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• January 31, 2020 31 Jan'20

  Australia’s Iconic Hotels taps cloud for speed and cost savings

  The independent hotel operator in the Australian Capital Territory has saved IT manpower and costs by moving from an on-premise hospitality management system to a cloud-based application

• January 31, 2020 31 Jan'20

  Promotions for architects of IBM’s $34bn Red Hat deal

  Former CEO of Red Hat and IBM’s cloud chief are now heading up Big Blue as it moves forward to a multicloud, hybrid computing future

• January 31, 2020 31 Jan'20

  BT to take half-billion pound hit on Huawei kit replacement

  Telco BT reveals the price to pay to meet the UK government’s new regulations around restricting ‘high-risk’ telecoms equipment suppliers in the nation’s 5G radio network

• January 31, 2020 31 Jan'20

  Harvey Nash hires first female CEO

  Beverley White takes over as Albert Ellis steps down after 14 years leading the IT recruitment and services firm

• January 31, 2020 31 Jan'20

  AWS downplays risk of competitors threatening its public cloud dominance during Q4 results

  Amazon Web Services posts fourth-quarter revenue of $9.95bn for the three months to 31 December 2019 as speculation persists about the rising threat from Microsoft

• January 31, 2020 31 Jan'20

  UK’s Tier 1 Exceptional Talent visa system ‘does not work well’, says MAC

  During a review of whether the government should introduce a points-based system for migration, the Migration Advisory Committee claims the current Tier 1 system for exceptional talent is not fit for purpose

• January 30, 2020 30 Jan'20

  Tech Nation selects fifth Upscale programme cohort

  Entrepreneurial network Tech Nation has announced its Upscale 5.0 cohort as the UK scaleup ecosystem continues to grow

• January 30, 2020 30 Jan'20

  Northern Rail will trial tech to tackle overcrowding

  Troubled operator Northern Rail will attempt to improve services by using technology as it is brought under government control

• January 30, 2020 30 Jan'20

  NCSC launches study on cyber security diversity

  The UK’s National Cyber Security Centre wants to improve the diversity of the cyber security sector

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• January 30, 2020 30 Jan'20

  First coronavirus cyber threats seen in the wild

  Kaspersky has reported the first incidences of cyber security threats playing on fears of the emerging coronavirus

• January 30, 2020 30 Jan'20

  5G fixed wireless broadband CPE shipments set to pass two million in 2020

  With fibre-to-the-home penetration limited to less than a fifth of total global households, huge opportunity opens up for the whole 5G fixed wireless broadband market, including customer premises equipment

• January 30, 2020 30 Jan'20

  Avast cans data harvesting subsidiary after outcry

  Avast will close its Jumpshot big data unit following repeated allegations of inappropriate handling of customer data

• January 30, 2020 30 Jan'20

  Mobile trade-in programmes return over $2bn to US consumers in 2019

  Mobile device trade-in programmes give billions of dollars back to owners for seemingly old and unwanted devices, and could be key to sparking 5G device uptake

• January 30, 2020 30 Jan'20

  Microsoft earnings get a lift from Windows 7 extended security

  Azure powers Microsoft’s Q2 2020 earnings, but the company is not only seeing a boost from Windows 365, but also extended Windows 7 support

• January 30, 2020 30 Jan'20

  Sorting out the Dutch government’s IT mess

  Tech experts discuss the challenges and potential solutions to the Netherlands government’s IT problems