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• May 11, 2020 11 May'20

  AWS vs Microsoft: US JEDI contract dispute develops into war of words between tech giants

  Amazon and Microsoft are embroiled in a ‘battle of the blogs’ over the former’s continued efforts to get its claims that it lost out on a major US cloud contract due to ‘significant political interference’ fully investigated

• May 11, 2020 11 May'20

  Coronavirus: SMEs in the UAE forced to digitally transform

  The UAE, like the rest of the world, continues to be heavily impacted by the fallout of the Covid-19 pandemic, and technology is helping to lead the fight

• May 11, 2020 11 May'20

  Micro Focus sees growth in mainframe migration business

  Lifting and shifting Cobol code from mainframes to public cloud has been a growth driver for Micro Focus in the Asia-Pacific region, even as the software supplier continues to diversify its business

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  UK said to be on verge of major technology shift for Covid-19 contact-tracing app

  Technology community awash with reports of potential sea change in much-publicised and much-criticised app away from controversial centralised database

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  Zoom buys secure messaging service Keybase

  Unified comms platform Zoom says the acquisition of Keybase will finally let it bring end-to-end encryption to the table

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  BT claims positives amid challenging fiscal year

  BT reports tough 2019/20, leading to major restructuring plan to go forward to meet major fibre-to-the-premises targets

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  Privacy International to Palantir: We are watching you

  Privacy International expresses a qualified welcome for Palantir’s responses to questions about its data integration role in the NHS Covid-19 data store, but continues to raise concerns

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  HM Treasury tells GDS: No further online services can use Gov.uk Verify

  The recent 18-month reprieve for Verify came with strict conditions – the digital identity scheme must not be added to any more services, and existing users must find alternatives

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  SilverTerrier cyber crime group targets Covid-19 key workers

  Organisations on the front line in the fight against coronavirus are under attack from Nigeria’s SilverTerrier criminal gang

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• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  Amazon and Microsoft dominate European cloud infrastructure market, shows Synergy Research

  Such is the hold that Amazon and Microsoft have on the cloud infrastructure market across Europe, other smaller players will struggle to get a look in, claims IT analyst house Synergy Research Group

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  App launched to support social care workers through coronavirus

  The Care Workforce tool will be rolled out to 1.5 million professionals as a hub for practical guidance and support

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  Contact-tracing app fails to protect privacy and human rights

  Reassurances over the security and human rights implications of NHSX’s approach to developing its Covid-19 contact-tracing app are insufficient, says the cross-bench Human Rights Committee

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  Facebook announces oversight board members

  New board will rule on freedom of expression issues and make policy recommendations to social media giant.

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  IBM Think puts AI to use in IT operations

  Its annual conference may be virtual, but IBM has remained focused on the key themes of hybrid IT, cloud and artificial intelligence

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  SAP extends indirect licensing related programme to end of 2021

  User groups extend cautious welcome to SAP’s extension of its Digital Access Adoption Program

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  FBI search warrants reveal Trump aide’s messages to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange

  FBI search warrants reveal Trump campaigner Roger Stone sent private messages to WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange after the site published thousands of documents that damaged Hillary Clinton’s election campaign

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  Next round of Zoom updates targets consumer security

  Casual consumer users of Zoom will get additional protections in an update to be released over the long weekend

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  NCSC Covid-19 scam reporting service sees more than 160,000 reports

  The general public has taken to the NCSC’s scam reporting service like ducks to water, with thousands of suspicious emails reported to it in just two weeks

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  UK comms market set for shake-up as O2 and Virgin Media confirm merger

  Coming-together of leading fixed-mobile provider and cable network provider will create genuine competition to BT/EE

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  Finland’s postal service targets new revenue streams through digitisation

  Posti plans to use the new SisuID digital authentication method to accelerate business growth and opportunities

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  Brits expected to call time on office life after lockdown

  O2 Business study reveals currently displaced workers see a permanent change to their company’s approach to flexible working

• May 07, 2020 07 May'20

  Industry 4.0 transformation reaches communications inflection point

  Survey finds huge potential for investment in advance 4G and 5G technology among industrial organisations

• May 06, 2020 06 May'20

  Pure Storage FlashBlade OS v3.0 brings protected snapshots

  Pure also adds remote replication and aims at storage use cases for high-performance computing and artificial intelligence workloads in its all-flash NAS and object nodes

• May 06, 2020 06 May'20

  CIO interview: Andrew Lennon, CIO, Barings, on Covid-19, data science and mergers

  Forget rogue traders, Barings is still going strong, and the investment bank's CIO is leading the way with data science and other enabling technologies

• May 06, 2020 06 May'20

  UK comms experts continue to question contact-tracing app

  Academics and comms industry experts challenge UK government scientists on their defence of NHS contact-tracing app, in particular the issue of centralised data gathering

• May 06, 2020 06 May'20

  Criminal justice system is failing cyber crime victims

  Victims of cyber crime face barriers to reporting, receiving support and achieving justice, says a Home Office-backed study

• May 06, 2020 06 May'20

  Armar-6 shows how helper robots can work in Ocado warehouses

  Collaborative robot is the result of the five-year SecondHands project with academia to develop a robot that can support human workers

• May 06, 2020 06 May'20

  Re-purposing data and questionable effectiveness could undermine trust in NHS contact-tracing app

  Experts call for greater clarity over how contact-tracing data will be used, while discussing the limitations of the coronavirus app

• May 06, 2020 06 May'20

  Cash use to go below 5% of total spending in Middle East

  Banks expect a rapid reduction of the use of cash in the region

• May 06, 2020 06 May'20

  HMRC tackles almost 300 coronavirus phishing websites

  Of 292 websites removed since lockdown began on 23 March, 237 were proactively identified by HMRC and 55 were flagged by the public

• May 06, 2020 06 May'20

  End-users failing to protect themselves online

  Remote workers and stuck-at-home consumers are taking silly risks with their security during the coronavirus pandemic, according to a report

• May 06, 2020 06 May'20

  Sustainability credentials of underground datacentre in Norway lure green investment fund

  Norway’s Lefdal Mining Datacenter has designs on becoming Europe's largest server farm, and its green credentials have secured further investment to help it reach its goal

• May 06, 2020 06 May'20

  Tech firms risk cashflow issues due to pandemic

  Analyst Gartner warns that some tech firms may go bust because of inadequate coronavirus planning, and CIOs will need to reassess IT supplier viability

• May 06, 2020 06 May'20

  Telcos lose out in early enterprise 5G business

  Research reveals that industries and enterprises are ready to reap the benefits of 5G, but warns that service providers need to learn how to satisfy this demand

• May 06, 2020 06 May'20

  Open source community joins Covid-19 fight

  Red Hat and others in the global open source community are doing their part to develop tools and other initiatives to help the world tide over the coronavirus outbreak

• May 05, 2020 05 May'20

  Singapore to test 5G in Industry 4.0 trial

  Trial, spearheaded by IMDA, IBM, Samsung and M1, will test the use of 5G, along with AI and IoT technologies, in manufacturing

• May 05, 2020 05 May'20

  T-Mobile US claims ‘significant’ 5G standalone architecture firsts

  US operator partners with comms technology leaders to achieve world’s first milestones for standalone architecture 5G

• May 05, 2020 05 May'20

  Coronavirus: NCSC issues urgent alert for healthcare sector

  UK National Cyber Security Centre and US Cybersecurity and Infrastructure Security Agency say they are seeing large-scale campaigns targeting healthcare bodies and medical research organisations

• May 05, 2020 05 May'20

  Coronavirus: TSB develops smart agent to help staff during pandemic

  TSB took just five days to design and implement a smart digital agent to answer customer questions during the Covid-19 pandemic

• May 05, 2020 05 May'20

  Pizza Hut optimises pizza delivery platform during lockdown with data analytics

  Pizza Hut Digital Ventures has been improving the company’s e-commerce performance before and during the coronavirus crisis

• May 05, 2020 05 May'20

  AWS vice-president quits over firing of Covid-19 whistleblowers

  Amazon’s dismissal of workers striking over unsafe working conditions during the coronavirus pandemic has caused AWS vice-president Tim Bray to quit in protest

• May 05, 2020 05 May'20

  GoDaddy owns up to October 2019 data breach

  Web hosting services provider has suffered yet another security incident, confirming that an unauthorised individual accessed hosting accounts

• May 05, 2020 05 May'20

  UK contact-tracing app developers hit back at effectiveness and privacy doubts

  Pre-eminent scientists continue to defend NHS contact-tracing app from criticism of its effectiveness and the use of centralised data gathering

• May 05, 2020 05 May'20

  EC calls on the UK to ensure UK-Ireland border customs IT systems are ready

  The European Commission has warned that the UK must be ready for IT systems implementation at the Northern Ireland/Ireland border to handle goods

• May 05, 2020 05 May'20

  Coronavirus: Total outsourcing spending collapses in March

  IT spending plunged in March, drastically reducing increases that had been expected in the EMEA region

• May 05, 2020 05 May'20

  Building security and privacy into contact-tracing apps

  Governance and data decentralisation are among measures that organisations can take to allay security and privacy concerns over contact-tracing apps, according to RSA

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  SK Telecom, Deutsche Telekom form joint venture to combat coronavirus

  Telecoms giants extend working relationship to expand global 5G ecosystem by accelerating 5G deployment in Europe and exchange their respective technological expertise once the situation with Covid-19 improves

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  Nordic real estate sector becoming increasingly digital

  The Nordic real estate and construction industry is modernising through digital technology, with an injection of urgency amid global pandemic

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  Xen Orchestra latest victim of Salt cryptojackers

  More victims of cyber criminals exploiting two critical Salt vulnerabilities are coming forward

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  No silver bullets and ‘bumps in the road’ likely but UK contact-tracing app development gathers pace

  UK scientific experts address doubts on contact-tracing app’s effectiveness, particular regarding data privacy, but admit that its nature may have to evolve as the roll-out scales up

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  NHSX contact-tracing app needs legislative oversight

  Legal experts have told Parliament’s Human Rights Committee that legislation is desirable to ensure public trust in the data security of the Covid-19 coronavirus contact-tracing app

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  Assange extradition hearing to take place in September following coronavirus lockdown

  An extradition hearing against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange has been delayed by four months, after defence and prosecution lawyers said the Covid-19 lockdown would make it impractical to hold a fair hearing in May

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  StorageOS v2 puts ‘mini brains’ in Kubernetes storage volumes

  StorageOS persistent software-defined storage for Kubernetes distributes control plane decisions to volumes in a cluster and takes away the impact on centralised scheduler

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  Blogging platform Ghost hacked through Salt vulnerability

  Publishing service’s network was taken over by illicit cryptominers after failing to patch a critical vulnerability

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  Digital Realty doubles down on sustainability with pledge to cut carbon emissions by 2030

  Colocation giant Digital Realty is embarking on a 10-year, business-wide carbon emissions reduction quest, led by climate science

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  Coronavirus: UK finance regulator gives more time for payment security compliance

  Financial Conduct Authority has extended the deadline for payment processors to meet payment security standard

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  UK transport research body calls for safer in-vehicle technologies

  Voice-controlled systems are the future of autonomous, according to TRL, whose recommendations follow a report into Apple CarPlay and Android Auto demanding improved standards in voice-activated infotainment systems

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  NatWest Bank shutters its app based bank after five months

  NatWest is closing its consumer-facing, app-based bank and increasing its focus on mobile business bank Mettle

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  SAP S/4 Hana projects seem set to repeat security missteps

  Management consultancy Turnkey’s managing director, Richard Hunt, cautions SAP customers not to repeat errors of the past by making security an expensive afterthought

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  IT Priorities 2020: Compliance and risk are top security concerns

  When it comes to security, buyers are prioritising solutions and services that address compliance issues, risk management and data protection, according to the Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities 2020 study

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  Coronavirus: Do Indian companies still have an edge in Nordic outsourcing?

  Covid-19 lockdowns and social distancing have affected Nordic outsourcing strategies. Do Indian firms still have the upper hand?

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  Research institutes warn of necessity for UK contact-tracing app to link to testing

  BCS and Cass Business School call for proposed UK contact-tracing app not to be launched without alignment to testing and warns that without this link, NHS will not be able to “big data” its way out of “no data” situation

• May 04, 2020 04 May'20

  Coronavirus: Using computer simulation to minimise cross-infection

  The architects behind China’s largest makeshift hospital turned to computer simulation to model the airflow regulated by ventilation systems in a bid to minimise cross-infection

• May 01, 2020 01 May'20

  University of Oxford embarks on cloud-fuelled AI research push with AWS

  University collaborates with Amazon Web Services to accelerate the pace of technology innovation in a range of artificial intelligence-related fields with the help of cloud

• May 01, 2020 01 May'20

  NCSC tackles unconscious bias in security terminology

  The terms whitelisting and blacklisting are out at the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre

• May 01, 2020 01 May'20

  Treasury gives Gov.uk Verify 18-month reprieve due to coronavirus

  The government's troubled digital identity system was due to end funding in April 2020 but surge in use due to Universal Credit applications has brought a temporary reprieve

• May 01, 2020 01 May'20

  5G on the ropes as Covid-19 set to land $51bn blow on global mobile services industry

  Research predicts mobile revenue will drop 4.1% worldwide because of pandemic, with European operators taking a particular heavy hit

• May 01, 2020 01 May'20

  No going back to packed workplaces after Covid-19

  A recent project by IT service providers outlines how, in a post-coronavirus world, businesses like Barclays Bank will reduce their reliance on skyscrapers packed with people

• May 01, 2020 01 May'20

  Global contact-tracing apps take divergent routes to beat Covid-19

  Telecoms will play a key role in controlling the coronavirus through contact-tracing apps that can mitigate its spread. But that will only be the case if population masses actually use the apps – and that’s not guaranteed for a variety of reasons

• May 01, 2020 01 May'20

  Pre-owned device values stay strong amidst coronavirus pandemic

  More than half a billion dollars returned to US consumers in Q1 2020 as used and new mobile device markets stabilise after Covid-19 disruption

• May 01, 2020 01 May'20

  Subpostmasters receive their ‘inadequate’ damages over Horizon IT scandal

  Subpostmasters who had their lives ruined by the Post Office’s faulty IT system have received their damages after a High Court victory

• May 01, 2020 01 May'20

  Amazon commits to reinvesting $4bn of projected second-quarter profit into coronavirus response

  Online retail giant Amazon sees revenue surge, but profits drop during first quarter of 2020 following surge in reinvestment to ready its business for Covid-19-induced uptick in consumer demand for online orders

• May 01, 2020 01 May'20

  HMCTS deploys video platform for remote hearings during Covid-19

  Magistrates’ and crown courts will use platform to conduct remote criminal hearings during the coronavirus pandemic

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Cyber security skills courses go online during pandemic

  The government is turning to online learning to find the next generation of cyber security talent

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: UKCloud and VMware join forces to meet public sector demand for remote desktops

  Public sector-focused IaaS provider UKCloud forges closer ties with VMware to meet the public sector demand for “government-grade” remote desktop technology

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Critical SaltStack vulnerability affects thousands of datacentres

  Critical vulnerabilities in the Salt remote task and configuration framework enable hackers to take control of cloud servers and must be patched right away

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  UK government secures Microsoft Azure discounts for public sector

  Procurement chiefs at the Crown Commercial Service have secured an addendum to a long-standing Microsoft preferential pricing deal that now includes Azure public cloud services

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Stark digital divide in US internet speed amid Covid-19 crisis

  Over a fifth of connections in lower income brackets in the US do not have ‘acceptable’ internet performance for work and school during the coronavirus lockdown, but ISPs’ expansion of available bandwidth for these communities noticeably improves ...

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Can maths plot a path for policy-makers through the UK coronavirus lockdown?

  Initial findings from a new study suggests that working from home could enable the UK to manage the coronavirus infection rate

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Mobile banking customers at risk from new EventBot trojan

  Customers of Barclays, HSBC, Santander and many other banks should be alert to a dangerous new trojan

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Microsoft results points to new uses for Teams after coronavirus

  Satya Nadella, CEO of Microsoft, says he looks forward to new working practices emerging post-Covid-19, with collaboration seamlessly fitting in with tools for remote working

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  GPs embrace virtual consultations to navigate Covid-19 outbreak

  The majority of GPs across England are now operating with video meetings and more virtual services are being developed

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Young employees struggle with remote working

  Communications tools identified as key pain point and hindering productivity for young UK workers

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Government under pressure to give limited company IT workers more financial support

  IT contractors who provide services through their own limited companies and pay themselves in dividends are largely uncatered for by the goverment's various coronavirus-focused business support packages, and are facing financial difficulties

• April 30, 2020 30 Apr'20

  Red Hat-VMware rivalry intensifies with OpenShift virtualisation

  New virtualisation features in OpenShift point to an emerging Kubernetes platform war between Red Hat and VMware

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  Infovista claims SD-WAN implementation game changer with transparent hybrid technology

  Application-aware SD-WAN technology provider introduces additional capabilities to ‘dramatically’ simplify migration and hasten transition to software-defined networking

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  IMDA to issue 5G spectrum to Singtel and StarHub-M1 venture

  Singapore’s telco regulator will award 5G spectrum to major operators whose proposals have exceeded its requirements in some cases

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  Privacy International puts Palantir in the dock for NHS data analysis work

  Civil liberties campaigner questions role of US data analytics specialist in health service’s data work in battle against Covid-19

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: GCHQ gets access to NHS data to beef up security

  Health secretary gave GCHQ emergency powers to obtain information relating to the security of its networks and IT systems at the beginning of April, it has emerged

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Cash use plummets during UK lockdown

  Consumers are switching to digital payment methods amid the current global pandemic crisis

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Startups raise £663m during lockdown

  Investment is significantly higher than at the same time last year, but it is concentrated in very few hands as the total number of deals declines

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  Retail must weigh up high street versus online investments after coronavirus lockdown

  Larger retailers that have a significant online presence will need to decide whether to innovate on the web or on the high street

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  Coronavirus: Call for extension to European payment security standard deadline

  Payment processors across Europe want more time to meet the SCA payment security standard

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  IT Priorities 2020: SD-WAN soars as collaboration and communications no longer on back burner

  At the start of the year, networking professionals looked likely to invest in monitoring, converged architectures and WAN technologies, while unified communications was in decline and collaboration of minimal interest

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  Nordic CIO interview: Stefan Olowsson, Swedish Social Insurance Agency

  Stefan Olowsson, CIO at Sweden’s Försäkringskassan, helps to ensure social security payments run smoothly, which is a balancing act of innovation, data security and reliable delivery

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  Nokia closes capacity and customer experience tech deal with Bharti Airtel

  Third-largest telco in the world’s second-largest telecoms market takes up Nokia Single Radio Access Network to enhance capacity and improve 5G readiness

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  Zoom chooses Oracle IaaS as core cloud infrastructure provider

  Zoom has chosen Oracle Cloud Infrastructure to deliver its online video meetings service as usage has spiked due to the Covid-19 coronavirus public health crisis

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  Google chief suggests post-coronavirus cloud boost

  Google’s GCP platform has seen increased demand during the Covid-19 coronavirus pandemic, and the company’s CEO believes economic recovery may lead to fewer on-premise datacentres

• April 29, 2020 29 Apr'20

  Australian researchers tap cloud to save the Tasmanian devil

  Researchers at the University of Sydney are using Amazon Web Services to speed up genomics research in one of Australia’s wildlife conservation programmes

• April 28, 2020 28 Apr'20

  NHSX on track for May launch of Covid-19 contact-tracing app but challenges remain

  Leading UK scientific experts assure MPs that much-anticipated application will be ready for launch in May but concede that challenges exist on achieving meaningful uptake