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• October 21, 2021 21 Oct'21

  APAC organisations warm to zero trust

  Two-thirds of APAC organisations have a zero-trust strategy even as they grapple with the lack of skills and other organisational challenges, study finds

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Vast boosts QLC flash offer with ransomware-proof snapshots

  Vast majors on QLC flash bulk storage with 3D Xpoint cache to smooth out traffic into sequential flows

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  UK government launches information assurance unit for defence

  The Military Systems Information Assurance is aimed at developing alternatives to cryptology

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  UK government allocates £17.5m to farming innovation programme

  Farming innovation initiative aims to drive productivity and sustainability among farmers, growers and other businesses

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Gitex 2021: Nuuday finds new voice to deliver cognitive customer universe

  Upstart Danish telco deploys communications-as-a-service technology and virtual assistant to restructure business, gain differentiation and extend to new touchpoints in highly competitive local market

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Spectra Logic unveils Vail hybrid cloud storage virtualisation

  Vail provides single pool of storage overlay to on-premise flash, disk and tape, plus cloud via object storage interface with Posix-compliance promised in future releases

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  US intelligence agencies issue advisory on BlackMatter gang

  Joint advisory on ransomware gang warns about potential of further attacks on critical infrastructure providers

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  5G to play key role in meeting sustainability targets across industries

  Study from Mobile UK highlights crucial role that 5G and wider mobile connectivity will have in assisting national efforts to mitigate climate change

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Lloyds Bank closes more branches as customers migrate to digital channels

  Banking group has announced more closures as part of the ongoing reduction of its branch network

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• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  LightBasin hackers breach 13 telcos in two years

  Hackers have obtained an undisclosed volume of subscriber information and call metadata in a sustained campaign against telecommunications firms

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Oracle NetSuite embeds HSBC corporate banking services into ERP

  Oracle Netsuite integrates HSBC corporate banking services into its latest software

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  American Express announces global hybrid working model

  US credit card giant is latest corporate to formalise hybrid working following the success of informal policies introduced during the Covid-19 pandemic

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  What does Saudi Arabia’s autonomous vehicle agenda mean to the rest of the world?

  If all goes according to plan, within a few years, one million people will live in Saudi Arabia’s ‘city of the future’ – and every one of them will depend on a fleet of self-driving cars

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  DWP IT chief outlines the challenges of establishing a Chief Data Office

  According to DWP chief Katharine Purser, interoperability between government systems is one of the main barriers to improving the handling of data

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Police IT buyers should compel suppliers to prove AI claims

  House of Lords told that UK law enforcement bodies should use their position as buyers to compel private sector suppliers to divulge more information about how their AI-powered technologies work

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Barbershop is part of digital revolution in small business sector

  Barbershop continues to add digital functionality to its business after the pandemic proved its value

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Alibaba Cloud to open datacentres in Thailand and South Korea

  Chinese cloud supplier is expanding its regional datacentre footprint to Thailand and South Korea in 2022 alongside technology investments that include a custom Arm-based server chip

• October 20, 2021 20 Oct'21

  Arm flexes IoT economics with solutions-led virtual hardware

  Project Centauri ecosystem initiative will drive the standards and frameworks needed to grow serviceable markets and scale internet-of-things software innovation and product development

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  Government flags opportunity for re-use of waste datacentre heat in net-zero strategy

  UK government's long-awaited net-zero strategy document makes the case for the creation of heat networks that could see waste heat from datacentres used to warm homes and businesses

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  Verizon opens shop for private mobile edge compute with AWS Outposts

  Cloud and communications giants make generally available private mobile edge compute offering to enterprise customers, bringing compute and storage services to the edge of the network on the customer premises

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  Zopa becomes unicorn with latest funds to go to bank operation

  Zopa will invest in its growing digital bank operation after becoming a unicorn in its latest fund-raising round

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  Gitex 2021: Arc spans network ecosystem in Oman

  Integrated networking services provider invests in Nokia technology to offer added connectivity options for enterprise customers in key Middle East location

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  What will the 2025 end of life mean for enterprise Windows 10?

  Businesses have until 2025 to migrate to Windows 11, but older hardware may need updating and there’s a chip crisis

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  IDEMIA to provide SIM for M1 5G standalone net in Singapore

  With 5G a game-changer for enterprises, Singapore operator aims to drive technology change and apply technology that will make a difference

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  VMware refines cross-cloud strategy

  VMware’s CTO Kit Colbert talks up the evolution of the company’s cross-cloud strategy and how it stands out from other suppliers eyeing the multicloud pie

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  Making machine learning operational

  As artificial intelligence matures, IT departments will need to take control of change management and governance of data models

• October 19, 2021 19 Oct'21

  Want to sidestep public cloud? AuriStor offers global file storage

  Built to scale hugely, and built for high performance and security, Auristor offers NAS-like Posix-compatible storage to customers that want to avoid public cloud

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Singapore pulls ahead with public sector 5G trials

  Singapore’s public sector organisations are testing the use of 5G connectivity to remotely operate an autonomous vehicle for road-sweeping, among other use cases

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Gitex 2021: Avaya builds up AI experience to boost collaboration

  New communications and collaboration ecosystem launched to enable customers to achieve better business outcomes in the experience economy and the new hybrid working mode

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Government launches consultation on future of medical devices

  UK government aims is to gather views on possible changes around innovations in the medical device field, including the creation of a regulatory framework for software and artificial intelligence

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  How Samlesbury, Lancashire became the home of the National Cyber Force

  The National Cyber Force, a new branch of the military, is gearing up to fight battles in cyber space from the fields of Lancashire. Its presence is expected to bring a high-tech renaissance to the region

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  TM Forum teams with Bridge Alliance to simplify adoption of edge computing

  Communications industry trade associations enter into collaboration to drive the advancement of industry standards on Open APIs for multi-access edge computing

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Huawei plots course for 5Gigaverse society

  Keynote presents roadmap to new landscape of all-scenario continuous next-generation network coverage driven by the rapid development of 5G, with more than 170 networks built and nearly 500 million users developed within two years

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Dell extends Edge, reveals 5G and Open RAN services

  Technology giant continues with its advancement into the world of telecoms with offerings designed to automate the deployment and management of open, cloud-native network infrastructure to fast-track opportunities at the edge

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  DCMS appoints Plexal to drive telecoms diversity strategy

  Government chooses UK innovation company to understand and develop the role of SMEs in the telecoms market with particular reference to how to create a diverse market that supports the creation of home-grown, sovereign technology

• October 18, 2021 18 Oct'21

  Internet of things to put cloud in the shade for Industry 4.0

  Research commissioned by leading satellite platform finds investment in industrial internet of things is set to overtake cloud computing

• October 17, 2021 17 Oct'21

  Graphcore opens Southeast Asia hub in Singapore

  The AI chipmaker is looking to expand its sales teams and hire more engineers to support customer deployments in Singapore and the rest of Southeast Asia

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Connectivity takes telehealth from a nice-to-have to a must-have

  Survey shows how the healthcare industry is evolving with digital experiences in the post-pandemic world, with providers needing to offer telehealth options that ensure the experience is easy, intuitive and enjoyable

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Plume raises $300m to develop communications services with AI

  Personalised comms services provider claims cash injection will enable it to continue its global expansion and cements its position as the cloud controller of the world’s largest software-defined network

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Argos topped online sales for sports and outdoor gear in 2020

  Research by betting firm Wette.de has found Argos was the top retailer for online sales of sports-based and outdoor goods during the height of the pandemic

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Manchester City teams up with Qualtrics for fan experience management

  Manchester City is teaming up with online survey software firm Qualtrics, part-owned by long-term City Football Group supplier SAP, to engage more intelligently with the football club’s fanbase

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Global IT outsourcing sees record spending and no sign of slowing

  Cloud services are being taken up by enterprises rapidly as they accelerate digital transformations

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Vodafone aims for SoHo with business broadband package

  UK operator launches service designed for small office and home office businesses, providing cost-effective and reliable broadband coverage for single sites

• October 15, 2021 15 Oct'21

  Colt claims first with 400GE optical services to Hong Kong and Singapore

  Colt announces further expansion in Asia with availability of new 400GE Wave and Private Wave services in Hong Kong and Singapore, making it the first telco to offer the technology in each city

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  Apple scheme to detect child abuse creates serious privacy and security risks, say scientists

  Apple’s plan to automatically scan photos to detect child abuse would unduly risk the privacy and security of law-abiding citizens and could open up the way to surveillance, say the world’s top cryptographic experts

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  NXP Semiconductors doubles down on datacentre migration plan with AWS

  Netherlands-based semiconductor manufacturer is expanding its use of Amazon Web Services to speed up the time it takes to develop and release new products

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  NHS Digital enhances in-house cyber awareness drive

  Keep IT Confidential campaign aims to help NHS staff understand more about security threats and learn how to reduce risk

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  UK government to provide full-fibre broadband to 1,000 schools

  New programme aims to give access to gigabit broadband speeds to UK schools while connectivity to nearly 7,000 hospitals, libraries, police stations and other public buildings will be upgraded by the end of March 2022

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  IBM pledges to reskill 30 million people by 2030

  Tech giant launches worldwide initiative to provide about 30 million people with technology and digital skills over the next nine years

• October 14, 2021 14 Oct'21

  Denmark takes another step towards empowering women in tech

  A programme to increase the participation of women in the thriving Danish startup ecosystem moves to the second of three planned stages