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• May 09, 2022 09 May'22

  SES to enable GovSatCom satellite broadband with medium Earth orbit constellation

  Luxembourg-based satellite provider SES delivers communications platform for governments and institutions will include medium Earth orbit satellite networks in project co-funded by leading European space agency

• May 09, 2022 09 May'22

  Amdocs launches Americas 5G Experience Lab

  Communications software and services provider opens up 5G Experience Lab to capitalise on a diverse mobile communications partner ecosystem to unlock new applications and services

• May 09, 2022 09 May'22

  Malaysian government inks agreement with Google Cloud

  The cloud framework agreement with Google will make it easier for Malaysia’s public sector agencies to access Google Cloud services through a single government contract

• May 09, 2022 09 May'22

  AWS embarks on green power-focused deals with AES and Fluence Energy

  Amazon Web Services is beginning two green energy-focused collaborations that will see it ramp up the amount of renewable power it uses while helping other enterprises to do the same

• May 09, 2022 09 May'22

  India’s IT services market grew at record pace in 2021

  Growing investments in cloud, artificial intelligence and cyber security have been a boon to India’s IT and business services market

• May 06, 2022 06 May'22

  UK digital markets regulator to be given statutory powers

  Digital Markets Unit will be put on statutory footing by UK government to ensure technology giants do not abuse market power, but announcement comes with no clear indication of when legislation will be introduced

• May 06, 2022 06 May'22

  How Rimini Street is growing its footprint in ASEAN

  Rimini Street is expanding its reach in ASEAN as more companies, such as Malaysian carmaker Proton, look for cheaper software maintenance options

• May 06, 2022 06 May'22

  Uptime Institute debuts sustainability-focused accreditation for datacentre professionals

  Uptime Institute continues to build out its education resources and support offerings for datacentre operators that want to get to grips with the changing regulatory landscape around sustainability

• May 06, 2022 06 May'22

  Interview: Success in Belgium’s high-tech job market

  Veteran executive recruiter shares his perspective on the Belgian job market, both for outsiders seeking work in the country and for young Belgian nationals just beginning their careers

• May 06, 2022 06 May'22

  John Lewis to hire more than 150 tech workers

  As the retail group continues its drive to digitise, the John Lewis Partnership is aiming to hire more than 150 tech workers

• May 06, 2022 06 May'22

  IT infrastructure used to launch DDoS attack on Russian targets

  Organisations could unwittingly be participating in hostile activity against the Russian government as compromised IT infrastructure is used without their knowledge to launch denial of service attacks

• May 05, 2022 05 May'22

  Swedish digital entrepreneur interview: Haider Abdo

  Consumer demands changed during Covid-19 and Swedish entrepreneur Haider Abdo has used this as a platform to take niche startup to the next level in the retail sector

• May 05, 2022 05 May'22

  London’s too small for Arm IPO, says Hermann Hauser

  Hauser who helped spin out Arm from Acorn, joins campaign for dual London and New York listing, while the PM writes to SoftBank chief

• May 05, 2022 05 May'22

  Prepare for smart robot revolution

  While industrial robots are well established, smart robots are being deployed across retail and logistics – but much of the tech is still nascent

• May 05, 2022 05 May'22

  Five companies join NCSC for Startups to deal with ransomware

  The NCSC has invited five startups to join the NCSC for Startups programme to develop tech that can help deal with the threat of ransomware

• May 05, 2022 05 May'22

  CyrusOne hits climate-neutral datacentre targets in Europe

  US colocation giant CyrusOne has published its latest sustainability report, which hails progress in making its global datacentre operations climate-neutral and water-positive

• May 05, 2022 05 May'22

  EchoStar Mobile launches pan-European satellite-based LoRa IoT early adopter programme

  What is said to be unique combination of S-band satellite service with LoRa protocol is made available to unleash potential for mobile and remote connectivity and capability for millions of internet of things devices

• May 05, 2022 05 May'22

  How PB Traffic is preventing traffic light theft

  New Zealand’s PB Traffic has deployed an IoT-based tracking system to gain oversight of its portable traffic light systems and prevent theft

• May 05, 2022 05 May'22

  iPhone sales soar even as global smartphone shipments decrease in 2022 Q1

  Study into global smartphone arena finds Apple on a high while shipments by Chinese manufacturers have fallen sharply due to the slowdown in their domestic market, leading to global device industry maintaining negative growth trend

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  5G finds voice as Nokia, Optus claim first 3CC carrier aggregation standalone 5G data

  Voice-over-5G market shows strong growth as tech provider and Australian operator establish 3 components carrier data sessions using a Samsung Galaxy S22 Ultra smartphone and Nokia’s 5G AirScale portfolio on Optus’ 5G network

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  Almost 2,000 5G cities globally at end of 2021

  Research shows 23 live open radio access network deployments and 24 standalone 5G networks in addition to almost 2,000 cities in the world having a next-generation mobile network

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  NHS email accounts hijacked for phishing campaign

  Microsoft credentials targeted in phishing operation using hijacked NHSMail accounts

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  Intellectual property theft operation attributed to Winnti group

  Winnti conducted a prolonged cyber espionage campaign that went undetected for years, allowing it to exfiltrate massive amounts of corporate data and intellectual property

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  BT signs five-year deal with AWS to revamp legacy infrastructure and ready it for the cloud

  Telco giant has signed another multi-year cloud deal, this time with AWS, as it sets to work on revamping its operations and cutting costs

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  Samsung serves DISH for 5G Open RAN roll-out

  Networks division of electronics giant selected by US operator for the deployment of open 5G network solutions based on virtual and open radio access network technology to play an integral role in Smart 5G Network development

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  UK government puts pressure on IT sector to clean up app security

  Apps can be exploited to carry malicious payloads that steal personal information and cause financial loss – and not enough is being done to secure them

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  Nordic projects drive digital-supported green hydrogen technologies

  Nordic companies are driving cost reductions in the production of green hydrogen through digitisation

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  Inside UnaBiz’s bid for Sigfox

  Singapore-based UnaBiz has made a successful bid for the French low-power wide area network technology supplier, in a deal that will advance its vision of a unified IoT world

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  PeerGFS to add AI/ML anomaly detection to distributed file system product

  Peer will add AI/ML-based anomaly detection as it ramps up security protection in its PeerGFS distributed file management software, with Linux server support also to come in 2022

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  Babbel offers free language courses to displaced Ukrainians

  Babbel has created language courses to help Ukrainians displaced by the war to integrate into other countries

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  Community Fibre hits full-fibre benchmark as Giganet increases CityFibre commitment

  Company claiming to be London’s fastest full-fibre broadband provider now taking orders from 500,000 London homes and 116,000 businesses, while former altnet and now the UK’s third-largest full-fibre provider extends partnership with key ISP

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  CIO interview: Loïc Giraud, global head of digital platform and product delivery, Novartis

  Data is at the heart of life sciences – and for Novartis, that means investigating emerging technologies such as quantum computing and blockchain, as well as using analytics, artificial intelligence and automation

• May 04, 2022 04 May'22

  Judicial intervention 'inevitable' as Post Office compensation valuation falls short

  Lawyer negotiating compensation for victims of Post Office scandal says the two sides are 'poles apart' on valuations

• May 03, 2022 03 May'22

  Five TLS comms vulnerabilities hit Aruba, Avaya switching kit

  Five new vulnerabilities in the implementation of transport layer security communications leave several popular switches vulnerable to remote code execution

• May 03, 2022 03 May'22

  Tata Communications further strengthens IZO Internet WAN for global enterprises

  Digital ecosystems enabler announced strengthened variants of its IZO Internet wide area network offering for global enterprises, in particular those looking at introducing cloud services to their existing IT and networking architecture

• May 03, 2022 03 May'22

  Qualcomm to power Volkswagen’s future automated driving technology

  Volkswagen Group’s software division looks to global chip giant to supply system-on-chips to enable assisted and automated driving functions

• May 03, 2022 03 May'22

  Post Office scandal CEO could be stripped of CBE

  Honours Forfeiture Committee to review Paula Vennells’ CBE in the light of Post Office scandal

• May 03, 2022 03 May'22

  UScellular taps Qualcomm, Inseego to launch 5G mmWave fixed wireless in 10 US cities

  US provider’s Home Internet+ service will use high-frequency 5G technology to provide high-speed internet to homes and businesses, with expansion from 10 to dozens of cities throughout 2022

• April 29, 2022 29 Apr'22

  CIO interview: Jeffrey Wood, deputy director of ICT, Princess Alexandra Hospital NHS Trust

  A move to a brand-new hospital site offers the NHS trust a chance to introduce a range of new innovations, building on the digital transformation delivered over the past few years

• April 29, 2022 29 Apr'22

  Attackers enlist cloud providers in large HTTPS DDoS hit

  A recent large-scale DDoS incident shows how cyber criminals are switching up their tactics to conduct more sophisticated attacks

• April 29, 2022 29 Apr'22

  Orange Business Services delivers global SD-WAN to Siemens

  Digital services company and global enterprise division of the global telco teams with leading German technology firm to complete what is said to be one of the largest software-defined wide area network deployments in the world, covering 1,168 ...

• April 29, 2022 29 Apr'22

  AWS grows as Amazon posts net loss

  AWS continues to dominate the public cloud market but Amazon has seen its revenue squeezed

• April 29, 2022 29 Apr'22

  European employers missing the opportunity to automate processes for hybrid work

  The transition to hybrid work has stimulated a shift among employees looking to their business to streamline their workflows, but research finds just a tenth have access to automation tools

• April 28, 2022 28 Apr'22

  Ransomware recovery costs dwarf actual ransoms

  The cost of recovering from a ransomware attack far outweighs the ransoms now being demanded by cyber criminals, according to recent data

• April 28, 2022 28 Apr'22

  Men don’t need to help women in tech, say IT professionals

  Many tech workers don’t think it’s important for men to help women to integrate into tech teams, according to research by Computer Weekly, which experts say highlights the wider need for inclusive action

• April 28, 2022 28 Apr'22

  UK regulators seek input on algorithmic processing and auditing

  Digital Regulation Cooperation Forum is inviting views on how the four UK watchdogs involved should approach regulating algorithms, following its publication of discussion papers and a 2022 workplan

• April 28, 2022 28 Apr'22

  SoftBank invests in Aryaka for international SD-WAN service, SD-core

  With the objective of shoring up its international networking service, enabling a flexible and highly secure network that meets overseas customer needs, Japanese multinational upgrades software-defined wide area network and core

• April 28, 2022 28 Apr'22

  More than 38,000 UK tech firms incorporated in 2021

  Incorporation of technology firms in the UK was 62% higher last year than in 2020, with strong regional growth despite continued dominance of London in the ecosystem

• April 28, 2022 28 Apr'22

  Vercom plots ‘spectacular’ entry into global CPaaS market with MailerLite acquisition

  Communications platform-as-a-service market continues hot streak as Polish solutions provider enters the world stage by acquiring global provider of tools for email communication

• April 28, 2022 28 Apr'22

  Naver outlines global AI ambitions

  South Korean internet giant Naver has built a global research network to advance and apply its artificial intelligence capabilities across its services