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• September 11, 2018 11 Sep'18

  Public cloud use surges among DDoS attackers, research shows

  According to data accrued by DDoS mitigation firm, Link11, the number of attackers that rely on public cloud services soared during the 12 months to June 2018

• September 10, 2018 10 Sep'18

  Keppel, Salim Group to build new datacentre in Indonesia

  The facility located on the outskirts of Jakarta is a response to the growing demand for connectivity and data services in Indonesia’s fast-growing digital economy

• September 10, 2018 10 Sep'18

  Cyber criminals outspend businesses in cyber security battle

  Cybercriminals are flexing their financial might and UK organisations are facing more attacks as a result

• September 10, 2018 10 Sep'18

  Can technology save our NHS?

  By the technophiles, digital is seen as the holy grail that will save our NHS, but is technology the answer, and how long will it be before we have a digital NHS?

• September 10, 2018 10 Sep'18

  Enterprise demand drives hike in storage sales, says IDC

  Healthy jump in all-flash and SAN/NAS sales is being driven by enterprise storage modernisation, but also by component price rises. Dell EMC and NetApp top the supplier sales charts

• September 10, 2018 10 Sep'18

  Irish tax office testing out artificial intelligence for customer services

  The Irish tax office and IT supplier Accenture tries out artificial intelligence for its customer service

• September 10, 2018 10 Sep'18

  Government positive to Science and Technology Committee’s report on algorithms

  The government has issued its overwhelmingly positive response to the Science and Technology Committee’s report on the use of algorithms in decision making, published earlier this year

• September 10, 2018 10 Sep'18

  Software maintenance contracts lack scrutiny

  Paying a fifth of the original software contract value every year for support, big fixes and updates does not seem like good value for money

• September 10, 2018 10 Sep'18

  Pladis aims to get closer to consumers with S/4 Hana

  Pladis, a UK-based Turkish-owned multinational biscuit and chocolate maker, has turned to cloud-delivered SAP software to move from a product-focused to a customer-centric way of doing business

• September 10, 2018 10 Sep'18

  Alibaba executive chairman Jack Ma to step down in 2019

  The executive chairman of Chinese online retail giant Alibaba is planning a year-long departure, as he prepares to hand over the company reins to CEO Daniel Zhang

• September 09, 2018 09 Sep'18

  Taming the data beast with software-defined storage

  Australian enterprises are turning to software-defined storage to improve data management and speed up testing and development

• September 07, 2018 07 Sep'18

  Senior civil servants address TechUK smarter state theme

  Senior government officials spoke at a TechUK “smarter state” event, revealing ambitious AI policy alongside a “back to basics” drive to get data right

• September 07, 2018 07 Sep'18

  Why AI should assist humans, not replace them

  At the 2018 Disruption Summit in London, BT’s lead of customer insight and futures said artificially intelligent systems should be there to assist humans, not get rid of them

• September 07, 2018 07 Sep'18

  RBS announces branch closures as part of cancelled project to create challenger bank

  The Royal Bank of Scotland has announced more branch closures and job losses as digital transformation continues to transform the sector

• September 07, 2018 07 Sep'18

  North Korean programmer charged for WannaCry attacks

  The US has charged a member of a group of North Korean hackers linked to the WannaCry, Sony Pictures and other cyber attacks around the world

• September 07, 2018 07 Sep'18

  UK hesitant over immersive technologies despite positivity abroad, survey finds

  UK businesses are lagging behind their counterparts in the US, France and China for AR and VR implementation, due to concerns over security and complexity

• September 07, 2018 07 Sep'18

  Argos launches voice shopping capability on Google Home Assistant

  Retailer Argos has developed a voice shopping service so customers can reserve items for pickup using the Google Home Assistant app

• September 07, 2018 07 Sep'18

  Facebook to build its first Asian datacentre in Singapore

  The high-rise facility will be the first of its kind to incorporate Facebook’s datacentre cooling system, cementing Singapore’s position as a datacentre hub

• September 07, 2018 07 Sep'18

  Ransomware down, but not out, report reveals

  Cryptojacking has taken over from ransomware as the top money spinner for cyber criminals, but the threat is not over and spam is also seeing a resurgence as an attack method, a report reveals

• September 07, 2018 07 Sep'18

  BA praised for swift GDPR-aligned action on data breach

  British Airways has been praised for its swift response to a customer data breach, which could be the first test case under the EU’s GDPR and new UK GDPR-aligned data protection laws

• September 06, 2018 06 Sep'18

  Health secretary Matt Hancock to boost NHS IT with £200m fund

  Matt Hancock will announce a £200m fund for further digital centres of excellence and plans to pilot the NHS app across England, but shadow health secretary Jonathan Ashworth calls the plans a “pipe dream”

• September 06, 2018 06 Sep'18

  Arriva ITSM implementation delivers beyond expectations

  Transport company replaces several tools with a single cloud-based ITSM platform

• September 06, 2018 06 Sep'18

  Chrome 69 security improvements welcomed

  The cyber security community has welcomed the improvements in the latest version of the Chrome browser, especially when it comes to generating strong, unique passwords

• September 06, 2018 06 Sep'18

  How Rituals is using Salesforce Commerce cloud to replicate physical experience online

  Cosmetics firm Rituals is using Salesforce Commerce Cloud to translate its website into 25 languages, helping the brand reach customers its physical stores can’t

• September 06, 2018 06 Sep'18

  All acute NHS trusts in England now using e-referrals

  NHS trusts have reached 100% uptake of NHS England’s e-referral service, ahead of October 2018 deadline

• September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18

  Tibco plugs streaming data gap in Spotfire

  New streaming data analytics capability in Tibco Spotfire X is expected to be well-received by enterprises in competitive markets across Asia-Pacific

• September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18

  The fintech startups to watch in the UK

  Tech Nation’s choice of fintech companies to back reflects the changes expected to hit financial services IT

• September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18

  Government projects watchdog recommends terminating Gov.uk Verify identity project

  Infrastructure & Projects Authority says Whitehall departments are unwilling to fund flagship GDS identity programme – cancellation would mean writing off at least £130m spent so far

• September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18

  Health minister launches code of conduct for health tech data

  The code of conduct – focused around data-driven tech such as AI – aims to deepen trust between researchers, innovators, patients and clinicians, according to health minister James O’Shaughnessy

• September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18

  Nordic states collaborate in Arctic IT projects

  Nordic countries are working together to introduce advanced communications networks in the most isolated Northerly regions

• September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18

  If we don't digitise NHS, we are condemning people to die, says NHS England’s operational director

  NHS England’s national director for operations, Matthew Swindells, calls for a complete overhaul of the way the NHS delivers care, claiming the current model “is not viable”

• September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18

  How Ocado has disrupted its own model

  At the Disruption Summit in London, Ocado’s head of technology explained how the firm built a technology-based model for efficient grocery delivery and how it has been disrupting that ever since

• September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18

  Slow cloud take-up among IT execs limits joined-up customer experience

  Cloud computing promises to declutter IT and link systems easily. Despite the benefits, adoption of the cloud for customer engagement remains low

• September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18

  Amazon becomes second publicly traded company to hit $1tn market cap

  Retail giant Amazon follows Apple's lead to become second company in history to achieve a $1tn market cap, with analysts predicting that its market value could double by 2020

• September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18

  Half a million UK firms hit by CEO fraud, Lloyds Bank estimates

  Nearly 500,000 UK businesses are being hit by impersonation fraud, according to estimations by Lloyds Bank, with the legal sector most at risk

• September 05, 2018 05 Sep'18

  People top target for cyber attackers, report confirms

  As security controls have improved, cyber attackers are increasingly focusing their efforts on people within organisations as a way into corporate IT systems, a report confirms

• September 04, 2018 04 Sep'18

  Tibco to tackle blockchain challenges

  Integration and analytics software supplier Tibco has formed a new lab to tackle the challenges of implementing blockchain and other emerging technologies

• September 04, 2018 04 Sep'18

  DDN to make enterprise push with Tintri’s VM-aware storage

  DDN set to add Tintri’s portfolio of all-flash and hybrid flash arrays to its product offering following the purchase of the VM-aware storage pioneer after it filed for bankruptcy in June

• September 04, 2018 04 Sep'18

  Element AI teams up with AI Singapore

  The Canadian upstart is co-developing AI applications for local industries as part of its efforts to build new research capabilities via local talent pools

• September 04, 2018 04 Sep'18

  Britons concerned over security of contactless payments, research finds

  Despite the popularity of contactless payments ahead of cash, Britons are worried about the security of tap and go

• September 04, 2018 04 Sep'18

  Three forthcoming government services to use Gov.uk Verify

  Government Digital Service is in the process of private beta testing its identity assurance platform with three new central government services

• September 04, 2018 04 Sep'18

  CIOs raise concerns over Brexit-related developer skills exodus

  IT leaders are worried that they will not have enough software developers to support their companies through Brexit

• September 04, 2018 04 Sep'18

  UK and allies call for backdoors in encryption products

  The Five Eyes intelligence alliance is calling on tech firms to include backdoors in their encrypted products to give access to law enforcement authorities or face various measures

• September 04, 2018 04 Sep'18

  TSB CEO out after months of IT problems

  TSB’s CEO, Paul Pester, is stepping down after the bank and its customers were beset by another round of IT problems

• September 04, 2018 04 Sep'18

  Government confirms West Midlands to become home to UK's first large-scale 5G test bed

  The government has confirmed the West Midlands will be used to carry out the UK's first large-scale test of 5G technology, with trials centred on its use in the health, construction and automotive sectors

• September 03, 2018 03 Sep'18

  Zurich begins startup competition to improve its strategy for digital-savvy customers

  The insurance company has begun a competition across 20 countries in a bid to find the latest innovative products from startups.

• September 03, 2018 03 Sep'18

  Regulations might prove make-or-break aspect for Dutch scooter startups

  If new startups get their way, the classical Dutch bicycles might soon be replaced by a new mode of transportation: a scooter. New companies see a huge potential market, but regulations might become a barrier

• September 03, 2018 03 Sep'18

  CIO interview: Ian Cohen, global CIO, Addison Lee

  Addison Lee’s global CIO is building a business strategy and ensuring the transport company has a flexible platform for growth

• September 03, 2018 03 Sep'18

  Dutch bank ING sees financial boost from employee performance management rethink

  ING claims business has improved after replacing ‘scattered and fragmented’ IT systems to change the way it manages employee performance

• September 03, 2018 03 Sep'18

  NHS organisations in south-east England choose BT for HSCN

  BT will provide broadband services over the Health and Social Care Network to 24 NHS trusts and clinical commissioning groups in the south-east of England

• September 03, 2018 03 Sep'18

  Majority of UK firms not insured for data breaches

  Many UK firms are not insured against information security breaches and data loss, and would have to spend £1m on average to recover from a breach, a report reveals

• September 03, 2018 03 Sep'18

  Department for Transport invests £10m in digital journey planner

  Digital transport planning system will allow local authorities and utility companies to share and record data on roadworks to reduce disruption and delays for drivers

• August 31, 2018 31 Aug'18

  Fix data flows for best chance of success with S/4 Hana

  Moving to SAP S/4 Hana is not easy. But with the right preparation, businesses can map out and optimise the data flows between business processes

• August 31, 2018 31 Aug'18

  How Forest Holidays migrated its hosted website to a managed service

  Holiday firm Forest Holidays switched from Rackspace’s SME hosted service due to fast business growth, with new UCS hardware now living at Node4

• August 31, 2018 31 Aug'18

  DfE enrols BCS to deliver computer science teacher training programme

  Initial Teacher Training Scholarship Programme aims to encourage more people to train to teach science, technology, engineering and maths (Stem) subjects

• August 31, 2018 31 Aug'18

  Security Serious Week to feature flash mob event

  “Flash mob” event will create a human collage, highlighting cyber security advice

• August 31, 2018 31 Aug'18

  Met Police begins move to Microsoft Azure as cloud-first push gathers pace

  The Metropolitan Police has enlisted the help of G-Cloud supplier New Signature to support its cloud-first ambitions, as it pushes ahead with plans to migrate applications and its on-premise server capacity to Azure

• August 31, 2018 31 Aug'18

  UK partners with African countries to boost innovation

  UK government has launched partnerships in South Africa, Kenya and Nigeria to help startups grow and boost technology innovation in the region

• August 31, 2018 31 Aug'18

  Fraudulent money transfers are top aim of business email compromise

  Business email compromise is increasingly popular with cyber criminals to steal money and information as well as spread malware, security researchers find

• August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18

  Blockchain gains foothold in Australia

  A number of blockchain projects are under way in Australia, but questions remain about whether the technology is wanted

• August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18

  Cobalt cyber heist group mounts new campaign

  Security researchers discover new campaign using two malicious links to double the chances of infection, which is believed to be linked to a notorious cyber crime group

• August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18

  Voice set to project into workplace, predicts Gartner report

  AI-powered voice recognition is set to become part of the office environment within two years, according to Gartner

• August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18

  Cabinet Office extends private cloud deal with UKFast to safeguard emergency communications

  The Manchester-based hosting provider has seen its two-year private cloud contract with the Cabinet Office extended

• August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18

  Nearly half of NHS staff rely on instant messaging at work

  43% of NHS staff use apps such as WhatsApp and Facebook Messenger for work purposes, and most NHS trusts have no policy discouraging the use of instant messaging, according to supplier CommonTime

• August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18

  Accountant dumps Dell SAN for StorMagic hyper-converged

  Accounting firm ditches traditional SAN hardware for software-defined hyper-converged storage from StorMagic and avoids tens of thousands of dollars in capex costs

• August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18

  DevOps researchers shine light on toll that outsourcing takes on productivity of software developers

  DevOps teams that use cloud and open source software tend to be higher performers, while organisations that outsource portions of their software development processes tend to be less productive, 2018 Accelerate State of DevOps report suggests

• August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18

  Local councils should have a digital leader at board level, says TechUK

  Industry body calls on local councillors to have a digital-first mindset, drive transformation and ensure local authorities have digital leadership in place

• August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18

  Machine identity management crisis looming

  Managing machine identities is looming as the next big security challenge, a study reveals, with few organisations capable of protecting them as they increasingly form the basis of online communications

• August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18

  Fourth man jailed for iCloud celebrity hacking

  The final hacker charged with leaking nude images of female celebrities in 2014 has been jailed

• August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18

  US and UK days away from European Parliament ultimatum to suspend data transfers to the US

  Threat to Privacy Shield as the European Union and US approach a critical European Parliament deadline to suspend data transfers from the EU to the US

• August 30, 2018 30 Aug'18

  Singapore broadens access to AI skills

  A national artificial intelligence initiative in Singapore is being extended to the general population to dispel fears that machines will take over people’s jobs

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  Improving security is top driver for ISO 27001

  Organisations are implementing the ISO 27001 standard in recognition of the fact that cyber attacks are increasingly inevitable and that it is best to be well-prepared to fend off attacks and mitigate their effect

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  IBM brings AI-powered highlights tool to US Open tennis players

  IBM is bringing its AI-powered Watson platform to the US Open tennis players to provide them with insight into their past performances

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  Cloudian’s $94m new funds to target 100PB-scale operations

  CEO Michael Tso says funding in engineering efforts aims to make sure Cloudian can meet the challenge of object storage deployments growing to hundreds of petabytes

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  DCMS has £95m for full-fibre in final round of LFFN scheme

  The government has announced the third and final round of the Local Full Fibre Network Challenge Fund, with £95m remaining to invest in local ultrafast broadband projects

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  Security teams and C-suite exec views not aligned

  There are key differences and potential challenges when it comes to security teams and C-suite executives communicating and aligning about cyber threats, a study shows

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  Cunnington’s role as head of function for DDaT needs changing, says IfG report

  Kevin Cunnington’s role as the head of function for digital, data and technology (DDaT) should be to sit on the Civil Service Board, spread standards and provide targets for digital transformation, the think tank says

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  IT leaders at a crossroads as they grapple with digital technology

  CIOs have the opportunity to influence their company strategy as digital technology reshapes business. A survey of CIOs across 70 countries charts a path for IT leaders through emerging technologies

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  Toshiba drives add Marvell cards to give native NVMe-over-fabrics

  Piggy-backed cards allow drive shelves that can connect to remote servers as if directly attached and at NVMe speeds, with box maker Aupera getting in on the JBOF act

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  Heineken and Oracle create chatbot helper for polo events

  Beer brand Heineken has enlisted the help of Oracle to create a chatbot to assist people attending the annual Heineken Urban Polo events ahead of expansion in 2019

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  HPE pins hopes on intelligent edge as hybrid strategy flattens

  HPE sees hybrid as the future of enterprise IT, but revenue has been affected by currency fluctuations and its intelligent edge business is growing quickly

• August 29, 2018 29 Aug'18

  Home Office launches EU nationals registration system pilot

  EU citizens working at NHS trusts in the north-west of England – and students and staff at Liverpool’s universities – will be able to apply online for settled status in the UK post-Brexit, as part of private beta pilot

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Cyber attackers switching to covert tactics

  Cyber criminals are moving away from mass, high-profile attacks to ones that are stealthy and more subtle – as well as attacks targeting systems typically used in critical infrastructure, researchers say

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Debenhams rolls out Doddle click-and-collect service in all its stores

  Debenhams and parcel collection and return firm Doddle are working together to roll out Doddle’s click-and-collect services to all of the retailer’s stores

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Brussels loans Nokia €500m to fund European 5G research

  European Investment Bank is loaning Nokia half a billion euros to accelerate 5G mobile network R&D

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Challenge to anti-GDPR immigration exemption in DPA to go ahead

  Two human rights groups are challenging a controversial clause in new UK data protection legislation that they say is in conflict with the EU’s Charter of Fundamental Rights and undermines the General Data Protection Regulation

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Arsenal puts Acronis in defence for analytics cloud backup

  Football club is increasingly driven by video and data analysis and opts for cloud backup software-as-a-service and quick restore to any location to replace ad-hoc staff solutions

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Hancock appoints chief technology adviser

  Hadley Beeman will service as Matt Hancock’s chief technology adviser at the Department for Health and Social Care

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Sharp rise in business email compromise

  Cyber attackers are expanding their attack methods to steal money and to gain access to corporate and employee data, a report reveals

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Hyperscale datacentre capex investments hit new highs, Synergy Research shows

  Latest hyperscale capital expenditure tracker highlights dramatic year-on-year increase in investments from internet and cloud giants

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Amnesty International creates human rights digital archive

  Digital preservation platform from Preservica will protect digital records of significant historical importance to Amnesty and its supporters

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Amnesty International backs campaign to ban killer robots

  Human rights organisation calls for legally binding international agreement to ban the development and use of autonomous weapons that operate without humans

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Finland government to review public procurement laws

  Finland's government is putting its procurement laws under the spotlight after a major IT fraud

• August 28, 2018 28 Aug'18

  Taking stock of Dell EMC’s growth in Asia

  Tech supplier Dell EMC is riding on growing demand for servers and hyper-converged infrastructure, and investing in more technical resources to support enterprises in digital transformation efforts

• August 26, 2018 26 Aug'18

  VMware debuts VMware Cloud on AWS in Australia, cuts entry price

  Virtualisation juggernaut VMware rolls out its hybrid cloud service in Australia and has halved the entry price to sweeten the deal for enterprises

• August 26, 2018 26 Aug'18

  DCMS launches fund to increase diversity in tech

  More than £1m is being put aside to increase the amount of diversity in technology, and to teach disabled people digital skills

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  Hyperscaler demand for European datacentre space takes colocation market to new record highs

  The demand for colocation capacity from the hyperscale cloud giants shows no signs of wavering, CBRE research shows

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  UK universities targeted by Iranian hackers

  UK universities are among those targeted by a cyber threat group associated with the Iranian government

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  EduServ confirms fallout from datacentre power outage is being resolved

  Public sector-focused IT provider EduServ suffers datacentre power outage that takes client websites and online services offline

• August 24, 2018 24 Aug'18

  Gov.uk Verify chief to leave Government Digital Service

  Nic Harrison is returning to the Department for Work and Pensions, with no replacement as leader of the identity assurance programme yet in place