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• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Kcom secures second aggregate HSCN contract

  Network services provider Kcom will supply broadband connectivity over the Health and Social Care Network to 10 health organisations in the north-east of England

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Code First: Girls teaches more women to code in UK than universities

  Social enterprise partners with BT to offer more women the opportunity to learn tech skills

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  Expect jobs equilibrium if government sticks with AI plan

  If the government keeps to its artificial intelligence sector deal, the number of new jobs created through the use of AI and automation will balance the job losses

• July 17, 2018 17 Jul'18

  UKFast creates subsidiary to support AWS and Azure

  Hosting company UKFast offers its own private and public cloud services alongside Amazon Web Services and Microsoft Azure support

• July 16, 2018 16 Jul'18

  Rio Tinto transports iron ore with autonomous train

  The 280km journey in Western Australia was made under Rio Tinto’s autonomous train programme aimed at improving the productivity and safety of workers

• July 16, 2018 16 Jul'18

  Mobile devices lost in London underline security risk

  The security risk of lost mobile devices is underlined by the fact that almost 26,000 mobile phones and computing devices were lost in London in the past year alone

• July 16, 2018 16 Jul'18

  Canada raises banner of AI to boost tech industry

  Toronto has gone big for artificial intelligence, aiming to draw in international talent and boost its IT industry

• July 16, 2018 16 Jul'18

  ITPS expands datacentre to support Azure Stack and HPC

  Datacentre company ITPS expands its County Durham facility to meet client needs for high performance computing and security

• July 16, 2018 16 Jul'18

  Russian cyber attacks show need for international rules

  Russian cyber attacks aimed at influencing foreign elections highlight the need for the international community to agree on rules of conduct and punitive consequences

• July 15, 2018 15 Jul'18

  New industry network to bolster data protection in ASEAN

  The Data Protection Excellence network will assist organisations and individuals new to data protection laws by providing hands-on training and professional certification courses

• July 15, 2018 15 Jul'18

  A quarter of Brits think they already have full-fibre broadband

  CityFibre research commissioned to support its campaign for more clarity in broadband advertising appears to show widespread misunderstanding of what fibre is or what it means

• July 13, 2018 13 Jul'18

  Microsoft warns if an email is being sent out of office hours

  When Blackberry introduced mobile email, it made everyone permanently connected to work. Now, Microsoft wants to curb this

• July 13, 2018 13 Jul'18

  Virtus Data Centres plots further expansion of Slough colocation site

  Virtus Data Centres is adding three more data halls to its colocation facility in Slough, as well as carrying out a power upgrade at the site

• July 13, 2018 13 Jul'18

  Flexible IT contracts generate savings for HMRC

  HMRC’s annual report and accounts show transformation savings are slightly lower than planned as Brexit work means other projects are put on hold, but it’s making significant savings from smaller and more agile IT contracts

• July 13, 2018 13 Jul'18

  Hackers increasingly targeting cloud infrastructure

  Cloud infrastructure is a growing target for cyber attackers because of available computing resources, as well as the repositories of valuable data, a report reveals

• July 13, 2018 13 Jul'18

  How Singapore’s MyRepublic hones its IT chops

  MyRepublic’s CIO shares how the company’s IT strategy has enabled the internet service provider to spread its wings into new markets

• July 13, 2018 13 Jul'18

  Windows 7 migration powers PC uptick

  PC sales in the enterprise have increased as businesses roll out Windows 10 before Microsoft ends support for Windows 7

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Saudi’s growing e-commerce market offers global tech opportunities

  Saudi Arabia's e-commerce sector is set to explode, and the IT sector in the country will see increased demand as a result

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Executive interview: Bill Ruh, CDO of GE

  With a new CEO in the driving seat, we speak to GE’s head of digital, Bill Ruh, about how the company has refined its digital strategy

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Half of young girls don’t think tech careers are exciting

  Young women are put off of technology careers because they don’t perceive them to be exciting, according to research

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Brexit proposal calls for standards alignment and data sharing

  Although the government’s Brexit whitepaper focuses on curbing immigration, collaboration on cyber crime, data sharing and services are among the bargaining chips

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Traders may not be compliant with new customs IT system by end of March 2019

  PAC hearing reveals several issues with getting the Customs Declaration Service ready on time, including that traders probably won’t have enough time to get their systems compatible and compliant with the new IT system

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Broadcom acquires enterprise business with CA Technologies deal

  Broadcom buys into the enterprise software infrastructure arena, announcing $19bn acquisition of CA Technologies

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Investments in on-premise enterprise datacentres on the up as demand for multi-cloud rises

  IHS Markit's research into the investment priorities of enterprise datacentre operators suggests cloud is fuelling infrastructure upgrade projects

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  CIO interview: Gideon Kay, European CIO, Dentsu Aegis Network

  Dentsu Aegis’s European CIO, Gideon Kay, talks about how to transform the organisation into a “digital economy business”, dealing with M&A activity and creating a centralised approach

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Most influential women in UK tech: The 2018 longlist

  Each year, Computer Weekly asks the technology industry to nominate who it thinks are the most influential women in UK tech. Here is the longlist of nominees for 2018

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Cyber attackers cashing in on ‘hidden’ attack surface

  Cyber attackers are cashing in on organisations’ lack of visibility into all online interactions that can involve multiple third parties, a report reveals

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Three-quarters of consumers have interacted with artificial intelligence

  Capgemini survey finds 55% of people prefer a mix of AI and humans when they interact with organisations

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Indonesia leads ASEAN region in AI adoption

  The sprawling archipelago of more than 260 million people is becoming a hotbed for adoption of artificial intelligence, led by digital native companies such as Go-Jek and Kaskus

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Hedvig teams up with Veeam to support scale-out backup appliances

  Scale-out software-defined storage supplier reaches agreement with Veeam for backup software to build clusters of nodes with flash, cloud and block, file and object storage access

• July 12, 2018 12 Jul'18

  Siemens and Alibaba Cloud eye Chinese IoT market

  The two bigwigs will develop industrial internet of things offerings for China’s manufacturing industries that are being digitised through various state-led initiatives

• July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18

  Russian startup event more international than ever

  This year’s Startup Village in Moscow was attended by more international companies and investors than ever before

• July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18

  Oracle’s deal with Chile should go global

  UK Oracle users may eventually see the ripple effect of a court ruling in a country almost 7,500 miles away

• July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18

  Cloudian adds Storage Made Easy file-sync-and-share compliance

  Object storage maker adds file-sync-and-share with compliance filters from Storage Made Easy to restrict movement of potentially sensitive data between endpoints and datacentres

• July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18

  White-hat hackers find record number of vulnerabilities

  White-hat hackers are finding more vulnerabilities than ever before, with crowdsourced security testing continuing to gain popularity, a report reveals

• July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18

  Swedish state-private partnership will use advanced IT to secure cities

  Swedish authorities are working with the private sector to develop geo-fencing technology to protect cities from vehicle-related terrorist attacks

• July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18

  UK firms too confident about cyber security

  Three-quarters of UK companies say their cyber protection is above average, and nearly half think they are a “top performer” despite the growth in data breaches

• July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18

  UK fintech industry fears Brexit-induced talent squeeze

  London’s financial technology community warns of problems ahead as the reality of the UK leaving the EU unfolds

• July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18

  Facebook could face ICO fine of up to £500,000

  Facebook could face the maximum fine provided by the UK’s previous data protection laws for lack of transparency and security issues relating to the harvesting of data, the UK’s privacy watchdog has revealed

• July 11, 2018 11 Jul'18

  DevOps gathers pace in APAC

  Large enterprises such as DBS Bank have been shaking up their software development practices to fend off disruption from more nimble rivals

• July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18

  Hidden costs of data breaches difficult to manage, study finds

  The full cost of “mega breaches” can be up to £264m, with the average UK data breach costing £2.69m, a study has revealed

• July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18

  Lords urge Brexit negotiators to reach agreement on security

  Time is running out for the UK and EU to agree on a future security relationship and if negotiators fail to find common ground, all stakeholders stand to lose, warns a Lords’ committee

• July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18

  UK falling behind European competition in efforts to produce powerhouse tech companies

  Several European-based tech companies are on the way to competing with major US and Chinese counterparts, although the UK is falling behind in this race

• July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18

  Chess grandmaster Garry Kasparov tells Tableau users human intelligence still has role to play

  Garry Kasparov, a former world chess champion, tells Tableau’s European conference that artificial intelligence is a positive force that will stoke, not choke, human creativity

• July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18

  Carrenza expands public sector footprint with move into Ark Data Centres

  Carrenza parent Six Degrees hails potential for tighter public sector collaboration with Crown Hosting Services through Ark Data Centres deal

• July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18

  Corporate networks vulnerable to insider attacks, report finds

  Researchers found that 100% of corporate networks tested in 2017 were vulnerable to insider attacks, with Wi-Fi networks and employees among the top areas of weakness

• July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18

  NIC calls for nationwide broadband plan

  The National Infrastructure Commission has called for a national broadband plan to support full-fibre roll-out

• July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18

  Goonhilly Earth Station sets out plans to open green colocation datacentre in 2018

  Owners of the space satellite communications hub in Cornwall are drawing on the site’s network links to court colocation clients

• July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18

  Jeremy Wright appointed DCMS secretary of state in Cabinet reshuffle

  Attorney general Jeremy Wright becomes DCMS secretary as Matt Hancock moves to the Department for Health and Social Care where he takes over as health secretary

• July 10, 2018 10 Jul'18

  Singapore to build speech recognition system to speed up emergency response

  Emergency responders in the city-state could be able to react more quickly in future with the help of the world’s first mixed-lingual speech recognition engine, to be developed at a new artificial intelligence speech lab