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• November 22, 2022 22 Nov'22

  How Singapore’s OCBC is harnessing open source

  OCBC using the OpenShift container platform to modernise its applications, reduce its reliance on proprietary software and deliver new business capabilities

• November 21, 2022 21 Nov'22

  Virgin Media feels strain from Warzone, teams with TIP for Dublin Wi-Fi

  Comms provider sees busiest day on record for UK data consumption, and teams with local authority in Irish capital to trial open, disaggregated Wi-Fi network with goal to provide city centre with free wireless internet access

• November 21, 2022 21 Nov'22

  GBI adds to optical network capacity to deal with World Cup traffic spike

  Middle East-based smart and fully managed network provider deploys optical network engine ahead of expected increase in demand on infrastructure

• November 21, 2022 21 Nov'22

  EDF UK deploys Riverbed’s Alluvio Aternity to tackle IT issues

  Monitoring software links into ServiceNow and PowerShell scripts are being used to automate remediation

• November 21, 2022 21 Nov'22

  Bug Bounty Calculator helps organisations fine-tune their payouts

  Newly launched comparison tool will supposedly help operators of vulnerability disclosure or bug bounty programmes to ensure their payments match market rates and expectations, and attract the right sort of attention

• November 21, 2022 21 Nov'22

  Genome lab puts Vast Data’s rapid I/O to work on patient data

  French government-backed SeqOIA ditched its Lustre-based storage after it reached performance limits and files got corrupted. That got fixed by a Vast Data QLC flash-based array

• November 21, 2022 21 Nov'22

  NHS federated data platform must avoid repeating Care.data mistakes, says national data guardian

  UK’s national data guardian agrees with the ambitions of the platform, but warns that the programme must avoid ‘common pitfalls around trust and transparency’

• November 21, 2022 21 Nov'22

  AI adopted without due consideration for workers, MPs told

  MPs have been warned that the rapid roll-out of artificial intelligence in workplaces has changed UK enterprises’ management practices so much that current employment law is no longer fit for purpose

• November 21, 2022 21 Nov'22

  NHS trust that deleted up to 90,000 emails cleared of deliberately concealing evidence

  A tribunal found in a high-profile case brought by whistleblower Chris Day that an NHS trust had not deliberately concealed evidence when a director deleted up to 90,000 emails before he was due to testify

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• November 21, 2022 21 Nov'22

  Informatica CEO: ‘We’re the Switzerland of data’

  Informatica CEO Amit Walia talks up the company’s role as the ‘Switzerland of data’, helping organisations to manage data across different platforms as it transitions into a cloud-first supplier of data management tools

• November 18, 2022 18 Nov'22

  Is Elon Musk’s Twitter safe, and should you stop using it?

  With a litany of security and compliance issues exposed and in many cases caused by Elon Musk’s takeover of social media platform Twitter, some may be asking if it’s still safe or appropriate to use

• November 18, 2022 18 Nov'22

  New gold standard to protect good faith hackers

  HackerOne’s new Gold Standard Safe Harbour statement will supposedly act as a guarantee for good faith hacking

• November 18, 2022 18 Nov'22

  Post Office scandal inquiry’s expert IT witness ‘troubled’ by his findings

  Controversial Post Office Horizon system lacked the integrity required to trust accounting data and contained ‘joke’ coding akin to an ‘overly engineered mousetrap’, inquiry told

• November 18, 2022 18 Nov'22

  Pioneer behind IT systems design dies

  Peter Hermon’s career spanned IT and management, including deploying LEO computers in industry and the integration of IT systems when BA was formed

• November 18, 2022 18 Nov'22

  CyberPeace Institute helps NGOs improve their security resilience

  Adrien Ogée of the CyberPeace Institute talks about his work supporting NGOs and humanitarian organisations, and how the security community at large can help protect the world’s most vulnerable people

• November 18, 2022 18 Nov'22

  Enterprises embrace SD-WAN but miss benefits of integrated approach to security

  Research from managed network and security services provider finds virtually all enterprises have deployed software-defined wide area networks or plan to do so within the next 24 months, but nearly half reported they either don’t have security ...

• November 17, 2022 17 Nov'22

  Scality Ring 9 brings Storage Accelerator enhanced flash tiers

  Scality upgrade to Ring 9 of its object (and file) storage software sees enhancements to tiering, the introduction of Prometheus-based monitoring and hooks into VMware vCloud Director

• November 17, 2022 17 Nov'22

  Brexit deregulation will make UK next Silicon Valley, vows Hunt

  Chancellor vows to revolutionise how the IT industry is regulated to spur competition, investment and innovation in a technological ‘Big Bang’

• November 17, 2022 17 Nov'22

  Virgin Media Business Wholesale launches new National High Capacity Services core network

  Enhanced high-bandwidth, ultra-low-latency core platform launched for National High Capacity Services network to enable simpler, faster delivery of services and improve customer experience

• November 17, 2022 17 Nov'22

  Another Log4Shell warning after Iranian attack on US government

  The breach of a US federal body by an Iranian threat actor exploiting the Adobe Log4j Log4Shell vulnerability has prompted a fresh flurry of patching

• November 17, 2022 17 Nov'22

  Scottish government to pilot digital identity platform in early 2023

  Pilot of Scotland’s digital identity platform will be run in partnership with Disclosure Scotland, using secure sign-on and identity verification

• November 17, 2022 17 Nov'22

  NHS Digital confirms final settlement of £3.95m with HMRC following conclusion of IR35 investigation

  The health service’s digital arm has paid HMRC £3.95m in unpaid tax to cover the cost of its IR35 compliance errors

• November 17, 2022 17 Nov'22

  HMRC will begin migration from Government Gateway to One Login in summer 2023

  One Login for Government programme has the objective of simplifying access to central government, says HMRC chief technology and design officer

• November 17, 2022 17 Nov'22

  Nokia, TPG Telecom set new 5G uplink speed record in Australia

  Operator and comms tech provider claim 2Gbps upstream, stressing the criticality of fast uplink speed to support industrial and IoT applications running over next-generation networks

• November 17, 2022 17 Nov'22

  Microsoft CEO outlines ‘digital imperatives’

  Organisations that want to do more with less will have to think deeply about digital imperatives such as the shift to cloud and artificial intelligence, says Microsoft CEO Satya Nadella

• November 16, 2022 16 Nov'22

  Team working on controversial Post Office Horizon EPOSS software was the ‘joke of the building’

  Former members of the ICL team developing software for the Post Office Horizon EPOSS system were unqualified and engaged in poor software development practices, public inquiry told

• November 16, 2022 16 Nov'22

  Agility, business more important than cost, network management for IT teams

  Cisco report finds new rules applying in a multicloud world, with IT decision-makers regarding security as the top networking challenge when managing distributed and hybrid workloads

• November 16, 2022 16 Nov'22

  Netherlands coalition aims to demystify artificial intelligence

  Dutch citizens need to learn about the impact of artificial intelligence on society and their lives, says the Netherlands AI Coalition

• November 16, 2022 16 Nov'22

  Infovista, Gigamon assure greater flexibility and connectivity for 5G networks

  Network lifecycle automation firm and deep observability company forge partnership to address digital transformation and next-generation challenges in areas such as network slicing and SLA monetisation

• November 16, 2022 16 Nov'22

  Global network fragmentation a source of increasing risk

  Risk consultancy’s report says the weaponisation of cyber space and geopolitical clashes herald a breakdown of global networks into distinct regional or national architectures

• November 16, 2022 16 Nov'22

  Applying blockchain, Kafka and MongoDB in green energy trading

  Energy trading platform Powerledger has leveraged the power of blockchain, Kafka and MongoDB to make its mark in renewable energy trading in Australia

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  Post Office changed view of Horizon problems before roll-out, because of a ‘sunk cost fallacy’

  Insider tells public inquiry that the Post Office continued to roll out the controversial Horizon system despite a ‘considerable’ number of errors, because it was too committed

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  5G gains pace, gigabit steady as Vodafone faces off H1 headwinds

  Comms group claims significant progress with portfolio strategy in the first half of FY23 to create industrial scale, enable accelerated growth and unlock value and sees service revenue growth of 2.5%

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  Women more likely to leave tech jobs than men

  Dropout of women in tech is higher than that of men, with women more likely to leave the industry, according to research from InnovateHer

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  Commoditisation of NHS tech is a problem, says NHS Digital interim CEO

  NHS Digital interim CEO Simon Bolton calls for a stronger mandate from the centre around the systems in use in the NHS, with no more than four to six electronic patient record systems used across the country

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  SAP Build launched at TechEd to appeal to business user developers

  SAP is launching a low-code platform, SAP Build, aimed squarely at line of business users, at its TechEd conference in Las Vegas. Build is part of the supplier’s Business Technology Platform

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  Wi-Fi Alliance says momentum underscores need for entire 6GHz spectrum

  Consortium of companies delivering products and services based on key wireless technology insists that recent new product availability and large-scale deployments from its members demonstrate readiness of Wi-Fi 6E standard

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  A modern approach to enterprise software development

  Overworked IT departments need a better way to deliver digitally enabled products and services at the speed the business requires

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  TikTok influencers are better than finance firms for money advice, say quarter of young adults

  Young people are turning to TikTok-based influencers for advice on how to manage their finances and where to bank

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  APP fraud volumes expected to double by 2026, says report

  Losses to authorised push payment fraud in the UK are expected to climb to over $1.5bn in the next four years. Meanwhile, the NAO accuses the Home Office of lagging on progress to tackle the issue

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  NHS Scotland extends video consultation scheme

  The Scottish Near Me video consultation platform can now be used in community settings such as libraries and health and care centres for GP appointments, hospital appointments, care homes, dietetics and mental health support

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  Hispasat, Sencinet expand satellite broadband in Mexico

  New agreement between managed services and solutions network integrator and satellite communications operator expands and extends currently contracted capacity until December 2024

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  Inside Singapore’s public sector IT strategy

  Adopting a platform approach with products that can scale across the board and building a strong engineering bench are some of the key aspects in Singapore’s public sector IT strategy

• November 15, 2022 15 Nov'22

  Met Police removes nearly two-thirds of people from gangs matrix

  Legal action by human rights group Liberty forces Met Police to overhaul its gangs violence matrix database

• November 14, 2022 14 Nov'22

  Sadiq Khan launches Data for London Advisory Board

  Board will look at how to join up and share data between public and private London organisations in an effort to build a stronger data economy and improve public services

• November 14, 2022 14 Nov'22

  Orange takes 5G to Africa

  New healthcare, education and security services to be enabled in Southern African country as global telco unveils first affiliate in continent of Africa to launch 5G commercially

• November 14, 2022 14 Nov'22

  CaixaBank robot answers the most customer questions

  AI-based virtual assistant at Spanish bank is now used by over four million customers

• November 14, 2022 14 Nov'22

  Private 5G drives sustainable and agile industrial operations

  Consortium of companies spanning industrial automation, 5G networking infrastructure technology and network service provision team up to enable industrial private 5G application uses cases within manufacturing and process operations

• November 14, 2022 14 Nov'22

  How Google and Mandiant are forging synergies in cyber security

  Google’s AI smarts and Mandiant’s intelligence on new and emerging threats could lay the foundation of proactive security

• November 14, 2022 14 Nov'22

  G-Cloud 13 launch hits shaky start as suppliers complain about missing framework functionality

  After the start date was pushed back two months, the roll-out of the G-Cloud 13 procurement framework has been beset with a technical glitch that prevents non-buyers from seeing the services on offer