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• October 18, 2023 18 Oct'23

  Former Post Office executive admits he wouldn’t sign unfair contract he pushed on subpostmasters

  Former contract manager said contract that subpostmasters had to sign with Post Office “put them on the hook” for everything

• October 17, 2023 17 Oct'23

  Five Eyes issues five tips on thwarting nation state threats

  Intelligence chiefs from the UK, Australia, Canada, New Zealand and the US have published guidance on building resilience against nation state cyber threats

• October 17, 2023 17 Oct'23

  Hacktivist attacks against Israeli websites mirror attacks following Russian invasion of Ukraine

  Hacktivists supporting Gaza and Palestine have launched hundreds of website defacement attacks against Israeli websites, mirroring the pattern of attacks that occurred after Russia’s invasion of Ukraine

• October 17, 2023 17 Oct'23

  Countrywide Healthcare manages Meraki with Highlight

  The supplier of medical and janitorial equipment selected managed service that connects to its Cisco Meraki system via a single API

• October 17, 2023 17 Oct'23

  Ogi, brsk further UK altnet charge

  Independent providers cover south of Wales and northwest of England, celebrate full-fibre deployment milestones

• October 17, 2023 17 Oct'23

  UK Apple Store workers detail ‘union-busting’ tactics

  Apple Store workers in the UK are attempting to unionise, but say they are facing pushback from the company, which is allegedly deploying a variety of “union-busting” tactics

• October 17, 2023 17 Oct'23

  Alert sounded over dangerous Cisco IOS XE zero-day

  Cisco warns customers using its IOS XE software of a newly discovered vulnerability that could enable a threat actor to take over their systems

• October 17, 2023 17 Oct'23

  Gitex 2023: Avaya plots generative AI-powered future for customer experience

  Leading comms and customer experience technology provider unveils Generative CX concept showing how artificial intelligence can sit at the core of experience transformation

• October 17, 2023 17 Oct'23

  Government to pump £30m into NHS medtech

  The government hopes the funding, which is available to integrated care systems across the country, will ease winter pressures through the help of technology

• October 17, 2023 17 Oct'23

  What it takes to succeed in DevSecOps

  Providing engineering leadership and balancing between speed and security are some areas that organisations will need to focus on in their DevSecOps journey

• October 16, 2023 16 Oct'23

  Oracle’s Steve Miranda: Customers nearing inflection point with Fusion

  In a Q&A with Computer Weekly at Oracle Open World, applications head Steve Miranda discussed how its customers are moving from project-driven to business-driven approaches, and how GenAI is for real

• October 16, 2023 16 Oct'23

  Flash prices drop towards spinning disk levels in 2023

  Number-crunching data on 17,000-plus drive prices shows cost of flash drives per gigabyte fell by around 10% in past six months while hard disk drive per-gigabyte prices stood still

• October 16, 2023 16 Oct'23

  Nokia and Elisa complete Europe’s first Cloud RAN trial

  Leading Nordic operator and global comms tech provider come together to successfully conclude test of cloud-based radio access network powered by In-Line acceleration to maintain feature richness, energy efficiency and high-performance enabling ...

• October 16, 2023 16 Oct'23

  LoRaWAN Alliance beefs board of directors

  Trade association for leading long-range wide area network technology adds key US comms service provider to ecosystem supporting extended IoT connectivity using satellites

• October 16, 2023 16 Oct'23

  How APAC organisations are tapping generative AI

  Organisations in the region are deploying and experimenting with generative AI in healthcare, citizen services and other use cases amid cost-related concerns and other challenges

• October 16, 2023 16 Oct'23

  Bordeaux Métropole taps ServiceNow, Aguaro in smart city programme

  Historic French city technology service provider announces latest technological enhancements in its digital transformation plan based on platform used to support both digital services management to bring about sustainability benefits

• October 16, 2023 16 Oct'23

  BT presses on with analogue switch off across UK

  Moment builds for digital network transformation play by UK’s largest comms provider, announcing plans to switch off analogue services in areas including the country’s densest metropolitan areas and in rural Scotland

• October 13, 2023 13 Oct'23

  US SEC launches probe into mass MOVEit breach

  Progress Software is facing an investigation from the SEC for the breach of its MOVEit tool, as well as dozens of legal battles resulting from the exfiltration of personal data from the roughly 2,000 organisations affected

• October 13, 2023 13 Oct'23

  CDO interview: Andrew Curry, manager of the Central Data Office, ExxonMobil

  The head of the oil and gas giant’s data organisation is leading a strategy to establish enterprise-wide principles for the use of data as part of a unified corporate ecosystem

• October 13, 2023 13 Oct'23

  UAE makes significant contribution to AI computing power

  UAE technology holding company G42 recently began a partnership with US-based Cerebras Systems to build a cluster of supercomputers and a set of accompanying technologies that will speed up the training process for large language models

• October 13, 2023 13 Oct'23

  UK startups pilot semiconductor funding

  ChipStart is a new initiative from the UK government to help build out the National Semiconductor Strategy by supporting startups

• October 13, 2023 13 Oct'23

  UK competition watchdog to probe Vodafone/Three merger

  Three months after leading UK telcos announced plans to combine resources to better battle against with EE and Virgin Media O2, regulatory authority seeks early views on nature of proposed merger

• October 13, 2023 13 Oct'23

  Gymshark turns to Google Cloud for infrastructure revamp and generative AI trials

  E-commerce workout clothing brand Gymshark opens up about how it has turned to Google Cloud to help revamp its infrastructure and improve how it uses customer data

• October 13, 2023 13 Oct'23

  ‘Angry’ lawyer warned against Post Office computer investigation in 2010 email

  Angered by his exclusion from an important discussion, former Royal Mail lawyer told colleagues of the risks to the Post Office if, as planned, they publicly investigate allegations against its computer system

• October 12, 2023 12 Oct'23

  How generative AI and cloud complement each other

  McKinsey partner explains the symbiotic relationship between generative AI and cloud, enabling organisations to speed up cloud migration and harness the benefits of AI

• October 12, 2023 12 Oct'23

  Scottish biometrics watchdog outlines police cloud concerns

  Police Scotland’s response to the biometrics commissioner’s formal information notice ‘did not ameliorate’ his concerns about the sovereignty and security of the sensitive biometric information being uploaded to cloud infrastructure that is subject ...

• October 12, 2023 12 Oct'23

  WBA highlights strategies to ensure end-to-end Wi-Fi quality of service

  Whitepaper from wireless broadband trade association sets out options enabling end-to-end QoS for applications such as streaming video, multiplayer gaming and videoconferencing

• October 12, 2023 12 Oct'23

  Hybrid work flexibility the leading driver underpinning successful work experiences

  Study finds that while just over half of CEOs strongly believe their organisation is recognised as an employer of choice, less than half of firms provide employees with the technology they need for hybrid work

• October 12, 2023 12 Oct'23

  Global mobile internet growth stalls

  Global mobile trade association’s sixth annual global industry round-up reveals smartphone owners are now the global majority, but mobile internet usage is stalling around the world as a digital divide persists

• October 12, 2023 12 Oct'23

  Google Cloud sets up public sector-focused business division to trap more UK government business

  Google Cloud used the first day of its London-based user and partner conference to confirm the launch of a dedicated business unit, geared towards helping the firm trap more public sector business in the UK

• October 12, 2023 12 Oct'23

  FloLive, Kigen team with Protahub to provide local IoT cellular connectivity in Turkey

  Cellular network and IoT connectivity providers partner with Turkish next-gen telco technology firm to provide services in region where permanent roaming is impossible and IP data must be routed locally

• October 11, 2023 11 Oct'23

  How Agatha Christie inspired this year’s Most Influential Woman in UK Tech

  From crime dramas to intelligence, this year’s Most Influential Woman in UK Tech, Suki Fuller, talks about her path into the tech sector and the ever-changing nature of the digital world

• October 11, 2023 11 Oct'23

  Computer Weekly’s Women in UK Tech Rising Stars 2023

  Each year, Computer Weekly selects a number of Rising Stars in the women in tech sector who are making waves in the women, diversity and inclusion in tech space and may find themselves on the top 50 list in the future

• October 11, 2023 11 Oct'23

  Computer Weekly announces the Most Influential Women in UK Tech 2023

  Computer Weekly has revealed who is on the 2023 list of the 50 Most Influential Women in UK Tech, including this year’s winner, Suki Fuller

• October 11, 2023 11 Oct'23

  FYUZ 2023: TIP gears up for continued comms evolution

  Trade association created to accelerate pace of innovation in worldwide mobile and fixed telecoms industries sees steady progress as leading operators accelerate Open RAN deployment

• October 11, 2023 11 Oct'23

  FYUZ 2023: Connectivity the key to metaverse success

  Telefónica spells out clearly the vital need for infrastructure innovation to support the imminent range of immersive applications and use cases from the metaverse

• October 11, 2023 11 Oct'23

  Public sector buyers of AI tech must interrogate its suitability

  The Ada Lovelace Institute has published a review on public sector use of artificial intelligence foundation models, looking at the risks and opportunities associated with the technology, and how these can be dealt with from the early stages of ...

• October 11, 2023 11 Oct'23

  North Tees and Hartlepool NHS Trust uses RealWear headsets for training

  NHS trauma and orthopaedic department deploys head-mounted cameras to livestream surgeon’s view footage of operations to classroom

• October 11, 2023 11 Oct'23

  Why only 1% of the Snowden Archive will ever be published

  Speaking to Computer Weekly after we published new revelations from the Snowden archive, the Guardian’s Pulitzer Prize winner, Ewen MacAskill, explains why more of the Snowden trove is unlikely to see the light of day

• October 11, 2023 11 Oct'23

  Pure offers Evergreen energy and rackspace cost guarantees

  Pure Storage will take upfront payments for power and rackspace and guarantee those for product lifecycles in its Evergreen One, Flex and Forever consumption purchasing models

• October 11, 2023 11 Oct'23

  Telstra to acquire Versent for A$267.5m

  The move is expected to bolster Telstra’s enterprise IT services business and support international expansion

• October 10, 2023 10 Oct'23

  Canalys sees glimmer of hope in PC sector

  The PC industry experienced another quarter of decline, but the outlook is more promising

• October 10, 2023 10 Oct'23

  Commodity IoT providers fail to deliver on resilient connectivity

  Report reveals stark finding that IoT success is in danger of being jeopardised as only 1% of firms are achieving ubiquitous global connectivity

• October 10, 2023 10 Oct'23

  Deutsche Telekom unveils new global enterprise network

  Global network to use operator’s globally distributed mobile networks and AWS global backbone

• October 10, 2023 10 Oct'23

  Openreach Scotland broadband build reaches one million properties

  Pace of UK ultrafast broadband roll-out in Scotland quickens as Openreach reveals that deployment passes one million homes and businesses while defying received wisdom regarding locations as small towns dominate list of places with highest levels of...

• October 10, 2023 10 Oct'23

  MGM faces £100m loss from cyber attack on its casinos

  MGM Resorts has provided further details on the fallout of the hack targeting its casinos in early September, confirming that a range of personal information has been stolen and that it will likely cost the firm around $100m

• October 10, 2023 10 Oct'23

  UK altnets see record-breaking data consumption, warn of rural dislocation

  Two of the UK’s leading alternative broadband suppliers reveal key opportunities and challenges in addressing the increasing connectivity needs of businesses, especially those located outside of metropolitan areas

• October 10, 2023 10 Oct'23

  Singtel NaaS offering to ease hybrid network management

  Singtel CUBΣ is touted to make it easier for enterprises to manage, scale and automate deployment of networking resources in a hybrid network environment

• October 10, 2023 10 Oct'23

  IT and contact centre leaders embrace conversational AI or fear falling behind

  Study finds contact centres are on the precipice of a new era as AI begins to deliver and users are increasingly turning to digital channels for information, purchases and support. But efficiency and effectiveness a point of contention

• October 10, 2023 10 Oct'23

  Vodafone inks Open RAN landmark in Italy and makes first Open RAN call in Romania

  Operator and leading coms tech provider unveil technology partnership in key territory designed to strengthen Europe’s standing in software-based networks and achieve functionality and performance parity that compares to its purpose-built solutions