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July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20
Zoom making progress on cyber security and privacy, says CEO

Three months after being hit by a spate of security incidents, Zoom’s CEO, Eric Yuan, has been discussing progress towards a more secure product
July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20
CIO interview: Richard Gifford, CIO, Wincanton

Transforming legacy systems, making use of real-time data and exploring emerging technologies are high on the agenda for the logistics giant’s IT team
July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20
Remote workers more aware of security, but still flout the rules

Almost three-quarters of remote workers reckon they have gained in cyber security awareness during lockdown, but don’t seem to be especially bothered about keeping themselves safe
July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20
Société Générale acquires fintech challenger bank

French bank acquires Shine to expand its services to small businesses and entrepreneurs
July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20
Equity in STEM education more important than ever, says Parliamentary group

All-Party Parliamentary Group on Diversity and Inclusion in STEM suggests recommendations for increasing equity in education after stating coronavirus makes diversity increasingly important
July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20
Qumulo hybrid cloud NAS provides special effects for Cinesite

Hybrid cloud scale-out NAS from Qumulo used to offload Active Directory lookups and other workloads to the AWS cloud that had suffered in peak times when on Isilon
July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20
Mysterious EvilQuest macOS ransomware spreads through torrents

A new strain of ransomware, dubbed EvilQuest, is threatening Apple Mac environments, and seems to behave quite oddly
July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20
CIO Interview: Amex Global Business Travel CTO on incident response

American Express Global Business Travel adapted an existing incident response service to support staff and clients during the lockdown

July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20
UK government announces Office for Talent

The Office for Talent is part of a research and development roadmap, which includes an innovation programme to accelerate innovation in government
July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20
FCA estimates about 2.6 million Brits have bought cryptocurrency

UK financial services regulator says there has been a significant increase in ownership of cryptocurrencies in the UK
July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20
Lenovo, top-of-the-world Chinese supercomputer supplier, sweeps all markets

Supercomputers are not just about computing power, they are a symbol of political ambition. Chinese supercomputer supplier Lenovo is now the dominant supplier across the world
July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20
How Propre eases its database management woes

Japanese supplier of global real estate data switched to Oracle’s autonomous database to reduce database management costs as it expands its global footprint
July 01, 2020 01 Jul'20
FakeSpy Android malware targets Royal Mail app users

The FakeSpy malware was first identified in October 2017 but is now significantly more powerful and dangerous
June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20
Australia to invest a record A$1.35bn in cyber security

The Australian government is making its largest ever investment in cyber security over the next decade to identify cyber threats, disrupt foreign cyber criminals and build new capabilities

June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20
ReversingLabs makes over 100 Yara rules publicly available

Threat intelligence specialist is making its IP available on GitHub to support malware hunters in their work
June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20
Partially accurate exposure notification may be best users get from UK contact tracing app

Renowned UK mobile expert warns that adoption, capability, privacy and user behaviour are issues yet to be addressed with UK contact-tracing app, and that results may not be worthwhile to overall fight against Covid-19
June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20
Microsoft joins up LinkedIn and GitHub to support pandemic job seekers

Millions of people have lost their jobs due to the coronavirus, and Microsoft wants to help by providing free online resources and real-time data on hot skills
June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20
Remote working set to remain but so do management challenges

Businesses are preparing for staff to repopulate workplaces, while preparing for an inevitable increase in more flexible working
June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20
HMRC and Treasury accused of ‘direct interference’ in independent loan charge review

Loan Charge All-Party Parliamentary Group report pours scorn on claims that December 2019 review of government’s disguised renumeration policy was conducted independently
June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20
Government expands Future Fund eligibility criteria

The Future Fund will now be accessible to startups that have previously taken part in accelerator programmes, but early-stage firms continue to struggle
June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20
Economic slowdown will force CIOs to redress SaaS pricing

Business will need to work more efficiently and spend less, which means CIOs will need to forge new value-based partnerships with IT suppliers
June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20
Alibaba Cloud comes together with Aryaka for global, fully managed SD-WAN

Cloud-first WAN company claims to provide Chinese cloud giant with superior application performance to enterprise customers worldwide
June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20
BNP Paribas uses biometrics to increase contactless payment limit

French bank BNP Paribas is enabling customers to make higher value contactless payments through fingerprint-recognition technology
June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20
Genomics England taps up AWS and Lifebit to create cloud-based Covid-19 research environment

Genomics England is looking to open up collaboration on Covid-19 genome datasets with researchers across the globe with new cloud-based research environment, which will be based on AWS and Lifebit’s technologies
June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20
The Security Interviews: What CISOs can learn from Covid-19

Mike Lloyd, CTO at Redseal, holds 21 cyber security patents and a PhD in stochastic epidemic modelling from Heriot-Watt University in Edinburgh, so is probably the man to talk to when it comes to cyber security in the world of Covid-19
June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20
Complex security estates hinder incident response

The more disparate security tools in use in an organisation, the harder it becomes to mount an effective incident response
June 30, 2020 30 Jun'20
Optus to test 5G mmWave technology

The Australian telco is testing mmWave technology using the 26GHz band at four locations in Sydney
June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20
Nokia nets exclusive Taiwan Mobile 5G deal

Three-year deal sees Finnish comms tech provider selected as single supplier for 5G RAN, Core and IMS Taiwanese operator, continues 5G strategy focused on digital transformation and sustainability
June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20
MPs urged to back Finance Bill amendments to loan charge policy

Loan Charge Action Group urges its members to ask their MPs to support an amendment to the controversial loan charge policy that could see more people fall outside its scope
June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20
Ericsson gets head of steam for 5G connectivity in European rail industry

Swedish tech supplier joins Association of the European Rail Supply Industry to show how next-generation networks can enable the industry to meet tomorrow’s IT and communications challenges
June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20
Lawyers learn of fresh US allegations against WikiLeaks founder Julian Assange from press reports

The US has filed an updated indictment against Julian Assange alleging that he conspired with hacking groups to obtain information for WikiLeaks. Defence and prosecution lawyers learned about it from press reports
June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20
Phishing back in vogue as ransomware vector

Researchers have observed an increase in phishing as a means to deliver ransomware payloads – and organisations don’t appear to be prepared
June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20
Go lean and embrace partnerships to plot a path for recovery

Starting with the lean principle of a minimum viable product, CIOs should aim to partner with outsourcers and IT suppliers to deliver business value
June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20
Qumulo Shift opens up scale-out NAS to AWS S3 in the cloud

Qumulo Shift will automatically convert file data on its NAS arrays to S3 object storage format in the AWS cloud. The functionality will be free to customers from July
June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20
Fund provides routes into digital for under-represented groups in Manchester and Lancashire

£3m fund is being used to help businesses and residents gain digital skills
June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20
Evil Corp’s latest ransomware project spreading fast

A new ransomware strain dubbed WastedLocker is spreading rapidly and targeting major corporations
June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20
MPs to examine fairness of private prosecutions in light of Post Office IT scandal

Parliamentary Justice Committee to hold short inquiry into the rules and regulations surrounding private organisations’ ability to initiate criminal proceedings
June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20
Post-pandemic security market still set for growth, but slower

Frost & Sullivan report says the global security industry will withstand the economic crash caused by the Covid-19 pandemic, but growth will be slower for a few years
June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20
GCHQ launches Manchester accelerator programme to help firms leverage tech for citizen well-being

Innovation Co-Lab will mentor companies to grow, prevent crime and improve online safety
June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20
Making the case for cloud-based security

Cloud-based security tools can hasten threat detection and response, but adoption will depend on where an enterprise is on the cloud readiness scale
June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20
Lords urge government to take immediate action on online harms

Select committee calls for tech giants to be held responsible for the harm done to individuals, wider society and democratic processes through online misinformation
June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20
Airports deploy thermal cameras to control Covid-19, science suggests it’s merely ‘safety theatre’

UK airports are rolling out thermal surveillance cameras to identify people who may have coronavirus, but science says the technology is ineffective at detecting and preventing the spread of the disease
June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20
Out of date security laws leave UK plc at risk during pandemic

The CyberUp coalition has written to Boris Johnson to urge him to reform the UK’s 30 year-old cyber crime laws
June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20
IHS Markit commits to three-year data and infrastructure migration to AWS cloud

Global market research firm will downsize its datacentres and shift more of its infrastructure and applications to the AWS public cloud
June 29, 2020 29 Jun'20
UKCloud signs MoU with CCS to provide public sector with discounted cloud pricing

Public sector-focused IaaS firm UKCloud has become the latest supplier to sign a discounted pricing deal with the UK government
June 26, 2020 26 Jun'20
Ford gets into gear with Vodafone 5G for future-proof electric vehicle production

Global automotive giant gains funding to implement and develop the potential of 5G in electric vehicle manufacturing processes in particular as regards cross-site connectivity
June 26, 2020 26 Jun'20
CBI: Government must take steps to drive SME business innovation

The coronavirus pandemic has shown how much can be achieved in a short period with a strong partnership between government and industry – and this needs to continue
June 26, 2020 26 Jun'20
Huawei gets green light for UK development centre

Chinese telecoms equipment provider sets out plans to build an optoelectronics R&D and manufacturing centre in the heart of Silicon Fen
June 26, 2020 26 Jun'20
95% of North American CIOs report remote work issues during lockdown

Employee password lockouts and inability to access on-premise applications were among the top challenges faced by CIOs in keeping remote workers up and running during lockdown
June 26, 2020 26 Jun'20
Standard Chartered embarks on virtual internship programme

Bank offers 300 candidates virtual placements on internship programme
June 26, 2020 26 Jun'20
Coronavirus: Cyber crime landscape evolving as lockdown eases

As some countries begin to gradually ease Covid-19 lockdown measures, cyber criminals’ tactics are changing, but the pandemic remains a tempting lure
June 26, 2020 26 Jun'20
Enterprises in rural Wales to gain added fibre as voucher scheme doubles in value

Vouchers subsidise the cost for rural homes and businesses to install next-generation, gigabit-capable broadband
June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20
NHSX seeks evolution of digital transformation capabilities

New approaches and team structures could be tested as a result of learnings from the work around Covid-19
June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20
UK, US workers report ‘overwhelmingly’ positive experiences of remote working

Study finds that despite challenges, mass remote working due to Covid-19 has been a net benefit on both sides of the Atlantic, suggesting companies should maintain some degree of flexible working
June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20
Pub ‘check-in’ apps provoke fresh privacy concerns

With pubs and restaurants required to collect customer data for contact tracing when they reopen, data privacy risks will be heightened
June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20
Former Post Office CEO and Fujitsu play the blame game in Horizon IT scandal

Post Office and Fujitsu blame each other for many of the failings in the Horizon IT scandal that wrecked lives
June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20
CBI: UK needs an immigration and training rethink

For the UK to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic, vast swathes of the population will need retraining – and overseas IT specialists will also be needed
June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20
Nebulon emerges with software-defined storage, but from the cloud

Startup to offer on-site storage with local I/O and some controller functionality in the cloud, combining software-defined and cloud to bring “fleet management at scale”
June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20
CBI: Digital economy needs joined-up regulations and gigabit broadband

The coronavirus pandemic has shown the need for fast, reliable networking across the UK. The CBI is urging the government to do more
June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20
Verizon and Digital Catapult create enterprise 5G accelerator programme

Venture will enable retail and brand partners to work directly with UK startups and tech innovators to explore 5G-enabled solutions
June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20
Peer-to-peer lender Zopa gets full banking licence

Peer-to-peer lending pioneer works towards creating the ‘Netflix of banking’
June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20
HMRC yet to begin building UK border IT system

The UK government has still not built its Goods Vehicle Movement Service (GVMS) IT system, despite the end of the Brexit transition period looming, while the Port of Dover’s head of EU exit proposes just licensing the French IT system instead
June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20
Nokia takes O-RAN leap with 5G AirScale Cloud commercialisation

RAN product designed to help operators generate revenue from 5G services, enable flexible end-to-end network slicing and meet IoT technology and business requirements
June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20
Kia Motors partners with Google Cloud to bring motorists AI-based paperless car manuals

South Korean car manufacturer partners Google Cloud managed service provider Megazone to bring artificial intelligence-based app to market
June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20
Ericsson, Nokia to power Singapore’s 5G networks

European telecoms network suppliers Ericsson and Nokia have been selected by Singapore telcos to deploy the country’s two standalone 5G networks
June 25, 2020 25 Jun'20
Veeam bullish on growth in APAC

Veeam’s top executive in Asia-Pacific expects the company’s growth momentum in the region to continue despite the Covid-19 pandemic, and is setting sights on growth areas such as container backups
June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20
NCSC catches a million phishes in its nets

The NCSC has racked up a million suspicious email reports from the public just two months after launching a reporting service, but the lucky sender won’t be receiving a grand prize
June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20
Amazon’s carbon emissions surge during 2019

Amazon’s carbon footprint continues to grow, jumping 15% in one year, with the company maintaining it will take some time for its green investments to yield measurable results
June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20
Two-thirds of UK adults to work remotely more often after Covid-19

Research commissioned by Ciena reveals how coronavirus pandemic will likely change UK internet usage, as increased use of online home working applications is complemented by commensurate rise in online education
June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20
HPE aims to address non-cloud apps in hybrid IT

Some applications are simply not a good fit for the public cloud. So while organisation may go cloud-native, they still need to support on-premise IT
June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20
EU judges GDPR an overall success, but changes still needed

Two years after its implementation, an EU report says that the GDPR is achieving what it set out to do, with a few reservations
June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20
Political parties harvest personal data to create profiles on voters, most of it wrong

The UK’s three main political parties are collecting personal data on voters, but much of it is wrong and its use may fall foul of data protection laws
June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20
Firm that investigated controversial Post Office IT system to support criminal conviction appeals

Second Sight is working with law firm in appeals by subpostmasters against criminal convictions in Horizon IT scandal
June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20
Brits will sell their personal data for pennies

Surprising findings from an Okta report on digital identity suggest Brits would be willing to part with valuable personal data for a surprisingly low amount
June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20
IT services giant gives staff time out to volunteer for police clients

IT services company CGI responds to Met Police call by offering its staff the opportunity to take 11 days paid leave to volunteer their time
June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20
Microsoft Teams usage growth surpasses Zoom

Aternity’s latest Productivity Tracker sees Microsoft fight back against conferencing tool that has enjoyed stellar growth since the Covid-19 lockdowns began
June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20
Lockdown drives UK internet and videoconferencing surge

UK adults now spend more than a quarter of their waking day online with services such as Zoom seeing unprecedented growth, according to Ofcom’s latest study of the nation’s online lives
June 24, 2020 24 Jun'20
Google opens Jakarta cloud region amid Indonesia’s booming digital economy

Alphabet and Google CEO Sundar Pichai lends weight to online launch event, underscoring cloud supplier’s resolve to carve out a bigger slice of the country’s fast-growing public cloud market
June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20
Viavi introduces 3D geolocation for 5G networks

Looking to ‘command’ 5G infrastructures, network monitoring and assurance technology firm unveils what it claims is first patented 3D 5G geolocation system
June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20
Advertisers revolt over Facebook’s inaction on hate speech

Several companies plan to pull their adverts from Facebook in protest at its unwillingness to deal with hateful content on its platforms
June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20
Home workers report concerns regarding network capacity shortages

With networks becoming an increasingly critical part of business operations, network intelligence platform provider finds 65% of networking professionals felt extremely or somewhat concerned about their organisation’s network capacity during ...
June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20
Why IT needs to align with people

IT has always strived to align with the business, but recent research has found that users are struggling to take on tech innovations
June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20
UK counts the cost as Ireland presses ahead with contact-tracing app

Irish eyes smiling as Republic’s heath executive said to be on verge of giving greenlight to Covid-19 tracker app, while UK reveals £11.8m cost of development to date for no return as yet
June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20
Neurodiversity on the rise among career hackers

More diverse hackers enhance the ability of both traditional and cutting-edge cyber security solutions to find and fix vulnerabilities, according to a new report from Bugcrowd
June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20
Twitter contacts business users over data exposure

Issue relates to how web browsers cached confidential data entered in Twitter’s ads and analytics services, but is unlikely to have resulted in compromise
June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20
SoftIron aims at data too valuable for commodity storage

UK array maker hopes to be the storage provider of choice for those that really value their data, with highly optimised Ceph-powered hardware aimed at HPC users and enterprises
June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20
Flash-based MacOS malware hides in plain sight

By masquerading as a legitimate Adobe web application, the new malware strains can trick Mac users into bypassing their on-board defences
June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20
Collaboration platform technology to shape the future of construction industry post-Covid-19

Survey from construction management software provider reveals Covid-19 has caused a mind-shift, with the industry realising the benefits of integrated platform technology to improve transparency among teams working remotely
June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20
ITAM Forum aims to raise the bar on tech management

Knowing what is deployed is the first step in any transformation exercise, and a strong IT asset management practice lowers risk
June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20
Nokia claims US live C-band network demo first

Ahead of the expected US spectrum auction in December 2020, Nokia completes first successful US-based 5G trial in C-band
June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20
Concern over digital risk falls dramatically during pandemic

Brits are understandably more worried about the NHS than personal cyber security
June 23, 2020 23 Jun'20
Huawei to invest S$5m in Singapore to boost tech ecosystem

Huawei is pumping in S$5m this year to develop joint partner offerings in Singapore with a focus on artificial intelligence
June 22, 2020 22 Jun'20
Global 5G subscriptions to hit nearly three billion by 2025

5G will account for a fifth of mobile subscriptions by 2025 in Southeast Asia and Oceania, underscoring the keen adoption of emerging technologies in the Asia-Pacific region
June 22, 2020 22 Jun'20
Government to publish digital strategy this autumn

Strategy will set out how to increase tech-led economic growth and productivity after the Covid-19 pandemic, says digital secretary Oliver Dowden
June 22, 2020 22 Jun'20
TalkTalk targets teleworkers with business-grade broadband

UK mobile network operator aims to take advantage of mass increase in home working, which will likely persist into next year and beyond, by offering medium and enterprise-sized businesses packages for reliable connectivity
June 22, 2020 22 Jun'20
Immigrants’ rights campaigners take Home Office to court over visa algorithm

Campaigners claim built-in algorithmic bias makes processing of visa applications ‘discriminatory’
June 22, 2020 22 Jun'20
East Coast Main Line to get £350m digital signalling boost

Government accelerates the roll-out of electronic signalling, pumping £350m into a digital signalling system on the East Coast Mainline
June 22, 2020 22 Jun'20
Care Quality Commission to discuss concerns over Paula Vennells’ NHS role

Healthcare regulator will be discussing concerns about former NHS boss chairing an NHS trust at an upcoming meeting
June 22, 2020 22 Jun'20
Telus turns on first wave of Canadian 5G network

Operator announces latest part of its infrastructure evolution with 5G network designed to enhance the coverage, speed and reliability for customers across Canada
June 21, 2020 21 Jun'20
APAC still hotbed for cyber attacks

Individuals and organisations in APAC are encountering malware more frequently than the rest of the world, study finds