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March 12, 2019
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Mar'19
Many firms unaware of data exfiltration threat
Many firms are unaware that they are being targeted by cyber espionage and that data is being exfiltrated from their networks by overseas adversaries, a security firm warns
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
Nationwide uses natural language processing to discover what annoys customers
SAS has run a proof of concept at building society Nationwide, using artificial intelligence and natural language processing to determine how to improve customer correspondence
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
Openreach exploring options for copper network shutdown
Openreach has begun to assess how and when it might be able to shut down its copper broadband network
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
Despite failings, exec appetite for secure collaboration growing
Top business decision makers are more reckless than ever with company data, but the appetite for secure collaboration tools is growing, survey reveals
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
Assisted living system moves from Microsoft Azure to IBM Cloud
IBM Cloud provides Watson artificial intelligence and internet of things technologies to support carers looking after elderly and disabled people
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
Post Office considered Horizon IT system ‘high risk’, court told
The Post Office considered Horizon a high operational risk in an internal review, a trial focused on alleged fallibilities in the system used in thousands of Post Office branches has heard
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
The web turns 30: from proposal to pervasion
The web is celebrating its 30th anniversary, but can it remain true to its founder’s vision?
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
Australia should embrace automation but be aware of downsides
Experts at a McKinsey event in Sydney called for Australian enterprises to automate while acknowledging the need to reskill workers whose jobs could be displaced
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March 12, 2019
12
Mar'19
Singapore invests S$200m to upgrade supercomputing capabilities
The investment will shore up Singapore’s supercomputing prowess to facilitate research collaboration, as well as address national and business challenges
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Sponsored News
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Two Game-Changing Wireless Technologies You May Not Know About
Sponsored by Intel - With all the (justifiable) excitement about the impending arrival of 5G wireless service, it would be easy to overlook two other developments in wireless networking that could have an even greater impact on businesses than 5G, at least in the short term. See More
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What Do PCs Have to Do with Sustainability? Plenty
Sponsored by Intel - More than 70% of executives say sustainability is a top-10 priority for their companies. Two-thirds of consumers will pay more for brands that commit to sustainability. And more than 70% of people prefer to work for a company that has a strong green footprint over one that doesn’t. See More
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Reimagining the Laptop
Sponsored by Intel - It wasn’t long ago that some skeptics forecasted that laptop PC sales would dwindle amid competition from tablets and increasingly capable smart phones. But the laptop is “the little engine that could.” Statista now forecasts that sales of notebook computers will surge to 225 million units in 2021, up more than 60% from four years ago. See More
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How AI Will Blanket Your World
Sponsored by Intel - Whether we are aware of it or not, artificial intelligence is already all around us. We use AI when we speak to our digital assistants. AI is in email services that automatically complete our sentences or schedule appointments for us. We encounter it when bots field our queries on websites or smartphones unlock upon recognizing our faces. See More
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March 11, 2019
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Mar'19
Department for Transport kicks off cloud transformation
A major system has been moved to Google Cloud Platform as part of a wider modernisation exercise
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March 11, 2019
11
Mar'19
Aptare buy to add turbo-charged analytics to Veritas
Veritas announces acquisition of Aptare, in a move that will boost the backup giant’s analytics offer with inclusion of Aptare IT analytics in NetBackup and Backup Exec
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March 11, 2019
11
Mar'19
HMRC CDIO Jacky Wright on why building diverse tech teams is socially responsible
During a wide-ranging Q&A session at this year's everywoman in tech forum, HMRC CDIO Jacky Wright set out why diversity matters when building government services, while worrying about workplace stereotypes is a waste of time
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March 11, 2019
11
Mar'19
NatWest launches biometric card pilot
NatWest Bank is set to trial biometrics-based cards with 200 customers to verify contactless payment transactions over £30
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March 11, 2019
11
Mar'19
Citrix breach once again highlights password weaknesses
A reported breach of Citrix, which has potentially exposed data at hundreds of thousands of customer organisations, has once again highlighted the need for an alternative to passwords and the importance of supply chain security
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March 11, 2019
11
Mar'19
Amazon makes plans to increase diversity in its UK business
After research in partnership with Wise, Amazon has launched a number of initiatives to increase diversity in its UK business
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March 11, 2019
11
Mar'19
United Utilities’ RPA crack team makes early gains
Water company United Utilities is looking for opportunities to automate processes through a central team and collaboration with business users
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March 09, 2019
09
Mar'19
Malaysia takes broad base approach to 5G security
The country’s telco regulator is taking a industry-wide look at security implications of 5G, preferring not to target any particular supplier
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March 09, 2019
09
Mar'19
ICO data raises doubts over UK firms’ ability to manage breaches
Most ICO data breach reports late and incomplete prior to full GDPR implementation, FoI request data reveals, raising doubts about breach prevention, detection and response capabilities
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March 08, 2019
08
Mar'19
House of Lords committee calls for creation of a digital authority to oversee regulation
The proposed regulatory framework would coordinate regulators, assess rules and make recommendations to respond to developments in digital services
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March 08, 2019
08
Mar'19
Government announces changes to immigration rules
The government has announced changes to immigration rules, which will provide two new visas designed to allow skilled talent into the UK
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March 08, 2019
08
Mar'19
Legal row over Apple's abandoned bid to build an Irish datacentre rumbles on
The Supreme Court has opted to reserve its judgement until a later date about whether or not Irish planning chiefs were right to award Apple planning permission for its now defunct plan to build a datacentre in Athenry
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March 08, 2019
08
Mar'19
Everywoman forum 2019: Closing the divide between science and art
At this 2019 everywoman in tech forum, experts discussed the connection between the artistic and the technical, as well as the importance of role models in encouraging others into the sector
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March 08, 2019
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Mar'19
New internal AI tool helps IT services company Mphasis build software at pace
A new artificial intelligence tool developed internally by Mphasis helps its software engineers to build and prototype solutions at pace by applying AI across multiple stages of the development process
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March 08, 2019
08
Mar'19
Growing awareness of mobile security risk
There is a growing awareness of mobile security risk among members of the information security community, but most admit accessing corporate data from personal devices or public Wi-Fi
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March 08, 2019
08
Mar'19
Equifax defends against scathing Senate report
Equifax chief says firm did take cyber security seriously in a response to a scathing Senate report on the credit rating agency’s 2017 data breach, which experts say highlights failings around open source software
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March 08, 2019
08
Mar'19
How supercomputing is transforming experimental science
NERSC lead data scientist Debbie Bard talks about how large-scale data analytics using super computers is making new types of science possible
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
Vodafone defends its use of Huawei as 5G trials go live
As Vodafone begins trials of a live 5G service in Bristol, Cardiff and Liverpool, the operator’s CTO and general counsel have defended their use of Huawei equipment in Vodafone’s network and challenged its detractors to produce evidence of spying
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March 07, 2019
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Mar'19
Half of government IT jobs in 2023 do not exist today
Widespread digital transformation in the public sector means government CIO responsibilities will change rapidly in the next four years and many of those future roles do not yet exist, says Gartner
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
How aid workers are using encrypted communications to stay safe in conflict zones
Often operating in volatile conflict zones, aid workers are frequently turning to encrypted communication services to protect each other
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
FDM everywoman in Technology Awards: 2019 winners announced
Women’s network everywoman has announced the winners of this year’s everywoman in Tech Awards, sponsored by FDM
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
ICO head still in top three of DataIQ data leader list
The UK’s information commissioner remains in the top three data leaders after claiming top spot in 2018 in the DataIQ 100 list of most influential data leaders, but GDPR is not the only focus in the industry
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March 07, 2019
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Mar'19
Brexit: UK tech spend flattens as France and Germany pull away
CIOs in the UK look set to fall behind their French and German counterparts, as Brexit hits tech spending
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
Machine identities for sale on dark web, business warned
Academics and security professionals are warning businesses that certificates used to establish trust and privacy on the internet are being weaponised and sold to cyber criminals bundled with other services
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
Ministry of Justice concludes prison biometrics pilots
Use of iris scanning and facial recognition software is part of a wider crackdown on drug trafficking in UK jails
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March 07, 2019
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Mar'19
US government ban unconstitutional, says Huawei
Huawei’s lawsuit accuses Washington of violating the US Constitution by banning it from government contracts
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
Tech under spotlight at High Court in second subpostmasters versus Post Office trial
The second trial in a court battle between the Post Office and the people who run branches analyses alleged bugs in the computer system they use
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March 07, 2019
07
Mar'19
Zuckerberg commits to Facebook becoming privacy-focused
After a storm of controversy and criticism over the way Facebook fails to protect users’ privacy, the company’s chief says he plans to transform it into a privacy-focused platform
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March 07, 2019
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Mar'19
UK military robotics get multimillion-pound boost
A budget of £66m from the Ministry of Defence's Transformation Fund has been allocated to a project that will see mini-drones and autonomous vehicles deployed to the battlefield
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March 06, 2019
06
Mar'19
Cyber espionage group behind SingHealth attack
A cyber espionage group dubbed Whitefly has been identified as the perpetrators behind Singapore’s largest data breach to date
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March 06, 2019
06
Mar'19
5G one of several security challenges to CNI
5G technology is among the key security challenges facing critical national infrastructure and all other business organisations, according to the Information Security Forum
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March 06, 2019
06
Mar'19
Keep pace with device management with DaaS
Adoption of device-as-a-service offerings is expected to improve as more enterprises migrate to Windows 10 over the next two years
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March 05, 2019
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Mar'19
Government must prioritise replacement of legacy IT, MPs told
Science and Technology Committee inquiry into digital government told that Treasury needs to offer funding in next spending review to eliminate ageing technology in Whitehall
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March 05, 2019
05
Mar'19
IR35 reforms: HMRC urges private sector to start prepping now for April 2020 roll-out
HM Revenue & Customs is canvassing views about how best to press ahead with the introduction of the IR35 reforms to the private sector, and is urging those likely to be affected by the move to start getting ready
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March 05, 2019
05
Mar'19
US doubles down on Huawei fears as Chinese prepare to sue
US secretary of state Mike Pompeo has reinforced his attacks on Huawei as the firm apparently prepares to sue the US government over its federal-level ban
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March 05, 2019
05
Mar'19
Santander latest bank to tap Google experience
Spanish banking giant is tapping IT skills from Google through its latest senior tech appointment
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March 05, 2019
05
Mar'19
IT Priorities 2019: What projects are IT professionals spending their budgets on?
The Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities 2019 survey finds that cloud maturity, security and automation are among the hot areas for spending
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March 05, 2019
05
Mar'19
Singapore can now certify security products based on Common Criteria
The city-state is has attained the status of a Certificate Authorising Nation, enabling it to evaluate and certify security products under the Common Criteria standard
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March 04, 2019
04
Mar'19
Australia ramps up on 5G – telcos and banks among the first to benefit
Australia has been touted as a leader in 5G, although the promises of the technology supporting the use of autonomous vehicles will not be realised for now
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March 04, 2019
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Mar'19
GDS cut expected benefits of troubled Gov.uk Verify system by 75%
In a highly critical report, the National Audit Office says it is 'difficult to conclude' that past decisions to continue with the flagship digital identity system have been justified
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March 04, 2019
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Mar'19
UK among most expensive countries for mobile data
The UK ranks 136th in the world for the average cost of 1GB of mobile data, according to new statistics
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March 04, 2019
04
Mar'19
Cyber awareness of UK boards found wanting
Boards of many of the UK’s biggest firms must do more to be cyber aware, according to a government report.
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March 04, 2019
04
Mar'19
RSA Security bets on digital risk management
RSA Security chief predicts that managing digital risk is set to become increasingly important to organisations as they complete their journeys to digital transformation
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March 04, 2019
04
Mar'19
Danske Bank builds on machine learning to predict IT failures
Danish bank is using artificial intelligence to help it prevent IT outages that could damage its reputation with customers
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March 04, 2019
04
Mar'19
Clearer North Korean link to global infrastructure malware campaign
Researchers have uncovered clearer links between a North Korean hacking group and a cyber espionage campaign targeting government, defence, nuclear, energy and financial organisations around the world
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March 04, 2019
04
Mar'19
Fresh data analytics tool slashes Openreach’s Ethernet delivery times
Openreach discusses its work with analytics partner Qlik, which is giving its teams new insights into Ethernet and enterprise fibre network service delivery data, and says it has seen significant service improvements in doing so
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March 04, 2019
04
Mar'19
IT Priorities 2019: APAC keeping pace with digital transformation
Digital transformation is well underway among APAC enterprises which are looking to spend more on refreshing their IT infrastructure and technologies that improve employee productivity
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March 02, 2019
02
Mar'19
Facebook asked George Osborne to influence EU data protection law
Facebook COO Sheryl Sandberg invited one of the chancellor’s children to Facebook’s office as part of a intensive lobbying programme to influence European data protection legislation
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March 01, 2019
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Mar'19
Facebook facing 10 GDPR investigations in Ireland
Ireland’s Data Protection Commission has revealed it has 10 active probes into Facebook, Instagram and WhatsApp, as well as Apple, LinkedIn and Twitter, on its books
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March 01, 2019
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Mar'19
Tech She Can Charter enters second year
PwC charter Tech She Can Charter has entered its second year after having grown to over 90 organisations dedicated to increasing the number of women in tech
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March 01, 2019
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Mar'19
Microsoft Azure gains ground on AWS in public cloud
RightScale report suggests Microsoft Azure is closing the gap between it and public cloud market leader AWS in the enterprise, while Google is attracting increasing attention from the C-suite
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March 01, 2019
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Mar'19
IBM deal to drive Nordea’s IT-led transformation
Nordea is expanding its relationship with IBM through a deal that will give it access to the skills and resources required to keep pace with the digital revolution in banking
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March 01, 2019
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Mar'19
Alibaba Cloud aims to teach one million women to code by 2030
Through partnerships, Alibaba Cloud plans to teach one million women to code by 2030, as well as tackle other social challenges
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March 01, 2019
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Mar'19
Teen becomes first millionaire through HackerOne bug bounties
A self-taught teen hacker from Argentina has become the first bug bounty hacker to become a millionaire by hacking to create a safer internet
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March 01, 2019
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Mar'19
New broadband speed regulations come into force
Internet service providers must now tell consumers how fast their broadband service will be before they sign a contract, under new Ofcom rules
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March 01, 2019
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Mar'19
BBC reveals high frequency of UK banking outages from data mandated by the FCA
BBC analysis of IT outages at UK banks, evident in data mandated by the Financial Conduct Authority since August 2018, reveals them to occur at least once a month at each current account provider
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March 01, 2019
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Mar'19
Red Hat eyes Unix-to-Linux migrations in emerging ASEAN markets
Open source bigwig is starting its new fiscal year looking at Unix-to-Linux migrations in markets such as Thailand and Indonesia
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February 28, 2019
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Feb'19
Supplier consolidation tops infosec goals for 2019
Supplier consolidation, collaboration between networking and security teams, and security awareness are the top priorities for information security professionals trying to prepare for the unknown, annual benchmark study shows
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February 28, 2019
28
Feb'19
Six out of eight key government systems unlikely to be ready by Brexit day
National Audit Office update on the UK government’s readiness for Brexit identifies processes and IT systems that will not be finished by the 29 March deadline
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February 28, 2019
28
Feb'19
UK startup venture firm launches European programmes
Initiatives in France, Germany and Denmark will support startups working on public services innovations
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February 28, 2019
28
Feb'19
London cyber security innovation centre issues open invitation
Government-backed cyber security innovation centre is calling for innovators to address key challenges facing the cyber security industry, offering a year of bespoke support to scale quickly
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February 28, 2019
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Feb'19
Sextortion accounts for one in 10 spear-phishing emails
Email sextortion scams have increased in frequency and scope in the past four months, as well as evolving to bypass spam filters and trick recipients into reading the messages, research shows
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February 28, 2019
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Feb'19
Volkswagen’s cloud-focused connected car collaboration with Microsoft gathers pace
Car maker has confirmed its Microsoft-based Automotive Cloud setup will be extended beyond Europe into other key markets to support its push to digitise more of the driving experience for its customers
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February 28, 2019
28
Feb'19
APAC financial firms face roadblocks with RPA
IDC monitored the automation projects of over 30 early adopters of RPA in financial services and found that most were unable to scale up their implementations of the technology
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February 27, 2019
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Feb'19
Icann calls for community collaboration to protect the internet
The domain name system watchdog Icann has reaffirmed its commitment to engage in collaborative efforts to ensure the security, stability and resiliency of the internet’s global identifier systems
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February 27, 2019
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Feb'19
Chinese cyber attack group Bronze Union targeting weapons tech
Weapons technology is among the latest targets of a highly adaptable cyber espionage group that uses a wide range of publicly available and custom attack tools, presenting a challenge to network defenders
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February 27, 2019
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Feb'19
NHS software deal tops public sector spending on new IT contracts in 2018
Department of Health’s Windows 10 contract was the biggest public sector deal signed last year
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February 27, 2019
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Feb'19
Integration challenges lead to digital deceleration
With precious little increase in their budgets and large numbers of applications to connect, IT decision-makers admit they are struggling
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February 27, 2019
27
Feb'19
Spotify and Just Eat join forces with tech firms to help enterprises manage cloud costs better
A new non-profit, cloud-focused trade association has emerged that wants to help prevent financial management issues get in the way of enterprises embracing cloud
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February 27, 2019
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Feb'19
MWC 2019: Vodafone powers 5G with VMware
Vodafone is using VMware’s telco cloud platform to prepare its mobile networks for 5G in 15 geographies
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February 27, 2019
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Feb'19
Dutch companies lack knowledge of IoT’s benefits
Many organisations in the Netherlands are missing out on the benefits of the internet of things because they lack awareness of its potential
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February 27, 2019
27
Feb'19
Amazon to create more than 1,000 UK apprenticeships
Tech giant Amazon has committed to creating more than 1,000 apprenticeships at different levels across the UK
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February 27, 2019
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Feb'19
Lyft commits to going 'all-in' with AWS to support autonomous vehicles push
Ride-sharing app Lyft is on a quest to reposition itself as a multi-modal transport company, and is deepening its use of Amazon's cloud technologies to support its work
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February 27, 2019
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Feb'19
M&S and Ocado announce £750m food delivery joint venture
Deal will see M&S take a 50% share of Ocado’s UK retail business, with access to the Ocado Smart Platform
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February 27, 2019
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Feb'19
How CIOs can earn respect from business peers
CIOs recognise that standing out means being more like a business manager than a technology guru
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February 27, 2019
27
Feb'19
SME backup products offer diverse routes to the cloud
We take the temperature on cloud-era SME-focused backup products that come as “traditional” software, replication-centric protection environments and hardware appliances
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February 27, 2019
27
Feb'19
Most UK consumers say Facebook should be regulated
Nearly three-quarters of UK consumers feel the social platform is damaging people’s mental health, survey shows
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February 27, 2019
27
Feb'19
Interview: London Grid for Learning CEO on putting technology to work in schools
John Jackson, CEO of the London Grid for Learning, discusses how the organisation supports technology adoption in schools
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February 27, 2019
27
Feb'19
China Mobile and Singtel team up on IoT
Two major telcos in the APAC region, China Mobile and Singtel, are working together to help enterprises deploy the internet of things across China and Singapore
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February 26, 2019
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Feb'19
MWC 2019: 5G driving telcos into the cloud, says VMware CEO
At Mobile World Congress in Barcelona, VMware CEO Pat Gelsinger explained how the requirements of 5G mobile networks are helping to push more telcos into the organisation’s arms
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February 26, 2019
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Feb'19
Security is battling to keep pace with cloud adoption
Cloud-based business initiatives are accelerating more rapidly than security teams can secure them, a survey reveals
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February 26, 2019
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Feb'19
MWC 2019: Industry rallies around the intelligent edge
The ability to process sensor data on intelligent edge devices, then upload to the cloud, was among the themes at this year’s Mobile World Congress
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February 26, 2019
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Feb'19
Cohesity opens up backup data to analytics and applications
Hybrid-cloud backup appliance provider launches marketplace for applications that can apply intelligence, such as analytics, to data held in backup and secondary data stores
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February 26, 2019
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Feb'19
Researchers identify 4G and 5G network protocol flaw
Attackers could identify the network cell a user’s device is located in and potentially steal its IMSI number
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February 26, 2019
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Feb'19
Over 100 rural primary schools to get gigabit broadband
Primary schools could become high-speed broadband hubs for rural communities if government plans reach fruition
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February 26, 2019
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Feb'19
All-flash and hyper-convergence star in HPE and NetApp financials
All-flash storage lines hit high revenues and growth rates for HPE and NetApp in their latest quarter results. Hyper-converged infrastructure also does well for HPE, but NetApp keeps mum
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February 26, 2019
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Feb'19
Cyber criminals earn $3bn a year exploiting social platforms
Businesses urged to respond to research findings that the ready availability of hacking tools, wildfire spread of malware and proliferation of cryptocurrency mining has seen a 300-fold increase in social media-enabled cyber crimes in two years
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February 26, 2019
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Feb'19
TechUK: Digital ethics has to hit the boardroom this year
UK IT industry lobby organisation releases a position paper contending that digital ethics must become a boardroom matter in 2019
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February 26, 2019
26
Feb'19
MWC 2019: Satya Nadella presents intelligent edge vision
Microsoft has unveiled a version of the Xbox Kinect device for business called the Azure Kinect, which sees and hears its environment
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February 25, 2019
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Feb'19
Australia, Singapore say hello to 5G
Singtel and its Australian subsidiary Optus have made one of the first 5G video calls in the Asia-Pacific region
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February 25, 2019
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Feb'19
EU gathers momentum in cyber security legislation and cooperation
The past two years have seen a step-change in the rate at which the European Union is putting legislation in place to support improved cyber security standards, collaboration and sharing of resources, says digital commissioner’s representative