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January 21, 2021
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Government needs to ‘take stock’ of digital progress, says Reform
Think-tank says Covid-19 has shown the importance of a ‘digitally enabled’ public sector, but there is still a long way to go to realise the full potential of technology
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January 21, 2021
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Jan'21
Digital knowledge must be integral part of Dutch police training
Research reveals gaps in digital knowledge among Netherlands police, with calls for a training ‘roadmap’ to get officers up to speed to tackle cyber crime
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January 21, 2021
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Music publisher BMG taps into Google Cloud to manage and analyse streaming data processes
Berlin-based record label and music publisher BMG is drawing on Google Cloud to revamp its infrastructure to accommodate the music industry's continued shift towards streaming
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January 21, 2021
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IR35 private sector reforms: IT contractors warned to be wary of non-compliant umbrella companies
The proliferation of websites offering comparison site-like services for umbrella companies has prompted tax experts to warn IT contractors of the financial risk posed by firms offering ‘too good to be true’ take-home pay rates
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January 21, 2021
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Jan'21
Nokia, Mobily unveil world’s first sliced FWA deployment
Global comms tech provider teams with Saudi Arabian telco to pilot world’s first 4G and 5G fixed wireless access network slicing on a live commercial network
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January 21, 2021
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European telecoms big guns team up to drive Open RAN deployments
Major regional operators embark upon collaboration to provide a framework for the creation of an interoperable market for Open RAN
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January 20, 2021
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Jan'21
Should I be worried about MFA-bypassing pass-the-cookie attacks?
Malicious actors bypassed multi-factor authentication using so-called pass-the-cookie attacks, but how worrying is this and what is the risk to organisations?
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January 20, 2021
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Few workers see employers as ready for new normal
Study finds vast majority of workers feel employers are not fully prepared to support the longer-term move to a hybrid workforce, prompting a need for organisations to plan their ‘future workplace’ better
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January 20, 2021
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More subpostmasters’ prosecutions sent to appeal for wrongful conviction
Four more subpostmasters are to have their appeals against criminal convictions heard in the appeal courts
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January 20, 2021
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HSBC closing more branches as customers turn to digital channel
Bank announces branch closures as it reshapes its network for the digital age
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January 20, 2021
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PAC demands rejigged IT investment action plan from HMRC by end of March 2021
A report by the Public Accounts Committee confirms HMRC is spending too much money on patching legacy IT systems, and needs to prioritise investing in the modernisation of its digital estate
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January 20, 2021
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Broadcast, media sector presents telcos with digital transformation opportunities
Analyst sets out potential winning strategy for telcos in entertainment sector with 5G, multi-access edge computing and network slicing, as well as virtualisation and cloud
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January 20, 2021
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Architect slashes 20% off storage costs with Nasuni NAS gateway
LA-based Jerde Partnership replaced on-premise storage and backup with Nasuni hybrid cloud NAS gateways to provide seamless access across timezones to project files
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January 20, 2021
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Jan'21
IT scandal exposes legal rule that made it easy for Post Office to prosecute the innocent
Lawyers call for changes to digital evidence rule that made it easier for the Post Office to ‘bamboozle courts’ and make subpostmasters pay a heavy price for its IT failings
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January 20, 2021
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Jan'21
Orange announces submarine cable linking US East Coast to France
Global telco claims significant reinforcement of connectivity and resilience on what it says is the most important submarine route in the world, with two next-generation transatlantic submarine cables
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January 20, 2021
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Malwarebytes also hit by SolarWinds attackers
The nation state group that attacked SolarWinds in December got inside Malwarebytes by exploiting privileged access to its Microsoft Office 365 tenant, the firm reveals
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January 20, 2021
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Jan'21
Hybrid working a reality but business leaders not yet giving up on the office
Research finds C-suite executives and business leaders will primarily split their workforces between on-site and remote work, with markedly small numbers looking to adopt exclusive on-site or remote working practices
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January 20, 2021
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Jan'21
How Globe Telecom is doubling down on cloud
The largest mobile operator in the Philippines has moved its legacy systems to the cloud and there is more to come as it looks towards deploying cloud radio access networks and cloud-native applications
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January 19, 2021
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Mavenir, VIAVI enter into collaboration to validate 5G RAN options for US market
Partnership will focus on lab testing of cloud-native radio access systems for major US mobile network operators
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January 19, 2021
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CIOs blame siloed IT teams and tools for misalignment
The inability of teams to see a single version of the truth is leading to a lot of time wasting among IT departments and businesses
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January 19, 2021
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Legacy security architectures threaten to disrupt remote working
Annual survey of IT leaders finds network security is of prime concern as most companies continue with work-from-home policies
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January 19, 2021
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Questions raised by New Zealand central bank boss, following cyber attack investigation
The governor of New Zealand’s central bank said the organisation must answer questions about its security following a ‘significant’ attack
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January 19, 2021
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UK fraud agency deploys ArcGIS dashboard for data sharing
The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau says it has achieved improved transparency with the public, as well as saving 3,500 staff hours and £100,000
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January 19, 2021
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Value of GDPR fines shows dramatic increase in 2020
European regulators imposed almost €160m worth of fines during the past 12 months, a substantial rise
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January 19, 2021
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BT to make data for Oak National Academy charge-free
Telecoms giant announces that data charges for government-backed academy will be removed
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January 19, 2021
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Click fraud levels reach new heights in pandemic
Small companies risk losing £10,000 a year, and enterprises as much as £520,000, to cyber criminals as click fraud volumes spike
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January 19, 2021
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Jan'21
Criminals fiddled stolen Covid-19 vaccine data to damage trust
Malicious actors manipulated stolen Covid-19 data in a way clearly intended to damage public trust in vaccines, says the EMA
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January 19, 2021
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AE Aerospace claims 5G landmark in transforming manufacturing productivity
Leading UK manufacturing business and partners trial 5G to pioneer productivity improvements and drive recovery in key sector hit hard by Covid
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January 19, 2021
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MAS offers guidance on mitigating supply chain threats
Monetary Authority of Singapore revises its technology risk management guidelines to help the financial sector guard against supply chain attacks
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January 18, 2021
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MoD reports 18% rise in data loss incidents
The Ministry of Defence reported more than five hundred data security incidents in 2019-20, with seven serious enough to warrant disclosure to the ICO
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January 18, 2021
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Three UK, Tata team to accelerate 5G network roll-out
IT services, consulting and business solutions provider employed to help UK operator configure and maintain its next-generation mobile network and ensure first time right network operations
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January 18, 2021
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Hyperoptic offers free broadband packages for home schooling
Full-fibre broadband provider helps to address issues facing UK schoolchildren in digital poverty who lack a reliable Internet connection for home learning
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January 18, 2021
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Nottinghamshire uses citizen engagement tools to inform residents
Nottinghamshire Council is seeking to expand Granicus integrations after success in using its communications services to keep citizens informed during pandemic
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January 18, 2021
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UKtech50: The 2021 longlist
Each year, Computer Weekly launches its annual search for the most influential people in UK IT, where the tech industry nominates who it thinks should be in the top 50 – here is the longlist for 2021
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January 18, 2021
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Community Fibre to supply free 50Mbps broadband for vulnerable London households
Fibre altnet looks to address growing problem of the digital divide and ensure continuity of education in UK capital
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January 18, 2021
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AI specialists and software engineers among most popular UK roles, says LinkedIn
Demand for specialist software engineers and people with skills in AI have risen, according to professional network LinkedIn
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January 18, 2021
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Airband to supply full-fibre broadband across rural Cheshire
One of the UK’s largest UK rural connectivity providers wins £4.5m project to provide ultrafast full-fibre broadband to rural and hard-to-reach areas of Cheshire
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January 18, 2021
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Biased language deters half of female candidates, finds Openreach
When looking into the language of its job adverts, telecoms firm Openreach found that half of female candidates were put off if the language of a job posting was too unconsciously male
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January 18, 2021
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Australians lost A$176m to scams in 2020
Investment scams topped the list of scams, which grew by 23.1% in 2020 as criminals exploited human psychology using social engineering
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January 17, 2021
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NCSC CyberFirst Girls 2021 contest kicks off
UK’s national cyber agency says it has already had hundreds of entrants in spite of the challenges presented by the pandemic
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January 15, 2021
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Private LTE/5G market set to reach £4.2bn in 2024
Research firm predicts sales of private LTE/5G infrastructure to show 43% CAGR from 2019 to 2024, potentially worth an estimated $5.7bn (£4.2bn)
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January 15, 2021
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150,000 records accidentally wiped from police systems
Home Office claims data wiped from national police systems only relates to people who have never been convicted of a crime or had further police action taken against them following an arrest
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January 15, 2021
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Google Cloud, Nokia accelerate readiness for cloud-native enterprise 5G solutions
Cloud platform provider and comms tech supplier announce plans to jointly develop cloud-native 5G core solutions for communications service providers and enterprise customers with cloud capabilities to the network edge to accelerate enterprise ...
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January 15, 2021
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US cyber security agencies get $9bn in Biden plan
New funding proposals come as US government reels from the impact of the December 2020 SolarWinds attack
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January 15, 2021
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Nordic startups make advances in pet tech
Nordic tech startups are looking to take pet tech mainstream following the acceleration of the industry during the current pandemic
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January 15, 2021
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European IT providers struggle to capitalise on continent-wide growth in cloud demand
Latest tech market tracking data shows demand for cloud services is rising across the continent, but local IT providers are continuing to lose share to US giants such as Amazon, Microsoft and Google
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January 15, 2021
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Coalition proposes secure standard model for Covid-19 passports
Vaccination Credential Initiative is working to ensure that people vaccinated against Covid-19 can access their records in a secure, verifiable and privacy-preserving way
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January 15, 2021
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Tech partnership to drive Finland’s quantum computing project
Organisations in Finland are developing quantum computing capabilities through a state and private sector partnership
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January 15, 2021
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Hong Kong Airport Authority takes off with upgraded IP/MPLS network
Next-generation network to offer key regional hub migration of legacy applications to support increased passenger capacity, reliability and ease of expansion
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January 15, 2021
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UK government urged to implement cloud-centric transformation plan
The approach to digital public services needs to be reinvented to catch up with global leaders, according to new research