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• October 13, 2020 13 Oct'20

  HMRC signs five-year £169m contract with Fujitsu for VME platform

  Supplier will host 13 HMRC applications on its virtual managed environment platform, following its role as an incumbent provider to the department under two different contracts

• October 13, 2020 13 Oct'20

  Can chameleon Big Blue change its colours?

  IBM is renowned for reinventing itself. It now plans to spin out its Global Technology Services business, a division that was once its crown jewels

• October 13, 2020 13 Oct'20

  DBS to deploy IBM z15 mainframes

  Singapore’s DBS Bank has signed a seven-year deal with IBM to run and modernise mission-critical applications on z15 mainframes

• October 12, 2020 12 Oct'20

  Small training steps can have big impact on economic recovery

  Staff cuts and using IT to drive optimisation are short-term measures and businesses need to reskill their workforce, says Microsoft

• October 12, 2020 12 Oct'20

  Challenger bank accessing latest anti-money laundering technology through fintech

  Challenger banks works with fintech to support its anti-money laundering efforts

• October 12, 2020 12 Oct'20

  O-RAN ready to rocket to be worth $47bn by 2026

  Industry analyst predicts rapid expansion for open radio access network over the next six years

• October 12, 2020 12 Oct'20

  5G set to add $8tn to global GDP by 2030

  Research from leading global telecommunications technology provider finds that despite the economic challenges of Covid-19, a global boom in 5G investment will see 71% of companies invest in it over the next five years

• October 12, 2020 12 Oct'20

  Trickbot forced offline in major cyber security victory

  Coalition led by Microsoft obtained a court order enabling them to take down the infamous Trickbot botnet’s back-end server infrastructure

• October 12, 2020 12 Oct'20

  Five Eyes spy group again demands access to private messages

  Spooks are once again calling for the tech industry to break end-to-end encryption in messaging platforms

• October 12, 2020 12 Oct'20

  H&M Group signs multi-year colocation deal with Swedish eco-friendly operator in sustainability push

  Clothes retailer H&M has signed a hosting deal, covering all of Northern Europe, with green datacentre operators EcoDataCenter, as its sustainability push continues apace

• October 12, 2020 12 Oct'20

  Cyber security skills ad branded ‘crass’ by minister

  Security skills campaign advert depicting a ballet dancer comes in for criticism as the arts sector struggles in the pandemic

• October 12, 2020 12 Oct'20

  UK economy could see blockchain boost worth £57bn by 2030

  Blockchain could provide major economic benefits by being used to track and trace products and services

• October 12, 2020 12 Oct'20

  Regional Covid-19 lockdowns will leave digitally excluded ‘stranded’

  Charity calls on government to do more to level up digital skills as it warns that tougher regional lockdowns in the Midlands and the North will hit digitally excluded people the hardest

• October 12, 2020 12 Oct'20

  BT expands digital workplace portfolio with Zoom

  New carrier agreement with conferencing provider Zoom designed to allow BT to offer a managed service with integrated networking to ensure optimal user experiences

• October 12, 2020 12 Oct'20

  Software AG caught in double extortion ransomware hit

  Data stolen from prominent German software company by Clop ransomware gang appears on the dark web

• October 12, 2020 12 Oct'20

  Government gives update on post-Brexit customs systems

  Cabinet Office’s Border and Protocol Delivery Group provides further clarity on the readiness of the UK’s post-Brexit border IT systems

• October 12, 2020 12 Oct'20

  Making sense of zero-trust security

  Implementing zero-trust security is not an easy feat, but enterprises can still get it right if they approach it from a process perspective and get a handle on their infrastructure footprint

• October 09, 2020 09 Oct'20

  Nokia, Ericsson score 5G tech wins with Orange, Proximus

  Centre of politics becomes centre of 5G activity as incumbent telcos tap Nordic comms giants to build out next-generation infrastructures

• October 09, 2020 09 Oct'20

  Dryad Networks gains funding for large-scale wildfire detection IoT network

  Forest management startup gains seed fund to develop internet of things technology for what it says is the dawn of the digital forest

• October 09, 2020 09 Oct'20

  Facebook critics’ webpage removed over false phishing allegations

  Real Facebook Oversight Board alleges Facebook is trying to censor it for speaking out against the social media company’s behaviour

• October 09, 2020 09 Oct'20

  TCS results signal enterprise readiness to spend on IT after Covid-19 pause

  TCS’s financial results signal that enterprises are ready to invest in IT to help them recover from the coronavirus-related business slowdown

• October 09, 2020 09 Oct'20

  Inside VMware’s Kubernetes playbook

  Kubernetes co-creator Joe Beda talks up the evolution of the container orchestration platform and efforts by VMware to help enterprises get the most out of the technology

• October 09, 2020 09 Oct'20

  Major tech companies respond to lawsuit over mining deaths

  Multinational technology companies accused of knowingly benefiting from human rights abuses in the Democratic Republic of Congo have responded to a lawsuit seeking to hold them accountable for the deaths of Congolese children in their cobalt supply ...

• October 09, 2020 09 Oct'20

  Magecart strikes website of school payments service Wisepay

  Magecart credit card skimmer harvested financial data of users of Wisepay’s platform over a two-day period

• October 09, 2020 09 Oct'20

  CMA asks for right to probe O2/Virgin merger

  Competition and Markets Authority requests right to probe potentially game-changing joint venture that could transform UK’s wired and wireless communications provision

• October 09, 2020 09 Oct'20

  Cisco, Qwilt and Digital Alpha launch open caching CDN for service providers

  Consortium of tech providers introduce new model for media delivery using open caching architecture, claiming ‘unprecedented’ levels of quality with open, global APIs

• October 09, 2020 09 Oct'20

  Datacentre sustainability tipped to become competitive differentiator for colo community by 2023

  Schneider Electric marks 2020 Innovation Summit with release of joint report with 451 Research into global datacentre market’s attitudes towards sustainability

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  IBM preps for 2021 business split as enterprise hybrid cloud push gathers pace

  IBM is set to split in two to form two publicly traded entities, with one focusing on the delivery of hybrid cloud services to enterprises, and the other specialising in the delivery of managed infrastructure services

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  Quarter of remote workers fail to engage with tech teams

  Research reveals a burgeoning IT-employee divide among the growing ranks of remote workers, but the root causes have yet to be examined fully

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  NCSC relaunches SME security guide with home working focus

  The NCSC is issuing an updated version of its guide to security for SMEs, reflecting the long-lasting changes to the world of work seen in 2020

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  5G to fore as Vodafone, Immense join Midlands Future Mobility

  UK telco and simulation platform provider join project to accelerate the development of cutting-edge transport technologies

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  Emotet rated September’s ‘most popular’ malware

  The current resurgence of Emotet is attracting attention as governments issue new warnings and cyber criminals rush to exploit the chaotic US election

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  Care Quality Commission enquiries into IT scandal CEO continue

  NHS regulator continues enquiries about the appointment of former Post Office CEO at Imperial College Healthcare NHS Trust as more damning details emerge

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  Coronavirus face mask spammer fined by ICO

  The director of software company Studios MG spammed members of the public at the height of the pandemic as one of its directors tried to shift a job lot of face masks

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  Edinburgh sets out plans to become a smart city

  Three-year digital plan includes empowering people to become ‘smart citizens’, introducing sensor technology, 5G and smart public transport, and moving most of the council’s systems to the cloud

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  Tesco hires 16,000 staff to cope with Covid-19 shopping habits

  After an increase in online sales as a result of the coronavirus pandemic, supermarket Tesco made 16,000 temporary staff permanent to cope with the shift in customer behaviour

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  CDO interview: Pets at Home uses data analytics to further petcare ‘ecosystem’

  Robert Kent, chief data officer for Pets at Home, describes how he has built a data analytics team and technology stack to enhance the petcare company’s understanding of its customers

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  Crown Prosecution Service suffers 1,600 data breaches in 12 months

  CPS sees a spike in data security incidents, many of them serious enough to be reported to the Information Commissioner’s Office

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  Threat of GDPR fines increasingly driving security buying decisions

  Scaring the people who hold the purse strings may be the best option for CISOs who need a little extra budget

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  Singtel rolls out 5G trial network for enterprises

  Singtel is providing enterprises with early access to its 5G standalone network at its testing facility to test and develop new 5G applications

• October 08, 2020 08 Oct'20

  Accenture acquires NZ firm to bolster SAP practice

  Accenture’s acquisition of Zag comes amid growing demand for expertise in S/4 Hana migrations in Australia and New Zealand

• October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20

  5G regulation failures are a threat to UK’s national security

  Defence Committee report on the security of 5G brands existing regulations outdated and unsatisfactory

• October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20

  Carhartt shifts old data to the cloud with Komprise

  US-based workwear manufacturer cuts storage costs from $1 to $0.25 per gigabyte as it deploys data management software and shifts old files to Microsoft Azure Blob and Cold storage

• October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20

  US lawmakers release big tech antitrust report

  House Democrats have published a report on the monopoly power wielded by big tech companies and how to restore competition in digital markets

• October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20

  Nvidia reveals its plans for Arm

  Nvidia intends to acquire Arm for £31bn, as part of its plan to “create the computing company for the age of AI”

• October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20

  Department for Education failed to protect data on millions of children, says ICO

  The Department for Education’s National Pupil Database, which contains millions of items of data on the UK’s schoolchildren, was found to be non-compliant with data protection regulations across the board

• October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20

  Consumers find new payment methods during pandemic

  Non-cash payments have grown at their fastest rate for a decade and due to Covid-19 restrictions, more people are discovering different ways to pay

• October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20

  UK accounts for 45% of Europe’s card fraud as criminals target online transactions

  Payment card fraudsters steal €1.5bn, with card-not-present attacks accounting for three-quarters of this sum

• October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20

  ICO wraps up Cambridge Analytica investigation

  Information Commissioner’s Office concludes its investigation into Cambridge Analytica, saying no additional evidence has come to light that would change its previous assessments

• October 07, 2020 07 Oct'20

  More than four-fifths of global workforce rule out return to office full-time

  With workforces demanding increased – if not permanent – home networking, research reveals CIOs’ top priorities in planning for new everywhere enterprise, specifically securing mobile devices, apps and users