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• May 15, 2018 15 May'18

  Enterprise cyber threat remediation ineffective, study shows

  Enterprise cyber threat remediation needs to improve in several key areas, according to an analysis of common remediation strategies

• May 15, 2018 15 May'18

  The NHS is failing to deliver 'basic IT', says Matthew Swindells

  NHS England’s national director for operations and information calls for the NHS to get to grips with data, and says it won’t be able to deliver an integrated health and care system without getting the basics right

• May 15, 2018 15 May'18

  BSI launches kitemark for internet of things devices

  The British Standards Institution has launched a new kitemark for IoT devices, designed to improve consumer trust in the technology

• May 15, 2018 15 May'18

  TSB refused help from Lloyds as IT meltdown began

  TSB turned down an offer of help from Lloyds Banking Group as the migration of customers accounts to its new banking system went wrong

• May 15, 2018 15 May'18

  Vodafone CEO Colao steps down

  Long-serving Vodafone CEO Vittorio Colao will step down in October after just over a decade in charge

• May 15, 2018 15 May'18

  Santander latest traditional player to open digital bank

  Santander is the latest traditional bank to follow an industry trend and develop a digital banking unit

• May 15, 2018 15 May'18

  Openreach starts countdown to the end of analogue phone services

  Openreach has started a consultation on the future of telephony services as its parent signals plans to switch off analogue PSTN phone services in seven years' time

• May 15, 2018 15 May'18

  No need to panic about Efail attacks

  Initial reports about vulnerabilities in email encryption technologies have urged organisations to disable encryption tools, but some security experts are taking a more balanced approach

• May 15, 2018 15 May'18

  Oracle claims positive traction for autonomous database in ASEAN

  Oracle’s newly minted autonomous database could leave database administrators unemployed, but that has not stopped a Thai payment services provider from jumping onto the bandwagon

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• May 14, 2018 14 May'18

  Steadily declining retail footfall confirms shifting consumer behaviour

  Footfall in the UK highstreet is on the decline, according to figures by the British Retail Consortium, confirming the consumer shift towards more digital behaviour

• May 14, 2018 14 May'18

  HSBC blockchain trial proves trade finance utility model

  HSBC and ING used blockchain to successfully complete a real-world trade financing transaction as part of a pilot

• May 14, 2018 14 May'18

  Gatwick Airport completes £15m network upgrade to support expansion plans

  Gatwick’s new network promises to drive IoT applications, offer free passenger Wi-Fi and provide robust connectivity across the airport campus

• May 14, 2018 14 May'18

  MPs demand 4G mobile network coverage obligation for rural areas

  The Rural Business All-Party Parliamentary Group has written to Matt Hancock calling for the government to put legally binding targets in place for 4G mobile network coverage

• May 14, 2018 14 May'18

  Inside the rise of ST Telemedia Global Data Centres

  A blended strategy of building and acquiring datacentres, as well as forming local partnerships, has contributed to the rapid rise of one of the fastest-growing datacentre providers in Asia

• May 14, 2018 14 May'18

  Technology continues to transform crime, warns NCA

  The UK’s National Crime Agency warns that developments in technology will continue to transform the future crime landscape, in its latest report on serious and organised crime

• May 14, 2018 14 May'18

  Wise conference 2018: Tackling the female patent problem

  Research by Wise found fewer than 10% of patents filed in the UK have involvement from women. At its annual conference in 2018, Wise set out to discuss why this is the case and how we can address it

• May 14, 2018 14 May'18

  IoT and personal devices pose huge security risk to enterprises

  After years of speculation about the risk IoT and personal devices pose to enterprise security, research has revealed the threat is “immense” and probably greater than most firms realise

• May 11, 2018 11 May'18

  Police Scotland did not inform public of mobile phone searches

  Members of the Scottish Parliament heard that Police Scotland did not conduct impact assessments or give explanations to the public when they were accessing private data on their mobile phones

• May 11, 2018 11 May'18

  WannaCry’s EternalBlue exploit still a threat

  A year after the global WannaCry attacks, the EternalBlue exploit that was a key enabler for the malware is still a threat to many organisations, and many UK firms have not taken action, security researchers warn

• May 11, 2018 11 May'18

  Virgin Trains on using AI and virtual reality to boost customer experience

  Speaking at the Knowledge 18 ServiceNow conference in Las Vegas, Virgin Trains outlined the potential role immersive and data-driven technologies can play in improving customer experience

• May 11, 2018 11 May'18

  ServiceNow: Enterprises must rethink workplace communication as Generation Z enter workforce

  Enterprises may find their tried and tested methods of communication fail to live up to expectations of digitally-savvy Generation Z members, warns ServiceNow

• May 11, 2018 11 May'18

  Emerson ordered to pay UK-based BladeRoom $30m in damages over datacentre IP theft

  Energy giant Emerson told to compensate UK-based modular datacentre tech maker after US court rules that it stole trade secrets

• May 11, 2018 11 May'18

  GDS looks at potential for using voice technology on Gov.uk website

  The government has begun using machine learning to build a taxonomy hierarchy on Gov.uk and is looking at the possibility of deploying voice interactions

• May 11, 2018 11 May'18

  KCOM picks Amdocs to enhance network transition

  East Yorkshire and Humberside’s incumbent telco to implement new service delivery platform as it upgrades its network

• May 11, 2018 11 May'18

  NHS Business Services Authority trials AWS chatbot tech to field customer calls in contact centre

  Darren Curry, chief digital officer of the NHS Business Services Authority, shares details of how trialling the use of cloud-based chatbots in its contact centres has boosted staff morale and efficiency

• May 11, 2018 11 May'18

  GDS wants to take 'hands off control' on digital identity, says Gov.uk Verify boss

  Gov.uk Verify boss Nic Harrison says GDS wants to take its “hands off the controls” of identity, as he confirms target of 25 million Verify user accounts “won’t all be created by government”

• May 11, 2018 11 May'18

  EFF welcomes backdoor-blocking US bill

  International digital rights organisation welcomes proposed US legislation that will prevent the government from forcing a company to build backdoors into encrypted products and services

• May 10, 2018 10 May'18

  Citrix touts digital workspace app in services play

  Software supplier Citrix’s cloud-based workspace app is part of its efforts to deliver integrated services that support the modern workplace

• May 10, 2018 10 May'18

  Government must support SMEs, says Oliver Dowden

  The minister for implementation, Oliver Dowden, provides further details on the GovTech competition and talks about GDS’s role as an “innovation incubator”, losing data policy to DCMS and the importance of SMEs

• May 10, 2018 10 May'18

  Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels hails ‘egalitarian’ impact of cloud on enterprise IT

  Amazon.com CTO Werner Vogels claims that the “egalitarian” impact of cloud on IT means enterprises now need to find a new point of competitive difference

• May 10, 2018 10 May'18

  Connectivity problem hits thousands of Post Office branches

  Post Office branches unable to connect to Horizon computer system for several hours after morning opening time

• May 10, 2018 10 May'18

  Apple pulls plug on €850m Irish datacentre project after three-year planning delay

  Apple has confirmed it is abandoning its bid to build a datacentre on the west coast of Ireland, blaming three years of legal challenges and planning appeals that have blighted the project

• May 10, 2018 10 May'18

  Barclays to set up biggest office outside UK in India

  Bank is expanding its presence in India with plans for an office for 8,000 staff in Pune

• May 10, 2018 10 May'18

  BT to shut London HQ and cut 13,000 jobs

  Another round of cuts comes as BT struggles to reposition itself for sustainable long-term growth

• May 10, 2018 10 May'18

  UK railways to save billions of pounds through digital signalling

  Network Rail hails digital transformation plans as “a turning point in the history of our railways”

• May 10, 2018 10 May'18

  Embrace GDPR to remain competitive, says OWI

  The EU’s General Data Protection Regulation is set to raise the bar internationally for data protection and should be embraced to remain competitive, says report

• May 10, 2018 10 May'18

  Ryanair takes full flight in the AWS public cloud

  Low-cost airline Ryanair is on course to go all-in on the Amazon Web Services public cloud, as part of its push to boost the agility and cost effectiveness of its operations

• May 10, 2018 10 May'18

  Government launches GovTech competition

  Implementation minister Oliver Dowden will launch competition for UK tech firms to help solve the country’s social challenges, using funding from the £20m GovTech challenge fund

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  How enterprises can cope with digital disruption

  Red Hat CEO Jim Whitehurst says enterprises can take a leaf from DevOps and build modularity into their technology infrastructure to prepare for the forces of digital disruption

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  CNI providers face hefty fines for cyber security failings

  UK providers of critical national infrastructure face hefty fines for cyber security failings from 10 May 2018

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Equifax breach lessons not learned

  Businesses are still downloading vulnerable versions of the software that was at the heart of the Equifax data breach and failing to update to safe versions, a security firm has revealed

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Demand for big data contractors sees 128% year-on-year increase

  The number of job vacancies for people with big data skills has increased in the past year, with the demand for contractors in this area skyrocketing

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  NetApp adds Google Cloud NAS and AFF A800 NVMe flash array

  NetApp gets on the cloud NAS bandwagon with Google Cloud Platform file storage access, while adding its first NVMe flash-equipped storage array, the AFF A800

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Nutanix builds hooks to SDN and cloud with Flow, Era and Beam

  Hyper-converged pioneer builds in functionality from acquisitions with Flow software-defined networking, Beam cloud monitoring and Era database provisioning and data protection

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Dutch Tax Authority not fully GDPR-compliant as deadline approaches

  The Netherlands’ Department of Finance warns that not all aspects of the EU privacy law will be implemented by the 25 May deadline

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Schools minister announces programme of support for computing teachers

  A National Centre of Computing Science Education has been launched to help the government meet its commitment to training up to 8,000 computing teachers

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Justice system transformation programme faces 'daunting challenge', says NAO

  Government’s £1bn project to overhaul courts through use of technology has hit delays, with unresolved funding gaps and “significant risk” that it won’t deliver on time, NAO report finds

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Vodafone becomes largest next-gen broadband player in Europe

  Vodafone has acquired the operations of Virgin Media parent Liberty Global in four European markets, giving it access to 110 million homes and businesses

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  NatWest fintech investments bear fruit as SME loans platform goes live

  Online lending platform enables small businesses to apply for loans of up to £150,000 in 10 minutes

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Breach disclosure time still high, report shows

  Companies are getting faster at disclosing breaches, but the average is still too high in the light of the GDPR and other breach disclosure regulations, a report shows

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  HSBC launches open banking app

  In line with open banking regulation, HSBC has launched an app that enables users to see accounts from 21 different banks in one place

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Microsoft predicts five-year wait for quantum computing in Azure

  Industry experts predict it will take 10 years for quantum computing to become a reality, but Microsoft believes it has the research edge, with systems, software and technology to get there in five

• May 09, 2018 09 May'18

  Singapore organisations not paying heed to data veracity

  Most Singapore respondents in a global Accenture survey said they have not invested in capabilities to verify data used in decision-making

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Oracle’s autonomous database could leave DBAs unemployed

  The long-term future of database administrators could be at risk if every enterprise adopts the Oracle 18c autonomous database

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Red Hat teams up with Microsoft in hybrid cloud, container push

  Building on a strategic alliance first announced in 2015, the two software companies are working together on Red Hat OpenShift on Azure to reduce the complexity of managing containers in a hybrid cloud environment

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Nordic CIO interview: Helena Skarle, Handicare

  Swedish CIO believes more women might get the top IT jobs if organisations look beyond IT skills

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Met Police to get integrated policing system from Northgate

  Five-year contract covers integrated IT system to be used across the Metropolitan force, two years after it went out to tender

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Salford gets chief digital officer

  Jon Corner has been appointed the city’s first chief digital officer to lead Salford’s smart city and digital technology work

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Nigerian cyber attackers up their game

  Nigerian cyber attackers have modernised their approach to cyber crime, security researchers warn

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  TSB offers interest rate sweetener as IT issues continue at the bank

  TSB is offering customers higher interest rate to go towards making up for the problems its core banking system migration caused customers

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Financial sector cyber-related laws are a bellwether, says Deloitte

  As the regulatory landscape becomes more complex, organisations should look to the financial sector to see what else is coming, as well as focus on three key areas of GDPR compliance, according to Deloitte

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Virtual tripwire to keep elephant poachers out of Zambian national park

  Cisco and Dimension Data are working to protect Zambia’s at-risk elephant population after a successful pilot project in South Africa

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Majority of security professionals favour shorter disclosure deadline

  Google’s Project Zero unit’s 90-day deadline for software suppliers to disclose vulnerabilities has always been controversial, but a survey reveals that most security professionals feel even that is too long

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Build 2018: Microsoft addresses the role of Windows in mobile-first era

  Windows 10 Phone may be dead, but now Microsoft wants to make Windows 10 the best partner operating system for smartphones

• May 08, 2018 08 May'18

  Nadella opens Build 2018 with cross-platform push

  Microsoft’s developer conference has kicked off with a renewed focus on making Microsoft products and services work well with other offerings

• May 07, 2018 07 May'18

  ASEAN seeks to tame data deluge with object storage

  Led by Singapore and Thailand, the object storage market in Southeast Asia is expected to grow at a double-digit rate in the next few years

• May 04, 2018 04 May'18

  Security pros must avoid hype, demonstrate value, says RBS CISO

  Security professionals must avoid over-hyping cyber threats, and penetration testers need to reinvent themselves to demonstrate value to businesses to remain relevant, says RBS CISO

• May 04, 2018 04 May'18

  Dell EMC freshens high-end SANs with VMAX makeover, PowerMax

  Dell EMC rebrands VMAX high-end SAN arrays as PowerMax, with CPUs upgraded, new inline data deduplication, controller code re-worked and NVMe and Optane hardware on the roadmap

• May 04, 2018 04 May'18

  Twitter plots Hadoop cluster migration to Google Cloud Platform

  Social media giant plans to offload some of its Hadoop clusters to the Google Cloud Platform to boost the resiliency of its infrastructure

• May 04, 2018 04 May'18

  Dell EMC unveils Isilon scale-out NAS in the Google cloud

  The trend to cloud NAS continues as Dell EMC announces beta phase of Isilon Cloud for GCP that will see fully-featured scale-out NAS available to customers via the Google cloud

• May 04, 2018 04 May'18

  Businesses not ready for network implications of cloud native architecture

  Composable applications can be built from connecting microservices that run in their own containers. This cloud-first approach requires a new approach to networking

• May 04, 2018 04 May'18

  Twitter password security bug underlines need for industry change

  Twitter has revealed that a bug in its systems resulted in some passwords being stored in a log in clear text, underlining the need for alternative authentication methods, say industry commentators

• May 04, 2018 04 May'18

  Britons used contactless for 42% of card payments in 2017

  Paymentsense survey confirms rapid growth of contactless payments, but £30 limit is preventing further dominance

• May 04, 2018 04 May'18

  Most CIOs not interested in “massively hyped” blockchain, finds Gartner

  Despite the noise surrounding blockchain technology, not many CIOs are using it or planning to do so in the near future, finds Gartner

• May 04, 2018 04 May'18

  GDPR prompts data migration U-turn from public cloud to corporate datacentres, finds Forrester

  Forrester Research’s latest public cloud adoption report shines a light on how enterprise attitudes to using corporate datacentres are changing as the GDPR deadline approaches

• May 03, 2018 03 May'18

  Fibre network breakthrough has implications for data security

  Researchers have devised a new protocol that they claim vastly extends the range of quantum key distribution over fibre networks

• May 03, 2018 03 May'18

  City Police use Lego simulation to teach businesses cyber security

  City of London Police are offering to train business leaders and IT security in cyber security using a Lego simulation that is surprisingly close to real life

• May 03, 2018 03 May'18

  TalkTalk worst for broadband customer satisfaction

  Ofcom has released statistics on communications service provider customer service metrics, and TalkTalk does not come out of it well

• May 03, 2018 03 May'18

  Netherlands to harness blockchain for waste management operations

  Authorities are trying out blockchain to automate many of the processes related to waste transportation in the EU

• May 03, 2018 03 May'18

  Lewisham GP practices to get virtual health assistant app

  Thirty-eight GP practices in London borough plan to launch app that includes advice, symptom checker and appointment booking

• May 03, 2018 03 May'18

  Redscan warns of GDPR phishing scams

  Cyber criminals are using fake GDPR-related privacy notices to trick recipients into disclosing personal data and spread malware, a security firm warns

• May 03, 2018 03 May'18

  Cambridge Analytica closure will not halt probe, says ICO

  The London-based data mining firm at the heart of the Facebook data exploitation scandal has announced it is closing, but the ICO says the probe into its actions will still go ahead

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Colt DCS pledges support for PwC-led push to boost number of women in tech

  Carrier neutral datacentre provider, Colt DCS, is joining a number of other organisations in supporting PwC's push to make the tech sector a more diverse and inclusive place

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Enterprise readiness for multi-cloud adoption is low across Europe, suggests IDC research

  IDC suggests multi-cloud adoption will become the norm across European enterprises, but there is much work to be done before this becomes a reality

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  StorageOS makes hybrid cloud container storage platform generally available

  StorageOS releases tool that allows management of persistent storage for containers that can operate on-premise, in public cloud and hybrid cloud to provide deployment, QoS and protection

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  GDPR is key to driving other transformational strategies in business

  With GDPR compliance in place, there are several technologies organisations can use to transform their data analytics

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Fresh blow for Facebook as court refuses stay in Max Schrems legal action

  Facebook has lost a legal attempt to delay the Irish High Court from seeking answers from the European Court of Justice over the legality of EU-US data transfers

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Up to 270 women may have died due to breast cancer screening IT failure, says health secretary

  Computer algorithm failure caused 450,000 women to miss their breast cancer screenings – some of whom will have "had their lives shortened" by the error, Jeremy Hunt has admitted

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Cabinet Office updates spend controls

  Revamped spend controls policy aims to give departments more flexibility, but requires them to keep a 15-month pipeline plan of any current and intended technology spend above £5m

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  ARM aims to boost physical security of IoT

  Chipmaker ARM announces microprocessor aimed at improving the physical security capabilities of devices making up the internet of things

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Finnish government launches regional digitisation plan

  Finland’s government allocates €400m to support digital projects run by the country’s local authorities

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Critical infrastructure firms urged to patch Schneider Electric flaws

  Critical infrastructure suppliers and manufacturing firms are being urged to ensure that their systems are patched up to date, after researchers discover Schneider Electric remote code execution vulnerability

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Ransomware still a threat to business, F-Secure warns

  Ransomware attacks tapered off towards the end of 2017 after an explosion in such attacks earlier in the year, but ransomware remains a threat to big business, a report reveals

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  IFS 18 Atlanta: CEO Roos asserts customer focus with upgraded ERP suite

  IFS uses 2018 world conference in Atlanta to launch upgrade of its enterprise resource planning suite, shepherded by new CEO Darren Roos

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  RBS closes branches after axing challenger bank project

  Royal Bank of Scotland to close 162 branches and shed 800 jobs after deciding not to create a challenger bank – but a new digital bank may be on the way

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Workday to continue investing heavily in APAC

  Cloud applications supplier has increased its investments in the region by more than 50% in the past year, and is looking to maintain its double-digit growth in international markets

• May 02, 2018 02 May'18

  Security industry welcomes City of London Police cyber initiative

  The security industry has welcomed plans to fight cyber crime in the heart of London using a community-based approach, but says more investment in cyber security skills is required

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Google Chrome helps clean up certificate authority industry

  The security industry has welcomed the introduction of measures by the Google Chrome browser aimed at achieving certificate transparency

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Facebook bolsters enterprise integration with Workplace tool

  Facebook wants to embed its platform in the enterprise, and hopes to achieve this through integration with third-party services

• May 01, 2018 01 May'18

  Gulf Cooperation Council smart city initiatives garner momentum

  The Middle East is a hotbed for smart city developments, with activities in the region maturing and adapting to what citizens want