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• April 16, 2018 16 Apr'18

  Fintech sector increasingly attractive compared to traditional banking for IT professionals

  Fintech job vacancies are growing, while less are being advertised in traditional banking sector companies

• April 16, 2018 16 Apr'18

  Investments in skills, infrastructure and SMEs needed to help UK data economy hit new heights

  The UK data economy may struggle to reach its full growth potential between now and 2025 unless action is taken, suggests research commissioned by datacentre operator Digital Realty

• April 16, 2018 16 Apr'18

  Many British workers victims of ‘substandard’ technology in secondary offices, shows research

  Workers have claimed they are forced to use poorer technology when outside of the main office

• April 16, 2018 16 Apr'18

  UK businesses urged to ensure they do cyber security basics

  The cyber threat to business has never been greater, so the National Cyber Security Centre is urging UK companies to ensure they have implemented all the basic, best-practice cyber security controls and processes

• April 16, 2018 16 Apr'18

  Dutch railway operator to experiment with self-driving trains

  Dutch railways are on a journey towards fully automated trains, with early tests under way

• April 16, 2018 16 Apr'18

  Singtel, VMware to set up hybrid cloud sandbox

  The hybrid cloud sandbox environment will let companies test their cloud workloads and software-defined networks

• April 15, 2018 15 Apr'18

  Ethics key to AI development, says Lords committee

  House of Lords Select Committee calls for government to draw up an ethical code of conduct, which organisations developing AI can sign up to

• April 15, 2018 15 Apr'18

  Australian healthcare services most hit by data breaches

  Nearly a quarter of data breaches reported under Australia’s new mandatory data breach regime took place in the healthcare sector

• April 13, 2018 13 Apr'18

  EU-US data sharing under threat as Irish court refers Facebook case to Europe

  The Irish High Court is seeking answers from the European Court of Justice in a case that could have huge implications for EU-US data sharing and raises questions about US government surveillance of EU citizens. The move could bring a five-year ...

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• April 13, 2018 13 Apr'18

  Cyber attackers can breach targets in hours, report reveals

  The majority of hackers claim they can breach an organisation within hours, while most security professionals admit they do not know what to look for

• April 13, 2018 13 Apr'18

  Companies must take a share of cloud security responsibility

  The cloud is seen as highly secure and more and more critical data is being held in public clouds, but organisations need to adapt their internal security processes

• April 13, 2018 13 Apr'18

  AI fears abating among UK consumers, suggests OpenText survey

  UK citizens seem to be curbing their fears of artificial intelligence technology, according to survey research by OpenText

• April 13, 2018 13 Apr'18

  UK playing central role in Facebook data misuse probe

  Data protection is a hot issue and all about increasing confidence in the way data is handled, says UK privacy watchdog

• April 13, 2018 13 Apr'18

  Addressing consumer concerns will drive success for open banking

  Experts say consumers will feel more comfortable about sharing their data as part of open banking once more valuable use cases become available

• April 13, 2018 13 Apr'18

  Crown Hosting and Fujitsu urge SIs to rethink approach to public sector IT in cloud era

  Crown Hosting and Fujitsu claim shift away from large, multi-year outsourcing deals is a change some systems integrators are intent on ignoring

• April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18

  Cyber security a shared responsibility, says Amber Rudd

  The UK home secretary has emphasised that cyber security is a shared responsibility and committed to promote EU cyber cooperation post-Brexit at the National Cyber Security Centre’s conference in Manchester

• April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18

  GCHQ growing cyber capability to match threat

  GCHQ continues to grow and develop its cyber capability to match the rapidly expanding and evolving threat landscape, says agency director

• April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18

  Machine learning is the new normal: AWS

  Cloud supplier AWS wants to put machine learning capabilities into the hands of more people in the nascent market for cloud-based AI services

• April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18

  SFO expands use of AI after successful trial in Rolls-Royce investigation

  Serious Fraud Office builds on trials of artificial intelligence in criminal investigations by rolling out a new data management platform

• April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18

  Security Center of Iceland dumps EMC big iron for StorMagic SvSAN

  Icelandic security company threw EMC VNXe “in the bin” and deployed StorMagic software-defined storage SvSAN to gain 4x boost in IOPS and slashed admin overhead

• April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18

  UK cyber attack reporting set to be more streamlined

  Government funding has been allocated to help streamline cyber attack reporting, according to the National Cyber Security Centre

• April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18

  22 European countries sign up to blockchain partnership

  The UK and 21 other countries have signed a declaration aiming to share blockchain experience and expertise across Europe, as well as preparing to launch EU-wide blockchain applications

• April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18

  O2 and Arqiva begin small cell roll-out in London

  Mobile operator will use small cells to boost 4G mobile network data capacity in busy areas, such as around stations

• April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18

  PepsiCo hires robots to interview job candidates

  The food and drinks multinational is using artificial intelligence software, known as Robot Vera, to phone and interview candidates as it seeks to fill vacancies for factory, sales workers and drivers in Russia

• April 12, 2018 12 Apr'18

  IaaS emerges as fastest-growing sector of the global public cloud market

  Gartner's public cloud spending forecast suggests enterprise demand for IaaS and SaaS deployments will continue to intensify between now and 2021

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  New cyber incident classification to boost UK response

  A new cyber attack categorisation system has been unveiled to improve UK response to incidents

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  Cloud, containers and hybrid IT flagged as top technology investments by UK IT professionals

  Research into the technology investment priorities of UK IT professionals reveals a strong appetite for all things cloud and containers

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  IT transformation seen as essential for digital business projects

  Businesses that have modernised their IT are in a far better position to make the most of digital transformation initiatives

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  CBI calls on government to get post-Brexit regulations right

  Ensuring the UK gets rules and regulations right is key to a thriving economy, and convergence with the digital single market is critical for tech companies, according to the CBI

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  Government to set up £13.5m cyber security centre

  Located at the 2012 Olympic Park, the London Cyber Innovation Centre could create up to 2,000 jobs in cyber security

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  Tesco online grocery sales up 5.1%

  After ninth consecutive quarter of growth, CEO says supermarket chain is “on track to deliver our medium-term ambitions”

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  Policy yet to catch up with innovation in digital health sector, says report

  Barriers such as poor procurement practices and lack of consensus about “what good looks like” can hinder NHS innovation, but there are still opportunities for digital health startups

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  Diversity key to more effective cyber security, says NCSC

  Diversity in defence teams is key to improved cyber security, according to the UK’s National Cyber Security Centre (NCSC)

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  GCHQ to set up shop in Manchester

  UK intelligence, security and cyber agency GCHQ is expanding its network of UK sites to north west England

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  NSA calls for cyber security community collaboration

  A US National Security Agency (NSA) representative has called for cyber security community collaboration at the National Cyber Security Centre’s conference in Manchester

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  Facebook settles $365m modular datacentre IP theft case with UK-based BladeRoom Group

  BladeRoom and Facebook are known to have reached a confidential settlement in their long-running legal dispute, which saw the social medial giant accused of stealing trade secrets

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  UK to launch crackdown on dark web

  The UK is to enhance its specialist law enforcement response to crack down on criminals operating on the dark web

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  Finnish government backs national AI development strategy

  Government is harnessing Finland’s tech base to help make the country a leading location for the artificial intelligence industry

• April 11, 2018 11 Apr'18

  Australia needs to plug innovation gap

  Being at the crossroads of technological change, Australia should decide if it wants to be a producer of cutting-edge applications or be contented with just being a user of technology

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  European CIOs have budget balancing act ahead of them

  There is some consensus among European CIOs on budget rises across the continent, but less so on what to invest in

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  Apple claims global operations now run on 100% renewable power

  Four years after hitting its 100% renewable power goal in its datacentre estate, consumer electronics giant Apple claims to have replicated the feat across its entire business

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  NWIS and Life Sciences Hub Wales to create digital health ecosystem

  The NHS Wales Informatics Service and Life Sciences Hub Wales have joined forces to launch a digital health and care network to help tech companies access the sector and share innovations

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  HS. focuses on global scaling for healthcare startups in new accelerator programme

  HS. is trying to enable healthcare startups to scale internationally as part of its accelerator programme

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  Mobile phishing a growing threat, warns report

  Phishing on mobile devices is a growing threat to business as attacks move beyond email to text messages and apps

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  Cyber criminals earn up to $2m a year, study shows

  Academic study reveals just how lucrative cyber crime can be, with top-level cyber criminals out-earning government leaders and university graduates

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  NHS trust dumps SANs for Tintri VM-aware storage

  Move to Tintri hybrid flash VM-aware storage allows Imperial College trust to redeploy HPE 3PAR SAN storage and cut storage admin and trouble-shooting to almost zero

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  HMV pivots from legacy MPLS to SD-WAN

  Record retailer HMV goes all-in on a Cisco Meraki software-defined network to cut costs and improve its network resiliency

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  SAP bids to modernise indirect licensing with new pricing model

  SAP has announced a new pricing model for indirect licensing scenarios that has been welcomed by user groups, who are still pressing for reassurance that they won’t pay more

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  PayPal is latest tech giant to eye traditional banking

  PayPal set to launch launch traditional retail banking services in the first half of this year

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  What Amazon’s ideal robot looks like

  Robots should be available at the fingertips and work in tandem with humans and other machines to improve task efficiency, says the chief technologist of Amazon Robotics

• April 10, 2018 10 Apr'18

  Ransomware top cyber threat, DBIR shows

  Ransomware remains the top cyber security threat to organisations, humans continue to be significant weakness and HR departments are a top target, according to the latest Verizon Data breach investigations report

• April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18

  Healthcare services will be built around IoT by 2030, according to report

  The next five to 10 years will see massive disruptions in the healthcare space, with artificial intelligence playing an increasing role in diagnosis and treatment by 2030, a report predicts

• April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18

  Cyber threat to UK business greater than ever, report reveals

  The cyber threat to UK business is “bigger than ever” and the best way to defend against it is collaboration between government, law enforcement and business, a report shows

• April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18

  Norway government backs ambitious datacentre investment plan

  Norway has a plan to be a leading location for datacentres with a policy that will put it in direct competition with some of its Nordic neighbours

• April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18

  Security professionals admit patching is getting harder

  Vulnerable systems need patching to avoid being attacked by security exploits, yet many businesses find it hard to apply patches quick enough

• April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18

  NVMe scale-out NAS: Qumulo P-series targets Isilon and Pure

  Scale-out NAS specialist Qumulo unveils P-series all-flash systems based on NVMe, and aims to be an alternative to high performance NAS hardware from Isilon and Pure Storage

• April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18

  More than one in 10 employees fall for social engineering attacks

  Employees download malicious files, click phishing links, correspond with hackers, and even share contact information for their colleagues, a report reveals

• April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18

  HSBC adopts fintech to fight money laundering

  HSBC is using technology from a fintech startup to help it monitor transactions for potential money laundering

• April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18

  Autonomous drones will fly into danger zones for emergency services

  Automated drones will use sophisticated visual systems and machine learning techniques to carry out search and rescue missions where humans fear to tread

• April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18

  Facebook data scandal a game changer, says ICO

  Facebook’s controversial data sharing with London-based data mining firm Cambridge Analytica is a game changer, according to the UK’s privacy watchdog

• April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18

  US tax cuts and dollar’s decline propel datacentre spending

  Gartner’s latest spending forecast shows the strongest growth in IT spending, which it expects to total $3.7tn in 2018, up 6.2% from 2017

• April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18

  Dubai's gamble on bitcoin property sales

  Dubai is pioneering the use of bitcoin in the real world, with the property sector leading the way

• April 09, 2018 09 Apr'18

  Microsoft teams up with Japan’s JRCS on mixed reality

  Software giant Microsoft has partnered with a Japanese supplier of maritime systems to test the use of HoloLens headsets for training and maintenance work

• April 06, 2018 06 Apr'18

  Business increases use of encryption in the cloud

  The use of encryption has seen double-digit growth in the past year due to a number of security-related drivers, a study has revealed

• April 06, 2018 06 Apr'18

  UK challenger bank gives up banking licence to focus on fintech

  CivilisedBank plans to serve small and medium-sized enterprises with savings and investment products

• April 06, 2018 06 Apr'18

  Microsoft outage: Europe-wide downtime locks Office 365 and Azure users out of cloud

  Microsoft engineers cite Azure Active Directory fault as cause of cloud customer service woes across Europe

• April 06, 2018 06 Apr'18

  Why Lufthansa went back to the drawing board with its HR IT project

  Aviation group says it is confident of landing a company-wide IT project following a sometimes turbulent journey

• April 06, 2018 06 Apr'18

  Facebook among 30 organisations under investigation by the ICO

  Facebook is among 30 organisations under investigation by the UK’s privacy watchdog for misusing personal data for political and other purposes

• April 06, 2018 06 Apr'18

  HSBC IT whistleblower faces extradition to Switzerland

  Hervé Falciani, who stole data from thousands of private banking customers, is apprehended in Spain following the issuing of an international arrest warrant

• April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18

  Deutsche Bank system replacement already paying back

  Deutsche bank is replacing a complex IT infrastructure that helps its traders operate and automates regulatory compliance processes

• April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18

  Retail sector top cyber attack target

  The retail sector was the top cyber attack target in 2017, as cyber attacks evolved to become more organised and structured, a report reveals

• April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18

  Business should note Facebook data sharing, say security advisers

  Businesses that use Facebook and have employees that use it should take note that data is shared with potential cyber attackers, security advisers warn, as Facebook reveals the Cambridge Analytica data exploitation scandal may affect 87 million users

• April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18

  Pfizer tech startup accelerator will be a shot in the arm for healthcare innovation

  Pharmaceutical giant invites startups to apply for its second Healthcare Hub: London accelerator, with the chance to share £50,000 funding

• April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18

  The Hackett Group predicts rise of robotic process automation

  RPA promises to make certain back-office business processes vastly more efficient by taking over manual tasks

• April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18

  More than 1.5 billion business and consumer files exposed online

  With just over a month to go before the GDPR compliance deadline, more than 1.5 billion data files are exposed online without adequate protections, a report reveals

• April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18

  5G mobile spectrum auction raises £1.3bn

  The principal bidding stage in Ofcom’s latest mobile network spectrum auction has concluded, raising more than £1bn for the Treasury

• April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18

  Only newer systems will get Intel firmware updates for Spectre chip flaw

  Intel will not issue patches for legacy processors, so older systems and legacy embedded applications will remain vulnerable to Spectre exploits

• April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18

  Microsoft outlines approach to intellectual property

  Enterprises will own patents and industrial design rights that result from new technology jointly developed with Microsoft, among a raft of intellectual property principles unveiled by the software giant

• April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18

  Microsoft plans to invest $5bn to boost IoT business

  Its vision involves sensor data from IoT devices being processed across a distributed computing infrastructure from the edge to Azure

• April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18

  Interview: GDPR will give Dutch privacy watchdog its teeth

  The Netherlands’ privacy watchdog has not handed out fines so far because there has been no reason to, says the organisation’s chairman, Aleid Wolfsen

• April 05, 2018 05 Apr'18

  IR35 reforms: Calls for inquiry into pre-launch tests of HMRC IR35 assessment tool

  HM Revenue & Customs hits back at contractors who claim it failed to test its online IR35 status assessment tool rigorously enough in the run-up to its launch in March 2017, as calls for an inquiry into its dev and test procedures grow

• April 04, 2018 04 Apr'18

  Tech City and Tech North merge to support startups nationwide

  Southern and northern groups finalise merger to become Tech Nation as government pledges £21m in funding

• April 04, 2018 04 Apr'18

  Ransomware puts pressure on incident response

  Cyber attackers switched focus to ransomware attacks in 2017 putting pressure on incident response, while human error was responsible for two-thirds of compromised records, a study shows

• April 04, 2018 04 Apr'18

  LGA proposes full-fibre broadband kitemark for homebuyers

  The Local Government Association has urged housing developers to adopt proposals for a fibre-to-the-premises broadband kitemark for new-build homes in rural areas

• April 04, 2018 04 Apr'18

  Average attacker dwell time nearly six months for EMEA, study shows

  Firms in Europe, the Middle East and Africa take nearly six months to detect cyber attacks on average, a report reveals

• April 04, 2018 04 Apr'18

  UN adopts Tableau as global standard to augment decision support

  The United Nations has struck a deal with data visualisation software supplier Tableau to extend its use as an organisation-wide standard

• April 04, 2018 04 Apr'18

  InfiniSync backup ‘bunker’ gives zero RPO for critical apps

  Infinidat launches InfiniSync “black box” as off-site storage on-site, plus new Infinibox PB-scale array, cloud storage service Neutrix Cloud and InfiniGuard backup appliance

• April 04, 2018 04 Apr'18

  AWS expands edge computing service to Singapore

  Amazon’s Snowball Edge strengthens its support for hybrid use cases in a fast-growing market for the internet of things and hybrid IT

• April 04, 2018 04 Apr'18

  IT decision-makers trust Facebook less and are changing policies

  As Facebook scrambles to contain the damage from the Cambridge Analytica data exploitation scandal, a survey reveals that a majority of IT decision-makers have lost trust in the social networking firm

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  Can the government’s Institute of Coding help tackle the UK’s tech skills disconnect?

  Many have claimed there is a gap between the tech skills taught by education providers and the skills needed by firms, but can the Institute of Coding help to bridge it?

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  UK firms failing to make financial plans for cyber attacks

  Most UK firms are failing to plan for the financial impact of cyber attacks, a survey by Lloyds Bank has revealed

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  IT set to gain the most from AI and automation

  IT administrators anticipate that artificial intelligence and automation will only affect mundane tasks, freeing up 19% of their workload

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  How to rightsize your digital strategy

  Don’t wait for a light-bulb moment. Small ideas are best, but businesses must also assess whether their IT is a speed bump, slowing down innovation

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  Data policy move to DCMS causes mixed reactions

  Some believe Theresa May handing over government data policy responsibility to DCMS is “downgrading digital government” while others see it as a positive move

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  Data breaches revealed at four US retail chains

  The Easter weekend has seen another round of data breaches, further underlining that many companies are still failing to take the necessary steps to protect customer data

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  Future of internet regulation is focus of Lords inquiry

  Inquiry will seek evidence on whether or not the law is up to the job of regulating online platforms such as Facebook, and what improvements can be made

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  How Code First: Girls uses partnerships to teach girls to code

  CEO of social enterprise Code First: Girls explains how partnerships with firms such as Trainline and Goldman Sachs are helping to reach the firm’s goal of teaching 20,000 women to code by 2020

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

  Oracle expands availability of cloud services from UK datacentre region

  Database giant claims expansion of UK datacentre region shows its commitment to customers

• April 03, 2018 03 Apr'18

   Automation and gamification key to cyber security

  The use of automation and gamification are key to winning the fight against cyber criminals in the face of the skills’ shortage, a study investigating challenges facing IT security teams reveals

• April 02, 2018 02 Apr'18

  Lawyers more influential than IT staff in cloud deployments

  Traditionally considered risk-adverse, lawyers are twice as more influential than in-house technology staff about cloud, research finds