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• January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18

  Most online retail sites put customers at risk of phishing

  Most top online retail sites fail to protect consumers from phishing attacks, a study has revealed

• January 30, 2018 30 Jan'18

  Davos: Cyber risks grow as countries turn towards protectionism

  The cost of natural disasters is now at record levels, but the cost of cyber crime is far higher. The World Economic Forum hopes to persuade governments to work together on the problem, but with isolationist politics back in fashion, can it succeed?

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  Alibaba Cloud to tackle Malaysia’s traffic woes with AI

  Chinese cloud service provider Alibaba will use its City Brain artificial intelligence platform to analyse data from camera feeds and traffic junctions in the capital city of Kuala Lumpur

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  Qumulo file access hybrid cloud QF2 file system launches in Europe

  QF2 brings Posix/Windows-compatible scale-out NAS file storage to hybrid cloud with access via on-premise hardware appliance or Amazon compute and storage in the cloud

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  Millennials set to disrupt authentication, shows IBM study

  Young adults are lax on passwords, but are more comfortable than older generations with biometric and multifactor authentication, an IBM study shows

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  Online retail grew less than expected in 2017

  IMRG and Capgemini found retail sales grew by 12.1% in 2017, but growth was lower than in the previous year

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  UK gas supplier outsources to the cloud with HCL

  Cadent is modernising its IT operations through a five-year outsourcing deal with Indian IT services supplier

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  Superfast broadband available to 95% of country

  The UK government has announced it has reached its target for making superfast broadband available

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  NGO to fight for GDPR rights set to launch

  A new breed of NGO aimed at helping EU citizens fight for privacy rights under the GDPR is set to launch after achieving the minimum funding required

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• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  BETT 2018: Children need to grow into more than ‘digital consumers’, says apprenticeships minister

  Anne Milton told the BETT 2018 education technology show that to fill the skills gap, children need to grow up to be more than just consumers of digital

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  Hefty fines confirmed for CNI providers with poor cyber security

  The government has confirmed that critical infrastructure providers with poor cyber security face fines of millions of pounds as the National Cyber Security Centre publishes new guidance for the industry

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  Business cyber crime up 63%, UK stats show  

  Despite an overall decrease in fraud and computer misuse in 2017, the latest Office for National Statistics (ONS) reports show that incidents involving computer misuse and malware against business are way up

• January 29, 2018 29 Jan'18

  Government bulks up on AI personnel

  The UK government is starting to put bodies behind its artificial intelligence commentary as two departments announce job roles

• January 28, 2018 28 Jan'18

  How blockchain can secure the IoT

  By doing away with a central authority in internet of things (IoT) networks, blockchain technology can reduce the risk of IoT devices being compromised by a single point of security failure

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  NVidia aims to tackle UK’s AI skills gap by educating year nine students

  Computer chip developer is providing a teaching kit to educate students on artificial intelligence

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  ICO launches data protection excellence award

  UK’s privacy watchdog launches data protection excellence award to mark international Data Protection Day, as security suppliers issue data protection tips and guidelines

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  Leak confirms CEO dumped Intel shares after Meltdown and Spectre processor flaw

  Leaked document show that Intel’s CEO sold his shares the very day the company told hardware makers of its processor flaw

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  Researchers calculate financial toll of cloud outages on US business sector

  A joint report by Lloyd's of London and AIR Worldwide reveals the financial disruption a three to six-day cloud outage could cause to US-based businesses

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  UK likely to remain strategic EU data protection partner

  Head of European Union’s independent data protection authority says UK is likely to remain a strategic partner in data protection after Brexit

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  Hull and Highlands worst for superfast broadband availability

  Government statistics on average broadband speeds by constituency have found that a great number of people living in Kingston upon Hull, and the Scottish Highlands and Islands, are still unable to receive an acceptable level of service

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  Government sets out further details of Digital Charter

  The government’s charter aims to tackle challenges and risks brought by technology in “an effective and responsible way”, thereby boosting the digital economy

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  ODI report reveals key data publishing challenges

  Lack of standards, vision and adequate skills among key reasons organisations are struggling to publish quality data, according to Open Data Institute

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  Case study: Network Rail uses cloud to get its digital data preservation plans on track

  Digital-by-default railway infrastructure operator, Network Rail, is building a cloud-based archive to protect the organisation’s data assets for future use

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  Theresa May announces boost to UK programming

  A total of £40m in government and industry funding will be used to help bolster the UK’s programming skills gap

• January 26, 2018 26 Jan'18

  CIO interview: Vlassios Rizopoulos, CTO, Pricesearcher.com

  CTO of independent online search engine Pricesearcher.com explains how it uses big data and high-performance computing to cater to customers who use price as the deciding factor for their purchase

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  North has 1.4 job vacancies for each digital worker

  EY and Tech North issue suggestions and guidelines to help tackle eight specific problems in northern tech ecosystem

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  IoT security risks need immediate action, says report

  The security failings in today’s internet-connected devices will only become more pervasive unless action is taken immediately, according to industry experts

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Select Committee highlights Brexit effect on roaming and data protection

  House of Commons Select Committee report sets out Brexit challenges such as uncertainty around regulations, data protection, mobile roaming charges and skills

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Theresa May wants UK to be world leader in ‘ethical AI’

  In her World Economic Forum speech, the prime minister highlights the need to harness tech, flies the flag for “responsible AI development” and calls on tech companies to step up and fight paedophiles and terrorists using online platforms

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Cloudian upgrade brings hybrid cloud file and object storage

  Move to Cloudian Hyperstore 7 enables data storage operations across on-premise and Amazon, Google and Microsoft cloud environments with object and file access

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Sky to move pay TV services to broadband

  The days of the satellite TV dish are numbered as Sky signals its intent to switch to an IP streaming delivery model over broadband connections

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Ransomware was most popular cyber crime tool in 2017

  Detections of ransomware increased by more than 90% last year compared with 2016

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Hours lost on patching Meltdown and Spectre flaw

  IT administrators have already lost hours installing the processor patch from Intel, which causes PCs to lock up and systems to crash and slow down

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  NHS Wales IT outage: What went wrong with its datacentres?

  A country-wide outage of several core NHS Wales IT systems has prompted questions about the organisation’s datacentre failover procedures

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Robots are needed to manage the automation robots

  The next decade will see robots transform from invisible forces obeying our commands to lifelike objects interacting with humans on a daily basis

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Forensic investigation into Post Office IT system at centre of legal case nears completion

  The investigation into the fairness of court cases brought against sub-postmasters is close to finishing its forensic examination of the IT system at the heart of the controversy

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Driverless buses hit the streets of Stockholm

  Self-driving buses are being used in real traffic environments as part of a trial in Stockholm

• January 25, 2018 25 Jan'18

  Security spending not on most-effective controls, report reveals

  While planned spending on IT security is up globally, so too are data breaches, with evidence mounting that hackers are hitting the bottom line, a global security survey reveals

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Most UK organisations unaware of new data protection laws

  The UK’s digital and culture secretary is urging businesses and charities to prepare for stronger data protection laws in the light of new information

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  GDPR worries hit cloud storage investments, says survey

  NetApp-sponsored survey finds lack of customer confidence in cloud service providers’ retention of GDPR-affected data has led organisations to rethink and scale back cloud investments

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  AI is moving towards acceptance in cyber security, says Check Point

  Artificial intelligence is well on its way to being a useful tool in the cyber security professional’s kit, but according to Check Point, there are still big challenges to overcome

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Kao Data opens doors on first phase of £200m datacentre campus in Harlow

  Kao London One has a capacity of 8.8MW and is being touted as a good fit for hybrid cloud infrastructures

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Department for International Development launches digital strategy

  Strategy highlights potential of technology to reduce poverty as department aims to become a global leader in digital

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Colt Technology Services outage: European customers hit by internet connectivity issues

  Voice and data network provider Colt Technology Services suffers outage, blighting users in several European countries

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Sweden puts government IT outsourcing under increased scrutiny

  Government introduces rules to tighten security in IT outsourcing deals following a very public data leak last year

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Two-thirds of startups ill-prepared for GDPR

  While most startups collect personal data, a survey reveals that many are not very well prepared for compliance with the EU’s forthcoming data protection regulation

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  NHS organisations to get cyber security alerts service

  As part of a deal between NHS Digital and Microsoft, NHS organisations will be able to get a threat detection service, alerting them to any cyber security issues

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Clydesdale and Yorkshire Bank Group uses ServiceNow to support transformation

  IT service management adapts to faster and faster time-to-market pressure with a new framework that aims to deliver continuous service improvement

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  We need to be flexible to address future skills needs, says education secretary

  Damian Hinds opened the Education World Forum by saying flexibility will be key in addressing industry and labour needs in an uncertain future

• January 24, 2018 24 Jan'18

  Dark web Dream Market drives cyber fraud industry

  An international operation shut down the AlphaBay and Hansa marketplaces in July 2017, but new ones have sprung up on the dark web, with one in particular helping to drive cyber fraud

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  AWS opens third availability zone in Singapore

  Cloud service provider is upping the ante in a region that has been lapping up cloud infrastructure services to advance digitisation efforts

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Intel recalls botched Spectre fix

  The inventor of Linux, Linus Torvalds, vents his frustration and suggests Intel has no plans to fix Spectre flaw

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Mastercard sets biometric ID deadline for banks

  Mastercard has committed to guaranteeing that every one of its customers will have access to biometric authentication services by April 2019

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Modern methodology gives Sweden’s 100-year-old SKF a digital push

  Long-established engineering company takes a leaf out of the startup guide to software development

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Thousands of critical systems affected by serious security flaws

  Multiple and serious vulnerabilities have been found in a software management system widely used in corporate and industrial control environments, researchers warn

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Irish planning chiefs dismiss appeal against Amazon's €1bn datacentre build

  Irish planning chiefs have granted Amazon permission to proceed with its plans to build a €1bn datacentre in Dublin to support the continued European growth of its cloud business

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Facebook offers funding to secure the internet

  Facebook has announced that it is offering funding for research into ways of improving internet security

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Hyper-convergence and containers key storage-related deployments in 2018

  Hyper-converged infrastructure and containers are key deployments planned by UK customers in 2018, with flash storage, virtual machine storage and disk backup also prominent

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  New controversies as Trump passes US Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act

  The amended Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act, which seeks to legitimise US surveillance on foreigners, has been signed off by president Trump

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Interview: Kaspar Korjus, Estonian e-Residency lead

  As the number of people signing up to become Estonian e-residents exceeds the country’s birth rate, Computer Weekly speaks to the man heading up the programme

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Uncontrolled cyber attacks on UK cyber defenders’ radar

  Uncontrolled cyber attacks are just as much a threat as targeted attacks, according to the UK’s cyber defence agency, which continues to consider a major cyber attack imminent

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  Many councils admit they are not ready to upgrade from Windows 7

  With less than two years to go before Microsoft stops supporting Windows 7, a study has found many councils may struggle to meet this deadline

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  ITV goes on air with SpectraLogic LTFS tape backup and archive

  2PB of SpectraLogic tape front-ended by Black Pearl LTFS object storage access creates integrated archive that lets broadcaster optimise use of existing Isilon clustered NAS

• January 23, 2018 23 Jan'18

  China’s Yitu eyes ASEAN market with facial recognition know-how

  Facial recognition software specialist Yitu, which recently won a face identification accuracy contest in the US, has already nabbed regional clients such as Singapore’s Certis Cisco

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Taking complexity out of cyber security

  The key to improving the cyber security posture of organisations is to keep complexity at bay, according to a senior Microsoft executive

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  IBM results reveal plans to shift traditional analytics to SaaS

  IBM boosts cognitive and blockchain businesses, but admits there is work needed on its traditional analytics products and some will move to software as a service

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  UK urged to up spending on cyber defence

  Cyber attacks that target military and civilian operations are one of the biggest threats facing the UK, according to a top military officer, but security experts say cyber defence spending must be carefully considered

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Almost a quarter of London businesses unaware of GDPR

  Nearly one in four London businesses unaware of new data protection regulation, a survey has revealed, with just months before the compliance deadline

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  NHS England wants to use algorithms to handle NHS 111 enquiries

  NHS England looks at potential of processing patient enquiries using algorithms as it works on rolling out an online version of NHS 111 by December 2018

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  NRF 2018: Cryptocurrencies “won’t take off”, says Visa executive

  Visa’s CEO, Alfred Kelly, told retailers at the 2018 NRF Big Show that bitcoin and other cryptocurrencies should be low on their list of priorities

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Manchester’s CityVerve launches new internet of things challenge for SMEs and startups

  Manchester’s CityVerve smart city project has called for IoT developers and startups to tackle challenges in healthcare, transport and energy

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  IT of world’s banks is moving on from crippling regulation

  Banks need to invest more in fintech and IT skills as they emerge from years of stagnation

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Norwegian healthcare breach alert failed GDPR requirements

  Norwegian healthcare authorities failed General Data Protection Regulation requirements for notifying those affected by a personal data breach by waiting a week before disclosing a breach discovered on 8 January 2018

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Lancashire Police launches voice-driven Amazon Alexa app

  Lancashire Constabulary’s new app gives users hourly news updates and sends pictures of wanted criminals straight to their Amazon Echo devices

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  NHS Digital declares the public cloud a safe place to store patient data

  The health service’s technology organisation, NHS Digital, has issued guidance confirming the public cloud as a safe place to store patient data

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Judge will take time to seek answers from EU court over Max Schrems Facebook privacy fight

  The Irish High Court will take time to decide what questions to put before the European Court of Justice in a case with significant implications for EU and US trade and the privacy of EU citizens

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Privacy International warns of global risk to citizens if Microsoft loses US data access appeal

  Privacy International warns of widespread privacy violations if Microsoft loses US data access appeal

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  European Parliament votes to restrict exports of surveillance equipment

  European Parliament votes to tighten export controls to restrict supply of surveillance and encryption technology to states with poor human rights records amid fears British companies may not have to comply after Brexit

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Cyber attackers exploiting trust in FTP servers

  Some cyber attackers are exploiting trust in FTP servers to distribute malware, security researchers warn

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  Powerful Zyklon malware exploiting MS Office flaws

  Cyber attackers are exploiting three recently discovered vulnerabilities in Microsoft Office to spread multifunction Zyklon malware, security researchers warn

• January 22, 2018 22 Jan'18

  2018 UK software budgets double for AI and blockchain

  Artificial intelligence and blockchain initiatives are earmarked for a doubling of investment, finds the Computer Weekly/TechTarget IT Priorities survey for 2018

• January 21, 2018 21 Jan'18

  Telstra invests in two new submarine cables to bolster Asia-US connectivity

  The Hong Kong Americas and Pacific Light Cable Network cables will provide more robust connectivity to support the Asia-Pacific region’s growing internet traffic

• January 21, 2018 21 Jan'18

  Cloud firm speeds customer analytics with Pure Storage arrays

  Cloudhelix replaces Pernix Data storage with Pure Storage FlashArray products to provide “brute force” performance approach for unpredictable customer workloads

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  UK and France to collaborate on digital tech

  The UK and French governments have joined forces to increase technology and innovation cooperation between the two nations

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Create security culture to boost cyber defences, says Troy Hunt

  Security suffers when there is tension between software developers and security professionals, but it is common in many organisations, says world-renowned security blogger and trainer

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Nordic IT executive interview: Daniel Kjellén, CEO, Tink

  Sweden could have a head start in the race to open up banking through the European Union’s PSD2 regulation

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  451 Research shines light on how enterprise attitudes to digital transformation are evolving

  Enterprises are capitalising on their infrastructure upgrades and are increasing their use of cloud to take advantage of emerging technologies and accelerate business change, says 451 Research

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  CIO interview: Julian Burnett, CIO, House of Fraser

  House of Fraser CIO Julian Burnett talks about his role in the business, key achievements and his plans for long-term and lasting digital transformation

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Health and care in Wales must take advantage of tech, says parliamentary report

  The Welsh government must do more to gain the benefits of technology and innovation to deliver better and more effective care, according to a parliamentary review of the country’s health and care system

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Milton Keynes first to get CityFibre-backed consumer broadband

  CityFibre’s FTTP broadband network will be launched to residential customers in Milton Keynes through ISP partner Vodafone

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Cyber attackers upped their game in 2017, warns report

  Cyber attackers ranging from criminals to nation states have upped their game in the past year, “moving the needle” in terms of tactics, techniques and procedures, a report by a cyber security firm warns

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Booking.com’s focus on women in tech

  Travel comparison website Booking.com has partnered with two universities to offer grants to women looking to go into tech careers

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Police ICT Company hires Ian Bell as CEO

  Current Bedfordshire, Cambridgeshire and Hertfordshire police CIO Ian Bell will take on the role as CEO of the Police ICT Company in February

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Bristol council in a hurry with £250,000 cloud migration project

  Local authority seeks IT supplier to help it move systems to the cloud in nine-month project before colocation service ends

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Demand for cloud services drives increase in IT outsourcing

  Cloud services spending in Europe, the Middle East and Africa offset a drop in traditional IT outsourcing in 2017

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  NRF 2018: Rent the Runway – focus on data proves use case for clothing rental

  Clothing retailers are not traditionally known to rent products to anyone other than celebrities, but retail service Rent the Runway is using data to prove customer demand

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  NRF 2018: Companies should take “lab approach” to innovation, says former GE exec

  Organisations should use a lab-type approach to test ideas and drive innovation, according to the former vice-chair of GE, Beth Comstock, speaking at At NRF 2018

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Tech has ‘disconnect’ between the skills students are taught and the abilities firms need

  Many tech graduates face unemployment because their skills do not meet employers’ requirements, say experts at Change Catalyst’s London Tech Inclusion event

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Next-gen Mirai botnet targets cryptocurrency mining operations

  A variant of the Satori botnet, a successor of the IoT device hijacking Mirai botnet, is designed to hijack cryptocurrency mining operations, syphoning off newly created digital coins

• January 18, 2018 18 Jan'18

  Meltdown and Spectre: to patch or not to patch

  As IT recoils from the Spectre and Meltdown chip exploits, companies face patches that are incompatible, leading to crashes, reduced performance and lock-ups