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• April 02, 2019 02 Apr'19

  Welsh government buys Microsoft Office 365 for teachers and pupils

  The Welsh government will provide Microsoft Office 365 ProPlus across 1,521 maintained schools in Wales

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Black Hat Asia 2019: Get ready for the cyber arms race

  The arms race is now squarely in the cyber realm as defence teams and threat actors arm themselves with AI tools

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  How Australia’s Curtin University is transforming the digital classroom

  The Perth-based institution has been using collaborative learning spaces to better engage students and bring its classes to the world

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Azure Stack HCI: Hyper-converged, but not as Azure as you’d think

  Microsoft has re-branded Windows Server Software Defined to put hyper-converged to the fore, but Azure Stack HCI isn’t totally in sync with the Azure Stack on-premise cloud platform

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Fidor founder leaves as parent bank plots future

  The founder of digital challenger bank Fidor leaves company as traditional banking parent company tries to sell business

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Rapidly multiplying IoT cyber attacks use well-known weaknesses

  Internet of things threats and attacks are increasing rapidly, but rely on well-known security weaknesses, security researchers discover

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Digital industries lead UK economy

  Technology, media and creative businesses are leading national economic growth, according to research

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Consumers still important as Dutch satnav pioneer maps B2B future

  TomTom is focusing on the business-to-business sector, but its consumer base is an important part of its strategy

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  CLA calls for government intervention on rural 4G coverage

  Country Land and Business Association urges government to consider broadband-style interventions to improve 4G mobile network coverage in rural areas

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• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Broadband compensation rules come into force

  Regulations that guarantee consumers’ rights to automatic compensation from broadband providers when things go wrong have come into force, and many suppliers have a lot of work to do

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Zuckerberg calls for new internet regulation

  Facebook chief calls for new internet regulation in four key areas to define clear responsibilities for people, companies and governments, including more GDPR-aligned data protection rules

• April 01, 2019 01 Apr'19

  Singapore government to review data security in public sector

  A high-level committee comprising ministers and private sector security experts will review data security practices and recommend measures to better protect citizens’ data

• March 31, 2019 31 Mar'19

  Frame founder talks up VDI approaches in Australia

  The founder of Nutanix-owned Frame discusses VDI adoption trends in Australia, including the issue of bandwidth

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  How research firm Icon is using analytics and wearables to enhance clinical trials

  The company is investing in emergent technology to boost the attractiveness of trials as a care option and attract more participants, while enhancing internal efficiency around drug and device development.

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Middle East countries accelerate quantum computing research

  Gulf countries must invest in quantum computing research to ensure they continue to to remain digital pioneers

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Met Office seeks chief information security officer

  The national weather service wants to recruit a new leader to spearhead a cyber security enhancement programme

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Magento e-commerce sites urged to apply security update

  Security experts are urging companies using the Magento e-commerce site to apply security updates without delay to avoid a disastrous hacking campaign

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Major shake-up of TSB IT after core banking system migration disaster

  TSB has restructured its IT team to give its internal team control of its core banking system

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  ICO kicks off sandbox beta to support innovation

  The UK’s privacy watchdog has launched the first phase of an initiative aimed at enhancing data protection while supporting business innovation

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Interview: Mark Gray, director of digital transformation, Crown Prosecution Service

  The introduction of fully digital services to improve stakeholder engagement is among the highlights of a world-first transformation initiative in the criminal justice system

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Commvault adds “tape killer” AWS Glacier Deep Archive cold storage

  Backup provider to offer 1-cent-a-gigabyte AWS Glacier Deep Archive as a target in a move that mirrors a trend towards the cloud and away from tape among Commvault customers

• March 29, 2019 29 Mar'19

  Huawei looks to ISPs for enterprise business growth

  The Chinese technology bigwig is counting on internet service providers to fuel its enterprise business in the South Pacific region

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Swan lands in Scottish Highlands

  Capita’s Scottish public sector network, also known as Swan, is to be extended to 150 sites in the Highland towns of Fort William, Inverness, Thurso and Wick

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Infosec pros slam government-mandated backdoors

  Government-mandated encryption backdoors increase vulnerability to nation-state attacks, according to the majority of cyber security professionals

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Huawei making no progress on addressing security concerns

  Huawei has made no material progress on addressing the issues identified last year by the NCSC, according to the latest highly critical report from its HSCEC Oversight Board

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Encryption adoption driven by new tech and compliance

  The adoption of encryption is at its highest level yet, driven by the need to protect data generated by new digital initiatives, but still less than half of organisations are applying it consistently across the enterprise

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Post Office made to repay public money it allocated to fund Horizon litigation

  A senior civil servant asked the Post Office to repay public money it had wrongly allocated to paying legal costs

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Businesses losing out on early payment discounts due to outdated software

  Chief financial officers need to upgrade their accounting software to benefit from discounts available for paying suppliers early

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Norway datacentre strategy producing dividend

  Norway's strategy to become a favourable location for Nordic datacentres is gathering steam

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Singapore’s UOB signs up for VMware Cloud on AWS

  United Overseas Bank has become the first in Southeast Asia to use VMware Cloud on AWS in its move to the hybrid cloud

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  How Sainsbury’s is developing a wider understanding of data science

  Data is of increasing importance to retailers when it comes to dealing with needy customers. Sainsbury’s supermarket is developing its data talent to optimise its opportunities

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Swedish companies increasingly using private networks to communicate with ecosystem

  Swedish IT leaders are increasingly turning to private networks to communicate with other businesses in their ecosystem

• March 28, 2019 28 Mar'19

  Scottish government advances payments programme

  Platform is intended to support outbound and inbound payments and could integrate Gov.UK Pay in Scotland

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  UK IoT research centre to tackle cyber risk

  A government-backed national IoT research centre has been launched as part of UK efforts to become a world leader in tackling cyber threats  

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Oslo car-free plan builds on micro-mobility trend

  Norway’s capital steers away from reliance on cars as political agenda is aided by technological innovation to realise social goals

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Insurance company Tokio Marine HCC overhauls legacy systems

  Tokio Marine HCC has partnered with Incessant Technologies to implement business process automation software, which is helping the company to mitigate the risks associated with its disparate legacy systems

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Cyber attacks targeting industrial control systems on the rise

  Malicious cyber activity increased to almost half of the industrial infrastructure protected by Kaspersky Lab in 2018, but the UK is among the most secure countries, the security firm reports

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Government expects NHS IT overhaul will unleash innovation

  Common technical standards, modular contracts and a fintech-style regulatory model will underpin the new approach to technology in the health service in England

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Hyperscale demand for colocation offsets softening take-up from enterprises, research shows

  Latest quarterly tracker data from Synergy Research Group highlights the positive impact the hyperscalers are having on the global colocation market, at a time when enterprise demand for their services appears to be softening

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Volkswagen broadens public cloud commitment by partnering with AWS

  Automotive manufacturing giant Volkswagen Group is continuing to build out its cloud strategy by setting out plans to work with Amazon Web Services to revamp its manufacturing processes

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Mind the overlap between GDPR and ePD, warns privacy lawyer

  Organisations need to be aware of the overlaps between European data protection and privacy rules, and which takes precedence, a privacy lawyer warns

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Amadeus deploys cloud-native shopping application on Google cloud

  Amadeus has moved off mainframes and is redeveloping its software to be cloud native. Its Master Pricer is the first of its core application to be deployed on Google

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Norsk Hydro cyber attack cost estimates up to $41m

  Initial estimates have put the financial impact of last week’s ransomware attack on the Norwegian aluminium producer of up to nearly $41m, raising questions about cyber insurance coverage

• March 27, 2019 27 Mar'19

  Salesforce opens AI research outfit in Singapore

  Cloud-based software giant Salesforce will train up to 100 postgraduate students over three years in artificial intelligence technology

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Web inventor wants a web built on solid data principles

  Tim Berners-Lee has urged app developers to be courteous to users’ data privacy, saying users should own their own data and apps need to interoperate

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Police make 61 arrests in global crackdown on dark web

  Law enforcement agencies from the US, Canada and Europe, including the UK, have joined forces to target suppliers and buyers of illegal goods on dark web marketplaces and warn buyers of risks

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  IT complexity raises concerns of certificate-related outages

  Company executives are concerned that increased IT complexity will result in more security certificate-related outages, with nearly two-thirds of organisations affected in the past year

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Police algorithms should be regulated, says think tank

  Better use and regulation of data-driven technologies should be the norm in UK policing, according to research

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Europe passes controversial Copyright Directive

  The European Parliament has passed a new Copyright Directive, including a number of highly controversial articles

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  BT switches on quantum network link at Adastral Park

  BT has opened its quantum network link between its Adastral Park research base and the UK Quantum Network node at the University of Cambridge

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Women more at risk of job automation

  Because of the types of jobs more likely to be held by women, the female workforce is more at risk of automation, according to stats

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Asus releases fix for supply chain cyber attack

  Asus has released a fix for a supply chain attack and downplayed the impact on customers while promising to contact all those affected as incident highlights code signing vulnerabilities

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Nominet urges SMEs to register .uk domains to thwart squatters

  The automatic right of .co.uk domain name holders to register the shorter .uk domains ends in June

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Firms urged to gear up for new malware and tactics as threats proliferate

  The volume of malware attacks reached a record level in 2018, with UK and India bucking global trend of increased ransomware attacks, a study shows

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Oracle makes cloud pitch at OpenWorld Asia

  Oracle made a strong call for cloud at its inaugural OpenWorld event in Asia on the back of robust growth in cloud revenues

• March 26, 2019 26 Mar'19

  Geopolitical issues affecting cyber security

  Geopolitical issues are affecting business decisions, according to the majority of cyber security professionals, a survey shows

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Leading PC makers set to expand product range to target existing customers

  With little growth forecast, PC manufacturers are trying to tie in additional services with their hardware to lock in customers

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Artificial intelligence making major inroads into Russian banking

  Russian banks are identifying use cases for artificial intelligence, but the gradual adoption of the technology will require access to a deeper skills pool if it is to accelerate

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Security challenge is to move as fast as the business

  Adapting security to the pace at which the business is moving is one of the biggest challenges facing infosec professionals in the cloud era, says Palo Alto Networks

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Lack of security skills exposing business to attack

  The cyber skills shortage is leaving businesses at increased risk of attack as organisations continue to struggle to fill security-related positions, a survey shows

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Mike Lynch heads to High Court to defend against HP allegations

  The UK’s biggest fraud case commences, with the former CEO of Autonomy, Mike Lynch, attempting to clear his name

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Full-fibre broadband startup toob gets £75m funding round

  Broadband startup toob has received a £75m funding injection to begin a full-fibre roll-out

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Datacentre equipment manufacturers must make their firmware available

  Amendment to EcoDesign Directive aims to stimulate third-party maintenance market and encourage resale of second hand equipment

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  UK’s largest broadband suppliers failing on customer service

  Consumers say they’re unimpressed with BT, Sky, TalkTalk and Virgin Media, and fast-growing Vodafone has seen its customer satisfaction levels slump

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Small businesses hit hardest by cyber crime costs

  Small businesses felt the biggest impact of the UK’s cyber crime bill in 2018, research shows

• March 25, 2019 25 Mar'19

  Suse renews focus on APAC as independent firm

  Open source software company Suse plans to keep up with its growing business momentum in Asia by adding more headcount in emerging markets and shoring up call centre operations

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  Digital Darwinism unkind to those who wait, says Palo Alto

  As business-driven digital transformation, including the move to cloud, continues apace, companies need to rethink their approach to how they deploy and consume security, or risk being left behind

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  All change: What can suppliers and IT buyers expect from G-Cloud 11?

  The government is set to start accepting applications for the next iteration of G-Cloud from 25 March, but will it be more of the same or radical change for suppliers and public sector IT buyers this time around?

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  Half of women in tech say diversity is not a company priority

  Women in technology have claimed diversity is still not a focus for their company in a majority of cases, according to research

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  How Centrica used GDPR and Pegasystems to reward loyal customers

  Thanks to the EU’s General Data Protection Regulation, the utility provider has been able to fine-tune a digitally enabled initiative that works across the business

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  UK government at odds over Huawei threat

  The chair of the Science and Technology Committee has criticised the government’s vague response to concerns about Huawei’s activities in the UK

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  New Metropolitan Police database raises concerns of Gangs Matrix repeat

  The Metropolitan Police Service has been secretly developing a new database, but similarities to the controversial Gangs Matrix have raised concerns among data protection and racial equality activists

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  Facebook security policy and practices unfit, say infosec pros

  Confidence in Facebook’s ability to keep users’ data safe has once again been shaken by revelations of poor password protection practices, prompting calls for a security review

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  Manchester City Council CIO steps down

  In a return to the private sector, Bob Brown joins healthcare technology firm EMIS as chief solutions officer

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  Tech sector steams ahead in face of Brexit

  Salaries and hiring in the UK have remained stagnant since the announcement the UK would be leaving the EU, but the tech sector has not followed this trend

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  London launches open data cultural map

  The collated data on the capital's cultural locations is hoped to support local authorities, property developers and associations develop existing clusters and build creative infrastructure

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  UK police should not deploy live facial recognition technology until issues are resolved, MPs told

  The Science and Technology Committee has heard from the information and biometrics commissioners about the flawed use of live facial recognition technology by UK police

• March 22, 2019 22 Mar'19

  Government cyber security strategy is ‘chaotic’

  Responding to potential threats at a national level is unfeasible given the time ministers are currently dedicating to Brexit negotiations, says shadow Cabinet Office minister

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Interview: How the DWP Dojo innovates

  Juan Villamil, director of enterprise infrastructure and production operations at DWP Digital, discusses how the Department for Work and Pensions tests out new tech ideas

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Horizon IT system trial suspended after Post Office accuses judge of bias

  The Post Office legal team in the case brought by more than 500 subpostmasters has called for the judge to be recused after questioning his impartiality

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Towards a full-fibre Britain: the view from inside Openreach

  Openreach chairman Mike McTighe discusses progress on the national full-fibre broadband roll-out, the impact of Brexit, how to better engage with the CSP community, and why dark fibre isn’t the cure-all they might want it to be

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  GDS and Cabinet Office admit to over-optimism over Verify

  The system's architects blamed failures to deliver the objectives set out in the original business plan on the slow pace of digital transformation across government at a Public Accounts Committee session this week

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Openreach calls on CSPs to help formulate full-fibre strategy

  Openreach has opened a six-week consultation seeking views from the industry on how best to upgrade consumers to full-fibre broadband

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Norway’s IT sector and government to tackle skills shortage

  Norway's IT sector is getting much-needed government support to help improve access to talent

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Russian cyber espionage groups targeting EU governments

  Two Russian cyber espionage groups are targeting EU governments ahead of European elections, say researchers

• March 21, 2019 21 Mar'19

  Australian firms grapple with business-IT gap

  The growing chasm between business and IT has hit Australia more than other countries, according to a study on the state of digital transformation initiatives

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Spike in cyber attacks targeting Cisco Webex

  Cyber attacks targeting a leading web conference tool have increased dramatically and sextortion is becoming more popular with attackers, according to WatchGuard Technologies

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Pivot3 to target Azure, Google clouds and enhance AI/ML

  Hyper-converged infrastructure maker Pivot3 plans to extend backup for its appliance clusters to additional public clouds and optimise service levels across storage tiers and cache

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Police investigate Norsk Hydro ransomware attack

  Ransomware attack on one of the world’s largest aluminium producers is under police investigation

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Lack of viable business case holds back S/4 Hana projects

  Organisations on SAP’s ECC are only guaranteed support until 2025, and moving to the latest S/4 Hana ERP is a major undertaking

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  IBM demos quantum leap in artificial intelligence

  Working with MIT and Oxford university, the researchers have looked at how quantum computing can accelerate data classification in machine learning

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  EC fines Google €1.49bn for abusing ad market dominance

  The European Commission has fined Google for abusive practices in online advertising dating back to 2006

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Department for Transport launches future of urban mobility plan

  Future of Mobility minister Jesse Norman launches “biggest review into transport in a generation”

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  UK cyber experts to support global company boards

  A consortium of UK cyber security experts and academics is to support multinational company boards to tackle online threats and protect against cyber crime

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Colt picks Cisco to simplify 5G backhaul services

  Colt is to deploy Cisco’s segment routing and Ethernet VPN-based architecture on its IQ Network for mobile operators

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Fifth annual girls’ school techathon focuses on AI for social good

  Girls’ Day School Trust has held its fifth annual techathon to encourage more young women to pursue careers in tech

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Network Homes signs Hyperoptic broadband deal

  Expansion of Hyperoptic’s ultrafast network targets 20,000 properties in London and the south east

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Bournemouth and Northampton next in line for CityFibre broadband upgrade

  A £75m investment will see thousands of residential properties hooked up to full-fibre broadband services

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  Government can make better use of tech to tackle loneliness

  Report produced by Vodafone urges the government to exploit the potential of technology to alleviate loneliness among older people

• March 20, 2019 20 Mar'19

  UK government organisations’ email security lagging

  Email security in UK government organisations is lagging far behind that of central government, analysis reveals, with less than a third implementing standard protection