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• February 15, 2019 15 Feb'19

  (ISC)² invests in professional development of security workforce

  Security industry association sets up Professional Development Institute to extend training offerings beyond certification

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  Central Saint Martins hosts Three’s 5G trial for London Fashion Week

  Three’s trial 5G network will enable the world’s first augmented reality fashion show at Central Saint Martins, while consumers can test out a prototype network at its flagship store

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  Satellite broadband secures Cornish observatory a brighter future

  The Tolcarn Observatory near St Austell in Cornwall is putting its money where its mouth is and using satellite broadband to enhance its research work and educational outreach

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  CIO interview: Neil Holden, IT director, Halfords Group

  Motoring and bicycles retailer is growing its use of cloud, expanding on data analytics and exploring new technologies such as artificial intelligence

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  Born to be wired

  IBM is helping legendary US motorcycle maker Harley-Davidson to get its motor running with a cloud-based service for a new electric bike

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  Apple Business Chat powers Npower’s smart meter switch

  Energy supplier is using Apple Business Chat to help users through the process of switching onto new smart gas and electricity meters

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  Government rules out blockchain at borders until after Brexit due to 'significant work' required

  A previous HMRC pilot of distributed ledger technology will not provide any short-term solution to issues around UK borders after Brexit

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  Google to spend $13bn in 2019 on additional US datacentres and offices

  Search giant Google sets its sights on expanding its presence across the US during 2019 to accommodate the demand for its consumer and enterprise-focused internet and cloud services

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  Cisco CEO brushes off Brexit and other crises

  Chuck Robbins has been speaking about the networking business’ resilience in the face of multiple geopolitical trends and crises, and says his customers just can’t stop spending

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• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  NTT Data announces winner of UK regional heat for its ninth global Open Innovation Contest

  The UK regional heat for NTT Data's Open Innovation Contest has been won by startup GeoSpock

• February 14, 2019 14 Feb'19

  Action needed as venture capitalists reluctant to invest in fintechs founded by women

  Action is needed if fintechs set up by women are to receive the same level of venture capitalist backing as those set up by men

• February 13, 2019 13 Feb'19

  Chinese AI startup claims breakthrough in pediatric diagnosis

  Yitu Healthcare claims over 90% accuracy when diagnosing a range of pediatric diseases using a natural language processing system

• February 13, 2019 13 Feb'19

  Businesses fail to grasp the true cost of public cloud

  Public cloud infrastructure as a service sounds good on paper, but a survey has found that many IT professionals are seriously overspending

• February 13, 2019 13 Feb'19

  Manchester not-for-profit launches campaign to encourage girls into STEM

  Not-for-profit trade organisation Manchester digital has launched a campaign to encourage more young women to pursue STEM careers

• February 13, 2019 13 Feb'19

  NHS must use email by default, says health secretary Matt Hancock

  Secretary of state for health and social care criticises NHS staff who insist on only sending letters to patients, and says modern, secure communications will save lives

• February 13, 2019 13 Feb'19

  Lenovo offers enterprises access to on-premise datacentre kit on cloud-like pay-as-you-go terms

  Chinese PC maker Lenovo wants to make it easier for enterprises to access on-premise datacentre resources without needing to invest huge sums of money in purchasing it

• February 13, 2019 13 Feb'19

  Accenture to use virtual reality for inclusive hiring practices

  Tech giant Accenture has started using technologies such as augmented and virtual reality to make its hiring process less biased

• February 13, 2019 13 Feb'19

  Cloud and backup top storage priorities for 2019

  Deploying the cloud for primary and secondary storage and backup and archiving project top project priorities in 2019. SAN, NAS and hyper-convergence also prominent

• February 13, 2019 13 Feb'19

  Australian government warns of blockchain gaps

  Digital Transformation Agency dispels some myths around blockchain, calling for government agencies to be cautious about using the technology

• February 13, 2019 13 Feb'19

  London and Helsinki digital partnership challenges big IT platforms

  CDOs of London and Helsinki meet at London’s City Hall to sign a city-to-city digital declaration around AI, open data and digital innovation

• February 12, 2019 12 Feb'19

  London tech giants commit to creating one million tech jobs by 2023

  London private sector network Tech London Advocates has launched a pledge signed by hundreds of tech sector greats to create a million tech jobs in the city over the next five years

• February 12, 2019 12 Feb'19

  Legacy systems holding banks back from meeting demand for instant accounts

  Banks are struggling to meet customer demand to open accounts instantly because of legacy IT systems and processes

• February 12, 2019 12 Feb'19

  Chesterfield NHS trust consolidates 30 data management systems into one with Civica

  Chesterfield Royal Hospital NHS Foundation Trust aims to become a paperless organisation by 2020

• February 12, 2019 12 Feb'19

  Deloitte will double Hyderabad workforce to support demand for technology services

  Deloitte will add 40,000 staff at its operation in Hyderabad, with IT professionals accounting for a significant portion of employees

• February 12, 2019 12 Feb'19

  Explainable AI: How and why did the AI say ‘true’?

  The answer to the ultimate question of life, the universe and everything is 42, according to Deep Thought in ‘The Hitchhiker’s Guide to the Galaxy’ – but experts need to explain AI decisions

• February 12, 2019 12 Feb'19

  IR35 reforms: Contractors lack confidence in private sector to manage April 2020 rule change

  Research from IR35 consultancy Qdos suggests contractors lack confidence in the ability of private sector firms to adequately determine how they should be taxed after April 2020

• February 12, 2019 12 Feb'19

  Telegram bot gets users hooked

  Popular social media service provides a rich set of features for cyber criminals, RSA warns

• February 12, 2019 12 Feb'19

  Tech and charity partnership encourages girls into STEM

  US datacentre hardware firm’s partnership with two Irish organisations will encourage young women to pursue tech careers as STEM competition is launched

• February 12, 2019 12 Feb'19

  Dutch developer offers businesses nuclear security option for communications

  Startup that created the secure platform for communication between world leaders at the 2014 Nuclear Security Summit in the Netherlands seeks to revolutionise business mail

• February 12, 2019 12 Feb'19

  Digital project failure still off the menu

  Eight years ago, YouTube head Susan Wojcick described eight pillars that Google uses to innovate – but IT pros are still failing to fail fast

• February 12, 2019 12 Feb'19

  APAC healthcare providers losing $23m to cyber attacks

  Healthcare organisations in the Asia-Pacific region could lose an average of $23.3m to cyber attacks, including losses from productivity and customer churn, a study finds

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  Lauri Love takes legal action against NCA for return of seized computers

  Lauri Love, a former engineering student who won a battle with the US Department of Justice against extradition to the US to face hacking charges, is suing the UK's intelligence agency, the NCA, for the return of his seized computers

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  Legal & General Capital ploughs investment into Kao Data’s Essex-based datacentre campus

  Financial services giant’s investment arm embarks on sizeable investment to support the continued expansion of Kao Data's colocation campus in Harlow

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  Click & collect will grow 45% over next five years

  Clothing and footwear lead growth as UK’s click & collect market is set to hit £10bn by 2023, research suggests

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  More than one-third of women deterred by lack of diversity in tech

  In a survey, just over one-third of women in the technology sector said the lack of gender equality in the industry made them uncomfortable at the start of their career

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  Vodafone announces winners of Techstarter accelerator

  Vodafone has announced the winners of its startup accelerator programme, aimed at helping young companies developing technology for social good

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  AI and robotics to form part of curriculum for future medical students

  For the NHS to capitalise on the digital future, new technologies such as artificial intelligence and robotics will have to be designed into the learning process for medical students

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  British Airways settles legal claim with CBRE over May 2017 Bank Holiday datacentre outage

  British Airways confirms its legal proceedings against CBRE have now concluded, on a non-admission of liability basis

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  London attracted more tech talent than rest of Europe in 2018

  London was the top European destination for international tech talent in 2018, attracting more skilled workers than the rest of Europe, according to research

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  Culture clash cripples digital business

  CIOs urged to work with HR to help staff take on new working practices that support digital transformation initiatives

• February 11, 2019 11 Feb'19

  Build strategic artificial intelligence, but buy for lower research and development risk

  There is no shortcut to creating an AI-empowered business, but it is expected that 10% of all IT spending will be on artificial intelligence by 2025

• February 10, 2019 10 Feb'19

  Australia’s defence department keeps old PCs out of landfills

  Department has securely wiped data from used devices and kept 1,300 tonnes of e-waste out of landfills

• February 08, 2019 08 Feb'19

  Mumsnet denies 'thousands' affected by software glitch-induced data breach

  Parenting advice site Mumsnet moves to clear up reports that thousands of users have been affected by its recent data breach

• February 08, 2019 08 Feb'19

  Lloyds Bank rolls out open banking functionality to mobile app customers

  Lloyds Bank customers can now see current accounts from multiple banks through their mobile banking app

• February 08, 2019 08 Feb'19

  NHS extends trials of digital identity system

  The NHS in England is working with external organisations in new pilots to test its secure online login system for healthcare

• February 08, 2019 08 Feb'19

  Brexit is killing full-fibre broadband and 5G roll-outs, says CBI

  A CBI report has warned that Brexit is “sucking the oxygen” out of digital priorities such as full-fibre broadband roll-out and 5G mobile network deployment

• February 07, 2019 07 Feb'19

  Interview: Moving to DataOps

  During a London data science popup meeting, Computer Weekly caught up with MoneySuperMarket.com’s analytics head, Harvinder Atwal

• February 07, 2019 07 Feb'19

  Businesses still figuring out digital transformation have already lost

  Accenture is calling it a post-digital era, one where businesses are already looking beyond digitisation to capitalise on new tech-driven opportunities

• February 07, 2019 07 Feb'19

  Nordic region primed to pioneer 5G

  The Nordic region could pioneer the commercial use of 5G, with Finland and Sweden hotbeds for the technology

• February 07, 2019 07 Feb'19

  Government legislates to bring back roaming charges in no-deal Brexit

  All four UK operators have said they have no plans to reintroduce roaming charges, but EE, O2 and Vodafone have not committed themselves not to do so

• February 07, 2019 07 Feb'19

  Tech Nation launches its first cyber security scale-up accelerator programme

  Tech Nation hopes the accelerator programme will boost the UK's digital security sector

• February 07, 2019 07 Feb'19

  T-Systems cuts size of datacentre estate by 85% through technology refresh

  The IT services arm of Deutsche Telekom has culled the number of datacentres it operates from 89 to 13, but claims to have seen its compute capacity increase by 25%

• February 07, 2019 07 Feb'19

  Data breaches in Australia show no sign of abating

  Australia’s privacy watchdog recorded over 800 cases of data breaches, nearly one year into the country’s mandatory data breach notification regime

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  US Department of Defense backs multi-cloud model to support $10bn JEDI mega-cloud deployment

  The US Department of Defense has fleshed out its cloud strategy, as the industry awaits news of who has secured the decade-long contract for its $10bn mega-cloud environment

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  Self-driving cars get updated guidelines for trial safety and transparency

  The Department for Transport has issued guidance on trial safety and transparency for self-driving cars, and is sticking by its pledge to have self-driving cars on Britain’s roads in the next two years

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  Huawei: We are not spying on the UK

  Huawei’s Ryan Ding tells the British government that the company has never, and will never, use its technology to assist the Chinese intelligence services

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  Virgin Media tests 8Gbps home broadband service

  Fifty residents of Papworth, Cambridgeshire, are trialling an 8Gbps FTTP broadband service using existing fibre infrastructure

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  CIO interview: David Walliker, Liverpool Women’s & Royal Liverpool and Broadgreen NHS Trusts

  Being CIO for two different NHS trusts is not an easy task, but David Walliker splits his time between the two, aiming to deliver digital transformation across the board

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  NHS screening programmes plagued by ‘not fit for purpose’ IT

  ‘Complex and ageing IT’ is causing issues for several NHS screening programmes, according to the National Audit Office

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  Suffolk County Council awards 20-year WAN contract

  MLL Telecom will work with CityFibre to extend Suffolk County Council’s existing WAN to 600 sites and offer them ultrafast connectivity services

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  Synergy Research Group hails 2018 as standout year for cloud infrastructure market growth

  The financial performance of the big cloud giants during the last quarter of 2018 prompts market watcher Synergy Research Group to declare it a "banner year" for the market

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  Coders and developers: The new heroes of the network?

  Cisco is moving towards a software-based future. We chatted to Susie Wee, founder and leader of Cisco developer and innovation programme, DevNet, to find out how she is helping to enable this change

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  UK’s IT and BPO spend plummets because of Brexit uncertainty

  UK businesses cut their investment in IT and business process outsourcing last year because of confusion over Brexit, but there was a 68% rise in public sector spending

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  What is CIO best practice when it comes to cloud security?

  As businesses increasingly adopt cloud-first strategies, how can they ensure their security is up to scratch? Computer Weekly asks the experts

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  Tech sector tells government that digital identity policy is 'urgently required'

  The UK tech sector has urged the government to publish policy to support the creation of a “fully functioning” digital identity market, to boost the digital economy

• February 06, 2019 06 Feb'19

  Telegraph Media Group switches out AWS to go all-in on Google Cloud

  Telegraph Media Group CIO Chris Taylor on why the newspaper publisher is switching out AWS to go all-in on the Google Cloud Platform

• February 05, 2019 05 Feb'19

  Civil liberties groups to challenge bulk surveillance and intelligence sharing in Strasbourg

  Coalition of campaigning groups wins the right to challenge the UK’s use of bulk surveillance powers, which allows suspicionless surveillance of the population and sharing of intercepted data with overseas intelligence agencies, in European Court of...

• February 05, 2019 05 Feb'19

  Marks & Spencer launches charging banks as part of startup partnership

  Retailer Marks & Spencer has announced it will be adding battery charging banks to its stores as part of startup partnership

• February 05, 2019 05 Feb'19

  Digital Isle of Man launches two initiatives to help blockchain businesses

  The Isle of Man continues to promote itself as an international hub for technology startups, and is now taking a much keener interest in blockchain

• February 05, 2019 05 Feb'19

  Payday lender cuts troubleshooting by 30% with Virtual Instruments

  Curo Financial thought storage was slowing down its websites, but found virtual machine and network issues were to blame. To fix this, it’s going proactive on storage performance issues

• February 05, 2019 05 Feb'19

  Cambridge launches urban data IoT project

  The city of Cambridge will use Telensa IoT sensors and a Microsoft Azure platform to better manage its urban data assets

• February 05, 2019 05 Feb'19

  Alphabet 2018 results: 23% growth, profit squeeze from investment

  Alphabet – the conglomerate that includes Google and the search giant’s cloud business – grew revenue 23% in 2018, and stoked up R&D investment

• February 05, 2019 05 Feb'19

  CIO interview: David Germain, CITO, RSA Insurance Group

  Insurance giant’s chief information and technology officer wants to refresh the company’s user computing environment, make smart technology investments and take advantage of the latest innovations

• February 05, 2019 05 Feb'19

  BBC seeks to increase younger audience through data analytics

  The BBC’s head of product, Rebecca Salsbury, talks about the broadcaster’s work to improve its use of data analytics to attract more young viewers

• February 04, 2019 04 Feb'19

  Interview: The power of open source

  Stefanie Chiras, who heads up RHEL at Red Hat, discusses how open source enables enterprises to benefit from tech innovations

• February 04, 2019 04 Feb'19

  Don’t bank on Google Bank, bank on banks becoming Google-like

  The journey to Google bank is happening as the UK 's Lloyds Bank signals its intent to move to a platform inspired by the workings of the Google engine room

• February 04, 2019 04 Feb'19

  Government restates SME spend commitment as large suppliers win more cloud hosting deals

  An analysis of the G-Cloud and Digital Outcomes and Specialists (DOS) framework sales figures suggests proportion of cloud hosting deals going to big suppliers is continuing to rise

• February 04, 2019 04 Feb'19

  Swiss bank moves away from file with Cloudian object storage

  PostFinance opts for Cloudian object storage as it migrates 100 million files away from NetApp and builds S3-compatible archives for Hadoop and Apache Spark

• February 04, 2019 04 Feb'19

  Massive uptick in cyber attacks targeting Student Loans Company

  Cyber criminals used a range of techniques, as well as malware, malicious emails and calls, in attempts to access confidential financial data belonging to students, in massive uptick in attacks in the past year

• February 04, 2019 04 Feb'19

  Dedicated blockchain accelerator opens doors to first cohort

  A new accelerator programme, which balances business and wellness, takes seven startups into its first cohort

• February 03, 2019 03 Feb'19

  Alibaba Cloud teams up with SMU on training programme

  Alibaba Cloud will equip small and medium-sized enterprises with cloud computing and other technology skills through a partnership with Singapore Management University

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  Met Police deploys live facial recognition technology for ninth time

  Police say technology is helping to prevent and detect crime by identifying wanted criminals, but privacy groups have voiced their opposition

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  Orange acquires UK’s SecureData

  The Orange telecommunications group is to acquire UK cyber security firm SecureData to strengthen its leadership position in Europe in this sector

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  Innocent people arrested following surveillance blunders, IPCO reveals

  Interception of communications commissioner Adrian Fulford warns of “grave” repercussions for people wrongly identified as suspects due to errors made when government bodies access email, phone and telephone data

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  TSB blames IT disaster for huge losses

  TSB made a huge loss in its latest financial year because of costs it incurred as a result of an IT disaster

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  How TensorFlow makes Candy Crush virtual players

  Researchers have used artificial intelligence to beat humans in popular games such as Chess and Go, but King, developer of Candy Crush, has found a novel use for it

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  ICO to audit Leave.EU and Eldon Insurance

  UK privacy watchdog will audit the data protection practices at Leave.EU and Eldon Insurance and has confirmed fines for both companies for unlawful marketing messages

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  Fundamentals of retail won’t change despite tech disruption, say experts

  Digital is becoming a big part of the way customers shop and how retailers deliver services, but the focus will always be on the customer, says panel of experts at BRC event

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  Watercolour World digitises ‘photographs’ of the pre-camera age

  Charity dedicated to making thousands of fragile pre-1900 watercolour paintings available on the web has launched its site with help from Fujitsu scanner maker PFU

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  New stolen credentials cache puts spotlight on authentication

  The discovery of billions more stolen usernames and passwords in Collections #2 to #5 have prompted fresh calls for the implementation of better authentication methods across industry

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  BT stockpiles networking kit for no-deal Brexit as Patterson exits

  Outgoing BT boss Gavin Patterson shared some details on the company’s contingency planning for a feared no-deal Brexit as chief executive Philip Jansen formally takes charge of the business

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  AWS reports fourth quarter revenue growth of 45% as public cloud demand continues apace

  Amazon's cloud arm appears to be pulling away, in performance terms, from its parent's company's e-tail business, having generated more operating income during 2018 than its North American retail operations

• February 01, 2019 01 Feb'19

  Clydesdale, Yorkshire and Virgin Money opt for OpenShift digital push

  Banking group CYBG uses OpenShift to roll out a common set of services and improve developer productivity

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  Freelancers hold generally positive attitudes towards gig economy

  Report finds that digital labour-sharing platforms are increasingly popular among freelancers

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  Cisco Live Europe: Intent-based networking meets the IoT head-on

  Networking and communications technology supplier Cisco plans to bring intent-based networking techniques to bear on the internet of things

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  No-deal Brexit could lead to data issues, MPs told

  Trade body TechUK is concerned smaller companies are far from ready for a no-deal scenario, while warning that leaving without a deal could lead to serious data issues for businesses

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  Airbus investigates personnel data breach

  Intruders were detected in the information systems of manufacturer’s commercial aircraft business, highlighting the need for a new approach to data protection

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  How Airbus handles IoT network traffic in manufacturing

  The internet of things is set to power the fourth industrial revolution, providing data to optimise manufacturing. Airbus is starting to put sensors in aircraft assembly

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  Facebook profit up despite privacy failings

  Social media giant reports profit gains for the last quarter and the past year, despite a string of privacy blunders that came to light in 2018

• January 31, 2019 31 Jan'19

  Microsoft cloud powers earnings boost

  CEO Satya Nadella claims Azure compute services are the starting point for digitisation, as businesses add higher value services like AI