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Information technology (IT) in Russia

• March 24, 2020 24 Mar'20

  Russia presses ahead with developing 5G, but allocation of frequencies needs to be resolved first

  Russian mobile operators are pooling their resources to help them overcome the technical challenges of creating 5G networks

• March 18, 2020 18 Mar'20

  Estonia offers digital tools to countries struggling with coronavirus school closures

  Government and tech companies in Baltic state unite to offer advanced digital learning tools to other countries

• February 26, 2020 26 Feb'20

  Thousands of UK entrepreneurs register businesses in Estonia since Brexit referendum

  UK entrepreneurs are registering businesses in Estonia to make sure they can continue to trade freely in the EU

• February 25, 2020 25 Feb'20

  IT Priorities 2020: Cloud storage key but SAN/NAS alive and well

  In the Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities survey cloud dominates storage spending priorities for 2020, but on-premise technologies such as SAN and NAS are still key to IT

• February 25, 2020 25 Feb'20

  Mastercard creates 1,500 tech jobs in Ireland

  New roles at tech hub in Dublin will include professionals with expertise in artificial intelligence, cyber security, blockchain and user experience

• February 04, 2020 04 Feb'20

  Azimo gets loan from European Investment Bank to build cross-border payments infrastructure in EU

  UK fintech gets validation from EIB through €20m loan which will contribute to building its smartphone app-based payments infrastructure

• February 03, 2020 03 Feb'20

  New jobs in Ireland as Brexit forces Revolut to migrate work from London

  Brexit has pushed the financial technology firm into moving London jobs to Ireland

• February 03, 2020 03 Feb'20

  Cost-cutting and digital transformation spur increased European IT outsourcing in 2019

  The need to rein in costs while digitally transforming has led to growth in traditional and as-a-service base outsourcing

• January 31, 2020 31 Jan'20

  Estonian CIO gives UK IT professionals hope as Brexit removes rights

  Tech chief says Estonia’s door is open to UK IT professionals if they want to continue enjoying an EU lifestyle

• January 22, 2020 22 Jan'20

  UK and EU AI communities will only be globally significant if they work as one

  The European Union and the UK will be left behind in artificial intelligence research and development if they take separate paths after Brexit

• January 20, 2020 20 Jan'20

  Russia’s VTB and Rostelecom focus on big data

  Russian financial services and telecoms enterprises to create a platform that will allow them and other organisations to utilise big data technology

• January 13, 2020 13 Jan'20

  Travelex to begin restoring foreign exchange services two weeks after ‘Sodinokibi’ attack

  Travelex says it is making “good progress” in its recovery and is to begin restoring electronic foreign exchange services, but is silent about whether it has agreed to pay hackers a $6m ransom to decrypt computer files

• January 09, 2020 09 Jan'20

  Travelex hackers threaten to sell credit card data on dark web

  Sodinokibi cyber gangsters have threatened to sell Travelex customers’ private data on a Russian underground cyber crime forum if it fails to pay a $6m ransom

• December 11, 2019 11 Dec'19

  How can CIOs in Europe turn innovation into a competitive advantage?

  CIOs across Europe are under pressure to innovate to help businesses grow and must think differently as a result

• November 21, 2019 21 Nov'19

  Collaboration is key to rapid adoption of govtech across Europe

  Government technology is spreading across Europe, but policy-makers and senior civil servants are still figuring out best practices

• September 17, 2019 17 Sep'19

  US lawmakers demand internal Facebook, Google, Apple and Amazon documents in antitrust probe

  US lawmakers have given big tech companies a deadline to disclose a wide range of documents as the House Judiciary Committee’s bipartisan investigation into competition gathers pace

• August 14, 2019 14 Aug'19

  GDPR faces growing pains across Europe

  The General Data Protection Regulation is over a year old now, but it faces challenges across Europe where compliance has taken place at different speeds

• July 15, 2019 15 Jul'19

  Organisations turn to AI in race against cyber attackers

  Businesses are racing to automate their defences as hackers and nation states launch increasingly sophisticated cyber attacks

• June 25, 2019 25 Jun'19

  Moscow’s 2019 Startup Village rewards innovation

  Moved to a bigger site, Moscow’s annual Startup Village continues to expand, with interest from large corporates growing

• May 31, 2019 31 May'19

  Facebook loses bid to halt European court decision on EU-US data sharing

  Irish Supreme Court dismisses attempt by Facebook to prevent the European Court of Justice considering the validity of US-EU data transfers, after Austrian lawyer Max Schrems argued that they put the privacy of EU citizens at risk

• May 15, 2019 15 May'19

  Facebook engaged in ‘calculated’ campaign to eliminate competition, claims businessman

  A US businessman is seeking damages from Facebook after accusing the social media company of unfairly blocking “humorous” Facebook pages which generated hundreds of thousands of dollars in advertising revenue

• May 09, 2019 09 May'19

  Facebook co-founder: ‘It is time to break up Facebook’

  Co-founder of Facebook, Chris Hughes, has published an op-ed in The New York Times calling for Facebook to be broken up, as it faces investigations from the US Federal Trade Commission

• April 26, 2019 26 Apr'19

  Facebook faces fresh privacy actions from regulators

  Facebook faces legal action from Canada after it dismissed regulators’ findings that it failed to protect customer privacy. The firm has set aside $5bn to settle a privacy action in the US and faces a new investigation in Ireland

• April 15, 2019 15 Apr'19

  Facebook takes extraordinary legal steps to contain document leak

  Facebook targets journalists and news organisations for computer searches

• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Huawei reports record numbers despite tumultuous year

  Huawei has become one of the world’s largest technology companies by revenue, suggesting the accusations over its ties to the Chinese government are failing to have much impact

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Artificial intelligence making major inroads into Russian banking

  Russian banks are identifying use cases for artificial intelligence, but the gradual adoption of the technology will require access to a deeper skills pool if it is to accelerate

• March 14, 2019 14 Mar'19

  Met Police collaborated with US prosecutors in WikiLeaks investigation

  The Metropolitan Police has confirmed it exchanged information on WikiLeaks staff in the UK with the US Department of Justice, which is conducting criminal investigations into the organisation

• March 04, 2019 04 Mar'19

  UK among most expensive countries for mobile data

  The UK ranks 136th in the world for the average cost of 1GB of mobile data, according to new statistics

• March 02, 2019 02 Mar'19

  Facebook asked George Osborne to influence EU data protection law

  Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg invited one of the chancellor’s children to Facebook’s office as part of a intensive lobbying programme to influence European data protection legislation

• February 22, 2019 22 Feb'19

  Facebook planned to spy on Android phone users, internal emails reveal

  Facebook planned to use its Android app to track the location of its customers and to allow advertisers to send political advertising and invites to dating sites to ‘single’ people, confidential documents show

• February 20, 2019 20 Feb'19

  Estonia redoubles efforts to attract global IT talent

  IT professionals from all over the world are being lured to Estonia through a government recruitment campaign

• December 13, 2018 13 Dec'18

  Sberbank partners US accelerator for startup programme

  Russian state-run bank links up with San Francisco-based accelerator 500 Startups to provide expert advice to startups in a variety of tech fields

• November 26, 2018 26 Nov'18

  China leapfrogs US in supercomputer deployments

  China has more than twice the number of supercomputers than the US, and it is finding a ready market for its Lenovo supercomputers among US tech companies in Ireland, the latest top 500 supercomputer list reveals

• November 16, 2018 16 Nov'18

  Russian banks to introduce contactless ATMs

  Russian banks have introduced their first contactless ATMs, which customers can link to via smartphones and wearable devices

• November 06, 2018 06 Nov'18

  GSMA urges fresh action on 5G mobile spectrum

  Mobile industry body says time is running out to ready enough radio frequency spectrum in the appropriate bands to account for the demands of 5G mobile networks

• October 23, 2018 23 Oct'18

  CIOs and the cloud: The future of European enterprise software

  European organisations are moving to the cloud rapidly, but trepidation remains in concerning certain aspects, such as security

• October 18, 2018 18 Oct'18

  Best of VMworld Europe 2018 Awards nominations now open until 26 October

  Read the criteria for the Best of VMworld Europe User Awards and find out how to submit your nomination

• September 26, 2018 26 Sep'18

  At the new Cisco, culture is as important as innovation

  Cisco’s newly appointed SVP of Emear, Wendy Mars, shares her thoughts on the state of network innovation within the industry, and explains why cultural change is just as important an element of a digital strategy

• September 12, 2018 12 Sep'18

  FCA warns it cannot manage financial crime risks without sharing data with EU

  FCA admits it will be unable to manage financial crime effectively if it cannot share data with EU authorities.

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  IT leaders at a crossroads as they grapple with digital technology

  CIOs have the opportunity to influence their company strategy as digital technology reshapes business. A survey of CIOs across 70 countries charts a path for IT leaders through emerging technologies

• July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18

  Russian startup event more international than ever

  This year’s Startup Village in Moscow was attended by more international companies and investors than ever before

• July 04, 2018 04 Jul'18

  European banks need to balance fintech strategies

  European Banking Authority highlights the risks of banks taking up fintech too quickly, and of ignoring it

• June 21, 2018 21 Jun'18

  CDO interview: Andrei Belevtsev, Gazprom Neft

  Russian oil giant will harness the latest technologies right across its business, says chief digital officer

• June 21, 2018 21 Jun'18

  HR projects are leading company moves to digital tech, say business leaders

  Business leaders say their human resource IT programmes are leading the way to the wider deployment of digital and cloud technology across their organisations

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Fresh blow for Facebook as court refuses stay in Max Schrems legal action

  Facebook has lost a legal attempt to delay the Irish High Court from seeking answers from the European Court of Justice over the legality of EU-US data transfers

• April 23, 2018 23 Apr'18

  Next generation of SCADA industrial controls will protect against cyber attack

  Oil, energy and chemical companies are rethinking how to control big manufacturing plants, replacing expensive control technology with cheaper, more secure systems, taking their cue from biology

• April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18

  European IT services spending down as businesses focus on GDPR compliance

  European organisations are reducing their spending on IT services and are redirecting resources towards becoming compliant with the EU General Data Protection Regulation

• April 18, 2018 18 Apr'18

  BT to supply European air navigation network

  BT has been selected to provide the upgraded air traffic management network across Europe

• April 17, 2018 17 Apr'18

  Russian energy giant makes digital tech adoption a priority

  Russian oil and gas giant Gazprom Neft is exploring the use of the latest digital technologies across its entire business

• April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18

  PepsiCo hires robots to interview job candidates

  The food and drinks multinational is using artificial intelligence software, known as Robot Vera, to phone and interview candidates as it seeks to fill vacancies for factory, sales workers and drivers in Russia