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• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  Wipro and Google Cloud deepen partnership

  Wipro earns application development specialisation from Google Cloud following an earlier move to migrate SAP workloads to Google Cloud Platform

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  Falkirk Council deploys end-to-end digital telecare

  Council has become the first in Scotland to go live with a complete digital telecare service for its local residents

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  North London school wins NCSC girls’ cyber challenge

  Highgate School in North London is the winner of this year’s CyberFirst Girls security competition

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  The Security Interviews: Making sense of outbound email security

  Screening inbound emails is an accepted part of an organisation’s security posture, but the topic of securing outbound traffic is less often discussed. Zivver’s Rick Goud is on a mission to change this

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  Papa John’s embarks on ‘multi-phase’ move to Google Cloud

  Papa John’s International has set out plans to shutter its datacentres and revamp its customer experience to include a move towards real-time tracking data for its deliveries

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  Nokia, NewCore Wireless bring 5G, high-end broadband to remote US regions

  Global comms tech provider and regional operator bring next-generation broadband to US tribal nations to empower economic opportunity through support for e-learning, telehealth and remote work during the pandemic

• April 27, 2021 27 Apr'21

  UnitingCare Queensland hit by cyber attack

  Healthcare service provider UnitingCare Queensland was reportedly hit by a ransomware attack that crippled several IT systems

• April 26, 2021 26 Apr'21

  First 3GPP-compliant public safety network with MCPTT launches in South Korea

  Samsung teams up with leading Korean mobile operators to complete the build-out of LTE-based public safety network in 700MHz

• April 26, 2021 26 Apr'21

  Another 38 subpostmasters submit appeals against convictions

  The biggest miscarriage of justice in UK history is set to get bigger as more subpostmasters take their cases to the Court of Appeal

• April 26, 2021 26 Apr'21

  French legal challenge over EncroChat cryptophone hack could hit UK prosecutions

  Lawyers are challenging the legality of a French police operation to harvest tens of thousands of messages from the EncroChat encrypted phone network in a move that could overturn criminal prosecutions in the UK

• April 26, 2021 26 Apr'21

  JLL assures better office experience for hybrid workforce

  Real estate and investment management professional services firm introduces collaboration suite designed to enhance employee connectivity, solidifying its suite of hybrid workplace offerings

• April 26, 2021 26 Apr'21

  Digital tech potential in health and social care not yet realised, says King’s Fund

  Report by health policy think-tank says that although there is evidence that digital technology can support staff and patients, there are large gaps in the evidence base

• April 26, 2021 26 Apr'21

  Post Office scandal CEO steps down from roles after massive miscarriage of justice is laid bare

  Former Post Office CEO Paula Vennells has left roles in the church, Morrisons and Dunelm after postmasters’ convictions were overturned in the Court of Appeal

• April 26, 2021 26 Apr'21

  How Toffs is seizing Asia’s CDN market

  Toffs Technologies is eyeing second- and third-tier cities in Asia as it bolsters its infrastructure and experiments with the use of home networks as content delivery networks

• April 23, 2021 23 Apr'21

  HMRC downplays significance of CEO email ‘questioning’ legal basis of loan charge policy

  A document dump of emails shared between HMRC officials has prompted loan charge campaigners to further question the legal footing of the government’s controversial disguised remuneration policy

• April 23, 2021 23 Apr'21

  ‘Spy cops’ victims share ongoing data protection concerns

  Under Cover Policing Inquiry will consider whether the extensive amount of personal data collected about left-wing activists by the Special Demonstration Squad was justified, as witnesses question whether information about them is still being ...

• April 23, 2021 23 Apr'21

  Triangle shapes up to expand gigabit broadband services

  Full fibre finds further momentum in UK with with new consumer ISP brand Fibrehop to offer gigabit services to locations including Cheltenham, Gloucester, Weston-Super-Mare, Bath, Swindon, Leicester and Plymouth

• April 23, 2021 23 Apr'21

  M1 manages and monetises digital and 5G with Amdocs Openet

  Software and services provider’s charging and data management systems deployed to accelerate Singapore telco’s digital transformation based on Microsoft Azure cloud platform

• April 23, 2021 23 Apr'21

  Intel quarterly results reveal tactics to address ARM in the datacentre

  The chipmaker aims to make use of standard chip libraries and offer its customers different ways to package and optimise Intel silicon

• April 23, 2021 23 Apr'21

  Post Office scandal victims have criminal convictions overturned in Court of Appeal

  Subpostmasters have their criminal convictions overturned after a judge rules that the Post Office prosecuted them without investigating computer errors

• April 23, 2021 23 Apr'21

  London mayoral candidates debate tech

  The four mayoral candidates have set out their plans for the tech sector, including creating skills academies, harnessing kinetic energy, creating a London passport and setting up new tech hubs, but Tech London Advocates founder Russ Shaw says they ...

• April 23, 2021 23 Apr'21

  Ericsson aims to ride 5G wave as it lands O2 Slovakia 5G supply deal

  Swedish telecommunications technology and services provider selected by leading Slovakian operator as its sole 5G radio access network technology supplier hot on the heels of reporting 5G gaining momentum in quarterly results

• April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21

  GCHQ: Cyber investment a guarantor of UK’s global status

  GCHQ director Jeremy Fleming sets out a vision for the UK’s cyber security future

• April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21

  US O-RAN first as DISH and AWS form 5G-cloud strategic collaboration

  Telco and cloud giant claim industry first by using infrastructure and services to build cloud-based, 5G open radio access network that is said to deliver consistent, cost-effective performance from core to the edge

• April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21

  Researchers shed more light on APT29 activity during SolarWinds attack

  RiskIQ’s Atlas threat intel team uncovers new patterns and threat infrastructure used in the SolarWind’s attacks

• April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21

  SAP Q1 2021: Revenue nudges up 2% year-on-year, S/4 adoption up 2.5% on prior quarter

  SAP has reported first quarter 2021 revenue of €6.35bn, up 2% on the same year-ago quarter. Cloud revenue has increased by 1% year-on-year, and S/4 adoption is up 2.5% on the previous quarter

• April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21

  Mavenir gains new $500m cash injection as it opens UK O-RAN development centre

  Network software provider gains backing from specialist new economy investment firm to further accelerate its advancement of open radio access network technology

• April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21

  Met Office prepares for 1.5 million processor, 60 petaflop supercomputer

  Azure, Cray supercomputers and Epyc core are the key ingredients inside weather forecasting service’s latest development to improve data

• April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21

  Department for Education publishes digital strategy

  The department's digital and technology function wants to become a leader in the field, invest in its own platforms and manage its legacy technologies

• April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21

  Automation, zero-trust, API-based security priorities for EMEA CISOs

  Report by FireMon sheds light on buyer behaviour across the EMEA region

• April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21

  Ireland’s datacentre industry launches pro-pollinator plan to boost bee population

  Host In Ireland leads efforts to encourage datacentre operators to help boost biodiversity at their sites by making them more hospitable to bees and other pollinators

• April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21

  ToxicEye malware exploits Telegram messaging service

  The Telegram instant messaging service is being used by malicious actors to manage a remote access trojan called ToxicEye

• April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21

  Grafana Labs switches open source licensing to stem strip-mining tactics

  Public cloud providers have been accused of strip-mining open source products, offering them as managed services, cutting a valuable revenue

• April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21

  Vodafone unveils first dedicated Open RAN test and integration lab

  UK operator adds momentum to digital transformation programme and its transition to a software-orientated technology company with a big step towards readiness to deploy commercial open radio access network platforms

• April 22, 2021 22 Apr'21

  Australia and India team up on critical technology

  The first three projects under a joint research grant programme will focus on developing ethical and regulatory frameworks for quantum computing, AI and 5G

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  How AWS is supporting Asia’s battle with Covid-19

  Public sector organisations and startups across the region have been tapping AWS cloud services to speed up and enable a range of pandemic-related initiatives

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  Anti-food-waste app Karma taps up Google Cloud to power global expansion plans

  Swedish startup Karma is on a mission to help consumers and businesses across the globe fight food waste, and it has enlisted the Google Cloud Platform to help it achieve its goal

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  NCSC offers teachers free cyber security training

  The NCSC’s latest security training offer builds on a package of measures designed to protect schools from cyber attack

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  Neos Networks launches business-grade Ethernet FTTx service across UK

  Former SSE Enterprise Telecoms aims to provide a cost-effective, sub-1Gbps solution to support growing demand for full-fibre connectivity

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  Government should do more to protect well-being in the digital world, says report

  A select committee report argues that new health and employment rights are needed to tackle the negative effects of increasing digitisation

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  UK government renews cloud discount pricing MoU with Microsoft

  Three-year deal ensures eligible public sector organisations can continue to access discounted pricing on a range of the tech giant's cloud software and infrastructure offerings

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  CIO interview: Richard Corbridge, Boots

  Boots has been hugely successful in its transition to e-commerce and the Covid-19 pandemic has seen several digital initiatives spun up to continue offering services to customers

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  EU lays out plans to regulate AI development

  Proposal aims to encourage the development of ethical artificial intelligence systems that do not infringe the human rights of EU citizens

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  Virgin Media innovation trials deliver 2.2Gbps broadband speeds

  Latest stage in cableco’s trials of multi-gigabit broadband speeds in Southampton and Manchester deliver speeds around 40 times faster than the local average connection

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  SonicWall Email Security zero-days need urgent patch

  Users of SonicWall Email Security are advised to patch immediately, but the supplier is being criticised for the pace of its response

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  Post-Covid digital transformation requires ERP innovation

  As businesses begin on the road to recovery, they will face a choice: modernise their core ERP or build new services around a legacy core

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  Time is running out to probe networks for Emotet

  Security teams will lose an unprecedented opportunity to gain valuable intelligence to enhance their defences when Emotet is finally ‘executed’ in a few days’ time

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  Ocado advances autonomous vehicle strategy with Oxbotica deal

  The £10m investment is part of a push to enhance Ocado’s last-mile delivery and logistics capabilities, with first prototypes expected for 2023

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  Winemaker racks Pure all-NVMe all-flash for rapid SAP response

  Concha Y Toro also pocketed a 35% saving in storage costs following a move from as-a-service storage provision to Pure Storage FlashArray//X all-flash hardware

• April 21, 2021 21 Apr'21

  EMEA business leaders out of touch with employees’ needs in new hybrid workplace

  Research finds more alignment with staff is needed for firms to address the new hybrid world of work but nearly half of businesses plan tech investments to further improve the workplace experience