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• April 16, 2021 16 Apr'21

  Finnish government strengthens country’s IT network security

  Finland’s government has created a new national organisation to help public and private bodies improve network security

• April 16, 2021 16 Apr'21

  Sutton Council trials in-home sensor tech

  The council is deploying sensors in the homes of vulnerable people to be able to detect when they might need help

• April 16, 2021 16 Apr'21

  CityFibre switches on Milton Keynes to gigabit and names Edinburgh infrastructure lead

  Gigabit provider City Fibre says it is enabling thousands more residents in Milton Keynes to access its full-fibre network and high-speed broadband services, and names Paul Wakefield as lead of infrastructure build in Edinburgh

• April 16, 2021 16 Apr'21

  Teradata eyes cloud opportunity in APAC

  The data warehouse software supplier has been positioning itself to capture the region’s cloud opportunities through not only R&D, but also efforts to support enterprises in their cloud journey

• April 16, 2021 16 Apr'21

  Argenta takes Teneo SD-WAN to improve global network

  Plagued by WAN issues, global animal health research and manufacturing company improves system performance and interconnectivity across its international locations with a co-managed software-defined wide area network

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Dutch accuse UK of ‘damaging confidence’ by disclosing details of EncroChat police collaboration

  The Dutch Public Prosecution Service claims Britain has damaged confidence by disclosing details of an international investigation into the EncroChat encrypted phone network to the courts

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Uber ordered to reinstate six drivers fired by automated process

  A default judgment handed down by Dutch court has ordered Uber to reinstate six drivers with compensation following unevidenced accusations of fraud and automated firing via algorithm

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Google launches multimillion-dollar cloud tech push to boost Covid-19 vaccine distribution

  Tech giant Google is ploughing millions of dollars into initiatives to bolster the availability of Covid-19 vaccines and make it easier for people to access information about immunisation programmes

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  VMware CTO: The days of enterprises going ‘all-in’ on one public cloud provider ‘are dead’

  VMware-hosted panel debate about enterprise public cloud adoption trends charts the apparent demise of CIOs plotting large-scale, multi-year moves to a single supplier’s public cloud environment

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  KDDI teams with Cato Networks to take SASE services worldwide

  Japanese telco joins forces with software-defined networking firm to demonstrate how CSPs can use secure access service edge systems to address digital enterprise requirements for pervasive secure access

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Biden sanctions Russia over SolarWinds cyber attacks

  US president imposes new sanctions on Russia following malicious cyber attacks against the US and allies

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Dell spins off VMware to fuel post-pandemic PC growth opportunities

  Five years after completing the purchase of EMC and gaining a software-defined powerhouse, Dell is now offloading VMware

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Only government standing in the way of fair compensation for subpostmasters

  The UK government is the only block to fair compensation for subpostmasters who were wrongly punished for accounting shortfalls

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  University of Hertfordshire is latest academic cyber attack victim

  Multiple systems are offline at the University of Hertfordshire following a cyber attack

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Openreach selects STL as a strategic partner for full-fibre build-out

  BT-owned broadband provision division teams with digital network integrator to hasten full-fibre network build and provide skills and innovation to extend reach and scope

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  In-sourcing IT in Wales has provided a positive change, says auditor

  While savings have not been as great as expected, the decision to in-source IT in Welsh government has been a success, according to Audit Wales

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Microsoft is most impersonated brand in phishing attempts

  Technology companies continue to be frequently spoofed by cyber criminals in their phishing attempts

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Ireland’s DPC launches probe into Facebook leak

  The Irish Data Protection Commission has launched an ‘own volition’ inquiry into the leak of data from 500 million Facebook profiles

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Amdocs joins Open Networking Foundation

  Comms software provider Amdocs becomes part of the creation of open, real-time network control and management solutions, leveraging strengths of its AI/ML and cloud-based automation technologies and next-generation OSS

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Qualcomm reveals successful 5G mmWave data call test

  Comms chips giant claims 5G data call commercialisation milestone from fourth-generation 5G modem-RF system and mmWave antennas

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  How Windows patching leaves security exposed

  Four years on since it devastated IT systems across the NHS, WannaCry remains a threat to organisations around the world

• April 15, 2021 15 Apr'21

  Singtel debuts portable 5G technology kit

  Singapore telco develops 5G technology kit that includes all the equipment needed for enterprises to test 5G applications in their own premises

• April 14, 2021 14 Apr'21

  CMA provisionally clears merger of Virgin and O2

  Six months after being requested to review joint venture that could transform UK’s wired and wireless communications provision, UK competition watchdog CMA removes potential major hurdle to Virgin and O2 merger

• April 14, 2021 14 Apr'21

  Tesco reports online sales surge, advances digital platform

  Retailer announces 77% boost to e-commerce sales, details on Clubcard app uptake and advances in its IT remediation plan

• April 14, 2021 14 Apr'21

  UK employees’ adaptation to Covid workplace creates digital transformation dilemma

  Research finds nearly two-fifths of UK employees fear the ‘old way’ of doing things will return after the pandemic

• April 14, 2021 14 Apr'21

  FBI accesses ProxyLogon target servers to disrupt cyber criminals

  US Justice Department reveals successful court-authorised effort to clamp down on ProxyLogon exploitation

• April 14, 2021 14 Apr'21

  Remote workers largely supportive of a UK right to disconnect

  The introduction of a “right to disconnect” in the UK is popular among workers and has backing from trade unions

• April 14, 2021 14 Apr'21

  EU set to tilt AI balance in favour of citizen rights

  New draft EU regulations aim to protect people from biased decision-making

• April 14, 2021 14 Apr'21

  Why Microsoft’s $19bn acquisition of Nuance makes sense

  Microsoft regularly demos real-time speech-to-text transcription and has just spent $19bn on bolstering its voice capabilities

• April 14, 2021 14 Apr'21

  NSA unearths more MS Exchange vulnerabilities

  Microsoft patches more critical vulnerabilities in Exchange Server a month after the ProxyLogon incident, after being warned by the US National Security Agency

• April 14, 2021 14 Apr'21

  Sim Local teams with Vodafone to accelerate eSIM travel growth

  Specialist in eSIM technology collaborates with operator to exploit the option of a transformative shift in the global telecommunications industry

• April 14, 2021 14 Apr'21

  AET gets Ctera to smooth hybrid cloud access to big files

  Remote locations with unreliable WAN connections needed to share large files, which was a real headache until US engineering firm got Ctera edge filers with Azure cloud as a tier

• April 14, 2021 14 Apr'21

  Europe provides growth for TCS despite year floored by pandemic

  Tata Consultancy Services grows its continental European business despite economic slowdown brought by Covid-19 restrictions

• April 13, 2021 13 Apr'21

  UK workforce finds happiness in ability to work from anywhere

  Study finds 44% of UK workers consider the ability to work remotely as a driver of happiness and 61% would support government policies aimed at the widespread adoption of ‘hybrid’ working practices

• April 13, 2021 13 Apr'21

  Mavenir and Xilinx team up to expand Open RAN massive MIMO portfolio

  Network software provider and adaptive processing platforms collaborate to accelerate Open RAN ecosystem, with mMIMO portfolio scheduled for launch later this year

• April 13, 2021 13 Apr'21

  MP told to ditch official email over hacking fears

  MP Tom Tugendhat claims the intelligence services advised him to switch to the Gmail service due to concerns his parliamentary email could be hacked

• April 13, 2021 13 Apr'21

  Hyperbat accelerates industry 4.0 with 5G virtual 3D engineering model

  Vehicle battery manufacturer uses the latest 5G-enabled technology to speed up the manufacturing process for hybrid and electric vehicle production in the UK

• April 13, 2021 13 Apr'21

  Covid-19 left people feeling vulnerable to cyber crime

  Around 15 million people in the UK experienced cybercrime in the past 12 months, with a cumulative 64 million hours wasted dealing with the fallout

• April 13, 2021 13 Apr'21

  End of the road for Post Office IT system that destroyed lives

  The Post Office has revealed the end to its controversial Horizon IT system which, through its errors and the Post Office's denial of them, caused huge suffering for hundreds of subpostmasters

• April 13, 2021 13 Apr'21

  Civil Service Data Challenge aims to improve use of data

  Business and government have partnered to launch a Dragon’s Den-style competition to encourage civil servants to come up with ideas on how to improve the use of data

• April 13, 2021 13 Apr'21

  Millions of devices at risk from NAME:WRECK DNS bugs

  Newly disclosed set of nine DNS vulnerabilities puts over 100 million consumer, enterprise and industrial IoT devices at risk

• April 13, 2021 13 Apr'21

  Huawei steers towards intelligent vehicles in major corporate pivot

  Leading global communications technology provider undergoes major strategic corporate shift to maximise its software capabilities and provide components for intelligent vehicles

• April 13, 2021 13 Apr'21

  EncroChat lawyers raise questions over use of PII secrecy orders on UK decryption capabilities

  Lawyers claim that public interest immunity certificates may have been used to withhold information on UK intelligence agencies’ ability to decrypt encrypted communications

• April 13, 2021 13 Apr'21

  Microsoft enters the Dragon’s den with Nuance acquisition

  The $19bn acquisition of Nuance firmly plants Microsoft at the forefront of voice recognition. The stage is set to combine voice with artificial intelligence

• April 12, 2021 12 Apr'21

  Nvidia targets datacentre memory bottleneck

  The graphics processing unit (GPU) chipmaker has introduced its first datacentre chip, named after computer pioneer, Grace Hopper

• April 12, 2021 12 Apr'21

  Software République consortium to cash in on intelligent, sustainable mobility opportunities

  With new value propositions at stake, five IT, industrial, automotive and comms leaders have laid the foundations for an open innovation ecosystem in the mobility market

• April 12, 2021 12 Apr'21

  Almost half of UK office workers fear return to offices

  Research shows 83% of UK office workers agree that flexible working is here to stay, but fears persist of catching Covid-19 from colleagues if they return to the office

• April 12, 2021 12 Apr'21

  AWS debuts next phase of $20m push to provide cloud tools to Covid-19 research teams

  With the pandemic now into its second year, public cloud giant AWS has unveiled the next phase of its bid to provide research organisations with access to the cloud resources they need to fight back against coronavirus

• April 12, 2021 12 Apr'21

  Another 27 Danish banks get access to open banking APIs

  Nordic banks gain access to open banking capabilities from Nordic API Gateway, with an agreement through their shared IT service provider

• April 12, 2021 12 Apr'21

  Ctera KubeFiler to bring Kubernetes storage to its cloud gateways

  KubeFiler uses the container storage interface to allow Kubernetes to access persistent storage as if it were from a local NAS device, and while keeping existing access profiles