its role in the Horizon scandal

• November 04, 2021 04 Nov'21

  What is Kyndryl?

  As IBM spins out its Global Technology Services business, we speak to the UK chief of the new independent company about its plans

• November 03, 2021 03 Nov'21

  UK’s Labour Party hit by third-party data breach

  Data on Labour Party members was recently compromised in an apparent cyber attack on a third-party data processor

• November 02, 2021 02 Nov'21

  Cloud-fuelled European IT outsourcing spend hits record high

  European IT services spend up on the back of strong demand for cloud-based services

• November 02, 2021 02 Nov'21

  Dell rolls out financing arm in Singapore

  Dell Financial Services will offer flexible and consumption-based payment options in local and regional markets as more enterprises consume and operate IT infrastructure via an as-a-service model

• October 27, 2021 27 Oct'21

  Russian IT market growing steadily after pandemic

  Russia’s enterprise IT sector is recovering steadily after a slowdown caused by Covid-19

• October 26, 2021 26 Oct'21

  Cyber experts on how to nobble a Nobelium attack

  A recent spate of attempted Nobelium cyber attacks were mostly unsuccessful, but serve as a reminder to pay attention to some more fundamental aspects of security

• October 26, 2021 26 Oct'21

  Capita migrates systems to the cloud for TfL low emission zone expansion

  Capita has expanded its team and moved systems to the cloud to support Transport for London’s Ultra Low Emission Zone expansion

• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  Airport operator MAG boosts threat visibility with hybrid SOC

  With budget concerns weighing heavy during the pandemic, Manchester Airports Group ditched an impending capex-heavy cyber investment in favour of a hybrid managed/in-house approach. Learn more about its experience

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Global IT outsourcing sees record spending and no sign of slowing

  Cloud services are being taken up by enterprises rapidly as they accelerate digital transformations